UN proposes sick and wounded POW swap in Korean talks
UN negotiators in Munsan proposed an immediate exchange of sick and wounded war prisoners. The UN also announced 37,500 South Koreans held in Allied prisons would be released, while Communist negotiators weighed the proposal with less than a 50 percent chance of acceptance amid Panmunjom exchanges.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Red
Panmunjom
Red Cross
U.N
Truce Supervision
Adm
Libby
Matthew B Righway
International Red Cross
Lee Sang Jo
Ridgway
Tokyo
U. N
Nuckols
Four American fliers face trial in Hungary
The four U S airmen Capt Dave Henderson Capt John J Swift Lt James A Elam and Tech Sgt Dess A Duff were captured after a C 47 flight to Belgrade Hungary announced plans to try them on grounds they carried spies The families express grief and fear while US and allied officials seek a swift release and a prompt prisoner exchange amid stalled armistice talks and Red Cross lists.
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Hungary
Andrei Vishinsky
Dave Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
John J. Swift
Glens Falls
N. Y
James A. Elam
Kingsland
Ark
Dess A. Duff
Spokane
Wash
Swift and Duff
Erding
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S. State Department
Leslie
David
James Duff
Jess
Ohio
Henderson
Jimmy Barnwell
D. H. Henderson
King Leo Elam
Sgt
Elam
Sidney
Miners Trapped in West Frankfort Shaft after Explosion
Rescue workers battled to reach about 60 miners believed trapped 500 feet underground after a blast at the world's largest coal shaft mine near West Frankfort. At least 14 dead were reported as teams worked with gas masks and hope remained amid fires and limited communications.
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West Frankfort
Sy 2
John D. R. Foster
Foster
Walter Eadie
Springfield
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Red Cross Disaster
Joab Walton
H. Summers
Benton
J. L. Black
Carterville
Howard Wall
West Frankfort Foster
Powell’s Fire Tragedy Claims 3 Lives in Frankfort
James Powell fired on rescuers as his home burned killing his mother Nora Powell 84 and sister Lillian Everman 55. Police say a prior attempt to commit him to a mental institution triggered the deaths before the blaze. Powell hid on the second floor and was found dead with his dog in the ruins.
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Frankfort
India
James Powell
Nora Powell
Lillian Everman
Overill Barnett
Michigan
Powell
British Liberate 42 German War Criminals From Wer Prison
In Bonn Germany British authorities released 42 German war criminals from Wer Prison, including seven women. The group, the largest single release, consisted mainly former concentration camp guards. no senior generals like Manstein or Kesselring were released. The decision reflected time already served before trial.
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Bonn
Germany
Wer
Werl
Erich von Manstein
Albert Kesselring
Murphy Won Head Cleanup Reports Say
Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy reportedly declined to head President Truman's three man cleanup commission to expose government wrongdoers. The Times and Herald Tribune cited protests from colleagues and lack of powers as reasons. Murphy rose to prominence as prosecutor in the Alger Hiss case and previously led New York City's reform Police Department.
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NEW York
Thomas F. Murphy
Truman
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
the Times
Murphy
Washington
Joseph Short
The
Herald Tribune
Commission
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
U. S. Attorney's Office
New York City
Reform Police
Get Rich Deals Probed by Senate Panel
Senate Agriculture Committee investigators plan early next year to probe two get rich quick schemes tied to Agriculture Department employees. One centered on a Camp Crowder lease worth $382,201 for 20 months and subleasing to store grain. The other involved an investment pool speculating in oil and gas rights on department lands. Action focused in Missouri and New Orleans with witnesses in St. Louis and Kansas City.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Camp Crowder
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Edender
Williams
Sen. Kem
R-Mo
Aiken
Agriculture Committee
Montpeter
Sen. Williams
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Kefauver Delays Decision on 752 Presidential Bid
Senator Kefauver said he likely will decide early in 1952 on pursuing the Democratic presidential nomination. The Tennessee senator headed the Senate Crime Investigating Committee and told a reporter he wants to appraise the situation further before making up his mind.
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Washington
Kefauver
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Official Winter Opens With Fresh Midwest Snow and Cold
The official start of winter 11 01 a m EST brings snow across the central United States. Blizzards and sub zero temperatures persist with 260 deaths attributed to recent storms.
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Midwest
Rockies
The
Mercury
North Central
Canada
Minnesota
Eastwate
Michigan
Chicago
Christmas Cheer Across the Nation
The nation greets Christmas with Santa appearing at the White House courts and orphanages as Americans endure the Korean War. At Pope AFB North Carolina a helicopter Santa brings gifts to 1,000 orphans, while a New Jersey boy gains artificial legs after surgeries.
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Yale
Santa Claus
White House
Korea
Pope Air Force Base
N. C
Santa
Ninth Air Force
North Carolina
Ralph
Keesler Air Force Base
Mississippi
Kris Kringle
San Francisco
Middle West
San Francisco News and Letterman Hospital
Dilemma Over Soldier Walter Dixon POW or Dead
In a complex case Agnes Dixon Sasser of Atlanta questions the fate of her husband Pfc Walter B Dixon listed as killed in Korea last May and later found on a Communist POW list. She notes the same serial number and name but the Army has not confirmed.
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Walter Dixon
Washington
Neas m
Agnes Dixon Sasser
Atlanta
U. S
Pfc
Walter B. Dixon
Walter
Millionth Traffic Death Nearing Toll in Nationwide Fatalities
The National Safety Council reported the traffic death toll neared one million as of 7:45 a.m. EST with about 999,968 killed since automobiles began. The council predicted the exact millionth victim would be reported near noon, though the milestone would be credited to the total toll rather than a specific person.
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National Safety Council
Wilighwey
Truman May Act On Steel Crisis Today
President Truman prepared to unveil steps to avert a nationwide steel strike affecting nearly a million workers. Mediation and Wage Stabilization Board options loom as the Dec 27 deadline nears and production could stall by next Thursday. U S Steel and the steel workers union clash over wage demands and price considerations.
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Truman
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Eee
Guif
Ben— F. Fairless
U. S. 1 Corp
Fairless
U. S. Steel
Goldberg
Kinsey Report Denison Man Remembered
Kinsey celebrated his last birthday Friday. He did not drink or smoke and was a retired schoolteacher and a former Tuscarawas County businessman.
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Dennison
Lewis T. Kinsey
Kinsey
Tuscarawas County
Casinhamea
Paris Fashion Access Theft Penalized by Heavy Fines
The National Assembly approved a bill making copying Paris fashion designs a crime with fines up to 500000 francs and potential imprisonment up to two years. The new law targets unauthorized copying of fashion ideas in Paris.
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South Dakota
Paris
National Assembly
West Frankfort Mine Disaster Deepens Local Tragedy
A coal mine blast at West Frankfort Illinois raises the death toll to 14 with about 60 men trapped at Chicago Wilmington and Franklin No 2 mine. The disaster marks a third deadly incident in the area since 1928 with historic comparisons to prior catastrophes across the United States.
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West Frankfort
Trinmphs
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin
West Frankfurt
Hinds
Ween Oe
Nation
Cherry
Alnois
Mowergurte
Allies Attack Supply Lines In Korea Front
Allied planes and ships hit Communist supply and communications lanes in Korea. U N infantry raided near Chorwon as U S F-84s and Thunderjets attacked Red dumps near Kunu setting a valley ablaze. Far East Air Forces reports 14 UN planes shot down in the week, with 13 ground-fire losses and air battles accounting for one MIG-15 destroyed.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Chorwon
U. S
Kunu
Far East
Air Force
American Private Dies in Frankfurt Air Crash
An American private was killed Friday night when a B26 intercepted a fog shrouded landing at the U S airbase near Nuernberg in Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Nuernberg
Czechoslovakia reshuffles top government posts
London dispatch reports a new lineup in Czechoslovakia’s Communist leadership. Planning Minister Jaro Mir Dolansky is appointed Vice Premier, replacing Rudolf Slansky who was ousted last month as a Trotskyite spy.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Jaromir Dolansky
Dolinsk
State Planning Office
Rudolf Slansky
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Omaha
Neb
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J. Howard McGrath
Samuel
H. Kaufman
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