Despite Risks, Siamese Twins Roger and Rodney Hold On
In Chicago a 15 month old Siamese twin boy Roger Lee Brodie clings to life after their separation operation, facing cerebral edema risk and possible brain swelling. His twin Rodney Dee shows strength while Roger remains in a precarious coma with spinal fluid leaking and ongoing critical care.
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Chicago
U.P
Roger Lee Brodie
Roger
Rodney Dee
Rodney
University of Illinois Educational and Research Hospital
Chinese Bombers Hit Northwest Korea Supply Depot
Eleven U S B 29s bombed the Anhung Ni storage hub 65 miles northeast of Anju, dumping 110 tons of bombs and leaving the depot in smoking rubble. The raid, first against the facility, followed by heavy flak and 60 supply buildings and 70 piles of stores burning.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
Anhung-Ni
Anju
Chong-Chon River
United Nations
Kumhwa
Triangle Hill
Kamhwa
U.N
Worst Air Disaster Strikes Troops Returning Home
A C-124 Globemaster carrying 131 to 132 people, many troops on Christmas furlough, crashed on takeoff in a snowstorm near Larson AFB Washington. Air Force reports 29 survivors and 102 or more killed, making it the worst air disaster in world aviation history. Rescue hindered by snow and icy roads as flames swallowed the wreckage.
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Moses Lake
Wash
U.P
Air Force
Larson Air Force Base
Wales
Military Air Transport Service
Columbia Basin
Seattle
Spokane
Washington
Larson
Parents Brace for Outcome of Siamese Twin Separation
East Moline Illinois couple Royt and Mrs Brodie face a high risk operation to separate their eight week old conjoined twins. They accept possible loss but trust doctors and remain hopeful for both lives. They will stay beside the boys through the critical period despite other children staying with relatives.
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Chicago
Brodie
Brodies
Barbara
Mrs. Brodie
Prophetstown
Two Teens Held in Extortion Plot Against Heinz and Rooney
FBI agents arrested two teenage girls ages 14 and 15 for attempting to extort $30,000 from H. J. Heinz and Arthur Rooney. Investigators waited for six ransom drops before the girls retrieved a package in a North Side park that they believed contained $12,000 but found only paper.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
H. J. Heinz
Arthur Rooney
Pittsburgh Steelers
Fred Hallford
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Rain ending tonight with cloudy skies and colder conditions Sunday. Terre Haute forecast lows around 33 and highs near 34 to 40. Indiana mainly cloudy with rain or drizzle ending tonight, colder Sunday, lows 26 to 32, highs 34 to 40. Illinois mostly cloudy north, partly cloudy south with rain or drizzle ending tonight, colder tonight and east Sunday, lows 20 to 30, highs 30 to 46.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Flower twins reported well in Greenwood
In Greenwood Mississippi Dr Fred M Sandifer reported healthy growth for four month old Siamese twins John L Flowers and John Ed Flowers first children of Roosevelt and Maybelle Flowers residents of Kilmichael They are joined at the head similarly to the Brodie twins of Chicago No separation operation is planned at this time The twins were born in August and their mother travelled to Greenwood for the birth
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Greenwood
Miss
Mississippi
Brodie
Chicago
Fred M. Sandifer
John L. Flowers
John Ed Flowers
Roosevelt
Maybelle Flowers
Flowers
Sandifer
Kilmichael
Winter to begin Sunday afternoon in 1952
New York reports that today marks the last full autumn day of 1952. Winter officially starts at 3 44 p.m. central standard time on Sunday, signaling a seasonal change ahead.
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New York
C.S.T
FBI Holds Second Suspect in Brink's Case
Boston dispatch reports the FBI has in custody a second man linked to the 1.219 million Brink's holdup on January 17 1950. The 37 year old suspect with a long record faces possible cooperation as federal authorities pursue the case alongside affidavits naming Joseph Specs O Keefe 44 of Boston and a grand jury probe into contempt charges by witnesses connected to the theft.
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Boston
FBI
U.S
George F. Garrity
Joseph “Specs” O'Keefe
Federal Building
O’keefe
William T. McCarthy
Thomas F. Richardson
Vincent Costa
Richardson
Costa
Adolph “Jazz
Maffie
John W. Daley
Edward A. Bennett
Stormy Weather Hits Wide Area In Midwest
Stormy weather bringing snow sleet and rain hit wide areas of the central United States from Arkansas to the Great Lakes and lower Ohio River Valley. Snow ranged up to seven inches in northern sectors while Minnesota saw near zero temps. Travel was hazardous on highways and air travel limited as winter began officially at 3 44 p m CST Sunday.
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Chicago
Arkansas
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Ohio River
C.S.T
Lower
Michigan
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Evangelist Graham Praises UN Soldiers in Korea Visit
Evangelist Billy Graham arrived in Seoul praising UN troops for aiding war refugees. He lauded the army as compassionate and said soldiers pour out hearts and money to ease suffering amid the Korea conflict. Graham concluded a five day tour through Pusan and Taegu observing civilians and leper patients in crowded streets.
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Seoul
Billy Graham
United Nations
Korea
Vernon Reid
Lake Charles
Billy
Reid
Fifth Air Force
Graham
Pusan
Taegu
Ceylon and Red Pact Signed for Rubber for Rice Trade
Official sources say a long term rubber for rice trade pact was signed between Ceylon and Red China in Colombo. Details on the agreement were continued on page 2. Peiping reported China in Peiping on Thursday.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Red
China
Peiping
Message Of Hope From Mrs Van Fleet To Mothers For Christmas
Mrs James A Van Fleet wife of the Eighth Army commander urged UN mothers not to lose hope for their missing sons in Korea. She cited cables and letters filled with faith, shared memories, and a wish for their safe return as she spoke during her visit to Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Dean
Michael
Greek Orthodox Church of
North and South America
Van
New Jersey Man Convicted of Piracy Abroad
Siney H. Paley of Jersey City New Jersey was found guilty of piracy by a consular court in Tangier International Zone Morocco. He planned and aided the hijacking of cigarettes valued at $100,000 from a Dutch ship, receiving a three year sentence. This marked the first American tried abroad on piracy charges and the first postwar piracy case in the Barbary Coast.
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Tangier
International Zone
Morocco
Siney H. Paley
Jersey City
N. J
High Seas
Milton Helmick
Paley
Barbary Coast
Naperville Missing Children Sought by Massive Volunteer Army
About 1,000 volunteers including 500 from the A F L Building Trades Council scour a 10 mile radius of Naperville for Jean Peterson six and Edward Rosenthiel three, two weeks after they vanished while playing. Police probe possible kidnapping as searches at quarries and homes under construction continue.
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Naperville
Jean Peterson
Edward Rosenthiel
A.F.L. Building Trades Council
Two Killed as US Jet Crashes in Hakata Bay Japan
A U S Air Force F 94 jet interceptor crashed in Hakata Bay near Fukuoka on Kyushu. Both crew members were killed and bodies recovered by a rescue boat. identity withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Japan
Air Force
Hakata Bay
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Five Injured One Seriously In Auto Crash
Mrs. Morris Rothschild of Sumter Alabama is in critical condition at St. Anthony Hospital after a two car crash at Twenty second and Crawford streets Friday evening. Her husband Sgt Morris Rothschild and two children were also injured with the boys listed as fairly good. The other driver was Mrs Alice Marie Hayes of 732 South Center street. Police report estimated vehicle damage at 3500.
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Morris_ Rothschild
Sumter
Ala
St. Anthony Hospital
Twenty-second
Crawford Streets
Morris Rothschild
Stephen
Jeffrey
Sergeant Rothschild
Twenty-second Street
Crawford Street
Alice Marie Hayes
South Center Street
Ryan
Rothschild
Lowder and
Loudermilk
Eisenhower fills four top posts and golf plans
President elect Eisenhower announced four key appointments, naming Robert Ten Broeck Stevens as Army secretary along with nominees for Navy and Air Force secretaries and deputy defense secretary. He spent the day at the Commodore Hotel and planned a golf outing with staff rest to follow.
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IKE
Eisenhower
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
Robert B. Anderson
Dallas
Navy
Harold E. Talbott
North American Aviation Co
Air Force
Roger M. Kyes
General Motors
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
New York
Commodore Hotel
Morningside Heights
James Hagerty
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
National Citizens For Eisenhower-Nixon
Army
Robert Ten ‘Broeck Stevens
South Plainfield, N. J
General Electric
Horseman to swim Mississippi on horseback in doubt
Memphis reporter notes Robert Jacobs plans a Mississippi River ride on horseback but a Wolf River test failed when the horse balked at the water edge and threw Jacobs into the chilly current, potentially altering plans and forcing a new mount.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert Jacobs
Mississippi River
Jacobs
Wolf River
Christmas opening of Holy Land border celebrated
The Jordan Israel border opens for one day on Christmas Eve as Arab Legion and Israeli guards allow passage to Bethlehem for Nativ ity mass led by Msgr Alberto Gori. Pilgrims from Amman overseas travel routes, with thousands expected this year.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Israel
Prince of Peace
Arab Legion
Msgr
Alberto Gori
Jerusalem
St. Catherine’s Church
Amman
Lydda
Soviet veto seems certain on six states
United Nations dispatch notes Western-backed votes approving new members Japan Libya Jordan and three Indo-Chinese states Vietnam Cambodia and Laos by the Special Political Committee. Yet Moscow is expected to veto in the Security Council, continuing a six year deadlock as Romania Hungary Albania Bulgaria and Outer Mongolia remain blocked.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N
Japan
Libya
Jordan
Security Council
Russia
Romania
Hungary
Albania
Bulgaria
Taft Choses Senate Lead in Harmony Move
President Taft's candidate for Senate floor leadership signals a shift in Republican handling of legislation. His late formal announcement makes him virtually assured of election as the party caucus plans to set leadership for the next Congress on January 2.
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Washington, D. C
Robert A. Taft
Senate
G.O.P
Three Armed Bandits Loot East Side Grocer
Ralph Deckard, owner of Ralph's Market, was robbed by three armed men on the east side of Indianapolis. They entered with two inside and one at the door, forced him to the floor, and took $4,700 before fleeing as he chased them and shouted for police.
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Indianapolis
East Side
Ralph Deckard
Ralph's Market
Deckard
Christmas Shopping Store Hours in Terre Haute 1952
Members of the Terre Haute Merchants Association announce store hours for Christmas shopping. Hours include today 9 30 to 5 00 Monday December 22 12 noon to 8 30 Tuesday December 23 9 30 to 8 30 and Wednesday December 24 9 30 to 5 00. Terre Haute City Lines will run regular Monday night service on nights stores stay open until 8 30.
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Terre Haute Merchants Association
Terre Haute
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Brink
Midwest
Evangelist Graham
Message of Hope
New Jersey
Holy Land
Taft Cinches
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