Acheson appeals to accept Western disarmament plan
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged the world and the Soviet Union to embrace Western disarmament proposals as a turning point toward peace. He explained the plan in a U N committee session, urging all nations to participate, and outlined steps from arms inventories to a world disarmament conference.
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Paris
Dean Acheson
Soviet Union
Andrei M. Vishinsky
Tommorrow
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Acheson
U. N
France
Great Britain
Jules Moch
Atomic Energy Commission
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Pentagon seeks clarifying statement on Ridgway Korea atrocity report
Washington reports the Defense Department has asked Gen. Matthew Ridgway for a more specific clarifying statement about the alleged 5,500 American prisoners of war killed in Korea. Pentagon officials expect Ridgway to issue a new Tokyo headquarters statement within 24 hours addressing questions from Washington and distinguishing known facts from reported totals.
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Defense Department
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Pentagon
Ridgway
Tokyo
Hanley
Kigh
Supreme Commander
Huge Six Engine Jet Bomber Crashes at Edwards Base
Edwards Air Force Base California November 19 a mammoth six engine B 47 stratojet crashed shortly after takeoff killing three crew members The crash occurred a quarter mile west of the runway and the craft exploded Officials will investigate the cause Names of the dead will be released after next of kin notification The B 47 is described as America s newest fastest atom bomb carrier and is undergoing pilot evaluation tests by top Air Force pilots including Maj Charles Yeager Brig Gen Albert Boyd Lt Col Frank K Everest Maj Jack Ridley and Maj Robert Morland
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Air Force
Air Force Flight Test Center
Muroc, Calf
America
Charles Yeager
Albert Boyd
Frank K. Everest
Jack Ridley
Robert Moriland
Huggins Named Asst. Secy. Of Air Force
Edwin V. Huggins a 44 year old Maplewood New Jersey businessman was named Assistant Secretary of the Air Force by President Truman. He will succeed Roswell L. Gupatric promoted to Undersecretary and is executive vice president of Westinghouse Electric International. He is to assume the post November 2 pending confirmation. He hails from Madison Wisconsin and Yale Law School 1932 graduate.
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Fla
Truman
Edwin V. Huggins
Maplewood
N. J
Air Force
Huggins
Roswell L.gupatric
Westinghouse Electric International Company
Madison
Wis
Cleveland
Yale Law School
Democrats debate open or closed primary in Sixth District race
In Hagerstown on November 19, Western Maryland Democratic leaders discussed choosing a candidate for Congress in the Sixth District. The group split over open versus closed primaries and whether to handpick or let voters decide. Mahoney urged consulting county committees to curb Republican gains while Hetzer was seen as a leading candidate, with Horine among others undecided.
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Hagerstown
Western
Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Democratic National Committee
William Hetzer
Dawson Horine
Frederick
Mahoney
Eastern Shore Party
Julius L. Tubman
Cambridge
Congress
Edward T. Miller
H. Streett Baldwin
Baltimore County
Baltioore
Carroll
Harford
James P. Devereux
Baldwin
J.glenn Beall
Frostburg
House
Senate
Hagerstown salesman of securities held in Erie case
Maurice J. Kramer fifty of Hagerstown Maryland is jailed on ten thousand dollar bond on charges of selling securities without a license. He was arrested in Erie November fourteenth and faced Mercer County charges later dropped. Kramer allegedly sold about six thousand eight hundred dollars of stock to farmers in the North East area and three thousand two hundred dollars of Central Chemical Corporation stock to John McDowell Mercer. He restitutioned McDowell and the Mercer charge was dropped. A hearing is set for November twenty three.
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Maurice J. Kramer
Hagerstown
John Mehallick
Kramer
Erie
Mercer County
Mehallick
North East
M. Drake
Central Chemical Corporation of
Maryland
John McDowell
R.D
Mercer
Drake
McDowell
Erie County
Nebraska Grange wins 15000 prize in service contest
ATLANTIC CITY N J Nov 19 The National Grange announced Goehner Grange No 371 of Seward County Nebraska won a first prize of 15000 for outstanding community service in linking farmers with consumers in the 1951 Grange Sears Roebuck Foundation contest Also earning honors and 500 went to Carroll Manor Grange No 406 Frederick County Maryland.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Goehner
Seward County
Nebraska
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Carroll Manor
Frederick County
Maryland
Most Medical Service For Those Over 45
A Health Department official warned that in 20 years people over 45 may account for 80 percent of medical services, up from 50 percent today. Dr. Mark Zeigler urged that longevity will lift demand, and that many elderly will be cared for at home rather than in institutions, valuing a real home atmosphere.
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Hagerstown
Marion Munroe
Springfield State Hospital
Springfield Hospital
Health Department
Mark Zeigler
Bureau of Medical Services
State Department of Health
Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare
Sears to sell low priced Allstate car by Kaiser Frazer
Sears Roebuck and Co announced plans to sell a budget passenger car named Allstate built by Kaiser-Frazer in Willow Run Michigan. The vehicle will debut in 17 southern and southwestern cities before Christmas, signaling Sears push into affordable auto markets. A unrelated note mentions a South African tribal custom where a groom earns his bride by serving the bride's father.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Willow Run
Mich
Truman name cited in divorce case in Common Pleas
Judith McCullum testified before Judge P P Boll that her husband Ben threatened a divorce if she voted for Harry Truman again. She also accused him of cruelty. The judge noted the charge was enormous but found the plaintiff not entitled to a decree.
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Truman Hamilton
Truman
Judith McCullum
Common Pleas Court
P. P. Boll
Ben
Harry Truman
Ball
Land Rescue Team Joins Search In Snowstorm
A seven man Air Force land rescue team arrived in Cumberland from Westover Mass in a snowstorm to aid the search for missing First Lt. Prentice E. Ross Jr. after a bomber crashed in nearby mountains. The group joined Aurora West Virginia operations, with air and ground support from Pittsburgh and Langley fields expected to bring rescuers to about 250. Volunteers from West Virginia and Maryland Guards and local fire departments assisted as a helicopter added to the effort despite continuing snow. Weather is forecast to improve for more searching.
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Air Force
Cumberland
Firman
Prentice E. Ross Jr
Pittsburgh
Langley Air Force Fields
West Virginia
Maryland National Guards
Asked To Set Aside Collazo's Sentence
Oscar Collazo’s attorney asked the U S Court of Appeals to set aside the death sentence for his role in the attempt on President Truman. The defense argued trial rulings were errors while Assistant U S Attorney Lane defended Judge Goldsborough. Collazo, 37, remains on death row in D C jail as his wife Rosa listened.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
U. S. Court of Appeals
Truman
Leo. A. Rover
T. Alan Goldsborough
U. S
John D. Lane
Goldsborough
Collazo
District of Columbia
Rosa
White House
Puerto Rican Nationalists Amid Gunbattle Face Execution Date
Police killed Leslie Coffelt in the clash with Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo. Collazo faces execution February 1 if appeals fail. The oldest U.S. ministry was set up in Philadelphia in 1792.
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Lesile Coffelt
Collazo
Griselio Torresola
Philadelphia
The Polonaise Dance Origin Tracing to Henry Duke of Anjou
The Polonaise, a stately ceremonial dance, dates back to the 16th century when Henry Duke of Anjou briefly ruled Poland and helped shape royal pageantry.
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Anjou
Poland
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