Air Force probes crash of C-124 Globemaster in Moses Lake
High ranking investigators including four generals examine the wreckage to determine why the C-124 crashed on Saturday killing 86 aboard. Survivors are questioned and 41 victims named with others to be released. families cope as Christmas approaches.
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Moses Lake
Wash
U.P
Air Force
Robert J. Maple
Larson Air Force Base
Robert W. Douglas, Jr
18Th Air Force
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
Homer L. Sanders
Tactical Air Command
Langley Air Force Base
L. A. Bertrandias
Air Force Safety Division
Los Angeles
Richard B. O’keefe
19 Die In First Weekend of Holiday Traffic
The first weekend of the Christmas travel period in Indiana saw 19 deaths in multiple crashes. A major accident near Lagrange killed Millard Morris and three of his Kalamazoo relatives, with 14 bus passengers injured. Additional fatalities included Dewey Ellsworth in Osceola, James Searfoss near Goshen, Victor Kneir and Olvin Thomas in Spencer County, Doyle Marshall Jr. near Evansville, Max Vaught in Montgomery County, Cornelius Burris south of Bluffton, Simon Stetler near Attica, and other Saturday victims.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Lagrange
Millard Morris
Gary
Charles
Maxine Woodall
Kalamazoo
Mich
Greyhound
U. S. 20
Ind. 3
Michigan
Hartsell
Ala
Dewey Ellsworth
Osceola
U. S
James F. Searfoss
U. S. 33
Goshen
Ind
Hatfield
Spencer County
Victor Kneir
Evansville
Olvin Thomas
Owensboro
Doyle E. Marshall, Jr
Robert
James
Max R. Vaught
Waveland
Montgomery County
Browns Valley
Cornelius A. Burris
Keystone
Weather Summary Rain and River Levels Report
Rain measurements for the day show 6 am 37 and noon 9 am 38 with 2 pm 38. Sunrise 7 06, sunset 4 30. River stage at 2.8 feet and stationary. Average humidity yesterday 97 percent.
Local Weather Snapshot Yesterday
The report notes a high of 38 and a low of 37 with 0.01 inches of precipitation recorded yesterday.
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and nearby regions
Rain ends tonight as a transition to cloudy and colder conditions on Tuesday. Temperatures in Terre Haute stay around 38 degrees for highs and 38 for lows, with Indiana seeing drizzle and snow flurries in the far north. Illinois remains rainy tonight and then mixed with snow flurries north and partly cloudy south.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Frank Jessup Named To Head State Police
Governor-elect George N. Craig appoints Frank A. Jessup a state police detective sergeant as superintendent, moving incumbent Robert A. O. Neal from the post. Jessup, 40, based at Pendleton, has 17 years in the force and led the American Legion as national commander.
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Indianapolis
George N. Craig
Frank A. Jessup
Craig
Robert A. O. Neal
Jessup
Schricker
O’neal
Union City
Pendleton
State
American Legion
Indiana
Department of Civil Defense
State Police
FBI
Office of Naval Intelligence
Christmas Shopping Store Hours for Terre Haute 1952
Members of the Terre Haute Merchants Association announce store hours for Christmas shopping. On Dec 22 from 12 noon to 8 30, Dec 23 9 30 to 8 30, and Dec 24 9 30 to 5 00. Terre Haute City Lines will run regular Monday night service on nights stores stay open to 8 30.
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Terre Haute Merchants Association
Terre Haute City Lines
Union Shop Vote At A C On Dec 30
Arrangements with the Indiana State Department of Labor set a union shop election for December 30 at the Allis Chalmers main plant on North Thirteenth Street. About 425 to 430 production workers will be eligible to vote, with time and exact location to be finalized jointly. Previously 278 to 17 approved a union shop at the pilot plant on East Wabash.
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Indiana State Department of Labor
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
North Thirteenth Street
Clyde Wheatfill
C.I.C. United Automobile Workers Unit
U.A.W
Wabash Avenue
Storms Delay Army Personnel Arrivals to Ports
Storms at sea delay the arrival of about 8 000 army personnel due to discharge before Christmas at U S ports on both coasts. A spokesman said it is still possible all can be separated before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Eisenhower Meets Present Danger Committee Lunch
President elect Eisenhower lunched with the Present Danger committee led by James B. Conant to discuss fighting world wide communism. Attendees included Dulles Brownell Kyes and Stassen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Eisenhower
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Commodore Hotel
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Roger M. Kyes
Defense
Harold Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
James C. Hagerty
Morningside Drive
John Eisenhower
Korea
Hagerty
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur S. Fleming
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Temple University
Hoover Committee
Joseph M. Dodge
Bureau of the Budget
Sherman Adams
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr
No Sabotage Clues Found at Joliet
In Joliet Illinois a workman named Carl Berry age 27 was killed when nitric acid exploded in an acid-fume recovery building at the U S Arsenal. Berry was inspecting acid tanks when the blast occurred. He died in a hospital from internal injuries and burns. FBI investigation began but officials found no sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ill
U.S
Carl Berry
Berry
FBI
Gold Star Mother Remembers the Boys in Christmas Gift
Uniontown pa Mrs Susan Glusia who lost her son in World War II keeps memory of his comrades by bringing Christmas cheer to hospitalized servicemen She finished a week long bake at her home producing 800 cookies 140 miniature pastry Santa Clauses 140 candy filled Nepi trees and 140 popcorn balls.
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Uniontown
Susan Glusia
Gold Star
Property and poll taxes in Indiana rise for 1953
Indiana property and poll taxes will total more than 21 million dollars higher in 1953, the Indiana Taxpayers Association announced. Chairman Harry Miesse called the increase of 21,755,430 enormous and said inflation and the emergency must be addressed, though he noted some counties reduced their levies and more could do so in the 1953 budgets. The 1953 budget after trimming stood at 254,806,800, with Newton county the only one of 92 not to raise its levy.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Taxpayers Association
Harry Miesse
Association
Miesse
State Board
Newton
Brodie Twins Cling To Life After Separation
Chicago dispatch reports Roger Lee Brodie, 15 months, surviving after separation from his Siamese twin Rodney Dee, with over 100 hours in a deep coma and no clear change. Doctors describe Roger as precarious, fearing possible severe brain damage, while Rodney Dee remains critical but showing limited improvement. The operation joined the twins at the skull and involved major post operative dangers as experts monitor developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roger Lee Brodie
Rodney Dee
Roger
University of
County Distributes Vigo County Tax Funds in Semiannual Payment
Vigo Countywide semiannual tax distribution totals about 2.67 million dollars with funds to be paid to schools in Terre Haute and to civil towns, townships, and state authorities. Deputy auditors prepared the distribution sheet as checks are issued by the county auditor, with advances noted for several units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Indiana
Everett J. Acree
Ray Davis
Schools
Terre Haute
State of
West Terre Haute
Seelyville
Riley
Fayette
Harrison
Honey Creek
Linton
Lost Creek
Nevins
Otter Creek
Pierson
Prairie Creek
Prairieton
Sugar Creek
Fred Bauer
Hints Chiang Forces to Fight in Korea
Maj. Gen. William C. Chase of MAAG signaled future action by Nationalist Chinese forces in Korea next year. He spoke at a Taipei luncheon with Chiang Kai-shek present, noting discussions with President-elect Eisenhower about aid and faster U S military supplies for Chiang’s forces.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
William C. Chase
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chase
U. S
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Korea
MAAG
Gifts to Basket Fund Accept Donations Through Wednesday
Donations to the Tribune-Star Christmas basket fund total $610.50 with a $3 gift from "A Friend" and proceeds from the Golden Gloves tournament and the Phi Beta Psi bridge party. Baskets will be distributed Wednesday at four fire stations and recipients will be notified by mail. Donations can be mailed or delivered to the Tribune-Star office at 721 Wabash Avenue.
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Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Yugoslav General Denounces Western Blackmail Talk
Lt. Col. General Veja Nikolic told officials and diplomats in Belgrade that some Western statements amount to blackmail against Yugoslavia and its army. He praised Western aid given without conditions and reiterated the army as a peacekeeping factor in Europe and the Balkans. Marshal Tito attended the National Theater ceremony marking the Yugoslav People's Army’s 11th anniversary.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.P
Marshal Tito
Veja Nikolic
Yugoslav People’s Army
Nikolic
West
Tanjug
Europe
Balkans
Optimist Club to buy clothes for 500 children
Terre Haute Optimist Club aims to raise over 1,000 daily to fund a Christmas project. With two thirds of the money raised, they plan to buy outfits for 500 needy children through the Mile-O'-Dimes booth at 637 Wabash Avenue. Over 6,586 dollars total. 360 dollars added from the Charles Simon restaurant fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Charles Simon
South Fourth Street
Hotel Deming
Blast Kills 30 In Nagoya Japan Factory Blast
A hydrogen explosion at the Tea Synthetic Chemical Company in Nagoya killed up to 30 people and injured about 500, with 150 in critical condition. Firefighters, police and US Air Force volunteers worked amid ammonium fumes to recover victims as the blast heavily damaged the ammonium sulphate plant and ferro concrete building, with damage pegged at 14 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagoya
Japan
Air Force
Tea Synthetic Chemical Company
Reds Again Deny U N Prisoners Christmas Packages
Tokyo dispatch reports 4000 UN Christian soldiers in North Korean camps face a bleak Christmas denied by Communists. Lists at Panmunjom tally about 3200 Americans 1000 British 40 Filipinos 10 French 6 Australians and others, all with Christmas significance, while no celebrations are noted.
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Robert Vermillion
Tokyo
United Nations
Panmunjom
Canada
Greece
Holland
Assembly Rejects Soviet Demand At UN Over Korea Prisoner Riots
The United Nations General Assembly voted 45 to 5 to reject a Soviet resolution condemning U S actions in Korea and accusing U S forces of mass murder of war prisoners. The session adjourned for Feb 24 as Eisenhower nears inauguration.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Nations
N. Y
N.p
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Korea
U.S
Ernest A. Gross
General Assembly
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Pongain Island
Andrei Gromyko
U.N
Gross
Gromyko
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Iran
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
U. S
Selwyn Lloyd
Russia
Kidnap Search Shifts to Iowa for Naperville Children
The search for two missing Naperville children Jean Petersen age six and Edward Rosenstein age three moved to Iowa from Naperville after two weeks with no clues. Local efforts included quarry diggings and DuPage River draggings while Tipton Iowa authorities questioned truck drivers about a sighting of two children with a truck bearing Iowa plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naperville
Ill
Iowa
Jean Petersen
Edward Rosenstein
Tipton
Walter Revoir
Oak Lawn
Revoir
Iawa
Ground War Nears Halt as Air Forces Pound North Korea
American Sabrejets shot down three MIG-15s in dogfights over North Korea as air and naval actions continue. The 5th Air Force reported 38 MiGs shot down or damaged this month, with B-29s bombing supply centers on the West Coast near Nam sanggye and Yongyong.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
5Th Air Force
Japan
Namsanggye
Sinanju
Yongyong
Sukchon
U.N
U.S
Chinese Foreign Minister Backs Russian Truce Plan
In a Peiping dispatch Chou En Lai urged the United Nations to adopt the Russian truce proposal after protesting 84 prisoner deaths in Pongamn. The UN had rejected the plan over lack of guaranteed prisoner freedom to choose residency. Separately at Panmunjom, Communists accused the UN of shelling the neutral zone while admitting UN aircraft overflight.
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Tokyo
China
Lester B. Pearson
United Nations General Assembly
Peiping Radio
Chou En Lai
U.N
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Today
Reds
Hoodlums Attack Teens Leaving Church in Chicago
A gang of about ten youths attacked teenagers after a church fellowship in Chicago. Two youths were stabbed, one boy hit with a crowbar, and another suffered head wounds. Victims, including Joseph Barrett 15 Jack Wadham 13 and Donald Reynolds 17, were listed in fair condition. The incident occurred near the Ash Continued on Page 2.
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Chicago
Disciples of Christ Youth Fellowship
Joseph Barrett
Jack Wadham
Donald Reynolds
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Frank Jessup
A.C
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Washington
George II
United States of America
Brodie
Chiang
Christina
Red Cross
Assembly
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