Eisenhower named NATO Western Europe defense force commander
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was unanimously appointed by the Atlantic Pact Council as commander in chief of Western Europe’s integrated land air and sea defense force to deter Soviet aggression. President Truman announced the post as ministers resumed talks in Brussels.
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ST. Louis
INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Post
Brussels
Atlantic Pact Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Truman
Washington
Christmas Still Promises White Weather In Six Days
With Christmas six days off, no snow-free forecast has emerged though that could dampen travel plans. John M. Reynolds of Volant gifts the tuberculosis society his annual piggy bank of dimes and nickels, aided by Walter V. Wismer to make a $15.07 donation. Lawrence County highways are reported in good condition overall with few icy spots on secondary roads. Downtown snow removal continues from the November 24 fall, leaving some ice packs as colder weather persists. Detour bulletins show only a few routes detoured in western Pennsylvania.
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John M. Reynolds
Volant
Tuberculosis Society
Mr. Reynolds
Walter V. Wismer
Glenn Hileman
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report
Cloudy with light snow and slightly warmer in the east. Lows 15 to 20. Wednesday brings snow flurries and continued cold. Maximum 27 minimum 12 with no precipitation. River stage at 7 feet. A year ago the day saw 47 as high and 29 as low.
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United States
Plans For New Bell Offices Announced In City
Nathan N. Jaquish of Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania announced plans for a new 500000 dollar central office on the northwest corner of Mercer and South streets in the city. The two story building with basement will have room for future expansion and will front Mercer street. Dial operation changes will await city permit and further planning.
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New Castle
Nathan N. Jaquish
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Mercer Street
Mercer and
South Streets
South Street
Cochran Way
Jaquish
Philippine ships barred from entering Chinese ports
Manila reports President Quirino's government bans Philippine registered vessels from entering Communist China ports and forbids export of strategic materials to Red Asia. The cabinet pledged cooperation with the United States to embargo areas of Red occupation, as defense and security concerns dominate a two hour Security Council meeting.
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Manila
INS
Elpidio Quirino
China
Quirino
United States
Philippine Republic
Security Council of State
Simcoe man hanged for bank robbery murder
Herbert McAuliffe, 31, was hanged in the county jail at Simcoe for the machine gun murder of two men during a bank robbery last June. By ancient custom, a church bell tolled as the trap was sprung.
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Simcoe
Ont
INS
Herbert McAuliffe
Death Notices List of Local Residents
Walter S. Yoho aged 69 of Katherine street R D 3 Walter S Yoho Katherine Street. Lawrence C. Agnew aged 58 of 20712 North Liberty Street. Todd R. Kirker aged 82 of 213 East Garfield Avenue. Albert F Bert Sullivan aged 69 of 106 Phillips Place. Mrs George I Vogt aged 67 of Monte Bello California. Martin Reiner aged 68 of Ellwood City. Everett Dangerfield aged 52 of 445 Court Street. Mrs Thomas H Trodden aged 67 of 108 East Laurel Avenue.
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Walter S. Yoho
Katherine Street
R. D
Lawrence C. Agnew
Liberty Street
Todd R. Kirker
Garfield Avenue
Albert F
Bert) Sullivan
Phillips Place
George I. Vogt
Montebello
Calif
Martin Reiner
Ellwood City
Everett Dangerfield
Court Street
Thomas H. Trodden
East Laurel Avenue
Mrs. Mary Conti Honored After Fifty Years Service
Mrs. Mary Conti a longtime tipstaff at Lawrence County court was humorously "sentenced" by Judge G Lamoree on Monday afternoon December 18 to fifty more years of gracious living. Court Crier Clifford M Vance escorted the "prisoner" to the bar as the judge quipped about resolve to dispose of her case. The remark recalled the length of her faithful county service and referenced historic presiding judges.
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New Castle News
John G. Lamoree
Mary Conti
Lawrence County
G. Lamoree
Eisenhower Granted Indefinite Leave From Columbia
Columbia University says General Dwight D. Eisenhower will take an indefinite leave of absence as university president and will return after military duties end. Frederick Cuykendall, head of the board, announced the move after Eisenhower was named supreme commander of the Atlantic Treaty forces by President Truman.
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New York
Insi
Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia
Frederick Cuykendall
Eisenhower
Truman
More U S Troops To Be Sent To Europe
President Truman announced Gen Dwight D Eisenhower as supreme commander of Atlantic treaty anti Communist defense forces and said more American troops will be sped to Europe.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Chinese Reds Reported Over 38th Parallel
A military spokesman said Chinese Communist forces appear to have crossed the 38th parallel in Korea. The dispatch notes an advance in an unimportant front area and cites enemy forces reaching Kaypong, with North Korean units not reported in the region.
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Washington
INS
38Th Parallel
Korea
North
South Korea
Kaypong
Formal Reply On Cease-Fire Now Awaited
The U N requests a Korea cease fire face a likely formal Peiping reply today. Wu Hsiu Chuan leader of the Chinese delegation hints the Peiping regime will ignore the truce group. Sir Benegal Rau visits Wu as delegates prepare for next steps in the Korean crisis.
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Lake Success
N. Y
China
U. N
Korea
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Truce Committee
Peiping
Sir Benegal Rau
India
Rau
Mao Tse- Tung
Far East
Tugboat Sachem Sought After 90 Mile Erie Run
Coast Guard planes and surface craft hunted a Great Lakes tug Sachem with a 12 man crew after it vanished on the 90 mile trip from Buffalo to Dunkirk New York. The vessel owned by Dunbar Sullivan Dredging Company of Detroit and skippered by Captain Heck Church last spoke at 7 a.m. yesterday.
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N. Y
INS
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Great Lakes
Dunkirk
Sachem
Dunbar- Sullivan Dredging Company
Detroit
Transport Plane Missing With 37 Aboard in Pacific
A U S Air Force in Manila said a C-54 transport with 37 aboard was overdue on a flight from Okinawa to Clark Field. A full air sea search was under way. seven crew members and 30 passengers were reported aboard.
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Manila
INS
U. S. Air Force
Okinawa
Clark Field
Air Force
Tokyo
Move By Red China Report Spreads Doubt
Tokyo dispatch notes Gen. MacArthur's staff reviewing a report that Communist China bans currency transfers involving U S Canadian and Philippine money. Officials say such a move could signal broader aims against United Nations influence in Asia and hint at forthcoming military actions.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Red
China
U. S
Asia
May
U S Saberjets Score Again In Air Fight
Fifth Air Force reports F-86 Saberjets escorting, engaging MiG-15s over Korea. Lt. Col. Glenn T. Eagleston damaged one MIG in a brief battle as 4 Saberjets routed 12 MiGs near the Yalu River border south of Sinuiju. Russian fighters fled to Manchuria after the clash.
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Korea
Insi
Glenn T. Eagleston
Alhambra
Calif
Manchuria
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Three Children Die In Milwaukee Fire Tragedy
Three babies aged 2 1 and 3 and 1 perished in a north side Milwaukee fire overnight. The surviving sister Willie Mae Crawford 6 said the blaze started when something fell from a stove. Firemen recovered the bodies as the mother Bernice returned home and the father was at work.
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Wis
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Wilwaukee
Willie Mae Crawford
Nathaniel, Jr
Jimmy Lewis
Jane Ella
Lee McGhee
Bernice
Boost In House Membership To 450 is Proposed
A drive to raise House membership from 435 to 450 was launched by Reps. Chelf and Rankin. The House Judiciary subcommittee on Reapportionment opened hearings on two identical bills and sought members’ positions. Chelf claimed eight of nine states losing seats would regain them under the plan, with Arkansas as the exception. No enactment is planned this year.
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Washington
INS
House
Chelf
Rankin
Miss
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Arkansas
Air National Guard Groups to Be Called to Active Duty
The Air Force said five Air National Guard groups with about 300 aircraft will be called to active duty starting February 1. In Erie Pennsylvania an Erie waitress is held on charges of stabbing a truck driver to death during an argument in her apartment. Police say William Fortunato, 47, died from a bread knife wound.
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Washington
INS
Air Force
Air National Guard
Erie
William Fortunato
Bessie Hamilton
Erie Labor Temple Corporation Club
Beachhead Under Heavier Enemy Attack in Korea
Allied forces face intensified Red assaults as three North Korean divisions reinforce near Hungnam. U S officers predict a fresh main offensive to cross 38th parallel, while estimates say up to 40 000 Chinese Communist troops have died in the three week battle.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
38Th Parallel
South Korea
United Nations
Hungnam
Tokyo
Changjin
Truck crash blocks major New York rail lines
A trailer truck plunged from an embankment onto tracks of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the Harlem division of the New York Central, bursting into flames and killing the driver. The wreck shut power circuits and telephones, delaying about fifty five thousand inbound commuters from New England and Westchester and Putnam counties.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Harlem
New York Central
New England
Westchester
Putnam Coun
Truman Refuses to Dismiss Acheson to Combat Communism
President Truman defiantly states he will not bow to Republican demands to remove Secretary of State Dean Acheson. He argues that dismissing Acheson would aid Communist aggression and harm policy aims.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Dean Acheson
Arthur Mometer Plays Bridge Hinting at Rigid Night Routine
The narrator profiles Arthur Mometer as a non smoker and non drinker who avoids sports and nightlife. His preferred pastime is bridge or card games and when a check arrives he sits to think and deal, noting he is currently thirty three years old.
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