Welcome for Soviet atomic control proposals in UN debate
British Minister Selwyn Lloyd welcomed the Soviet plan for international atomic control while cautioning no sudden East West bargain. Vishinsky offered to ban the atom bomb with ongoing inspections, and Western powers urged study in the disarmament commission as Asian-Arab groups supported a measured path toward broader agreement. Russia seeks a June report and assembly decision.
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Paris
Selwyn Lloyd
Soviet Union
United Nations
Lloyd
U. N
Disarmament Commission
Andrei Y.vishinsky
Russia
Vishinsky
Britain
France
United States
Kuzman V. Kisseley
Kisselev
Ohio infantryman Ronald Rosser wins Medal of Honor in Korea
In Korea on January 15, Ronald E. Rosser of Crooksville Ohio a soft spoken private first class with the First Cavalry charged up a Red held hill. He killed multiple Communists including a bunkered group and a soldier who emerged from a bunker despite running low on ammunition. Rosser’s savage assault saved his patrol and echoed his brother’s death in battle.
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Korea
Ohio
Ptc
Ronald E. Rosser
Crooksville
Rosser
Charles W. Williams
Holbrook
Mass
Cpl
Stan J
Kalas
Chicago
Set
B. Dalba
New York
Stan W. Smith
Los Angeles
Tan
Lve
Smith
Ser
Air liner raised from river after radar guided crash
A Northeast Air Lines twin engine Convair with 36 aboard plunged into the East River near LaGuardia field. Salvagers hauled the craft onto a derrick as fog delayed shore transfer. Investigators seek why radar image flickered and the plane undershot the runway. All aboard survived with several hurt.
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New York
East River
Northeast Air Lines
Convair
Ed Brause
Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp
la Guardia Field
Boston
Intruder shoots and kills Newhall housewife Opal Long
NEWHALL Jan 15 A young Newhall housewife Opal Long 23 was shot and killed early today by an intruder in her home. Casey Edwards 33, recently released from a county road camp at Hanford, is sought by sheriff's deputies after allegedly entering the Long home to seek custody of his two children. Mrs Macie Edwards 32, Opal Long’s sister in law, hid as the incident unfolded. The children are with relatives in Northern California.
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Newhall
Opal Long
Sheriff's Office
Casey Edwards
Hanford
Edwards
Macie Edwards
Long
California
Tax Bureau Plan Faces Cold Reception in Senate Debate
Washington January 15 Congress reviews President Truman's Internal Revenue Bureau reorganization with a 60 day deadline. Senators vent mixed support while McClellan signals quick action. The plan would cut collectors from 64 to 25 and shift them to civil service. confirmation would rest with the Senate. Kefauver and 24 others propose alternative reform bills.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Executive Expenditures Committee
McClellan
D.-Ark
Senate
House
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Hazard tavern siege ends as officers subdue gunmen
At Hazard Kentucky on January 15 a tavern crowd hid under tables while owner J B Baker and bartender Charles Eugene Wilson exchanged fire with police using machine guns shotguns and pistols. Wilson and the owner were wounded and treated. police officers were unhurt though Patrolman John Horn suffered injuries. Baker was charged with shooting at Peters and his wife and later with other counts related to the shootout.
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Hazard, Ky
Hazard
Anoliaman
Charles Eugene Wilson
Kentucky
Louisville
Johnny Horn
J. B. Baker
Baker
Ralph Peters
George Peters
Peters
Horn
Death of Marine Writer Falls From Building
A Marine writer identified as Walter Mewningham, 21, dragged from the 12th floor of a downtown San Marino building, plunged before the car of Thomas Clyde Dun. The incident occurred yesterday as Dun attempted to stop him before the fall.
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San Marino
Plu
Los Angeles
Thomas Clyde Dun
Walter Mewningham
Ing
Cunningham
Youth, 18, Held for Dynamiting Grant Home in Alabama
DOTHAN Ala Jan 15 An 18 year old high school youth William Ervin Jr was arrested and charged with dynamiting the home of Mrs Bedell Grant and her five sleeping children. He admitted the blast as a bid to frighten the family and stop them from testifying in a carnal knowledge case involving Kenneth Nowell. Under Alabama law dynamiting a dwelling carries a maximum death penalty, minimum ten years.
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Grant
Baxley
Ervin
Alabama
Grant Home
Hugh Bentley
Phenix City
Ala
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