Eisenhower Still Refuses FEPC Backing Amid Pressure
President-elect Eisenhower resists pushing compulsory fair employment legislation. Negro clergy urged him to back FEPC with enforcement power, but aides say he favors educational programs and a commission to study minority hiring issues, not federal mandate. The issue has repeatedly challenged postwar party unity and policy.
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New York
Eisenhower
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Truman
Tox
W. J. Jernagin
Eoom
Denver
Ferterdey Tist
United States
Pinay Resignation Accepted by Auriol in Christmas Crisis
Paris reports Premier Antoine Pinay's resignation was formally accepted by President Vincent Auriol after nine months in office. The move followed the Catholic Popular Republican Movement's refusal to back the cabinet in the first of three new confidence votes on the 1953 budget. Pinay cited a banking and social security funding dispute as the trigger. President Auriol conferred with Pinay to seek a settlement butPinay stood firm, leading to a government split and renewed cabinet concerns.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
Nations Assembly
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
France
MRP
Geoffrion Seeks Second Clerk at City Hall
City Assessor Lucien Geoffrion requests a second permanent clerk to replace a recent resignation. City Manager Robert Violette delays action, seeking discussions on office hours before deciding. Geoffrion cites increased workload and wants daily hours with the assessor present.
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Lucien Or Geoffrion
City Hall
Robert C. Violette
Violette
Geoffrion
Theodore F. Munz
98th Mission Secures Second Mig Kill in Korea
Lt. John A. Inferrera of Watertown Mass on his 98th mission shot down a Russian built Mig, giving him two Migs and a prior damaged foe. Allied Sabre Jets engage eight Reds at 45,000 feet in Korea while Air Force and Marine strikes hit Chaeryong and Pyongyang areas amid raids and counterattacks.
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Seoul
John A. Inferrera
Watertown
Mass
Korea
Chaeryong
Red Capital
Pyongyang
State Board to discuss area water supply plan
The State Planning and Development Commission will announce and study a Boston firm plan to supply water to communities in the Portsmouth area, competing with the Army Engineers’ plan to pipe water from Jamison Creek. The 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall is hosted by P and D director Sulo J. Tani, with invitees from Dover, Durham, Newington, Greenland, New Castle, Rye and Portsmouth.
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Robert C. Violette
Dover
Durham
Newington
Greenland
New Castle
Rye
Portsmouth
Grand Jury Takes Holiday Recess in Brink's Hearing
The Boston grand jury probing the Brink's robbery is in recess until next Monday. It may hear witness Joseph Banfield, a hoisting engineer from Charles Lown district, who previously refused to answer and was cited for contempt. Contempt cases for Edward Bennett and Paul Hooley were continued.
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Boston
Joseph Banfield
Charles Lown
Banfield
William T. McCarthy
Edward A. Bennett
Paul Hooley
Wells Town Budget Aims At Athletic Field Project
Wells Town plans may fund an athletic field for Wells High School. A budget letter by Town Manager Leonard Bishop calls for road repairs worth about 70 000 and a 2 500 tax for a new town garage with 7 500 borrowed to finish a 15 000 building. The report notes 100 000 of new construction keeps the tax rate at 32 mills.
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Wells
York County
Leonard Bishop
Last Passenger Plucked Off Liner Aground on Reef
The French liner Champollion ran aground off the Lebanese coast near Beirut with 324 aboard. Survivors swam to shore as 70 passengers fled into the sea. 20 died. British Kenya and planes attempted rescue. Beirut fire brigade aided by crowds.
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Mediterranean
Beirut
Admirality
London
Kenya
Admiralty
Som
Fire Brigade
Messageries Maritimes
Pearson Sees U N Success In Try For Peace
Canada’s Lester Pearson stressed at the United Nations that peace in Korea remains the major challenge but predicted success through the UN. He credited the armistice effort as a historic achievement of the seventh session, despite China and North Korea’s rejection. Soviet diplomat Gromyko planned to sail to London on the Queen Mary today.
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Pearson
U.N
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N. Y
Korea Assembly
Korea
Assembly
Lester 3B.pearson
U. N
China
North Korea
India
Andrei A. Gromyko
London
Rites Slated Today For Crash Victims
Memorial services were planned today at Lawson AFB for eight service members killed in a catastrophic four engine Globemaster crash. An investigating board led by Brig. Gen. Richard B. O Keefe worked through the night. findings will be sent to the Pentagon. Of 104 passengers and 12 crew, only five bodies identified. 30 survivors treated in multiple hospitals. One crew member Wendell L. Burton of Temple Oklahoma survived but was unable to answer questions before losing consciousness.
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Lawson Air Force Base
Fentagon
Larson Field
Mfe
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Brooke Army Hospital
San Antonio
Tex
Wendell L. Burton
Temple
Okla Q
Burton
Tax Commission To Get Reasons for Abatements Here
City Assessor Lucien O Geoffrion sent a list of 15 abatement reasons covering 3468 abatements for 1952 head taxes in Portsmouth to the State Tax Commission in response to an STC request. Abatements reduced net loss to 2022 with 2026 left town 495 duplicates 147 under or over age 78 relief or poverty etc. Geoffrion will send SCT the names of taxed abated after Christmas.
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Portsmouth
State Tax Commission
Lucien O. Geoffrian
Geoffrian
STC
Geoffrion
Violette Seeks New Civil Defense Director Head
Wil y Manager Hubert C. Violette will ask the City Council to recommend a new Civil Defense director to replace Theo dore FP Miunz. He has no candidate yet but believes someone in the city will take the job. Violette met yesterday with Adm. Cornelius A. Brinkman, head of New Hampshire Civil Defense, who was not overly troubled by Portsmouth’s situation.
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Hubert C. Violette
Theodore FP. Miunz
Violette
Portsmouth
Adm
Cornelius A. Brinkman
New Hampshire Civil Defense Organization
Brinkman
Vets Tax Exemptions Highlight New Hampshire Tax Figures
Concord reports total local taxes rose to 38.2 million, up 7.8 percent. Stock-in-trade taxes climbed to 34.1 million, with veterans exemptions totaling 1.28 million, reflecting gains since 1946. Granite State grants meanwhile extend $1,000 exemptions to veterans with lower assets, potentially boosting benefits to 3.53 million if all eligible.
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Concord
State Tax Commission
Cites
Granite State
New Hampshire
Three GIs Touch Off Riot With Grenade In NYC Bar
In Manhattan’s West Side three servicemen sparked a crowd panic by tossing a phosphorus grenade in a tavern. One Marine, 19, Sgt James Eugene McDermott, died after a chain of events that left 14 injured and a patrolman knifed. The trio fled. only the sailor escaped. Police linked the violence to bigotry in a Puerto Rican area as arrests followed.
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New York
Polite
James Eugene McDermott
McDermott
Upper West Side
Manhattan
S@th
Broadway
Katyn Massacre Seen As Blueprint For Communist Plans
Rep. Flood says incoming Congress will back an inquiry into alleged Communist atrocities in Korea. He notes a Katyn Forest massacre report as a blueprint for wholesale liquidation, while the U N. Command cites about 8,000 Korean atrocities.
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D-Pa
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Flood
House
Katyn Committee
U. N
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Smolensk
Russia
House Committee
Fourteen Die In Plane Collision Near Seoul
The Air Force reported that a single engine plane struck a Greek manned air evacuation transport during takeoff from a Western Korean base. Thirteen died at once, one later died in hospital. The fatalities include the smaller plane’s pilot, three Greek crewmen, one American Air Force medical corps member, two flight nurses, and six patients.
Separated Twins Still Cling to Life
Chicago W The Brodie Siamese twins Roger and Rodney remain in fragile condition after their head to head separation surgery. Roger is in a coma since last Wednesday’s 12 hour 40 minute operation while Rodney has regained consciousness. The 15 month old brothers, first survivors of such a separation, are in oxygen tents at the University of Illinois neuropsychiatric institute. Parents Roy and Mrs Brodie of Moline report no change in their sons’ status.
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University of
Eliot Man Dies In Crash On Icy Winter Roads
A winter storm in New Hampshire produced icy, hazardous roads leading to a fatal crash in Wolfeboro. Arthur Boyd Dame, 42, of Eliot, died after his car struck a utility pole on Route 109. He worked 23 years at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Dame, a Mason, leaves a wife and four children plus several siblings and relatives.
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Wolfeboro
Dame
Pleasant Street
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Naval Lodge of
Kittery
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South Berwick
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Ethel L. (Dickson
Dorothy (Place) Dame
Virginia L. Dame
Vera M. Dame
Kenneth E. Dame
Hilda A. Dame
Portsmouth
Richard Pruett
Norman Y. Holtz
Ethel E. Dame
Harland W
Manchester
Burleigh C
Wilbur E. Dame
Maplewood Avenue
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