Eisenhower Korea Visit Lifts American Troops Spirits
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower’s three day Korea tour boosted morale among U S troops and prompted varied views on war aims The trip included leaders like Charles E Wilson Omar Bradley and Herbert Brownell as security remained tight and the general avoided front lines while urging stronger South Korean forces and a potential UN push toward the Yalu River
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Chung Il Kwon
U. S. Ninth Corps
Chung
United Nations
Yalu
Bak Lim Hung
Medal of Honor Goes To GI Who Battled To Save Pals
Pfc. Mack A. Jordan of Collins Mississippi earned the Medal of Honor for a lone assault on a hill in Korea. He knocked out a machine gun nest under cover of darkness and mist, continued firing after losing both legs, and died as his unit withdrew. Eyewitness Lt. Edward F. Sheehan of Brockton Mass described his bravery.
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Pals
Korea
Pfc
Mack A. Jordan
John W. Jordan
Collins
Miss
Army
Jordan
Edward F. Sheehan
Brockton
Plate
Dangerous Cons Sought By Police In Maryland and West Virginia
Police hunt three dangerous convicts still at large after a mass break at Western State Penitentiary in Pittsburgh. A stolen car case in Cumberland ties to the escape, with watchers near the Charlestown race track 88 miles away, where Virgil Toney, 41, hinted at making money at a race venue.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Charlestown
W. Va
Western State Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Oakland
Moundsville
Virgil Toney
Ohioan Ayres Pushes Draft Law Change on Exemption
Rep Ayres of Ohio says he may seek a draft law change to exempt from combat duty a serviceman who has lost a close relative in battle. The sole surviving son is already exempt under current policy. The Defense Department says policy cannot be liberalized now but will be when conditions permit. Maj Gen William E Bergin confirms plans to relax the policy in the future.
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Washington
Ayres
Ohio
Defense Department
William E. Bergin
Army Adjutant General
Telephone hike sought by Community Telephone Co
The Community Telephone Co of Leipzig Putnam County asks the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for authority to raise rates by an average $6.30 per year for its 1 479 subscribers.
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Columbus
Community Telephone Co
Leipsic
Putnam County
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Six Wacs Convicted in Army Beating Case Upheld
The U S Court of Military Appeals affirmed the conviction of six WAC sergeants for joint assault on a fellow soldier after a beer spree near Fort Breckinridge Kentucky in October 1951. Sentences included dishonorable discharge loss of pay and hard labor with terms from 12 to 30 months. three were freed after remissions.
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U. S. Court of Military Appeals
Wac
Fort Breckenridge
Robert C. Quinn
George W. Latimer
Paul W. Brosman
Quinn
Latimer
Brosman
Pfc
Carol Kierce
Mount Vernon
Army
Majorie L. Struck
Santa Cruz
Calif
Edith M. Bown
San Angelo
Tex
Mary C. Long
Fort Madison
Grace L. Morton
San Lorenzo
Edna H. Whiteman
Preble
N. Y
Juliette V. Mentean
Pecos
N. M
Court of Military Appeals
Three Tots and Their Mother Die in California Train Crash
A mother with a nervous condition drove into a speeding train in Sunnyvale California. She and her three children, John 10 Sedora 9 Ciriea 7, were killed. Police say the event appears to be death by own action after finding notes in the purse and at home.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
Ledora Wilson
John
Sedora
Ciriea
Causes Of Pickup Deficit In Wilmington Trash Service
Wilmington City Council examined a study showing annual pickup costs for downtown trash reach 8 604 dollars while merchants pay only 2 210 dollars. The report proposed a tiered monthly charge by volume and urged public input before adopting a universal pickup ordinance.
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D. Robert Conard
Wilmington
Conard
James Swisshelm
Nine More Yanks Fired By Top UN Official
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie dismissed nine American staffers for refusing to answer McCarran Committee questions on communism and subversion. The move brings 1952 firings to 18 and follows a three man jurist panel’s recommendation. The nine had been on paid special leave, banned from the Secretariat, after refusing to answer constitutional questions. Lie plans an advisory panel to handle future cases and warned staffers they face similar action.
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United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
McCarran Committee
Lie
Secretariat
Internal Security Subcommittee
International Jurists
Communist Party
Red
Priest Helps Dig Out Trapped Man
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a priest crawled 40 feet to reach coal miner Sylvester Prosper age 50 of Wadesville buried up to his neck. The Rev John H Sellum custodian of Mary Queen of Peace Church administered last rites then helped shovel him free. Prosper suffered contusions bruises and shock but survived.
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Pottsville
John H. Sellum
Mary Queen of Peace Church
Sylvester Prosper
Wadesville
Prosper
A Area Church Group Formed for Pike County Atom Plant Area
John L. Snook of Portsmouth will head the interdenominational committee to stimulate church activity in the Pike County area. Forty five delegates from 20 denominations set up the committee under the Ohio Council of Churches. About 800 families have moved into the area to work on the atom plant project.
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Waverly
John L. Snook
Portsmouth
Pike County
Ohio Council of Churches
Feud Over Housing Of Fire Truck In Wilmington Council
Wilmington council discussed a feud between Fire Chief Harry Hague III and Safety Director John Foland over housing a rural fire truck at the city building. Hague proposed a contract with Union Township to house and partly staff the truck for $100 yearly plus $20 per rural fire call, with township insurance. Foland opposed housing county equipment in the city and suggested moving the rural truck elsewhere. The issue was tabled to allow the two officials to meet, while other actions included a $2,436 radios and equipment plan for police and fire, and ordinances on Gray Addition annexation and Dayton Power & Light gas rate hike. The alley between the News-Journal and Haworth stores was approved as one-way for now.
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General Denver
G. C. Murphy Co
Miller-Jones
Conard
Council
Wilmington
Harry Hague III
John Foland
Hague
Union Township
Bill Michaels
Foland
Herbert Beins
Irvin Swindler
Charles Kohler
Kohler
W. R. Pyle
Dayton Power & Light Co
News-Journal
H. H. Haworth
Main Street
Eisenhower Sees Korea War Firsthand Before Return
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower spent three days in Korea reviewing front line units and meeting South Korean President Syngman Rhee before flying home. He said no plan to widen the war or attack China exists and emphasized learning from the trip. His entourage included Gen. Omar Bradley, Gen. Van Fleet, and Charles E. Wilson as defense secretary designate.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Red China
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee
Eighth Army
Asia
New York
U. S. Eighth Army
Europe
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Maj
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Korea
Young Eisenhower
U. S. Third Infantry Division
Navy
Pacific
Arthur Radford
Far East
Mark Clark
James A. van Fleet
Stephen R. Shopsmith
Clark
William Chase
Formosa
Nationalist China
Fire Kills Woman in Cincinnati Apartment
Mrs. Margaret Wallace died in a Friday blaze on the second floor of her Cincinnati apartment. Fire officials reported the victim perished in the fire and investigators were to determine the cause.
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Cincinnati
Margaret Wallace
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