NATO Army Leader Aims for Fast European Rearmament
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower is expected to urge President Truman to speed up Western European rearmament. The plan envisions a small but balanced fighting force within six to 12 months, as higher officials discuss burden sharing and defense planning in Europe. Eisenhower’s visit follows A. Averell Harriman’s European talks and a White House schedule showing Eisenhower to meet Truman.
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A. Averell Harriman
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North Atlantic Treaty Council
Paris
Europe
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Kaesong Truce Talks Continue Without Breakthrough
Red truce negotiators pressed Allied delegates to accept a Communist buffer zone across Korea but balked at issuing an ultimatum. UN officials said talks showed no progress as Kaesong and its guard hills remained a key hinge in future peace.
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Record Air Battles Rage Over Korea Fronts
Allied airmen, in nine dogfights, downed one MiG-15 and damaged four more, the most air battles in a day of the Korean war. Fifth Air Force reported all crews returned safely as snow and cold pressed the ground fronts and patrols moved across the line toward Manchurian borders.
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Surgeon removes 32-pound heart tumor in Cincinnati
Cincinnati surgeon recounts successful removal of a 32 to 34 pound heart tumor from Charles F. Dabney a 45 year old industrial gas engineer who returned to work at Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co The operation began on the right chest and extended across the chest cavity taking about one and a half hours with eighty stitches to close the incision
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Air Secretary Sees Atomic Plenty and NATO Focus
Air Secretary Finletter said the United States is entering an era of atomic plenty with nuclear weapons available for the battlefield. He stressed air plans must keep pace with evolving weapons and noted the NATO role and U.S. air defense remain important. He predicted the B52 bomber will be rolled out for taxi tests early next year. Senator Cain plans Nevada atomic tests to judge use in Korea, saying observers believe weapons could be used there if true.
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Low Fog Snarls North California
Nov 2 San Francisco reports dense fog disrupting air and highway traffic across Northern California. Dozens of crashes involve commuters on Bayshore Highway. A 400 ton construction barge drifted in San Francisco Bay prompting Coast Guard warnings. Flight diversions and advisories affected Martin Mars from Hawaii and United and Trans World Airlines jets.
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Weather note: cool tonight and warm tomorrow
The forecast calls for cool conditions tonight with a warm-up by tomorrow afternoon. Clear skies expected tonight and tomorrow, with pleasant daytime temperatures.
Close Shave Draft to Miss State Teeners by Thin Margin
SACRAMENTO California selective service headquarters said the largest national draft call in months will not draft 18 or 19 year olds in the state. Col Kenneth Leitch, director, said the youngest called will be 20 and the California quota could range from 1200 to 3600 depending on the national total. He noted California has recent calls cut due to high enlistment and National Guard recalls, and no 18 or 19 year olds have been drafted there so far.
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Man Admits Slaying Wife In East Los Angeles Trunk
Los Angeles, Nov. 2.1 AP A landlady’s tip led deputies to John Kelley who admitted strangling his 39 year old wife Margaret last Oct 13 over money and another woman He described stuffing her body in an old trunk and leaving it in the couple’s bedroom with their sons Richards 7 and John Jr 10 Then he dumped the trunk in a vacant lot after the odor drew complaints Mrs Hattie Bell McFarland 72 read about the case and alerted authorities Deputies matched prints and Kelley, a 44 year old former musician, confessed saying the couple argued most over money and that he sent the boys to a movie while they drank together.
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Hattie Bell McFarland
Armed Forces Need 59 650 for Expansion
The Defense Department asked for 59 650 men in January the largest monthly total since last spring to resume draft activity after the December pause. About 48 000 will join the Army and 11 650 the Marine Corps as part of an orderly buildup, with the Marine Corps expanded from 204 000 to 246 000. Separately Selective Service estimated roughly 2 million men have extended liability from age 26 to 25.
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Record cold grips wide region with blizzards
Unseasonably cold weather blankets most of the country except the southeast and southwest. Snow and subzero temps sweep from the Rockies to the Great Lakes with up to six inches in eastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico. Blizzard conditions emerge in parts of New Mexico as winds whip the snowfall. The Weather Bureau warns motorists as readings drop locally to ten below in Laramie and Fargo nine below in others.
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Strike blocks vital nickel discharge in New York
New York November 2 The government urged striking longshoremen to unload 60 tons of defense vital nickel from the Stavangerfjord as a 19 day old wildcat strike paralyzed the port. With no immediate response the ship sailed, while the AFL Masters Mates and Pilots Union prepared a midnight strike threatening to tie up every harbor on the east and Gulf of Mexico. The New York Board of Trade criticized Mayor Impellitteri over the waterfront stalemate.
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Anglo U S Bonds Tightened Royal Visit Ends
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh left Washington after a 45 hour visit in which President Truman said they had captured hearts and aided peace. The couple flew to Montreal at 1 35 p m after a rapid tour of Washington monuments. They planned a week in the Laurentians before returning to Britain. Mr Truman and the royal party bid farewell at the White House.
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GIs React to Nevada Atomic Test Near Camp Cooke
In Las Vegas on November 2, UPI reports Sgt. William Roberts 23 from Maple Hill Kansas and other GIs stationed at Camp Cooke California described their fear and awe after participating in the first nuclear blast with troops in maneuvers less than ten miles away. Concussions were strong and memories etched.
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William Roberts
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Taft Praises Eisenhower in Chicago Speech
Sen. Robert A. Taft praised Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's achievements in Europe but declined to say whether Eisenhower should pursue the Presidency. He noted Midwest support, suggested delegates from Kansas, and voiced mixed views on McCarthy’s anti-subversive campaign. Taft spoke at a $100 dinner, with KHJ airing the address.
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