Negotiators Map Cease-Fire Line in Korea Confab
United Nations and Communist staff officers pinpoint half of the 145 mile cease-fire line across Korea. Progress shown on western battlefronts as zones near Yondon see tough clashes while subcommittees could steer final buffer terms if full delegations delay.
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Mannan
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Howard Levie
Panmunjom
Levie
Ine
Yondon
Lovie
Reda
Parallel 38
Punchbowl
Heartbreak Ridge
Iron Triangle
Imjin
Seoul
Yellow Sea
Allied Jets Clash With Mig-15s Over Yalu Front
In Korea on Nov 24 Allied forces reported sharp air and ground gains. U N warplanes, including 18 F-86 Sabres, fought about 35 Mig-15s south of the Yalu, with three damaged and all returned safely. On the ground, troops recaptured a hill near Yonchon and pressed west of Yangfi as UN forces gained ground against Chinese Reds on multiple fronts.
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Seoul
Korea
Yalu River
Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Cragey
Little Gibraltar
Reda
Yonchon
Gibraltar
Rock of Gibraltar
Yangfi
Alps
U. S. Eighth Army
Red Company
Pukhan River
Great Bend Youth Killed In Hunting Accident
Larned Kansas November 24 1939 Larned Daily News Turner Gene Turner 15 of Great Bend was killed in a hunting accident eight miles northwest of Larned. A .22 caliber rifle fired accidentally as the youth and three companions exited a car to shoot a rabbit. The three injured youths Jimmie Nimme 14 Tim Walker 14 and Mac Cowherd 17 were also from Great Bend. Turner's parents Mr and Mrs George Turner were notified.
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Larned
Kan
Larry Gene Turner
Great Bend
Here
W. A. Cade
Turner
Jimmie Nimme
Tim Walker
Mac Cowherd
Veep Barkley Heartily Celebrates 74th Birthday in Korea
Vice President Alben Barkley marks his 74th birthday on the Central Front Korea by firing an autographed artillery shell at Chinese forces. He greets the 25th Division commander Maj. Gen. Ira P. Swift and Allied leaders Gen. Ridgway and Gen. Van Fleet, tours divisions, and presents a Presidential Unit Citation to Company K, 19th Infantry Regiment, as Battery C, 52nd Field Artillery Battalion fires a 19-gun salute.
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Central Front
Korea
Alben Barkley
U. S
Matthew B. Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Barkley
25Th Division
24Th Division
Veep
19Th Infantry Regiment
52Nd Field Artillery Battalion
U.S. accuses Soviet of intercepting missing patrol plane
The United States charged Soviet Russia with intercepting and attacking an American P2V Neptune patrol plane over international waters off Siberia. The aircraft, missing since May 6 with three officers and seven enlisted men, was under U.N. command in Korea. The protest to the UN sought no action on the report, aiming to forestall Russian moves.
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Paris
United States
Soviet Russia
Siberia
U. N
Korea
United Nations
Trygve Lie
U. N. Security Council
U.N
Russia
U. S. Navy
Chancellor addresses 25th Scholastic Press conf in Topeka
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy of Kansas University spoke to 410 high school students at the National Scholastic Press Association conference in Topeka. He urged aspiring journalists to value accuracy fairness and public duty while warning against secrecy and government encroachment on press freedom. He praised Kansas journalism training and noted many editors trained in the state.
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Franklin D. Murphy
K.U
Topeka
National Scholastic Press Association
Scholastic Association
Kansas
Community Chest Drive Nears Goal in Lawrence
The Lawrence Community Chest total today reached 20079.24 dollars, just 1277.46 short of the goal. Contributions of 25 dollars or more came from Local Painters Union No. 2 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. 304. J. D. King, chairman, noted residents missed by block workers have gifts credited to their areas. Block workers with notable records will be recognized at drive’s end.
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Lawrence
Painters Union No. 2
International Brotherhoo of Electrical Workers No
J. D. King
Kind
Death Toll Rises After Danish Arsenal Explosions
In Copenhagen on November 24 a blast from half ton mines at the Danish navy arsenal killed at least 18 firemen and enlisted sailors and injured 79 others. The disaster damaged five buildings, rattled Copenhagen, and sent shock waves to Sweden across the strait. A fire behind the concrete mine arsenal ignited seven of ten mines recently received from the United States.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
United States
Lawrence Business College site sold to Williams for home use
The Boys College Site at 7th and La. Streets was bought by Mr and Mrs Skipper Williams of 1001 W 4th St. They plan to remodel it into a residence. The building has a long history as the Pierson home, then Mrs Pierson and Ed Pierson, later Mr and Mrs Lewis Kreeck, and Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity. It later served as the college home until 1933 when Quakenbush and Weatherby sold it and closed the school last spring after failed buyer attempts.
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Lawrence Business College
7Th and
la. Sts
Skipper Williams
4Th St
Williams
Samuel B. Pierson
Pierson
Fire and flood haunt a Lawrence family again
The Everett Baileys of 615 Lake St faced fire flood and now gas exposure after a furnace vent was left unconnected. In October 1950 the home burned, in July a flood drove them out, and today a gas leak from a newly installed furnace left the five members ill with headaches and lethargy. They recovered after the furnace was shut, windows opened, and medical aid given.
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North Lawrence
Everett
Bailey
Baileys
Ernest
Ridgway Says 8000 Slain In Korea War Crimes
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told the United Nations Security Council that as of July 20, 1951 about 8000 U S military personnel had been reported killed as war crime victims in Korea. Of these, around 7060 were said to be killed by North Koreans and the remainder by Chinese Communists. The disclosure, from a regular Ridgway report, raised the prior total by 2000 and noted accompanying figures for South Korean casualties and civilian losses.
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Paris
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East
United Nations Security Council
U. N
U. S
Ridgway
James M. Hanley
Col. Hanley
8Th Army
United States
Pentagon
Iran Premier calls immediate elections after tour return
Tehran announces immediate national elections as Mossadegh rejects a Majlis postponement to December 18. Deputy Fatemi says Mossadegh will not resign. The move follows a 47 day tour to the United States and Egypt and royal talks with Shah Reza Pahlevi. The financial crisis stems from loss of Anglo Iranian oil royalties now nationalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Egypt
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mossadegh
Washington
Truman
Hossein Fatemi
Fatemi
Rej
Majlis
KPL seeks gas rate hike in Kansas towns
Kansas Power and Light Co. seeks an annual 658000 increase in natural gas rates in 15 Kansas towns and authority to issue 5250000 in first mortgage bonds. It plans 9.018 million to expand electric plants and 4.144 million to extend gas distribution in 1952. The proposed increase would affect residential and commercial users in McPherson Pratt Kingman Buhler Canton Ellinwood Gaiva Great Bend Hoisington Inman Kinsley LaCrosse Larned Lindsborg and Marquette. It would yield about 312000 after taxes.
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Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Co. Ie
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
McPherson
Pratt
Kingman
Buhler
Canton
Ellinwood
Gaiva
Great Bend
Hoisington
Inman
Kinsley
LaCrosse
Larned
Lindsborg
Marquette
Tariff squeeze on Communists reshapes Russia Poland trade
President Truman ordered end to tariff agreements with Russia and Poland under which the U S extended most favored nation concessions. An additional order bans several types of furs from Russia and Red China. Effective Jan 5, the move ends special tariff deals, making Russian and Polish exports pay regular duties at U S borders.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Poland
United States
China
U. S
Whitehead to visit KU after football game reception
Lt General Ennis C Whitehead Air Defense Command Colorado Springs will guest of KU Arnold Air Society at a December 1 reception after the KU M U football game Accompanying guests include Gov Edward F Arn Chancellor Frank lin D Murphy KU deans and ROTC officers Whitehead a KU graduate 1920 and former Fifth Air Force commander will be honored with his wife Mor Nicholson a KA graduate of 1918 The Arnold Air Society is named in his honor and the Ad Society includes 40 advanced Air Force ROTC students.
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Ennis C. Whitehead
Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Arnold Air Society of
K. U
K.u.—M.u
Edward F. Arn
Franklin D. Murphy
K.U
Arnold Air Society
Great Britain
China
U. S. Army
Leutenant
I Mor Nicholson
Princess Margaret Dances Through Paris Nightclubs
Princess Margaret and company party in Paris dancing until 3 a.m. with a dinner at Maxim's then at Montparnasse Jazz Club Jimmy's and Monseigneurs. British detectives seize a photographer’s film, destroying it at Monseigneurs. Champagne flows at 5,500 francs a bottle as she enjoys rhumba and samba with members of royalty.
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Paris
Margaret
Britain
George
Elizabeth
Maxim
Montparnasse
Monseigneurs
Montmartre
Jimmy
Scotland Yard
Prince Nicholas
Yugoslavia
Comte de Robes
Smart Club
Henry IV
Western Ministers Seek Peace Thru Arms Strength
Five Western foreign ministers at the North Atlantic Chamber of Deputies meeting reaffirmed a resolve to win peace through defensive strength. Attending were Italy's Alcide de Gasperi, Canada’s Lester B. Pearson, Britain’s Anthony Eden, Belgium's Paul Van Zeeland, and Denmark's Ole Kraft, with NATO ministers present. Eden, in his first NATO speech, declared the aim is peace and denied aggressive designs or territorial ambitions.
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Rome
Europe
North Atlanta Treaty
Disappointed By Russian Demands At U N Meeting
At the United Nations in Paris on November 24, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky demanded that Western powers rewrite the disarmament plan to suit Russia. British and American spokesmen voiced disappointment, while some saw potential openings for negotiation. Vishinsky presented 12 amendments transforming the plan toward the Soviet version, with U S delegate Philip C. Jessup noting continued distrust. Ridgway reported to the Security Council on potential American prisoners in Korea, and Russia accused the U S of intercepting and losing an American naval plane near international waters off Korea.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Britain
United States
Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly L'Olitical Committee
Philip C. Jessup
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Korea
Equneil
Soviet Russia
Keria
Siner Nav
Political Committee
Yugoslavia
Philippines
Greece
U. S S
France
China
Security Council
20 Minute Chase Ends With Reckless Driving Charge
In Los Angeles a 17 year old motorist Richard S Rawdon was cited for 20 violations after a 20 minute police chase. He was taken into custody and released to his mother Mrs Louise Bowden. Officer Hotchkiss said the numerous charges would be consolidated into one count of reckless driving.
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Los Angles
Richard S. Rawdon
Louise Bowden
R. P. Hotchkiss
Prison contract criticized by Boston Post
The Boston Post criticizes a federal penitentiary contract for 200000 pairs of military shoes awarded to Leavenworth Prison. Arden Rayshine Co is manufacturing 200000 thermo plastic box toes for Garrison Oxford toes and shipping them to the prison. Procurement officials cited law requiring contracts to Federal Prison Industries within the prison’s capacity.
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Associated Press
Boston
the Post
Leavenworth
Kan
New England
Arden Rayshine Co
Watertown
Garrison
Federal Prison Industries, Inc
Army Quartermaster
New York
City Commission to decide on Kaw River dike relocation plan
Lawrence officials near a decision on relocating river dikes north of the Kaw River bridge as engineers and the Corps of Engineers discuss funding and duties. City Manager Wigelesworth and Commissioner Bradshaw met in Kansas City with engineers, with a final move pending contact with the Douglas County Raw Drainage District.
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Lawrence City Commission
Kaw River
James Wigelesworth
G. W. Bradshaw
Kansas City
Corps of Engineers
Douglas County
Weather outlook mixed as Kansas faces wintry mix
Forecaster Tom Arnold warns a weekend storm will bring snow sleet freezing rain or rain across much of Kansas with light accumulations but hazardous roads likely. Low tonight 25 to 30, Sunday highs 30 to 35, a surge of cold air drops temps into 20s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Chanute
Goolland
Mercury
Hill City
Hign
Rareremee
Denver
Fort Worth
Havre
Mant
Kani
Helen
Lam
New York
New Orlean
Oklahoma
Washington
al Ay
Good Wishes Pour in for a Little Girl Without Arms
Columbus news recounts 11 year old Joann McCarty, armless and able to write with her feet, receiving hundreds of letters nationwide. Fans from many states express support and offer help, including a doctor, a toy maker, and a few monetary gifts. Joann plans to reply to all, starting with eight year old Jo Beth Johnson of Live Oak Florida who also writes with her toes.
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Columbus
Joann McCarty
Orville McCarty
Associated Press
Joenn
North Hollywood
Arizona
Kansas
Maryland
Towa
Missouri
Florida
Ilinois
Joann
Uttle
Jo Beth Johnson
Live Oak
Fla
Tam Jo Beth
Jo Beth
W. 6th St Opens On Limited Basis To Traffic
Kansas newspaper reports W. 6th Street trafficway opened for limited use by residents and those with business, with Police Chief Ingalls warning arrests for speeders and joyriders. Roadway to be fully opened soon pending weather, with intersections largely finished and curb and sidewalks pending. Also notes North 2nd Street paving progress and a Jersey cow missing from Mrs. Frank Tate in Prospect area.
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W. 6Th St
John Ingalls
Masachusetts St
Mear
Lawrence Country Club
Hugh M. Sheridan
Kansas Highway Commission
The
Journal- Worth
Sheridan
Lawrence
Ingalls
Massachusetts
Misouri Sts
Ohio
Sie
6Th
Louisiana
Pinckney School
N. 2Nd St
North
Elm and
Locust Sts
Frank Tate
Tate
Heavy Typhoon Damage in Tokyo Estimated at 129 Million
The typhoon that struck Japan late last month caused damage estimated at 129 million dollars, Minister of Construction Uichi Noda told the Cabinet on Saturday November 24. The reported figure reflects widespread destruction across Tokyo and surrounding areas with major infrastructure impacts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Uichi Noda
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Allied
U.S
Murphy
Mr. and
Mrs
Acheson
Red China
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
KPL
Princess Margaret
Red
Kanaza
James Davis
Williamestown
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Leland C. Dorsey
Garden Grove
Dorsey
Davis
Calif
McCartys
Memphis, Tenn
McCarty
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