Korean Truce Talks Hopeless Says Vishinsky
At the United Nations Vishinsky declared no hope for a successful armistice conclusion at Panmunjom. He denounced U S plans and called General Van Fleet a cannibal while accusing Dean Acheson of opposing atomic arms. Churchill backs U S policy on defense of Formosa and asks for token troops and steel.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Panmunjom
Assembly
Theviet Union
Korea
38Th Parallel
Vishinsky
Panmunjiom
U. S
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Eighth Army
U. N
Dean Acheson
Churchill
Washington
Winston Churchill
U.S
Formosa
Canal
Britain
France
Turkey
United States
Far East
Europe
China
Congress
Warren Urges GOP to Embrace Social Progress
California Governor Earl Warren told Republicans at the national committee meeting they cannot turn the clock back to win the 1960 election. He promoted liberal planks and warned against backing a party that shuns social progress, hinting at Taft’s conservative wing without naming him. The address opened a session where party prospects for November were discussed.
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San Francisco
Earl Warren
California
Warren
GOP
National Committee
Taft
Guy G. Gabrielson
David S. Ingalls
NYC salutes Captain Courage Captain Henrik Carlsen amid Broadway cheers
New York honors Capt Henrik Kurt Carlsen for 15 days at sea aboard the Flying Enterprise. Confetti and ticker tape frame his Canyon of Heroes procession up Broadway as 700 Navy midshipmen lead the parade. He says he is overwhelmed and grateful, wife Agnes tearfully beside him.
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New York
Henrik Kurt Carlsen
Broadway
Uuess
New York City
Carlsen
Atlantic
Enterprise
Charles A. Lindbergh
Douglas MacArthur
Richard E. Byrd
Pershing
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Agnes
Navy Midshipmen
All Guardsmen to Be Released Ahead of Time
The Army plans to release all National Guard troops from active duty somewhat before completing their 24 month federal service. Releases will occur on an individual basis with no fixed monthly quotas, and timing remains to be set. Divisions activated in 1950 and 1951 are in Europe, the Far East, or on duty in the U.S. as the program develops.
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Army
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Europe
California
Oklahoma
Far East
Alaabama
Mississippi
Minnesota
North Dakota
Ohio
Census Bureau estimates U S population at 155 575 000
The Census Bureau estimated the United States population at 155 575 000 as of December 1 last, up from 155 356 000 for November 1 and 151 132 000 in the prior count. The April 1 1950 census is noted as forthcoming.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Doo
Classified and editorial listings recap
A fragmented newspaper index lists sections and page ranges for features including classifieds on C-8 to C-11, comics on C3, editorials on A-18, financials on C-6 and C-7, obituaries on C-3, radio and TV on C-5, a shipping table on C-7, sports on C-2 and C-3, theaters on A-14, temperatures on C-7, and Werner's activities spanning B-1 to unspecified pages. The note reflects the paper's structure and where to locate each content type.
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Werner
Storms Leave California in Ruin and Death Toll 15
A week of storms across California left millions in damages and 15 dead including San Francisco architect Gordon C. Drake. Northern losses topped the tally with eight deaths, while seven occurred in the south. Floods and snowbound ranges threaten livestock as new storms bring more rain and mountain snow. Cleanup follows as officials plan evacuations and convoy aid into the Quincy Portola area.
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Associated Press
Caliifornia
California
Gordon C. Drake
San Francisco
Echo Summit
High Sierra
Gulf of Alaska
Weather Bureau
Oregon
Quincy
Portola
Plumas County
Highway Patrol
Southern Pacific Streamliner
Californnia
Prediction of Expanded Atomic Program By President
Senator McMahon after meeting with President Truman at the White House said the United States atomic energy program will be expanded. He noted the Atomic Energy Commission has considered expansion and that a presidential announcement will indicate timing. McMahon, chairman of the joint Senate House Atomic Energy Committee, quoted Truman as having approved the expansion plan.
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McMahon
D.-Comn
Truman
United States
Joint
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Joint Committee
Rescued Passengers Reach S F Four Days Late
San Francisco dispatch reports weary passengers from the snowbound City of San Francisco finally arrived in Oakland after four days stranded in Donner Pass. The 196 passengers and 30 Southern Pacific crewmen endured frigid 6 degree weather as a relief train brought them to safety. Dr. Walter Roehl tended gas-fume victims, while passengers like Philip Gordon stayed practical, trusting rescuers would reach them.
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San Francisco
Sierra Nevada
Oakland
Ken McLaughlin
San Francisco Chronicle
Associated Prass Wireshoto
City of
Chicago
Donner Pass
High Sierra
Southern Pacific
Streamliner
San Francisco Bay
Bay
Sacramento
Walter H. L. Roehl
Midgotown
Ohio
Lucky
Philip Gordon
B-17 Crash Kills Two at Griffiss Air Base
A four engine B-17 bomber from Griffiss Air Force Base crashed near Rome on approach, killing two airmen and injuring five seriously. The base reported the deaths and injuries but released no names.
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Rome
Griffiss Air Force Base
Griffiss
Weather Brief Scattered Showers Tonight and Tomorrow
Scattered showers expected tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Winds light and variable up to 12 to 18 miles per hour, strongest tomorrow afternoon across the southwest region.
Sabres' Tight Turns Destroy Two MiGs in Korea
In a Seoul reported air action, two acrobatic Sabre pilots from the U S Fifth Air Force downed two MiG-15s without firing, while Lt Col James B Raebel destroyed another MIG. The pilots Shaeffer and Robinson described their high altitude maneuver leading to the enemy jets' loss of control and two parachute landings. Communist claims of Kaesong zone air attacks followed. no major ground actions were reported.
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Korea
Kaesong
U. S
Fifth Air Force
James B. Raebel
Redfield
S.j. D
Red
William F. Shaeffer
Zoone
Iowa
Frank P. Robinson
Shreveport
Robinson
Sinanjw
Shaeffer
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