Widow taken in custody in Truman assassination plot case
The 22 year old widow of Puerto Rican plotter Griselia Otero Torresola was detained by federal agents before a grand jury inquiry into the assassination plot. She faced questioning at the federal courthouse but no charges were filed. Federal officials pursued conspirators tied to the Nationalist movement amid heightened secrecy as investigations continued.
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New York
Truman
Carmen Otero Torresola
Federal Court House
Department of Welfare
Griselia
FBI
Secret Service
Puerto Rico
Revolutionary Movement
Juan Pinta- Gandia
Rosa Collazo
Bronx
Secret Services
Blairhouse
Early Murder Trial Sought For Death Plotter
Federal prosecutors plan a first degree murder indictment next week against Oscar Collazo for the White House officer killing during the attempted assassination of President Truman. Arraigned November 21, Collazo could face the electric chair if convicted, with possible mass trial for accomplices.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
White House
Truman
Robert Scott Ill in Japanese Hospital
Avon Lake reports Col. Robert Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Scott of Norman Ave, is ill in a Japanese hospital. He was moved from the Korean front to a field hospital on October 15 and is expected to remain hospitalized for two to three months.
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Avon Lake
Larence Scott
Norman Avea
Col
Robert Scott
Japan
Scott
Korea
Five Die in Crash Near Kendallville Indiana
Five persons including two children were killed when a car collided with a steel truck at a highway intersection near Kendallville Indiana. A sixth body was suspected while two others were seriously injured. The truck driver Guy Bettan a 24 year old from Lorain Ohio and Hazel Swick a 27 year old from Lansing Michigan were among the injured.
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Kendallville
Ind
Guy Bettan
Lorain
Hazel Swick
Lansing
Mich
McCray Memorial Hospital
Bettan
Here
Truman Skips Morning Walk After Assassination Attempt
President Truman visited two wounded White House guards at emergency hospital and said they are getting along fine. He had abandoned his usual morning walk, noting no danger to himself, and recalled the events of the Wednesday gun attack with officials emphasizing protection of the president.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Secret Service
Blair House
Mencken Improves but Remains Very Sick at Baltimore
John Hopkins Hospital officials said author H L Mencken, age 70, continues to improve but remains a very sick man. The legendary Baltimore writer, known as the sage of Baltimore, is hospitalized and under care.
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Mencken
Baltimore
H. L. Menckent
Sage
John Hopkins Hospital
UN approves plan for veto proof international armed force
The United Nations General Assembly backed an American conceived plan to form a 14 country peace patrol and a 14 member collective measures committee to observe and deter aggression while urging universal human rights. Russia and its Cominform allies opposed one section but backed others as the plan passed 52 to 5 with 3 abstentions. The program includes emergency sessions on 24 hours notice and aims to mobilize national defense units to protect against aggressors.
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Flushing
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
Security Council
Russia
Assembly
Jomn
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Northeast Ohio Weather Forecast Snapshot
Cloudy, cool conditions with light rain possible this afternoon. Tonight will be cloudy and cooler with a low around 40. Saturday will stay cool with a high near 55 and drier conditions. Snow not mentioned. temps trend warmer early next week with rain chances around Tuesday.
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Ohio
Noreas
Elyria High Hosts Lorain County Military Ball for Bands
Elyria High School will host a Lorain County Military Ball bringing together band members from 10 area high schools plus Sandusky High as a non county guest. The dance runs 8 30 to 12 with Jay Ross and his orchestra providing music and plans to make the event a yearly affair.
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Elyria High School
Lorain County
Sandusky High School
Elyria
Jay Ross
George Berg
Dick Larkin
Dick Comstock
Harold Aldrich
Anne Hennings
Linda Curtis
Dick Speigle
Jack Johnston
Jim Dunlap
Joan Hyman
Edith Kaplan
Dorothy Gibbens
Nancy Flaherty
Ted Lakacy
Douglas Burgett
Walter von Brock
Lloyd Hennings
K. A. Eaton
Arthur B. Comstock
von Brock
Recreation Board Plans For Skating And Basketball
The Elyria Recreation Board met in City Hall and discussed a requested financial statement from W O McClellan, public schools business manager. Chairman Paul J Corbin ordered Olga Truicoff to send McClellan a 1950 year to date financial report, 1950 playground activity report, and 1949 financial report.
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Elyria Recreation Board
Paul J. Corbin
W. O. McClellan
Elyria Public Schools
Carbin
McClellan
Board of Education
Recreation Board
Olga Truicoff
Youth Sentenced On Arson Ties To Circus Fire
Robert Segee pleaded guilty to ten arson charges tied to minor fires in Ohio. He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of two to 20 years at Mansfield Reformatory, making him eligible for parole after four months with good time. The 21-year-old former circus roustabout confessed selling the Ringling fire plan.
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Circleville
Robert Seger
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Segee
Common Pleas
William Radcliff
Pat Radican
Audi
Pol. Adv
Budget Board Approves Lorain County Education Budget
The Lorain County Board of Education approved a 1951 budget of 35 480 dollars, up 2 635 from last year. Expenditures for 1950 are projected at 34 062 with increases in office equipment and supplies. The board will seek final approval from the State Department of Education. Gerald M. Frank was authorized to attend the Ohio Music Education Association meeting in Akron December 1 2.
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Lorain County
Gerald M. Frank
Ohio Music Education Association
Akron
Civilian Defense Heads Meet In Cleveland
Lorain County civilian defense leaders gathered in Cleveland for a day long briefing on duties if called into service. Commissioner President Norman Thompson and Harold Bruce outlined progress and noted no defense yet for an atomic explosion. The group aims to perfect organization quickly and awaits state guidance.
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Lorain County
Cleveland
Norman Thompson
Harold Bruce
Carlisle
Thompson
Red China troops enter Korea. UN forces faced mass intervention
Thousands of Chinese Communist troops clash with United Nations forces in northern Korea and cross from Manchuria daily. Tokyo watchers expect China to weigh full intervention, though officials call the situation serious but not critical. Mao Zedong leads a propaganda push as MacArthur monitors U.S. posture.
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United Nations
Korea
Manchuria
Red China
China
Red
Mao Tze-Tung
Lake Success
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Yalu River
Communist Radio
Peiping
Hong Kong
Harbin
Canton
United States
Japan
Shanghai
Nanking
All China
Fear Plane Down With 48 Aboard
Geneva authorities investigated an Air India Constellation bound from Bombay to London that was overdue over Grenoble in the French Alps. It carried 40 passengers and eight crew, with reports stating 44 Indian seamen were aboard en route to Newcastle to join a ship. Swiss officials declared a search state as crews sought the four engined liner which had enough fuel to remain aloft but had not landed by the scheduled time.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Air India
Alps
Bombay
London
Grenoble
French Alps
Newcastle
Cointrin
Gordon Jeffery to Speak Tonight at Elyria Elks Hall
Gordon Jeffery clerk of courts of Lucas County and state secretary for the Loyal Order of Moose will speak at 8:00 tonight at the Elyria Elks Hall. The event, sponsored by independent citizens as a good citizenship project, aims to educate voters on their privileges and responsibilities in a democracy. Sam Provenza, Moose secretary, chairs the meeting which is open to the public.
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Gordon Jeffery
Lucas County
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Elyria
Elks Hall
Jeffery
Sam Provenza
Moose
Secret rocket origin claim shocks world
Moscow asserts rockets were first made in Russia as early as 1620 or sooner, a claim kept secret and only revealed after recently found materials. Russian officials say they themselves did not know until now that such records existed.
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Washington
Moscow
Russia
Tibet's Boy Ruler Flees As Reds Near Capital
The 16 year old Dalai Lama abandons Lhasa as 27 000 Chinese troops approach within 150 miles of the Tibetan capital. Four ministers killed in battle as Tibetans resist. Nehru pressured to take the Tibet issue to the United Nations amid Chinese notes.
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Tibet
Reds
New Delhi
India
Dala Lama
Thasa
Kalimpong
Dalay Tama Icf
Lhasa
Dalia ‘Lama
Jawaharlal Nehru
United Nations
Nehru
UN Secunty Council
Hopes For End Abandoned In Korean Front Battles
U S reinforcements moved north through rain to bolster a new defense line against 13 Chinese and North Korean divisions pressing the United Nations front in northwest Korea near Unsan. About 40,000 to 50,000 enemy troops massed, threatening a major assault as 500 troops from a lost 1st Cavalry battalion escaped encirclement.
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Tokyo
U. S
North Korea
Unsan
Northwest Korea
United Nations
Korea
Pyongyang
1St Cavalry Division
U. S. 1St .Corps
Douglas ‘MacArthur
U.S. 1St Corps
Manchurian
MacArthur
Iwo
South Korea
Cleveland Man Lured To Death By Phone Call
A 42 year old construction foreman was shot dead outside his home in Cleveland after answering a phone call that claimed a car break in. The victim Anscio Graziano had moved from Buffalo in 1947. His wife Ann Graziano woke to the call and heard a voice claiming to be a policeman before he was killed.
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Cleveland
Atta
Anscio Graziano
Buffalo
Ann Graziano
Granano
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