State Dept Says Immediate Action To Free Four Airmen
The State Department pledged immediate action to free four American crewmen and a C-47 cargo plane forced down in Hungary by Russian fighters. Protests may extend to Moscow and Budapest with possible United Nations appeal. authorities note diplomacy faces limits as Hungary cites Article 22 and the incident remains officially unresolved.
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Edward FE
Bomar
Washington
State Department
Air Force
Hungary
Russia
Moscow
Yugoslavia
United Nations
United States
U. S
Robert A. Vogeler
Germany
Moscow Radio
Munich
Belgrade
Tass
Austria
U. S. Legation
Budapest
Erding Air Force Base
Greenwich Time
Korean War Casualties Reach North Allied Totals
Paris reports United Nations casualties in Korea total 127,022 with 212,544 South Korean losses as of June. U N and Pentagon tallies show North Korean and Chinese losses to Oct 13 at 1,402,504. US battles dead number 17,153 and total US casualties reach 100,883, about 80 percent of the UN total.
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Paris
United Nations
Pentagon
U. N
United States
U. S
War Office
From Death To Life But Lacks Power Of Reasoning
Melvin Eugene Hewitt a 27 year old El Monte California navy veteran revived Oct 4 after his heart stopped for 15 minutes has lost his reasoning powers VA authorities said he will be transferred to a mental hospital due to permanent brain damage from lack of oxygen. He slumped outside an El Monte tavern after a fight, received aid, and awoke from a coma after a month. He can walk and eat and talk though his memory and reasoning are impaired.
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Long Beach
Calif
Melvin Eugene Hewitt
el Monte
Veterans’ Administration
E. V. Edwards
Hewitt
Hungary Accuses U S Plane of Spy Mission
Hungary charged that an American C-47 forced down near Papa on November 19 carried military maps and gear for spies and demanded harsh punishment for those responsible. The note claimed the plane violated the frontier and was to parachute maps and radios into Hungary, while the U S State Department said the gear was standard emergency equipment and asked for crew and aircraft release. The four crew members were Captains Henderson and Swift, Sgt Elam, and Tech. Sgt Duff, with origins listed in Oklahoma New York Arkansas and Washington.
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Budapest
Hungary
Papa
Erding
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Gyula
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Russia
U. S. State Department
Department
Note
Henderson
Swift
Duff
Ilem
U. S. Air Force
Dave Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
John J. Swift
Glens Falls
N. Y
James A. Elam
Kingsland
Ark
Tech
Jess A. Duff
Spokane, Wash
Pick Jury to Try Two Men Charged With Bribery
A Pittsburgh jury of five men and seven women was chosen to hear bribery and conspiracy charges against Jayson B. Ferns chief wiring inspector and J R Wassel district manager for Howard P Foley company The case follows a grand jury probe into city permits for wiring a downtown skyscraper Wassel allegedly gave 2500 dollars to Ferns but only 917 was recorded in city books The court ordered the jury kept overnight as trial proceeds
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Pittsburgh
Jayson B. Ferns
J. R. Wassel
Howard P. Foley Company
Wassel
Ferns
Two Attorneys Appointed To Nelson Defense In Sedition Trial
A court in Pittsburgh named two attorneys to defend Steve Nelson, former Western Pennsylvania Communist Leader, and ordered a jury drawn for the sedition trial. The judge overruled Nelson’s request for more time to prepare as the trial began amid earlier defense difficulties. Nelson had been excused from a prior trial after injuries from a Philadelphia auto crash. James Dolsen and Andrew Onda, both associated with the Communist movement, faced related convictions and await appeal actions.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Harry W. Montgomery
Philadelphia
James Dolsen
The
Daily Worker
Andrew Onda
Somerset Municipal Authority Formed and Zoning Change
Somerset borough council approved a ordinance establishing a municipal authority to oversee the $1 120 000 water system for Somerset and the Somerset State hospital with five appointees for staggered terms. Rinard resigned as council president. Wayne W. Pitt became president of the authority. A zoning change moves Williams addition from A7 to B for business and manufacturing. Parking meter collections for November totaled 1389.93, up from 1170.54 a year ago.
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Somerset Borough
Borough of
Somerset
Counci
Clyde E. Critchfield
Rosss. Rinard
S. Cober Brancher
L. M. Carter
A. D. Graham
Rinard
Ross S. M Rinard
Council
Board of Authority
Wayne W. Pitt
Somerset State Hospital
Water Authority
Williams Addition
Sayle Street
Missouri Street
Coxes Creek
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
George Kiein
Highway Department
Lambert Elected President of Young Farmers
Charles B. Lambert of Central City was elected president of the Somerset County Young Farmers association at the annual meeting at Somerset high school. Officers named include John Yoder vice president Theodore C. Sipe secretary and L. R. Huston treasurer with 75 attendees. Delegates C E Lambert and T C Sipe were chosen for the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg in January.
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Charles B. Lambert
Central City
Somerset County Young Farmers’ Association
Somerset High School
A. K. Wineland
Cambria
John Yoder
Hoisopple R. D
Theodore C. Sipe
Rockwood
R. D
L. R. Huston
James H. Williams
Stoystown
Wineland
Pennsylvania State Association of Young Farmers
G. Floyd Dye
Somerset- Fayette County
C. E. Lambert
T. C. Sipe
Harrisburg
Chiang Plans To Recover His Homeland
Chiang Kai-shek outlines 1952 goals to mobilize manpower, materials, and revenue to recover mainland China from the Reds. Speaking in Taipei he urged alertness to possible air raids and said the budget would prioritize military expenditures, with 80 percent or more likely devoted to defense.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Taipei
Two Windber Men Jailed on Morals Charge
John Enoch aged 19 and Alfred Mussell 21 both of Windber were arrested on a morals charge Monday on information filed before Squire Alex Hutchinson. They were committed to county jail.
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John Enoch
Alfred Muschell
Windber
Alex Hutchinson
Crippled B-29 Crashes Into Homes Killing Eight Airmen
A crippled B-29 attempting to reach Lowry air base crashed into a swank Denver residential area, killing eight airmen while six survived with injuries. The plane struck five houses, set debris afire, and narrowly avoided civilian casualties. Official reports noted one engine dead, with a routine gunnery mission cited as the flight purpose.
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Frank Pitman
Denver
Lowry Air Base
Harry Arling
John T. Sprague
Denver General Hospital
Teddy Deveral
Breeneht
William A. Zippel
Brudette, Minn
Austin Murphy Tinsley
Joe Pearce
Saul Gertz
Col. Sprague
Charles Tobias
Reno
Nev
Kerin New President of School Board
A. J. Kerin was elected president and Dr. W. Robert Kerns vice president of the Somerset school board at a Monday night reorganization. Newly elected directors William E. Griffith and the Rev. I. F. Woodrow took offices, replacing terms of G. Richard DeWitt and John Gnagey. Edward Lloyd of Pittsburgh was named temporary instructor in the high school machine shop, replacing Aldie Stiffler who resigned. Cooking school plans for January 29–31 were approved for the high school auditorium with Ketchum McLeod and Grove of Pittsburgh Advertising Agency, including a gas stove demonstration. An expansion of the high school agriculture program was discussed.
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A. J. Kerin
W. Robert Kerns
Somerset School Board
William E. Griffith
I. F. Woodrow
Somerset Church of Christ
G. Richard DeWitt
John Gnagey
Edward Lloyd
Pittsburgh
Aldie Stiffler
Ketchum, McLeod and Grove
Ralphton Store Raided Eight Arrested in Probe
Joseph Corden, a Ralphton storekeeper, arrested for liquor control violations and operating a dis orderly house. Seven others charged with gaming after a state police raid at Corden's store. Suspects include Jurish, Corden, Sopish, Nudzwicky, and Benny Jr. plus Stoystown resident John Benny Jr. Investigating officers Glenn and Lutz led the Somerset detail raid.
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Joseph Corden
Ralphton
Liquor Control Board
Corden
Squire Charles J. Harrison, Jr
William Jurish
Baltimore
Samuel J. Corden
Steve Sopish
Paul Nudzwicky
George Corden
John Plucas
John Benny, Jr
Stoystown
R. D
Kenneth R. Glenn
Paul W. Lutz
Somerset Detail
State Police
Specials on Produce and Treats
Special prices on green beans two pounds extra fancy 45 cents avocado pears extra large about 15 cents chestnuts two pounds 48 cents tangerines extra large 39 cents sweet potatoes four pounds 48 cents cauliflower large head 29 cents assorted creams 1 pound 40 cents chocolate covered.
29 Killed In Suez Canal Zone Clash
Cairo reports 29 killed in Suez zone fighting between British troops and Egyptians with 25 prisoners taken after two clashes in Suez city. Egyptian figures list 13 police and civilians dead. British say 13 servicemen killed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Suez
Ismailia
Fuad Serag el Din Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
Canal Zone
Denver Vagrant Jailed After Guilty Plea
Paul Bucaba 38 of Denver Colorado was arrested for vagrancy by Somerset state police. He pleaded guilty before Squire H. S. Whipperman and was sentenced to 30 days in county jail.
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Denver
Paul Bucaba
Colorado
Somerset State Police
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Somerset Firemen Aid Stoystown In Trailer Fire
Somerset volunteer firemen helped Stoystown to extinguish a house trailer blaze caused by an exploding kerosene stove. Damage was estimated at about $50.
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Somerset
Stoystown
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Stoystown Company
Western powers press Russia on atomic weapons control
In Paris a UN sub committee led talks on simultaneous international control and prohibition of the atomic bomb. Russia offered no public response as U S Ambassador Jessup pressed Andrei Vishinsky with a direct question about inspectors. The exchange remained noncommittal amid cordial but unresolved discussion.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Paris
Andrei
Russia
U. N. Assembly
Luis Padilla Nervo
Padilla Nervo
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Vishinsky
Jessup
General Assembly
Jewish Veterans Plan To Patrol Their Synagogues
In Miami Jewish war veterans announce armed patrols around synagogues after a series of bombings. Three dynamite blasts hit a Jewish center and a Black housing project with clues still scarce. Police say devices were hurled from cars as Bnai Brith offers a $1000 reward and veterans say they will seek permits or FBI help.
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Miami
INS
Jewish War Veterans
B'Nai B’rith
Jewish War Veterans Organization
FBI
Mayor Lawrence to Add 290000 to Police Expenses
Pittsburgh notes a sweeping police reorganization costing 290000 with four new assistant superintendents by January 1 and eighty new officers. Traffic officers will receive radio-equipped three wheeled motorcycles. A real estate tax increase of 7.5 mills in 1952 is proposed to fund a record $41,582,000 budget.
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Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Gun-Waving Rookie Cop Gets Walking Papers
Pittsburgh December 3 25 year old Patrolman James M Barker was dismissed after a gun waving spree in Mt Oliver He faced a police trial board on charges including grappling with a housewife threatening her husband and firing a shot into the ground He testified he had been drinking and the board announced the decision via Assistant Police Superintendent Andrew Charles.
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Pittsburgh
James M. Barker
Mt. Oliver
Barker
Rose Couser
Andrew Charles
Four Communists Jets Over Seoul In Daylight
Four jet aircraft believed to be MIG-15s flew over Seoul in broad daylight, the first confirmed daylight jet sighting south of the front line. Allied officers reported high speed, 20 000 foot flight, with no bombs dropped, as tension and aerial activity continued along the Korean front.
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John Randolph
Seoul
Korea
Air Force
Inchan
Fifth Air Force
Wonsan
Northwest Korea
Essex
Antietam
Yangdok
Pyongyang
U. S. Eighth Army
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
Taewha
Washington
Navy Department
Ceylon
Cockade
Athabaskan
Navy
U. S
Rendova
Sowha
Tai Islands
Prosecution witness alleges Caudle pressured case
Joseph Mitchell told a House Ways and Means panel that T Lamar Caudle then assistant attorney general and Rep Frank Boykin showed improper interest in a tax fraud case against Mobile defendants John Mitchell and Samuel Ripps. Mitchell said Caudle told him not to pursue leads about Democratic donations, linking to the case as Boykin allegedly accepted money.
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Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Justice Department
T. Lamar Caudle
Mobile
Ala
John Mitchell
House
Ways and Means
Caudle
Frank Boykin
Dala
Mitchell
Rippa- Mitchell
Joseph Mitchell
Samuel Ripps
Democratic National Committee
Boykin
McGrath
Clark Rep
King
D-Calif
J. Howard McGrath
Cxradle
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Weather Outlook for Mid-Atlantic States this Week
Eastern Pennsylvania sees considerable cloudiness and mild Tuesday with some rain by afternoon or night, Wednesday partly cloudy and turning cooler after morning showers. Western Pennsylvania mostly cloudy with showers Tuesday then partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday. West Virginia mostly cloudy and mild with occasional rain Tuesday, Wednesday partly cloudy and cooler.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report by Grove A S Observer
The daily report by David Grove notes a 24 hour period from 5.30 p m Sunday to 5.30 p m Monday with a maximum of 55 and a minimum of 24 degrees. A year ago the maximum was 62 with the minimum not provided.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
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