Massive Raid of 200 Planes Hit Red Targets
Seoul reports one of the heaviest Allied air strikes against a North Korean target since last August. U.N. troops held the line after a Reds ground assault on the central front. Clouds grounded most U.N. warplanes, while a 200-plane raid hit a Pyongyang supply center. Counterattacks near Rocky Point at Sniper Ridge lasted five hours before Communist forces withdrew.
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SEOUL
U.N
North Korea
U. N
Air Force
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
U. S
sea of Japan
Red
Rocky Point
Reds
Kumhwa
Taft Hartley injunction upheld in Dunkirk strike
Federal judge in Buffalo upheld the Taft Hartley act injunction and granted 80 days to restrain CIO United Steel Workers from continuing a strike at the American Locomotive Dunkirk plant. Judge Knight said the impact on government and national defense made the strike unacceptable.
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BUFFALO
N. Y
CIO United Steel Workers Union
Dunkirk
American Locomotive company
John Knight
MacArthur Ouster Feud Reignites Debate in New York
General Douglas MacArthur denounced President Truman as inaccurate and misleading in a statement filed in New York that revived the dispute over his ouster as Far East commander. He contested Truman's claim that he was removed because he sought all-out war in the Far East.
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NEW YORK
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Far East
MacArthur
Christmas Holiday Accident Toll Falls Short of Record
The Associated Press reports more than 700 Americans died in four days over Christmas. A 120 hour period ended Sunday at midnight local time produced 729 fatalities including 43 traffic deaths, 82 fire deaths and 104 from other causes. The all time high of 789 occurred in 1951. Ned H Dearborn urged safer driving for the new year.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
National safety council
Ned H. Dearborn
council
Egypt Concerned By Plane Sales
TEL AVIV Israel reports official concern over Western arms deliveries to Arab nations, especially Egypt. A Tel Aviv paper cited Britain offering 13 Meteor jet planes to each Middle East state. Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett warned such deliveries threaten Israel's security.
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TEL AVIV
Israel
GRy
Egypt
Britain
Middle East
Moshe Sharett
Typhoon Hits Eniwetok Island Causes Damage
Honolulu dispatch reports a typhoon struck Eniwetok Island causing some damage with no serious casualties. The Hawaiian sea frontier announced the event on December 29.
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HONOLULU
Hawaiian sea frontier
Eniwetok island
McCarran Report Benches Union Reds Exposed
A Senate internal security subcommittee backed a House panel calling unions to purge Communist leaders and push tougher laws against subversives in labor. The UMMSW leadership faced scrutiny after a Salt Lake City hearing, while the union accused McCarran of targeting it to favor mine operators. The House panel urged repealing Taft-Hartley affidavits and harsher penalties for spies, saboteurs, and secrecy in government files.
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WASHINGTON
senate
house
senate internal security
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Salt Lake City
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
UMMSW
McCarran
CIO
Communist party
miners’ union
United Nations
congress
house committee
executive branch
government
Security Risks In U N Tied To Congressman
New York juror testified four or five United Nations employees with Communist leanings were recommended to the UN by a congressman. He said a subversive clique had placed people in key State and Justice posts over 20 years and refused to name the legislator. He supported other witnesses that federal officials hampered probes into subversives among American UN staff.
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WASHINGTON
New York
United Nations
U. N
Congress
Joseph A. Cahil
State Department
Cahil
Rich rancher ends life in bright yellow plane
Olie William Cox, 23, owner of the Double Heart Hereford ranch near Sweetwater Texas, plunged his plane into a gravel pit after a three hour radio plea from friends. Civil Aeronautics experts study tape to uncover motive. Cox repeated “I just can’t face it” as he crashed at 6,300 feet. He died when the plane hit a creek bank and bounced 200 feet onto level ground.
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SWEETWATER
Tex
Olie William Cox
Cox
here
west Texas
Civil aeronautics administration
Siamese Twins Cling to Life in Chicago
UPI reports on December 29 that the Brodie Siamese twins Rodney and Roger remain in critical condition with no substantial change, though doctors note their life signs are continuing. A spokesman for the Illinois neuropsychiatric hospital said both remain at risk 12 days after separation.
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CHICAGO
UPI
Illinois neuropsychiatric hospital
Rodney
Roger
Rocket Trip to Moon Needs Motive
Amherst Mass December 29 A leading physicist says space hopping rockets would be far advanced if the moon held military or commercial importance Dr George Gamow of George Washington University told an American Astronomical Society meeting at Amherst College that rocket research could cost as much again as atomic energy work He quotes Air Force officials saying Congress will not fund lunar travel without proven military value
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AMHERST
Mass
George Gamow
George Washington university
American Astronomical society
Amherst college
Gamow
air force
congress
Seasonable temperatures prevail over vast region
No weather alerts issued as seasonable temperatures dominate the nation from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic. Skies remain clear across most of the area with stable conditions reported.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rocky mountains
Atlantic ocean
First Convicted Atom Spy Freed
Dr. Alan Nunn May, 41, Britain's first convicted atom spy, was released after serving six years and eight months of a 10 year sentence. He admitted passing uranium samples to the Russians and left Wakefield Prison quietly. Other spies, like Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, face execution, while Klaus Fuchs serves a 14 year term. May was key in unraveling the Soviet espionage case tied to Fuchs, Rosenbergs, and Greenglass.
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WAKEFIELD
Eng
Alan Nunn May
May
west
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Klaus Fuchs
Canada
Fuchs
Rosenbergs
David Greenglass
Ten Men Missing In Plane Crash
TOKYO December 29 The navy said a four engine flying boat crashed in the Sea of Japan near Korea. Ten of its 14 crew members are dead or missing with four survivors rescued by the U S destroyer Renshaw and brought to Yokosuka. The plane, a PBM, was on a night patrol. cause believed to be mechanical trouble. All crewmen were American.
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TOKYO
navy
sea of Japan
U.S
Kosong
Korea
U. S
Renshaw
Yokosuka
Wallet Returned After Three Years With Interest
Albany dispatch reports Chris Olesen recovered his wallet after three years. A finder mailed an unsigned note with the wallet explaining the item was misplaced in work clothes and apologizing for the delay. The $18 missing was replaced by a $20 bill, effectively earning $2 in interest.
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ALBANY
N. Y
Chris Olesen
Olesen
Kenny Refuses To Take Stand In Jersey City Hearing
Newark NJ December hearing of New Jersey law enforcement council adjourned to January 6 after Mayor John V. Kenny refused to testify over procedural objections. Kenny’s attorney T James Tumulty argued against cross examination and questioning form, risking contempt action.
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NEWARK
N. J
John V. Kenny
Jersey City
New Jersey law enforcement council
Kenny
T. James Tumulty
Tumulty
council
Richard J. Congleton
Clark Regime Inquiry Urged by Hillings
Representative Hillings urged a House subcommittee to launch a full inquiry into Tom Clark’s 12 year tenure as attorney general and to question him, noting Clark’s status as a Supreme Court justice should not shield him from congressional scrutiny. He criticized clinging to the ivory tower and called for access to needed information.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Rep
Hillings
R-Calif
house
justice department
Tom Clark
Clark
supreme court
McCarthy Plans College Probe
Senator McCarthy vows to probe colleges for subversive influences in the new Congress. He warns of strong opposition and aims to root out Communist thinkers from higher education, a plan he discussed with U S News & World Report. Fellow Republican Velde supports targeting education for investigation amid educator opposition.
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WASHINGTON
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
congress
U. S. News & World Report
senate investigation committee
VELDE
Senator Dworshak blasts tax appointments
Senator Dworshak of Idaho charged the tax collecting bureau is loaded with Truman Democrats and said any Eisenhower choice for commissioner will face a difficult, hindered start due to Democratic political appointees under the Internal Revenue Service.
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WASHINGTON
Dworshak
Idaho
bureau of internal revenue
senate
Eisenhower
internal revenue
Russian Workers Earn Vacation for Rest of Life
London dispatch reports by Moscow radio reflect on 1952 as revealing Russian workers who gain a decades long rest through futuristic leaps. It cites Pavel Bykov completing 1991 schedules as a 40 year jump forward, illustrating extraordinary production exploits.
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LONDON
UPi
Moscow radio
Pavel Bykov
Eisenhower to Meet GOP Senate Leaders in New Conference
President elect Eisenhower will confer with Sen. Robert Taft and other Republican leaders at a luncheon at the Commodore hotel to review the incoming administration's program including wage price controls. Also to be discussed are senate rules and filibuster topics as the group plans to meet with Eisenhower in Washington and Clarkburg.
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NEW YORK
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
senate
James C. Hagerty
Commodore
Hagerty
Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
Taft
Stalin
Hisenhower
Sens Sisles Bridges
New Hampshire
Eugene 2D. Millikin
Colorado
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Milton Young
North Dakota
youngs
Red Gunfire Hits 21 Ships in Year 1952
The navy reports 21 U S navy ships hit by Red gunfire off Korea in 1952. Sixteen officers and men were killed and 55 wounded. The tug Sarsi was the only ship lost, hit by a mine in August with two crew dead three missing and four wounded. The fleet maintained a blockade and struck targets inland. August and September saw the first guided missiles fired at North Korean targets guided by mother planes from carriers.
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TOKYO
U.S. navy
Korea
navy
scar
U.S
Bidault Seeks French Cabinet in Crumbling Crisis
Paris Dec 29 Georges Bidault, twice premier, pressed to form a cabinet and end a week long government crisis. He seeks enough support in the volatile assembly after Jacques Soustelle failed to rally backing for his right wing French Rally party led by General De Gaulle.
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PARIS
Georges Bidault
France
Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Jacques Soustelle
Charles De Gauile
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Sincore
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Clark Regime
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Rep. Velde
R-Ill
house committee on un-American activities
Young
Republican policy committee
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tham
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