Reds Repel Amphibious Invasion Of Yangdo Island
In a 33 hour battle Allied forces smashed a Red amphibious assault on Yangdo island near North Korea. 76 invaders killed. 13 of 20 boats sunk. RO K Marines report 13 casualties. 95 plane air battle over Korea ends with MiGs retreating to Manchuria.
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Robert Scharne
SN. 8
Seoul
Yangdo
North Korea
Northwest Korea
William F. Shaeffer
Yongdo Island
Republic of Korea
ROK
RoKs
Sampans
Songjin
Soviet Siberia
Allied Air
Birthday tribute slows as schools pause for Washington day
Recognition of George Washington's birthday was noted in city and county schools with some institutions observing a holiday, while no large local program was planned. Hickory Township Fire Call 4230 noted after a transposed listing. A traffic officer replaced lights on Jefferson and Grant after a motor truck incident disrupted signals.
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George Washington
Hickory Township
Tom West
Jefferson and
Grant Streets
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather report shows 24 hour period ending this morning with a max 35 and min 24 degrees, .01 inches precipitation and snow. River stage at 3.9 feet. On the same date last year, max 46 degrees, min 32, .38 inches precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Delve Deeper Into Charges Of Waste In Construction Of U S Air Bases Overseas
Senate probes widen into waste fraud and mismanagement in overseas U S air base construction. Allegations include kickbacks drunkenness and poor materials at projects in French Morocco. Cost blow beyond 300 million by 48 million, with Lt Gen Lewis Pick and Edwin Huggins summoned to testify.
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U.S
Washington
Senate
U. S
Senate Preparedness
French
Morocco
Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Edwin V. Huggins
Air Force
Irate Tenn. Citizens Capture Bank Bandit
Robert Bondurant, 36, linked to a $10,000 bank robbery, was captured by armed Middleton residents after a failed holdup. The bandit plus an accomplice reportedly claimed to be kidnapped and forced to participate. Bondurant was to be arraigned before a U S commissioner in Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
INS
Robert Bondurant
Tennessee
U. S
Condurant
Middleton
Bank of
Hulk of Ship Is Being Towed Toward Coast
Seamen aboard the stern section of the Fort Mercer, broken in two off Cape Cod, work with two tugs and Coast Guard boats to reach Jamestown Rhode Island for salvage. Coast Guard inquiry into the incident pauses until Monday with testimony criticizing junior officers' command and Morse code handling.
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Boston
INS
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Newport
R. I
Fort Mercer
Jamestown
R. 1
Rodney M. Jones
Pendleton
Cape
C. W. Hindsley
Houston
Texas
Mercer
Hindsley
British decline Red Army Day reception invitation
The British high commission in Germany declined General Vassily Chuikov's invitation to a Red Army Day reception. The decision followed Britain's official mourning period for King George VI.
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Berlin
INS
British High Commission
Germany
Vassily Chuikov
Red Army
George VI
Thief Takes Bright Yellow School Bus
Police in Los Angeles sought the thief who stole a 1966 9 passenger bright yellow school bus from a parking lot on February 22. The incident was reported by INS and involved a single vehicle theft with no injuries or arrests announced.
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Los Angeles
Prisoner Exchange Plan Proposed Amid Korea Talks
Allies introduced a rewarded prisoner exchange proposal at the Korea peace truce talks in Munsan as Koje island riot implications loom. UN and Red representatives put forward package deal proposals on armistice supervision points but each side rejected the other's plan. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy refused to comment on the Koje uprising and its possible impact, while reports noted an American soldier was killed and another wounded.
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Munsan
Moonshine crackdown noted by state liquor board
Harrisburg bulletin reports arrest of 652 bootleggers and violators of alcohol laws in 1951 and 129 licensees nabbed in Pennsylvania. Other items include Duff touring for Eisenhower, labor subcommittee on mine safety, Pittsburgh airport delays, American Legion address on Americanism, and MacArthur’s stance on Eisenhower and Truman.
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Harrisburg
INS
State Liquor Control Board
President Truman Glides Potomac River on Birthday
President Truman spent a quiet Washington's birthday on the Potomac aboard the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg. A bulletin from the yacht to the White House said the day was calm sunny and cold and that everything is quiet.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Potomac River
Williamsburg
White House
France warns of need for much greater U.S. aid
In Lisbon Paris signals to Washington that France cannot meet European defense programs for 1952 1954 without substantial U.S. support. Premier Farne and other ministers press Acheson Harriman and Snyder for clearer aid levels to back a plan including a 50 division force in 1952 and up to 100 divisions by 1954.
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Kingsbury Smith
Marester
Lisbon
France
United States
Edgar Farne
U.S
State Acheson
W. Averell Harriman
Treasury
John Snyder
Belgium
Holland
International
Acheson
State Trooper Killed Aiding Jailbreak Arrests
State Trooper Patrick O Hara was killed when a rifle fired as he attempted to place two jailbreak suspects into a patrol car after a pursuit spanning Herkimer Oneida and Madison counties. Three fugitives Raymond Cervantes Samuel Miller and Robert Bishop were captured following a crash near West Winfield New York. Corporal C E Walburgh was injured by a rifle butt during the confrontation.
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Utica
N. Y
INS
Patrick O’hara
Herkimer County
Raymond Cervantes
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Samuel Miller
Brooklyn
Robert Bishop
Worcester
Mass
Silas Caster
Casler
West Winfield
Herkimer
Oneida
Madison
O’hara
C. E. Walburgh
North Street School Opens New Principal Office
The offices of the North Street School principal are established in the East Street administration building on the second floor. Arthur H. Walker, principal, announced the change and directed all mail to the new office and calls to the old number 4903.
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North Street
East Street
Arthur H. Walker
Confession Puts Rotary Minstrel Finger On Kling
A New York court case unravels as John Venuta confesses to the 1950 Manufacturers Trust Co robbery in Queens linked to Willie Sutton and Thomas Kling. Venuta says each of the three robbers took 21000, with FBI likely to question Sutton and Kling about other heists including the Boston Brink's case. A Rotary matinee drew 3000 schoolchildren in a lively show featuring Panama Hattie and a parade of colorful roles.
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Confession
Kling
Willie Sutton
New York
Willie
Sutton
Thomas
Manufacturers Trust Co
Queens
John Venuta
James P. McGrattan
Venuta
Stella
FBI
Boston
Bakers
Hhem
Walter Henning
Perowneaes
Thursay
Stooges
Panama
Navy
Death notices for George Danish and Hiram Kelse
George Danish aged 66 from Lawrence County Home is listed among recent deaths. Hiram Raymond Kelse, 57, from Enon Valley, is also reported deceased in the notice.
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George Danish
Lawrence County
Hiram Raymond Kelse
Enoni Valley
Four Killed in Navy Plane Crash Near Kingsville
A Navy Beech twin-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Kingsville naval base. Four crew members died and two were injured. crash occurred on the King Ranch about a half mile from the base. Survivors’ injuries were not immediately known. Names of the dead were not immediately released.
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Kingsville
Tex
INS
Navy
Kingsville Naval Auxiliary Air Base
King Ranch
Pittsburgh Gas From Leidy Field Well After Fire
Residents of Pittsburgh may be using gas today from the Leidy field well which blew in six days ago and burned twice. Capping by Texas specialist Paul Adair ended yesterday but gas still escapes as a four ton valve cannot be shut until cement around the casing hardens. The Manufacturers' Light and Heat Co. plans to try piping the gas into one of its lines.
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Renovo
Pittsburgh
Leidy
Texas
Paul Adair
Light and Heat Co
Eisenhower Expected to Visit Greece Next Month
Greek Foreign Minister Sophocles Venizelos said during a Lisbon news conference that SHAPE commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower is expected to visit Greece sometime next month. He indicated Ike will also likely visit Turkey around the same time, as NATO adds newcomers.
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Lisbon
INS
Sophocles Venizelos
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Greece
New Deadline On Steel Strike Set For March 23
The CIO United Steelworkers extend the strike deadline to March 23 after a vote by a 170 member wage committee in Pitts to give the Wage Stabilization Board more time to study hearings. The move preserves the right to strike while seeking wage gains and other demands for 650000 basic steel workers.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Cio-United Steelworkers
Pitts
Wage Stabilization Board
New
USW
Atlantic City
WSB
Twenty-Five To Enter Service This Week
Twenty five local men from New Castle city and county are summoned for induction next Tuesday and Wednesday. City board Local 87 will call sixteen men to report at 6 30 a m for roll call and instruction. county board 86 will send nine men on the following morning.
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City of
New Castle
Pennsylvania R. A
World Bank official weighs Iran oil sale solution
London reports Vice President Robert L. Garner of the World Bank will present Britain with Iran's in principle agreement on selling oil stored due to shipping shortages. Garner, who arrived from Iran, discussed with Tehran officials a way to resolve the deadlock from Iran's nationalization of Anglo-Iranian properties and the halted oil marketing since the tanker fleet withdrawal.
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London
INS
Robert L. Garner
World Bank
Britain
Iran
Garner
Gehran
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Anglo-Iranian
Riots at Koje Camp Kill Seven Including U S Soldier
A Communist riot at Koje Island civilian internment camp in South Korea left seven dead including at least one American soldier, with 22 Americans and several Koreans injured. An American major led MPs to quell the uprising as forces and police rushed to enclosure 62. A formal seven officer board is investigating the cause while Gen. Van Fleet plans a first hand report to the ROK government.
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Pusan
U.S. Army
South Korea
U.S
Koje Island
Nndes Soi Aeron
Eighth Army
Sas
Koje
James A. van
United Nations
Francis T. Dodd
Republic of Korea
ROK
Korea
International
Soe
War Echoes in Memeter's Cigar Lit Paths
Arthur Memeter faces a grim march toward conflict as memories of past battles haunt him. He fumbles with aged cigars and a hollow laugh, recalling phrases from a long-ago battlefield while the drumbeat of war grows louder.
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Cecil Brownlow
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James H. Duff
Penna
Florida
Kelley
House
Allegheny County
Greater
John B. Sweeney
Aviation Bureau
Reading
Douglas MacArthur
Gen
Eisenhower
Chisf
President
Potomac
San Francisco
By James L. Kilgallen
Philip Murray
CIO
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