Snowbound South Dakota towns face growing crisis
Gov. Sigurd Anderson considers federal aid as blizzards trap Keyahapa Millboro and Clearfield in Tripp County behind 15 foot drifts. With 26 inches on the level, isolated communities lack rail service and groceries. rare mercy flights lag due to winds.
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Sigurd Anderson
South Dakota
Keyahapa
Millboro
Clearfield
Tripp County
Nebraska
Winner
Anderson
Community Facilities Service
Federal Security Agency
Gas Fumes Send Ford Workers to Hospital
Chlorine gas leaking from a broken pipe at Ford Motor Co Rouge Plant sent 107 men to the plant hospital while under observation. The gas from the water treatment system rose with early fog and rain, causing nausea throat irritation and coughing among workers arriving for the 6:30 a m shift change.
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Detroit
Rouge
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Foundry
Stalin Birthday Quiet as Age 70 Passes
The report notes no grand celebration for Stalin's 70th birthday, with the Soviet leader believed to mark the day quietly at his desk. In Illinois, the log-cabin village of New Salem near Lincoln’s era has been restored to its 120 year old appearance.
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Stalin
Red World
Lnn
New Salem
Lincoln
Lost In Woods Christmas Tree Hunter Dies
An Eveleth Minnesota wife, 42, was found dead of exposure after she and her husband, Arne Maki, 40, became lost in deep woods while hunting a Christmas tree. He survived, was frostbitten, and notified authorities after returning to town.
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Eveleth
On &Y
Arne Maki
Maki
Makis
J. Arnold Malmstrom
St. Louis
Preference Asked For Veterans In Competitive Jobs
A Virginia study commission urges the General Assembly to grant a five point veteran preference in state job competition, aligning with a 10 point edge for disabled veterans. The panel also recommends voter registration for service members, extending education benefits to Korean War children, funding veterans programs, and backing the World War II memorial project.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Commonwealth
del. Julian Rutherford, Jr
Roanoke
Battle
Division of War Veterans
McCarthy Challenges Truman to Wisconsin Campaign
Senator McCarthy challenged President Truman to campaign against him in Wisconsin after Truman suggested McCarthy must be defeated. He quipped about mink hunting as a jab at inquiries into tax scandals tied to Reconstruction Finance Corporation. McCarthy has not decided his presidential run support while Eisenhower backers plan a Washington office opening.
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Washington
McCarthy
Truman
Wisconsin
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mr. Truman
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
White House
Hoans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Duff
Two Navy Planes Reported Missing Over Carolinas
Two Navy fighter planes from the carrier Leyte, with Marines aboard, are missing after departing Norfolk bound for Sanford Florida. An intensive search by Navy, Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol is under way near the Carolinas and Virginia. The planes were last heard near Charleston, weather worsened with nearly zero ceilings, and the pilots reported flying between cloud layers before losing contact.
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Norfolk
Leyte
Mediterranean
South Carolna
Navy
Coast Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Cape Henry
Sanford
Fla
Charleston
D. C
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Elizabeth City
N. C
John Service Seeks Loyalty Board Reconsideration
Washington reports John Service a former State Department official appealed to the Loyalty Review Board to set aside its finding of reasonable doubt about his loyalty. He challenged the board’s authority and sought full reconsideration as an act of simple justice.
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Washington
John
Service
State Department
Loyalty Review Board
McCloy Slams Ellender Hit-And-Run Charges
In Bonn U S High Commissioner John J. McCloy dismissed Senator Ellender s charge of waste and excess as hit and run tactics saying his Washington office costs less than Ellender s. He joked about opening the Army store for Ellender during a brief Bonn visit while Ellender claimed to have notes detailing wasteful practices.
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Bonn
Germany
U. S
John J. McCloy
U 8
Allen J. Ebiender
Ala
McCloy
Ellender
Washington
Army
Fatal Explosion at Ivanhoe Va Claims One Life
An explosion at the National Carbide Company near Ivanhoe Va kills Marion J. Mallory and injures Clyde F. Sayers. Sayers escapes with minor injuries and is hospitalized at Pulaski.
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Ivanhoe
National Carbide Company
Marion J. Mallory
Clyde F. Sayers
Sayers
Pulaski
No Trace Found Of Reported Air Crash
Reports spread of a plane crash in the Tehachapi mountains with searchers scouring Gorman and Frazier Mountain districts but no wreckage was located. Initial sightings named an Air Force C46 en route from Bakersfield to Albuquerque, later retracted as the same source described a DC 6 crash that was not substantiated.
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Newhall
Calif
Tehachapi Mountains
Los Angeles
Kern County
Gorman
Frazier Mountain
Air Force
Bakersfield
Albuquerque
N. M
Sheriff's Office
Chicago Traffic Council Reports On Death Correction Factors
Traffic statisticians in Chicago twice daily tabulate data and apply a corrective factor. The council adds a number of deaths based on statistical experience to cover underreporting in spot checks. This method allows the millionth death to be reported on the day it occurs.
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Chicago
Reds Were Unaware They Had Captured Gen. William Dean
The Korean prison camp account says Maj Gen William F Dean was captured after a failed escape attempt near Sedong on Aug 25 1950. He was led by two Communist guards to a police station then kept by the prison commander before moving to Taejon and Seoul.
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Pusan
Korea
William F. Dean
Dean
Lee Byung Ho
Ministry of Justice
Chonju
U. S
Lee
Park Whan Sang
Taejon
Sedong
Sang Chun
Chinan
Reds
Seoul
North Korea
O. H K. P. King
King
Richmond
Pentagon Nears End of POW List
The Defense Department has less than 200 glad tidings messages left to send to families of American POWs in Korea. Telegrams were sent to next of kin for 3,006 of 3,198 names supplied by the Communists. Meanwhile Peiping broadcasts alleged greetings from released prisoners, with some names not on the official list.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Pentagon
Peiping
Russia criticizes costs share as U S abstains in assembly vote
The Russian delegate A A Roshin complains of artificial hindrances by American authorities to Soviet American trade as Russia’s cost share rises from 8.14 to 11.49 per cent. He cites vast war damage at about 600 billion dollars and the assembly adjourns for the Christmas races starting tomorrow.
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Russia
A. A. Roschin
Fire crews quell stove and chimney blaze on Kent Street
Winchester firefighters answered a 9 45 a m call to extinguish a stove and chimney fire in the home of Hilda Jackson at 212 South Kent Street. No serious damage reported.
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Winchester
Hilda Jackson
S. Kent St
Rising flood site progress at Richmond continues
Rising flood area at Richmond shows limited danger with little action required. Farmers may need to move cattle from low ground as rain and remaining snow affect some areas. no factories or plants are considered at risk.
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Richmond
State Highway Dept Reports Snow and Ice Conditions
Yesterday and last night most main roads in Bristol Richmond Fredericksburg and Suffolk districts were cleared of snow and ice. Salem district reports all primary and hard-surfaced secondary roads clear with ice on graveled secondary routes. Staunton district has some ice on secondary roads in Alleghany Bath and Highland counties. all other roads clear. Lynchburg district reports all primary and hard-surfaced secondary roads free of ice. Culpeper district notes ice on some primary and secondary roads.
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Bristol
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Suffolk
State Highway Department
Salem
Staunton
Alleghany
Bath
Highland
Lynchburg
Culpeper
Icy Roads Reported Passable After Brief Flood Delays
Crews treated icy spots with abrasives and sanding. chains not needed. Some water on Route 33 between Cuckoo and Louisa and on Route 24 in Bedford near the Big Otto River, but traffic remained unblocked. High water also noted on Route 58 near Duffield and on Route 1 at Acquia Creek, causing no major trouble.
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Department
Cuckoo
Louisa
Bedford
Big Otto River
Duffield
Bristol
Acquia Creek
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