Lawyer Hits Foreign Aid Overstaffing
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer argues in a Truman report that Western Europe has too many people and agencies, wasting resources. He calls for abolishing emergency missions, shifting economic work to the State Department, and pursuing private investment and trade over broad aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles
United States
Europe
U. S. Aid Administration
Sawyer
Truman
U. S
Western
Italy
Greece
Britain
R.A. B. Butler
Iroman
MSA
Mutual Security Agency
State Department
B&O National Limited wreck at Rowlesburg no serious injuries
The National Limited passenger train left the tracks at Rowlesburg West Virginia about 60 miles from Cumberland. About 100 passengers were aboard and none were seriously hurt and all continued to their destinations on a substitute train.
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Cumberland
Rowlesburg
W. Va
Here
Weather Forecast For Southern Illinois Turns Colder
Cloudy and colder conditions move across Southern Illinois tonight with Friday bringing more clouds and a chance of snow by afternoon or evening in the southernmost counties mixed with rain. Low temperatures dip to 22 to 30 degrees with Friday highs 28 to 33. Observed values include yesterday's high 58 and current noon 43, Crabon Court readings note Crab Orchard Lake 20 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 4 feet below spillway.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Today s index of the Daily Free Press Carbondale
The note describes the Evening edition of the Daily Free Press published by Southern Illinois Publications Inc at 227 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois. It states the paper is entered as second class matter at the Carbondale post office under the act of March 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southernindian
Daily Free Press
Southern
Hinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illnois
NATO agrees 1953 defense budget for airports and long term works
NATO nations vote 239.6 million dollars for 1953 to fund airports and long term defenses against Soviet risk. The figure is slightly above Ridgway's minimum and allows work to begin when weather permits. Pleven announced the decision after a four day debate at the NATO Council. Mountbatten named as future commander of NATO Mediterranean naval and air forces, coordinating US Sixth Fleet with allied units in war time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Rene Pleven
NATO Council
Viscount
Exander
Britain
Lis
Lord Mountbatten
NATO
Alexander
United States
Mediterranean Command
Mediterranean
Cook Buried After Dark in Lone Elm Cemetry
Badman Billy Cook, 23, tied to six slayings, was buried at Small Peace cemetery in Lone Elm Kansas in a 10 minute dusk ceremony watched by 15 people. The body arrived from California after execution at San Quentin for the murder of Seattle salesman Robert Dewey. The burial was moved from Comanche Oklahoma due to family objections and 12,000 people had viewed the body in Oklahoma. An embalming board investigation was promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Billy Cook
Peace
Lone Elm
Kan
Cook
William Cook
California
San Quentin
Seattle
Robert Dewey
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Ill
Comanche
Oklo
Boydston
Ben Hunter
Oklahoma State Embalming Board
Oklahoma City
Boy Ushers At Cantata With Bullet Wound In Leg
A 12 year old boy named Ralph Ross served as usher at a Du Quoin Christmas cantata despite a .22 caliber bullet wound in his leg. He did not tell parents or officials and was treated at Marshall Browning Hospital after the service. He said he did not know who fired the shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Ralph Ross
Ralph
Marshall Browning Hospital
Negro Named By Stratton to Head Illinois Safety Dept
Joseph D. Bibb of Chicago is appointed to lead Illinois State Public Safety Department becoming the first Black cabinet member in the state. Bibb, 57, is managing editor of the Pittsburgh Courier Chicago edition, a lawyer, and a member of the Chicago Public Library board. Stratton plans three more picks before inauguration January 12.
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Springfield
Joseph D. Bibb
Chicago
State Public Safety Department
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Stratton
Bibb
Pardon and Parole Board
Pittsburgh Courier
Chicago Public Library Board of Directors
Alabama
Atlanta
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Truman Cites Air Advances At Aero Club Dinner
President Truman lauded American airpower as a key to preventing world war. He spoke at the Wright Memorial Dinner honoring Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, who received the Wright Memorial Trophy for his civilian aviation contributions before 1,400 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Wright Memorial
The
Aero Club of Washington
James H. Doolittle
Doolittle
Eisenhower Studying MacArthur’s Korea Peace Ideas
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with General Douglas MacArthur in New York to study the war and peace plans MacArthur outlined. Officials say no public account of the talks will be released, while Eisenhower prepares to brief Republican House leaders on inflation and domestic and foreign policy.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
MacArthur
House of Representatives
GOP
Congress
Manhattan
John Foster Dulles
Korea
Pacific
Snow Covers Europe Prompting Delayed Ocean Liner Departures
Heavy snow and gales across central and northern Europe weaken winds allow two trans Atlantic liners to depart for New York after long delays. The United States sails from Southampton more than 20 hours late and Liberte leaves Le Havre 10 hours behind schedule amid 80 mph winds.
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Europe
New York
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
France
Bordeaux
United States
Southampton
Eng
Liberte
le Havre
Peoria TV Permit Approved for Hilltop Channel 19
The Communications Commission authorized new television stations in 13 cities, including Peoria Illinois. Construction permit awarded to Hilltop Broadcasting Co for channel 19 in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Washington
the Communications Commission
Hilltop Broadcasting Co
Dope Robbers Raid Chicago Hospital For Pills
Two gunmen attempted a narcotics raid at St Luke's in Chicago. A nurse protected the narcotics cabinet guiding officers to seize Horace Foster Robert Carpenter and Vivian Walker as they fled with medicine. Police held the trio for investigation without charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
Harold Mahn
John Kiely
Horace Foster
Robert Carpenter
Vivian Walker
Carol Meiner
Miss Meiner
Kiely
Steel allotments raise production goals for 1953 second quarter
The Defense Production Administration authorized civilian steel users to use up to 70 percent of pre Korean rates for Q2 1953, about 16 percent higher than Q3 1952, enabling increased output across autos, housing, schools, hospitals, and transport. Aluminum prices may rise modestly. copper and aluminum use stay limited due to scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Ralph Trigg
Trigg
American Ace Notches Ninth MIG in Korean Skies
Lt. James F. Low of Sausalito California credited with his ninth MIG jet after a fierce dog fight high above the Suiho Reservoir near the Yalu River. Ten Sabres tangled with 22 MIGs while ground crews reported a large Communist troop concentration area near Pyongyang destroyed with heavy bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
North Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Korea
Suiho Reservoir
Yalu River
Manchuria
Pyongyang
French Assembly Votes to Conscript Americans
The French National Assembly passed a bill by a vote without debate to draft Americans of conscription age living in France for a stay or multiple visits, as reciprocity for U.S. laws that subject French residents in the United States to American service. Raymond Triboulet, for the national defense committee, called the action reciprocal and harsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French National Assembly
France
Raymond Triboulet
National Defense Committee
U. S
United States
Susie of Haverstock stock dies in Texas
Susie born Lottie Swift in Effingham 66 years ago and longtime vaudeville performer with the Haverstock stock players died last week in Wichita Falls, Texas. Married to Toby in the traveling family repertoire, she remained devoted to small town shows hitting Illinois towns from Mt. Vernon to Danville. The couple ran a modest company since 1911 with low ticket prices and a folksy approach that kept them popular for four decades. Zelma Kovach of Bluford attended the funeral, noting few traveling vaudeville shows remain nationwide.
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Susie
Illinois
Haverstock Stock Players
Wichita Falls
Texas
Lottie Swift
Effingham
Harvey Haverstock
Toby
Mt. Vernon
Danville
Blueford
Ina
Walnut Hill
Zelma Kovach
Bluford
Type Dispute Talks Sought
A federal mediator said negotiations may be scheduled this weekend between striking AFL printers and four Quad Cities area newspapers. Fr. E. Hall entered the dispute on his own initiative. About 125 ITU members struck the Moline Dispatch Rock Island Argus and Davenport Times and Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Quad Cities
Fr. E. Hall
Des Moines
AFL International Typographical Union
Moline Dispatch
Rock Island Argus
Davenport, In
Times and Democrat
Sailor Plays Santa For Orphanage Gift Drive
Navy tailor Joe Pestana aboard an Atlantic fleet transport collected funds from shipmates and arrived at Floyd Bennet Field with 1800 pounds of clothing and toys. He plans to give 1000 youngsters a Christmas at the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin on December 22 with help from the Norfolk Naval Air Station plane flown to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Staten Island
Santa Claus
Joe Pestana
Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force
Joe
Floyd Bennett Field
Santa
Sarasota
Norfolk Naval Air Station
McKay Resigns Oregon Governor Post for Interior Role
Douglas McKay resigns as Oregon governor on December 18 to join the Eisenhower administration as secretary of interior next month, marking a transition from state leadership to a federal cabinet position.
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McKay
Salem
Ore
Douglas McKay
Eisenhower
Oregon
Doctors Report Roger Lee Is Doing Badly After Separation
Chicago December 18 Associated Press reports one of the Siamese twins separated in a 12 hour operation was doing badly and unlikely to survive. Surgeons led by Dr. Eric Oldberg said Rodney Dee received the better chance for survival as the two shared one brain covering and drainage vein.
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Robert R. Goldenstein
Associated Press
Chicago
Eric Oldberg
Department of
Neurology
University of Illinois
Rodney Dee
Oldberg
Rodney
Roger Lee
Royt Brodie
Moline
Ill
University
Brodie
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