Senate Leader Post Takes on New Significance
Washington reports a split within Senate Republicans over Taft s challenge to Eisenhower s labor secretary pick Durkin. Bridges may stay as floor leader or shift to temporary president, while Taft backs his bid with support from unnamed allies and Knowland stands as lone rival. The party balance and future leadership remain unsettled after Taft s attack.
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WASHINGTON
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Esenhower
foregan
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Taft
Bridges
appropriations committee
congress
New York Herald Tribune
Sen
Cincinnati
Sen. Bridges
William Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
labor post
Republican party
Family of Seven Die in Home Fire
Youngstown Ohio December 4 Firemen blamed propane gas for a blaze that swept through a residence killing seven. Assistant Chief Frank Lehnerd said the gas used for cooking likely overwhelmed all victims before the fire began. Victims were Henry Tochman 34 bakery route salesman, his wife Catherine 32, and their five children Henry Jr 13 Patricia 10 Carol 8 Mary Grace 4 Jo Ann 2. The single story home northeast of the city burned flat.
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YOUNGSTOWN
Frank Lehnerd
Henry Tochman
Catherine
Henry
Patricia
Carol
Mary Grace
Jo Ann
Court orders ceilings off many processed fruit and veg foods
A federal court ordered the office of price stabilization to remove price ceilings on a long list of foods made from fruits and vegetables. The decision follows Congress's July move to decontrol all fruits and vegetables in fresh and processed forms, including jams jellies preserves honey soups baby foods vinegar and sauces.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
office of price stabilization
U. S. emergency court of appeals
congress
Casualties listed in Korean War update No. 705
The Defense Department released list No. 705 reporting 145 casualties from the Korean War. It lists 25 killed, 114 wounded, four injured in accidents, and two missing.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
Pressure on Jury Probe Dominates New York Washington News
A House Judiciary subcommittee opened a probe into alleged efforts by the state and justice departments to delay or dampen a federal grand jury charge of Communism in the United Nations. Juror Max Zimmerman claimed interference, while officials denied any collaboration. The IMF fired secretary Frank Coe after he refused to answer if he was ever a Communist, and nine suspended U N employees faced a noon deadline to answer subversive activity questions.
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justice departments
United Nations
house judiciary
Max Zimmerman
Chelf
D-Ky
Rep
Keating
R-NY
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justice department
grand jury
New York
state department
U.S
Myles J. Lane
New York Herald-Tribune
McGranery
COE
International Monetary Fund
senate
internal security
Frank Coe
Arlington
house
an American activities committee
U. N
U. S
the
world organization
Trygve Lie
Early Campaign Costs Studied
Washington December 4 UPI Disclosure that Eisenhower backers spent at least 1.2 million dollars in pre convention activities without reporting it prompted a House committee to consider broadening election reporting laws. Walter Williams, chairman of Citizens for Eisenhower, revealed the spending to a special committee and lawmakers weighed whether Congress can regulate primary and pre convention activities.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Eisenhower boosters
congressional
Citizens for Eisenhower committee
Eisenhower
Walter Williams
Citizens for Eisenhower
house
Boggs
D-La
congress
Stormy Weather Overspreads Wide Areas Across Nation
A broad weather system brings rain from the Gulf to the Canadian border between the Mississippi and central plains. Drizzle and rain reach Iowa, Arkansas and eastern Texas report thunderstorms, southern Wisconsin sees freezing drizzle, and snow affects the Dakotas. Little Rock records nearly three inches of rain as Pacific moisture brings showers to Oregon and Washington coasts. Light snow falls in Wyoming and Colorado.
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Canadian
Mississippi river
central plains
Iowa
Arkansas
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Little Rock
Ark
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Colorado
Little Grandma Bandit Plans More Bank Holdups
A Los Angeles FBI report quotes a letter from the so called Little Grandma Bandit claiming she will rob two more banks before retiring. Over seven weeks she held up three banks and took about $4000, with one FBI agent calling the letter authentic though texts are usually discarded. The writer says she is a grandmother in Korea war era slang.
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LOS ANGELES
Korea
FBI
Reuther Wins CIO Post After Roll Call Vote
Walter Reuther, 45, with red hair, wins CIO presidency in Atlantic City after a long ballot. He defeats Allan S. Haywood, becomes successor to Philip Murray and leads the auto workers’ group as the CIO seeks unity with the AFL. Reuther secured more than three million votes in a 5.6 million member bloc amid behind the scenes jockeying.
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Reuther
CIO Post
ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
CIO
Walter Reuther
labor organization
Allan S. Haywood
Philip Murray
Murray
auto workers union
Haywood
AFL
American Federation of Labor
labor
George Meany
Tunisia Demand For Independence Talks At UN
The U N assembly's 60 nation political committee shifts from Korea to Tunisia demanding independence talks. Lester Pearson is tasked with sending the Indian peace plan to Red China and North Korea, but Pyongyang and Peiping are unlikely to accept. The plan faces opposition from the Soviet Union.
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UNITED NATIONS
U. N. assembly
Korea
Lester Pearson
Canada
Red China
North Korea
Pyongyang
Peiping
U. N
Panmunjom
Russia
Brink's Robbery Probe Is Secret
In Boston on December 4 a federal grand jury heard at least seven anonymous witnesses, five men and two women, in the probe of the $1,219,000 Brink's Inc hold up from nearly three years ago. U.S. officials gave no details as marshals guarded the jury room.
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BOSTON
Brink's Inc
U.S
John Carroll records slight quake near Aleutians
John Carroll University reported a slight earthquake at 11 02 p m EST yesterday. The quake occurred about 4200 miles northwest of Cleveland in the Aleutian region.
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CLEVELAND
John Carroll university
Aleutians
Waterfront Crime Details Related to New York Waterfront
New York reporters testified before the state crime commission detailing rampant crime on the New York waterfront, a seven billion dollar shipping sector. Executives described pilferage on piers, ties between dock leaders with criminal records and labor trouble. Witnesses cited gratuities, “petty cash” disbursements, and hush money to dock officials.
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NEW YORK
New York state crime commission
Ruth M. Kennedy
Daniels and Kennedy, Inc
Muss Kennedy
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen's association
Miss Kennedy
Stevenson Says Democrats Will Subordinate Party to National Welfare
Adlai E. Stevenson and President Truman agree party interests must be subordinated to national welfare. Stevenson, in Washington after meeting Truman and Illinois Governor, says Democrats must not obstruct the new administration’s program. He cites deficits to be paid and serving the public interest as top priorities. plans for rest and possible travel abroad.
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WASHINGTON
Adlei E. Stevenson
Truman
congress
Stevenson
Illinois
White Horse
Reds Break Off Ridge Attacks
In frigid weather the Chinese Communists halted attacks on Sniper Ridge after 24 hours of close combat on the central front. South Korean defenders held their positions in two below zero conditions as Reds delivered small, intense assaults in the pre-dawn darkness.
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SEOUL
Sniper
Sniper Ridge
Coal Wage Board Chairman Quits Over Truman Action
Washington Dec. 4 AP President Truman approved a full 190 daily wage rise for John L Lewis coal miners despite a wage board majority ruling against boosts beyond 1.50. Archibald Cox resigned overnight without statement, while industry members boycott all board meetings and push to reconsider the plan amid fears of higher consumer coal prices.
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Truman
wage board
defense agency
Archibald Cox
wage stabilization board
White House
SUMELIANY
John L. Lewis
Eisenhower
WSB
Cox
Harvard
Nathan P. Feinsinger
congress
WILL
Herbert Kelley
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Kelley
national board
Donnelly Quits Diplomacy Post
Washington December 4 A career diplomat nearly 30 years Donnelly resigns as U S high commissioner to Germany stating desire to enter private business Administration sources say the 56 year old top American official in West Germany since July 18 will leave before the German peace contract takes full force and retains the rank of personal ambassador.
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WASHINGTON
Walter J. Donnelly
U. S
Germany
Donnelly
Truman
West Gocaney
John J. McCloy
Grand Champion Brings Low Price at Livestock Show
Ohio State University owned Leader 2na roan shorthorn steer sold for 4.55 dollars per pound, the lowest price since 1944. The 1109 pound grand champion weighed in at the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago yesterday.
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CHICAGO
Ohio
2na
Ohio state university
Columbus
Hill Country School Closed For Hunter Danger
Columbia Missouri December 4 Superintendent Pave Pendleton of the R-1 Consolidated school at Ashland closed the school for the hunting season to keep children from deer hunters while waiting for buses along rural roads.
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Hill Country School
Hunter Danger
COLUMBIA
Pave Pendleton
R-1
Ashland
Missouri Riverville
Boone county
Page
Grand Jury Lifts Evidence in Lattimore Case
A federal grand jury begins sifting evidence to decide whether to indict Owen Lattimore on perjury charges. The Justice Department will present a voluminous file from congressional probes, with witnesses expected in secret hearings as McCarthy linked Lattimore to Soviet espionage and the Institute of Pacific Relations.
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WASHINGTON
Dee 4
Owen Lattimore
justice department
congressional
Lattimore
Les Mc Carthy
R-Wis
United States
M'CARTHY
state department
Inestitute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Johns Hopkins university
Baltimore
McCarthy
permun
senate
internal security subcommittee
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
McKay Expects Brief Honeymoon
Salem dispatch reports Governor Douglas McKay, soon Eisenhower's interior secretary, faces a tough start. He pledges no regional favoritism, expects criticism from both sides over federal power and reclamation projects, and says he will serve the entire nation starting Jan. 20.
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SALEM
Ore
Douglas McKay
Eisenhower
interor
west
United States
Guv. McKay
Air Armada Scours California for Missing C 47 Transport
A search armada of 73 planes presses through snowbound San Bernardino terrain for a missing C 47 transport and 18 servicemen. The twin engine plane vanished Monday during a storm en route from Offutt AFB Nebraska to March AFB California. no trace has been found as weather clears but heavy snow may have concealed wreckage.
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Calif
Offutt, AFB
Omaha
Neb
March AFB
San Bernardino mountains
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