U N chief Lie charges U S delayed and denied intel
Secretary-General Trygve Lie charged that the U S State Department delayed and sometimes denied information he could use to remove disloyal Americans from the United Nations. He alleged long delays, missing copies, and cases where adverse comments were later withdrawn.
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United Nations, N. Y
Trygve Lie
U. S. State Department
U. N
James P. McGranery
Washington
State Department
Lie
Senate Internal Security
Vron Price
U. S
New York
Grand
James F Byrnes
South Carolina
Strike Threatens East Coast Docks
Federal mediators pressed a second attempt to end a AFL dock workers strike that shutdown 60 of 143 New York piers and disrupted cargo at Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Hoboken and Yonkers. ILA demands a 42 cent hourly raise averaged with benefits while employers offered 25 cents.
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New York
AFL
Boston
Baltimore
New York City
Philadelphia
Hoboken
N. J
Yonkers
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Union
American Weighmasters Association
J. Andrew Burke
Eisenhower Avoids Commitments Amid Pre Inaugural Outreach
President elect Eisenhower listens to a steady stream of callers at the Commodore Hotel HQ but offers few policy commitments. Visitors include foreign officials and Americans with various proposals, while Skouras notes the general’s humor about the Greek. He remains largely silent on major issues as the new administration shapes its top appointments.
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New York
Eisenhower
Commodore Hotel
Spyros Skouras
Far East
Skouras
High Command
Traffic Toll Reaches 304
The New Year holiday period shows 304 accidental deaths so far, well below last Christmas toll of 432. Traffic deaths dropped, with 225 killed since 6 p.m. Wednesday, including 25 in Ohio on Saturday, as the four day weekend continues. Two fires and three miscellaneous deaths add to the total.
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Associated Press
Ohio
OPS Plans To Cut Regional Staff
Cleveland report states regional OPS staff will be reduced by 25 percent on January 1. The Cincinnati branch will close then, with offices already shut at Columbus Toledo and Grand Rapids. Remaining offices are in Detroit and Louisville in a move that will lay off six in Cincinnati five in Toledo seven in Columbus and six in Grand Rapids.
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Cleveland
Sydney Hesse
Cincinnati
Columbus
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Louisville
Eden Predicts Britain To Up Defense Funds
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden says Britain and NATO partners will boost defense spending next year to deter possible Soviet aggression. The white paper asserts no reduction in arms drive and notes NATO forces for 1953 will be larger than 1952, amid rising armament costs and inflation pressures.
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Eden
Britain
London
Anthony Eden
NATO
Western
Europe
Would-Be Rescuer Drowns Saving Skaters at Hinkle Lake
Leonard Jeffries, a 33 year old passer by, drowned after rescuing four boys ice skating on Hinkle Lake in Clarksburg West Virginia. The victims were Taylor L McCausland nine Eddie Merchant ten and John Carlin twelve all Bridgeport residents. Dawia Saunders and Jimmie Gullick attempted to aid their companions but could not reach them as Jeffries was overwhelmed by the struggling group.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Hinkle Lake
Taylor L. McCausland
Eddie Merchant
John Carlin
Bridgeport
Leonard Jeffries
Davia Saunders
Jimmie Gullick
Jeffries
Mexico City traffic cops wear uniforms made in prison workshops
The new traffic police uniforms distributed yesterday were produced in penitentiary workshops, prompting speculation about motive and style.
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Mexico City
Chinese Hurl Two Attacks At UN Line
Two Chinese units attacked Allied positions on the Western and Central Korean Fronts under bitter cold. A Red company of up to 175 men struck Kelly Hill on the Western Front, held after 35 minutes. Another wave hit Sniper Ridge at Pinpoint Hill. UN counterattacks reclaimed the positions after an hour. Rail and supply routes were targeted by Fifth Air Force jets. In the week to Jan 2, Sabres destroyed several MIG fighters with no listed losses. US aircraft losses included a Mustang and a B26 from noncombat causes. December Red casualties were 9,429, the lowest since July, totaling 16,441 for the month.
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Seoul
Kelly Hill
Pinpoint Hill
Sniper Ridge
U. N
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
U. S
Eighth Army
Reed Proposes 11 Percent Income Tax Cut Start June 30
Reed chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee urges a bill to reduce income taxes for most individuals by about 11 percent effective June 30. He also seeks expiration of excess profits taxes by June 30, with automatic timing under current law and a separate 11 percent cut slated for December 31.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Reed
Republican Party
Father's jail term over son's truancy in Wolverhampton
Thomas Haynes was jailed for a month for failing to ensure his son Peter attended school. Judge Kenneth Wood noted five prior fines for truancy and warned that parents face prison if they do not enforce schooling. The son's penalty, if any, was not disclosed.
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Wolverhampton
Eng
Thomas Haynes
Peter
Kenneth Wood
Haynes
Attack On Filibusters Faces Certain Defeat
Washington reporters note a limited Senate effort to revise filibuster rules facing likely defeat. Republican leaders led by Taft and Southern Democrats allied with Russell are poised to block changes. Liberal factions push a public fight to educate on filibuster use and vote blocking tactics.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Russell
Georgia
Suderana
D-Nm
Ives
R-Ny
Morse
Oregon
Barkley
Nixon
Anderson
Korean Train Wreck Fatal To 29 Civilians
Twenty nine Korean civilians were killed and 41 injured when a United Nations freight train derailed 23 miles south of Taejon. The victims had hitchhiked a ride, the Eighth Army reported.
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Seoul
United Nations
Taejon
Eighth Army
Four Prisoners Recaptured After Lucas County Jail Break
Four of nine fugitives from the Lucas County jail break were recaptured before dawn in Toledo. Authorities in eight states hunted the remaining five as word spread of a foot square hole used to escape Friday night. The group included Adolph Syph dubbed Ace Miller, and Bishop Jackson among others.
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Toledo, O
Lucas County
Adolph Syph
Syph
Ace Miller
Bishop Jackson
Connie West
University of Toledo
Wallace Wiley
George B. Timiney
Timiney
Bill Hirsch
Harold G. Williams
Williams
Toledo
Kenneth Johnson
Howard Thomas
State Line
Joseph Reid
Kenneth Roland
Costa Rica Quake Toll Rises to 26 Missing
San Jose Costa Rica Twenty six people were listed as missing and presumed dead today after an earthquake shook the country Tuesday. The tremors centered near Mount Trazu a volcano about 36 miles north of the capital.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Mount Trazu
McCarthy Denies Allegations as Subcommittee Probes Funds
Senate subcommittee reports probe into Senator McCarthy questions whether funds for anti Commun ist efforts were diverted for personal use and whether he profited from commodities and soybean futures. The panel also targets Benton and delays action, while McCarthy and allies dispute the findings and challenge the process.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Congress
Benton
Wisconsin
Sen. Hennings
D-Mo
Subcommittee
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sen. McCarthy
George C. Marshall
Ray Kiermas
Appleton
Wis
Lustron Corp. of Co
Lumbus
Ohio
Riggs National Bank
Internal Revenue
Kiermas
Alvin M. Bentley
Arvilla P. Bentley
Killer Uses Shotgun On Family in West Liberty
In West Liberty West Virginia a man killed two family members and wounded two others with a shotgun after an argument over work. Police hunted Joseph Taggert 24 the son in law who fled with a 12 gauge shotgun pursued by Ohio County and state police. The victims were Raymond Monroe age 42 and his wife Irma. A three year old son and 17 year old Betty Monroe were hospitalized in fair condition.
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West Liberty
W. Va
Raymond Monroe
Irma
Ohio County
West Virginia
Joseph Taggert
Taggert
Joseph
Betty Monroe
North Wheeling
Mrs. Taggert
Baltimore Strike Sees Hopes for Quick Negotiations
In Baltimore 3300 municipal workers including garbagemen walkout for 25 cent raise. Talks resume today but city sticks to no general raise. Garbage piles reach about 1000 tons daily and health commissioner Dr Huntington Williams warns of disease risk from sewer outlet dumping.
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Baltimore
Huntington Williams
Police Just Miss Fugitive Sought In Child's Death
DESARC Arkansas foster father James W. Head faces first degree murder charges in the drowning death of 5 year old Mary Wolfe Head and his wife Linda Head. Head remains at large after eluding officers near Centralia Illinois. Prosecutor J B Reed says Head's sister reported he left Illinois before dawn Thursday heading toward Wyoming to herd sheep.
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Desarc
Ark
Mary Wolfe Head
Liberty
Centralia
J. B. Reed
James W. Head
Linda Head
Head
Illinois
Wyoming
Slashing Death of 16 Year Old in Detroit’s Indian Village
A 16 year old junior college coed Jeanne Carol Gillespie was slashed and beaten to death near her home in Indian Village Detroit East Side Friday night. The victim was French Irish Burntte with ambitions to become nurse. An Air Force transport plane crashed near Durham Raleigh Airport early today killing three officer crewmen.
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Detroit
East Side
Jeanne Carol Gillespie
Raleigh
N.C
Air Force
Durham Raleigh
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OPS
UN Line
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Kitsmiller
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