Top 1950 News Stories Ranked by INS Editors
The year’s leading events include the Korean War national emergency and U S mobilization, Truman assassination attempt, red espionage trials, UN actions, H bomb construction, Republican gains, Kefauver hearings, Ingrid Bergman romance, Holy Year in Rome, and McCarthy charges. Also noted are Long Island wrecks, Brinks robbery, storms, and notable foreign events such as Elizabeth’s daughter’s birth and Shaw’s death.
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New York
Jayos
U. S
Trumar
INS
U.S
Truman
Hiss, Fuchs
Coplan
Korea
Russia
Taft
Kefangev Senate
Ingrid Bergman
Russell
Bergman
Rome
Sen. McCarthy
State Department
Herman Sandar
New Hampshire
Red China
Long Island Jr
Boston
South Amboy
WN J
Elizabeth
England
George Bernard Shaw
Leopold
Belgium
Ralph Bunche
William Faulkner
Turncoat On Acheson Turncoat On Acheson
Senator Langer of North Dakota, one of six who opposed Dean Acheson’s 1949 confirmation, says he does not favor replacing Acheson now. He rejects GOP efforts to oust him, urging unity against the country’s dangers. He cautions against infighting during a critical period.
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Washington
Train Crash Injures Several in Iowa Near Linkville
A Rock Island Imperial passenger train en route from Chicago to Kansas City struck the rear of a stalled freight five miles east of Linkville Iowa. Several persons were injured as witnesses noted the collision. Authorities began inquiries into the crash location and time.
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Linkville
Rock Island
Imperial
Chicago
Kansas City
Here
Israeli Orchestra to Tour U S Under Koussevitzky Bernstein
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra plans a three month tour of 40 American and Canadian cities starting in New York with 18 concerts under Koussevitzky and Bernstein. The group may also visit Stockholm, Goteborg, and Copenhagen. Bernstein will conduct in several U S cities while Solomoni and Steinberg lead other programs. The departure from Lydda marks the orchestra’s fifteenth birthday, dating back to a 1936 Jerusalem concert conducted by Toscanini.
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Ted Aviv
Israel
U. S
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
New York
Serge Kaussevitzky
Leonard Bernstein
Eleazar Derarvath
Teler Solomon
William Stenberg
Stockholm
Goeteborg
Copenhagen
Abraham Nisson
Jerusalem
Haifa
Bernstein
Mozart
Brahms
Carlos Chavez
U.S
Haydn
Schumann
Roy Harris
Mark Lawry
Fernstein
Jenny Tourel
Jan Peewee
Isaac Stern
Koussevitzky
Washington
Palestine Orchestra
Arturo ‘Toscanini
Milan
la Scala
Shirley
Chicago
Tel Aviv
Italy
France
Holland
Bulgaria
Rettstein
Remington Trial Opens With First Witness Expected
A seven women and five men jury will hear the government’s first witness today in the perjury trial of William W. Remington, a former Commerce Department executive. Elizabeth Bentley, former Soviet spy courier, was expected to testify first as Remington faces federal indictment for denying he was ever a Communist.
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INS
Wiliam W. Remington
Commerce Department
Elizabeth Bentley
Remington
Famed Musician Walter Damrosch Funeral Scheduled
Walter Damrosch 83 renowned conductor and longtime dean of American musicians dies of heart attack in Manhattan. Funeral services planned in New York today for the retired German-born maestro who led the Metropolitan Opera orchestra at age 23.
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New York
Walter Damrosch
Omboeser
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Manhattan
Vermont Yale Dinner Tragedy
Francis E. Setterberg a 30 year old father of three was killed in a family Christmas dinner incident. He struck at his dog with a rifle after it ate a chicken meant for the meal, fired twice, then swung the gun by the barrel and it discharged hitting him in the stomach. It was an accidental self inflicted shooting.
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Jslmor
Francis E. Setterberg
Dim
Setterberg
Kelling Hi
UN Forces Unified Under Single Korea Command
UN ground forces in Korea have been placed under a single unified field command by Washington. Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway becomes field commander, reporting to Gen MacArthur, with Maj Gen Edward Almond under Ridgway. Critics cite confusion from dual command amid recent Chinese offensives and sparse contact between Eighth Army and I Corps.
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Poryo
Um—Un
Korea
U.S. Highth Army
U.S. X Corps
Teneiy
X Corps
Hungnam
Washington
TOF
Matthew 8. Ridgway
Eighth Army
U. S
I Corps
Explosion Damages Rural Schoolhouses in Summersville
SUMMERSVILLE W Va Dec 26 UPI Vannlals blew up a rural schoolhouse and damaged another on Christmas Eve, police reported. Explosive cord used to blast five small buildings about 50 miles east of Charleston is believed to be from strip mining and logging, Tronper G C McClain said.
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Summersville
W.a
UPI
Vannlals
G. C. McClain
Charleston
Air Force plans to quadruple power with expanded plants
Washington wiring shows Undersecretary McCone announcing a two year program to quadruple Air Force strength after Korea. The plan doubles groups, personnel, bases, and output, with $550 million allocated to reopen plants and add capacity. Bottlenecks include engines and electronics, notably Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major engines.
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U. S
McCone
Air Force
Pratt & Whitley
Flynn Attack at Flynn Home Shocks Hollywood
A woman forced into Evrat Flynn’s home, chased a wald, hurled furniture into a pool, and caused chaos, while maid Julie Milles told police the intruder claimed Flynn has bothered her and her daughter for three years. The incident was reported as occurring while Flynn was believed to be in Europe.
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Hollywood
Evrat Flynn
Julie Milles
Europe
Flynn
Cancer Beats A Medicine Cure
Frankfort Kentucky December 26. A two year old Rosalie Renfro died after attempting an atomic medicine cure for adrenal cancer. Her parents Mr and Mrs James R Renfro hoped to take her to Oak Ridge for treatment. She grew weaker despite Christmas wishes.
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Frankfort
Rosalie Renfro
Santa Claus
Rosalie
James R. Renfro
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
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Vermont
Yale
Air Force Sdom
John
Mee Cone
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
United Gas
CS OA
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