Eisenhower Pledges Neutral Stance on Taft and GOP Rivals
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower affirmed a neutral stance toward Senator Robert A. Taft and other Republicans vying for Senate leadership. Martin Durkin, head of a major AFL union and a Durkin ally, voiced support for Taft as a potential labor secretary and urged talks on Taft Hartley law. Durkin plans to meet after his inauguration January 20.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Martin P. Durkin
AFL
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Taft
Girl Identifies Ohio Soldier In Abduction Case
Mamie Ruth Shelton identifies Pvt. Eugene R. Walters by voice as her abductor and gunpoint attacker in a Frankfurt Germany military court. She could not ID him by sight and says the voice matched the suspect heard during the Feb 3 car confrontation.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Mamie Ruth Shelton
Eugene R. Walters
Walters
Miss Shelton
Harrod
Ohio
Roxboro
N. C
Sparkman Tours Formosa and Hong Kong
Senator Sparkman of Alabama arrived in Taipei today from Hong Kong for a world inspection of Mutual Security Agency offices.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Hong Kong
Mutual Security Agency
Picture of bomber jets forms cross over Korea
Mr and Mrs RE Baker of 52 South Spring street found on the Cincinnati Enquirer front page a photo echoing their Christmas card. The image shows 11 F 84 Thunderjets from the 474th Fighter-Bomber Wing of the U S Fifth Air Force, radar operator Sgt Robert Baker, overseas a year and a half, in Korea since August, expected back in February to be assigned in Austin Texas.
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J. C. Clinton
RE. Baker
South Spring Street
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sgt
Robert Baker
Korea
474Th
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Baker
Owen Lattimore Indicted By Jury
A federal grand jury charged Owen Lattimore with swearing falsely about Communist sympathy and six related oath violations from testimony before the Senate internal security subcommittee. Lattimore, 52, denies the charges and awaits arraignment as his leave of absence at Johns Hopkins continues pending court action.
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Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins
International Soundphoto
Washington
State Department
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Tam
Lattimore
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
America
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Detlev Bronk
Vincent
Tangier
Civil Service Commission
Mundt
Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Pike Villages Eye Water Plans
Beaver and Piketon officials opened bids for two village water systems tied to the nearby atomic energy plant. Eleven bids were tabulated for Piketon’s system, estimated at 184 500 dollars, with completion 120 to 180 days after construction starts. Beaver also sought bids for its water project.
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Waverly
O.p.piketon
Beaver
Pike County
Piketon
Special Airlift Helps Soldiers Return Home from Europe
A special air lift organized by the U S Armed Forces Special Services and airlines brings 63 Army and Air Force enlisted men home on 30 day furloughs. The vanguard of an estimated 1,000 home bound service members arrived Tuesday aboard an extra section of a scheduled tourist class flight.
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New York
U. S
Armed Forces
Special Services
Europe
Army
Air Force
Cairo Scholars Urge Boycott of France Over North Africa Policy
Religious leaders at Al Azhar, Cairo’s 1000 year old university, urged a broad economic and cultural boycott of France in protest of what they termed oppressive imperialist policies in North Africa. The call targeted Muslims to respond to perceived French actions and influence in the region.
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Cario
Egypt
Cairo
al Azhar
France
North Africa
Yule Tree Carries Note From Boy Eight
An eight year old boy Murdock J Nicholson of Barnaby River New Brunswick wrote Santa Claus a plea about poverty and two miles to school. The tree bearing the note was bought by Steve Santa a Wheeling Steel Corp. employee and father of a five year old son and a thirteen year old daughter who promised a reply.
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Yorkville
O. 1
New Brunswick
Santa Claus
Santa
Murdock J. Nicholson
Barnaby River
Steve Santa
Wheeling Steel Corp
Murdock
Steve
Army Patients Due To Fly Home For Christmas
Two plane loads of Letterman Army Hospital patients from Hamilton Air Force Base will fly home for Christmas in Operation Reindeer. The 29 Army and Air Force men include two Ohioans, Cpl. Frank J. Sweeney visiting his sister in Cleveland and Cpl. Robert W. Guthrie, son of Ellsworth Guthrie of Blair Seneca County.
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San Francisco
Letterman Army Hospital
Army
Air Force
Hamilton Air Force Base
Frank J. Sweeney
A. L. Habluetzel
Cleveland
Cpl
Robert W. Guthrie
Ellsworth Guthrie
Blair
Seneca County
Renewed 10 day search for missing Naperville tots
An intensive 10 day search for two missing children, Jean Petersen and Edward Rosenstiel, broadened with a community effort. After draining a large quarry failed to locate bodies, bloodhounds traced the youngsters to the quarry edge and hundreds joined the hunt begun December 7.
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Naperville
Jean Petersen
Edward Rosenstiel
DiSalle Returns as Economic Stabilizer Amid Controls
Michael V. DiSalle is back in the anti inflation program as economic stabilizer for a brief period. He will supervise price and wage controls and plans to resign to the incoming President-elect Eisenhower. The announcement followed a briefing with Henry Fowler and others, pledging continued strong controls into Truman’s final days.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Truman
DiSalle
Controls
Toledo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Defense
Henry Fowler
Fowler
Joseph H. Freehill
Charles C. Killingsworth
Wage Stabilization Committee
1952 Farm Net Income Steady Despite Higher Costs
The Agricultural Department estimates that farmers will end 1952 with about the same net income as 1951, roughly 14.3 billion dollars. While gross income rises to a new record, higher production costs leave net income at or slightly below last year.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Truman Tightens Security At U N
New York dispatch reports President Truman orders three government departments to coordinate a plan for maximum security of U N personnel. McGranery announced the order after it was approved by Sen. Wiley, amid subversion concerns ahead of Eisenhower's inauguration. Twenty nine Americans were dismissed from the UN for refusing to answer questions on Red affiliation.
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New York
Truman
U. S
United Nations
James P. McGranery
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Wiley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
McGranery
U. S. Atty
Myles J. Lane
State and Justice Departments
Civil Service Commission
Washington
State and
Justice Departments
Trygve Lie
United States
Kitty Hawk to Host Sonic Boom Tribute for Wright Brothers Day
Three Air Force Sabrejets will perform a triple sonic boom over Kill Devil Hill in Kitty Hawk North Carolina to mark the 49th anniversary of the Wright brothers first powered flight on December 17 1903. An F86 speed run and a wreath from Dayton will accompany the ceremony.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Air Force
Kill Devil Hill
Man
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Death of Soviet Air Force Major General Dergunov
Moscow papers report the death of Soviet Air Force Maj. Gen. Alexei Patrovich Dergunov. The obituary notes his rank and service, highlighting his role in the Soviet military.
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Moscow
Alexei Patrovich Dergunov
Couple Married 73 Years Despite His 101st Birthday
Loma Linda California couple William W. Lambeth, 101, and Ellen Lambeth, 94, mark 73 years of marriage. They hosted Dec 4 birthday honors with six children present and plan a quiet celebration. He once weighed 70 pounds at 19, recovering from heart trouble, now active through healthful living. Their tale spans Alabama, Texas, Arizona, and California with ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Loma Linda
Calif
William W. Lambeth
Lambeth
Lambeths
Alabama
Deport
Tex
Texas
Arizona
Palm Springs
Ellen
Clerk Turned Baker After Losing Minister Post
In Cheltenham England former Congregationalist minister Rev R Wesley Himing 39 resigned from Chedworth and North Leach churches after the Congregational Union barred dual roles. He took a part time baking position to supplement his clergyman’s pay for his wife and upcoming baby, then later returned to a clerk’s job after losing church posts.
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Cheltenham
England
R. Wesley Himing
Chedworth
North Leach
Congregational Union
Himing
Teenagers Use False IDs to Buy Alcohol in Cincinnati
Hamilton County prosecutor C. Watson Hover says droves of teens use false registrations to buy liquor. He notes youths spread tips on dealers who ignore age checks, while blaming complacent sellers for enabling the purchases.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
C. Watson
Mormon Dutson Escapes Adultery Trial in Arizona
Mesa Arizona excommunicated Mormon George M Dutson, 47, will not face trial on cohabitation charges with three women after Justice of the Peace Jack Hunsaker dismissed the case citing lack of proof of adultery. Four women claimed as wives still await trial on cohabitation charges.
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Mesa, Arizo
George M. Dutson
Dutson
Justice of the Peace
Jack Hunsaker
Two More Communists Executed on Formosa
Two more convicted Communist agents were executed today on Formosa, raising the total put to death to 61 since Navy actions began. The executions were carried out under the wartime crackdown on alleged spies.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Navy
Senators Get Smoother Subways Ride Next Year
Senators will travel on newly laid tracks for a 700-foot monorail connecting their office building to the Capitol Senate wing. The rails cost 7500 dollars and replace the first full track since the system was installed 40 years ago. Two 18-year passenger cars will be overhauled and repainted and continue to run about 225 trips daily, free to anyone who can crowd aboard.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Former Macedonian minister sentenced in Tito propaganda case
A Yugoslav district court in Skoplje convicted ex-minister Djafer Jodra of conspiring with the Russian led Cominform. He received a 16 year prison term for peddling anti Tito propaganda and aiding hostile groups to escape to Albania.
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Belgrade
Skoplje
Djafer Jodra
Marshal Tito
Albania
Czechs Rebel Amid Food Shortages Blame Premier
Czechoslovakia's Communist premier Antonin Zapotocky acknowledged discontent and rebellion within the nation. He attributed the unrest to shortages of food and coal, the Rude Pravo newspaper reported from Vienna.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravo
Antonin Zapotocky
Indiana Trucker Held In Bus Collision
Fort Wayne man Donald Parish aged 32 is in custody on an open charge after his tractor trailer rammed a school bus. Four of the 12 bus occupants were injured, two seriously, with Parish claiming he dozed off before the impact.
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Kenton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Donald Parish
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