ROKs Repel Red Attack on Sniper Ridge in Fog and Cold
South Korean infantry on Pinpoint Hill repelled a dawn assault by about 40 Chinese troops at Sniper Ridge. The REDs widened their attack to a larger force before the ROKs regained the crest by 6:30 AM. Allied air units bombed the Central Front ridge, with Sabre jets claiming a first kill in nine days.
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Seoul
Pinpoint Hill
Republic of Korea
ROK
Pinpoint
Little Finger Ridge
Sniper
Roks
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Jackson Heights
Chrowon
Eighth Army
U. S
Air Force
Korea
Pyongyang
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Indochinese Reds Open 3rd Front Near Hanoi
Vietminh troops launched a third front against French lines near Hungyen, 28 miles southeast of Hanoi, with three bloody attacks repelled by French and local forces. Casualties were not released. French headquarters said rebels were beaten before reaching barbed entanglements on Hungyen’s outskirts. Reinforcements were rushed from Hanoi as air raids and artillery reinforced the southern perimeter.
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Hanoi
Iais
AEC Mum On Atomic Tests As H Bomb Report Circulates
Reports claim an H-bomb test may occur around November 1 at Eniwetok proving grounds in the Central Pacific. The AEC and White House have not confirmed the test, and an official public statement remains possible with a forthcoming White House release. President Truman or President-elect Eisenhower could discuss the matter at the White House.
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Atomic Energy Day
Amiga
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Central Pacific
Ithout
Eniwetok
Nevada
Commission
White House
AEC
Truman
Russia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Doctors Remove 184-Pound Tumor at Galveston Hospital
In Galveston on November 15 a 44 year old Latin American woman had a 184 pound ovarian cyst tumor removed at John Sealy Hospital. Dr. Eanes called it the largest ever removed there and likely among medicine’s biggest. The patient, sitting up and near her normal weight, required a large operating table extension and multiple helpers to extract the mass.
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Galveston
John Sealy Hospital
Cation
Piariaairig
Eanes
O Peal
Five Odessans Killed In Highway Smash-up
Five Odessans die in a highway crash as an Air Force Flying Boxcar returning troops from Japan crashes near Seoul. In the same incident, 44 people die when a transport plane en route to Korea crashes with a mix of soldiers and aircrew.
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Korean Hill
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Japan
Air Force
Amd Newmantad
Tragic Eastland Highway Crash Claims Five From Odessa
Five Odessans including a family of four died when their eastbound pickup was broadside by an oilfield truck near a curre n U S Highway 80 about five miles west of Big Spring. Victims include Glendon Farrell Wallace Ishmeal Stout Donaldson Ruby Fay and two Donaldson children ages seven and three. Norman Ledford driver of the oilfield truck survived the collision and reported the pickup veered left suddenly before impact.
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Norman Ledford
Bruck Street
Odessa
Ledford
J. and J. Trucking Company
Abilene
Renal Ist Ae Ce Sabeeis
Snyder
Big Spring
Ishmeal Donaldson
Glendon Wallace
Por
I Gaspard
Hugh Fréeze
Point
Greenville
Liberty Boy
John Canden Gilliand
Liberty Cemetery
Fort Worthiman
Forest
Paul ‘McNeel
Arlington
Fred Ohlen
Busch
Sweetwater
James Henley
Troup
Jim Cates
Leonard Phillips
Lufkin
Earl Shattuck
Lubbock
Pauline Fisher
Hale Center
Texas
Donald Cox
Iowa City
Iowa
Victoria
Dallas
Lewis R. Ferguson
Effie Hankamer
Beaumont
Galveston
East Bay
Arnold Conway
Acme
Kimbell
Sherman
Glen Moore
Lloyd Waggoner
Gainesville
Air Force C-46 crashes off Korea killing 20 on board
A Far East Air Force C-46 carrying 16 passengers and four crew crashed off Korea’s east coast on Saturday night. Rescue teams found personal items and gifts from R and R trips among the wreckage. No identifications released pending relatives’ notification. the highest ranking aboard was a warrant officer and a captain among the crew.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Korea
Far East Air Force
Far East
Patricia A
E Englis Anguage Ippon
Japan
Far East Air Forces
Duck Found in West Texas Well Near Home
In Big Spring a mallard paddled inside a drilled water well 35 feet from the surface. Aaron Damron discovered the duck during a drought and the bird remains in the well as crews assess how to remove it from the cased shaft.
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West
Texas
Aaron Damron
Violent Death Toll Rises to 30 in Texas Weekend
A Friday and Saturday tally shows 30 violent deaths across Texas. Fatalities include a major head on crash near Big Spring killing five in one pickup, shootings near Abilene and Arlington, a tombstone tragedy in Liberty, and several other auto and fire deaths across multiple counties.
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Big Spring
Texas
Odessa jeweler wins temporary restraining order against city
In District Court Judge R W Hamilton granted Chick Fair a TRO blocking enforcement of an ordinance imposing a $50 daily jewelry auction fee and $400 bond. A hearing on converting the TRO to a temporary injunction is set for Nov 21. Martelle McDonald represents Fair.
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Chick Fair
Odessa
R. W. Hamilton
Chick
Hamilton
Martelle McDonald
Fair
Odessa Lad Injured Late In Pampa Game
Halfback Crain of Odessa suffers two fractured ribs and a cracked vertebrae late in the fourth period against Pampa. An attendant said he will be in the hospital for a long spell and it is uncertain if he can play football again this season. Crain is a senior new Bronchos player who starred for the B squad last year but was ineligible under transfer rules.
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Odessa
John Recital
Pampa
Crain
Air Force Moves to Improve U S British Relations in Britain
In London on November 15 the U S Air Force cancels speculation about tensions by launching direct action. Maj. Gen. Francis H Griswold leads a tour of nine English bases to lecture on good conduct as part of a reindoctrination drive for 45 000 airmen and staff. On the spot checks of base-adjacent cities are being conducted due to publicity of trouble zones.
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London
U. S. Air Force
Britain
Francis H. Griswold
England
U. S. Third Air Force
Air Force
Riddled Bodies Of Two Found Near Abilene
Near Abilene on a country road two men and a woman were found shot dead. The victims were Mrs. Fred Ohlenbusch and James Henley. Fred Ohlenbusch, the husband, was jailed on two murder counts. District attorney John Willoughby summarized the timeline and said the couple had a prior divorce. Survivors include two sons and other relatives.
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Abilene
Sweetwater
Here
Fred Ohlenbusch
James Henley
Abilene Mill and Elevator Company
Jim Paulk
John A. Willoughby
Ohlenbusch
Gitaga Nelson
Abe
Red Tide Kills by Poisoning in Florida Coast
Tampa Florida November 15 The red tide has killed millions of salt water fish along the Southwest Florida coast a sea life expert said today John F Howell a biologist with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service said the tiny organism hymodinium brevis is the killer and that clogging gills and oxygen depletion are not the cause He identified the killer after sampling water in a 400 square mile area with patches of dead fish.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
John F. Howell
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Howell
Ike Becomes Honorary Member of Negro Group
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts membership in the Honorary National Committee of the Negro Athletic Hall of Fame Association. The group plans a Harlem hall of fame and announced the development today in New York.
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Ike
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Negro Athletic Hall of Fame Association
Harlem
Odessa raids net dozens in nocturnal gambling sweep
County and city officers report a large gambling raid binge arresting 37 Black residents on gaming charges and 10 more in the Flats. The Paul Harvey home was raided, yielding no players. Elks Club gathering described as a Grand Opening. Suspects faced JP fines of 15 dollars. some bond actions and separate charges against Sam King related to a gambling house.
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Paul Harvey
Country Club Estates
West Texas
Negro Elks Club
Diamond Inn
New Addition
Sone
Justice of Peace
M. S
Tom Greene
Murphy
Washington
Leslie Stanford
Willie B. Mims
L. C. Love
Camae Board
Justice of Peace Menne
Sheriff Broughton
Thad West
H. H.jackson Jr
Leo Clark
Sam King
South Tom Green
King
Eigen
Justice of Peace v. Newman's Court
Andy Fenton
Court Rules Killing of Bomber Crews Was Not Murder
The court held that killing captured American bomber crews in Germany during the war did not constitute murder. Hans Rupert Villechner, a former Nazi official, received a three year sentence for complicit manslaughter as the prosecution plans an appeal. The ruling notes attacks on civilians violated the Hague Convention and could be crimes against humanity.
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Germany
Nazi Party
Hans Rupert Villechner
Subuurban
Freising
iThe
Villechner
Dachau
Landsberg
House To Probe Tax Free Groups
A seven man House committee will start an investigation Tuesday into whether tax exempt educational foundations have exerted un American and subversive influence on public opinion. Led by Rep. E. E. Cox the panel targets groups such as the Gugg Rockefeller and Robert Marshall Foundations and the Morena Fund amid calls for possible legislation to curb their privileges.
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Washington
House
Rep
E. E. Cox
D-Ga
Cox
Gugg Rockefeller
Robert Marshall
Morena Fund
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Leading Attorney Dies in Houston at 79
W Frank C Jones a former president of the Texas State Bar Association and past imperial potentate of the Shrine of North America died in Houston aged 79. The longtime lawyer and civic figure was noted for his leadership in state bar affairs and fraternal orders.
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Houston
Frank C. Jones
Texas State Bar Association
The
Shrine of North America
Texas Weather Clears After Near Miss Storm
The Weather Bureau ends a 24 hour watch as tropical storms fade from the Texas coast region. No hurricane hit Texas this season though near miss storms caused scattered showers and drought persists. The last hurricane impact noted was August 22, 1961.
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Tampico
Mex
Texasas
Weather Bureau
Miami
Brownsville
Texas
Tamielee
Sual
Xain
Fioeth
Weather and Water Plans Amid Texas Heat and Fog
A cool front eased through Texas with warm readings as far apart as Dalhart and Laredo. Dense fog halted traffic in Houston Saturday, then lifted. Dallas Water Department plans to draw eight million extra gallons daily from White Rock Lake within 8 to 10 days to alleviate Lake Dallas shortages.
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Texas
Dalhart
Laredo
Houston
Dallas
White Rock Lake
Karl Hoefle
Lake Dallas
Hoefle
California Weather Turns Clear After Snow Depth Reports
Snow 40 inches deep reported at Summit with more falling. Sacramento wind gusts up to 60 mph. The freighter Barbara Olson listed 11 degrees after a shifted lumber load, prompting a call for help as it moved along Canyon road above Kernville. Los Angeles motorists trapped by floods. firemen rescued many stranded drivers in West Los Angeles.
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Summit
Sacramento
Barbara Olson
Canyon
Kernville
Los Angeles
Erster
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