Kimball Fights Back as State Sues Over Spending
Concord December 24. Defense for F Gardner counters a $250000 civil suit by the state alleging improper, excessive and contingent payments at the Standard accounts. Kimball plans to contest the action with attorney general Ernest DAmours noting his term ends soon and lawmakers will decide renomination. First legislative session begins January 5. treasurer salary is $4500.
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Concord
F. Gardner
Attach Superior Court
Ernest R. D'Amours
Charles M. Dale
Thet
D’amours
Kimball
Navy Dispatches Carrier Saipan For Greenland Rescue Mission
The 10000 ton carrier Saipan heads toward Greenland to rescue 11 men marooned atop a 7500 foot icecap after a C47 crash. Bad weather and heavy winds threaten air rescue efforts, with supplies and shelter parachuted to the stranded crew and four-decades of prior failed attempts noted.
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Navy
Norfolk
Saipan
Greenland
Adm
Louis S. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Anl
Air Force
Christmas customs across America reflect diverse traditions
The piece surveys varied Yuletide practices from the Boise Basque colony’s sheepherders ball to Nashville carolers collecting for children of working mothers, and Old Christmas in Rodanthe North Carolina. It weaves in broader holiday notes, police and civic items, and a glimpse of missing person news surrounding Miss Welden.
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Boise
Idaho
Nashville
Tenn
Ben College
Nwspaper
Cambridge
Vermont
Miss Welden
W. Archibald Welden
Stamford
Conn
Roar of Guns Across Three Wars Clouds Christmas
The world remains grim as gunfire marks three wars during the holiday season. Dutch fight Indonesians, Jews clash with Arabs, and Communist rebels kill Chinese brothers, turning Yuletide into a death rattle.
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Yuletide
China Falls Under Communist Control North of Yangtze
North China is under Red control with Peiping and Tientsin filled with well armed National troops retreating to defense lines. Lin Piao and other leaders show reluctance to press fights in the north, as unrest grows among garrisons and negotiations loom. UN orders ceasefire moves in Indonesia as Dutch gains continue.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Yangtze
Lin
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Lin Piao
Pope Pius
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
Egypt
Negev Desert
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Soekarno
Preemier Mohamed Hatta
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Belgium
Argentina
Ukraine
Java
Sumatra
Singapore
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Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Glum Gil Dobie Dies Renowned Football Mentor
J Gilmour Dobie aged 70 died at the Institute of Living Hartford Conn after months as a patient. He coached at North Dakota Washington Navy Cornell and Boston College amassing 11 straight unbeaten seasons and key wins including Navy over Army and Cornell against Penn. A 1938 Boston College accident ended his career.
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Gil) Dobie
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U. S. Naval Academy
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Frank Leahy
University of Notre Dame
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Navy
North Dakota State
Huskies
Midshipmen
Army
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New York
Quakers
Frank Murdock
Truman to Share Merry Christmas From Missouri
President Truman plans a nationwide Christmas greeting from Independence Missouri with a 10 foot tree lit in a living room setting. He will signal lighting of a 35 foot White House tree during the Washington ceremony after a 4 30 pm start with carols by the marine band. Snow blankets the Truman home area as Lovett updates him on foreign developments.
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Truman
Missouri
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White Ouse
Washington
Marine Band
Harry
Tax assessment set for state building on exposition grounds
State Planning and Development Director Edward Ellingwood said he will refer a new tax of 1738 dollars on the Granite State structure at the Eastern States exposition grounds to Gov elect Sherman Adams. Springfield officials valued the building at 53000 dollars and said all state buildings on the grounds except Massachusetts property would be taxed.
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Concord
Edward Ellingwood
Sherman Adams
Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
No Paper Saturday Christmas observance halts Herald
The Portsmouth Herald will not publish tomorrow due to the Christmas holiday. This brief notice informs readers of the holiday interruption and its impact on the newspaper schedule.
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Portsmouth Herald
Ten Die in Alaska Air Force B50 Bomber Crash
Ten men bound for Christmas in the states died in Alaska as the first crash of the air force's new B50 bomber occurred. The four engine plane, a improved B29, vanished Wednesday night from Ellison base and was found burned in timber ten miles south of the base.
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Fairbanks
Dee. 24
Air Force
Japan
Eilson Air Force Base
Eastern States Face Snowstorm Today
A snow storm sweeping from the middle west will hit several eastern states today and tonight. Up to six inches of snow are expected in Kentucky Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania with four to six inches possible in central and southern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Maryland Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania may see three to five inches mainly tonight and Saturday.
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Middle West
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Central Plains
Missouri Valley
Ohio Valley
Tomight
Maryland
Virginia
Stage Set in Concord For Adams Inaugural
Concord reports the stage is set for Sherman Adams to be sworn in as New Hampshire's 83rd governor on January 6. Officials announce arrangements, with a military escort guiding officials to the State House for the oath before a joint House Senate session.
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Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Charles F. Bowen
Arangements
Adams
Senate
Stately and Representatives Hall
State House
House
Supreme Court
Congressional
Jeremiah 8
Buckley
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church of Concord
Charles F. Hall
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
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