Bill Wade Sparks South to 35-7 Shrine Contest Win
Vanderbilt quarterback Bill Wade led the South to a 35-7 victory over the North in the Shrine Game at the Orange Bowl before 39,955 fans. Wade threw 27 passes with 15 completions for 250 yards and three touchdowns, surpassing the previous receiving and completion records.
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Bill Wade
Miami
Fla
Vanderbilt
Wade
Nashville
Tenn
Tex Furse
Yale
W Ue
Shrine
Greenville
S. C
Last Stranded Korean Veterans Near Homes Today
The last batch of Korean War veterans returning to the United States faced delays as weather and mechanical issues halted their Christmas travel plans. An Army airlift of about 70 planes aided those from California, with 39 extra travelers from Seattle delaying in Des Moines and Pendleton. At New York’s Fort Hamilton Base, 50 wives and children prepared to fly to Germany to join their husbands. Some blamed the Army’s arrangements for the holdup.
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Associated Press
United States
Navy
Air
Calif
Army
Korea
Seattle
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Des Moines
Pendleton
Ore
Germany
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Ember
Armed Services
Chicago
Union Sotckyayrydysyytynyy
Chicago Union
Red Party Attacks Kennan as Ambassador Candidate
Pravda, the Soviet official paper, targets George F. Kennan as a U S ambassador candidate. It labels him a supporter of anti Soviet groups and cites the Ford Foundation East European Fund. Truman had said Kennan was considered to replace Alan G. Kirk as Moscow envoy.
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Moscow
George F. Kennan
U. S
Pravda
Communist Party
Ford Foundation
Kennan
Russia
United States
Truman
Alan G. Kirk
Man Charged in Roanoke Christmas Eve Shotgun Shooting
William Ralph Laprad of Randleman North Carolina faces felony charges after a shotgun blast at Harvey H Lawhorn, a Roanoke Linen Service supervisor, on Christmas Eve. Lawhorn lost his left arm. Alton Gray sustained minor powder burn injuries.
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Roanoke
William Ralph Laprad
Randleman
N. C
Harvey H Lawhorn
Lawhorn
Roanoke Linen Service
Alton Gray
Attorney Dies Covington Age 45
T Moog Butler, 45, commonwealth's attorney of Alleghany County for over a decade, died yesterday.
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Covington
T. Moog Butler
Commonwealth
Alleghany County
Kentucky Tops Cage Poll Again In Sugar Bowl Week
Unbeaten Illinois rises to second after defeating Oklahoma and North Carolina as Kentucky holds the top spot in the AP poll. St. John's slides after a loss to Kentucky while Washington climbs to third with 17 first place votes. Kansas and Kansas State join the top ten amid a four day Big Seven tourney with other teams and battles ahead.
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New York
Kentucky
Wildcats
St. John's
Brooklyn
de Paul
Illinois
Oklahoma
North Carolina
DePaul
Illini
UCLA
Bears
Washington
Huskies
Northwestern
Ohio State
Kansas
Kansas State
St. John’s
Utah
Dayton
Madison Square Garden
Indiana
New York Unity
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Idaho
Manhattan
Vanderbilt
St. Joseph's
Philadelphia
Meeting Tomorrow To Decide Strike In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh the CIO United Steelworkers prepare to decide a nationwide strike at midnight December 31. President Philip Murray has summoned the 36 member executive board and the 170 member wage policy committee to act.
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Pitsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
Philip Murray
CIO
USW
Japanese standard coin and yen baseline
The yen is the basis of Japan decimal currency divided into 100 sen and 10 rin per sen. The gold yen was the standard of value but has not been minted since 1931.
Meat Prices High In 1951 May Be Higher Next Year
Lawrence N. Eldred reports that meat costs rose in 1951 due to a 10 year low in beef supply and heavy feeding. Despite price controls, higher pork poultry and other meats followed. Experts predict only modest beef gains in 1952 with a potential price rise delayed by production cycles.
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Lawrence N. Eldred
Chicago
Canada
Argentina
Mexico
United States
Office of Price Stabilization
Turkey, House Burn But Cash Is Saved
In Long Beach California D Cameron Paschall and his wife were away when an overheated electric roaster set their house on fire. Paschall reentered the blaze and saved a paper bag containing 5000 dollars before the turkey turned to charcoal. Kitchen damage only.
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Long Beach
Calif
D. Cameron Paschall
Paschalls
Paschall
National defense share rises from six to eleven percent
The text notes that about 11 percent of the national output is spent on defense now and projects nearly 20 percent by 1952. It recalls the pre Korean War figure of 6 percent as a baseline.
Big Seven Tourney Opens With Kansas Stanford Matchups
Kansas and Colorado meet Stanford and Oklahoma in the opening Big Seven basketball round at the Municipal Auditorium. Kansas State plays Nebraska while Iowa State faces Missouri in Thursday action. Clyde Lovellette leads Kansas with 28.1 ppg as the Jayhawks aim for the title in a sold out event.
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Kansas City
Kanaas
State
Stanford Indians
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas
Colorado
Stanford
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Nebraska
Iowa State
Missouri
Phog Allen
Kansas Jayhawks
Clyde Lovellette
Jayhawk
Utah
Bradley
Peoria
Utes
Washington
Dean Captivity Reward Case In Korean War
Police reveal two South Koreans led Maj. Gen. William F. Dean into Communist capture in August 1950 for 5 dollars each. Investigators say the pair, arrested and freed on bail, are under strict surveillance in Cholla Province. They admitted the reward was for Dean's capture but claimed they turned the money over to an unidentified Red group.
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Pusan
Korea
William F. Dean
Yoon Myung Woon
Yoon
Cholla
Red Army
U. S. Gath
Chinan
Taejon
Dean
Fatal Christmas shooting leaves three dead in Kentucky
In Salyersville Kentucky a Christmas shootout left three men dead Deputy Sheriff Bill Miller 47 Jess Roark 26 and Boone Collinsworth 45. Sheriff Carl Cooper said Jess Roark shot Boone Collinsworth as he visited Roark’s home before Roark briefly fired at Miller who returned fire killing Roark.
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Salyersville
Bill Miller
Jess Roark
Boone Collinsworth
Carl Cooper
Roark
Collingsworth
Ed Roark
Miner
Miler
Senate Unit Examines Army Golf Courses Abroad
A Senate Armed Services subcommittee reports 41 overseas Army golf courses with 18 in Europe and 17 in the Pacific. It questions whether such facilities are an unnecessary luxury while noting soft costs to taxpayers and urging a review of recreation spending against morale benefits.
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Washington
Army
Senate Armed Services
Subcommittee On
Fort Belvoir
Pacific
Caribbean
Alaska
Senate
Doubles Tomorrow May Decide Davis Cup Challenge Round
In Sydney at White City Stadium the United States and Australia split the first two singles. Vic Seixas beat Mervyn Rose and Frank Sedgman defeated Ted Schroeder to set up a decisive doubles match between Schroeder Trabert and Sedgman Gregor, depending on players' health.
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Sydney
Australia
White City Stadium
Vic Seixas
Uncle Sam
Mervyn Rose
Frank Sedgman
Ted Schroeder
Frank Shields
Schroeder
Tony Trabert
Sedgman
Ma MeGregor
France and Britain Recognized the Confederacy as Belligerent
C A Thomas R Hay discusses Confederate foreign policy noting that Great Britain and France did recognize the Confederacy as a belligerent, yet Davis and his associates sought no formal recognition and intervened cautiously.
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France
Great Britain
C. A
Thomas R. Hay
Davis
Underground coal fires still burning in multiple states
More than 80 underground coal fires persist. In Pennsylvania fires burn at Mt. Carmel and Carbondale. A fire near Bell, Wyoming has destroyed about 760000 tons of coal in the past three years.
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New Straitsville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mt. Carmel
Carbondale
Bell
Wyo
Six American League Pitchers Hit 20 Game Winning Circles
The 1961 American League season saw six pitchers reach 20 wins, led by Saul Rogovin who joined the group after being traded to Chicago. Cleveland sent Bob Feller Early Wynn and Mike Garcia to 20 wins, with New York’s Lopat and Raschi also reaching the mark, while Ned Garver of St. Louis joined the six. Cleveland led team ERA, and Rogers led in hits and runs, as no-hitters by Lopat and Feller shaded a mound season heavy with 20-game success.
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Chicago
Saul Rogovin
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Rogovin
Sox
Paul Richards
Chester Nichols
Boston Braves
Richards
Buffalo
World Yankees
Cleveland
Bob Lemon
Tommy By of
York-St. Louis
Ieal
New York
Allie Reynolds
Boston
Feller
Detroit
Wynn
Lemon
Raschi
Crk
Chattanooga Gets New Pitcher From Washington
President Joe Engel of the Chattanooga Baseball Club received a telegram from Washington announcing a new pitcher would arrive Christmas Day. The Lookouts of the Southern Association are a minor league farm club.
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Joe Engel
Chattanooga Baseball Club
Washington
The
Lookouts
Southern Association
Engel
Estimation of Galactic Star Counts
Astronomers counted stars in sample areas and extrapolated to the Milky Way. The 200 inch telescope revealed vast numbers of other galaxies, suggesting total stars near 10 followed by 22 zeros.
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Milky Way
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