Van Fleet's Fate Hinges on Ike's View of ROK Army
Seoul dispatch says General Van Fleet could retire in January unless President Eisenhower shapes his future. Ike may keep Van Fleet as eighth Army commander to finish building the South Korean forces or move him to a NATO or roving role. Ike's decision likely depends on his assessment of the ROK army and the impact of Van Fleet's leadership on the Korean front.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Hamawan
Thussenhower
Iost
NATO
Cornelius Ryan
Tf Eisenhower
U.N
James, Jr
Wall
Churchill 78th Birthday Celebrated at 10 Downing Street
London United Press reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill marked his 78th birthday with a 40 pound cake featuring a cigar shaped candle. He started the day in his office at 10 Downing Street and later attended Kempton Park race track to watch his horse Non-Stop finish second despite a cold November day.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Downing St
Kempton Park
Weather notes and local remarks from December 1 1952
Southern California forecast calls for rain in the northwest and south districts by evening with showers tomorrow and varying precipitation. Snow level near 4500 feet, mountain winds and coastal gusts, temperature swings, and a late day change. Local snippets include remarks on frost risk and signs in a Nevada restaurant about bank policy, plus humorous exchanges about a student and a father.
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California
Immy Cub
Jimmy
James
Nevada
First National Bank
Orlando dies. Italy’s grand old man passes at 92
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 92, longtime Italian statesman and last surviving member of the Allied Big Four at Versailles, died today in Rome. A prominent figure in postwar diplomacy, he shaped Italy’s role in the peace process and national politics for decades.
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Orlando
Italy
Rome
Vittorio Emanuela Orlando
Versaille
UN counsel says fire employees tied to communists
Three international legal experts advised United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie to dismiss any staff with Communist ties or who refuse to testify to suspected subversive activities, while allowing a chance to state a case before a review panel. The report came amid Senate Internal Security hearings and suspensions of staff who refused to answer on Communist links.
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United Nations
N.Y
Trygyve Lie
American Communist Party
Lie
United States
U.N
Senate Internal Security Committee
International Organization
New York
Robert Mortis
Interns Security Subcommittee
Morris
Thp UN
Paris
Price Controls Lifted From Amusement Machines
Washington reports the government removed price controls from juke boxes pinball machines and strength testing devices. The Office of Price Stabilization stated these amusement items are now outside the cost of living measures.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Five On Hospital Staff Accused In Judd Escape
Phoenix officials say at least five Arizona state hospital staff aided Winnie Ruth Judd in her sixth escape. Judd, the 47 year old killer known as the tiger woman, cut a window screen and fled the grounds then hid in an empty house until recaptured. Gov. Howard Pyle may order an investigation, and firings are expected as the hospital confronts alleged security failures.
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Phoenix
Arizona State Hospital
Frank
Winnie Ruth Judd
Dre. M. W. Conway
Conway
Tiger
Los Angeles
Howard Pyle
Calls Council of GOP Women Opens Tomorrow
Fresno news confirms the California Council of Republican Women will host its biennial convention starting tomorrow with about 600 members. President Jean Fuller of Los Angeles says keynote speaker Alonzo Baker of the College of Pacific. other speakers include Thomas Kuchel, Laughlin Waters, Evelyn Whitlow, and Ronald Button.
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Fresno
California Council of Republican Women
Jean Fuller
Los Angeles
Alonzo Baker
College of Pacific
Thomas H. Kuchel
Sacramento
Assemblyman
Laughlin Waters
Republican State Central Committee
Evelyn Whitlow
Ronald Button
California Republican Assembly
Doctors Change Former Man To Woman In Denmark
Christine Jorgensen, born George W. Jorgensen Jr in New York, told reporters in Copenhagen that after two years of hormone therapy and multiple operations she has transitioned to a woman. She spoke of parental love and the burden of secrecy, saying she is happy to be a woman now. The treatment was led by Danish surgeons at state hospital with hormone injections by Dr Christian Hamburger.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christine Jorgensen
Army
Christine
New York
George W. Jorgensen Jr
United States Army
Copenhagen State Hospital
Christain Hamburger
Danish Serum Institute
E. D. Iversen
State Hospital
Mexico Inaugurates Adolfo Ruiz Cortines President
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was sworn in as Mexico's president in Mexico City as security and police patrolled the tense capital. About 600000 Mexicans lined the seven mile route to the Palace of Fine Arts where diplomats gathered to witness the ceremony. The new president pledged a government of scrupulous honesty and democracy and promised to continue Aleman's public works. US figures at the inauguration included Vice President elect Nixon and Ambassador O Dwyer, with other officials from Eisenhower's administration in attendance.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Ruz Cortines
Mexico
Miguel Aleman
Palace of Fine Arts
Free World
Ruiz Cortines
Aleman
S. Whiiohs
Weether
United States
Richard M. Nixon
William O'Dwyer
Nixon
New York
Eisenhower
Mixon
O'Dwyer
Charles Brannan
Earl Warren
California
Allan Shivers
Texas
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Soviet Union
Tobin Pleads For CIO Unity But Fight Continues
Atlantic City conference opens with Maurce Tobin urging CIO unity amid fierce leadership battle. CIO unions dispute a new president as Allan Haywood and Walter Reuther contend with Philip Murray’s legacy. Rubber Workers’ Buckmaster could tip the balance during the 14th annual convention with 700 delegates voting.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Maurice J. Tobin
Cif
Tobin
CIO
AFL
United Labor Movement
Philip Murray
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Allan
Haywood
Rubber Workers Union
L. 5
Buckmaster
Snow Blankets Front as Snow Attacks Continue Front Line
Snow covers the 155 mile Korean battlefront as Communist units press small scale sneak attacks on Sniper ridge and Pinpoint hill. Allied forces report 64 Reds killed today, with air and artillery support limited by weather and heavy snow complicating movements. Draft directors convene in Washington to discuss manpower quotas and possible use of 19 year olds to meet January targets.
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Sniper
Central Asia
United Press
Victor Kendrick
F Rid
Lae
Sniper Ridge
Rocky Point
5Th Air Force
Pinpoint Hill
Sniper Vidge
Washington
National Selective Service
Lewis B. Hersey
Tegedral Var
Asa Os
Hershey
Col
K. H. Leitch
California
Vivians Collins
Florida
Selective Service
Saarlanders reject return to German rule in Saar poll
Vast turnout in Saarbrucken mirrors prewar times as voters back Hoffmann's pro-French Christian Peoples party. Final tally shows Christian Peoples 54.9 percent, Social Democrats 42.4, Communists 9.4 with 24.4 percent ballots invalid and 93 percent turnout among 621,948 eligible.
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Saarbruecken
Saar
Hitler
Germany
Saarlandes
Christian Peoples Party
Social Democrats
Democratic Party
Hoffmann
Iceland Seal Offered At London Restaurant
Iceland seal, braised and sliced, was served in a London restaurant yesterday at seven pence six the plate. Diners were pencommital.
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Iceland
London
Oil Refinery Blast Probed Seven Dead in Texas
A survey of Pure Oil Co Smiths Bluff refinery continues as the death toll rises to seven. B H Kyle 36 of Nederland dies at a Beaumont hospital, the seventh victim of Saturday night’s blast. Six men died instantly, three others injured. Bill Nelson says the cause and extent of damage may take days, with damages likely over 150000.
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Nederland, Tex
Pure Oil Co
Smith
Bluff
B. H. Kyle
Nederland
Beaumont Hospital
Bill Nelson
Rosenberg stay denial delays atom spy executions
BULLETIN NEW YORK (UP) A second application to stay the execution of convicted atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg was denied today by Judge Sylvester J. Ryan in Federal Court. They are scheduled to die the week of Jan. 12.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sylvester J. Ryan
Sister Kenny Buried As All Australia Mourns
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, famed bush nurse who treated polio, was buried in Toowoomba beside her mother and sisters as Australia mourned. Her death at 66 followed a brain blood clot despite a US drug. hundreds attended the quiet service and many businesses paused.
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Toowoomba
Australia
Elizabeth Kenny
All
Tainton
Sister Kenny
Eisenhower fills cabinet picks in labor commerce posts
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Martin P. Durkin of Chicago as secretary of labor and Sinclair Weeks of Boston as secretary of commerce. Walter Williams of Seattle was named under secretary of commerce, the first in that role. Durkin leads the United Association of journeymen, Weeks is a longtime Republican finance figure, and Williams is an investment insurer active in the campaign. The trio’s statement was delivered at Eisenhower headquarters.
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Eisenhower
Martin P. Durain
Chicago
Lobor
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
Walter Williams
Seattle
Wash
Commerce
Williams
Weeks
Republican National Finance Committee
Massachusetts
Durkin
United Association of Journeymen
United States and
Canada
APS
Grovila
Arthur I. Vand Rg
Korea
Secretary of Defense
Robert Lovett
Defense Department
Free World
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
John Foster Dulles
Destmate
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Great Britain
Gabriel Hauge
White House
Aldrich
Henry Cabot Ledge Jr
United Nations
Warren Austin
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Rev. B. Pearson
Charles Carson
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