Time Up On Truce Efforts In Korea At Panmunjom
The 30 day cease-fire expired with no extension agreed and subcommittees deadlocked. Repots said 50 000 missing Allied POWs may have died of exposure and disease. Front lines remained cold with limited fighting as negotiators met in Panmunjom.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Munsan
Korea
Taday
Panmunjom
Adm
BR. E. Libby
Libby
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Padge
UNI
le Sang Cho
May Delay Steel Strike Affects 50,000 Workers
CIO President Philip Murray plans to tell Steelworkers executives to call off the New Year strike of 50,000 workers in the defense steel industry. A 170 member wage policy committee will act today and a 2,500 delegate convention will vote on ratification in Atlantic City. President Truman urged continued production in the national interest while price and wage hearings are arranged with major producers already agreeing to hearings.
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Pettsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers Union
Atlantic City
Murray
Truman
Wall
Plca
U. S. Steel Corp
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Sharon Steel
Hungarian Communists hold four Americans for 120000
James Marlow analyzes the action as a propaganda stunt that fuels hatred and revulsion toward the Reds in America. The piece argues the payoffs cannot justify the coercive move and calls for a broader editorial stance on the incident.
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I Free
America
James Marlow
POW Mail For POWs In Korea Special Army Postoffice
United Nations Command designated a special Army Post Office to handle mail for American prisoners of war in North Korea. Relatives should address letters to AP0 100, care of Postmaster, San Francisco. D. P. W. Commissioner Frank Harmon called for 80 shovelers to work overnight at 10:30 PM at the Pine Street garage, paid 1.17 per hour. Snowfall in December reaches heavy levels with four more inches and a total of 3.73 inches for the month forecast. travel conditions deteriorate amid snow squalls and reduced visibility. Shovelers needed.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
North Korea
Reds
Postm Naster
San Francisco
Calif
Frank ¥. Harmon
Pine St
Weather Bureau
Onondaga Highway Department
Meather Bureau
Andrew P. Keller
Snow Causes Two Crossing Accidents In Blowing Snow
Swirling snow caused two railway crossing crashes in suburban areas today. Robert Fowler, 38, of Onondaga Hill, injured but not seriously, was driving a laundry truck when a southbound New York Central train struck it at Vine Street, scattering laundry along the right of way. The driver, Harry Doonan, and fireman Lewis Flack responsive at the crossing reported signal work nearby. Earlier, Gerald Watson, 22, of Kirkpatrick Street, had car damage at LeMoyne Avenue crossing after colliding with a passing freight car, spinning the vehicle onto the tracks. Authorities noted signaling issues due to ongoing work at crossings.
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Robert Fowler
Onondaga Hill
Atlas Linen Supply Co., Inc
St. Joseph's Hospital
Fevwler
Electronics Park
Vine St Cr
York Central
R.w&o
Camp Drum
Harry Doonan
Bryant Av
Lewis Flack
Oswego
Doonan
Henry Coughlin
Andrew Hoffman
Williamr
Merritt
Gerald Watson
Kirkpatrick St
New York Central
Contto DeWatt
Buffalo
DeWitt L
Cost of living jump two percent city sales tax
Syracuse residents face a two percent city sales tax starting January 1, applying to almost all tangible personal property and services. Food for human consumption and prescribed medical items are exempt, but out of town purchases do not avoid the tax. Large items like automobiles and appliances will feel the impact, and use tax applies to out of city purchases brought in for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Caskets Tax Increase and Funeral Costs Rise in New Year
A new city sales tax will apply to caskets and funeral items next year, raising costs for funerals. Candy and milk for children are exempt, and quarterly exemption under $25 applies. A 2 percent county sales tax starts January 1 in Rochester and Monroe County, with continuation on page 6.
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Rochester
Monroe County
Buf
Yanks Down Two Red Jets in Korea Air Battle
American Sabrejets shot down two Communist Mig-15 aircraft and damaged a third in an 82-plane dogfight over northwest Korea. Ground fighting persisted as UN infantry endured knee-deep snow near an encircled outpost, with no American casualties reported. The armistice talks neared collapse as the cease-fire line deadline passed.
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8Th Army
Korea
Northwest
United Nations
Halley Weds Nurse Today in New York
New York City celebrates the wedding of Rudolph Halley City Council President and former counsel for the Dume Investigating Committee to Janice Brosh a nurse and 31 The ceremony is at 445 PM after they obtained their license yesterday Halley is 38 and has been married twice previously
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New York
Rudolph Halley
Janice Brosh
Halley
Senate Dume
Storm Hits Britain with 90 mph Winds and Sea Wall Damage
A powerful storm struck the British Isles with gales and gusts exceeding 90 miles per hour. Coast Guard stations reported the worst seagoing weather since 1945 as waves battered sea walls and beach cabins were damaged in southern England resort towns.
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London
British Isles
Coast Guard
England
Video tv sets do not affect sixth graders’ school work
Naver University researchers surveyed nearly 1,000 sixth and seventh graders in Cincinnati area public and parochial schools and found no significant difference in school performance between children with television sets at home and those without. Doctors McCoy and Clarke caution that television can be overused and may affect physical well being and mental alertness.
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Cincinnati, C
Naver University
Raymond F. McCoy
Navier
Walter J. Clarke
Cincinnati
Ares
Polar bears stay indoors at Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield Zoo Director Robert Bean says only one of six polar bears will exit the den due to heavy snow and cold in Chicago. He quips that the bears are smarter than people as about 20 visitors toured the zoo on Christmas Day.
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Chicago
INS
Brookfield Zoo
Robert Bean
Oil Turned Down in Ankara Says Turkey Banned Iran Imports
Informed sources say Turkey cannot buy Iranian oil due to lack of tankers to transport it. The shortage of vessels is seen as the main reason for a halt in Iranian oil purchases.
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Ankara
Turkey
Tran
Hungary Hints New Conditions On Fliers Release
The U S embassy in Vienna says Hungary may be adding conditions to the $120,000 fine offer for the freedom of four jailed WU fliers. U S Ambassador Donnelly and charge d affaires Abbott report Budapest has not finalized the deal, with hopes still high the men will soon reach the U S Legation. A border handoff without notice is considered unlikely.
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Vienna
U. S
Hungary
Washington
West
Walter J .Donnelly
George Abbott
Waffaires
Budapest
Abbott
Donnelly
Miers
U.S
Legation
Families of U S fliers await return as deal nears
Families of American airmen jailed in Hungary waited anxiously for word on belated Christmas gifts and a government payment of 220000 for their release. Wives and relatives in Shawnee, Spokane, Glens Falls and Kingsland expressed relief and gratitude as private efforts and official decisions moved toward freeing Capt Dave Henderson, Sgt James Elam, and their three fellow airmen.
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Erding
Germany
Hungary
Seaguen
Sugie
U. S
Dave H. Henderson
Shawnee
Oklo
U.S. Air Force Base
Henderson
Duff
Florence Henderson
Ruth Duff
Spokane
Wash
D. H. Henderson
Glens Falls
John Swift
King Leo Elam
James A Elam
Kingsland
Ark
Egyptian Riots Rise Over King Farouk Advisers
Police clash with stone throwing students in Cairo and Alexandria as protests against two pro British advisers to King Farouk escalate. Rioting in Cairo and Alexandria leaves at least three police and several students injured and schools ordered closed amid a citywide state of emergency.
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Cairo
Egypt
Stone
Farouk
Vevandria
Elaini St
Alexandria
Ramleh Square
Fred or Ed Had a Good Suggestion for Army Mail
Washington dispatch recounts a veteran named Fred in the Agriculture Department who proposed government support for letters to soldiers. Agencies balked, Marines referred to Defense, a colonel promised aid with authority, and after months the effort collapsed. Ed Dougherty earlier tried a similar scheme with chaplains, then gave up.
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Washington
Fred
Agriculture Department
Ruta
Allan Oakley Hunter
Defense Department
Defense Public Relations Office
In Affairs Office
Civil Liaison Office
Agriculture
Jetter
Defense
Korea
James Stallins
Agricultural Employer Recreation Association
Ed Dougherty
Dougherty
Cooks Plead Innocent In Embezzlement Case
An ousted Internal Revenue Bureau employee and her husband pleaded innocent in Utica federal court to embezzling $20,000. Joseph F. Cook and Morty Cook were indicted December 20 and remain free on $2,500 bail. Other defendants faced smuggling and false-entry charges in related arraignments.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Utica
Joseph F. Cook
Morty
Orwood Pl
Syracuse
Stephen W. Brennan
Adele Meppen
Brooklyn
Abram Winnik
Brussels
Belgium
Rouses Point
Meppen
Winnik
Frank O'Toole
Internal Revenue
Watertown
Korea Casualties Rise to 163,418 in Korea War
Defense Department reports total casualties in Korea now 163,418 with 17,670 battle deaths and 11,048 listed as missing in action. The update came late yesterday, detailing the ongoing toll of the conflict.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Carrollton
Neva Frances Woods
Bobby Francis Woods
Samuels Craig
James Hadder
Louisville
Why is it important not to lose your head in an attack
The Front Line reports a humorous exchange where a sergeant asks why one must keep calm, and a recruit replies the head must stay to ensure a hat or helmet has a place. The joke highlights military absurdity and the stubborn humor of training days.
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Smokey
Don Miller
Allen Griseh
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Mercury
Wilson
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Wolfst
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Hall
Orien. Wilson
Haberle Brewing Co
Lui
Britain
Michael McDermott
State Department
United States
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