Girl Faces Surgery After Greenland Crash Injures Five
A 13 year old Portsmouth girl remains in serious condition with a compression fracture and expected surgery at a Portsmouth hospital. Three other teens were hospitalized after a Greenland accident on Breakfast Hill Road at 11:15 pm when a car carrying five tied off the road and overturned. Passengers include Frank Pinney 17 with skull fracture and leg injuries, Marlon Mapes 14 with back injuries and lacerations, David Durgin 17 with a concussion, Richard Todd 17 treated for hip abrasions and scalp contusions. driver Jarib Sanderson Jr escaped injury. A Maine man suffered hand lacerations when a timber truck overturned on Route 101 in Stratham.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Hospital
Breakfast Hil Road
Greenland
Boston
Barbara Oxford
Charles Oxfor
Jarib M. Sanderson, Jr
Jarib M. Sanderson
Sanderson
Frank Pinney
Perry Pinney
Greenland Road
Marlon Mapes
Dean M. Mapes
David Durgin
Frank Hn P. Durgin
Richard Todd
Maine
Stratham
William P. Langlin
Livermore
Forest Wentworth
Wentworth
Exeter
Seven Die In Three Car Bay State Road Crash
Seven people were killed and five injured when a jeep homeward from a party collided with a truck and sedan on a rain slick Route 20 intersection in Monson Massachusetts. Victims include Mrs Shirley Chouinard and her husband from Palmer. Police report jeep speed at 68 mph. traffic halted for hours.
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Bay State Road
Monson
Mass
BBR
Vh | Se
Wales
Shirley Chouinard
Palmer
Michael Palermo
Sybil Heck
George Bean
Fred Booth
Route 20
Fenton
Elizabeth Brown
Patricia
Charles Wrightington
Middleboro
Harry Griswold
Norfolk
Francis Joubert
Indlow
Kimball Resigns Over Insolvency Claim in NH
Concord December 9 AP State Treasurer F Gordon Kimball resigns after New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling liable for 237 518 in overpayments. Gov Sherman Adams asked for resignation. council to meet. Kimball asserts liability stems from following a long standing precedent and accepts resignation when asked on grounds of insolvency. Court case tied to Donat Cate and former Comptroller Story. appeals pending.
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Concord
F. Gordon’ Kimball
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Sherman Adams
Adams
Kimball
Supreme Court
Manchester
Donat F. Cate
Cate
Stephen B. Story
Cote
Merrimack County Superior Court
Gounell
Fate of Idealist Atom Spy Harry Gold Due Today
Philadelphia chemist Harry Gold faces sentencing for wartime espionage connecting to Klaus Fuchs and Russian agents. Judge James P. McGranery set a 25 year term request after a four hour hearing. Gold, 40 Tuesday, pleaded guilty under the espionage act, with maximum penalty of death. Defense urged justice and cited Gold as extraordinarily selfless. The case traces back to 1933 as the start of his alleged role as a go-between.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Gold
Klaus Fuchs
James P. McGranery
Gerald A. Gleeson
John D. Hamilton
Truman Attlee Press Russia China To Change Ways
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee urged Russia and Red China to modify conduct in pursuit of peace while warning that Western nations must maintain maximum military readiness. They offered a path to negotiate the Korean conflict and other crises but rejected appeasement and any settlement rewarding aggression. The White House communique, issued after talks, emphasized defense parity with hope for a peaceful exit to world tensions.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Russia
China
U. S
Britain
Free World
Red China
White House
Newne
Ottawa
East Command Bars Newsmen Briefing Sessions
Tokyo AP report says General MacArthur suspended briefing sessions for ward correspondents over security. The policy keeps censorship in force but blocks basic source news and background for reporters. Lt Gen Robertson says censorship grows stronger to prevent enemy access to UN force locations and operations.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Horace Robertson
Robertson
American Way A Loan Without Interest
In Chicago Jerry Thomas Joryman a 43 year old shoe shine man at the Board of Trade building receives an unusual zero interest loan to open a shoe repair and shining shop. Four anonymous lenders furnish $2,000 plus a month’s rent to relocate him on Sherman street side of the building with no repayment deadline or interest. Jerry notes the gesture as a testament to American dream and freedom to hope.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jerry Thomas Joryman
Jerry
LaSalle’ Street
Board of Trade Building Management
Sherman Street
America
Sabotage hits navy transport in Seattle harbor
A large naval transport returning from Korea was damaged by sabotage at a Seattle dock. Navy and civilian investigators conduct an intensive search for saboteurs as authorities confirm the ship, possibly the Greely, is under repair at Bremerton. Security kept details guarded and the incident is described as the first wartime sabotage in the area.
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Seattle
Korea
Seattle Dock
Navy
Cant
M. C. Eaton
Military Sea Transportation Service
MSTS
North Pacific
Eaton
Tremsys
Greely
Bremerton Navy Shipyard
Puget Sound
Greeley
Auto Makers Refuse Price Cuts Across Nation
Washington reports GM and Ford refused to withhold announced 1951 model price increases. Allyn Valentine urged restraint as the administration warned it can roll back prices if needed. GM cited steel and material cost hikes. Ford cited widespread model increases from 87.50 to 165 across many lines.
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Washington
General Motors
Ford
Alzh Valentine
C. E. Wilson
General “Motors
Valentine
Henry Ford, II
Ford’ Motor Co
Occidental College Grade Book Mixup Surprises Professor
Dr. Richard F. Reath's political science class at Occidental College faced a mistaken loss of the grade book. After asking 63 students to record their past test grades, he found the original entries exactly matched what he had recorded earlier, confirming no changes.
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Angeles
Richard F. Reath
Occidental College
Truman Letter to Music Critic Provokes Mixed Reactions
President Truman's irate letter to Washington Post critic Paul Hume over Margaret Truman's singing drew chuckles and sharp comments from Republicans and Democrats. Newsmen noted the fiery private style, while some called it a display of a protective father.
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Washington
Truman
Paul Hume
Washington Post
Hume
Margaret Truman
Washington Daily News
Dharled
Pan
Watkins
Utah
President Apologizes After Language Incident Stirs Republicans
Syms reports Premier Russia remark and a separate apology from the President. A Nashville tour quote for Mr Hume praises the critic, while Charles Ross’s death is recalled. The press secretary’s friend notes restraint during national crisis. Truman expected to avoid future White House meetings with the criticized figure.
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Russia
Drew Pearson
S.O.B
South
Mike Truman
Nashville
Tenn
Hume
Charles Ross
White House
Trumas
Vishinsky Expected to Renew Aggression Charges
In the United Nations 60 member committee debate, Vishinsky pressed charges of aggression against the Soviet bloc. He claimed no Chinese intervention in Korea and cited spontaneous help from dispatching troops, while Cuba and several nations disputed his account as a shell game to mislead the free world.
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Vishinsky
Lake Success
Dec
Russia
Addres
Korea
United Nations
Wishinsky
Heiping
Cuba
Gustavo Gutierrez
Vilage
United States
Britain
France
Norway
Ecuador
Ardent suitor taunts court in love pursuit of tutor
In Queens Magistrates court 36 year old accountant Martin Brilliant admitted loving Elizabeth Socha, who asked to be left alone. The judge set a $1000 bond citing repeated acts including telephoning, mailing a wedding ring, sending a 10 pound turkey with a note, and delivering phonograph records to the teacher. Socha asked for protection as Brillant warned he would not stop.
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New York
Dec
Queens
Martin Brilliant
Miss Socha
Elizabeth Socha
Edward ‘Thompson
Brillant
Miss. Socha
Turkey
T-Wanne
Rescue Column Pushes Toward Trapped Yanks
Tokyo December 9 AP reports greatly outnumbered Allied troops facing 100000 Chinese Reds pressing toward a sea escape from Hungnam. Over 20000 Marines and doughboys press inland with aid from a rescue column while Adm Joy and Maj Gen Almond confer aboard ships off Hungnam awaiting any eventuality.
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Tokyo
Korea
U.S
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Hungnam Port
Sea of Japan
Hungnam
Republic of Korea
ROK
Joy
Edward Mi. Almond
Changjin Reservoir
Almond
Changjin - Force
Koto
U. S. Umit
Manchurian
Yalu River
Hyesanjin
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Maven
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Ahi
Sorina Trolfic
Taeguy
Chok
South Korea
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Atom
Hamilton
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Far East
East Command
Tion
Paul Margaret
Westbrook Pegler
Fegler
Bernard Baruch
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Straffar Oi
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Syms
Ney
Chongjin
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