UN Spokesmen Say Reds Plan War Amid Peace Talks
In final 1951 Korean truce talks the United Nations accused the Reds of planning war while negotiating and of withholding data on over 50 000 unaccounted for prisoners of war. Subcommittees remain deadlocked on armistice policing and prisoner exchanges as talks resume at Panmunjom.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Today
Panmunjom
Howard M. Turner
U. N
R. F. Libby
U.N
Reds
Foreign Service
Sir Vivian Holt
South Korea
Patrick J. Byrne
Cecil Cooper
Nuckols
Oil drilling notes show limited mud recovery and depth corrections
Reports from Mitchell and adjacent counties detail no. 1-A wildcat at Gail in Borden County yielding only 15 feet of mud in a test from 6 568 to 6 615 feet while drilling continues below 6 881 feet in lime. Other tests correct depths from 6 689 6 907 to 6 689 6 707 feet and note activity at Bilby Wallace and McCabe Pennsylvanian field near Colorado City.
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Gulf Ol Corp No. 1
Gail
Borden County
KENT
Jackson, Douglas & Ritchie
A. Q. Smelter
Kent Wildcat
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont
Humble No. 2
MacLaury
Mitchell County
Richardson & Bass No. & JH
Nail Estate
H&tc
Colorado City
District Clerk Ivry Treas To Seek Re Election Next Year
Two county officials announce bids for another term. Eunice Weathersbee continues as district clerk since 1941 and Mollie Pinkerton remains treasurer since 1939. incumbents Merrick Grant and others had previously announced for office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Pinkerton
Eunice Weathersbee
Weathersbee
Pinkerton
Keith Merrick
Walter Grant
County Schools End Two Week Christmas Break January 2
County schools will resume schedules Wednesday after a two week holiday period for Christmas and New Year's Day. F. W. Beavers, county school superintendent, said today. Those reopening Wednesday include Snyder Ira Fluvanna and Hermleigh schools.
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F. W. Beavers
Snyder
Ira Fluvanna
Hermleigh
Poll Tanes Paid and Exemptions Reach 2 429 Toward 6 000 Goal
A local poll reports 2 429 payments and exemptions set toward a 6 000 target. The item notes progress and remaining balance, indicating ongoing fundraising efforts.
Parents' Trial Is Postponed
Vernon Texas December 3 Dist Judge Jesse Owens postponed the parental right suit involving Mr and Mrs Robert Dale Simpson parents of Tommie Yates. Hearing set later pending the child's condition outcome. The couple remains jailed charged with assault with intent to murder. Tommie showed partial consciousness and could eat cereal. Locals promise a large Christmas party when he recovers.
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Vernon
Jesse Owens
Robert Dale Simpson
Tommie Yates
Owen
Dallas
Tommie
Texas
100th Texas traffic death reported in toll rise
The 100th traffic fatality since the holiday period began is listed as Floyd Frazier, 39, of Paris. By Monday morning total violent deaths reached 179 with 100 in traffic and 30 in shootings, 25 in fires, others in miscellaneous violence, as DPS projections target 222. Additional deaths include Walter Kirkpatrick, 17, Port Arthur, and others across Texas from Sunday to Friday in various incidents.
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Department of Public Safety
Associated Press
Floyd Frazier
Paris
Tex
Lamar
Dee
Roundup plan to detain potential spies reported
Attorney General McGrath moves to set up detention camps for dangerous subversives as a standby program. Federal prisons at three sites with 3000 plus capacity, including Wickenburg Arizona Florence Arizona and El Reno Oklahoma, under James Bennett supervision. The McCarran act provides authority to round up suspected saboteurs in wartime invasion war or internal rebellion.
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Washington
McGrath
Wickenburg
Ariz
Florence
el Reno
Okla
Tule Lake
Calif
James V. Bennett
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Attorney General
Bennett
McCarran
United States
Congress
Reds Charge Air Hunt Upfront as U S Knew Fliers Status
Budapest dispatch reports the official Communist press accusing the United States of knowing the fliers whereabouts while a wide Allied air search was conducted. The Szabad Nep editorial claims the C-47 crash was faked and that U S spy saboteurs were being introduced to Hungary. Capt Dave Henderson and two NCOs were released on $120000. the fourth, Capt John J Swift, heads home to New York to visit family.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.S
U. S
Szabad Nep
Erding
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dave Henderson
Frankfurt
Henderson
John J Swift
Syracuse
N. Y
Glens Falls N.Y
Storm toll rises along British coast with many dead
A violent North Sea storm leaves at least four confirmed dead and 17 missing as gales up to 100 miles per hour lash Britain Ireland and western Europe. Bodies wash ashore near Borkum while fishermen die at sea and floods worsen damage across coasts.
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London
Europe
Borkum
West Germany
Britain
Fire and Explosion Strike Downtown Seymour in Major Damage
In Seymour Texas a fire and powerful blast damaged two large downtown stores including Perk ins Timberlake and J C Penney. Estimated losses reach about 125000 dollars at Penney's with White's auto store lightly damaged. Fire Chief Holbert said the blaze began in the rear of Percioe Timberlake and the Penny Company roof and front were blown out in the blast.
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Penny Company
Holbert
Two Airplanes Carrying Sixty eight Still Missing
Nineteen West Point cadets were among 28 aboard a missing C-47 cargo plane after radioing for landing instructions near Phoenix Arizona. An F-51 fighter is also missing. heavy search aircraft have limited conditions due to rain and winds. Civil Air Patrol and base search efforts cover Williams Chandler Luke Davis Monthan and March AFB joined by Red Bluff diversions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dee
U. S Military Academy
West Point
Arizona
Here
Hamilton
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Luke
Glendale
Davis-Monthan
Tucson
Civil Air Patrol
March Air Force Base
Red Bluff
Calif
Hamilton Afb
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Tex
Sky Harbor
CAA
Blizzard Buries Passes Strands Hundreds in High West
Hundreds of skiers and travellers are stranded as blizzards close mountain passes in Colorado and California Nevada. One man killed, two missing after avalanches near Echo Summit and Berthoud Pass. Notable figures Joe DiMaggio and ex wife among those trapped at Mt Rose ski area.
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Reno
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Colorado
California
Nevada State Line
New York Yankee
Joe DiMaggio
Sky Tavern
Mt Rose
Berthoud Pass
Echo Summit
End of Mid-Winter Heat Wave Forecast for Texas
A warm spell with Texas temperatures in the eighties was forecast by The Weather Bureau. Cooler air was expected to arrive first in the Panhandle tonight, then across the state with winds up to 50 mph stirring dust. Temperatures near 40 and a chance of rain or snow flurries were noted for some areas.
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Associated
Texas
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
South Plains
Bureau
Dallas
Snyder
Salt Flat
Galveston
Junction
Fort Worth
Cotulla
Dallas Laredo
San Angelo
Presidio
Wichita Falls
Commissioners Propose Rail Crossing Settlement Plan
County commissioners discussed a new railroad crossing north of the city. A farm to market cutoff was proposed, with requests for Huffman Avenue and Parks Avenue crossings. Sama Fe proposed a single Moncrief Avenue crossing but no action was taken.
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Commissioner's Court
Huffman Avenue
Parks Avenue
Sama Fe Railroad
Commissioners Court
Moncrief Avenue
Clergyman Wins World Champion Liar Title in Burlington
Burlington Wisconsin December 31 1951 judges of the Burlington Liars Club pin the World’s Champion Liar crown on Rev Arthur R Kirk of Biggs California. Kirk praises Christianity and Lie contest winner bliss as parishioners cheer raise in pay. A second entry by Morris of San Antonio wins honorable mention for a melon joke and a chicken and egg producer joke draws knot holes in nests.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Arthur R. Kirk
Biggs
Calif
C. Hulett
Biges
California
Kirk
Morris
San Antonio
UN Fights For Hill Position On Cold Front
In Korea near Panmunjom a stubborn hill defense by Communist troops against a UN counterattack enters its fourth day. The fight west of Korangpo sees hand to hand combat in extreme cold as UN forces retry a high hill held by Reds aided by tanks.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
Korangpo
Eighth Army
U. N
Panmunjom
Fighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Queen Mary Sails Late for Churchill Trip to America
The liner Queen Mary carrying Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the United States for talks with President Truman finally departed Southampton at 11 58 am after three days delay caused by severe Atlantic storms and a bulky anchor. The vessel sails toward the New World with Churchill aboard.
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Southampton
Eng
Dee
Winston Churchill
America
Truman
Missing transport plane with 40 aboard searched near Brookville
A C46 operated by Continental Charters vanished Saturday night on a non-scheduled flight from Pittsburgh to Buffalo with 7 crew and 33 passengers. A massive search by 180 aircraft and 300 ground personnel covered the Allegheny National Forest area 18 miles north of Brookville Pa. No word from the plane, most passengers from Pittsburgh, incl a 14 month old child.
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Continental Charters, Inc
Miami
Pittsburgh
Central Standard Lime
Buffalo
Continental
John A. Belding
Alexander Wozniak
U. S. Air Force
Wozniak
Allegheny National Forest
Brookville
Continental Charters
James F Hanlon
Hanlon
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Victor Harris
First Installment On Loan Payoff Received
Washington reports the United States collected its first installment on the 1946 British loan of 3 billion dollars. The payment of about 139 million dollars covers the next 50 years of due installments. Britain also owes about 602.9 million dollars for WWII aid, added to the loan at 2 percent interest, with Britain choosing to pay the interest rather than waive it.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Britain
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions
Mild this afternoon and tonight with mostly cloudy skies across South and Central Texas. Scattered showers in North Central Texas turning colder Tuesday. West Texas mostly cloudy with a few showers then much colder, with possible snow flurries in the Panhandle tonight. North to Panhandle regions see sharp cooling Tuesday.
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Texas
North
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Secretary of State Warns Of New Communist Treacheries
Secretary of State Acheson warned of renewed Communist treachery in Korea as armistice nears and urged vigilance. He outlined five danger spots Indo China Burma Egypt and Iran and predicted early 1952 action on NATO mobilization a peace pact with West Germany and Western European defense including German units.
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New York
Korea
Achexon
Southeast Asia
Acheson
Western Europe
Atlantic Alliance
West Germany
Indochina
Burma
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Britain
Middle East
Iran
Suez
Kremlin
Free Nations
North Atlantic
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Air
Thomas K. Finletter
Boeing
Ers
Libby
Lee Sand Cho
William P. Nuckols
Nuckola
North Korea
Tanes
Walter Kirkpatrick
Port Ar
New Braunfels
Elsie Roberts
Humblewaitess
Houston
Louis Mitten Bors
New, Braunfels
H. R. Voges
Doris Lee Bell
Corpus Christ
Gus Hill
Austin
Harold Leon Ballard
Smithville
Williamson County
J. L. Barnes
Huntsville
Leon County
John J. McGown
Begstom Air Force Base
Mary Pershing
Edinburg
Robert Davis
Sheppard Air Force Base
British Coast
Seymour
Hamilton Air Force Base
Academy
Castle Afb
Merced
el Paso
SAL Resorts T
Denver
Venice
Bell
Gardena
Downey
Los Angeles
San Diego
Ishampion
Queen Mary
Indo-China
Republic of Korea
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