Truman Drops Fair Deal to Build Free World Unity
President Truman in his State of the Union asks Congress for unity and weighs dropping the Fair Deal to focus on strengthening the free world's ability to wage a possible war with Russia. He calls for decisive action, warns against appeasement, and remains firm on military cooperation with Western Europe.
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Russia
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Truman lays out 10 point State of the Union program
President Truman presents a ten point legislative agenda to Congress. Proposed measures include arms build up draft law revisions wage and price powers expansion, farm price support subsidies, labor relations reform, housing and training for defense workers, medical personnel expansion, federal aid for K-12 education, and a major tax increase.
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Truman
State of the Union
Congress
Free World
Atomic energy chief says Russians possess atomic bomb
Gordon Dean chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission announced at a news conference that the Russians have the atomic bomb. He said the government must cut peacetime atomic energy development due to the international situation.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon Dean
Korea War Fails To Steady UN Line Near Pusan
Reports describe a continuing UN retreat to the south along the Heartbreak Highway after January 1 clashes with Chinese and North Korean forces. Casualties are heavy as Reds press advances toward the Pusan beachhead, with some predicting a possible defensive stance aided by fleet guns but no immediate counteroffensive.
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United Nations
38Th Parallel
Pusan
Korea
Government lifts wheat and corn controls for 1951
The government ends most production restrictions on wheat and corn to boost supplies and reserves amid a national emergency. Tobacco peanuts and rice remain controlled, with possible easing on peanuts and rice. Experts expect more spring wheat planting and higher meat output, with 1950 meat at 145 pounds per person and 1951 gains projected.
Taft Warns Republicans to Assert Role in Foreign Policy
Senator Robert A. Taft challenged the administration's handling of foreign policy in a speech describing it as constructive criticism. He urged cutting into presidential power on policy and endorsed UN relevance while criticizing its weaknesses. He proposed withdrawing U.S. troops from Korea and building a Pacific defense line through Formosa and Japan, warning of a possible war if Russia attacks Western Europe.
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Ohio
Republican Party
Europe
Taft
United States
Korea
Senate
Congress
United Nations
League of Nations
Pacific
Formosa
Japan
Russia
Controls Move Toward Wage and Price Freeze Across Nation
The article notes a government split blocking a 30 day wage price freeze as mobilization tightens. Price controls loom for food with Di Salle needing thirty thousand workers to staff a nationwide enforcement operation targeting black marketeers hoarders and price gougers. Prices could spike by March threatening fixed income groups while pensioners and white collar workers bear the brunt.
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Michael V. di Salle
Hollywood Stars and Travel Notes From Lone Pine
Virginia Mayo in Lone Pine with Michael O'Shea narrows their picnic into a comic trek as gnats and buns run out. Ronald Reagan predicts a spring baseball comeback after last year’s leg injury amid salaries dispute. Kathi Norris and Wilbur Stark joke over an eight foot shopping bag turned wigwam. Actors seeking on location work: Pine, Thomas, Payne, Fleming, and others announce 1951 productions set across Florida China and the Midwest with rail adventures and long shoots.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Hollywood
Michael O'Shea
High Sierra
Kathi Norris
NBC
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Pamela
Kathi
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John Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Florida
Hong Kong
China
United States Pushes for UN Condemnation of China
Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb told the United Nations that Britain is not yet ready to endorse an immediate final vote on accusing Red China of aggression in Korea. He urged caution but suggested Britain may join the American effort to condemn Peiping as an aggressor, noting shifting opinions toward China in the Far East.
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Gladwyn Jebb
United Nations
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Red China
Jebb
Peiping
Korea
China
Far East
Eisenhower Holds First Press Conference as Commander in Chief
General Dwight D. Eisenhower faces newsreel and television cameras in the Pentagon for his first press conference after being named commander in chief of European armies. He departs for European capitals to outline that Western Europe’s defense requires sacrifices from other Atlantic pact nations equal to those of the United States.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Tabovey
Pentagon
Western Europe
U.S
Draft for all 18 year olds prompts draft debate
The defense department plans to ask Congress for a universal draft of all fit 18 year olds for 27 to 30 months. Lawmakers debate immediate approval with some proposing 18% eligible and a 24 month term while others argue for longer service.
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Defense Department
Congress
Rural health drive shows small towns pushing medical access
Rural communities funded and built local hospitals and clinics to attract doctors using bonds gifts and memorial funds. Admiral Blandy notes telephone cars and highways aid access while citizen initiative creates hospital facilities in Ennis Montana Okarche Oklahoma and Hanover Kansas.
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Ennis
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Omaha
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Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Items List
Crossword puzzle with numbered clues for across and down entries covering coins vessels saints colors lures bodies water months and more. Includes entries such as ancient coin game of chance stupor patron saint of Norway and additional technical terms and translations.
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The Last Straw
Flora and Ralph Wilson, a middle aged couple, face a strain in their marriage as Flo fears aging will split them. After a failed attempt to change Ralph’s toupee, their son and daughter notice the rift and a sudden realization of Ralph’s happiness and dignity brings the family together at supper.
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Ralph Wilson
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Flo
Prailo
Atkinson
Kimley
Uncle Charlie Bets Against a Six Year Old on Weeknight Sit
Frieda says Charlie Lerner babysits six year old Wilbur on Mondays to earn money. Wilbur wins bets on wrestling, baseball, pinochle, and bathing challenges, turning Charlie into a hungry loser and punchline. The boy even makes a bet with Frieda for dressing and undressing quickly.
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