Police May Charge Assault in Shooting Of Actress' Agent
Beverly Hills district attorney says Walter Wanger will be prosecuted for felonious assault in the shooting of Jenni Lang, agent for Joan Bennett. Lang, shot in the groin, is hospitalized. Wanger moved out of Miss Bennett’s Holmby Hills home after bail and plans to relocate.
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Sehuings Lang
Joan Bennett
Midway Hospital
Feverly Mills
Calif
Walter Wanger
Miss Bennett
Beverly Hills
Lang
Oliver Schwab
Los Angeles General Hospital
Roy
Parkins
Music Corporation of America
Wanger
Homby Hills
Bennett
Trumk
Eisenhower warns Europe to step up arms production
Paris AP report: General Eisenhower urged West European nations to boost military spending to strengthen security. Before NATO treasurers, he cited balking budgets and cited Belgium’s reported 30 percent rise rejection. The NATO committee studied each nation’s capacity to raise defense burden shares.
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Eisenhower
Europe
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Reds Seek Victory in War by Negotiation at Conference
MUNSAN Korea AP UN command truce negotiator accused Communists of seeking victory at the conference table rather than on battlefield The UN reports no progress in prisoner exchange talks Maj Gen Howard Turner criticized a six point plan for limited troop rotation and argued arms limits should be based on current UN military operations Negotiators remained deadlocked over policing an armistice and exchanging prisoners The two subcommittees will reconvene Sunday Rear Adm R E Libby said talks are back to square one with no progress and the Reds insisting on bulk prisoner exchanges before list sharing UN side demands prisoners and camps data disclosed first
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Korea
United. Nations Command
United Nations Command
Turner
R. E. Libby
Libby
UN Jets Down One Mig In North Korea Air Battles
UN jets claim victory in two aerial clashes over Yangdok and Mig Alley as Fifth Air Force reports one Sabre damaged, 14 Red jets shot down that week. Ground fire destroys multiple Thunderjets and other Allied planes amid a limited front where forces face about 500,000 troops on three fronts.
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Seoul
United Nations
North Korea
Yangdok
Wonsan
VHE Air Force
Soil
Pisnes
Fifth Air Force
Korangpo
Area Council Approves 10000 For Portsmouth Region
Gov Sherman Adams and his council approved S1060G to establish a state agency under the Planning and Development commission to aid Portsmouth area communities in coping with problems from a planned air base. The agency will serve cities and towns in the region.
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Portsmouth
Sherman Adams
State Planning and Development Commission
Storm Again Slams Philippines Heads Back Toward Islands
Manila AP reports a typhoon that carved destruction in the central Philippines last Monday strengthened again as it neared the islands, after seemingly easing in the South China Sea.
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Manila
Philippines
Islands
China Sea
House Tax Probe Ends Ends and Moves to Grand Jury
Washington AP report says phase one of a tax scandal probe concluded with disclosures, including 10 long distance calls from Jess Larson to Frank Nathan. The calls, made to New York and Miami last summer, are linked to alleged efforts to aid Nathan’s oil dealings. A federal grand jury will test the testimonies and may pursue perjury prosecutions, with transcripts sent to the DC district for review. Government officials such as Larson and former General Counsel Charles Oliphant testified amid denials and accusations of influence peddling in tax troubles.
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Washington
Frank Nathan
Nathan
House
Jess Larson
General Services Agency
New York
Miami
Larson
King D-Cartt
Justice Dicarement
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Charles Oliphant
In Toa Revenue Department
Day
King
Siem
Oliphant
Abraham Teitelbaum
Senate
Froman
Canada Removes Foreign Exchange Restrictions
London reports Bank of England loosens sterling controls to curb speculation while dollar parity holds at 2.80 and gold at 250 shillings per ounce. Canada abruptly ends 12 year foreign exchange controls, allowing unrestricted capital and profits repatriation and travel, joining US and Switzerland as fully free currencies. Canadian dollar strengthens above 97 U.S. cents as controls end.
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London
Bank of England
Britain
Canada
United States
Switzerland
U. S
Bridges Probed in Tax Case as Cleanup Drive Starts
CONCORD AP Senator Styles Bridges admits frequent contact with the Bureau of Internal Revenue over income tax matters but says any action by the bureau remains entirely proper and correct. The testimony before House tax investigators touched on a big case involving six figures and a possible conference between agents and the taxpayer or his representative. President Truman prepares a sweeping anti corruption program with Judge Thomas F. Murphy possibly in a key role to clear honest officials and pursue misdeeds in government.
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Styles Bridges
R-No Hi
Bureau of Internal Revenue
House
Washington
Charles Oliphant
Internal Revenue Bureau
Oliphant
Henry Grunewald
Bridges
Mage
Henry Marsh
Winchester
Mass
Tenman
Thomas F. Murphy
New York
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Biss
Murphy
Trumsen
Judge Murphy
New York Police Department
Hiss
Alger Hiss
State Department
Key West
Fla
Truman
Rickenlooper
Senator Lodge
Lodge
McCarthy
Christmas Snow Arrives Week Early in Portsmouth
A cold wave is forecast with zero to 40 mile per hour winds as six to eight inches of snow blankets the Portsmouth area. Public works crews begin snow removal at midnight while police urge motorists to avoid business districts to prevent towing. Accidents were minor overall with several fender benders and one drunken driving arrest, as drivers navigate slippery streets and crusted ice.
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Wineter
Portsmouth
Sherburne
Public Works
Nat Steveris
Stevens
Willjiam J. Linchey
Linchey
Portscout
Nome
Edward Petro
Profile Avenue
Arthur Sargent
Columbia Street
Court Street
Taft Truman race seen by Anderson
Senator Anderson predicts a tight 1952 presidential contest between Truman and Taft. He cites corruption charges as a major issue, expects action from Truman, and says Taft will win the GOP nomination if Eisenhower withholds a clear bid. Anderson believes the Democrat will prevail in a close race.
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Anderson
Washington
D-N. M
Truman
Taft
R-Onio
White House
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reagan
Eisenhower
Solon Calls for Review of Concealment Policies
Washington tabloid report notes Senator Hickenlooper calls for a review of past concealment policies after the dismissal of diplomat John Stewart Service. Green and others defended the committee’s findings and criticized McCarthy era accusations while outlining Service's indiscreet conduct and loyalty doubts.
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Solon
Washington Tab
Hickenlooper
Lowa
John Stewart
Truman
Ister
Loyalty Review Board
Service
Far East
Tallulah Bankhead Trial Delays As Defense Attacks Judge
In New York, Tallulah Bankhead’s former secretary Evyleen Cronin faces forgery and larceny charges as the trial stalls. Judge Harold Stevens rebuked attorney Fred Moritt for contempt during cross examination. Cronin testified she once married golf pro Billy Purcella in 1909 and divorced ten years later, with Bankhead denying Cronin’s claims of influencing the cast.
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New York
API
Tallulah Bants- Read
General Sessions
Harold L. Stevens
Fred, G. Moritt
Evyleen R. Cronin
Moritt
Bernards Doigin
Stevens
Billy Purcella
Derby
Cann
Purcella
Possibility of nationwide steel strike feared by officials
Pittsburgh AP reports the risk of a New Year steel walkout worries government circles as contract talks between CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel approach expiry. Mediators Mills and Maggiolo warn the strike could harm defense and the economy while Capehart amendment price issues loom.
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Roger L. Putnam
Putnam Land
Washington
Clyde Mills
Walter A. Magsiolo
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
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Myrtle Avenue
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