Tito Breaks Relations With Vatican
Belgrade Yugoslavia Premier Marshal Tito’s government cut diplomatic ties with the Vatican after the naming of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac to the College of Cardinals. Tito accused the Vatican of hostile activity and threatened to cancel a planned London visit over religious persecution charges tied to Vatican influence.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Vatican
Alojzije Stepinac
College of Cardinals
Ales Bebler
Msgr
Silvio di Oddi
di Oddi
U S Demands Russia Pay For Downed B 29 Crew
The United States renewed a compensation demand for the loss of a U S B 29 and its eight crew after a Soviet fighter shot it down near Japan. Washington calls the attack unprovoked and unjustified while Moscow had claimed the bomber violated Russian airspace. The note says Russia has no information on the eight crew members.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Japan
Moscow
U .S
State Department
Viking 9 rockets to 135 miles high setting record
The Navy Viking 9 rocket reached 135 miles straight up at White Sands Proving Grounds Las Cruces New Mexico matching the Vik ing 7 record set over a year earlier. It weighed 74 tons and 42 feet long carrying upper air instruments as it flew about 3,900 miles per hour until fuel exhaustion.
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Washington
Navy
Defense Department
Army White Sands Proving Grounds
Las Cruces
N M
Army
WAC
Florida Groves Face More Cold Frost Grips State Farms
Florida groves and vegetable farms were set to endure another frigid day as smudge fires burned to combat frost. The Federal State Frost Warning Service forecast frost again this morning, extending the year's longest cold wave.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Federal
Chiang's Men Execute 6st Alleged Red Spy
In Formosa two more convicted Communist agents were executed today, raising the total to 61 alleged spies put to death on the island since November 26.
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Chiang
Taipeh
Formosa
Six Die In Fire In Arkansas Home Explosion
Six children perished when a house two miles from North Little Rock Ark exploded and burned early today killing the youngsters and badly burning their parents and sister in a three room dwelling.
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North Little Rock
Ark
Taft in Strong Position for Top Senate Leader Post
Washington reports indicate Senator Taft of Ohio seeks the GOP floor leadership and has growing support. Senator Carlson voiced early backing after meeting President-elect Eisenhower, while others doubt public stance. Conflicting accounts place Bridges as possible interim leader and Knowland as policy chair, with Taft gaining momentum among Republicans.
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Taft
Senate
Joe Hall
Washington
Sen
Ohio
Carlson
R-Kan
New York
Eisenhower
GOP
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Appropriations
Knowland
Sen Millikin
Eisenhower to Meet GOP Leaders in Congress
President elect Eisenhower announced plans for meetings with GOP congressional leaders to discuss inflation control and other issues. The first gathering at the Commodore Hotel will include House leaders Joseph Martin Charles Hollen and Leslie Arends with a possible later session including Senate leaders Styles Bridges Robert Taft Eugene Millikin and Leverett Saltonstall. Eisenhower will remain neutral on Senate majority leader choice.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Eisenhower
Commodore Hotel
House
Joseph W Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Leverett Saltonstall
James C. Hagerty
Senate Republicans
Taft
Workman Killed In Hotel Hollenden Blast
In Cleveland a basement electrical explosion at the Hotel Hollenden killed Harold Wagner and seriously burned two workers. The blast struck a subterranean vault housing Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company transformers. Cause undetermined. a CEI official noted the switch pull on a 4600 volt line.
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Cleveland
Hollenden
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
Harold Wagner
CEI
Truman Approves New Security Plan For U N
President Truman orders three federal branches to cooperate on a security plan for U S personnel at the United Nations. The move follows a panel’s recommendation to oust loyal or suspected subversive U N staff and to dismiss employees refusing to answer espionage inquiries. Senator Wiley supports the plan as timely before Eisenhower’s inauguration.
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New York
Truman
U. S
United Nations
James P. McGranery
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Wiley
U. N
Dwight D. Eisenhower
McGranery
Washington
State and Justice Departments
International Jurists
Trygve Lie
U.N
United States
Community Renews Hunt For Missing Youngsters
In Naperville Illinois a 10 day search for 6 year old Jean Petersen and 3 year old Edward Rosenstiel renewed after draining a quarter mile wide quarry failed to find them. Mayor Charles Wellner praised volunteers who kept vigil as police deputies Boy Scouts and residents covered 40 square miles. Pumping removed about 90 million gallons of water from the quarry with no trace of the children found. FBI aid was sought but not provided absent kidnapping evidence.
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Naperville, Il
Charles Wellner
Naperville
Jean Petersen
Edward Rosenstiel
Chicago
DuPage River
FBI
DiSalle Named Successor To Putnam
Michael V. DiSalle is named to the government anti-inflation program as economic stabilizer succeeding Roger L. Putnam. He plans to resign from the post after a brief tenure, return to Toledo, and then depart for a new President-elect term. He will oversee price and wage control and other stabilization measures.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Truman
DiSalle
Controls
Toledo
Office of Price Stabilization
DPS
Senate
Roger L. Putnam
Storm Halts Ship Salvage Near Leghorn Harbor
Violent winds and heavy seas paused salvage efforts on the Grommet Reefer, a 3800 ton U S refrigerated ship split by rocks near Leghorn, Italy. Navy plans to recover the ship halves and 176 tons of foodstuffs were stalled as 50 mile per hour winds lashed the area. Navy helicopters evacuated the last 13 crew members after a 36 hour rescue mission, the vessel previously grounded on rocks with 39 civilian crew aboard.
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Leghorn
Italy
U. S
Navy
Leghorn Harbor
U. S. Navy
Jersey City Mayor Accused of Waterfront Racketeering Ties
New York State Crime Commission records depict Jersey City Mayor John V Kenny as a protector of waterfront racketeers, a claim Kenny denies from New Jersey. Witnesses allege Kenny pressed to eliminate a special police squad, favored underworld figures, and pressured the city to remove the safety commissioner. Kenny calls the witnesses irresponsible as he faces multi-jurisdictional inquiries into port corruption and dock crimes amid an era of maritime crime probes.
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New York
Jersey City
John V Kenny
State Crime Commission
Kenny
New Jersey
Commission
New York State Crime Commission
Lance
Charles S. Witkowski
Commissioner of Public Safety
New York State
Alfred E. Driscoll
Witkowski
Public Works
Frank
Buffo) de Lorenzo
de Lorenzo
City Hall
New York Y
100 MPH Wind Pushes Liner Into British Quay
The United States liner, just pulling away from Southampton for New York, was driven back to the quay by gusts over 100 mph. The port bridge area smashed two cranes and fouled in steel. Dockers and crew failed to free her. 600 passengers faced a delayed sailing until winds abated.
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London
United States
British Isles
Southampton
New York
Dog Nabs Man Invading Buckingham Palace Grounds
A police dog named Bruce captured a 27 year old man who breached the north side of Buckingham Palace grounds early today. The dog seized him as he dropped the wall border and the handler detained him for custody. He was taken to a hospital for observation.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Bruce
Palace Grounds
Czech Premier Admits Troubles Amid Red Regime Strife
Premier Antonin Zapotocky acknowledged discontent and rebellion in Czechoslovakia. He blamed shortages of food and coal for the unrest, a startling admission published by the official Communist newspaper Rude Pravo in Vienna.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravo
Antonin Zapotocky
Eisenhower and MacArthur Meet at Dulles Home
President elect Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur conferred at John Foster Dulles in New York as MacArthur urged a clear solution to the Korean War. The pair left the Commodore Hotel to join the luncheon meeting at Dulles residence, MacArthur traveling separately.
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New York
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Fosher Dulles
MacArthur
Dulles
Commodore Hotel
Far East
Truman
UN Debating Resolutions On Morocco
The United Nations General Assembly debates Morocco as two rival resolutions seek a settlement with France. Asian and Arab nations push for Morocco sovereignty while Latin American nations urge negotiations toward self government, despite France’s boycott and stance on domestic affairs. The American delegation backs the Latin American text, aiming for progress before an expected afternoon vote.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Morocco
France
General Assembly
Law of Nations
Pakistan
Tunisia
Jets To Crash Sonic Barrier At Kitty Hawk
Three Air Force Sabre jets will deliver a triple sonic boom at Kitty Hawk to honor the Wright brothers 49th anniversary. An F86 speed run over Kill Devil Hill is planned for the ceremony, with jets diving from 40 000 feet to break the sonic barrier around 20 000 feet.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Air Force Sabre
Kill Devil Hill
Wright Brothers
Eastern Expert Accused Of Lying Before Committee
Federal grand jury accuses Owen Lattimore of lying under oath on seven points during testimony before the Senate internal security subcommittee. Indictment labels all seven as material falsehoods. Lattimore, 52, asserts innocence and faces arraignment Friday while John Hopkins confirms a paid leave of absence pending federal action.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Senate
Internal Security
Mate ‘Rial
Detlev Bronk
Lattimore
McCarthy
Sen. Mundt
Congressional
John Carter Vincent
Vincent
Tangier
Civil Service Commission
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Justice Department
Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relaions
IPR
73rd Anniversary Quiet For California Couple
LOAM LINDA Calif. Mr. and Mrs. William W Lambeth celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary quietly with five of their ten children present. He is 101, weighs 70 pounds at 19, and keeps up via current events quizzes from bed. She is 94, blind, and cheerful. They plan a family dinner, and their gifts include a record player for the blind with talking records.
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Linda
Calif
William W. Lambeth
Eller Lambeth
Ellen
Lambeth
Ground War Slows. Jets Down MIG
Allied Sabre jet pilots report one Communist MIG I5 shot down and four damaged in four dogfights over North Korea. Col. James K. Johnson credited with the MIG kill. other pilots named for damaged MIGs. The Eighth Army tallies UN ground casualties from Dec 8 to Dec 14 at 2,215 killed, 1,240 wounded, and 7 captured.
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George A. McArthur
Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
James K. Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Elmore
Minn
Vincent E. Stacy
Crystal Falls
Mich
Vermont Garrison
Mt. Victory
Edwin H. Finlayson
Monticello
Fla
U. S. Eighth Army
Korangpo
Eighth Army
United Nations
Reds
NATO Calls Indochina War Vital to West
Paris reported NATO labeled the French fight in Indochina as vital to Western security, equating it with Korea. No plan for collective action was shown, but a foreign ministers council resolution urged resistance to aggression worldwide and noted aid from the United States and Britain.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Indochina
NATO
Council of Foreign Ministers
Snes
Southeast Asia
Korea
Robert Schuman
Jean le Tourneau
United States
Britain
France
U. S
Separated Twins Reported “Fine” At Mt Sinai Hospital
Two baby girls born Siamese and separated three hours after birth were described as getting along fine at Mt. Sinai Hospital. They remained in separate incubators after arriving about a month early. A small band of flesh joining them in front was severed during the operation following their birth on Sunday. The mother’s condition was excellent.
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Cleveland
Mt. Sinai Hospital
British Approve Tito's New Envoy to Britain
Belgrade official sources report Vladim ir Willebit, a World War II partisan fighter and former minister to Italy, is approved as Yugoslavia's ambassador to Britain. He will face Josip Prilej, assigned to the Foreign Ministry, in this diplomatic exchange.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Willebit
Britain
Wellebit
Italy
Josip Prilej
Foreign Ministry
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Stepinac
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Anthony Eden
U.S
Russia
Christ
Prince of Peace
Karl Ernst
R-Calif
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Ike
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Putnam
Storm
Eugene Levin
British Quay
Bulletin
Karl R. Bauman
China
Constantine Dumansky
Ch’ao
California
Lambeths
Alabama
Denart
Tew
Texas
Arizona
Palm Springs
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