NATO Nations Set Spending For Defenses
Paris report says NATO members will spend 323.6 million dollars in 1953 on airports and other long term defenses against Soviet threats. Pleven said the figure, agreed after a four day debate, is below SHAPE’s minimum. The plan aims to begin work as weather permits and to ease France’s defense funding burden amid domestic opposition. Acheson praised NATO as an inspiring Western force, foreseeing future strength for Atlantic peoples.
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PARIS
Matthew B Ridgway
Europe
Rene Pleven
NATO council
Viscount Alexander
Britain
Lord Mountbatten
NATO
Pleven
SHAPE
national assembly
Dean Acheson
North Atlantic treaty organization
Acheson
Atlantic world
Civil Defenders Visit Eisenhower
A delegation of state civil defense directors met with President-elect Eisenhower at the Commodore Hotel. Lt. Gen. Henry Larsen urged stronger leadership and funds, saying the nation is not ready for war from a civil defense standpoint and that Truman’s administration must do more than lip service.
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NEW YORK
Eisenhower
Truman
Henry Larsen
national association of state civil defense directors
Larsen
Commodore Hotel
French Ultimatum Delivered to Bey of Tunis
France sent a strongly worded ultimatum to the Bey of Tunis demanding an immediate reply or face ouster. Officials kept the note's contents secret while a cabinet spokesman said it called for an immediate response and reflected a plan adopted earlier to handle unrest in Tunisia amid nationalist pressure.
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PARIS
France
Tunis
Tunisia
North African
Philippines Proposes New U N Move On Jerusalem
United Nations. The Philippines adds a complication to the Palestine issue by proposing an amendment to an eight power resolution to urge Israel and Arab states to begin direct talks for a final peace in Palestine. Debates in the General Assembly were to continue with a full vote expected later. Arabs demand resettlement or compensation for about 900000 refugees from the 1948 conflict.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
Philippines
Palestine
U. N
Jerusalem
Philippine
general assembly
special
Israel
Panama
Jeptha B. Duncan
Holy Land
special political committee
Grand jury probes O'Dwyer fund payment case
A New York grand jury probes a $10,000 1949 payment to former Mayor William O'Dwyer and whether he violated the penal code or perjured himself. Assistant DA Alfred J. Scotti said the panel weighs O'Dwyer culpability and also considers charges against campaign manager Jerry Finkelstein for evasive testimony. Joan P. Crane testified he delivered the money on October 10, 1949, with Finkelstein present.
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NEW YORK
William O'Dwyer
U. S
Mexico
Alfred J. Scotti
O'Dwyer
Scotti
O’Dwyer
Jerry Finkelstein
grand jury
Joan P. Crane
Uniformed Firemen’s association
Finkelstein
Crane
Inaugural Medal Refined to Show Eisenhower Smile
President-elect Eisenhower said the official inaugural medal portrait looked too grim. The inaugural committee announced sculptor Walter Hancock will re touch the profile to brighten the lips and display Eisenhower in characteristic cheerfulness.
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WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
Walter Hancock
Sudden Silence On Phone Ends With Sleeping Man
In Philadelphia on December 18 am Robert Hanover found a caller silent on the line and alerted police. They traced to Jim Price who slept through the drama with the telephone on the floor. Price, awakened by officers, awaits Hanover's call.
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PHILADELPHIA
Robert Hanover
Jim
Hanover
Jim Price
Price
Caroline Bayani
Siamese Twins Separated. One Best Chance Survive
In Chicago a history making operation separated the 15 month old Brodie twins Rodney and Roger Lee. Rodney, the smaller twin, was given better odds for survival while Roger Lee faced a precarious, shocked condition. Surgeons transfused six quarts of blood during the 12 hour 40 minute procedure.
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CHICAGO
Eric Oldberg
department of
neurology
University of Illinois
Rodney Dee
Oldberg
Rodney
Roger Lee
Rost Brodie
Moline
Allied Planes Smash Troop Massing Area Near Pyongyang
Allied warplanes struck a large Red troop concentrat ion area 20 miles south of Pyongyang, destroying 10 buildings and damaging 30 others. Sabre jets shot down one MIG and damaged another during northward sweeps as ten Sabres tangled with 22 MIGs near the Yalu river. Lt. James F. Low earned his ninth MIG kill in a fierce dogfight over the Suiho area. Ground action remained light with patrols from the front to the Haeju peninsula 70 miles northwest.
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SEOUL
Pyongyang
Korea
air force
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Suiho
Yalu river
Manchuria
Richard L. Ayersman
Sacramento
Canada Cold Air Chills Midwest
A blast from western Canada drove temperatures below zero across the central states. It was 10 below in Bemidji Minnesota and 4 in Jamestown North Carolina. The icy air spread south and east into northern Texas and above the Ohio River with many areas below freezing. Some relief came to Florida and other southern states where crops were at risk. Warmer weather returned across much of the south after several frosty nights. Dry conditions prevailed in most of the nation with light rain in parts of Arizona and light snow in the Rockies and Lake Superior region.
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Associated Press
Canada
Bemidji
Minn
Jamestown
N. C
Texas
Ohio river
Florida
south
Arizona
Rockies
Lake Superior
General Electric Pay Hike Approved
The wage stabilization committee approved a five percent pay rise for 200,000 General Electric workers. This first major move by the new panel signals quick approval for similar raises at Westinghouse, Remington Rand, and other firms, affecting about 100,000 more employees nationwide.
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WASHINGTON
General Electric company
Westinghouse Pe corp
Sylvania Electric acts company
Murder Inc Rule Of Docks Probed
New York state crime commission began probing Albert Anastasia and Murder Inc on the Brooklyn waterfront. Vincent Mannino testified linking Anastasia to waterfront crime and noted ties to the City Democratic club and figures like Joe Adonis. Former mayor William O Dwyer attended a 1939 ball. Kenny, under scrutiny, challenged testimony as biased.
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NEW YORK
New York state crime commission
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
Anastasia
Sing Sing
AFL International Longshoremen's association
Vincent Mannino
Mannino
City Democratic club
Joe Adonis
New Jersey
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
O'Dwyer
JOE
ILA
Vincent Mangano
Mangano
Marinillo
commission
waterfront
Jerseyy
N. J
John V. Kenny
Albert D. Jordan
Kenny
Jordan
Anthony
Tony Bender
Strollo
Manhattan
Phil Regan
Outside Work Barred to Justice Department Attorneys
Attorney General McGranery ordered that officers and employees of the justice department be barred from private law practice. The rule, effective January 1 for most, aims to prevent conflicts with duty and potential adverse reflections on the department. U.S. attorneys and assistants face a January 1, 1954 date. The policy could be altered by the incoming Eisenhower administration. McGranery said affected groups include attorneys and other professionals such as accountants and economists.
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WASHINGTON
McGranery
justice department
U. S
Herebert Brownell
Fisenhower
department
Dutch Voters Back Unified Europe
In Bolsward 84 percent of registered voters backed a united Europe and in Delft 70 percent approved. Turnout in Bolsward was 88 percent with 96 percent for unity. Delft saw 75 percent turnout with 93 percent for unity. Poll by Dutch European movement.
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HAGUE
Netherlands
Bolsward
Europe
Delft
Missing Rug Mystery Deep
TACOMA Washington December 18 Mr and Mrs George Lagerquist aired eight scatter rugs in their backyard and found them missing A big black cocker spaniel stole the rugs and fled down the street Lagerquist chased but could not catch the thief forcing him to quit after running out of rugs
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TACOMA
Wash
George Lagerquist
Lagerquist
Reds Withdraw In Indochina War Report
The French high command said some Vietminh units leaving the Na San fortress. A military spokesman cited air force and civilian intelligence showing forces moving toward the Red River delta and toward the Laos border. He credited air support and bombing interdiction with making Na San untenable.
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NANOI
Indochina
Na San
Redriver
Laos
Warren to Name Senate Pick Next Week in California
Sacramento Calif Dec 18 UPI Gov Earl Warren will announce early next week the long awaited appointment to the senate seat left vacant by Richard M Nixon after his election as Republican vice president.
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SACRAMENTO
Calif
UPI
Earl Warren
senate
Richard M. Nixon
Generous seven year old donates big sum to Santa
A seven year old girl in Pittsfield donated to Salvation Army kettles appearing to be 1000 and 500 dollar bills. The bills turned out to be play money, though her charitable intent was clear.
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PITTSFIELD
Mass
UPI
Salvation Army
Eisenhower MacArthur Talks Deep Peace Plans
President-elect Eisenhower met with Gen MacArthur in New York to discuss Korea and world peace while stressing no public account of their conversation. He planned further meetings with GOP leaders to map a domestic and foreign policy program amid inflation and postwar challenges.
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IKE
MAC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
New York City
Dulles
MacArthur
NEW YORK
Dwight JD
Eisenhower
Aldes
MacaArthur
Tisenhower
house of representatives
hign
congress
senate
Manhattan
Korea
Pacific
Alf Eisenhower
MaccArthur
Fisenhower
Commodore hotel
James C. Hagerty
Negro named to state cabinet post in Illinois
Joseph D Bibb a 37 year old Chicago attorney and newspaper man was named director of the state public safety department by governor elect William G Stratton. Bibb becomes the first Negro to hold a state cabinet post in Illinois managing prisons state police pardon and parole board and crime investigation agency. He is managing editor of the Chicago edition of the Pittsburgh Courier and previously studied at Harvard Yale and Columbia.
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SPRINGFIELD
GPI
Hainois
William G Stratton
Joseph D Bibb
Chicago
state public safety department
pardon and parole board
Bibb
Pittsburgh Courier
Negro weekly
Alabama
Atlanta
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Defense lists 35 Korean War casualties in new report
Washington December 18 UP The defense department identified 35 Korean War casualties in list No 713 with four dead 30 wounded and one missing.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
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