Chinese Reds Drive Toward Pyongyang Across Korea Crisis
Chinese Reds press toward Pyongyang as U N forces brace for a larger onslaught. Chen Chiao meets Trygve Lie in New York while U S and allied diplomats seek a UN backed Korea settlement.
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New York
Chen Chiao
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Lie
U. S.S
Warren R. Austin
Washington
Dean Acheson
Austin
Ernest A. Gross
Chongchon River
Sunchon
Pyongyang
187Th Airborne
North East Front
Admitted Killer Of Couple Held At Centralia
Millard Blair of Mattoon is held in Centralia awaiting Michigan officers to interview him about a self admitted murder of a couple last October. Blair said he killed a man known as Ben and a woman named Babe after meeting them in Grand Rapids and abducting them in his car. He described burying the bodies in a ravine near a lake north of St Ignace. Michigan police doubt the confession and consider further inquiry.
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Centralia
Millard Blair
Mattoon
Michigan
Orville Bounds
Blair
Ben
Babe
Grand Rapids
Mich
Detroit
St. Ignance
Edgewood
Ill
Flora
Sault Ste. Marie
J. Willard Welsh
Welsh
Francis Sevan
Sault
Jena Bood
Sagen
St. Ignace
Lena Bood
Cold Weekend Forecast Hits Midwest With Snow
A cold air mass from northwest Canada pushed into Montana and the Dakotas, producing subzero temperatures including -15 at Cut Bank and -4 at Minot. The chill spread south and east though no heavy snowfall was predicted for the north central region, with near normal conditions elsewhere.
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Canada
Montana
Dakotas
Cutbank
Mont
Minot
N.D
North Dakota
North Central Region
Weather Notes Show Cooler Weekend Ahead
Cloudy skies continue with colder temperatures tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 30 to 35, high Sunday around 40s. Friday temperatures in the 20s to 50s range with 65 at 8 a.m. today and 52 at noon. Sun rose 7 05 a.m., set 4 43 p.m., humidity 71 percent at 8 a.m., no precipitation since yesterday 7 a.m. Wind recorded 122 miles between 7 a.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today. Crab Orchard Lake 10 inches below spillway yesterday Little Grassy Lake 13 feet below spillway yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Index Area and Page Layout Overview
The newspaper summarizes its board sections and page design for today. Mentions National, Local News, Editorials, Women’s News, Sports, Comics, Classifieds and Pictures pages across pages 1 to 12.
Congress Ready to O.K. 17 Billion for Defense
Congress moved toward approving an extra 17.85 billion dollars for defense to counter Soviet aims. The House hearings began led by Rep. Mahon with Defense Secretary Marshall and Gen. Bradley present. The plan allocates 1.05 billion to the Atomic Energy Commission and funds for the army navy air force and Marine corps to expand and equip military forces.
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J. Lawton Collins
Army
George Marshall
Defense
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Capitol
House
Truman
Congress
Korea
Washington
Soviet Union
Moore
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Appropriations
House Committee
George C. Marshall
Gen
Omar N. Bradley
Mahon
Weirton Gives Biggest Hike in Steel Wages
Weirton Steel Co. and the Independent Steel Workers union set the industry high with a 15 cent hourly raise plus a half cent differential by job class. Weirton starts at $1.41 1/2 per hour, compared with $1.31 industry rate, with increases from 15 to 30 cents.
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Pittsburgh
Weirton Steel Co
C LO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corp
Weirton
Independent Steelworkers
Saucers sighted over Ellenton near H bomb site
Four witnesses in Ellenton South Carolina report a brilliantly lit flying object seen at 10 45 p m moving up and down and flashing before vanishing. The sighting occurred as the area was being prepared for the Atomic Energy Commission project with construction planned by 1951.
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S. C
Ellenton
Atomic Energy Commission
R. D. Parkinson
Golphin Dunbar
Civil Patrol to Seek Snow Vanished Coed
Authorities accepted the Civil Air Patrol offer to send planes in search for missing Western Michigan college coed Carolyn Drown. The 18 year old freshman disappeared in a snowstorm from the campus five days ago and police have found no satisfactory clue.
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Civil Air Patrol
Carolyn
Western Michigan College
University of Pennsylvania President invited to Formosa
Chinese alumni in Taipei wire an invitation to Harold E. Stassen to visit Formosa during his Orient tour.
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Taipei
Formosa
University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
Caldwell Is Named Civil Defense Head
President Truman acted to establish the Federal Civil Defense Administration and named Millard F. Caldwell Jr. as its administrator at $17,500 a year. The move came as Congress debated a broader civil defense bill, signaling an independent agency to run in an emergency.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
United States
Federal Civil Defense Administration
F.C.D.A
Florida
Millard F. Caldwell, Jr
Pleven Attlee Confer Today Over World Problems
Paris reports French Premier Pleven with strong parliamentary backing to confer with Prime Minister Attlee in London. Pleven's cabinet won 347 to 184 in a wide margin, with only Communists and Gaullist followers opposing. Auriol refused resignations, urging a confidence vote instead.
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Paris
Rene Pleven
Attlee
Truman
Robert Schuman
Pleven
London
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Defense
Jules Moch
Moch
Indochina
Modi
Vincent Auriol
Auriol
Nationalist Guerrillas Capture Six Towns in South China
The China Union Press reported that Nationalist guerrillas seized six towns in South China along the Canton-Hankow and Hunan-Kwangsi railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
China Union
China
Nine Clerics Sentenced in Prague Vatican Espionage Case
Nine Roman Catholic clergy including a bishop and abbot were convicted in Prague of espionage and high treason in a Vatican plot alleged to topple Czechoslovakia’s Communist government. Sentences ranged from 10 years to life. Jan Opasek received life plus a fine. The nine cooperated with prosecutors and indicated plans to appeal.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
The
Pankrac
Jan Opasek
Brevnov
Stanislav Zela
Olomouc
Reservists Ordered Overseas Duty Receive No Holiday Furloughs
The army announced that Christmas furloughs apply to reservists reporting for extended active duty at U S stations, but those ordered to embarkation ports for overseas duty receive no holiday break. The holiday period runs from December 16 through January 1.
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Washington
United States
Army
Lost Lancaster pay envelope repaid after 36 years with interest
Walter S Leinaweaver of Lancaster recalls losing an $18 pay envelope at a box factory 36 years ago. Yesterday a letter arrived with $20 and an apology for the loss, noting forgiveness and goodwill toward the finder.
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Lancaster
Walter S. Leinaweaver
Leinaweaver
Levia Weaver
Induction Call Totals for Illinois Men in December
State selective service announced 2 285 Illinois men to be called for induction between December 4 and 15. Northern boards supply 2 032 to Chicago induction center and Southern boards 253 to St Louis center. North and South will pause December 15 for holidays and resume January 3.
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Chicago
Illinois
Northern Illinois Boards
Southern Ilnois
St. Louis
Southern Illinois
Douglas
Montgomery
Williamson
Russians Could Push to Rhine from Eastern Germany Says McCloy
United Press reports Bonn official John J. McCloy says Russia maintains 25 plus combat ready divisions in the Eastern zone able to reach the Rhine quickly. He notes weaker official counts but confirms long standing Soviet strength and potential for rapid westward action with 280,000 to 320,000 troops 1,500 aircraft and 200 tanks in place.
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Roger Haeger
United Press
Bonn
Germany
U. S
John J. McCloy
Rhine
McCoy
McCloy
Poland
Russia
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Allie Ee
Red Chinese
Stanley Johnson
Associated Press
LSE
Andrew Cordier
Chen
S .7
Ob A. Malik
Cherdier
U.S
Security Council
Wu Hsiu-chuan
U.N
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Peiping
Soviet Bloc
Assembly
U. N
Tokyo
Eighth Army
Songchon
Centralorea
U. S. X Corps
Seventh Division
Changjin Reservoir
Hagaru
Hakalwoo
Red
Manchurian
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Midwest
Little Grassy Lake
O.K
House Appropriations Committee
Mittee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Irabell McCarthy
Ridery S. C
Evelyn
Dunbar
Parkinson
Georgia
Civil Patrol
Kalamazoo, Mich
North Korea
Sachang
Hamhung
Hegaru
Hambhung
Stassen Invited
Caldwell
Civil Defense
Sangamon
Marion
Macon
Christian
Shelby
Jasper
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