U N Treaty on Freedom of Information Seen Likely
Charles A. Sprague U S delegate and Oregon publisher predicts an international freedom of information treaty will be written despite U S opposition He urges the United States to help draft a useful safe text even without signing and to raise standards in journalism and information handling among US media and schools of journalism He notes a divide between Western powers and smaller nations mistrustful of international information agencies and calls for maximum cooperation to promote free flow of accurate information
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United Nations
N. Y
Charles A. Sprague
Oregon
U. S
U. N
Sprague
Salem (Ore
Colleges Enrollment Drop Said Less Than Expected
Dr Raymond Walters president of the University of Cincinnati reported a survey of 830 colleges and universities found fall enrollments declined less than predicted. Women full time enrollments rose while men fell, with gains in engineering teaching and business fields amid lingering war era factors.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Walters
Engineering
Commerce
Business Administration
Agriculture
Arts and Sciences
Harvard
Syracuse
Cornell
New York City College
Florida
Purdue
Boston
Maryland
Southern California
Oklahoma Aam
Brooklyn College
University of Pennsylvania
Reclamation Chief Denies GOP Charges
Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Straus rejected GOP claims of a federal empire and urged greater state and local control of water projects. He reiterated his stance at Long Beach and outlined plans for a $2.1 billion six year reclamation program before leaving office.
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Washington
Michael W. Straus
Straus
Herman Welker
R-Ida
Eisenhower
Welker
Mike Straus
Long Beach
Calif
National Reclamation Association
Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation
Truman
Douglas Aircraft probes wrecked C124 Globemaster
Two Douglas Aircraft engineers flew to Moses Lake Washington to inspect the crashed C124 Globemaster. Maj. Gen. Victor Bertrandias, head of the Army Air Force safety and inspection command, accompanied them from Norton Air Force Base in California.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Company
Moses Lake
Wash
Long Beach
Calif
Victor Bertrandias
Army Air Force
Norton Air Force Base
San Bernardino
Two Billy Grahams Share Seoul Church Sermon
In Seoul Catholic Bethany Presbyterian Church 1400 Koreans heard Billy Graham preach beside Dr Kyung Chik Han interpreter of the message Han called himself a fellow evangelist noting his similar view of Christianity Graham’s rapid voice filled the icebox cold sanctuary while Han translated and urged the crowd to follow Christ General James A Van Fleet attended the service with his wife and Helen Traubel gracing the welcome dinner afterward.
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North Carolina
Maine
America
Southland
Kyung Chik Han
Yalu
Pusan
Han
Billy Graham
Graham
Seoul
Bethany Presbyterian Church
John Foster Dulles
U. S
College of Emporia
Kan
Princeton
James A. van Fleet
Helen Traubel
van Fleet
8Th Army
Stolen Safe Still Missing In Ferriday
Ferriday Louisiana December 21 Special Chief H A Martin reports police investigate theft of a safe from the Purvis Motor Company office. Intruders entered by a rear window and removed the safe. No trace of the safe or its contents has been found.
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Ferriday
H. A. Martin
Purvis Motor Company
Israel Gets Apology From American Envoy
U S Ambassador Monnett B Davis apologized at the Foreign Office in Tel Aviv for a December 1 flight over Israel by 20 American jet and Navy planes that caused panic. The pilots had been briefed not to cross into Israeli territory and the incident occurred the same day as a scheduled flight over Jordan, informed sources said.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U. S
Monnett B. Davis
Foreign Office
Jordan
Stalin appears fit at 73 with public appearances noted
Stalin reaches 73 today as Moscow papers ignore the birthday and highlight the Stalin international peace awards. The leader still walks with a resolute stride, climbs stairs jauntily in khaki or tunic, and is seen in public atop stages and parade reviews.
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Moscow
Josef Vissarionovich
Stalin
Socialist Labor
Soviet Communist Party
Waterfront Overlord Arrested For Extortion
Michael Clemente a 44 year old longshoremen’s union leader titled the over lord of the East River docks was arrested on extortion charges. Also seized was Alexander Cosmos of Rutherford New Jersey. Both men were indicted by a New York county grand jury accused of extorting 2500 dollars from the John W McGrath Corp between July 1 and December 15.
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New York
Michael Clemente
East River
Frank
Hogan
Alexander Cosmos
Rutherford, N. J
New York County
John W. McGrath Corp
Eisenhower Studies Executive Department Revamp Plan
President elect Eisenhower met for two hours with a specially named committee at his Columbia University residence to review a preliminary report on streamlining the executive branch. The study, started as a Temple University project, aims to simplify government structure and will inform post election recommendations.
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New York
Eisenhower
Columbia University
James C. Hagerty
Temple University
Robert L. Johnson
University
Johnson
Tee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur S. Flemming
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Joseph M. Dodge
Detroit
Budget Bureau
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
John French
Hagerty
James Conant
Harvard University
Buchenwald Camp to be Forested by East German Leaders
Berlin reports the East German Communist government plans to eradicate Buchenwald by tearing down structures and planting pine trees. Work begins in spring and will take about two years, transforming the site atop the Ettersberg near Weimar into a forest memory of Nazi terror.
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Berlin
Buchenwald
East Germany
Ettersberg
Weimar
East Zone
Heinrich Himmiler
Nuernberg
Ilse Koch
Auschwitz
Belsen
Dachau
FDR Jr Praises Ike Korea Trip in NBC Interview
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. said Eisenhower's Korea trip was in good faith and not demagoguery. He spoke on NBC's Youth Wants to Know and urged avoiding controversy between Truman and Eisenhower, noting lessons for Far East policy.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Lib- NY
Eisenhower
Korea
Truman
Roosevelt
NBC
Gen
Far East
RFC Shows Big Profit From First Year Under Rebuilt Agency
The Reconstruction Finance Corp reports a 12,293,880 profit for the year ended June 30 1951 a 10.9 percent return on RFC capital. Administrator Harry A McDonald says lending focused on financing not available from private sources aiding defense mobilization and small business with about 90 percent of loans at 10000 or less and many borrowers converting to share in mobilization efforts.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Uncle Sam
RFC
Congress
Truman
Senate
Fiveman
U. S. Treasury
Harry A. McDonald
Germans May Try Siamese Operation
Bonn physician Dr Peter Roettgen says he asked the University of Illinois medical school for films and pictures of the Brodie Siamese twins operation. He has not yet received permission from the German parents of a similar Siamese twin case to operate.
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Bonn
Germany
University of Bonn
University of Illinois Medical School
Peter Roettgen
Five Believed Killed In Mountain Avalanche At Zugspitze
Mountain rescue officials report four German border policemen and an Austrian civilian missing after an avalanche near Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak. Two policemen escaped and provided initial details about the accident.
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Munich
Germany
Zugspitze
Death ride described from C124 crash survivor testimony
S Sgt Francis Wehrle, 24, among 86 killed in the C124 Globemaster crash at Larson Air Force Base, recounts the disaster from hospital at MOSES LAKE Washington. He details takeoff, in-flight alarm, cabin breakup, and his escape after fighting to free himself amid debris and fire.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Francis Wehrle
Larson Air Force Base Hospital
Barnesville
Ruth Wehrle
Larson
Japan
Huk Struggle Lacked Evidence of External Aid
Manila. December 22. Maj. Gen. Calixto Duque, Philippine Army chief, said no evidence shows the Huk insurgents are getting outside aid. He ordered the Navy to boost patrols along Tuzon Island’s east coast after a submarine depth charge incident last month. He cautioned submarines from Communist China or Russia might still be landing supplies for the Huks.
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Calixto Duque
Philippine Army
Tuzon Island
Duque
Philippines
China
Russia
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