Thawing Cold to Leave Slick Spots on Roads
A winter storm dropped three inches of snow on Midmontown and the Miami Valley, delaying travel and causing a flurry of minor accidents. Forecaster Gillam warned that a rainy thaw and tonight's freeze will leave slick highways though no major crashes were reported. Cincinnati saw 18 injuries in 26 crashes with a major incident in Woodlawn injuring nine people in a bus collision.
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Raymond Gillam
Gillam
State Highway Patrol
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Youngstown
Dayton
Columbus
Hamilton County
Woodlawn
Glendale
Lonnie Gibson
Miami Conservancy
Bank Robbery Trial: Warren Heist Details Unfold
In Cleveland, a federal trial of Julius Petro and Joseph Sanzo proceeds over a Warren bank cash heist of 71000. Star witness bank teller George Robey explains money bag prep while bank official L A Mines presents new currency totals. A Warren housewife recalls observing a suspect with a sticklike object near Foley’s car and a tire screech.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank
Julius Petro
Joseph Sanzo
Warren Bank
George W. Robey
Charles Foley
Warren
L. A. Mines
Frank E. Steel
United States
Mines
Warren Union Savings & Trust Co
Harold Auker
Foley
Orlando Funeral Set For Wednesday
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Italy's premier of victory and 92 year old Sicilian statesman, last survivor of the Versailles treaty Big Four, will be buried Wednesday between the tombs of Italy's land and sea commanders. He died Monday in Rome.
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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Italy
Victory
T.il
Reuther Poised To Lead CIO Amid Bitter Battle
Atlantic City report says Walter P. Reuther, head of the Auto Workers Union, looks set to win the CIO presidency after a fierce union fight. Allan S. Haywood disputes, McDonald backs continuing battle. convention vote possible Thursday. Reuther, 45, known for bold plans, previously bicycled through Europe and Russia.
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N. J
Walter P. Reuther
Cios
CIO
Auto Workers Union
Allan S. Haywood
Reuther
Rubber and Oil Workers
Haywood
Philip Murray
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
McDonald
Europe
Russia
Reed Proposes 11 Percent Tax Cut Across the Board
Washington AP Reed plans an 11 percent cut in individual income taxes and elimination of the excess profits tax on corporations when Congress convenes. The proposal targets a 5 percent decrease next year and another 5 percent in 1954, with automatic expiration of the 1951 rate hike after 1953. Reed expects bipartisan backing as part of a broader GOP tax and spending reduction program. The incoming administration seeks drastic curtailment of waste, a balanced budget, and tax relief benefiting the people.
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Congress
Daniel A. Reed
Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rhee Calls for Immediate All-Out Drive Against Reds
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee pressed for an immediate full offensive to expel Chinese Communist forces from North Korea. He said the move could proceed without Japanese or Chinese Nationalist troops and argued the USSR would not enter a world war. He warned that failure to act risks a continued deadly stalemate.
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Syngman
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North Korea
Russia
Soviet Union
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Kremlin
United States
National Broadcasting Company
U. N
Storms Hit Northern California Cause Losses and Damage
A severe coastal storm swept Northern California, bringing high winds and heavy rain that killed two people and caused substantial damage. Officials warned showers and lighter winds would continue into today as communities assess impact.
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San Francisco
California
Former Employe at WPAFB Faces Fraud Charges
A federal grand jury charged Carlton R. Sartoris, a former Wright-Patterson Air Force Base procurement specialist, with conspiring with Frank L. Crandell of a Kansas City canvas goods firm to defraud the government. Indictments allege two contracts worth 4.355 million dollars and payments of one half of one percent on gross sales on contracts Sartoris recommended to the Air Force Materiel Command.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Kansas City
Carlton R. Sartoris
Frank L. Crandell
canvas /Boods
Sartoris
Crandell
Air Force
IMF Aide Keeps Mum On Red Ties Rumors Stir O'Conor
New York AP report on International Monetary Fund economist Frank Coe refusing to answer questions about past Communist links and alleged espionage. Senator Herbert R. O'Conor demanded his dismissal as Senate hearings on Communist influence in U N agencies resume. Coe cited constitutional grounds, while a fund spokesman offered no comment.
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Monetary Fund
New York
International Monetary Fund
Herbert R. O’conor
Washington
Ivar Rooth
Sweden
Coe
U. N
Elizabeth T. Bentley
House Un-American Activities Committee
UN Rejects Soviet Call for Immediate Korean Cease Fire
In New York the UN Security Council allies and neutral states backed India’s peace plan for Korea, defeating a Russian demand for an immediate cease-fire and forcible prisoner repatriation. Only the Soviet bloc supported the Russian proposal, while many abstained. The assembly prepared to vote on the Indian plan in a plenary session, aiming to reveal who opposes peace in Korea.
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India
Korea
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Orient
U. N. General Assembly
Joao Carlos Muniz
Brazil
Red China
Assembly
Lester B Pearson
Nehru
China
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
Vishinsky
House Quiz Of Snyder Under Debate
Washington House tax scandal investigators scheduled a closed session to decide whether to call Secretary of the Treasury Snyder for a first hand account of his interest in a multimillion dollar tax case. Republicans favored open testimony while Snyder defended actions as administrative efficiency.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Internal Revenue Bureau
83Rd Congress
Ways and Means
Universal Pictures, Inc
Universal
Rep
Curtiss
Rneb
Kean
R-Nj
Stevenson To Be Truman's Guest For Two Days
President Truman to host Adlai Stevenson at the White House for two days. Stevenson travels from Atlantic City after memorial services for CIO President Philip Murray. He will confer with Truman, attend the cabinet farewell dinner, and stay two nights before flying to Illinois Friday.
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Adlai Stevenson
Truman
White House
Atlantic City
CIO
Philip Murray
Illinois
Shopping Days Till Christmas Slippers Featured
Middletown merchants display new and classic house slippers as a warm gift idea. A gift certificate is offered to solve the size problem and ensure a cozy holiday atmosphere before Christmas.
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Middletown
Taft denounces Durkin labor secretary pick in Eisenhower cabinet
Senator Taft called Martin Durkin's selection as secretary of labor an incredible appointment and an affront to union members. The report notes Durkin, 58, is general president of the AFL United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, and Weeks of Massachusetts was named secretary of commerce. CIO head Meany praised Durkin as an outstanding trade unionist.
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Robert A. Taft
Martin Durkin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Eisenhower
GOP
Durkin
Herbert Brownell
Truman Democrat
Stevenson
Chicago
Labor
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
Commerce
Gen
Truman
Art
AFL United Association of Journeymen
United States
Canada
Weeks
Republican National Finance Committee
Massachusetts
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
White House
Vandenberg
Walter Williams
Seattle
Citizens For
CIO
George Meany
The
AFL
Dwight Eisenhower
Martin P. Durkin
Menzies Backs Trade Pact For U S Commonwealth
Australian Prime Minister Menzies reportedly proposed a United States Commonwealth trade and friendship treaty at the Commonwealth Premiers Conference. The plan would ease capital movement, cut double taxation, extend pound convertibility, and scale back imperial preferences and US tariff quotas. Britain seeks outside help to fund and implement the Commonwealth drive to boost food and mineral production for 575 million people, potentially saving two billion dollars annually.
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G. Menzies
Commonwealth
U. S
United States
Menzies
Britain
Churchill
R. A. Butler
Washington
Eisenhower
Jet Ace Bags 6th MIG in North Korea Air Battle
An American jet ace Lt James F. Low returned from six weeks in the U S to Korea and shot down a Communist MIG15 deep in North Korea during a clash between two U S F86 Sabres and two MIGs. It was his seventh kill of the war as snows blanketed the front and U S B29s bombed troop areas and Red front lines.
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Korea
U. S
North Korea
Honsan
Yangdok
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Summerfield To Testify On Campaign Spending
Washington congressional hearings examine flaws in election laws as Arthur Summerfield, Eisenhower pick for postmaster general, testifies on fixing spending limits. Rep. Hale Boggs leads a probe into primary elections, conventions, and nonpolitical committees eroding controls. Future testimony will include Stephen A. Mitchell as the committee seeks a workable substitute.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Rep
Hale Boggs
D-La
Arthur Summerfield
Republican National Committees
Summerfield
Boggs
Congress
Tax chief Nunan indicted for income tax evasion
A federal grand jury indicted Joseph D. Nunan Jr., ex chief of the Internal Revenue Bureau, on income tax evasion charges. He allegedly evaded 91,086.60 in taxes from 1946 to 1950. In a separate report, an Air Force C-47 with 13 aboard crashed at the 8,000 foot San Bernardino Mountain, after departing from Davis-Monthan and routing via March Air Base.
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Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Internal Revenue Bureau
McGcGranery
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nunan
San Bernardino
Calif
Air Force
Sheriff's Office
Offutt Afb
Omaha
Neb
Davis - Monthan Air Base
Tucson
Ariz
March Air Base
Palm Springs
Desert
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