Potter urges full UN atrocities probe to test its peace role
Sen Charles KE Potter urged congressional leaders to fast track a full scale United Nations investigation into Communist brutalities in Korea and China. He praised Lodge’s UN effort while warning the UN’s effectiveness will be tested by such action. A Senate subcommittee heard victims’ testimonies and noted an unidentified major who stayed behind in Pyongyang to fulfill duty.
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Charles KE
Potter
United Nations
Arca
Michigan
General Assembly
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
U.N
Pyongyang
North Korea
Air Force
William D. Locke
Enfield
Page
Reds Spurh Berlin Phone Restoration
Russia rejected a Western Allied request to restore telephone links between East and West Berlin. A US spokesman noted the Sept. 17 note shows Moscow does not seek to normalize life in the divided city. The Allies plan to press the Kremlin again to restore the lines cut May 27, 1952, as part of their Berlin isolation effort.
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Berlin
Russia
East
West Berlin
Moscow
Kremlin
Hugo Helthoefer
Plane crashes near Harlingen base injures three
An Air Force T29 training plane carrying 10 men crashed in an open field south of Harlingen Air Force Base. Three crew members were injured, none seriously, and officials said the cause was not immediately known.
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Harlingen. ‘Tex
Harlingen Air Force Base
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary for Sunday
The Wisconsin forecast calls for continued cloudiness with light snow in the south and possible rain or snow in the southeast, with tonight’s lows from 20 to 30 and Sunday highs around 25 to 40. Minnesota stays mostly cloudy with light snow possible tonight and Sunday, lows 15 to 25 and highs near 25.
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Associated Press
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Northwestern
City Hall
Buckstaff Observatory
Hoover to testify on Baltic seizures before House panel
Former President Herbert Hoover will testify before a special House committee in New York about his observations in the Baltic states during postwar famine relief. The hearing also includes a Baltic priest wearing a mask to protect identity. Lithuanian diplomat Antanas Trimakas says Russians carry lists of Americans and deported 30,000 Lithuanians in 1940. he notes the “master pattern” guiding Soviet conquest.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Congressional
Baltic Countries
Hoover
House
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet Russia
Baltic States
Charles Kersten
R-Wis
Antanas Trimakas
Edward Bonin
R-Pa
Trimakas
Seton ‘Hall College
Newark
Two Little Brothers Die In Major Fire
In Huntington West Virginia a downtown business and three story apartment building burned Friday just before a state fire marshal inspection. Two infant brothers died and about 20 families lost possessions. Seven firefighters were overcome by smoke. Fire Marshal Draper cited flimsy partitions between apartments as a key factor. Mrs June Dorton tossed her child to safety and then jumped to a safety net. her condition was serious at a hospital.
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Huntington
W. Va
C. A. Draper
June Dorton
Anther
Snowstorm Predicted For Illinois And Iowa
A large storm was moving from the Rocky Mountains into Illinois and Iowa as clouds gathered across the north central states. Temperatures ranged from near zero in Minnesota to the Gulf Coast in the 50s and 60s, with rain confined to New England and the Pacific Northwest. A Georgia tornado struck a private airfield near Marietta, scattering planes and damaging hangars but injuring none.
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United Press
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Central Plains
Minois
Iown
North Central States
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Great Lakes
Florida
New England
Pacific Northwest
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Gulf Coast
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Georgia
Marietta
Jap Whaling Fleet Claims World Record
A Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic claimed a world record sperm whale catch. Kyodo News Service reported 67 whales caught in one day, the most ever by a single fleet.
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Tokyo
Antarctic
Kyodo
Britain and Iran resume diplomatic ties amid oil dispute
LONDON and Tehran announce the resumption of diplomatic relations halted during the oil nationalization crisis. Ambassadors will be dispatched and talks to settle the Anglo Iranian oil dispute will begin at the earliest mutually agreed moment. The move follows Zahedi's rise to Iran's premiership after Mossadegh's overthrow and signals potential compensation arrangements and a possible Anglo American Iranian oil marketing entity.
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Britain
Iran
Tyanal
Mohammed Mossadeghi
Mossadegh
Faglollah Zahedi
Foreign Office
Ranian
Ayatollah Kashani
Tehran
United States
Tran
Churchill Sees End Nearing of Storied Career at Bermuda
TUCKER'S own Bermuda. Prime Minister Winston Churchill signaled urgency over the Big Three talks and aims to end the breach between the Western world and the Kremlin. He intends to crown his career by meeting Eisenhower face to face, preferably without French Premier Laniel present.
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Bermuda
Winston Churchill
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Churchill
Joseph Laniel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sir Winston Churchill
Falls Drowns in Halfway Creek at Holmen
Emil Jest ness, 70, drowns Friday after falling into Halfway Creek at the Holmen area feed mill. He was a resident of La Crosse County town.
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Holmen
Wis
Emil Jestness
Halfway Creek
Sm Cal
la Crosse County
Acceptance Of Russ Proposal Seen Probable
Churchill Eisenhower and Laniel pressed the Soviet bid for a Big Four foreign ministers conference in Berlin. Dulles Eden Bidault met to draft a reply after a private talk at the four day Big Three summit. The leaders may announce acceptance later, pending Adenauer consultation.
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Bermuda
Winston Churchill
Kremlin
Churchill
Eisenhower
Joseph Laniel
Berlin
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Britain
Georges Bidault
France
Laniel
Mid-Ocean Club
Konrad Adenauer
M. Eisen
Spanish Airliner Crashes Killing 22 on Board
Rescue teams retrieved eight survivors from Mt Caballeri La Nueva after a Spanish airliner crashed killing 22 of 33 aboard. Among the survivors were Paul J. Douglass, an American State Department courier, and Jose M. Orio, a Spanish millionaire. Douglass was critically injured. Orio had minor injuries. Survivors were taken to Madrid hospitals, with Douglass receiving emergency care locally before transfer. The crash occurred Friday. the embassy said Douglass would be moved to Madrid when possible.
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Spain
Mt. Caballeri la Nueva
Paul J. Douglass
West Roxbury
Jose M. Orio
Douglass
Orio
Madrid
Here
State Department
Loma Sierra
Istation
Harvard University
U.S. Foreign Service
Blast Dean Tendency To Appease Reds
In Seoul a semi official South Korean paper says U S envoy Arthur H Dean is moving toward appeasement of the Communists in pre conference talks for a Korea peace conference The Republic notes Dean has yielded in head locked talks while Reds stand firm on conference attendance of the Soviet and India US and South Korea clash over neutrals and Russia A P report says Dean hopes to press India into joining the conference and seeks a quick accord despite strong Korean opposition to non participants in the war and the meeting adjourned for the weekend while Dean meets President Syngman Rhee in Panmunjom
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U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Republic
Government Information Service
Dean
Fred
India
South Korea
Russia
Fpanmunjom
Syngman Rhee
Tring
Tito Italy To Withdraw Trieste Troops
Rome reports an accord between Italy and Yugoslavia to withdraw reinforcements from the Trieste border after a crisis sparked by Western plans to assign Zone A to Italy. The agreement also ends Italy’s export ban on strategic materials to Yugoslavia once withdrawal is complete.
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Trieste
Rome
Yugoslavia
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Office
Giuseppe Pella
Pavlo Gregorio
United States
Great Britain
Zone A
Two
Zone B
Pella
Leity
Britain
France
Tuneste
Tigran Yugoslavia
Ousted Cuban Head Arrested As Arms Runner
Miami report says ex president Carlos Pino Socarras and former foreign minister Segundo Curti were arrested at Pino’s guarded exile home on arms running charges and released on bonds totaling 75000 dollars. U S Attorney James Guilmartin noted several others were detained as part of a plot against General Batista.
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Miami
Carlos Pino Socarras
Cuba
Segundo Curti
U.S
Pino
Fulgencia Bautista
U. S
James L. Guilmartin
Wind shifts free vessel Sullivan Bros from Vidal Shoal
A Friday wind shift freed the steamer Sullivan Bros from Vidal Shoal near the Soo Locks after wrecking firms feared hull damage. The vessel, operated by Gartland Steamship Co of Buffalo, had grounded Wednesday. tugs used the southerly breeze to pull the ship free as it lay broadside to the channel.
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Mich
Sullivan Bros
Vidal Shoal
Soo Locks
Gartland Steamship Co
Buffalo
Americans Drinking Less Now Than During Prohibition Times
A forward looking summary notes Prohibition ended 20 years ago with the 1933 repeal. It cites the shift to legal alcohol trade, the rise of speakeasies then their closure, and today a per capita consumption of 1.26 gallons versus two gallons under Prohibition. The Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc. estimates 9 billion dollar industry value and 1.2 million jobs.
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Steur
Moe” Smith
al Capone
Ian
Beverage Indies, Inc
Michigan youth sought in double killing case
A 16 year old from Brooke Town Michigan Allan Smith is sought as a suspect in a double homicide near Newberry in Luce County. Victims were Mrs Celeste Holton 52 and Robert Milton 67. Holton ran a hunting fishing resort with husband Alvin Holton Sr. Milton was their caretaker and a Detroit area father of three. A handyman job had been given to Smith who had served time in a state boys vocational school for larceny. Coroner says both victims likely died Wednesday. Holton questioned but released after leaving Newberry November 30.
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Newberry
Michigan North Woods
Allan Smith
Brooketyn
Mich
Celeste Holton
Robert Milton
Holton
Alvin Sr
Luce County
Deer Park
Lake Superior
Milton
Detroit Area
Young Smith
Michigan
Boys Vocational School
Bion Hoeg
Jackson
Here
Phil German
Search Resumed For Missing Hunter In Wisconsin’s Black River Area
Guenther, a 26-year-old hunter from La Crosse, last left home Friday for deer hunting in the Lyte Bottoms of the Black River area near the La Crosse Trempealeau county line. Bloodhounds aided the search as deputies and volunteers combed marshland in 20 degree weather into midnight. Sheriff Ivan Wright said searchers included conservation wardens, county highway patrol, and Alaska volunteers.
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Qualaska
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