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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1952
Page
1
Chicago dispatch reports 15 month old Roger Lee Brodie remained unconscious 39 hours after the historic head separating surgery that saved his twin Rodney Dee. Rodney regained consciousness 16 hours post op but is in critical condition.
Allis Chalmers Manufactur ing Co moves most moving operations to its new north plant. Starting Monday Dec 22 the personnel offices will relocate from the Indiana Theater building to the North Plant at Thirteenth Street Road and Grasselli Road. Downtown offices open until noon Saturday for employment applications.
United Nations dive bombers struck a troop center 25 miles north of Kaesong destroying at least 40 buildings. B 29s pounded supply hubs near Pyongyang and Kanachon while Task Force 77 planes hit east coast targets. Second Lt. Robert C. Brown earned a damage credit in the Korea combat, and Lt. Merwin F. Read completed his 100th mission.
John Maragon a 59 year old Greek born former Kansas City bootblack known for hobnobbing with celebrities in Washington was released from the federal reformatory at Petersburg Virginia after serving most of a 24 month sentence for lying to a Senate subcommittee. He was met by his wife and son and left the prison around 8 am.
The strike by the teamsters union involving local furniture stores ends. Attorney Robert Nunn says settlements were made individually between each company and the union, with wage agreements ratified by union members and drivers back delivering for the holiday rush.
Washington officials expressed doubt a New York grand jury can advance its study of Communist infiltration at the United Nations if it resumes. State and Justice officials urged the subcommittee to oppose further inquiry while Sen. OConnor condemned the administration's failure to name State screeners.
United Press editors name 1952 the biggest news year since World War II. Top stories include Eisenhower’s GOP nomination and election, first successful H bomb tests, Korean War stalemate, Supreme Court limits on steel seizures, Queen Elizabeth II’s accession, the Flying Enterprise captain, Newark airport crashes, Iran Britain oil split, uprisings in US prisons, and King Farouk ousted in Egypt.
President elect Ike completes his cabinet by naming the Army Navy and Air Force secretaries and deputy defense secretary. Robert Ten Boeck Stevens of New Jersey becomes Secretary of the Army, Robert Bernard Anderson of Texas Secretary of the Navy Harold E. Talbott of New York Secretary of the Air Force and Roger M. Kyes of Michigan as Deputy Secretary of Defense. Anderson had campaigned for Eisenhower in Texas and aims to remain listed as a Democrat.
In Panmunjom Korea on December 19 the Communists charged the United Nations with dropping propaganda leaflets inside the neutral zone and with a U N aircraft flying over the conference site. They said a joint security investigation confirmed both incidents and demanded preventive action.
Members of the Terre Haute Merchants Association announce Christmas shopping hours for 1952. Terre Haute City Lines will run regular Monday night service on nights stores stay open until 8 30. Officials of the company announced today.
FBI affidavits name Joseph Specs O'Keefe a hoodlum and first solid suspect in the Brink's robbery case. He faces contempt charges for not answering a grand jury and is linked to about $60,000 referred to as baby in a wire tapped call with his wife.
The Tribune-Star fund to purchase Christmas food baskets for needy families surpassed 600 dollars. Donations are accepted through December 24 by mail or at 721 Wabash Avenue. The tally includes 417.50 from the Golden Gloves tourney and 104.50 from a Phi Beta Psi bridge party plus numerous small gifts. Applications for Wasters were accepted until December 17 at the Family Service Association, 912 Chestnut Street.
Roscoe McKinney of Terre Haute has been elected to a four year term as District 11 president of the United Mine Workers of America. Other district officers were re elected while Sub district No. 3 and No. 4 saw changes. Indiana miners cast ballots December 9 at local polls.
Enos Coal Mining Company in Oak land City reports unions officers elected for Sub-districts and a run-off set for January 13 after no candidate secured a clear majority. McKinney, Goad, Hunter and Austin are named among incumbents and newly chosen board members. Continuous coverage continues on page 6.
Boston December 19 Gladys Clark an elevator operator in a downtown office building refused a would be rider’s question Going up and answered sideways The remark captures a light moment as the car remained on the ground floor.
President Truman defended seven years of White House foreign policy saying it shows the Soviet leaders cannot win by force. He asserted the United States has shown the Communists they will be checked and that war would bring catastrophe. He admitted some mistakes but argued critics overlook the overall balance of achievements since 1945.
Far Eastern scholar Owen Lattimore pleaded not guilty in Federal District Court to seven counts of lying to Senate investigators. Judge James R. Kirkland set trial for around March 1. Bond remained at 2000 dollars. Johns Hopkins granted leave with pay.
Carmen Buddy Madia a 28 year old Chicago hoodlum was killed in a gangland style shooting as he crossed a vacant lot. Five .45 caliber bullets hit him in the back of the head chin and chest near the home of his sister Mrs Rose Bogranta who heard the shots and found the body. He had a long police record but no conviction. He had been arrested in 1949 for counterfeiting and charged previously with assault murder rape and robbery.
Lt Col Maynard Booth, a Bataan hero, awaits Christmas with his two year old son Johnny in Frankfurt Germany. Booth, recently endured losses from concentration camp service, lost his home to fire and faced personal tragedy before a return to Texas.
The Optimist Club reports $648.50 raised at its Mile O Dimes booth on Wabash avenue toward clothing 500 needy children. With five days left the $10,000 goal reached $4,300 including gifts from Chapman Root, Dick Brentlinger, Karl Werneke, Terre Haute Lions Club, Twigg Industries, and others.
Occasional showers noted with temperatures ranging from 35 to 47 degrees yesterday. River stage at 2.9 feet and falling. Sunrise at 7 05, sunset at 4 29. Precipitation trace with average humidity 17 percent.
Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight with lows around 41 and highs near 50 on Saturday. Rain mainly south and central Indiana with sleet and freezing rain changing to rain, then snow in extreme north. Turning colder Saturday with mixed precipitation in the northeast and extreme north. Temperatures at 7 am 37 and 2 pm 43.
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