U S Soldiers Describe Bloodshed at Korean POW Riot
U S and South Korean guards killed 84 Communist prisoners during a mass breakout attempt at Pongam Island in Korea. 300 guards contained 4 500 mutinous prisoners in 55 minutes using machine guns rifles and bayonets. 118 prisoners and several guards were wounded as newsmen toured the scene.
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Pongam Island
South Korea
U.S
George P. Miller
Pongam
Koje Island
Korea
Miller
Mountbatten Named NATO Mediterranean Commander
British Admiral Earl Mountbatten is named commander in chief of all but the American part of NATO naval forces in the Mediterranean with Gibraltar to Suez sea and air links as his top task. The Naples based U S Sixth Fleet remains under Adm Carney to support land operations in southern Europe.
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Paris
Earl Mountbatten
NATO
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Suez
U.S
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Mountbatten
Carney
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council of Foreign Ministers
Lord Ismay
Aerial Dogfights Over North Korea Halted by Sabre Jets
In a day of 13 dogfights over northwestern Korea Sabre jets downed four MIG-15s and possibly destroyed one more while damaging another. Colonels Royal Baker and Leonard Lilly claimed their sixth MIGs as B 29s bombed Pyongyang Sinanju and Red supply targets. Ground fighting around Sniper Ridge and Triangle Hill saw fierce clashes with South Korean forces and Chinese troops, including hand to hand dawn combat.
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Seoul
Korea
Haeju
Pyongyang
North Korea
Manchuria
Red Air Force
Sinanju
Pinpoint Hill
Pinpoint
Rocky Point
Jane Russell Hill
Triangle Hill
Weather Summary Forecast and River Reading
The 6 a.m. report shows fair and warmer conditions with rising daytime readings from 24 to 34 degrees by 2 p.m. Sunrise is 7 03, sunset 4 28. River stage at 3.9 feet and falling with average humidity 80 percent yesterday.
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Gunset
Local Weather Summary Report
Yesterday saw a high of 35 degrees and a low of 23 with no precipitation. Winds were light throughout the day.
Forecast For Terre Haute And Vicinity
Fair tonight and Wednesday with mild temperatures. Low around 25 tonight. high near 45 Wednesday. Indiana expects similar fair skies with cooler north and central regions on Wednesday, lows 22 to 28 and highs 35 to 45 north and 45 to 53 south. Illinois forecast mirrors with lows 16 to 25 north and 25 to 30 south and highs 34 to 44 north and 44 to 54 south. Street thermometer reads 25 at 6 am and 48 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute and Vicinity
Indiana
Illinois
New traffic light placed at Twenty fifth Street and Fourth Avenue
Traffic Lieut Edward Ryan announced a new traffic control light is now in operation at the intersection of Twenty fifth Street and Fourth Avenue.
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Twenty-fifth Street
Fourth Avenue
Edward Ryan
96 Korean War casualties listed in defense release
Defense Department identified 96 casualties in Korea in list No. 711. It reported 19 dead 70 wounded three missing and four injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
School Board talks on Annexation and Wincoth case
Terre Haute and Harrison township trustees met in private to discuss overcrowding and possible annexation or consolidation. Dr. Paul Seagers outlined needs including Crawford replacement and new schools with an estimated city cost of 980000. Deming patrons questioned Seagers Report with no action taken.
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Terre Haute
Harrison Township
Joseph Conrad
Paul W.w.seagers
Indiana University
Seagers
Crawford
Rea
Hulman Meadows
Warren
Deming School
City Board of School Trustees
John Bloxsome
Seaigers
Dean Boyd
Home For Christmas Campaign Opened For German War Criminals
German veterans led by Gen. Kurt Student urge a Christmas amnesty for hundreds of convicted war criminals held by the Allies. They tour the country to press for home release, highlighting Erich von Manstein and Wilhelm List as inmates of Landsberg and Werl, with Kesselring recently freed.
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Bonn
Germany
Kurt Student
Hitler
Erich von Manstein
Kiel
Wilhelm
No Trace Found Of Children's Bodies In Quarry
In Naperville Illinois a nine day search for two missing children, Jean Petersen aged 6 and Edward Rosenstiel 3, yielded no bodies in a large quarry. Volunteers, costed at about 1 000 000 if paid services were used, pumped mud and probed with iron rods while divers and bloodhounds aided the effort.
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Naperville
Marshall Erb
Jean Petersen
Edward Rosenstiel
Doctors Rotary Seek Action On Grade Crossings
The Vigo County Medical Society and Terre Haute Rotary Club united in a resolution urging city state and federal governments to fund and build separated grade crossings. They emphasize current traffic barriers create health safety and national defense risks and call for investigation funding and prompt completion.
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Vigo County Medical Society
Terre Haute
State Highway Commission Act
39 US Seamen Rescued From Wrecked Ship
Leghorn Italy December 16 U P reports the last of 39 American seamen from the U S Navy supply ship Grommet Reefer were rescued after a two day operation. The crew was saved by breeches buoy boat and four U S Navy helicopters from carriers Midway and Leyte.
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Leghorn
Italy
U.P
Midway
Leyte
Ligurian Sea
Henry P. Lauriant
Brooklyn
N.Y
Leghorn Harbor
Queen of Leghorn Reef
Saukant
Navy
United States
Europe
Ike's Statement Signals U N Offensive In Korea
President-elect Eisenhower suggested that words cannot sway the Communists and that deeds will dictate any new push in Korea. Allied sources interpret his remark as a sign he will empower Gen. Mark Clark to shift from defense to offense, potentially reshaping the U N effort as of December.
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Tokyo
Eisenhower
United Nations
Korea
New York
United States
Two WACs to depart Tokyo for Korea duty
Tokyo dispatch reports the first two WACs to receive regular Korea assignments since the war began will depart this week for Gen. James A. Van Fleet's Eighth Army HQ. M/Sgt. Carolyn H. James of Miami Florida and Cpl Louise M Farrell of Billings Montana are the travelers. M/Sgt. Esther M. Erickson of Bloomington Illinois, currently in Tokyo, previously became the first enlisted WAC to serve in Korea for 30 days temporary duty at Pusan.
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Tokyo
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Army
Wacs
Carolyn H. James
Miami
Fla
Louise M. Farrell
Billings
Mont
Esther M. Erickson
Bloomington
Ill
Dewey Forces Gobbling Jobs Stir Senate Patronage Fears
A wave of resentment grows among Republican senators who fear Dewey’s influence may control Eisenhower patronage. Early supporters worry about consultation on appointments as Herbert Brownell signals Dewey’s role. Senator Carlson to report in New York as calls for reassurances grow.
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United Press
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell
Frank Carlson
R.kane
Congress
U S Stands Firm in Korea Prisoner Repatriation Stand
The United States refused any compromise on prisoner repatriation as the sole condition to resume talks at Panmunjom. Washington urged the Communists to accept the UN peace proposal or offer constructive alternatives, while warning no change to humanitarian principles outlined in the Dec 3 General Assembly resolution. The UN Assembly session may suspend by Dec 23 with a February reconvening possibility and Eisenhower’s upcoming inauguration shaping expectations.
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United Nations
United States
United Nations Command
U.S
Panmunjon
U.n.’S
Peiping
General Assembly
India
U.N
Lester B. Pearson
Chou En-Lai
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pearson
U. S
Korea
North Korea
No Arrangements Made Yet For Eisenhower-M' Arthur Talk
President-elect Eisenhower planned a full day of appointments at his interim headquarters in the Commodore Hotel but did not meet Gen Douglas MacArthur. Hagerty said there had been no liaison between staffs, yet signs pointed to a possible meeting to discuss Korea.
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H. D. Quigg
New York
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Commodore Hotel
MacArthur
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Atomic expert kills himself in Livermore lab note cites marital troubles
William Emory Bush 44, UC radiation lab veteran and later a fundamental atomic research scientist at an Atomic Energy Commission plant in Livermore, was found by his landlord in a gas-filled room with a rising heater and rain coat over his head. He left a note blaming marital troubles and is survived by a widow and two teenaged children.
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Livermore
Calif
University of California Atomic Scientist
William Emory Bush
California
Atomic Energy Commission
Bush
Alameda County
Farm Residence Destroyed by Fire
Noblesville Indiana December 16 Fire destroyed Harley Kinder’s farm home northwest of town Monday night when an oil barrel exploded Loss estimated at 12000 Kinder, in poor health, was hospitalized for shock and is believed to be in serious condition
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Noblesville
Ind
Harley Kinder
Here
Kinder
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Chiang
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