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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1952
Page
4
A Washington University medical study tested a lead hypothesis on thrombocytopenic purpura using human volunteers. It identified platelets as the key to the disease and revealed new platelet types, aiding transfusion strategies and potential relief for radiation treated and cancer patients.
A 1950s report notes 25 million Americans gave 3 percent of a million dollars to aid satellite countries against communism. Paul Tigrid, a Czech ex Radio Free Europe boss, says RFE's broadcasts provoke Communist pushback but spread hope behind the Iron Curtain. RFE, founded 1949 by American leaders including Eisenhower and Luce, broadcasts 57 hours daily to Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland and Romania. Crusade for Freedom launched late 1950 to fund the effort.
The Crusade for Freedom, launched by General Eisenhower and directed by General Clay, aims to fund expansion of Radio Free Europe and support broader anti communist efforts. Henry Ford heads this year’s crusade under the National Committee for a Free Europe which also funds scholarships, textbooks, and a research service.
AP reports a final tally showing Eisenhower 14,903,498 Stevenson 11,406,751 in 18 states with 26,310,249 total votes. The official result differs from election night by about 0.27 percent, largely due to absentee ballots included later.
A medical supplies salesman arrested for drunken driving in Louisville claimed he could not walk straight because holes in his shoes and road gravel hurt his feet. The judge reportedly proved to be stone deaf.
Senator McCarthy plans to press his anti subversive campaign into the new GOP Congress. He will chair the Senate Committee on Government Operations and will decide on further action depending on steps by the McCarran subcommittee.
Fifty five gold miners were trapped as a 400 foot deep tunnel caved in at the United Paracale Mine in Caramines Norte Province Philippines. Rescue crews said it would take days to reach the men.
Original copies of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence were carried with pomp and armed guard from the Library of Congress to the New National Archives Building in Washington. The documents will be publicly displayed after a ceremony led by President Truman with state representatives and other leaders in attendance.
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