Ridgway Presses for Quick NATO Defense Build Up
Gen. Matthew Ridgway urged rapid approval of a 428 million dollar defense buildup at the 1952 NATO review in Paris. Lord Ismay signaled likely deferral of major plans, while U.S. orders for 90 million dollars of Centurion tanks and parts were announced. Premiers and foreign ministers, including Alcide de Gasperi and Robert Schuman, urged broader use of NATO power beyond military means.
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Preston Grover Paris
Europe
Matthew B. Ridgway
NATO
Lord Ismay
Ridgway
London
United States
Britain
Korea
Netherlands
Denmark
U. S
Eiffel Tower
United Nations
Finance
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Soviet Union
Marshal Stalin
Ussr
Robert Schuman
France
Ole Bjoern Kraft
One Way Streets Spark Hearing in Butte City Council
About 25 people attended a public hearing on a proposed traffic ordinance in Butte to make Broadway from Montana to Excelsior Quartz from Wyoming to Main and Iron from Main to Dakota one way west. Iron St delegation argued hardship for Dakota and Colorado residents. Committee will report Wednesday night.
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Broadway
Montana
Excelsior
Wyoming
Main
Iron
Dakota
Butte
John Lindquist
City Council
Judiciary Committee
Iron St
Quartz St
Ray Colbert
Roy Erickson
Colorado
Iran
Lindquist
Hoboken Mayor Labeled Key Player in Waterfront Rackets
Testimony at a state crime hearing portrays Hoboken Mayor Fred N. de Sapio as a power on the New Jersey waterfront with police and fire commissioner Michael Borelli. Edward J. Florio, AFL ILA local president, is described as a shakedown figure targeting shipping firms for ten thousand dollars over four years. Florio faces perjury charges. witnesses recount dock-paid favors and intimidation to secure jobs.
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New York
Hoboken
N. J
New Jersey
Fred N. de Sapio
Michael Borelli
Edward J. Florio
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
de Sapio
Joseph M. Proskauer
Crime Commission
Florio
Anthony de Vincenzo
Jersey
Borelli
de Vincenzo
Truman Dedicates New U.S. Shrine to Founding Documents
President Truman and Chief Justice Vinson presided at a ceremony in the National Archives as the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights were installed in a marble bronze and glass shrine. The three papers are kept in sealed cases with a 50 ton safe for protection and possible quick lowering if needed.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Truman
Vinson
National Archives
Supreme Court strikes down Oklahoma loyalty oath law
The Supreme Court in an 8 to 0 ruling held Oklahoma's loyalty oath unconstitutional for lacking safeguards against innocent associations. Justice Clark said indiscriminate grouping of innocent and knowing activity violates due process. Oklahoma Rep. Bill Shibley vowed to rework the measure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Clark
U. S. General Assembly
Oklahoma City
Bill Shibley
Shibley
Los Angeles City
New York
Maryland
High Court
No Action Yet on Jail Food Emergency in Silver Bow
Silver Bow County commissioners postponed a $12 000 emergency jail feeding appropriation after a public hearing with 25 attendees. Taxpayers suggested comparing jail costs in Silver Bow Cascade and Yellowstone Counties, while officials urged immediate action, and the measure was taken under advisement.
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Silver Bow
Cascade
Yellowstone
Board of Prisoners
Frank Gersh
Joe H. Sullivan
Loretta L. Sullivan
J. Frank Sullivan
Gersh
J. F. Emigh
John Mullaney
Bill Dalling
Sheriff's Office
Butte and Montana Weather Forecast Tuesday Outlook
Cloudy to foggy valleys west of divide with fair higher elevations. highs 25 to 35. Mostly cloudy with little temperature change Tuesday night. East of divide fair Tuesday then cloudy and warm. Montana forecast notes low 15s and highs near 40 in Butte area with varying readings from Sunday night to Monday afternoon.
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School of Mines
Divide
Fair
Montana
Pep Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Red Patrols Repulsed After Five Ground Attacks in Korea
Chinese patrols attacked Allied lines on Kumhwa ridges five times Monday night into Tuesday, all repelled by South Korean infantry on icy slopes. Eighth Army said the heaviest assault of about 80 Chinese was beaten off near midnight. Air actions included 12 B 29 strikes near Pyongyang and Sinanju. fighter bombers destroyed 95 vehicles. Earlier, MiG clashes over Northwestern Korea involved Sabres against Russian built jets, with mixed results.
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George McArthur
Seoul
Kumhwa
Central Korea
Pinpoint Hill
Sniper
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Sinanju
Korea
Air Force
Shooting Star
Chungwa
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
U S Rejects Compromise in Korean War Policy
The United States declared a no compromise stance on a Korean truce and said it will not submit new prisoner of war plans. The State Department blamed Chinese Communists and North Korea for blocking peace, while U S President-elect Eisenhower urged steps to push others toward peace amid Peiping’s rejection. A British spokesman noted the refusal creates serious problems needing careful handling.
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Francis W. Carpenter
United Nations
N. Y
United States
Korea
North Korea
State Department
Red China
U. N
China
U. N. Assembly
Peiping
U. S
Dwight Eisenhower
Pusan
United Nations Prisoner of War Command
Pongam Island
Winter Tempests Harass Europe Across Bridges and Seas
Gales drove ships onto rocks including the U S Navy refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer at Leghorn Italy with all 40 crew aboard unhurt. The Taberg and Columbia Trader faced wrecks and tow, while floods swamped Rome Venice and Cittadella. Ice bound roads hit Britain and heavy snow battered Birmingham Paris and neighboring nations.
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London
Europe
Leghorn
Italy
Taberg
Calais
English
England
Atlantic
Isle of
Capri
Tiber Valley
Rome
Venice
Liri
Cittadella
Bordeaux
France
Alps
Britain
Birmingham
Paris
Belgium
Sweden
Holland
Germany
Yorktown Recommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Yard
The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown known as the Fighting Lady of World War II was recommissioned Monday at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton Washington. The ceremony marks the ship’s return to active status after modernization.
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Fleet
Bremerton, Wash
U.P
Yorktown
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
37 U. S. Sailors Huddle on Severed Ship Stern Off Leghorn
Rescue efforts for 37 U S sailors aboard the severed stern of the Grommet Reefer near Leghorn Italy were suspended until daylight. Gale force winds and rocks left the hulk wedged on the reef as Italian and U S forces try to reestablish a second cable.
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U. S
Navy
Leghorn
Italy
Stan Swinton Leghorn
A. F. White
U. S. Navy
Karl F. Treudler
White
U. S. Administered
Sea Transportation Service
Civil Service
Carl F. Trendler
Belleaire
N. Y
Wormsley
Philadelphia
George Jackson
Georgia
Austria
Reds mutiny on Pongam Island leads to deadly breakout
U N command says 84 POW deaths in the Pongam Island riot as 2 U S and 2 ROK soldiers were wounded. About 9 000 civilians held at UNC Camp No 10 faced three wave assaults in a wind swept attack, with rocks flying and guards firing to quell the uprising.
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U. N
U. S
Red Radio
Koje
Pongam
United Nations Command
C. V. Cadwell
U. N. Prisoner of War Command
George P. Miller
U. N. Command
Chogu
Diplomat Vincent Suspended Over Loyalty Question
Washington reports the State Department suspended John Carter Vincent a career diplomat and minister at Tangier after a loyalty doubt was found by a government board. In contrast John Paton Davies Jr. was cleared with no reasonable doubt about loyalty. Davies serves as deputy director of political affairs in the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany office in Bonn. Vincent faces possible firing per Civil Service loyalty review. President Truman will discuss with Secretary Acheson upon his NATO conference return.
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Washington
State Department
John Carter Vincent
Department
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Morocco
The
Civil Service Commission
Vincent
Truman
Acheson
NATO
Paris
Davies
U. S
Germany
Bonn
Louis Budenz
Daily Worker
Senate
Butte Soldier Wounded in Korea War
Pvt. Clovis R. Lawhead, son of Mrs Bell C Barnhart, was wounded in Korea on November 22, the day after his 18th birthday. He sustained flash wounds to his left thigh and foot from grenade explosions and is treated at a Pusan hospital. Born in Bloomington Indiana, he has lived in the Butte and Ennis areas for a decade and enlisted a year ago after turning 17.
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Clovis R. Lawhead
Bell C. Barnhart
East Platinum
Korea
Pvt. Lawhead
Pusan
Bloomington
Ind
Butte
Ennis
Army
Camp Roberts
Calif
Japan
Camp Stoneman
Sculptor Sir William Goscombe John Dies at 92
Sir William Goscombe John, a leading British sculptor and dean of his field, died Monday at age 92. His notable works include statues of royal family members dating back to King Edward VII, great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
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London
William Goscombe John
Edward VII
Elizabeth II
Idaho man given three year term for truck theft
William G. Crowley of Bonners Ferry Idaho was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing a truck he used to drive to his car theft trial in Spokane Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
U.P
William G. Crowley
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
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