Truman Farewell Forecasts Peace
President Truman in a nationwide farewell from the White House predicts the Soviet threat will crumble under free world defenses and envisions a new era of peace and world authority. He urges backing for his successor Eisenhower, warns against atomic war, and defends open press conferences as vital to democracy.
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Chicago Mobster Accardo Shunned in Las Vegas
Chicago mob figure Tony Accardo arrived at McCarran Airport with two companions and was ordered to stay out of Las Vegas by city police after being questioned. He, once linked to Al Capone, is viewed as Capone’s successor in Chicago crime.
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New York Harbor Covered by Thick Fog
Thick fog shrouded New York Harbor slowing traffic to a rowboat pace. In the foggy morning two Jersey Central Railroad ferries collided gently at the Liberty Street slip in lower Manhattan. No injuries and no damage were reported.
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Americans Starving as Moscow Reports U S Hunger
Moscow radio claims Americans face severe deprivation with over four fifths of farm families lacking essentials and many living in dire straits. US officials say the report exaggerates conditions, noting lingering shortages yet no universal misery.
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Allies Repulse Two Attacks and Down MIGs
Allied forces repulsed two Communist assaults on the central front near the Pukhan River and Capitol Hill, with a Chinese platoon driven back on Capitol Hill after 45 minutes. Sabre jets destroyed one MIG and damaged another amid a broad air campaign, as fighter bombers pounded bridges, gun positions, bunkers and barracks around Sinanju and Chansang Village.
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Beech Combing Page B-7 and Other Section Listings
A fragmented OCR shows various newspaper section references such as Beech Combing on Page B-7 Bogie Page A-11 Bridge Page A-1 Classified Ads Pages B-9 to B-15 Comics Page B-5 Crossword Page B-9 Editoris Page A-13 Financia Page 6-8 Obituaries Page A-4 Radio and Television Page B-7 Shipping Table Page B20 Sports Pages A12 A13 Theaters Page A-? Temperatures Page B-2 i's Activities Pages B.
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Truman Oil Edict Aims to Reserve Offshore Lands
Washington AP reports President Truman set aside submerged offshore lands as a Navy oil reserve amid Congressional protest. He argued it protects national security and prevents future high prices, noting 1952 petroleum output will not meet demand. Critics call it a power grab with Eisenhower favoring state control.
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Red Cross Sets $93 Million Goal for March Drive
New York reports the American Red Cross has set a 93,000,600 quota for its March fund drive, 26.6 million above 1952 and its largest target outside wartime. Campaign Chairman Leroy A Lincoln announced the figure to 15 regional vice chairmen on Thursday.
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Sea Spanning War Missiles Near Finletter Avers
Air Secretary Finletter said missiles capable of crossing the ocean and operating accurately will be available fairly soon. He estimated it will be about 30 years before air war fully shifts to guided missiles. In a farewell news conference he urged an international system to bar war and control modern weapons or civilization cannot survive.
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Eisenhower Names Four to Government Posts
President elect Eisenhower named two men and two women to senior posts in the new administration. Alma Kitl as United Nations Human Rights Commission representative, Burgess as census director, Watson as patent commissioner, and Oswald B. Lord’s widow Mrs. Burgess appointment details note salaries and roles in Commerce Department under Sinclair Weeks.
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Inauguration Day Rain Forecast by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau issued a gloomy preliminary forecast for Inauguration Day predicting rain and cold. The bureau noted the outlook could change as the forecast remains subject to updates.
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Reflections on a driving incident at Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS is reporting Ralph Flanagan 33 a Mal verne North nationally known bandleader and recording artist was booked early today on assault charges tied to a rock throwing incident at a hotel parking lot Nadine Mitchell the parking lot attendant reported a man threw rocks at a window when she moved his car to the entrance Mitchell said the man grew abusive and angry then threw rocks police identified the attacker and a $50 bond was posted
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No Alarm as Bus Riders See $70,000 Holdup
Three young gunmen held up the Hamilton Branch of Broad Street National Bank in Trenton as a bus halted at a red light outside. Tellers, customers, and officials were cowed while the bandits escaped with nearly $70,000 in cash. Witnesses describe calm bus riders watching through the bank window during the daylight robbery.
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Police Probe Deaths of Four in Garden Apartment
Police said a family of four, a mother Mrs. Max ine Settel father Herbert and two children, were found dead in their Union New Jersey garden apartment. Mrs Settel, her infant son, and Herbert died from gunshot wounds while Jane 6 was found dead with undetermined cause. Settel worked for a New York City jewelry firm. A .22 caliber rifle lay beside the father’s body.
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Auto Train Smashups Kill Navy Man in Long Beach Wrecks
Three autos and trains collide in Long Beach and Orange County wrecks leaving three dead including a Navy crew member from USS Fechteler, one near death and three injured. Victims were pulled from twisted wreckage as rescue squads responded. details note a speeding car hit an oncoming Pacific Electric train on E Ocean Blvd at Golden Ave.
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Senate approves Durkin as Taft silent on labor pick
The Senate labor committee backed Martin P. Durkin for Secretary of Labor with no objection from Taft who had called the choice incredible. Durkin, former head of the AFL Plumbers Union, is a Democrat who backed Stevenson and will take office after Durkin confirmed and Taft indicated he had little to ask at the hearing.
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Inauguration Plot Mixes Homburg Dress Tales Beyond
Nixon and Knowland weigh in on Ike’s inauguration attire as Truman dodges questions. Reporters press for details while discussions center on a Homburg hat, morning coat, and striped trousers, suggesting a media frenzy over presidential garb expectations.
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