Air Force Gets Largest Slice Of Defense Budget Plan
Air Force would receive about 17.5 billion of a 40.76 billion Defense Department request for the next fiscal year, with total department spending likely exceeding 47 billion. Defense Secretary Lovett defended funding for a third supercarrier and argued for practical equipment, while noting Joint Chiefs of Staff advisory limits and interservice duplication concerns.
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Washington
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Defense Department
Timate
White House
Congress
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Ward
White House and Budget Bureau
Defense
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Forrestal
Saratoga
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Resnel
Gilpatric
United States
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Navy
Marine
Army
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Gipatrick
Gilpatrick
Omar Bradley
JCS
Joint Chiefs
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Gunfire Off Red China Kills British Captain
Navy headquarters said no Nationalist Chinese ships were in the area when gunfire from an unidentified gunboat killed the captain of a British freighter off Red China Sunday. The report assigns no clear national allegiance to the attacker and notes the incident occurred near Formosa.
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Formosa
Navy
Red China
ROKs Regain Lost Position on Pinpoint Hill
South Korean forces repelled a heavy Chinese assault on Pinpoint Hill and regained most forward positions on Sniper Ridge after an all-night fight in near zero weather. U S Eighth Army reports say Allied artillery and air strikes backed a 2 p m counterattack, reclaiming key crests while minor clashes continued along the 158 mile front.
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Eighth Army
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Okinawa
Pyongyang
Red
U S Jets Protest Over Jerusalem Airspace
The Foreign Office lodged a verbal protest with the U S Embassy alleging American jet planes violated the Israeli section of Jerusalem without authorization. An Israeli Army spokesman warned that any foreign aircraft flying over Israeli territory without permission might be fired on.
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Tel Aviv
Foreign Office
U.S
Jerusalem
Cyclone in Ceylon Kills 12 and Ravages Crops
A weekend cyclone in northern Ceylon killed at least 12 people and destroyed food and tobacco crops along with thousands of palm and tropical fruit trees in the Jaffna Peninsula. The storm, sweeping Sunday and Monday, devastated nearly all land in the region. Rains raised inland lagoon levels submerging rice fields.
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Colomseo
Ceylon
Jaffna
India
Dr Jessup to Leave Government Service
Washington says Dr Phil C Jessup state department troubleshooter and target of Len McCarthy is resigning as ambassador at large. The White House released his Oct 16 letter of resignation effective Jan 4 1949 and Truman’s acceptance letter praising his service.
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Dr. Jessup
Washington
Philip C. Jessup
State Department
Len McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Jessup
Truman
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