Ike Plan for Korea Revealed by Times
The New York Times reports President elect Eisenhower’s administration has a new strategic plan for Korea aimed at pressuring the Communists toward an armistice. Details remain secret but stress maintaining U.S. and UN resolve, expanding South Korean participation, and minimal risk of widening the war. Representatives would consult 15 allied nations before finalizing.
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New York
New York Times
Eisenhower Aviation
Soviet Union
the Times
Thomas J. Hamilton
United Nations
High Command
Eisenhower
Hamilton
Kremlin
United States
Korea
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Far East
U. N
FBI To Open Dock Probe In New York Waterfront
The FBI has been ordered by Attorney General James P. McGranery to investigate the New York waterfront amid claims of corruption and gangster influence. The probe targets dock rackets alleged to siphon hundreds of millions from city shipping, with ties alleged to the AFL CIO ILA and local mayors.
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Washington
FBI
James P. McGranery
New York Waterfront
New York State Crime Commission
Commission
McGranery
Albany
New York City
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
John V. Keane
Jersey City
Fred N. DeSapio
Hoboken
Snow Flurries Expected in Southern Illinois
Weather report notes cloudy skies with light snow or flurries across southern Illinois. Cooler temperatures ahead with low 28 to 34 tonight and high 28 to 35 Thursday near Cairo. Observed lake spillway levels show Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake several inches below spillways.
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Ilinois
Cairo
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Chaplin Attacked by Crowd in Rome
The film star Chaplin arrived in the Italian capital where he was pelted with oranges apples broccoli and cabbages. He struck back several times but escaped injury.
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Chaplin
Allies Check Red Thrust at T-Bone Hill
In Western Korea on December 24 Allied forces repelled a major Communist assault at T-Bone Hill with heavy enemy losses. U S Eighth Army reported air battles above North Korea as Sabre jets tangled with roughly 60 MIGs, with claims of several MIGs destroyed or damaged. Casualties for the week December 15 21 were 1631, the lowest since July, reflecting a reduced Communist toll.
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Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
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North Korea
Tech U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sabre
Southern Illinois Daily Free Press masthead
Evening edition details for Southern Illinois Press in Carbondale Illinois, with mailing address and post office entry notice under the act of 1878.
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Southern Illinoisay
Daily Free Press
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Boy Kills Big Bobcat With Cap Gun and Wagon Ride
Eight year old Richard Cutter claims to have killed a bobcat with his Christmas cap pistol after it leapt on him during a hunting trip. He brought home the animal in a red wagon amid neighbor curiosity.
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Jackson, Miss
Richard Cutter
Richard
Uisling
Death Toll 27 In Ship Wreck
Lebanon reports 27 dead and about 100 injured as the French liner Champollion wrecked on a reef off Beirut. Crew and passengers were rescued through heavy surf after the ship split amidships. the toll could rise as more bodies were found on jagged rocks and a lifeboat capsized during the rescue.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Father Kills 3 Children in Tragedy Near San Jose
San Jose Calif Dec 24 AP Sheriff says a young high school teacher Archie Connett 31 killed his three children by bashing them to death after a quarrel with his estranged wife Wynona 28 Then stabbed himself and lay near death at Santa Clara County Hospital His wife was stabbed twice fled the home and was recovering but sedated The bodies were found among broken Christmas decorations and toys
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San Jose
Calif
Sheriff's Office
Archie Connett
Santa Clara County Hospital
Wynona
Supertino
Connett
Scholars Deny Red Charges By Budenz
Budenz named 30 scholars and officials as Communists tied to tax free foundations. Emerson and Linus Pauling rejected the charges calling Budenz a liar. Pauling, a Guggenheim fellow board member, denied party membership and criticized Budenz’s credibility.
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Budenz
FBI
Communist Party
Harold M. Keele
Thomas I. Emerson
Yale Law School
New Haven
Emerson
House
Guggenheim Foundation
Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
Pauling
Pasadena
Rosenwald Fund
Rockefeller Foundation
Marshall Field Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
Rosenberg Foundation of California
The
American Peoples Fund
Fredrick Vanderbilt Field
Mary van Kleek
Russell ‘Sage Foundation
Donald ‘Young
Foundation
New York
Meeting Set Saturday in Printers Walkout
An exploratory meeting occurred Tuesday between representatives of four Quad Cities newspapers and striking printers. Publishers said no conclusions were reached, but a follow up session is scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
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Quac
St Louis Man Chosen as Under Secretary of Agriculture
President Eisenhower named True D. Morse of St. Louis as under secretary of agriculture. Morse, 56, boards chair of Deane Agricultural Service and editor of Deane Agriculture Digest, will work under Ezra Taft Benson. He was born in Carthage Missouri on January 21 1896 and is a former Democrat who supported Eisenhower. The nomination goes to the Senate for confirmation after January 20.
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Eisenhower
True D. Morse
St. Louis
Morse
Farm Management Service
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Benson
Missouri
Hagerty
Deane Agricultural Service of
Deane Agriculture Digest
Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church
Carthage
Agriculture College of
The
University of Missouri
Missouri State Farm Bureau
Rays of Hope at Christmas Across World
Christians observe Christmas Eve with solemn ceremonies in churches around the world. In Bethlehem Catholic mass and Protestant services mark the birthplace scene while border zones ease for worshipers. Pope Pius XII calls for peace and criticizes communism. President Truman prepares a White House Christmas message. U S troops abroad await celebrations and aid to needy children.
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Christendom
Bethlehem
Judea
St. Catherine
Christ
Holy Land
Jordan
Isabel
Pius XII
Truman
White House
Korea
Germany
Austria
Japan
Eighth Army
James van Fleet
van Fleet
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Clark
Russia
Southern Illinois paper skips Thursday Christmas Day
In keeping with policy the Southern Illinoisan will not publish on Christmas Day to allow its staff to spend the holiday with family and friends.
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Southern Illinoisan
Best Paid Coal Miner Believes In Tough Work
Joe Abel a 38 year old miner from Orient No 1 calls mining the best job in the world. He notes long regular work with high pay, $18.92 a day or $94.60 per week for a top man after the 1.90 daily raise. He cites methane explosion past fears and defends miners against outside stereotyping.
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Joe Abel
Orient
Orient No
Joe
Abe
John L. Lewis
Illinois weekly rate figures show state earnings
Fragmentary notes report daily twenty five dollars and weekly one hundred twenty five as a state payment. The text mentions Illinois and a continuation on page twelve with hints of industrial activity and summaries of figures piled and released by a state agency.
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Illinois
Ee Ce Oe
Sisalin
Liberte Crew Refuses Security Quiz Under New Act
Immigration officials denied shore leave to 299 of the Liberte's 974 crew members as the McCarran-Walter Act's first test. Most declined to answer questions on political affiliations and unions, with two admitted past Communist ties or a criminal record.
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Liberte
Edward J. Shaughnessy
United Immigration and Naturalization Service
Pier
North River
France
Immigration Office
Leonard J. Martin
East Orange
N. J
New York
Shaughnessy
Communist Party
Martin
Washington Obsrvers
McCerran
Walter Law
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Roberto Rossellini
Seoul
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R. W. Gisinger
Helena
William Felton
Felton
Abel
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