Twins killed in Korea despite medic care on hill
Pvt. Irwin Rietz of Rock Island Illinois treated his twin Edwin after a mortar blast in Korea. Irwin did not recognize Edwin until lifting him onto a litter jeep. Edwin died at an aid station. the twins had entered service together and served in the same infantry company as medical aid men. Ronald, a third brother, recently rotated home.
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Seoul
Korea
Irwin Rietz
Rock Island
Edwin
Irwin
Toslay
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Pfc
Aim Morrissey
Armed Services
U.S. 49Th Division
Morrissey
Salt Lake City
Buddy
Tareet
Elsie Reitz
Erwin
Nancy
Reitz
James M. Lawson
Rochester
N. C
Lawson
Rietz
Ronald
U. S
Irwin Reitz
Jeffl
Pet
Edwin Reitz
Truman Sees Prosperity But Warns of Postwar Slump
President Truman predicts a prosperous 1953 with high employment and stable prices, then warns of possible deflation risks after defense spending declines. He envisions output rising to 475 to 506 billion annually within a decade, amid a split among economic advisers on future deflation.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
Congress
America
Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Leon Keyserling
Robert C. Turner
John D. Clark
Lake Rotorua quake shatters calm at New Zealand resort
An earthquake struck the Lake Returns region near Auckland, New Zealand, rattling resort areas along Lake Rotorua and nearby lakes. Residents reported frightened crowds and broken crockery but limited structural damage. A boiling-water rift appeared on Lake Rotora shore, with surface frothing for about an hour.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Lake Returns
Lake Rotorua
Lake Rotora
Four Dead and Twenty Two Wounded in New Casualty List
The Defense Department released casualty list No. 728 naming 26 Korean War deaths and injuries. Four servicemen were reported dead and 22 wounded.
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Washington
Defense Department
Crippled Plane Lands Safely in Claremore with 54 Uninjured
A Peninsular Airlines C46 passenger plane carrying 354 people landed on one engine at a pasture-type airport near Claremore Oklahoma. Most aboard were servicemen on an unscheduled flight from New York City to Burbank California. No injuries were reported and Capt Monroe Cauble said one engine failed shortly before landing. The plane touched down smoothly on a short grass runway with about 30 yards to spare, avoiding a possible flight to Tulsa. Co-pilot RH Russell and stewardesses Dorothy Mathewson and Laura Weeks were aboard.
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Claremore
Oxfa
Ill
Peninsular Airlines
New York City
Burbank
Calif
Monroe Cauble
Tulsa
Unity
Here
Bull Waller
Claremore Progress
Cauble
CAA
RH Russell
Dorothy Mathewson
Laura Weeks
Desperate Card Loser Tries Death in North Korea Air Battle
In Korea a major air duel saw Sabres and MiGs clash over Sinanju and the Chongchon region. U S Fifth Air Force reports eight MiGs destroyed, one probably destroyed, three damaged, with additional probable and damaged losses pending. Night bombing and continued air strikes targeted transport bridges, while ground patrols reported heavy destruction along the front. Lt. Richard Vanderburgh described Sinanju as heavily damaged, with unusable bridges and wreckage everywhere. Seventh plane ace Lt Leonard Lilley of Manchester, NW H., adds to the tally with seven destroyed and one damaged.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Sinanju
Manchuria
Mig Alley
Korea
Air Force
Chongchon
Taeryong
Richard €. Vanderburgh
Hawaii
Tn Sapt
Leonard Lilley
Manchester
NW. H
Lilley
Oceanside Motel Slaying Identified Victim
Police identified the brutalized body of Mrs. Robert Lamoore found in a Seaside Motel room. She had checked in with her husband, a Camp Pendleton Marine, on January 6. A bloody flatiron was discovered at the scene.
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Bill
Terese
Terese McNine
Cpl
Willard MecNine
Boston
Japan
McNine
Oceanside
Seaside
D. W. Patrick
Robert Lamoore
Camp Pendleton
Californian Kidnapped and Freed in Oregon
Klamath Falls police sought two men after a Burney California man Eldon Patterson was abducted Monday night. Armed suspects forced him to drive to Mount Shasta then took his car and robbed him of 31 dollars before freeing him.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Burney
Calif
Eldon Patterson
Redding
Patterson
Mount Shasta
Compton man foiled in gun suicide attempt over gambling debts
Desperation from gambling losses drove Wilton W. Hanke, 31, of Compton, to try death by gun after a struggle with shopkeeper Russell P. Hastings. He was stopped, questioned on forgery charges, and jailed. He left a note to his wife blaming his inability to cope with gambling debts of about $800. He planned to plead guilty to forgery and regain footing.
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Compton
Wilton W. Hawke
152Nd St
Cormpton
Gardena
Hanke
Russell P. Hastings
Florence Ave
Los Angeles
Hastings
Eisenhower to wear black Homburg at inauguration
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower will ditch the silk topper for a black Homburg at his January swearing in and at the Inaugural Ball. Press secretary James Hagerty says the new cabinet and top officials will follow with Homburgs, ending the silk topper tradition. Eisenhower will pair the hat with a dark club coat, striped morning trousers and a striped tie.
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NEW York
Eisenhower
National Defense and
Charles E. Wilson
Central Intelligence Agency
Dulles
Stassen
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Wilson
Duciles
Smith
Eisenhower Aids
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James O .Hagerty
Homburg
Capitol
Usu
Surfside and Redondo Win Temporary Tide Respite
Sea-battered Surfside Colony and Redondo Beach saw only token flooding as a 6.8-foot tide raged. breakers calmed by offshore winds while a 6.9-foot high tide looms Thursday and a receding tide begins Friday. Mayor J Russell Shea and City Manager Franz Nybye sought state aid in Sacramento after civilian defense units monitored looting in evacuated homes.
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Redondo Beach
Surfside
J. Russell Shea
Franz Nybye
Rederido Beach
Sacramento
Dismantle Chimney Pair Work Down Smokestack
James Donnelson and Gene Husky climbed a 140 foot brick smoke stack using interior hooks then removed the iron rim causing it to drop and strand them. They spent the day tearing brick by brick until they could lower themselves to the roof by rope. The pair were helping with the dismantling and no one complained.
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Kansas City
James Donnelson
Gene Husky
Where to Find It Beach Combing A-13
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Boyle
Southland
729 Doctors Dentists Face Draft in March
The Defense Department announced a March draft of 471 physicians and 258 dentists. Of these, 271 doctors and 213 dentists will join the Army. the rest go to the Air Force. Since July 1951, 4246 doctors and 2181 dentists have been requested from selective service.
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Washington
Tdefense Department
Army
Air Force
Snow Slide Kills Four Children in Japan
Kyodo News Service reports a mass of snow buried four houses at the foot of a snow mound in Hokkaido killing four children and injuring two of eleven others, nine others recovered unharmed after the slide overwhelmed a village.
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Japan
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Kyodo
Reds Can Keep U.N. in Korea Indefinitely
Seoul report cites a high ranking informant who says Chinese forces in Korea can keep United Nations troops tied down indefinitely if advantageous. He lists five old line Communist armies now in Korea and notes they are well fed and well clothed, with fighters who do not surrender. The informant says South Korean troops could defeat the North with minimal equipment if both sides withdrew.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
United Press Today
Leatt i
Communist Party
SC. N
U.N
Fifth Air Force
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