POWS BREAKOUT CRACKDOWN ON PONGAM ISLAND FIGHT
American and South Korean guards killed 84 Communist POWs and wounded 121 during a violent mass breakout attempt by about 4500 inmates on Pongam Island off Koje in South Korea. Guards used machine guns rifles and bayonets to quell the mutiny in 55 frenzied minutes. LT COL George Miller said the action prevented greater losses though many prisoners died and others were wounded.
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Sam Summersin
Guares
Korea
Milley
Red Cross Says Article Violated in Quelling PWs
Geneva report cites International Red Cross correspondence accusing U N command actions in Korea of violating the Geneva Convention by firing on prisoners at Koje Island camps. Gen Mark Clark replies that uprisings were planned by Communist leaders to shame the UN and derail armistice talks.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
U. N
Korea
Kose Island
Mark Clark
Farouk and Norriman Escape Crash Uninjured in Rome
Farouk and Norriman, former Egyptian sovereigns, escaped injury Monday night when their car collided with another in a Rome street. Both vehicles were only slightly damaged and no passengers were hurt.
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Farouk
Norriman
Rome
Egypt
Weather report foresees cloudy night and Wednesday
Cloudy conditions continue tonight and into Wednesday with occasional light rain on Wednesday. Strong entities: none.
Seal Beach barrier holds back powerful tides in coast flood
High tides reaching 15 to 26 feet battered Redondo Beach and Surfside Colony causing evacuations while Seal Beach sand dikes held. Flood waters overwhelmed storefronts and lifted gas meters at LGA. Crews used giant floodlights and a city dike along Seal Way to keep water from homes. Officials note two more days of exceptionally high tides with two inch freeboard at Belmont Shore Peninsula and monitor further break through risks.
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Redondo Beach
Seal Beach
Surfside
Resondo
Surfside Colony
Lga
Seal Way
Long Beach Harbor
Belmont Shore
Charlie Vickers
Harbor Department
Navy Landing
16 Year Old Boy Admits Killing La Jolla Artist
A 16 year old high school student told police he fatally stabbed Ida C Mackeown, a 67 year old La Jolla artist, after she threatened to tell officers he used marijuana. He led detectives to a trash can where a four inch knife was found and later described beating and stabbing her during a confrontation in her studio home.
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San Diego
Ida C. MacKeown
Donald 5
Crosby
Sgis
Paul Walk
Tony Maguire
la Jolla
A. E. Gallagher
Paice
Walk
USS Helena Returns Home From Korea Duty
The heavy cruiser USS Helena slips through a fogshrouded harbor to bring its crew home for Christmas. It marks the third time the vessel has returned to Long Beach from battle activities in Korean waters as thousands of relatives greet the returning sailors at Pier DU. Photos and stories on Page B-1.
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Uncle Sam
Helena
Long Beach
Pier DU
Windsors skip Elizabeth II coronation for U S trip
Duke of Windsor and his American-born Duchess will not attend the coronation, saying it would breach custom for a king or ex king to be at Westminster Abbey. They left for the United States, with possible London visit but no attendance at the ceremony.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
Elizabeth II
United States
Windsor
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Elizabeth
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Windsors
London
Royal Household
Churchill
Duchess of Windsor
Britain
U S Stands Firm On Korea Prisoner Issue
United States refuses any change on the prisoner problem in Korea and will not back new peace plans at the United Nations unless prisoners are not forced home. The State Department criticized Red China for rejecting the UN peace proposals and noted Britain and France regret the move. Chou En Lai sent a 3000 word note to Lester Pearson outlining terms identical to Soviet plans.
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N. Y
United States
State Department
Korea
General Assembly
France
Britain
U. N
Peiping
Red
China
Red China
Chou Enlai
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Where to Find It
A list of placement pages across sections includes Beach Combine on Page 8-1, Boyle on Page A-13, Bridge on Page B-5, Classified Ads on Pages 8 9 13, Comics on Page 6-6, Crossword on Page A-9, Editorial on Page A-12, Financial on Page 2-8, Obituaries on Page A-11, Radio and Television on Page 8-7, Shipping Table on Page B-14, Southland Cities on Pages B-1 and B-2, Sports on Pages A-15 to A-17, Theaters on Page A-4, Tides and Temperatures on Page A-6, Women’s Activities on Pages B-4 and 3.
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Beach
Boyle
Southland Ciaies
Pacific NATO Talk Faces Eisenhower With New Zealand
New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland meets President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower in London to discuss the Pacific Defense Alliance. The alliance, currently United States Australia and New Zealand, may expand to include Britain. No date announced for a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur.
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New York
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
Holland
London
Winston Church
Australia
Foreign Office
Britain
NATO of
Truman Declares Anti Red Fight Prevented Slavery
President Truman said his leadership in the global fight against communism has saved hundreds of millions from slavery. He urged funding for defense and warned against cuts, while defending Korea policy and heavy expenditures, in a talk to Armed Forces Industrial College alumni at Ft. McNair.
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Washington
Truman
Alumni Association of the
Armed Forces Industrial College
Industrial College
Ft. Leslie
Korea
DiSalle Named as Stabilizer in Truman Cabinet
President Truman appointed Michael DiSalle as economic stabilization administrator, succeeding Roger L. Putnam. Henry H. Fowler will remain as director of defense mobilization until Eisenhower takes office. DiSalle had been price stabilizer after resigning to run for Ohio Senate but lost to Senator John Bricker.
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Washington
Truman
Michael ¥. DiSalle
Roger L. Putnam
Henry H. Fowler
Defense
Eisenhower
DiSalle
Ohio
John Bricker
All 39 Aboard Saved After Grommet Reefer Grounding
Four Navy helicopters from Midway and Leyte rescued the final crewmen of the Grommet Reefer off Leghorn Italy after 38 hours. Officials say 39 aboard were safe, with 26 previously removed by breeches buoy and boat, including master Henry Sauriant of Brooklyn. The crew were rested at a U S Army hospital.
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Leghorn
Italy
Navy
U. S
Midway
Leyte
Pisa
Henry Sauriant
Brooklyn
U. S. Army Hospital
Pace Admonishes Engineers Chief in North Africa Base Rush
Secretary of the Army Pace told the Senate preparedness subcommittee he admonished Lt. Gen. Lewis PIEr, chief of Army Engineers, and two colonels over the rush construction of air bases in North Africa. The panel, after investigating the projects, charged waste and confusion, urging Pace to act against Pick for not disclosing full conditions. Pentagon spokesmen described an admonition as a mild administrative reprimand.
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Washington
Army
Pace
Lewis Piel
Army Enginers
North Africa
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Pick
Fentagon
U S Indicts Lattimore For Perjury In Senate Testimony
John Hopkins lecturer Owen Lattimore was indicted on seven counts of perjury relating to his testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee during the Institute of Pacific Relations probe. The charges carry 2 to 10 years per count, and a grand jury returned the indictment before U S District Judge Toward M Curran.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Une
Senate Internal Security
Justice Department
U. S
M. Curran
Trix
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Latimore
Paralyzed Ohio youth marries in hospital ceremony
John Breece 20 of Deshler and Janet Deer Wester 37 of McComb wed in Point Pleasant Hospital as he lies critically injured from a Dec 1 fall into a water tank. The ceremony was brief with Magistrate Ford W. Poser performing and prayers offered as doctors give him a slim chance of recovery.
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N. J
Ohio
John Breece
Deshler
Janet Deerwester
McComb
Ford W. Poser
Point Pleasant Hospital
Breece
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Donald Pyle
Brece
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