UN Charges Reds Pursue War Not Peace in Korean Talks
In the 1951 final truce talks at Panmunjom the United Nations accused the Reds of planning war while negotiating a truce and of blocking data on more than 50,000 unaccounted for prisoners. Subcommittees remained deadlocked on armistice policing and prisoner exchange with subsequent meetings set for New Year’s Day.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Today
Panmunjom
U.N
Libby
Lee Sen Cho
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
North Korea
Reds
U.N. Subcommittee On
Matthew B. Rideway
Tokyo
International Red Cross
Two Nurses Shot To Death At Holiday Party
In Santa Monica a holiday party left two nurses dead and two men hurt. Anne Symington 42 and Margaret Cramer 31 were slain with Cramer found nude in a bloodstained bed. Paul Beck collapsed naked as police arrived and named suspect Merton Misener 34, who admits being a party guest.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Anne Symington
Margaret Cramer
Asst
Charles Horn
Beck
Merton C. Misener
Horn
Misener
Britain To Pay U S 8139 Million Installment on 1946 Loan
Washington reports Britain will pay the first installment on the 1946 British loan of 3.0 billion dollars, about 139 million, plus an added 602.9 million for World War II aid at 2 percent interest. Britain chose to make the interest payment rather than waive it.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Britain
Soldier on Leave Kills Girl in Indiana Church
An Army private on leave shot 16 year old Ruth Golden at the Apostolic Church in Bourbon Indiana then killed himself. Witnesses described the attack as a gunman opened fire during services injuring Judy Faulkner 13 before turning the weapon on himself. Police identified the suspect as Omer Shoemaker 24 of Akron.
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Bourbon
Ind
Apostolic Church
Omer Shoemaker
Akron
Ruth Golden
Shoemaker
Judy Faulkner
Faulkner
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Golden
Mentone High School
Arthur Golden
Mentone
Quartermaster School
Fort Lee
Churchill Sails for America Amid Ship Delays
The Queen Mary carrying Prime Minister Winston Churchill sails from Southampton to America for talks with President Truman after three days of weather and mechanical delays. Churchill and 35 officials depart with 1,104 passengers aboard and union tensions aboard the liner are noted.
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Southampton
Eng
Winston Churchill
America
Truman
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Union
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
N. Y
Floods And Gales Lash Britain With Fatal Storm
British gales and floods leave 12 dead as 140 mph winds sweep over the nation. Turnhouse Edinburgh reports 101 mph, Kent sea wall breaches endanger homes and troops seal gaps with sand bags. Offshore, Captain Kurt Carlsen and the Flying Enterprise face peril as the ship rides a 40 degree list.
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London
Britain
Turnhouse
Edinburgh
Kent
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Kurt Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
New York
Carlsen
Fire Kills Three Tots Near St. Ignace Mich
A house fire four miles north of St. Ignace, Michigan killed three children. State police identified victims as Richard Konrad seven Mary Belle four and David one.
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ST. Ignace
Mich
Here
Richard Konrad
Mary Belle
David
Battle for snow covered hill near Korangpo turns brutal
U N and Allied forces clash on a snow bound ridge west of Korangpo in temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below zero. Chinese Reds assault with tanks while UN retreat and repulse multiple times as snow storms pause air operations. MIG jets engage western aircraft with limited losses.
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Sean Eaee
Korangpo
U.N
Eighth Army
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Thunderbird Division Deploys to Korea Front
Seoul The 45th Infantry Division formerly Oklahoma National Guard is in action with Eighth Army. Some Thunderbird units moved to the front from occupation duty in Japan in early December, with additional units joining later.
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Seoul
45Th Infantry Division
Oklahoma National Guard
Teen babysitter charged after murder of 6 year old
Delora Mae Campbell a 16 year old babysitter watched a murder mystery then strangled Donna Joyce Isbell a sleeping 6 year old girl with a sock and sheet. Neighbors and investigators described her statements about a vision and lack of motive as police pressed the case.
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Los Angeles
Delora Mae Campbell
Delora Mae
Debra Mae
Donna Joyce Isbell
Roy Isbell
Donna
Douglas Aircraft
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Roy Allen
Missing Air Force Planes Trigger Large Arizona Search
Nineteen West Point cadets are among 28 aboard two missing planes as a massive air search spans Central and Southern Arizona. Weather hinders efforts to locate a C47 transport from Hamilton AFB and an F-51 Mustang from Castle AFB, with last contact near Phoenix and Tucson.
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Phoenix
U.S
Ariz
Air Force
Arizona
Bill Lewis
Central
Tucson
CAA
Davis-Monthan Afb
Castle Afb
Creed
Calif
el Paso
Tex
Acheson Warns Korea Peace May Have Treachery Follows
Secretary of State Acheson says any Korea peace may be followed by Communist treachery or a major Red action in Southeast Asia. He outlines 1952 defense plans and five danger spots including Indochina Egypt and Iran, urging vigilance and continued Western unity.
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New York
Korea
Acheson
Southeast Asia
Western Europe
Atlantic Alliance
West Germany
Indochina
Burma
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nevrth
Britain
Middle East
Iran
Kremlin
Flooding Forces Dozens From Homes Along Chagrin River
In Cleveland area the Chagrin River again flooded overflowing banks at Eastlake forcing about 30 families to flee their homes while four others were believed marooned. Army engineers have blasted six inch ice in an effort to clear a channel to Lake Erie for meltwater. The river nonetheless rose and breached its banks on Sunday.
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Cleveland
Chagrin River
Eastlake
Army
Lake Erie
Hungary claims U S fliers search was fake and spy plot
Budapest reports a Communist official accusing the United States government of knowing the fliers’ location during the Allied search for a crashed C447 in Hungary last November. The Szabad Nep editorial condemns the U S for alleged inhumanity and asserts the rescue mission was a political sham while noting the fliers maintained radio contact until landing.
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Budapest
Hungary
U. S
Ane
Szabad Nep
Erding
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dave Henderson
Frankfurt
Blizzard and storm sweep across the nation in 1951
The Associated Press reports a nationwide weather upheaval ending 1951 with a northern blizzard in the Northern Plains and Rockies, heavy rain in the West and Southeast, and widespread cold. Snow and slides kill and injure. floods wash streets in California. widespread rain and fog threaten Midwest routes. storms loom toward Iowa Minnesota Kansas Wisconsin.
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Plains
Midwest
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Colorado
California - Nevada
California
San Diego
Venice
Bell
Gardena
Downey
Los Angeles
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
New England
South
Ardmore
Texas
Penny Cards Rise to Two Cents in New Year
Washington reports the penny postcard price increases to two cents at 12:01 a m on New Year’s Day with the aim of generating 120 million dollars annually for the post office. The increase marks the second time since 1873, and a 60 day grace period allows mailers to use existing cards with little penalty.
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Post Office
Weather delays search for missing 40 aboard C-46 airliner
Murky weather slowed a wide search for the Continental Charters C-46 missing with 40 aboard after a Saturday night departure from Pittsburgh to Buffalo. The hunt involved 180 Air Force planes plus Royal Canadian Air Force and Coast Guard units, with ground crews and state officials aiding in a 100 mile wide corridor as fog and low visibility hampered early efforts.
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Pittsburgh
Continental Charters, Inc
Miami
Buffalo
Joan A. Belding
Alexander Wozniak
US Air Force
Woenlak
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Force
Westover Field
Massachusetts
Allegheny National Forest
Brookville
Gordon M Mathews
Continental Charters
World Welcomes 1952 With Hopes For Peace And Celebrations
A troubled world greets 1952 with hopes for a truce in Korea and renewed peace. Across the United States and Europe, New Year revels unfold from Times Square to Piccadilly, with parties, parades, and marching plans amid wartime concerns and the presidential election year ahead.
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United States
Times Square
London
Piccadilly Circus
Ira
Korea
Blizzard Grips Sierra Nevada and Colorado Ski Areas
Hundreds of winter sports fans are snowbound in the high Rockies and Sierra Nevada resorts as blizzards close passes and isolate resorts. Three men are reported missing, one killed in an avalanche, and two rescued. ex Yankee DiMaggio and family are among the stranded near Reno.
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Reno
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Colorado
California- Nevada
New York
DiMargio
Sky Tavern
Mt. Rose
Berthoud Pass
Colorado State Highway Patrol
Echo Summit
California Highway Department
James Swafford
Camno
Calif
Frank Krek
Joe Carson
Squaw Valley Liki
Bars Close At 2 30 A M On New Year’s Eve
Cleveland officials say Ohio bars will close at 2 30 a m on New Year’s Eve. State liquor law enforcement chief Anthony A Rutkowski says all 88 agents will be on duty and enforce the laws as during previous holidays.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Four Teens Die in Head-On Crash Near Moundsville
Four teenagers were killed in an early morning collision near Moundsville West Virginia when their car struck a tractor-trailer truck. Authorities reported no survivors from the vehicle and ongoing investigations were expected.
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Moundsville
W. VA
Here
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Civil Air Patrol
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Luke Air Force Base
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Pekin
Ill
Billy
Associated Press
W. F. Green
Creve Coeur
Free Nations
North Atlantic
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Robert Hawthorne
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