Eisenhower Sets Course for Korean Peace Program
President elect Eisenhower returns to New York ready to plan positive programs for peace in Korea. He stresses patience and common sense, notes no simple formula, and signals possible talks with Gen. MacArthur this week while stressing deeds over words.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Korea
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
LaGuardia Field
Teeve
Weather Brief For Crab Orchard And Little Grassy Lakes
Fair and warmer forecast for tonight and Tuesday in Southern Illinois. Crib Orchard Lake sits 21 inches below spillway while Little Grassy Lake is 31 feet below spillway. Low temperatures around 22 to 26 tonight, highs Tuesday near 46. Sunrise at 7 11 a.m. and sunset 4 38 p.m.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Indian Daily Free Press publication notice
Evening edition details for Southern Indian Daily Free Press by Southern Olinots Publications Inc at 227 West Main Carbondale Illinois. Paper entered second class at Carbondale post office under 1878 act and publishes except Sundays and holidays.
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Daily Free Press
Southern Olinots Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Electors Cast Votes for President as Eisenhower Favored
Washington dispatch notes the 531 electors formally cast ballots for the next president with a predicted 442 to 89 win for Dwight D. Eisenhower. It explains electors are largely free to vote their conscience though few states bind them, and recalls only rare prior deviations. The final step occurs January 6 when Congress records the results.
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Washington
United States
Elecoral College
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Grommet Reefer Breaks Apart Off Leg Horn Harbor
The 3,800 ton U S Navy refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer ran aground on Leg Horn Harbor rocks with 40 aboard after gale driven seas split the vessel. First engineer Carl F Treudler of Belleaire N Y was rescued by breeches buoy after nearly 12 hours. 39 crewmen uninjured. The stern section remained lodged on rocks while the bow drifted nearby as rescue teams from three U S Navy repair ships assisted. The cargo included seven tons of turkeys for soldiers in Austria and Italy.
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Leghorn
Italy
Leghorn Harbor
Carl F. Treudler
Belleaire
N. Y
Treudler
Trendler
U. S. Navy
Austria
Main Lock at Alton to Close 90 Days
A $70,000 repair will close the 600 foot main lock at Mississippi River Dam No. 26 in Alton for 90 days beginning today. Traffic will use the 360 foot auxiliary lock and tows needing double lockage must double trip during the period.
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Anton
Mississippi River Dam No
Reds Seize Outpost on Central Korean Front
Chinese forces struck through rain and snow at Pinpoint Hill Rocky Point and Triangle Hill lower slopes seizing two South Korean outposts in pitched battles. South Korean counterattacks reclaimed the larger outpost as some 80 Chinese troops in padded uniforms launched a night raid on Triangle Hill.
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Pinpoint Hill
Rocky Point
Triangle Hill
Republic of Korea
Plea Rejected By Red China in Korea Truce Talks
Peiping denounced a United Nations peace appeal as illegal and unfair. Foreign Minister Chou En-lai demanded resumption of truce talks at Panmunjom based on Soviet proposals. The U N General Assembly resolution was labeled degenerate as talks remain suspended since October per the broadcast.
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Red China
Korea
United Nations
India
Peiping
Chou En-lai
U. N. General Assembly
U. S
Panmunjom
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Chou
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U. N Assembly
Peiping Radio
Miner's Son Recuperating After Brain Operation
New York AP reports 11 year old Carl Joslin of St John is regaining movement and speech after cerebral injury from a fall from a moving truck last April. Doctors say he showed arm movement and attempts to speak with help from the United Mine Workers Welfare Fund at the hospital.
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New York
Carl Joslin
St. John
Carl
Edward Joslin
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
GOP Senators protest Eisenhower appointments process
Several Republican senators are upset that key Eisenhower selections were not routed through Senate channels. The issue centers on major appointments needing state-senator and committee chair consultations. Taft, Durkin, Weeks, and others faced questions and maps of talks with Carlson and Lodge regarding advance clearance.
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Eisenhower
New York
Senate
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
the Treasury
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
Labor
Humphrey
Taft
Durkin
Labor Committee
Congress
Everett Dirksen
R-N
Sinclair Weeks
Effingham Man Dies in Kinmundy Auto Collision
Earl Shadwell, 70, of Effingham, died Sunday after a vehicle crash near Kinmundy. Authorities reported the fatal accident occurred during travel on a rural road. The incident was investigated by local police and county officials.
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Effingham
Earl Shadwell
Kinmundy
Truman Warns Free Thought Faces Both Threats
President Truman warned liberty is threatened not only by communism but by efforts to regulate mind and spirit. He spoke at a ceremony dedicating a National Archives shrine displaying the Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights sealed behind glass with a 20 ton safe guarding them. He labeled attacks on religious and free opinion as deadly to liberty and warned against embracing Communist methods.
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Truman
National Archives
Library of Congress
Christmas For Dead Marine Family Keeps Promise and Dusty Tree
In Albuquerque, the Lopez family kept a 1950 Christmas tree for Marines Corporal Richard Lopez who was lost in Kobe Japan on July 15, 1951. The tree survived moves and dust as his mother recalls saving Christmas for him despite his delayed return.
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Cpl
Richard Lopez
Salvador Lopez
Marine Corps
Richard
Chosin Reservoir
Lopez
Washington
Kobe
Japan
KSD-TV Wins FCC Power Increase for Signal Reach
The FCC approved KSD-TV St. Louis for a two and a half times power boost. Station general manager George M. Burbach of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the stronger signal will improve local reception and extend coverage beyond 50 to 60 miles. A new antenna and amplifiers are to be installed and completed within a few months.
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George M. Burbach
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bertrand Russell Weds Edith Finch in London Registry Office
Lord Bertrand Russell, 80, marries Edith Finch, 50, a Bryn Mawr teacher and author, at the Chelsea Registry Office in London. It is Russell's fourth marriage.
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Lord Bertrand Russell
Chelsa Registry Office
Edith Finch
Bryn Mawr
Russell
Ma Russell 91 Still Yells For Basketball Wins In Crainville
Lula Russell, 91, known as Ma, lives in Crainville near Carterville. She became a basketball fan at 89 as her great grandson Jimmy Russell, age 14, played grade school hoops. Her grandson Larry is her No 1 pin-up. She attends most home games and helps cheer the team to good records. She supports weddings church and shopping trips to Herrin. She cooks washes and cans fruit daily. She has five living children four grandchildren five great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
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Sam Hancock
Crainville
Lula
Ma) Russell
Jimmy Russell
Larry Russell
Ma Russell
Carterville
Williamson County
Caterville
Herrin
Kentucky mine fire death toll reaches four
Salyersville Kentucky December 15 AP four miners have died in a coal mine fire after rescue crews recovered two bodies on Sunday and two more on Saturday. The fatalities followed attempts to escape the flames and asphyxiation. Rescue teams worked 28 hours without relief to bring the fire under control.
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Kentucky
Salyersville
Here
Lewis Aiding Japan Miners
A $10,000 check from John L. Lewis reached Japan today in support of the Federation of Coal Miners Unions strike. Federation Chairman Akira Tanaka confirmed receipt as the Japanese government urged a 50 day suspension. Dick Deverall of the AFL bureau in Japan said he sought Lewis aid after reviewing the Hokkaido mining situation. The Asahi noted miners may ignore the government's suspension order as the strike disrupts industry and transport.
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Tokyo
John L. Lewis
Japan
Federation of Coal Miners
Akira Tanaka
United Mine Workers of America
Dick Deverall
American Federation of Labor Bureau
Associated Press
Lewis
Hokkaido
Asahi
Mass escape attempt by 3600 prisoners on Pongam Island
Allied guards killed 82 mutinous Communist prisoners and wounded 120 on Pongam Island in a major Korean War riot. About 3,600 internees allegedly staged a mass breakout as guards used limited force to prevent an armed breakout.
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Pongam Island
Allied
Prisoners of War Command
Col
C. V. Cadwell
Pongame
Koje Island
George P. Miller
Miller
Cadwell
Kose
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