Real Korea Boner ammo shortage noted in Kumhwa fight
In the Kumhwa battle front lines report a hold-down order limited daily artillery fire. U N and ROK leaders faced shortages of rifle mortar and artillery ammo with Viet modern VT shells in scarce supply. American officers called the period a real boner amid a flare of renewed ammunition demands and new stock needs.
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Tokyo
Korea
Eisenhower
Kumhwa
U.N
Triangle Hill
Republic of Korea
ROK
U. S
French Atomic Pile Tests as Europe’s Most Powerful
The French Atomic Energy Commission announced that a new experimental pile near Paris has been successfully tested and described as the most powerful in continental Europe. In a recent test it produced about 200 watts of heat.
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French Atomic Energy Commission
Europe
Commisson
Paris
Weather Summary for Southern Illinois Weekend Outlook
Cloudy conditions continue for Southern Illinois with partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Colder tonight with lows 25 to 30 and highs 25 to 40 on Sunday. Precipitation totals 0.63 inches since yesterday morning. Lake levels show Little Grassy Lake 4 feet below spillway. spillway today 22 inches below.
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Southern
Illinois
Little Grassy Lake
Second Brinks Suspect Claimed in 1950 Brink's Heist
Boston reports say the FBI holds a second man in the $1,219,000 Brink's holdup case. The 37 year old is described as having a long record and may talk. Earlier affidavits named Joseph Specs O Keefe, 44, as a robber, while new papers were removed from files.
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FBI
U. S
George F. Gartito
Joseph “Specs
O'Keefe
Federal Building
Grand
O’keefe
Allied Air Strikes Hit Frontline in Korea Cold Weather
Allied warplanes swept the front from the Western Front to the Jaeju Peninsula bombing and strafing Communist positions. Operations were hampered by low clouds and subzero temperatures with Mig fighters kept north of the Yalu. Ground fighting continued with rifle and grenade exchanges as snow fell and propaganda leaflets flew on White Horse Mountain.
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Jaeju
North Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Reds
White Horse Mountain
Saucers Likely Eye Spots Not Aliens Says Doctor
Dr Edgar F Mauer of Los Angeles explained that reports of flying saucers may be misperceptions of eye phenomena muscae volitantes or scintillating scotoma. The spots occur with bright light or microscope viewing and affect distance and speed judgments, often seen by near sighted individuals or during migraines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Los Angeles
Edgar F. Mauer
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Science
Thousand-strong Naperville volunteers chase missing children
An organized army of about 1,000 volunteers roams within a 10 mile radius of Naperville seeking Jean Peterson six and Lward Rosenthiel three who vanished December 7 after playing outside. Smaller searches failed to find clues and police examine kidnaping as a possibility. Volunteers include 500 AFL Building Trades Council members conducting searches of homes under construction.
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Naperville
Ill
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Lward Rosenthiel
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Traitor Best dies in federal prison amid treason case
Robert Henry Best, 56, once a Sumter, South Carolina writer, died at the U S Medical Center for Federal Prisoners after an illness. Best served a life sentence for broadcasting Nazi propaganda during World War II. His body was sent to Spartanburg, South Carolina. His address was Vienna, Austria, and his only listed next of kin is his wife, Erna. He admitted to about 300 broadcasts from Germany between 1942 and 1945.
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Springfield
Robert Henry Best
U. S
Best
Spartanburg
S.C
Vienna
Austria
Erna
Sumter
S. C
Germany
Princess Denied Seat At Opening of Adult Film in Sweden
Sweden’s Princess Desiree, 14, was refused admission to the opening of The Greatest Show on Earth in Stockholm after officials ruled the film barred to under 15s. Her sisters Margaretha and Birgitta attended. a permit request failed and the royal castle was contacted.
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Stockholm
Desiree
Margaretha
Birgitta
Royal Castle
Teen extortion suspects nabbed in Pittsburgh case
FBI arrested two teenage girls aged 14 and 15 after they attempted to extort $30,000 from H. J. Heinz and Arthur Rooney. Investigators waited for payoff six times, then the pair retrieved a fake package in a Northside park. They admitted writing ten notes, one $20,000 demand to Heinz and one $10,000 demand to Rooney.
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H. J. Heinz
Arthur Rooney
Pittsburgh Steelers
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Pittsburgh
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War Is Off For One Day Arabs, Jews Open Border For Christmas Mass
Bethlehem December 20 AP the Jordanian Arab Legion and Israeli guards suspend border restrictions for Christmas Eve allowing free passage at one crossing in Bethlehem for a mass led by Latin Patriarch Alberto Gori at St. Catherine's Church. The midnight service gathers consuls and Holy Land officials and ends by early Christmas Day.
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Trio Arrested as Arsenal Seized in Westchester Raid
Police recovered two truckloads of napalm grenades rifle grenades bazooka shells rifle clips gunpowder parachute flares and napalm powder at an abandoned Mamaroneck gas station. Three men including Alfred Manheim were arrested on felonious possession charges. Connell Duarte held without bail pending a Tuesday hearing.
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N.Y
Westchester
New York City
Alfred Manheim
Westchester County
John E. Hoy
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Morton Edmiston
Manheim
Carlos Piio Socarras
Cuba
Plush Park Avenue
Frank Connell
Brooklyn
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Jose Duarte
Yonkers
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Hoy
Duarte
Duke of Edinburg Makes First Solo Flight
The Duke of Edinburg, 31, completed his first solo flight after a month of lessons in a trainer plane at White Waltham. He flew 15 minutes and made a "very good three-point landing" under RAF supervision. Queen Elizabeth was not present.
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Duke of
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Queen Elizabeth
White Waltham
Royal Air Force
Roberts Seen as Summerfield Successor to RNC Chair
Wesley Roberts reportedly has the okay of President elect Eisenhower to succeed Arthur E. Summerfield as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Roberts, a former Kansas newspaperman, has led the committee's organization since Eisenhower's nomination in July. Previously he headed the Washington headquarters for Eisenhower.
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Wesley Roberts
Eisenhower
Arthur E. Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Roberts
Kansas
Eight Bryant family buried after fatal home explosion
In Enola Arkansas mourners in steady rain buried John Hilton Bryant 29, Marie 31, and six of their seven children in a country cemetery. A six-compartment coffin held the children between the parents. Shirley 12 survives with burns and plans Christmas with her parents, unaware others are gone.
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Patsy
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Bryants
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Little Rock
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Chicagoan Convicted in Lyons Bank Robbery
A federal court jury convicted George J. Ellis, 27, of Chicago, for participating in the August 1 bank robbery at Lyons, Illinois valued at about $39,998. Judge John P. Barnes will set sentencing Monday with a potential 25 year term and $10,000 fine.
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George J. Ellis
Bank of Lyons
Ill
John P. Barnes
Ellis
Brodie Twins Still Alive After Separation Operation
The Brodie Siamese twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee, 15 months old, remained alive though in critical condition after a 12 hour 40 minute separation operation. Roger Lee was unconscious and very precarious. Rodney Dee was improving but still critical. University of Illinois Medical Center said no major change in 24 hours and that the critical period would extend another four to six days.
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Chicago
Brodie
University of
Globe Master crash kills 100 on Christmas flight
A C-124 Globemaster carrying about 130 service members home for Christmas crashed near Larson Air Force Base in Moses Lake Washington after takeoff. About 100 are dead, with others hospitalized or unaccounted. weather not blamed, cause under investigation. The disaster marks the second Globemaster crash in six weeks and part of a string of Pacific Rim air disasters.
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Wash
Air Force
Major Wassum
Washington, D. C
62Nd Wing
Tactical Air Command
Larson
Plateau Country
Washington State
Inland Empire
North Pacific Rim
Globemaster
Texas
Washington
Deadly air disaster cited as aviation history record
New York reports the Larson Air Force base crash may be the worst aviation toll in U S history. The article recalls the 1950 Cardiff disaster with 80 dead and notes three survivors, and mentions 58 killed when a New York to Minneapolis airliner crashed into Lake Michigan.
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Larson Air Force Base
Cardiff
Wales
Ireland
United States
Minneapolis
Lake Michigan
Traubel Heads to Korea for Crimeunas Week Concerts
Metropolitan Opera soprano Helen Traubel will depart for Korea tomorrow to present a series of Crimeunas week concerts.
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Korea
Tokyo
Helen Traubel
Metropolitan Opera
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