Snow Strands Hundreds Across Mountain States on New Year
Deep New Year snows trapped hundreds in Colorado Utah Nevada and California. About 700 people were marooned in Utah with 200 at Alta and Brighton ski resorts. A 1000 foot slide blocked U S 160 and a truck from Watson Brothers vanished with two missing. Rescuers used mine detectors as heavy plows fought the slides while temperatures plunged in Vernal Utah and Virginia City Nevada faced ten feet of snow in main streets.
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Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
Alta
Brighton
Wasatch Mountain
Salt Lake City
Daniel's Canyon
U. S. 40
Wolf Creek Pass
Continental Divide
U. S. 160
Watson Brothers Transportation Company
Otis Clifton
Clifton
John Vess
Watson Brothers
Wess
Nyone
Sierras
Donner Pass
U. S. 50
Virginia City
Nev
Vernal
Colorado Highway Patrol
Seven Mountain Passes
UN Paris Session Opens After Christmas Recess
The United States and ten nations plan to urge regional forces such as Atlantic pact armies to enforce peace as the UN General Assembly resumes its sixth session after a 10 day holiday break. Philip Jessup will lead the American push for tighter collective measures to resist aggression. Countries backing the proposal include Australia Belgium Brazil Canada France the Philippines Turkey Britain Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
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Paris
United States
United Nations
General Assembly
Philip Jessup
Soviet Union
Jessup
Wranglever
Andrei Vishinsky
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
France
Philippines
Turkey
Britain
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Montana Farmer Dies in Lambert Road Collision
Gerald Butka, about 32, a Lambert area farmer, died late Monday when his car collided on a steep incline with a truck driven by his cousin Vernon Butka. The crash occurred two miles west of Lambert on the Lambert Richey road, about an hour before the New Year. Sheriff Sam W. Childers reported the incident, marking Montana’s 1951 traffic deaths at 183. Vernon Butka escaped serious injury.
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Sidney
Jan
Gerald Butka
Lambert Area
Sam W. Childers
Childers
Butka
Vernon Butka
Lambert
Lambert- Richey
Montana
Fire Sparing Tree Fires Up House Inferno
Fire destroyed the entire first floor of a two story home owned by George Burg before firefighters saved the corner living room where the Christmas tree remained unscathed. The blaze followed a Christmas season pattern with trees blamed for several fires in the period.
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Philadelphia
George Burg
US Building Expenditures Near 30 Billion Dollars
The 1951 year end report shows U S building outlays at 29.813 billion, led by military facilities and defense plants. Private construction held near 1950 totals while materials shortages trimmed volume. 1952 may see declines as steel limits bite. Public outlays surpassed 9 billion, rising 27 percent from 1950.
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Washington
Atomic Energy and Defense
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
Building Materials Division
Draft Calls Will Continue Heavy in 1952
Washington reports heavy draft calls likely through early 1952 as thousands of deferred youths enter uniform. Congress faces universal military training decisions under a plan requiring six months of training and seven years in reserves. January and February drafts are projected at about 59,650 and 55,000 respectively, with monthly calls of 40,000 thereafter to reach a 4,000,000 man goal.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
UMT
Army
Marine Corps
Armed Services
Defense Department
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Italian Communists Open Sharp Anti Clerical Attack
The Italian Communist Party launches a hard anti clerical campaign against the Catholic church as part of a broader push to block a European army. Leader Palmiro Togliatti calls for uniting citizens who reject clerical government and its corruption.
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Rome
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
L’humanite
L’unita
Togliatti
Wreckage of Plane Finds 28 Bodies in Arizona Mountain
Plane crash inquiry reports a missing Air Force C47 with 28 aboard found on Armer mountain 65 miles northeast of Phoenix. Among the dead are 19 West Point cadets and four crew, with recovery hampered by snow and ice slides as ground teams prepare to descend the slope.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
West Point
Arnold Johnson
Jack Shoe Cattle Company
Johnson
Williams Air Force Base
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Texas
United States Military Academy
N. Y
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Nears Safety Council Projection
Traffic deaths in the four day New Year period approached the National Safety Council forecast of 350, with at least 339 fatalities logged as the holiday ended. Overall deaths from all causes reached 537, with 65 in fires and 134 in miscellaneous accidents. The list provides state totals for traffic, fires, and other causes. Ned H. Dearborn urged readers to note the broad loss as American lives were claimed abroad and at home.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Korea
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
California clergyman named world champion liar by Liars' Club
The Burlington Liars' Club named Rev. Arthur R. Kirk of Biggs, California, the world champion liar for 1951. His parishioners praise the honor and consider a salary raise for the 34-year-old pastor. The winning entry described watermelons growing so fast they wore them out and even a melon theft ending in a hospital visit. Kirk receives a gold plated, diamond studded medal for the feat.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars
Arthur R. Kirk
Biggs
Calif
O. C. Hulett
Hulett
Associated Press
Mr. Kirk
Kirk
Liars’ Club
Murray's Records Its Last Birth
Murray hospital closed its maternity ward records as it ceased accepting new mothers after New Year’s Day births. Deborrah Jean Huber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Huber, was the last baby born there at 7:37 p.m. Monday. Other New Year’s arrivals included Barbara Johnson and a son for Arden C. Cofer, with further siblings noted for each family.
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St. James Hospital
Murray Hospital
Deborrah Jean Huber
John Huber
Ash
Hubers
Huber
Norbert
Garrett
Dennis
Stork
Johnson
Arden C. Cofer
Harrison
Cofer
Harrison Avenue
Arden C. Jr
Nola Sue
Walter Wood
West Iron
Woods
Lauren Earl
Wood
Deaths of Girls Puzzle Police in Royal Oak
In Royal Oak near Detroit two Pontiac high school girls died after a New Year party. Jessie Anastos aged 15 and Barbara Holloway aged 17 were found in a snowbank early Tuesday. Police pursued autopsy findings and now believe a car struck or pushed them or that they fell from one, ending the case with no strangling evidence.
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Detroit
Pontiac
Royal Oak
Jessie Anastos
Barbara Holloway
Howard L. Seiler, Jr
Seiler
Holloway
Anastos
Communists Threaten as War Front Slow in Korea
North Korean Premier Kim Ti Sung urged victory for Chinese volunteers in a New Year message to fighters. Peng Teh-hual boasted of Reds’ victories and warned of total defeat for the Americans. U S losses reach 103 418 with limited ground contact and skirmishes. air war sees two MIGs damaged while two Sabres are shot down in other actions.
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Seoul
Korea
Kim Ti Sung
Chinese Peoples Volunteers
Peng Teh-hual
Red Army
Peng
Defense Department
Washington
United States
Eighth Army
Yonchon
Infant New Year Both Joyful and Violent This Year
A New Year overview notes joyous events like the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena and the Mummers' parade in Philadelphia, but also violence including fires, shootings, and a missing air force craft with 28 aboard. The report mentions Korea gunfire and casualties in Arizona search efforts, plus seven fatalities from fires as the year begins.
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Pasadena
Philadelphia
Korea
Arizona
Air Force
West Point
Pontiac
Mich
Weather Forecast BLUITE Cold Wednesday Across Montana
Partly cloudy and continued cold Wednesday and Wednesday night. Readings show subzero temperatures at the Airport and School of Mines, with frigid overnight lows. Winds southwest to west and drifting snow east of Divide, with a warmer high Wednesday.
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School of Mines
Divide
Allied delegates urge return of South Korean POWs in Red Army
At Munsan on January 2, Rear Admiral Libby pressed the Communists to release thousands of South Korean soldiers drafted into the Red army. He urged an immediate POW status for repatriation under an equitable postwar formula, amid ongoing armistice talks and disputes over air strength controls.
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Munsan
Korea
Adm
R. E. Libby
Red Army
United Nations Command
Reds
Libby
Taft Campaign Manager Exudes Confidence in Victory
David Ingalls of Cleveland, Taft campaign manager, says nomination seems certain and predicts Taft will be named on an early ballot at the July convention. He cites scandal disintegration of the Truman administration, a desire for qualified leadership, and Taft’s rising poll support as key factors.
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Washington
Taft
Republcan
David
Ingalls
Cleveland
Truman
Earl Warren
California
Harold £. Stassen
Minnesota
GOP
Cold New Year Continues Across Montana U S 2 Opened As Roads Improve
Montana weather report notes subzero readings across the state with -27 in Tuesday morning and -20 expected in Butte. By day, readings climb to near zero or above with scattered highs around 15 to 25 above west of the Continental Divide and drifting snow in the eastern plains.
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Uptown
Butte
South Side
School of Mines
Helena
Montana
Cut Bank
U. S.88
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Miles City
Continental Divide
Divide
Drummond
Livingston
Great Falls
Havre
Broadus
Whitehall
Bedford Sergeant Earns Medal of Honor for Saving Comrades
Sgt. William S. Sitman 27 of Bedford Pennsylvania threw himself on an exploding grenade to save five comrades. The act earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor, announced Tuesday as the 38th such award since the Korean War began.
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Tokyo
William S. Sitman
Bedford
United States Army
America
Dulles Sees No Likely Peace in Korea in 1952
John Foster Dulles, back from Korea, doubts a dependable peace that settles Korea’s political disputes. He notes ground fighting may end but both sides face costly risks. praise for UN and Korean sacrifices, and Japanese alignment with the free world. He warns on Russian bait and urges aid to the less fortunate worldwide.
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New York
John Poster Dulles
Korea
United Nations
Dulles
State Department
Columbia Broadcasting System
South Korea
Moscow
America
Death of Former Billings Policeman Probed
Miles Pearsall, 48, ex Billings police officer, found dead Tuesday in a Northern Pacific salt house. He had a gashed right leg and head injuries after reportedly falling from a nine foot steel tanker. an autopsy will determine cause of death. Pearsall served five years on the Billings force after joining in 1928.
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Billings
Miles Pearsall
Northern Pacific Railway
Salt House
Melvin Botce
Yellowstone County Oroner
Randall Wilson
Pearsall
Wilson
Force
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