MacArthur Korea Campaign Tops Long Career Highlights
Gen Douglas MacArthur’s Korea campaign is praised as the peak of his career. He planned and executed a bold Inchon landing behind enemy lines, rallied badly needed South Korean forces, and integrated Koreans with American troops to form the 7th American Division, delivering rapid, decisive results amid heavy losses.
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Henry W. Harris
Alliance
W York
Douglas MacArthur
38Th Parallel
United States
United Nations
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Inchon
Arthur
Bataan
Montgomery
Gen. MacArthur
Coo Kim
Pluto Seen by Giant Telescope Covered in Gray Snow
Observers using California's 200 inch telescope describe Pluto as a distant ninth planet with a rocky surface encrusted in grey, grime like snow. The article notes a thin atmosphere, a mass around one tenth Earth, a diameter near 3550 miles, and a gravitational influence on Neptune much stronger than its size suggests.
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Pluto
New York
California
Astronomy Journal
Sky and Telescope
Palomar
Earth
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Athough
Neptune
P.O. W. Dependent Benefits Simplified
President Truman signed an amendment to the war claims act easing eligibility for payments to Parents of deceased World War II prisoners of war. Former POWs receive $1 daily for time in enemy camps. survivors, then parents if no survivors, receive the funds.
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Washington
War Claims Commission
Truman
P.O.W
Knoxville Doctor Dies at 94 in St. Marys Ohio
Dr. Henry E. Fledderjohnn, 94, of Knoxville, Ohio, died in St. Marys. He was Auglaize County's oldest physician.
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Knoxville
ST. Marys, O
Henry E. Fledderjohnn
Auglaize County
Tragic newborn found in incinerator garbage dump
Cincinnati officials report that a newborn girl’s body was discovered at the bottom of a city incinerator after garbage from a collection truck was dumped into the incinerator. The case prompts a police investigation into the disposal.
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Cincinnati
Akron Bus Strike Continues Paralyzing City Transit
About 500 members of the CSO Transport Workers Union voted to keep a wildcat strike against the Akron Transportation Co for a sixth time in six years. They urged more buses, slower schedules, and a 20 minute lurch period, while Muldoon warned of contract renegotiation. Patrons faced delays as riders sought private cars or walking options.
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Akron
C.so. Transport Workers Union
Wildcat
Akron Transportation Co
William H. Muldoon
Muldoon
Car fumes kill boy during camping trip in Defiance
Coroner D J Slosser ruled accidental asphyxiation in the death of 6 year old Samuel Sabo of Defiance. The family campers heated a tent by running the car heater, leading to lethal exhaust fumes for the boy while they sought warmth.
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Defiance
D. J. Slosser
Samuel Sabo
Sabo
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