Western Europe urged to speed defense effort drive
Washington reports say Congress demands Western Europe increase defense measures or risk losing U S support. Secretary Acheson warned a Soviet conquest threat and urged Europe prove its commitment with substantial contributions to a three year 3,000,000 man defense force overseen by Eisenhower.
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Western Europe
Jack Bell
Washington
Europe
Congress
State Acheson
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Acheson
United States
Asia
National Security Council
State Department
Moscow
Britain
France
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Germany
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
America
Free World
Foreign Relations and Armed
Eisenhower
Time, Truman Tells Home Audience
President Truman speaks to a hometown Masons gathering in Independence Missouri promising “a world that is safe for you and my 7 and everybody else to live.” He says America is in excellent shape to meet communism and that time is what is needed. He jokes with Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star and plans a White House Christmas tree lighting ceremony by telegraph.
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Independence, Mo
Truman
Washington
White House
Kansas City
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Roberts
Roy
Devey
Family Of Four Dies From Fumes In Ohio Garage Apt
STEUBENVILLE AP A lumberyard worker Maynard Myers 35 his wife Jean 26 and their daughters Diana 4 and Susan 3 died from carbon monoxide in their three room garage apartment after returning from a Christmas shopping trip. A neighbor found all dead and their collie also perished on the kitchen floor.
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Steubenville, O
Maynard Myers
Jean
Diana
Susan
Ohio urged to revive one cent sales tax
Ohio Tax and Revenue Study Commission recommends restoring a penny sales tax for purchases under 41 cents. The 15 member panel also urges dropping stamp collection, leaving income tax to local governments, halting discounts to dealers on cigarette stamps, and opposing a higher malt beverage tax. The panel’s chair is Rep. James Carney.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Tax and Revenue Study Commission
House
James Carney
Cleveland
Commission i
Legisla
UN Cease-Fire Hope Fades Over Korea Talks
The UN cease-fire commission pressed for talks with Communist China despite Peiping’s radio rejection. The three members urged Chou En Lai to reply formally while Beijing’s terms demand American troop withdrawal from Korea, Formosa, and China’s UN admission. The panel meets December 26 to draft a report due January 2, 1951, likely detailing a cease-fire collapse.
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Stanley Johnson Lake
United Nations
China
Dicker
Korea
Peiping
Choun En-Lai
Associated Press
Tokyo
Nasrallah Entezam
Iran
Benegal N. Rau
India
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Commission
U.S
Formosa
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Lake Success
United States
Assembly
River Tragedy: Boy Bound by Friends Drowns
Eight year old Paul Lee Nicholson died after three pals tied his hands and feet and pitched him into the Mississippi River near Sputter sville Missouri. The boys Walter Herrin 11 Raymond 9 and Harvey Journey 11 face murder charges. coroner confirms death by strangulation and drowning. Preliminary hearing set for December.
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Sputtersvilee
Paul Lee Nicholson
Mississippi River
Wives Train With Ministers at Hamma Divinity School
At Wit tenberg College Hamma Divinity School a new course teaches wives how to support their husbands after graduation. Dean E. E. Flack notes 49 of 79 divinity students are married and the program is a fresh addition to the curriculum.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
Hamma Divinity School
E. E. Flack
Hamma
Rattle Of Sabers Heard As World Voices Peace Prayer
AP reports a Christmas peace prayer mood worldwide amid fears of new conflict. Holy Land pilgrims head to Bethlehem and Nazareth under military rules, while Japan and Europe show mixed signs of a prosperous holiday season.
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Yuletide
Associated Press
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Joseph and
Mary
Church of the
Europe
Pius XII
Italy
Wages Freeze Extended in Auto Industry Move
Washington reports ESA sets wage caps for 1,000,000 car builders and bosses in a first postwar mandatory action. The remaining time until March 1 will test plans for broader industry wage standards and possible general price wage controls. The nine member Wage Stabilization Board led by Cyrus S. Ching weighs a voluntary fair standard.
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the Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Alan Valentine
Cyrus 8S
Ching
Washington
CIO
AFL
Lustron Receivers Seek Overstated Fees in Ohio Case
Clyde M. Foraker as Lustron receiver and two attorneys seek more than 100000 for about three months of service. Foraker asks 40000 for March 6 to June 8. attorneys Barton and Graham request 30000 each plus 678.76 and 84.86 in disbursements. Judge Underwood will hear fee requests next Thursday at 10 a.m. after foreclosure by the Reconstruction Finance Corp on 36500000 in notes.
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Robert L. Barton
Columbus
Clarence A. Graham
Zanesville
Graham
Barton
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Foraker
Missing CP Air De-3 Plane With 18 On Board
A Canadian Pacific Airlines De-3 with 18 aboard disappeared after takeoff from Vancouver en route to Penticton. The two engine plane was last heard from 40 miles from Vancouver at 15 000 feet. Searchers face deep snow in southern British Columbia mountains.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Yesteday
Calgary
Penticton
Here
British Columbia
Pope Says Proof Certain On St. Peters Tomb Found
Pope Pius XII announced in his Christmas message that bones and archaeological finds beneath St. Peters Basilica provide strong evidence for the tomb of St. Peter. He cautioned that while remains were found, whether they are Peter’s cannot be proven, but the discovery confirms the Apostle’s burial in Rome.
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Pope
St. Peter’s Tomb
Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peters
Prince of the Apostles
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Pius
St. Peter
St. Jer's Church
Apostle
Peter
St. Peter’s Church
Rome
Jeep Crash Fatal To Eighth Army's Fighting Leader
Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, commander of the U S Eighth Army, was killed in a jeep truck collision en route to the Western Korea front. The crash near Seoul left staff stunned as officers prepared to meet his plane en route to Tokyo. Walker's aide was injured. his death echoes Patton era fatal accidents.
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Eighth Army
Seoul
Walton H. Walker
U. S
Walker
George S. Patton, Jr
Korea
Army
Leven C. Allen
Sam Sims Walker
Seoul Municipal
Tokyo
MacArthur
Tokyoo
Heneda
Patton
Germany
27Th Commonwealth Brigade
Christmas in Korea Looms as UN Faces New Chinese Push
The U S Eighth Army, led by a new commander after Lt Gen Walker's death, braces for a possible Christmas battle as Chinese forces mass along Parallel 38. Six F 86 Sabres shot down six Mig 15s in a major air duel with no losses on the American side. Hungnam remains quiet with small pockets held, while UN forces repel Chinese attempts to crash the port area.
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Walker
South Korea
MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
United Nations
U.S. Airborne Corps
Far East
Hungnam
Korea
U.S. 10Th Corps
Sea of Japan
U.N
North Korea
Enormo
China
Are
Supreme Court to Rule on Color TV Dispute
The RCA CBS color TV battle heads to the Supreme Court as a federal panel delays commercial color telecasts to April 1 or until the court rules. RCA claims a win on appeal while CBS calls the ruling a victory. FCC approval of CBS color method remains in effect.
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Supreme Court
Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting System
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
Federal Communications Commission
CBS
PCC
Washington
FCC
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