Eisenhower Says Spiritual Power Key to Winning Ideological War
President-elect Eisenhower told the Freedom Foundation at the Waldorf Astoria that Armenca will triumph in the ideological war against Communism only if Americans hold fast to religious fundamentals. He urged strength in spirit and noted a need to address minority treatment, meeting Negro clergy and executives to discuss hotel and job discrimination and plans for a commission to gather facts. He cited his friendship with Zhukov and argued democracy must rest on religion to succeed.
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NEW YORK
Eisenhower
Armenca
the
freedom foundation
Waldorf Astoria hotel
W. H. Jernagin
Jernagin
National
Fraternal Councy of Churches
Washington, D. C
Marshal
Georgi) K.) Zhukov
Zhukov
Marshal Zhukov
Communist party
Uion
Siamese Twins Cling to Life After Separation
In Chicago the Brodie twins Roger and his brother, 15 months old, clung to life after a 12 hour, 40 minute operation to separate head twins born to Mrs Roy Brodie of Moline Illinois. Roger is in a coma and fed intravenously. hospital notes their stamina as heartening though precarious.
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CHICAGO
Tmnois neuropyschiatric hospital
Mryg
Royt Brodie
Moline
Roger
little Brodies
Hoffman Opposes Reorganizing Power
Washington December 22 Rep Hoffman Michigan says he will oppose extending beyond March 31 the law giving the president authority to reorganize government agencies subject to veto by either branch of Congress. Hoffman may head the House Government Operations Committee which handles such matters.
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WASHINGTON
Hoffman
Mich
congress
house government operations committee
Kuchel Named to Succeed Nixon in Senate
California state controller Thomas H. Kuchel, 42, a Republican, was appointed by Governor Warren to fill the U S Senate seat vacated by Richard Nixon. Kuchel promised to assist President elect Eisenhower and the new administration in fulfilling their pledge to the American people.
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SACRAMENTO
Calif
Warren
California
Thomas H. Kuchel
Richard M. Nixon
U. S. senate
Nixon
congress
Kuchel
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Violent Storms Sweep Great Plains
A violent winter storm struck the Great Plains with 4 to 9 inches of snow in Nebraska and Kansas and lesser amounts in Iowa Missouri and the Dakotas. Winds reached 35 to 50 mph creating drifts. Icing disrupted traffic and a statewide 300 long distance circuits failed in east central Iowa. Temperatures were in the 20s and 30s.
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great plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Dakotas
Five of Family Die in Blaze in Chicopee
A mother and four children perished in a fire and explosion at their Chicopee home early today. The father, severely burned, leaped from a second story window and was hospitalized in hysterical condition while attempting to reenter the burning building.
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CHICOPEE
Mass
Envoy Henderson to Press Iran Oil Crisis in Tehran
Washington reports Ambassador Lou Henderson will press the protracted Iranian oil crisis with Premier Mossadegh in Tehran this week as he arrives for talks.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Lou Henderson
Mossadegh
Tehran
Civilian Inquiry In Crash Sought After Moses Lake Disaste
Calls for civilian investigations rise after the Moses Lake air disaster that killed 86 aboard the U S military’s largest transport. Congress momentum grows for grounding flights as four generals and experts seek the crash cause while dental records aid victim identification.
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MOSES LAKE
Wash
U.S
congress
Richard Russell
senate armed services committee
Larson air force base
air force
George Demas
Cleveland
Charleston
S. C
Injunction Test In First Phase In Buffalo Strike Case
Federal Judge extended a temporary restraining order against the CIO United Steel Workers from striking at the Dunkirk plant of American Locomotive. Judge John Knight said he would take more time to study the constitutional aspects of the Taft Hartley act injunction provision. The 1500 workers ended a 107 day strike and returned to work. CIO vowed to seek Supreme Court review if needed.
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BUFFALO
N. Y
CIO
United Steel Workers union
Dunkirk
American Locomotive company
John Knight
Knight
supreme court
Plant Explosion Kills 15 in Japanese Fertilizer Plant
A hydrogen explosion at a chemical fertilizer plant in Nagoya, Japan, killed at least 15 workers. Five were missing and 70 injured, with 70 in critical condition. Authorities revised earlier totals as rescue crews hunted through the ruins amid gas fumes forcing responders to wear masks.
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NAGOYA
Japan
U. S. air force
Pork supplies to drop 15 percent next spring
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 15 percent decline in the spring pig crop, signaling a corresponding drop in pork supplies to consumers about a year from now.
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WASHINGTON
URI
agriculture “department
department
Passenger Ship Runs Aground Near Beirut
The 12,546 ton French liner Champollion ran aground three miles south of Beirut during a morning storm. Listed about 600 yards off shore with a vertical crack, she carried 219 passengers and 250 crew when sailing from Marseille with 469 aboard. Many travelers were Christmas Pilgrims to the Holy Land.
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BEIRUT
Lebanon
Chrampollion
Marseille
France
Champollion
Alexandria
Egypt
Storms threaten Christmas plans for returning servicemen
Stormy weather at sea may cause up to 8000 returning servicemen to miss Christmas day at home. Heavy seas in the Pacific and Atlantic slowed ships and some troop vessels could arrive several days late. Army spokesmen called the weather unusual as it hit both oceans simultaneously.
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WASHINGTON
army
Pacific
Atlantic
War restricted to air battles over Korea fronts
U S Sabre jets shot three Communist jets from North Korea skies yesterday afternoon while snowbound fronts remained quiet. Red probes against Allied positions were repulsed. Communist loudspeakers blared carols in Sniper ridge sector. Allied fighters faced restricted operations due to snow.
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SEOUL
U. S
Sniper ridge
central front
Panther
Singye
Yangdok
Durkin Pick seen as smart move by Welker
Washington Senator Welker says Eisenhower decision to name Martin P. Durkin secretary of labor is the smartest political move for 20 years. He predicts Taft would not block the confirmation and endorses privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Welker also opposes a Columbia Valley authority and other dam projects.
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WASHINGTON
Welker
Idaho
Eisenhower
Martin P. Durkin
Republican party
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Durkin
senate
Tennessee Valley authority
Columbia Valley authority
northwest
Police Let Off Overtime Parkers in Christmas Nod
Albion police issued yellow tickets this week for overtime parkers. The officers said the car should have been tagged but Santa Claus asked them to let it go this time.
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ALBION
parkers
Santa Claus
Sudden Arrests Of 21 On Kings County Waterfront Racket Probe
Twenty one suspects were arrested in Brooklyn as sealed indictments were handed up by the Kings County grand jury led by Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz. The rackets probe targets the New York waterfront amid a broader state crime commission inquiry into port corruption and extortion. Michael Clemente and Alexander Cosmos were also arrested on extortion charges related to pressure on the John W. McGrath Corp. to hire their preferred dock boss.
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NEW YORK
Kings county grand
grand
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Brooklyn
Leibowitz
Harry Gross
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Michael Clemente
AFL International Longshoremen’s association
Clemente
Alexander Cosmos
Hogan
East River
Hudson River
Cosmos
John W. McGrath corp
McGrath
Costello Loses Bid for Freedom
In Atlanta on December 22, Frank Costello's lawyers failed to gain release from U S penitentiary. A federal judge denied the appeal and Atty. Gen. McGranery ordered Costello moved to a Milan Michigan correctional institution. Government lawyers say Milan meets the legal standard for a common jail.
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ATLANTA
Frank Costello
New York
Milan
Mich
U. S
U. S. district court
James P. McGranery
Costello
Railroad Rate Power Upheld Outcome of Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the government's authority to raise railroad freight rates within a state to offset passenger service losses. Justice Burton delivered the 6-3 decision with dissents by Justice Douglas joined by Chief Justice Vinson and Justice Black noting a dissent.
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WASHINGTON
supreme court
Burton
Douglas
Vinson
Black
United Nations votes down Soviet call to condemn U S on Korea
In a tense pre dawn session the General Assembly rejected a Soviet resolution condemning the United States for the Red prison deaths on Ko rgan Island Korea The vote was 45 to 5 with Arab Asian bloc abstentions and adjournment set for February 24 after Eisenhower's inauguration Ernest A Gross labeled the Soviet move a midnight propaganda stunt The U N delegates cited unity for peace and defense of the charter as the key to countering aggressors in Korea.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
United Nations assembly
United States
ongam Island
Korea
U S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
assembly
Iraq
Lebanon
Thailand
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
general assembly
China
Nine retired Cuban officers released from prison
The Cuban navy says nine retired officers accused of planning an armed revolt against President Batista have been freed from military prison and placed under house arrest. No reason given for release. they will be tried later by a navy court, with Christmas at home expected.
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HAVANA
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Manger Scene Stolen From Edison High Display
San Antonio police reported that a Christmas manger scene at Edison High School was found looted with the Christ child doll missing. The act occurred early today and prompted a campus police investigation.
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SAN ANTONIO
UPi
Edison high school
Trial at World Court urged against Soviet for Katyn massacre
A House committee urged that Soviet Russia be arraigned before the world court for murders of Polish civilians in the Katyn forest. It called for a UN inquiry into Korean War atrocities and urged forwarding findings to the United Nations for action at the General Assembly.
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WASHINGTON
CPI
Soviet Russia
Katyn forest
house
Russia
congress
United Nations
Korea
Nazi Germany
Smolensk
Madden
D-Ind
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Rep. Flood
D-Pa
Fiood
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Carpatha-Russo
U. S
general assembly
U. N. general assembly
world court
Action Hinted For Chiang Army
MAAG head Maj. Gen. William C. Chase hinted Nationalist Chinese forces may be active next year. He spoke at a luncheon with President Chiang Kai-shek presiding and said supply flows to the Nationalists should be sped, while Chiang told 34,000 officers he hoped to complete preparations for a return to the mainland.
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TAIPEH
Formosa
Dwight Livenhower
Eisenhower
Korea
U. S
Chiang
Brink's Figures Face Contempt Charges
Boston December 22 three men refuse to answer questions before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the 1 219 000 Brink s robbery of January 17 1930. Paul D Howley Joseph S Banfield and Edward A Bennett all of Boston face contempt of court charges before Federal Judge William T McCarthy today. Three others have already been sentenced.
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BOSTON
Brink
William T. McCarthy
Paul D. Howley
Joseph S. Banfield
Edward A Bennett
Rind
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