Price Controls Lifted on Dry Groceries and Cigarettes
Washington AP reports that price controls were removed from most dry groceries, cigarettes, copper, and aluminum with remaining controls only on coffee. Bread and bakery items retain limits. OPS ends store posting requirement and keeps steel and nickel curbs. Kennecott raises domestic electrolytic copper price to 27.44 cents/lb. Chilean price and European price cited. Aluminum prices unchanged.
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Washington
Joseph Freehill
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Eisenhower
New York
Kennecott Sales Corporation
United States
Chile
The
Aluminum Co. of America
Sabres Down 2 Mig-15s in Korea Sky Battle
American Sabre jets destroyed two Communist Mig-15s and damaged two more as U N infantry fought Chinese Reds defending a western front mountain fortress. Pilots 1st Lt Harold E. Fischer Jr Maj Thomas P Hagerstrom credited with four and two destructions respectively. ground troops used flame throwers dynamite and hand grenades in a bloody push.
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Seoul
U. N
U.N
Korea
Harold E. Fischer Jr
Swea City
Towa
Thomas P. Hagerstrom
Tyler
Texas
Ot Fischer
Royal N, Baker
McKinney
William R. Bowman
Las Vegas
Nev
Louiss. Green
Lake City
Pla
Two Psychiatrists Named to Study Miss Berling Here
Judge George Francis appointed two psychiatrists to determine if Violet John Berling, 34, can stand trial for the 1950 murder of Kay Francis Erickson. Dr. M. J. Rowe and Dr. E. E. McNeill will assess mental and physical fitness for trial, with March 9 set as the new date. District Attorney Roll supported the move citing prior appeals ruling and concerns over possible blackouts or fainting during testimony.
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George Francis
Violet John Berling
Kay Francis Erickson
Father Saves Children From Fire in Los Angeles
Gregory Galindo rushed into a burning home to carry his three young children to safety. Helen Galindo, 2, was critically burned, while Marge 3 and Robert 4 suffered less serious injuries. Fire crews credited the father's quick actions with saving their lives.
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Los Angeles
12 Year Old Hero Dies After Drowning Rescue
In Melrose Massachusetts a 12 year old boy Peter McCauley sacrificed his life saving a 10 year old and attempting to save a second child after ice broke on Pine Bank Park pond. James Fitzsly, 10, survived with help as fire crews recovered the victims.
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Melrose
Mass
Peter McCauley
James Er
McCauley
Pete
Jimmy Fitzsly
Pine Bank Park
Jimmy Pittsly
Sogaias
Jimmy
Peter
Fred Shields
Malden
Japan Police Nab U S Red China Smuggling Ring Leader
Japanese police arrested the ringleader and 16 others of a multi million dollar smuggling ring directed from Red China with roots in Kentucky. Kyodo said several men in the United States and 25 in Hong Kong were taken into custody. The group smuggled about 2.7 million dollars worth of American made women’s wrist watches into Japan from the United States via Hong Kong in 41 shipments between May 25 and November 14. Profits funded purchases of precision instruments to smuggle into Red China.
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Tokyo
Red China
Kyodo
U.S
Hong Kong
B.W. MacIntosh
Japan
U. S
Red
China
Classifieds and notices from a historic newspaper scan
The reader is presented with a contents list and page references for sections such as Beach Combing Bridge Comics and Obituaries along with pages for Finance Sports Theaters and radio television. It catalogs various departments and topics across multiple pages.
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Editoria
Lodge Charges Soviets Started Korean War at U N
United Nations session hears U. S. chief delegate Lodge claim Soviet Union began and sustains the Korean War. He cites evidence and challenges Vishinsky to refute it, while Vishinsky vows reply. Debate favors North Korea participation being refused by committee.
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United Nations
N. Yy
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Russia
U. N
Soviet Union
Washington
Lodge
Korea
Vishinsex
Andrei
Vishinsky
Kremlin
North Korea
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Open to Peace Talks with Stalin
President Eisenhower signaled willingness to discuss lasting peace with Stalin or any world leader. He favored a half way meeting location, stressed iron clad self enforcing agreements, and said talks would require allied consensus. He also questioned allowing Communists to teach in U S schools.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lance
Congress
Stalin
Russia
U.S
Loyalty Check on All Senate Staff Sought
The rules committee recommended a loyalty review for all 1800 Senate employees. Names of every staffer would be sent to the FBI to check for derogatory loyalty information, covering Senators, committees, and the Senate, with further investigation if warranted.
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Senate
Washington
FBI
Truck-Driver Hero Rescues Girl From Runaway Horse
In Wilmington Massachusetts a speeding truck driver Ernest R Burns chased a runaway horse carrying 13-year-old Sandra Dupras for five miles. The horse leapt lower crossings and even over a car hood as a train approached. Burns finally reached them, grabbed Sandra from the horse, and both escaped unharmed. Witnesses said Burns steered with his left arm, lifting the girl into the truck.
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Wilmington
Mass
Sandra Dupras
Cain F
Ernest R Burns
Burns
Tex
Sandra Duprasety
Ernest R. Burns
Red
Army unveils SkySweeper antiaircraft gun in Flint reveal
The Army disclosed its new SkySweeper automatic AA gun, a 75 mm system weighing about ten tons. The AC Spark Plug unit delivered the first fire-control system, with radar scanning the sky and a computer plotting range speed and course to direct shell fire.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors Corp
Williston B. Palmer
Army
Compton Father Delivers 16YearOld Over Drug Use Case
In Compton a 16 year old girl was turned over to Norwalk sheriff after police found her with a Bellflower peer, both intoxicated from narcotics. The girl admitted marijuana use for a year and said they mixed powder from a local drugstore into orange juice to get high. She was booked for violation of the state health and safety code. The sheriff commended the father for notifying authorities.
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Compton
Norwalk
U.S. Moves to Deport Earl Browder's Wife
The Attorney General issued a warrant for the arrest and deportation of Mrs. Earl Browder, wife of the former top Communist party official in the United States, marking a decisive action in wartime security measures.
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Washington
Brownell
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Cae
Naval Promotion Bill Clears House
The House unanimously passed two bills to lift temporary limits on junior naval officers. Chairman Short said the stop gap legislation prevents demotion of 5400 lieutenants and enables 5000 other naval officers to be promoted. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Short
ReMo
Senate
Weather forecast: fog and low clouds tonight then high clouds
A low atmosphere brings fog and low clouds tonight and early Thursday with increasing high cloudiness. Temperature is expected to rise slightly as conditions shift and winds remain light.
Resolution condemns persecution of Jews in Russia and others
The Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved a resolution condemning Jewish persecution in Russia and its satellites and broadening the scope to include other minority groups. It urges President Eisenhower to press the issue at the United Nations General Assembly and may go to a floor vote Friday. The measure cites campaigns against Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant groups, Moslem communities, and minorities in Poland, the Russian Ukraine, and Baltic and Balkan states.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Eisenhower
United Nations General Assembly
Wiley
Toledo girls stage panty raid in dormitory reversed
About 35 giggling female students stormed Toledo University’s three story Dowd dormitory at bedtime. They raced room to room in jeans and parkas stealing shorts from male students, who felt their dignity compromised as they lounged in their rooms. Dormitory manager Eugene Schoch said the raid appeared sudden as the group swept through all three dorm entrances.
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Toledo
Toledo University
Eugene Schoch
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