Attempted assassination and allied defense plan headline
An editor notes opposing views as Western Newspaper Union reports an attempted killing of a president and a master defense plan for Europe reportedly agreed by Allies.
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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1950
Page
2
Truman Escapes Assassination at Blair House
In a historic attack at Blair House, guards jailed the assailants Grisello Torresola and Collazzo who died and were wounded respectively. Pvt. Leslie Coffelt died, three officers hurt as the Puerto Rican Nationalist plot aimed to kill President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Blair House
White House
Grisello Torresola
Oscar Collazzo
New York
Puerto Rico
Leslie Coffelt
Washington
Collazzo
Torresola
Lee House
Blair Mansion
Truman
Communist Party
Hitler Germany
Acheson Rejects Cominform Plan for German Unity
Secretary of State Dean Acheson dismissed a Cominform proposal for a unified Germany as outdated and empty rhetoric. He warned that grand phrases cannot stir hope and urged concrete actions over symbols in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Dean Acheson
Germany
Europe
Barbara Hutton
Europe Unites on Master Defense Plan with 50 Divisions
Atlantic pact nations reportedly agreed on a unified European defense force led by General Dwight D Eisenhower as supreme commander. The plan envisions five to ten US divisions and major naval power, with France providing 20 to 28 divisions and Britain five to ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Britain
Dwight D Eisenhower
Truman
Russia
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Italy
Casualties rise to 26 701 in Korea conflict report
The latest official count shows 26 701 U S casualties in Korea with 3 683 killed in action 18 682 wounded and 4 337 missing In total 4 125 deaths are recorded among those listed as killed or died of wounds The army bears 23 140 casualties the navy 252 the marine corps 3 133 and the air force 176.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Films and Fashion Bonds With Christmas Seals History
A stream of Hollywood notes follows, from Allan Ladd discovering Tory Calhoun in Culver City to Peggy Dow’s weight shift for Harvey, and Danny Kaye’s bleach before his Goldwyn Girl role. The piece traces the Christmas seal movement from 1907, Emily Bissell’s Wilmington start, Riis’s American link, and the tuberculous cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ro Calhoun
Culver City
Calif
Allan Ladd
Tory
Frances
Mrs Samuel
Denmark
NTA
Einar Holboell
Jacob A. Riis
America
Third Richest Girl and Cowboy Star in Sunset Clash
Joan Roberts, the third richest girl in the United States, rides with Lanky Andrews to Howling Coyote Mesa. An impulsive kiss and a slapped cheek ignite a tense confrontation that ends with a public tale of romance and rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westschester
Death Valley
Joan Roberts
United States
Lanky Andrews
Wagon Wheel Ranch
Howling Coyote Mesa
Lanky
Joan
Army Reinscribes Reservist Point System For Overseas Duty
The Army unveils a new point system to select which enlisted reservists on active duty will be sent overseas and to determine the order for adding more enlisted reservists to active duty. The plan ends most mandatory calls for enlisted reserve corps, save for a few specialists in intelligence and medical corps, while reserve officers continue to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Christmas Seals Fight Tuberculosis Funds For Nationwide Program
The National Tuberculosis Association continues its yearly sale of Christmas seals to support education medical research and rehabilitation in the fight against tuberculosis the country’s most costly communicable disease. The disease claims more than 40 000 lives annually in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NTA
National Tuberculosis Association
United States
Crossword Clue List From Tibetan Priest To Bulgaria
Puzzle item lists crossword clues across many numbers with varied definitions including Tibetan priest father least whole number external seed covering scarcely enough etc. The sequence includes clues on farming dining hall of college river water body of water river Scot branch of Indo Chinese wine cup antelope behold fencing blades withered Japanese boxes afresh cut as grass pause anchor chart entertain a candle capital of Bulgaria and other related entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apex
W Press
Bulgaria
Know-It-All Louie Meets His Match on East Side
Even the boastful Know-It-All Louie is drawn into a burglary plot as Nick the Carp recruits him to drive the getaway car. After Louie’s misadvice helps seal the gang’s fate, the “expert” faces a lethal miscalculation when the electric chair proves to be the true killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rose
Louie
East Side
Allen Street
PS. 20
Bellbottoms
Nick the Carp
Nick
Jenny
Barbier
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North ‘Korea
Japan Sea
Statuve Snes
U.N
Yalu River
Tibet
China
India
United Nations
Pandit Nehru
Nehru
Asia
Tito
Yugoslavia
Mnez Gerhard
Sue Carol
Alan Ladd
20Th Century-Fox
Coast Guard
Selznick
Rogue River
Ventura Pictures
Peggy Dow
Universal-International
Jimmy Stewart
Harvey
Peggy
Athens
Tenn
Mama
Virginia Huston
Jane
Emily P. Bissell
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
the Fiction Corner
Rory Calhoun
Andrews
Harvard
Mojave
Desert
Garret
Stramner
Kettle
Fas
Broadway
Main Street
Letty
Habber
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