Eisenhower Meets Hoover On Streamlining Federal Government
NEW YORK December 23 UP President-elect Eisenhower lunched with former President Herbert Hoover at the home of John Foster Dulles to discuss reorganization of the executive branch. Dulles Flemming and others attended. Eisenhower indicated no support yet for FEPC enforcement legislation despite pressure from Negro clergy seeking an end to employment discrimination.
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NEW YORK
Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
John Foster Dulles
East 91st street
DULLES
FLEMMING
Arthur Flemming
Ohio
Wesseyanniversity
Commodore hotel
Hoover
Flemming Hoover
Truman
executive branch
Temple university
Nelson Rockefeller
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State college
FEPC
fair employment practices commission
W. J. Jernagin
Airport Crash Kills Fourteen
SEOUL Dec 23 A single engine plane collided with a Greek manned air evacuation transport during takeoff at a western Korean air base killing fourteen people and injuring one. The C-47 air evac plane struck while taxiing on the ground.
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SEOUL
air
air force
U. S. air force
Alpine Avalanche Kills 23 on Bus in Austria
Vienna reports 23 European skiers died when an avalanche swept their bus from a bridge on Austria's Arlberg pass. Six victims were British. others were German, Dutch, French, and Belgian. Thirteen of the dead were women. Police work to identify the victims. The disaster is the largest Alpine catastrophe of the year.
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VIENNA
Austria
Arlberg pass
Pinay Resigns as French Premier After Confidence Vote
Paris reports Premier Antoine Pinay formally resigned after nine months in office. President Vincent Auriol accepted the resignation 16 hours after Pinay announced it amid an MRP backed budget crisis. Auriol planned talks to mend the coalition while Pinay urged a balanced budget.
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PARIS
Vincent Auriol
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
national assembly
Catholic Popular Republican movement
MRP
Auriol
Twins Condition Still Unchanged in Severe Head Surgery
CHICAGO Dec 23 UP The condition of the Brodie twins remained unchanged for 72 hours, Roger still very precarious and Rodney critical. The 15 month olds are in oxygen tents after head to head separation surgery at the University of Illinois neuropsychiatric institute. Roger in a coma since last Wednesday’s operation. Rodney regained consciousness Thursday. Parents Mr and Mrs Rost Brodie of Moline plan to stay with the twins at the hospital for Christmas.
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CHICAGO
Brodie
Roger
Rodney
University of Thiinois neuropsychiatric institute
Rost Brodie
Moline
Barbara
Congress Probe Of Atrocities In Korea Seen
Washington reports Rep. Flood predicts the incoming 83rd Congress will back a formal inquiry into alleged Communist atrocities in Korea. He cites the Katyn massacre study as a blueprint and notes the inquiry commission would examine mass killings and seek UN and world court action while acknowledging no new Korea incidents are evident.
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Congress
Korea
WASHINGTON
Flood
D-Pa
83rd
house
Katyn forest
Katyn committee
U.N
Smolensk
Russia
house committee
Katyn
U. N
Soviet
USSR
international world court
general assembly of
United Nations
United States
international commission
Sabre Jets Down MiG in Brief Clash over Korea
Four Allied Sabre jets clashed with eight MiGs at about 45 000 feet. Lt. John A. Inferrera of Watertown Massachusetts credited with shooting down one MiG in his 98th mission, adding to two downed and one damaged. Other air strikes hit Chaeryong area and Pyongyang, with B-29s targeting rail lines north to Manchuria.
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SEOUL
John A. Inferrera
Mt. Auburn St
Watertown
Mass
Chaeryong
Pyongyang
Christmas Travel Toll Set at 590
CHICAGO, Dec. 23. UP! National Safety Council estimates Christmas travel over the four day weekend may kill 57 persons. Deaths cover 6 p m Wednesday to midnight Sunday central time. Council cautions against bad weather driving and driving after drinking. It urges starting early, proceeding slowly and allowing extra time for bad weather.
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CHICAGO
National Safety Council
Immigration Law Goes Into Effect
Washington reports the McCarran Walter act becomes law at 12 01 a m amid ongoing debate. Supporters note a 25 percent potential immigration rise through non quota classes while critics denounce the national origins quotas and immigration ambiguities. A commission led by Philip Perlman will report changes by January 1.
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WASHINGTON
congress
Truman
Eisenhower
McCarran
U. S
U.S
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Philip B. Perlman
Japan Hails U S Law As Step Toward Better Ties
Tokyo reports the Japanese government praises the McCarran Walter act as a step forward in resolving a long standing issue between Japan and the United States. A Foreign Office statement says the law will foster amicable relations. It notes 185 Japanese may enter the U S this year and that restrictions on Japanese naturalization are lifted, with over 80,000 residents eligible to become citizens.
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congress
United States
McGranery
immigration and naturalization service
TOKYO
U. S
Japan
the
foreign office
Opera Star Traubel Delights GI Audiences in Korea
Soprano Helen Traubel surprised by strong G I reaction after two days of concerts for American troops in Seoul. She packed the theater despite freezing conditions and sang aboard the hospital ship Consolation, joking about adapting to the cold and singing with limited sight of her accompanist.
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SEOUL
Helen Traubel
grand opera
Miss Traubel
Wagner
Korea
Metropolitan opera
G. I
Betty Hutton
Julio Estaban Anguita
St. Louis
Consolation
Inquiry Fails To Find Cause Of Air Disaster
MOSES LAKE Washington December 23 The death toll in Saturday's C 124 crash rose to 87 as the air force said a preliminary inquiry failed to reveal the cause of history's worst aviation disaster Grounding the big Globemaster transports was not supported by the probe The pilot Lt William M O'Connell of Portland Me was praised for competence Weather was listed as OK with light snow suspenders of holiday returnees and survivors were moved to Brooke Army Hospital in Texas Master Sgt Wendell L Burton engineer died overnight in San Antonio after surviving the crash Memorial services were held today
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MOSES LAKE
Wash
air force
Washington, D. C
HOLIDAY FLIGHT
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Korea
Wendell L. Burton
Temple
Oklo
Brooke army hospital
San Antonio
Texas
Burton
Pentagon
Victor E. Bertrandias
Wiliam M. O’Connell
Portland
Executives Liable In Payroll Padding
A Brooklyn grand jury heard a judge state that top shipping executives may be indicted if they knowingly permit payroll padding. The action follows 20 waterfront figures’ arrest for faking payrolls to aid gamblers and loan sharks, part of a New York crime commission effort to dismantle waterfront rackets draining billions from shipping. Judge Leibowitz said company officers who knowingly aid the illegal practice may be indicted for larceny and conspiracy.
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NEW YORK
Brooklyn
New York state crime commission
Raymon H. Chadeayne
Kings county
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Leibowitz
Fashioned Christmas Wish From Rancho Los Amigos Ward
In Los Angeles on December 23 1949 elderly women at Rancho Los Amigos County Home were asked what they wanted for Christmas. The 163 women nearly all chose nylons over shawls or bed slippers highlighting simple comfort preferences of residents.
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LOS ANGELES
Rancho Los Amigos
Los Angeles county
Rescue Ends After Liner Champsellion Grounding Off Beirut
The Lebanese coast near Beirut saw hours of horror as the liner Champollion ran aground on a reef. By 5 p.m. Beirut time all aboard had been removed, with death toll estimates from 14 to 30. About 328 people were aboard including 220 crew, many pilgrims bound for Israel. Rescue efforts faced heavy waves and chaos as lifeboats overturned and the lighter craft capsized. There was no central rescue command, panic ensued, and at least ten bodies washed ashore. A beacon confusion near Beirut airport contributed to the peril, and the British cruiser Kenya aided operations.
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BEIRUT
Lebanon
Champollion
Baltaji
Itoly Land
Kenya
Budenz Explains Red Front Role
Louis Budenz former managing editor of the Communist Daily Worker testified to congress that joining one or two front organizations may be due to deception, but joining many fronts shows adherence to Communist discipline and aims. He said fronts seize on popular issues to advance Communist lines.
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WASHINGTON
GPI
Louis Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
Defense Heads Hold Meetings With Incoming Pentagon Leaders
Charles E. Wilson and assistants to the future defense department held day long talks with current officials. Wilson said during a noontime interlude with Defense Secretary Robert Lovett that both he and Lovett were anxious to ensure a high class transition.
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WASHINGTON
Charles E. Wilson
defense department
Pentagon
Threat to Power Projects by Atom Far in Future
Washington December 25 UP Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Saraus said he does not foresee a near term threat from atomic power to large multipurpose reclamation dams like Hoover Grand Coulee and Parker. He noted hydro revenues largely repay costs and that experts predict wide ranges for atomic power feasibility, with no near replacement of hydro.
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Atom
Michacl W. Saraus
Hoover
Grand Coulee
Parker
national security resources board
Truman
phrose opics
Straus
atomic energy commission
Sharp Cut Urged in U. S. Employes
NEW YORK December 23 Senator Johnston of South Carolina urged a 50 percent cut in the number of U. S. government posts in Europe the Near East and Africa within the next year after returning from an inspection tour. He cited good work in some areas but said he was disturbed by lack of overall direction coordination and planning.
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NEW YORK
Sen
Johnston
D-SC
U.S
Europe
Near East
Africa
United States
senate post office and
civil service committee
congress
Vietminh casualties reported near Hanoi cleanup
The French high command stated that 20 soldiers from the Vietminh were killed in cleanup operations about 30 miles southeast of Hanoi in Indochina.
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HANOI
Indochina
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