Tough mood as Marcello faces deportation
Carlos Marcello described as one of the nation's worst criminals faces deportation under the McCarran-Walter Act. Arrested in New Orleans he is released on bond as the Justice Department pursues removal as an undesirable. Marcello has past links to Frank Costello and Phil Kastel with the Beverly Club in Jefferson Parish.
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Carlos Marcello
Tunis
North Africa
Justice Department
Marcello
Immigration Service Office
McGranery
Washington
Jefferson Parish
Fla
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Teen
United States
Kefauver
Senate Crime Investing Committee
New York
Frank Costello
Phil Kastel
Costello
Senate
Fifth U. S. Circuit
Purt of Appeals
Twin Cities 10 Celebrate New Year Festivities
Crowded New Year events fill Monroe and West Monroe. First Baptist Church in Monroe and Grace Episcopal host late services while St. Matthew's offers confession. West Monroe plans a VFW party with a fish fry at 8 30 p m and a 300 attendee Knights of Columbus dance on Hotel Virginia roof with Herb Scalion orchestra A Hollywood style celebration includes free noise makers and fireworks at midnight as whistles blow nationwide and crowds greet the new year with merriment.
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Monroe
First Baptist Church
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Grace Episcopal
West Monroe
Hudson-Leedy Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Natchitoches Street
Knights of Columbus
Virginia Roof
Herb Scalion
Twin Cities
Reds Allies In Gun Duels On Korea Front End 1952
Artillery duels and Allied air strikes opened the final day of 1952 on Korea's battlefront. Twenty one B29s from Japan and Okinawa bombed targets near Sinanju and Yalu River areas, dropping over 200 tons of explosives on ore processing plants and supply centers despite nightfighter threats.
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Allies
Seoul
Korea
Japan
Okinawa
Yalu River
Sinanju
Pyongyang
Red
Air Force
Choak-tong
Uiji
Yalu
Wollgwon
Welch Left $50 Million Estate With Chemistry Foundation
Robert A. Welch, who died at 82, left an estimated $50 million estate. About 42 million was bequeathed to the Houston Foundation for chemical research, while 15 percent went to 29 Welch employees. The will notes ongoing support for chemistry and marvels in the field.
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Houston
Robert A. Welch
Foundation For Chemical Research
Wich
Daniel Fuller
Welch
Houston Foundation
Robert A. Welch Foundation
Hugh Roy Cullen
University of Houston
Lie to Form Probe Panel of 3 Men
United Nations sources report Secretary General Trygve Lie will appoint a three member panel to review American employees suspected of disloyalty. The panel would request full evidence from the State Department to justify terminations as 29 Americans have already been released. The FBI will screen current and future hires, with loyalty evidence to be provided to Lie’s panel.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Trygve Lie
State Department
Lie
U. S
Washington
FBI
U. N. Administrative Tribunal
Eisenhower Seeks Backing On Appointments And Farm Policy
President-elect Eisenhower reached a general understanding with Senate Republicans on future appointments and farm policy after a two and a half hour conference with Senate leaders. Sen. Taft signaled approval of consultative procedures, while Sen. Young warned he would oppose confirming Ezra Taft Benson. Continued on the second page.
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New York
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Congress
Taft
Martin Durkin
Ohio
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
GOP
Ezra Taft Benson
Judges halt deportation bid for Rubinstein in Ellis Island case
Three federal judges granted a temporary reprieve for Serge Rubinstein a wealthy Russian born financier in New York. They paused surrender to the INS by a 4 p.m. deadline as the Court of Appeals weighs whether to block the government from taking him into custody. Immigration inspectors were told to cease their search while the high court reviews the matter.
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Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Atom Spies
New York
White House
Washington
Serge Rubinstein
Ellis Island
J. 8
Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Rubinstein
Atty. Gen. MecGranery
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Crazed Philippine soldier kills three in Manila
Manila December 31 A crazed Philippine army sharpshooter DalMacio Sargento 28 after a 20 hour shooting spree killed three soldiers and wounded eight others including his company commander at Camp Murphy near Manila He surrendered after loud speaker appeals by his three children and Capt Bonifacio Serrano.
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Manila
Philippine Army
DalMacio Sargento
Camp Murphy
Armed Forces General Headquarters
Sargento
Bonifacio Serrano
Korea
Seaward line boundaries eyed by Congress panel
A House Interior subcommittee urged setting a special commission to define U S seaward boundaries tied to the tidelands oil dispute. It warned against a partisan fight and urged general rules for inland waters to guide surveys, with Congress later appointing a commission for specifics.
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Washington
Congress
United States
House Interior
Subcommittee
Clair Engie
Calif
Truman
Congressional
Special Commission
Federal
Supreme Court
California
Texas
Louisiana
House panel faults Korea war leadership over ROK troops
A House Armed Services subcommittee criticized the Truman administration on using the maximum possible trench on Korea. It also faulted accepting Chiang Kai Shek’s offer of Chinese Nationalist troops to ease U S combat load. The panel emphasized Korea must be preserved as a free nation but not borne by U S troops alone.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
Truman
Korea
Chiang Kai Shek
America
United States
First In 53 To Carry Home Loot In Monroe Twin Cities
The News-Star-World will award the first baby born after midnight on New Year’s to a Monroe West Monroe family. The winner receives a $25 Defense Bond and gifts from York Children’s Department Store Durvetts Kelso’s Li Lo Spencer’s Shop and more. Several local firms donate supplies and savings accounts. announcement will follow the first baby’s birth in 1953.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
News-Star—World
York Children’s Department Store
Ouachita National Bank
Cen
Solons Seek Full List of Government Jobs for Patronage
Republican lawmakers complained they could not obtain a complete list of federal jobs open to political patronage. They urged the Civil Service Commission to provide a full roster of posts that could be filled by replacing Democrats with Republicans. Officials cited 170,382 open positions noted earlier, many low paid.
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Washington
New Republican Congress
Civil Service Commission
Sen
Dworshak
Idaho
Two Burglaries Investigated in Monroe Area
Detectives of the Monroe police department investigated two burglaries on Wednesday. King Wright Jr reported a woman's two piece suit valued at 30 dollars stolen from his home at 1302 Griffin. Carroll Tractor Co at 1818 De Siard was burglarized late Tuesday with two items worth 100 dollars missing after a rear window pane was broken. A typewriter and radio were missing from the company at 806 Sterlington Road.
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Monroe Police Department
King Wright, Jr
Griffin
Carroll Tractor Co
DeSiard
Jim Carroll
Sterlington Road
Acheson says UN employment of Americans raises no security threat
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a House subcommittee that U S security is not endangered by Americans of questionable loyalty on United Nations staff. He noted no threat to defense matters while acknowledging a public image issue and sparring over disclosure of State Department employee names involved in investigations.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
United Nations
U. N
United States
Justice Department
Justice
State Departments
New York
Grand Jury
Acheson
Secretary of State
Congress
State Department
U. S
New York Grand Jury
Senate
House
Truman
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Mother insists son innocent in cab company driver death
The mother of Joe Woods Whitten, jailed on murder charges in the death of Jack Cabaniss, says her son acted in self defense after being attacked. She explains why he is identified as Joe Woods or Joe Whitten, and emphasizes no weapon was used.
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Quachita Parish
Jack Cabaniss
Victory Cab Company
News-Star— World
Joe Woods Whitten
Joe Woods
Joe Whitten
Lillie Woods Whitten Haskins
Monroe
Cabaniss
Whitten
Truman Says Peace Outlook Improves World Wide
President Truman stated the global peace outlook is brighter than a year ago and noted no new Korea endgame plan has been submitted. He scheduled a national radio television address for January 15 from 10:30 to 11:00 p m Eastern Standard Time to report on the nation’s status.
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Washington
Truman
Ouachita River Group Seeks 1953 54 Funding
The Ouachita River Valley Association asks Congress for 10.55 million dollars for Ouachita basin work in 1953-54. Major request includes 6 million to complete Blakely Mountain Dam, 3 million for Bayou Macon Boeuf Bayou Barthlemeu drainage, and half a million for a nine foot channel Camden to the Mississippi. Additional 400 thousand for locks dams maintenance and dredging.
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Ouachita
Camden
Mississippi River
Little Missouri River
Goofball Haul Shocks New Orleans Hotel Junkroom
Police found more than 50,000 goofballs in a downtown New Orleans hotel annex junkroom, a haul valued around 10,000 dollars and described as the largest barbiturate seizure in the city’s history. Roy Wirth of Wirth's Pharmacy was arrested for illegal possession and is on federal probation for a prior violation.
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New Orleans
Roy Wirth
Wirth
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