Allies Hold Vital Peaks in Western Korea Stand
Allied infantry clash with Chinese forces on two snow covered peaks near Yonchon as the battle for Little Gibraltar intensifies into a second day. Armistice prospects heighten the stakes with both sides pouring reinforcements, and heavy artillery supporting fierce fighting amid four inches of night snow.
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Seoul
Korea
Gibraltar
Eighth Army
Yonchon
U. N. Heops
Heartbreak Ridge
Foel
Stars ‘and Stripes
Armistice Heights
Allied Patrol Kills 52 Reds Without Loss
Allied patrol deep into North Korean territory reports 52 enemy dead by actual count, with 11 wounded on the Allied side. Snow, six inches, slowed advance to 5:30 am as patrols fired grenades into bunkers and set up two machine guns for a preplanned ambush.
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Korea
Band Review Thrills Southland in Brisk Weather
In Santa Monica the All Western Band Review drew upwards of half a million Southland residents. About 6000 musicians plus floats and majorettes filled downtown streets as 53 degree air kept marching bands crisp. Parade began 6:30 p.m. with early spectators staking varnage points and police drill team leading the way.
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Long Beach
Tony Beach
Poly High School
Press-Telegram
Chuck Tally
Harry Karns
Santa Claus
Southland
Santa
California
Mercury
al Bahr Shrine
Phyllis Fleming
Mystery Aircraft Reported in Michigan
Grand Rapids Airport control tower and two Capital Airlines pilots sighted a ball of light at low altitude moving fast at 6 24 p m in Grand Rapids Michigan. Battle Creek reported a furloughed soldier saw a long flat object crossing over at about 400 miles per hour at 6 30 p m EST. The soldier was Pfc James Youngs stationed at Wright Patterson Air Base Ohio.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Capital Airlines
Battle Creek
James Youngs
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Dayton
Ohio
Snow blankets Southern California mountains soars to 14 inches
Winter sports fans descend on California’s high country as snow totals reach up to 14 inches, heaviest in Snow Valley and Green Valley Lake with 13 inches at Big Bear. Forecast calls for more snow above 4500 feet, with frost down to 2000 feet and cool, unsettled weather. Chains required in San Bernardino mountains. Angeles Crest Highway advised with care. Northern California expected to see rain from tomorrow night into Monday, with snow at high Sierra levels and a cool range elsewhere.
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Snow Valley
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Angeles Crest
San Francisco
Weather Bureau
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Sacramento
Sierra Nevada
Midwest Cold Eases After Frigid Spree Across States
The Associated Press reports the coldest air moving eastward as sunshine warmed eastern points. Subzero readings dropped to 16 below in Jamestown North Dakota and 11 below in Alexandria Minnesota, with 6 below in Grantburg Wisconsin. Overnight lows were forecast in the 10s to 20s for northern Indiana and Ohio, while Utah saw heavy snow, 14 inches at Bryce Canyon.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Jamestown
N. D
Alexandria
Minn
Grantshburg
Wis
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Atlantices
Texas
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Bryce Canyon
Vishinsky Backs Soviet A Bomb Ban Amendments
In Paris on November 24 Andrei Vishinsky rejected the western Big Three disarmament plan and proposed amendments aimed at a Soviet style arms restraint including an immediate ban on the atomic bomb. He told the UN political committee the plan fails to reduce war dangers and rewrote it to conform to Moscow ideas. British and French spokesmen signaled continuing work toward a genuine disarmament system while maintaining talk. The speech showed Moscow’s opposition remaining intact but kept doors open for negotiation.
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Andrei
Vishinsky
Moscow
United States
Britain
Traince
United Nations
Philip C. Jessup
U.S
Dean Acheson
Jessup
France
Alcohol Confiscated in Major New York Bootleg Bust
Federal agents arrested three men in New York and seized what authorities valued at $23,625 in bootleg alcohol. The seizure is described as the first large bust of its kind in the region since the alcohol taxes rose on November 1.
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New York
Canine Discovers Electrical Hazard in Cleveland
A white mongrel named Skipper warned of a live wire fault at a metal pole. He yowled in pain and was thrown against a storefront as linemen from Cleveland Electric Laminating Co. found worn insulation on a live conductor. Skipper was last seen fleeing toward the town outskirts.
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Navy
Skipper
Stanka
Cleveland Electric Laminating Co
Illinois Overcomes Final Hurdle on Rose Bowl Path
Milns' Fighting Illini win 3-0 over Northwestern to claim the Big Ten title and bolster Rose Bowl prospects. Stanford suffers 20-7 loss to California as UCLA defeats USC 21-7 in Los Angeles. Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Princeton also post strong victories.
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Stanford
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Los Angeles
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USC
Trojans
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Wisconsin
Purdue
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Princeton
Wreck Kills Engine Crew
A Louisville tied Kentucky Cardinal derailed near Fort Knox injuring four of 55 passengers. Engineer John L. Bullock and fireman Selby Yeates, both of Louisville, died. Bullock served 50 years with the railroad. The crash left the locomotive and tender overturned after plunging down a 30 foot embankment.
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Linois Central
Fort Knox
John L. Bullock
Selby Yeates
Bullock
Kentucky Cardinal
Fulton
Here
Vine Grove
Father of 3 Slips Off Rock Drowns at Point Fermin
Kenneth R. Emerson, 40, of 1760 Fathom Ct San Pedro, father of three, drowned yesterday while fishing from rocks at Point Fermin. Fire department rescue saved his life briefly but he died after a two hour effort. Witnesses said he cast from the tip of a large rock and vanished minutes later. lifeguards recovered the body.
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Kenneth R. Emerson
San Pedro
Point Fermin
U.S. Says Truman Urged Attacked Witte Bare Truth
The United States charged that a missing Navy Neptune bomber was attacked without warning by Soviet fighters over open sea near Cape Ostrovnaya east of Vladivostok on Nov 6. The plane with 10 aboard is presumed shot down. The U.S. report to the United Nations rejected Moscow's claim the aircraft violated Soviet territory. The State Department stressed evidence was secret.
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Navy
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United Nations
Russia
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Vladivostok
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Defense Department
U. N
Moscow
Trygve Lie
U.N. General Assembly
Paris
Matthew B. Ridgway
Andrei Gromyko
Hugh Cumming
Department
Guuags
Rogers
Matthew B. Ridgeway
James M. Hanley
Eighth Army
Hanley
Ridgway
Gen. Ridgway
Rescuers Hunt 4 in Sierra
Rescue parties from both sides of snowbound Kit Carson Pass battled 10 to 12 foot snow today in search for a family of four including a year old baby believed trapped nearly a week in the Sierra Nevada snowbound pass. Orrin Brown Alpine County sheriff identified Ralph Hilton 44 Lil lian 40 Betty 16 Ronald Hilton 1 all of San Jose as the missing family. Hilton left San Jose last weekend to cross Carson Pass in a sedan to meet his sons in Reno. The family did not appear at the Reno post office meeting point and a heavy storm buried the pass closing the road for the winter.
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Markleeville
Calif
Kit Carson Pass
Sierra Nevada
Orrin Brown
Alpine County
Ralph Hilton
Lillian
Betty
Ronald Hilton
San Jose
Brown
Carson Pass
Hilton
Reno
Sierra
Santa Letter From the Dead Mother to Boy
A Indianapolis mother Virginia Bartlett who died in a plane crash left her son Leslie Bartlett a hand printed letter explaining Santa Claus as the spirit of giving. The note, created with artist friend Leo Cassell, tells Leslie to be Santa next year by choosing a tree and giving to others. The story ties Leslie’s Christmas gift to his late mother’s message of giving.
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Indianapolis
Leslie Bartlett
Santa Claus
Virginia Bartlett
Santa
Leo Cassell
Leslie
Vicki
Bedford
Cease-fire line talks move toward armistice in Korea
In MUNSAN Korea Allied and Red staff officers agreed on a cease-fire line with minor differences and handed the task to two man subcommittees. They aim to fix 21 remaining differences before adjourning and pursue a full armistice session Monday to approve the line and advance truce supervision. Maj. Gen Henry L Hodes and Rear Adm Arleigh Burke lead the subcommittees as both sides clash over western positions and near accord grows in the east.
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Korea
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Henry L Hodes
Arleigh Burke
U.N
U.N. Command
Icy Mississippi floods lowlands in Minneapolis
The ice-choked Mississippi River flooded lower areas in Minneapolis as temperatures rose from subzero. Six families on the flats were moved out while water seeped into a Federal Barge Lines warehouse. Fifty workers toiled to remove gear from a cofferdam below St Anthony Falls as the river rose over 11 feet since Tuesday. The Weather Bureau predicted a thaw could worsen conditions tomorrow.
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Mississippi
Federal
Barge Lines
St. Anthony Falls
Weather Bureau
English Tank-Truck Explosion Kills Eight in Bristol
A tank truck unloading gasoline at a Bristol service station exploded today, killing eight people and leaving none missing. The blast wrecked the garage and two upstairs apartments, blowing out windows across a quarter mile.
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Indiana
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