Walker Killed In Jeep Crash Near Seoul
Lt Gen Walton H. Walker commander of the U S Eighth Army in Korea was crushed to death in a jeep accident near Uijongbu twelve miles north of Seoul while en route to present a unit citation to the 24th U S Infantry Division. Lt Gen Matthew B Ridgeway to replace Walker as Eighth Army commander.
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Seoul
Walton H. Walker
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Uijongbu
Walker
U. S. Infantry
Ridgeway
Washington
Army
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Eighth Army
MacArthur
Megvanns
10Th Corps
Hungnam
Large frozen tomato surprises reader in Pennsylvania
W C Moore of RD 4 brings in a tomato kept in a food locker since last August. Mae Pack on the News switchboard hopes to eat it in a sandwich. Church youth groups plan carol tours this evening and Sunday to visit the aged and shut ins, with refreshments at churches or member homes. Friday in the Post Office lobby was quiet as Christmas mailing neared completion.
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W. C. Moore
R.D. 4
Miss Mae Pack
Weather Outlook With Windy Turn and Snow Flurries
Considerable cloudiness, warmer and becoming windy. Tonight cloudy with a low around 30. Sunday partly cloudy, windy and turning colder with snow flurries likely. River stage seven feet. 24 hour US weather stats show 35 high and 27 low with trace precipitation. Year ago figures noted higher temperatures and rainfall.
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United States
East and West German Governments May Confer
Bonn reports East and West German governments ready to appoint envoys for talks in Berlin on uniting divided Germany. A telephone exchange between Dr Heinrich Vockel and George Dertinger set groundwork after East German offer to confer. Key questions include a nationwide secret ballot under UN supervision and committee representation.
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Bonn
Germany
Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
United Nations
West Germany
Four Die in Western Pennsylvania Highway Crashes
State Police report four people killed in traffic crashes in Western Pennsylvania last night. A 23 year old Pittsburgh man L Wainwright Voigt Jr died near Somerset in a collision with a truck after an Air Force exam. Two passengers, Robert Costello and Alexander Artemko, were injured. A couple, George and Mrs Ford, aged about 50, died when their car spun out near Breezewood. George A Kreger of Confluence died in a separate crash on Route 711 near Florence.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Pennsylvania
L. Wainwright Voigt Jr
Somerset
Air Force
Middleton
Robert Costello
Alexander Artemko
Canonsburg
Somerset Community Hospital
George Ford
Uniontown
Breezewood
George A. Kreger
Confluence
Florence
Death takes Bishop Hugh C. Boyle in Pittsburgh
Bishop Hugh C. Boyle of the Pittsburgh diocese died at Mercy hospital after a stroke. The 77 year old churchman, born in Johnstown in 1873, survived the 1889 flood that wiped out his family, with his mother saved after floating on a log. He was ordained at St. Vincent's college on July 2.
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Pittsburgh
Hugh C. Boyle
Mercy Hospital
Johnstown
St. Vincent’s College
Anna Keelan Boyle
Michael
Bishop Boyle
Holiday Period Weather Forecast From INS
Eastern Pennsylvania and New York expect snow in the north and rain or snow in the south with totals of about a half to three quarters of an inch in the north and a quarter to a half inch in the south. Temperatures run near to slightly below normal with mild tomorrow, colder Monday, and warmer Wednesday. Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio see snow today and tomorrow and again Tuesday totaling about half to three quarters of an inch. temperatures near normal, colder today and Monday, warmer Tuesday or Wednesday. Washington is a ghost town as thousands of government workers flee for the Christmas weekend. Union Station reports trains at capacity and National airport notes traffic to hit record levels.
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Pennsylvania
New York
North
South
Ohio
Washington
INS
Union Station
National Airport
Death notices list local residents with ages and addresses
Obituaries record multiple local residents with ages and home addresses including Anderson Luttton, James Greig, infant Malcolm G. Wilson, Giovanni John Casacchia, Samuel Reed McCleary, Joseph Zduriencik Popolis, and Mrs. Joseph E. Criswell. Causes are not stated.
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Anderson Luttton
O’brien Avenue
James Greig
Division Street
Malcolm G. Wilson
Elwood City
Giovanni John Casacchia
East Lutton Street
Samuel Reed McCleary
Await Western Push for Big Four Conference on Peace
Western democracies pressed Moscow for a seventh meeting of the big four while readying a strong defense, and urged an emergency foreign ministers conference on Germany to avert war. US Britain and France shared notes with Moscow and proposed a global dialogue to end the east west conflict.
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Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Congress
Acheson
Brussels
Fire Kills Ten in Amarillo Convalescent Home
Potter county authorities investigate a flash fire that killed ten elderly patients aged 76 to 91 in the invalid ward of a convalescent home near Amarillo. Six men and four women perished in bed as flames gutted the ward before staff could help. One visitor was injured and 24 patients suffered shock. The home housed 42 residents in a frame converted Army barracks.
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Amarillo
Tex
Potter County
Airliner with 18 aboard missing east of Penticton
A Canadian Pacific Airlines plane carrying 18 passengers disappeared while en route from Vancouver to Calgary. It was last heard from east of Penticton, a rugged timbered area about 175 miles east of Vancouver. Ten passengers were reported as women.
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Vancouver
B. C
INS
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Penticton
Calgary
Alberta
Walter Damrosch Dies In New York
Walter Damrosch, 88, famed conductor and dean of American conductors, died in New York at 8:15 p.m. from a heart attack. He led the New York Symphony Orchestra for 41 years before its merger with the Philharmonic Society of New York and was a noted lecturer, writer, composer and radio figure.
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New York
Walter Damrosch
America
Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonic Society of New York
Auto Wages Frozen Through March in Government Order
The government froze wages for over one million auto workers until March 1, 1951, while drafting voluntary price standards. Chrysler announced it would peg 1951 car prices at the December 1 ceiling after Ford and GM. A wage-price control policy for nonauto industries is being prepared to accompany the voluntary price standards.
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Washington
Valentine
Auto Industry
Chrysler Corp
Ford
General Motors
Automobile
Ellwood Couple Hurt In Route 422 Crash
Mr and Mrs Guy Schettig of Ellwood City were injured in a two car head on collision four miles east of Ellwood City on Route 422 at 5 15 p m Friday. Mrs Schettig suffered leg abrasions and facial bruises while her husband, though uninjured, endured shock after being released from hospital an hour earlier. The other driver was Ross Barker of Homewood Pittsburgh. The couple were taken to New Castle hospital.
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Guy Schettig
Ellwood City
R. D
Bennett Street
Homewood
Pittsburgh
Schettig
New Castle Hospital
Fire destroys two downtown Pittsburgh buildings
A six alarm blaze yesterday in downtown Pittsburgh caused an estimated loss of 225000 dollars. The fire wrecked the four story Pennsylvania Paper Stock Co. building where it started and the adjacent two story City Service Building Maintenance Co. structure. Firemen faced low water pressure due to a broken water main.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Paper Stock Company
City Service Building Maintenance Company
Anxiety Over Health Of Stalin Report
The London Daily Graphic says Moscow rumors claim Premier Stalin’s health is worsening with heart trouble and high blood pressure. Reports from Crimea, a frequent retreat for the dictator, note his age as 71, with increasing concern over his condition.
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London
INS
London Daily Graphic
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Crimea
Nation In Excellent Shape To Meet Crisis Says Truman
President Truman said the nation is in excellent shape to face the world crisis and needs time to build a peaceful world. He spoke after a dinner in Kansas City hosted by the Masonic Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and noted crises were resolved in past administrations. He and Mrs. Truman spent the holiday weekend in Independence.
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Kansas City
Truman
Masonic Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine
Independence
Margaret
Washington
Jackson
Lincoln
Wilson
Wage Increase for National Radiator Company Employees
Workers of National Radiator Company Local 1284 United Steel Workers CIO received wage boosts about ten percent. Plant manager E David Graham said a contract with the union follows Big Steel provisions. Minimum base rates up 10.7 percent. piecework up 10.5 percent. New rates effective January 1 1951 though 1950 contract runs to March 1 1951.
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United Steel Workers, Cio
E. David Graham
Big Steel
Vishinsky Leaves Paris For Russia in Special Flight
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky departed Paris for Moscow in a special plane from Orly. The flight will stop in Berlin before continuing home. He arrived in France yesterday aboard the liner Liberte and declined to comment on the Korea War given the current situation.
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Paris
INS
Vishinsky
Moscow
Orly
Berlin
France
Korea
Clinton County man killed in icy Loganton crash
Floyd E. Renninger, 33, of Greenburr, died when his car skidded off an icy road near Loganton, knocked down two telephone poles and rolled onto him. He was returning from Williamsport after work. The Sugar Valley telephone service was disrupted for hours.
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Lock Haven
INS
Clinton County
Loganton
Floyd E. Reninger
Greenburr
Williamsport
Sugar Valley
New Castle News Not Issued Monday for Christmas 1930
The New Castle News will not publish on Monday December 25 1930 in observance of Christmas Day under the annual program.
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New Castle News
Body of missing Wayne man found in Princeton lake
The car beneath the ice at Lake Carnegie in Princeton belonged to Wallace Leonard Alexander a 48 year old investment counselor from Wayne Pennsylvania who vanished after an alumni reunion in June 1949 Two girls skating alerted police and divers recovered the Lincoln Zephyr this morning confirming the body inside Alexander disappeared June 11 1949 after chatting with former classmates.
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Princeton
N. J
Wayne, Pa
Lake Carnegie
Wallace Leonard Alexander
Princeton University
Alexander
Two Drivers Charged in Scranton Man’s Death
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 23 two drivers were arrested for involuntary manslaughter in the death of William Martin 23 struck crossing the street near his home. Joseph Long of Dunmore and Daniel Cicero of Dunmore were involved with the fatal incident as the second car followed the first over the victim.
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Scranton
INS
William Martin
Joseph Long
Dunmore
Daniel Cicero
Long
Martin
Pennsylvania National Guard Induction Set for 200th Battalion
Harrisburg Dec 23 Gov James H Duff announced the Pennsylvania National Guard's 200th Armored Field Artillery Battalion with HQ at Bellefonte has been alerted for active service induction January 23. The unit will train at Camp Campbell Ky after induction.
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Harrisburg
INS
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania National Guard
Bellefonte
Camp Compton
Big Offensive In Seoul Sector Now Indicated
U. N. reports suggest a major Christmas offensive targeting lines of the Eighth Army in central Korea. Chinese forces near Chogyo and above the 38th parallel are cited with intensified air and artillery bombardment and reinforcements, while Walker’s death yesterday looms over operations.
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Seoul
INS
Eighth
Central Korea
38Th Parallel
MacArthur
Choyang
Chogyo
Walton Walker
International News Service
Irwin Tress
United Nations
Tress
Christmas Morning Echoes of Gifts and Joy
A nostalgic Christmas scene recalls a velvety winter sky and children’s shrieks of delight as packages lie around the tree. Toys, hankies, nylon hose, a sled and skates fill the room, with a gun among gifts, and the line notes Christmas is meant for little kids as the day marks thirty seven years.
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