Allied Air Strikes Silence Red Guns on Front
Allied airmen launched 107 attacks on front line Communist guns in a campaign to quiet Korea’s twilight war. American jets tangled with Reds for the 11th straight day, a new record, with one Red plane shot down and several others damaged while Allied planes reportedly suffered no losses.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Air Force
Eighth Army
Central Korea
Kumsong
North Korea
Fund Lock Holds Back Parking Lot
Kittery officials face delays as Congress fails to authorize and appropriate funds to fill Locke’s core and create a naval yard parking area. The plan, prompted by a Maine Highway survey, would provide space for more than 200 employee cars after local voters granted permission last spring.
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Kittery
Naval Shipyard
Locke
Navy Department
Navy
Maine State Highway Department
Firemen Patch Toys for Christmas in Portsmouth
Firefighters repair and repaint donated toys at the Portsmouth station to brighten Christmas for about 300 children. The 25 year tradition sees volunteers fix dolls, tricycles, and toy engines between runs, with tools and paint brushes in high demand for ongoing toy repairs.
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Toyland
N. H
Portsmouth
Arthur Patterson
Franklin Davis
Ernest Weeks
Carl Akerley
Periemouth Herald
Ike
Bloodshed in Tehran as Reds clash with Nationalists
Tehran police and troops backed by Nationalists crushed a five hour riot that left at least three dead and over 200 injured. About 5,000 pro Communist students led the demonstrations before dawn on the Majlis. Police used tear gas and rifles while Nationalists burned Communist offices and publications.
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Tehran
Iran
Afernoon
Majlis
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Tudeh Party
New City Officials Delayed by Oath Date Section
Portsmouth technically has no active 1952 city council and school board as oath filings were not completed within 10 days of notification. City Clerk Bellucci says eight of the new councilors took the oath after being reminded, with a council vote expected to extend the deadline at the December 1 meeting.
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Portsmouth
Americo J. Bellucci
Bellucci
Planning Talk On Air Base Area To Outline Agency Role
A Portsmouth Newington air base contract for utilities design was awarded to Whitman and Howard Inc. of Boston. Col. H J Woodbury cited roads, sewers, water, drainage, electrics distribution and rail access as scope. John N Macinnes will serve as an apraiser as real estate firms begin preliminary appraisals pending approval. A dinner meeting of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association at Greenland Central School will hear plans at 6:30 pm. Taunt will seek $10,600 to establish a planning agency aiding area communities, with items including wages, travel, postage, and supplies. Tani will address officials on the base’s first spring impact and subsequent military operation staffing.
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Portsmouth‘Newington Air Force Base
Whitman and Howard Inc
Boston
H. J. Woodbury
New England Corps of Engineers
Woodbury
John N. Macinnes
Newfields
Exeter
Macinnes
Portsmouth Area
New Hampshire Searoast Regional Development Association
Greenland Central School
Sulo J. Tant
State Planning and Development Commission
Portsmouth
Taunt
Sherman Adams
Emety Raney Fung
Tani
Imen
Planning Board
Construcion
North Hampton Loses School Property Ownership
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that North Hampton School District abandoned Centennial hall as a school site on June 23, 1850, forfeiting any claim to the property. The land thus reverted to the North Hampton Congregational society, ending litigation dating from August 1850 when district officials sought to clear the church’s claim.
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North Hampton
Norh Hampton
State Supreme Court
Abanndon
Centennial Hall
North Hampton Congregational Society
Gordon Dow
Chester A. Davis
Dorothy S. Hobbs
Rockingham County
Prudential Strikers picket Portsmouth office in New Hampshire
Four unionized agents picketed the Prudential Insurance Portsmouth office at 84 Congress Street as part of a nationwide strike by 15 000 agents in 34 states. The AFL aims to raise base pay from 35 to 53 dollars weekly, opposing a company offer of 5 1 4 dollars. The company insists agents average 120 dollars weekly plus benefits, with some earning up to 10 000 annually.
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Prudential Insurance Company
Dover
Hartford Building
Congress Street
W. Johnson
H. L. Newberry
J. S. Printy
Fenton
Portsmouth
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Robert B. Gerlach
Echo Svenue
Itn
Gerlach
New Hampshire
Dovers
AFL
Prudential
Carroll IM. Shanks
Eliot Housewives Held for Shoplifting
Eliot housewives Lilian Eldridge and Barbara Braley were arrested at Newberrys store for larceny just before noon. Patrolman J Richard McCormick arrested them and they posted $50 bail after store manager Joseph Eberle detained them. Two bags held at the police station contained numerous items.
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Newberry
Lilian Eldridge
Bush Road
Eliot
Barbara Braley
Jok Beech Road
J. Richard McCormick
Joseph Eberle
Page Appeal Seen In Dondero Suit
Atty Wyman Boynton for Herman Dondero filed an appeal in the case against local jeweler Page, who is accused of liability for the loss of a watch from Congress Street Jewelry in 1946. Mrs Dondero had won a $2,200 verdict in Superior Court. the appeal was described as a distinct possibility.
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Atty
Wyman P- Boyn
Herman
Fige
Mary
C. Dondero
Dondero
Page
Congress
Seven Villages Buried Under Hibok Hibok Ash
The Flaming Hibok Hibok volcano on Camiguin Island, Philippines, dumped ash over seven villages for the third day, with official counts of 209 bodies recovered and estimates that about 500 more may lie beneath lava and ash within a six square mile area. Evacuations loom as thousands crowd Mahinog awaiting governor decisions, while search crews face poisonous fumes and new eruptions.
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Mahinog
Philippines
API
Hibok Hibok
Lota
Hi‘bok Hibok
Philippine News Service
Camiguin Island
Tobey Guarantees Eisenhower Will Enter New Hampshire Primary
Washington AP Tobey says he guarantees Gen Eisenhower will be in New Hampshire's presidential primary next March and will be nominated and elected. He notes Eisenhower has not publicly declared and expects clarification before the vote. Tobey adds the general backs Atlantic defense duties and may remain in the contest unless he withdraws.
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Washington
New Hampshire
Tobey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Chicago
Far Tras
Eisenhowed
Atlantic Defense Forces
Bee ‘Ope
Duff Opens New Hampshire Presidential Primary Campaign
Senator James H. Duff R Pennsylvania launched a New Hampshire Eisenhower for President committee ahead of the first in the nation primary around March 11. Duff, who spoke in Manchester, urged Eisenhower supporters to take the lead as a Republican candidate while noting Eisenhower’s own eventual decision remains undecided.
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Manchester
New Hampshire
U.S
James H. Duff
Granite State
Eisenhower
Duff
Pennsylvania
Fie
Mosiuire
Costello's Name Enters Tax Probe in Government Hearings
Washington AP report details House Ways and Means inquiry into possible $25,000 gambling gains linked to Larry Knohl of New York and named figures like Frank Costello. Testimony shows conflicting accounts by Abraham Teitelbaum, Bert Naster, Nathan, and Sale, with references leading to possible perjury prosecutions and renewed calls for a broader Kefauver-style crime investigation.
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Washington
Larry Knohl
New York
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
House
Knohl
Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Frank Costello
Caudle
Truman
Noy
House Ways and Means
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Teitelbaum
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Candle
Bert K. Naster
Bollywood
Fla
Leslie Sale
Nathan
Sale
Sele
Toid
Claw
Mr* Naster
Telitelebaum
King
D+ Calif
Loring Black
Shyri Menkin
Mami
Menkin
Tobey
R-N. H
Senate Crime Investigation Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
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Harry T. Wendell
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Planning and Development Commission
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Swett Memorial
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Eliot Housewives
Mindanao
Mahioeg
Mambajao
Sarah Romapldo
Shergard
Cwhenews Rey
Hibok
Romauldo
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Ihe
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Shryl Menkip
Charles Oliphant
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