Attlee Says No Appeasement in Korea Crisis
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the National Press Club that Britain will not appease Communist China over Korea. He pledged ongoing support for the United States, stating the British flag will fly beside the Stars and Stripes in Korea and stressed long term peace and international law. He defended recognizing Communist China as a fact and urged focus on enduring objectives rather than short term policy shifts.
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Washington
Clement Attlee
Britain
China
National Press Club
Attlee
United States
Korea
Truman
United Nations
Lightning strikes home in Steeleville again
A lightning bolt hit the Bierman residence at Steeleville during a weekend storm, punching a hole in a wall and scorching a studio couch while burning out the television set. Prior strikes had knocked off the chimney and a clothesline post.
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George Bierman
Steeleville
Biermans
Bierman
Treat Teeth of Randolph County Kids
Illinois Department of Public Health will treat 1600 Randolph county school children in January with sodium fluoride. Clinics in Red Bud Soria and Chester will demonstrate the treatment, claimed to cut tooth decay by 40 percent. Only second fifth and eighth graders participate with parental consent. Chester dentists cooperate and the Elks club in Chester hosts the demonstration.
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Illinois Department of Public Health
Division of Dentistry
Randolph County
Red Bud
Soria
Chester
Elks Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Rural Electrification approves loans to Illinois cooperatives
The Rural Electrification Administration on Wednesday approved loans for rural electric facilities. Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative of Harrisburg is funded for 745000 dollars and Spoon River Electric Cooperative of Canton receives 285000 dollars.
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Southeastern Illinois Cooperative
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Southeastern Ilinois Electric Cooperative
Harrisburg
Ill
Spoon River Electric Cooperative
Canton
Pearl Harbor Anniversary and MacArthur’s Wartime Echoes
The piece recalls Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and MacArthur’s rise in World War II and Korea. It notes the American defeat at Bataan, the promise I shall return, the Inchon landing, and the later Chinese intervention, framing current fears of World War III and a need for resilience.
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America
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Tokyo
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
United States
U. S
Bataan
Luzon Island
Australia
Southwest
Pacific
Philippines
Japan
United Nations
Berlin
Vien
South Korea
Pusan
Inchon
Pyongyang
Manchurian
David
Goliath
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