Prison riot ends as Guardsmen seize New Mexico State Prison
National Guardsmen moved into the riot torn state prison in Santa Fe under Gov Mechem orders. Convicts released seven guards held as hostages after armed clashes. An ambulance carried a prisoner shot Sunday night to a Santa Fe hospital as authorities vowed a swift resolution.
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Santa FE
N. M
U.P
New Mexico State Prison
New Mexico
Edwin Mechem
Morris Abram
Mourning in Casablanca as Rioting Leaves 24 Dead
In Casablanca, 24 people were killed as Arab Nationalists clashed with Goum tribal troops and French forces. Four French nationals died and many Arab protesters were shot as martial law was imposed, following the Tunisian murder trigger and calls for self rule.
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Casablanca
Morocco
U.P
Tunisia
Ferhad Hached
Allies Await Assault by Ski Troopers on Sniper Ridge
American front commanders report Chinese ski troops on the Central Front near Sniper Ridge, Mount Papa, and Kumhwa as South Korean forces brace for renewed assaults. U.N. air power claimed multiple MIG-15 destructions and bridges damaged or destroyed along North Korea’s front, amid bitter cold and continued trench fighting.
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Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
Mount Papa
Sniper Ridge
Kumhwa
U. S
U. N
Edwin I. Heller
Wynnewood
Gene H. Woodworth
Rockford
North Korea
Thunderjet
London
Sohung
Eisenhower Aides Discuss Korean Stalemate On Cruiser
President elect Eisenhower and five cabinet-designates held talks aboard the cruiser Helena off Wake Island to seek options to break the Korean stalemate without widening war. Dulles Brownell Humphrey McKay and Wilson joined, with aides and officials in side meetings as preparations for foreign policy moves unfold.
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United Press
Helena
Eisenhower
U.P
Mid- Pacific
United States
John Foster Dulles
George Humphrey
Treasury
Interior
Douglas McKay
Herbert Brownell
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Wake Island
Honolulu
Dulles
Brownell
Humphrey
McKay
Radford
Salon
Syngman Rhee
U.N
Korea
Rhee
Joseph M. Dodge
Budget ‘Bureau
Fortune Magazine
C. D. Jackson
Emmett J.hughes
James C. Hagerty
Hughes
Jackson
Lucius Clay
Hagerty
Hawaii Honors Pearl Harbor Dead On 1941 Anniversary
Fresh flowers cover 14,000 graves at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific as islanders mark the Pearl Harbor anniversary. Flowers blanket the wreckage of the Arizona while a new Navy memorial groundbreaking proceeds between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field chaired by Floyd L. Ming. Rear Adm. W K Phillips warns Korea war is a test of prep for future conflicts.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Arizona
Navy
Floyd L. Ming
Pearl, Harbor
Hickam Field
W. K. Phillips
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Korea
Fire Damage at Zelda M. Waugh Residence
Fire officials report $75 damage from a defective fireplace at the Zelda M. Waugh home, 1121 South Twenty-first Street, Sunday morning shortly after 10 o'clock. Assistant Fire Chief Clarence Sco reports the incident.
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Zelda M. Waugh
South Twenty-first Street
Clarence Scofield
Missing 1938 Ford Sedan Description Issued
Mr. and Mrs. William Rose told police a near complete description of their stolen white 1938 Ford sedan. They recalled a black hood and top red, green and blue wheels and could not remember the color of the fourth wheel.
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ST. Paul, Minn
William Rose
Two Sunday Fires Claim Man and Endanger Port Foundry
An early Sunday fire killed 76 year old Ernest Renfro in a trailer at 440 North Fourth Street Terre Haute. Fifty minutes later a second blaze near Porter Foundry at 604 North Center Street caused $25,000 damage and left the plant a ruin with only walls standing. Fire alarms were raised by K W Elliott at 4:32 and 5:06.
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Ernest Renfro
North Fourth Street
Manuel and Wimsey
Porter Foundry
North Center Street
Terre Haute
K. W. Elliott
Pennsylvania Railroad
U S Air Bases In Britain Reveal Comforting Picture of Alertness
London dispatch notes that in wartime the U S Third Air Force and Seventh Air Division could mount a full air strike from Britain in about 90 minutes. Some bases are within reach of Moscow, with 45 000 American airmen spread across 28 installations from Scotland to southeast England and aircraft capable of high speed.
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U.S
Britain
Philip Clarke
London
America
U. S. Third Air Force
Seventh Air Division
Russia
Scotland
Manston
England
Moscow
Prominent Czechs Reported Victims of New Red Purge
Belgrade radio cited Tanjug in reporting a new wave of arrests in Czechoslovakia. Named figures include Antonin Gregor former foreign trade minister Ludwig Svoboda former defense minister Vladimir Kopshiva minister of police Eugene Erban minister of works and social security Augustin Kliment minister of heavy machinery Zdenek Fierlinger deputy premier. Fierlinger led the 1945 46 government and helped merge social democrats with the Communists.
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Slovakia
Tanjug
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Gregor
Ludwig Svoboda
Vladimir Kopshiva
Eugene Erban
Social Democrats
Reds
Clinton Woman Enlists in Marines
Miss Luella Lobbia of Clinton has enlisted in the Women Marines at Terre Haute and will undertake eight weeks of boot training at Parris Island. Marine Sgt. Frederick D. Edwards, son of West Terre Haute residents, is on leave after a year in Korea and will report January 6 to Camp Lejeune.
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Luella Lobbia
North Water Street
Clinton
Terre Haute
Parris Island
S. C
Frederick D. Edwards
Logan Edwards
West Terre Haute
Nome
Korea
Camp LeiJeune
N. C
Jessup To Bare U S Position On Tunisia At U N
United Nations discussion on Tunisian question heats up as Philip Jessup, amid a pending resignation, plans to state the U S stance in the UN Assembly political committee. France boycotts the committee claiming Tunisian question is domestic.
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Jessup
U.S
Tunisia
United Nations
N. Y
U-S
Britain
France
U.N
Philip Jessup
Truman
U.N. Assembly
Tunis
124 Korean War Casualties Identified in Defense List
The Defense Department released List 707 naming 124 more Korea War casualties. Among them 16 are dead, 100 wounded, and eight injured in battle-zone accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
New Far East Policies Believed Being Drawn Up
Washington observers say President elect Eisenhower is shaping a new Far East strategy during shipboard policy talks on the cruiser Helena. They foresee boosted Asia aid, a shift from Europe to Asia, and stronger anti-Communist propaganda as Korea training accelerates to lessen American combat load.
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Far East
Washington
Dec
U.S
Asia
Eisenhower
Helana
mid-Pacific
Korea
L Eisenhower
Europe
United States
Christmas Baskets Fund Drive Opens Donations
The Tribune-Star will start accepting donations for the 1952 Christmas basket fund on Tuesday with in person or mail gifts accepted through Wednesday December 24 at The Tribune-Star 721 Wabash Avenue. The fund total today shows 417.46 in net proceeds from Golden Gloves events plus 10 from Ola Graper. Applications for baskets are to be filed at the Family Service Association 912 Chestnut Street by December 17.
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Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Ola Graper
Seventh Avenue
Family Service Association
Chestnut Street
Rush of Republican Jobseekers Seeks U.S. Posts
Washington dispatch reports a flood of letters from GOP job seekers to join the federal payroll after two decades in the political wilderness. Senators note many seek about 40 000 postmasterships now civil service with no fixed terms. Civil Service Commission says tenure remains until death or resignation and removal only for cause. Continuous note indicates letters pending continuation on Page 3 Column 5.
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Washington
G.O.P
Civil Service Commission
Israel Elects New President Itzhak Ben-Zvi Wins
Itzhak Ben-Zvi aged 68 and a labor party leader was elected Israel's second president. He will be sworn in Wednesday, succeeding the late Dr. Chaim Weizmann who died November 8. Ben-Zvi won 62 votes on the third ballot in the 120 seat Knesset.
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Jerusalem
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
Labor Party
Israel
Chaim Weizmann
Ben-Zvi
Two Teens Report for Air Force Induction
James A. McDougal 17 of Terre Haute and Francis Meyers 19 of Brazil reported to the Indianapolis induction center Monday for final processing and induction. If accepted they will be sent to Lackland Air Force Base Texas for training.
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James A. McDougal
South Thirteenth and One Half Street
Terre Haute
Francis Meyers
South Morgan Street
Brazil
Indianapolis
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Weather Update from Sunrise Station
Showers reported at 6 am with light rain overnight. River stage steady at 3.5 feet, humidity averaged 74 percent yesterday, sunrise at 6 57 with sunset 4 27.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday saw a high of 58 degrees and a low of 46. Precipitation amounted to none.
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and region
Forecast calls for occasional light showers tonight with cloudy skies and a drop in temperatures. Tuesday turns colder with highs near 48 in Terre Haute and surrounding areas and lows in the 34 to 52 range across Indiana and Illinois. Street thermometer readings show morning around 50 and 2 pm at 61.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Toight
Illinois
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