Steel Strike Decision Due
The United Steelworkers policy makers meet to decide on possible actions amid a steel crisis. Leaders offer no hint of a plan as the wage-policy board and executive committee prepare in secrecy, with a New Year strike possibly delayed and a January 3 Atlantic City convention looming.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
C.1.d
Wage-Policy Board
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Atlantic City
Philip Murray
CIO
Conflict Over Releasing Four U.S. Airmen in Hungary
Differences surfaced on the fate of four U.S. fliers jailed by Hungary. Budapest officials said Hungary had not accepted the U.S. offer to pay 120000 in fines, while the Hungarian legation in Washington said the offer was accepted and the men would be released. U.S. diplomat Walter Donnelly and George Abott reported no decisions yet as the note from Christmas Day was under review by judicial and financial authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
United States
Hungary
Budapest
Washington
Walter J. Donnelly
U.S
Austria
George Abott
Donnelly
Abbott
Germany
Four Die in South Alberta Mishap Christmas Toll Rises
The southern Alberta death toll reached four over the Christmas weekend with two more fatalities announced this morning. John Sands, 35, a Rocky Mountain House guide, died after a Christmas morning accidental shooting, and Arthur Toulgett, 26, of Calgary, was killed by a .22 rifle on a Big Valley farm. Earlier victims include Ethyl Hryciuk and Theodore Anderson, both killed in a car crash and a stalled vehicle incident respectively. Two others narrowly escaped a train collision near CPR 85th Ave.
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Calgary
Alberta
John Sands
Rocky Mountain House District
Hunter
Arthur Toulgett
David Shaw
Big Valley
Ethyl Hryciuk
Lone Pine Hill
Midnapore
Theodore Benhart Anderson
Picture Butte
Sands
Rocky Mountain House
Baptiste River
Ben Nelson
Ogden
Paul Weiss
CPR
85Th Ave. Prade Crossing
Riots Break Out as Egyptian Students Clash with Police
In Cairo and Alexandria protests over palace influence turn violent. Police fire buckshot injuring 15 at Alexandria, and clashes injure students and officers. Schools and universities are closed, arrests made, and traffic disrupted amid mass demonstrations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Parliament Building
Abbasia
Fouad
Mohammed Ali Pasha
Farouk University
Farouk
Hafez
Afifi Pasha
Afifi
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
No New Big Fighting Expected In Korea Amid Cease Fire Trials
After the 30 day cease fire period expired, reports indicate little ground fighting is likely to start immediately. Even with the provisional line in place and daily air campaigns, ground battles have remained sporadic as both sides refrained from large offensives.
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John Randolph
Seoul
Korea
Communists
United Nations
Russians Accept Kennan as Ambassador to Russia
President Truman announced the selection of George F. Kennan as the new United States ambassador to Russia, noting he would succeed Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk. The Kremlin already signaled acceptance despite denouncing him as a foe of the Soviets amid recent Pravda and Radio Moscow attacks. Kennan, 47, is credited as a principal author of U.S. containment policy and currently leads the policy planning staff after serving as state department counsellor.
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Washington
Russia
George F. Kennan
United States
Truman
Kansas City
Kennan
Alan G. Kirk
Joseph Short
Kremlin
Pravda
Radio Moscow
State Department
Dean Acheson
Princeton University Institute For Advanced Studies
Scientists Predict Children's Final Height From X Rays
Researchers at the 118th AAAS meeting explain using X rays of hand wrist and knee joints to gauge age maturity and predict final height starting at age eight with growing accuracy. They describe advances in prosthetics as new limbs undergo trials for safety before national rollout.
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Philadelphia
Nancy Bayley
Alta Gordon
Edward Bowes
University of California Institute of Child Welfare
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sidney Fishman
New York University College of Engineering
Veterans’ Administration
St Laurent defends prices legislation amid Commons vote
Prime Minister St Laurent told the Commons the government’s prices bill may curb the upward surge and lower some prices. The chamber voted 122 to 28 against a PC attempt to kill the legislation as George Drew resumes his party’s bitter campaign. St Laurent and Diefenbaker sparred over closure while praising the debate’s tone.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
The
Commons Today
Commons
Mr. St. Laurent
Chamber
George Drew
Drew
John Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Ridgeway expected to clarify Korea cease fire line within 24 hours
U S defense officials said Gen Ridgway would likely announce within a day the status of the provisional Korean demarcation line agreed last month as the 30 day window expired. Panmunjom sub committees remained deadlocked with fears 50 000 missing Allied prisoners may have died of exposure and disease amid stalled talks.
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Washington
Reuters
United States Defence Department
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Ridgway
Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Claxton Leads Canadian Delegation On Korean Tour
Defence Minister Brooke Claxton and Veterans Minister Hugh Lapointe travel with Peter Inglis to Korea aboard a C 5 transport. The trip aims to meet frontline officers and troops of the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade and destroyers in Korean waters, with details kept sensitive by Tokyo credentials.
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Peter Inglis
Southam
Ottawa
Defence
Claxton
Lapointe
Korea
Rockcliffe Airport
Norea
Veterans Affairs
Hugh Lapointe
Defense Research Board
O. M. Solandt
Regiment de la Chaudiere
25Th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Royal Canadian Navy
Korean
Canada
R.C.A.F
Invitation List Sparks Married Guests Only Debate
A humorous bonding moment at a wedding planning exchange turns on a guest list joke. The bride notes the invite list reads like a wedding gift hedge, while the groom proposes only married guests to ensure “clear profit” from gifts.
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Smilestones
Joe
Weather shift brings milder air to western prairies
A warm air mass from the arctic coast moves south, lifting temperatures in western Alberta to 20 to 30 degrees tomorrow while western Saskatchewan stays 10 to 15 degrees cooler. Medicine Hat forecasts cloudy skies with occasional sun today and Friday, milder tomorrow, light winds today, southwest 15 Friday, with low tonight around 5 and high tomorrow near 20.
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Prairies
Canada
Arctic
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Montreal considers blasting ice jams to relieve river flood
Flooding in Riviere des Prairies hits Montreal area with over 100 homes affected and several destroyed. Firefighters assist as two engineers assess ice jam blasting options with a mid afternoon report expected. The RCAF aid request was canceled and the in charge streams commission plans to clear the river.
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Montreal
Riviere Des Prairies
J. C. Chagnon
Quebec Streams Commission
Montreal Island
Riviere Des Milleries
St. Lawrence
Year’s Roughest Gale Strikes Britain’s South Coast
A severe gale battered Britain’s south coast early today with gusts near 80 mph. At Shannon Airport an airliner was blown across the ramp damaging its wings and refueling unit, delaying its departure.
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London
Reuters
Britain
Shannon
Republic of Ireland
Fire in Calgary on Boxing Day Damages Three Businesses
A Calgary blaze on Boxing Day in 8th Ave E caused about 100000 in damages. Two firemen were slightly injured and several others frostbitten in the zero temperature. The fire destroyed Smithens Jewelry and Loans Harvey Drug Store and Loan Stores. Capitol Furniture Store suffered smoke and water damage. fourteen people were displaced from upstairs rooms losing most possessions including Christmas gifts.
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Calgary
Smithens Jewelry and Loans
Harvey Drug
Capitol
Amateurs eye voyage for Cutty Sark to Sydney Harbor
In Greenithe Kent Reuters reports amateurs led by Hugh Vaudrey plan to sail the Cutty Sark again to Australia. It would cost at least £10,000 to refit, with support from Australia New Zealand and Tasmania groups. Frank Carr of the National Maritime Museum calls the plan impracticable and urges preservation in Britain.
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Greenithe
Kent
Engand
Reuters
Sydney Harbor
Australia
Hugh Vaudrey
Thames Barge Sailing Club
New Zealand
Tasmania
Pacific
Nautical College
Frank Carr
National Maritime Museum
High Seas
Britain
Air War Renewed Over North Korea as Sabres Battled Reds
American Sabre jets shot down two red MIGs and badly damaged another in a 30 minute clash near Heartbreak Ridge. About 100 MIGs fled as Sabres opened fire earlier. No American losses reported. allied infantry faced knee deep snow and sub zero conditions seeking to regain an isolated outpost.
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Seoul
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
Road Report Summary for Highway Conditions
Road report details slippery and heavy conditions on No 1 east and No 2 north routes with sections heavy. No 1 west clears slowly with slipperiness. No 8 west shows slippery areas around Grassy Lake and heavy spots. Monalta to Elk wa r segments fair. Beach at Elkwater blown in between Elkwater and Thelma. Side roads packing down with traffic.
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Grassy Lake
Monalta
Elkwater
Thelma
Macleod
Calgary
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