Holiday Death Toll Mounts At Rapid Pace
The Associated Press reports a four day Christmas holiday death toll climbing toward an all time high with 450 total deaths already, including 348 traffic fatalities and 49 fires plus 53 miscellaneous accidents. States with the largest tolls include California Ohio New York Texas and Illinois amid factors like alcohol impairment and careless driving.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
National Safety Council
Ohio
New York
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Virginia
Michigan
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
De Gaullist Seeks Cabinet Members
Paris, Dec 27. Jacques Soustelle, designated premier, works to assemble a cabinet for Gen Charles De Gaulle's right wing French Rally party. He aims to decide by tomorrow afternoon, facing mixed reactions from independents and party leaders over NATO, the European army plan, and curbing assembly power.
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PARIS
Jacques Soustelle
Charles De Gaulle
French Rally party
De Gaullist
Vincent At_ol
Soustelle
European army
NATO
nore
assembly
De Gaulle
Paratroops Join French Push Near Na San Pocket
Chutists aboard a French Air Force troop carrier over Northwest Indochina parachuted to reinforce land forces moving on a Vietminh pocket near Na San. Early ground reports indicated no major contacts after the drop, in the area north of Conci, about 10 miles southeast of Na San.
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Indochina
Na San
Conci
Patrols Skirmish On Freezing Front
Allied raiders on the western front in freezing conditions killed or wounded an estimated 53 Chinese Communists in a 40 minute clash near Panmunjom. A nearby Chinese unit attacked Allied positions. 13 Reds were killed or wounded on the eastern front near Anchor Hill. Other skirmishes near Chorwon and Heartbreak Ridge yielded additional casualties. Snow and rain grounded air operations after new snowfall.
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SEOUL
eighth army
Panmunjom
fifth air force
Anchor hill
Chorwon
United Nations
Heartbreak ridge
air force
North Korea
Mountain Lion Mauls Child In Training Compound
A mountain lion escaped its cage and attacked 6 year old Mary Lynne Baddon in Los Angeles. Attendant Danny Moore attempted to retrieve food, the animal leaped out, and the girl suffered facial, back, and arm wounds requiring 13 stitches from a doctor.
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LOS ANGELES
Mary Lynne Baddon
Danny Moore
Moore
Mary Lynne
Mrs Dulles Hurt in Fall Fractured Rib Hospitalized
Mrs John Foster Dulles sustained a fractured rib from a fall and will stay in a Washington hospital for two to three days for treatment and observation.
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WASHINGTON
John Foster Dulles
Break With Vatican Ratified by Belgrade Parliament
Break in diplomatic relations with the Vatican was formally and unanimously ratified by Belgrade's parliament. Premier Marshal Tito's government cited a church state dispute as the reason. Vatican charge d'affaires Monsignor Silvio Oddi packed his luggage for departure to Rome.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Silvio Oddi
Rome
Crewmembers Believed Dead In Freight Train Wreck
In a blizzard near Ephrata Washington a Northern Pacific freight train derailed early today trapping three crew members in the engine cab. Rescue attempts were hampered by snow and closed roads. initial reports said two crewmen were killed, with the engineer and fireman among the trapped.
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EPHRATA
Wash
Northern Pacific
here
Al Boyd
Boyd
Pasco
Warden
Washington
Spokane
Four Huk guerrillas killed in Pampanga raid attempt
Philippine army reports four Communist Huk guerrillas killed during a raid on rice fields in Pampanga province, north of Manila. One civilian died and six were wounded in the crossfire involving troops Friday.
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MANILA
Philippine army
Pampanga
Churchill to visit U S and discuss world issues
London declares Prime Minister Churchill will sail on the Queen Mary for New York to meet President-elect Eisenhower and pay respects to President Truman before a two week Jamaica holiday. Talks likely cover Korea, defense, trade, and potential Stalin meeting.
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LONDON
Churchill
New York
Eisenhower
Truman
Washington
Jamaica
No. 10
Downing street
Cunard Steamship co. ltd
west Europe
southeast Asia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Austria
Leopold Fig
Vienna
Fig
Associated Press
White House
Ernest B. Vaccaro
America
Russia
Tropical storm heads toward Philippine islands
A tropical storm with 50 mile per hour winds at its center moves across the Pacific toward the Philippines. The weather bureau reports the storm was located 600 miles east of Mindanao, churning toward the islands.
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MANILA
Pacific
Philippine islands
weather bureau
Mindanao island
Caudle Motives Questioned by House Panel
A House judiciary subcommittee labeled former Assistant Attorney General T. Lamar Caudle as honorably motivated but a weak government official and a scapegoat in his 1951 firing for outside activities. The panel praised his personal integrity while faulting his department’s leadership and noting Caudle’s controversial past rewards.
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WASHINGTON
house
Atty
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
judiciary
Reps
Chelf
D-Ky
Keating
R-NY
justice department
con
department of justice
Caudle
Tom Clark
supreme court
J. Howard McGrath
Peyton Ford
Clark
Tf T
McGrath
house committee
Cheli-Keating
Wadesboro
N. C
Dreyfus
subcommittee
Rep. Rogers
Cole
Greek Transport Falls Kill 14 in Korea Crash
A Royal Hellenic C-47 transport crashed into a hill two miles from a southern Korea airfield, killing fourteen including ten U. S. servicemen. The Greek air force said the plane failed to gain altitude after takeoff in good weather, with some observers citing an engine failure.
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TOKYO
Dee
U. S
Korea
Far East air force headquarters
Royal Hellenic air force
Greek air force
U. S. air force
U.S
air force
Seoul
Bachelor's Club Disbands At Albons For Good Reason
In St Albans England dated December 27 the local Bachelors Mutual Protective association has been disbanded as most members have married or become engaged.
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ST, ALBANS
Eng
Bachelors’ Mutual Protective association
Grandma Bank Bandit Tells of Life as Heiress in Bank Robberies
Ethel Arata, 52, daughter of a New York multi millionare, arraigned on three counts of robbery. She admitted holding up two banks in 1947 and 1469 dollars total, saying her father’s fortune loss and arthritis pushed her to crime. Uncle Benjamin Catts supports her story of being an heiress.
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LOS ANGELES
New York
Ethel Arata
France
Switzerland
Arata
Benjamin S. Catts
Hollywood
Catts
Robert M. Catts
il “4
U.S
Howard V. Calverley
California bank
Citizens National Oak
Arcadia
Robert Catts
Defense orders 53000 draftees in February
Washington dispatch reports the defense department requested 53,000 draftees for February the largest levy in nearly two years. All calls target the army while navy marine corps and air force rely on volunteers. Since September 1990 draft re start the total calls reach 1,255,430. The February load follows prior peaks of 80,000 in early 1951 and 70,000 in 1950.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
army
navy
marine corps
air force
department of defense
Korea
Brodie Children Still Critical in Separate States
In Chicago on December 27 1949 the Brodie Siamese twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee remained in critical condition at the University of Illinois Hospital on oxygen tents eleven days after their December 17 operation. Roger Lee stayed in a deep coma with precarious prospects while Rodney Dee has been conscious since December 18 and shown a better chance for survival though still critical.
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CHICAGO
Brodie
Crescent-Wing Jet Bomber Tested
The world's first crescent wings bomber with four jet engines flew for the first time at Boscombe England. The royal air force ordered the Handley Page 80 in quantity for bomber command. Duncan Sandys praised the achievement and noted the RAF will be equipped with this jet bomber series.
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LONDON
Boscomb
England
royal air force
bomber command
Duncan Sandys
RAF
Great Britain
Britain
Expect Chinese To Raid Reds
TAIPEH Formosa Dec. 27 Informed sources here expect stepped up operations from Chinese Nationalist islands off the Red China coast during 1953. They look for commando raids on the mainland and attacks on Communist-held islands. The Nationalists hold about 30 islands off the Red China coast from 160 miles south of Changhai to the Swatow area northeast of Hong Kong.
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TAIPEH
Formosa
Red China
Changhai
Swatow
Hong Kong
GOP-Southern Democrat Bloc Seen In Congress
Senator Mundt argues a Republican Southern Democrat coalition will shape the 83rd Congress. He predicts major decisions will hinge on Southern Democrats' support for Eisenhower era proposals, with tax cuts, spending restraint, and federal versus local control on issues like civil rights and FEPC debated amid a half GOP majority in the Senate and vacancies in the House.
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WASHINGTON
CPI
Hisenhower
congress
Sen
Mundt
R-SD
asennower
Texas
Florida
Virgima
Tennessee
senate
Morse
Oregon
house
Brave Mother and Child Improve in Los Angeles
Michael Emmanuel Garrett was born by Caesarean section a month premature in Aurelus hospital. His mother Mrs Jean Garrett 27, suffering Hodgkinson disease endured the risky birth to give her son life. Both mother and child are reported improving.
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LOS ANGELES
Michael Emmanuel Garrett
Aurelus hospital
Jean Garrett
Michael
Thomas Garrett
Thomas Jr
Robert
Raleigh
Queen Alexandrine Fights for Life After Major Operation
Dowager Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, 11 days after a major operation, is reported by reliable sources to be fighting for her life with little hope of survival. The royal condition remains unstable as physicians monitor her progress in Copenhagen.
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COPENHAGEN
Denmark
Alexandrine
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