ROK Troops Regain Heights in Bloody Korea Front Battles
South Korean infantry retook Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Ridge and Rocky Point on Little Finger Ridge along with Jane Russell Hill in dawn counterattacks. Chinese forces used tunnels to maintain a foothold, holding parts of the ridge as UN forces regrouped after intense artillery and clashes.
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Seoul
Sniper Ridge
Triangle Hill
John Randolph
Republic of Korea
ROK
Pinpoint Hill
Rocky Point
Little Finger Ridge
Jane Russell Hill
Triangle
Reds
United Nations
Harrison Sees Balanced Budget Goal From GOP
Virginia Congressman Floyd W. Eppard told about 200 bankers at the 24th annual Group III meeting of the Virginia Bankers Association that the Republican administration will likely prioritize a balanced federal budget over immediate tax cuts. He admitted he was guessing about the new fiscal recommendations and that details would come from the administration to Congress. Eppard of Shenandoah was elected Group III chairman with Fred L. Carnell of Alexandria as vice chairman and H. Ewing Hall of Quantico as secretary treasurer, representing Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
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Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Fred L. Carnell
Alexandria
H. Ewing Hall
Quantico
Train Strikes Car Near National Fruit Plant
A Pennsylvania Railroad train struck a car near the National Fruit Products Co in Clearbrook yesterday before 5:30 a.m. The 1951 Henry J owned by Grace L Delander driven by Benjamin Delawder with two passengers crossed Fairmont Ave and was hit on the parallel tracks. Damage to the car was about 400.
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Pennsylvania
National Fruit Products Co
Henry J
Grace L. Delander
Clearbrook
Benjamin Delawder
Wyck St
Fairmont Ave
Delawder
Wayne A. Stotler
Bloomery
Holmes McFarland
Stotler
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. Russell
Ike's Scout Will Express No Opinions
Joseph M. Dodge advancing budget talks, says as Eisenhower’s representative he will express no opinions on items being prepared by the Truman administration. Officials expect a large 1954 budget, with modest early spending cuts possible, and Dodge will relay impressions to Eisenhower as he departs Truman, starting Jan 20.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Joseph M. Dodge
Eisenhower
Dodge
Frederick J. Lawton
Truman
Congress
Detroit
Germany
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Frederic J. Lawton
Re Opening Date For Frederick Bank Is Still Undecided
Western Frederick Bank directors met to plan reopening after fire. Records under survey at the Commercial Bank. vault records intact while safes and ledgers scorched. Bookkeeping system to be set up with Burroughs apparatus. assets kept for safekeeping. Damages estimated at 2600 to 3900 dollars. Funeral held for Robert Eugene Spain, suffocated by smoke in Lehew West Virginia.
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Western Frederick Bank
Commercial Bank
John Ward
Robert Karp
Burroughs Business Machine Company
Wth
Mr. Ward
Gore
Newton Shingleton
Robert Eugene Spain
Violet
Carrier Funeral Home
Lehew
W. Va
Henry Harmon
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Eisenhower Plans New York GOP Conferences Before Korea Trip
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower aims to meet GOP leaders in New York next week before departing for Korea. Attendees may include Senators Taft and Wiley as talks center on foreign and domestic policy with White House involvement and ongoing UN discussions.
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Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Korea
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
White House
Truman
Wiley
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
AEC Promises Announcement After Atomic Test End
Washington reports say the Atomic Energy Commission will issue a statement once the current hydrogen bomb tests finish. Eyewitness letters from U.S. sailors describe the blast from Eniewe tok atoll as a massive fire that burned six hours and the island appearing to melt away.
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Washington
Atomic ‘Energy Commission
South
Paci
Eniwetok
U.S
AEC
Batista Sets Cuban General Elections for November 1953
President Batista announced general elections will be held in November 1953. It will be the first balloting since he seized power in a March army backed revolution.
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Havana
Cuba
Purgencio Batista
Skyline Drive Reopened But Shenandoah Areas Stay Closed
Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park reopened to traffic after a week of fire danger. Dan Tobin of the National Park Service warned camp and picnic grounds remain closed as one half inch of rain did not fully dampen grounds and forest fire risk persists.
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Richmond
Skyline Drive
Dan Tobin
National Park Service
Shenandoah National Park
Newsman Bows To Ultimatum Of Hooded Men
Tupelo Mississippi tale of Newell Anderson circulation manager and his wife who fled town after two hooded men gave a 6 pm ultimatum. Anderson reported rough treatment and threats against Yankees and foreigners prompting police protection and questions from Mayor Maynard.
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Newsman
Tupelo
Newell Anderson
Tupelo Journal
Fargo
North Dakota
George McLean
The
Journal
Anderson
Hhere
Grand Forks
N. C
Grand Forks Herald
G. F. Maynard
Maynard
George Seay 90 Dies Former Richmond Fed Governor
George J. Seay, 90, former governor of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, died today at his home in Richmond.
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George Seay
Richmond
George Jame Seay
Fifth District
Federal Reserve Bank of
Bradley says military not to dominate government
Gen. Omar Bradley told the Association of Land Grant Colleges that the military has no claim to supreme power. He stressed civilian control, noting 40 years of experience and saying the democratic principle remains strong in the armed forces.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwicht
D. Eisenhower
Association of Land Grant Colleges
Bradley
Congress
CIO Convention Postponed After Murray Death
Vice presidents of the CIO recommended postponing the 14th annual convention from November 17 to December 1 due to CIO President Philip Murray's death. The Los Angeles venue was changed and the event will be held at the Chelsea Hotel in Atlantic City.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
Los Angeles
Atlantic City
South Africa Defends Race Policy At UN Assembly
South Africa told the United Nations that racial policies are its own business and not the UN’s affair, arguing there is no international standard to judge human rights abuses. Ambassadors warned a debate could be boycotted as observers noted Asian Arab groups push for action against apartheid policies.
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South Africa
U.N
United Nations
British Commonwealth
U. N.s
General Assembly
G. P. Jooste
Assembly
U. N
Jooste
Daniel F. Malan
Pakistan
Mohammed Zafrai'ah Khan
France
Morocco
Tunisia
Ashly
Group Faces 29 Charges fallout from Green Spring deer case
Seven Green Spring residents were arrested in a night operation on deer hunting violations. Charges include hunting out of season night hunting and lack of licenses. Bonds ranged from 150 to 250 dollars. two deer were confiscated along with several firearms. Hearings set before Trial Justice W. re Ed wards on Monday at 2 p m.
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Frederick County
Green Spring
Robert Smeltzer
Robert, Jr
Roy
James Thompson
Oliver Taylor
Walter Saville
Carl Milburn
Re Edwards
Cather
Robert Smeltzer, Jr
Roy Smeltzer
Taylor
Milburn
Smetzer Boys
Saville
Waste Operations Forum on Industrial Waste Problems
The Industrial Committee sponsors a one day forum on Industrial Waste Operating Problems at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester on November 19. Sessions run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with talks on Potomac River Basin wastes water quality and preventive measures. A 2 p.m. panel will discuss treatment problems across food dairy textile pulp and paper and other industries.
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George Washington
Winchester
Potomac River
Commission
German Girls U S Soldiers Marrying At Record Pace
Frankfurt dispatch reports U S consulate records show visas issued to German wives of American soldiers at about 500 per month. The surge doubles last year and surpasses the rush after the 1947 wedding ban lift as troops in Germany rise to about 250 000. Officials cite longer stay and impending homeward rotations as factors.
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Frankfurt
United States
U.S
U. S
Germany
Joshua Fowler Dies in Charlottesville
Joshua Fowler who served as Cheriottes ville city commissioner of revenue since 1926 died yesterday of a heart attack while hunting dogs at Forest Lodge near Charlottesville.
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Charlottesville
Joshua F. Fowler
Cheriottesville
Nns
Forest Lodge
Here
Defense Dept reports 1318 casualties in Korea week
The Defense Department announced 1,318 Korean battle casualties for the past week, the largest weekly rise in a year. The toll since the war began reached 125,887 killed wounded and missing in action.
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Washington
Defense Department
Fulbright urges rebuilding of Democratic Party under Stevenson
Sen. Fulbright of Arkansas called for rebuilding the Democratic Party from the ground up with Gov. Adlai Stevenson to head the effort. He advised against Stevenson taking any federal post and urged youthful, fresh leadership to energize party organization in key cities. Lyndon Johnson agreed Stevenson should become the party’s general spokesman as Democrats prepare for the new Congress.
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Washington
William Fulbright
Arkansas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Fulbright
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. United Nations
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
New York
Chicago
Democratic Romanee
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Congressman Demands Probe of Draft Methods Over Mantle Case
Rep. Thomas B. Curtis requests an inquiry into the Army draft system citing a St. Louis man drafted last January who had a broken back and is now at a New Jersey base. Curtis says Mantle’s rejection was unrelated to criticism and notes the Yankee star faced multiple examinations before being deferred.
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Louis
Thomas B. Curtis
Army
Mickey Mantle
Curtis
the Army
Frank Pace, Jr
Missouri
St. Louis
New Jersey
Mantle
New York
Ban Lifted Opens Virginia Hunting Season
Virginia hunters may enter woods starting Monday west of the Blue Ridge and Nov eight east of it as the State Commission of Game and Fisheries lifts a prior ban. Foresters reported rain has reduced fire risk and Dismal Swamp opens at 6 a.m. tomorrow with a three day bow and arrow season in Big Travers area of Augusta County beginning at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
I. T. Quinn
Commission
George Dean
Quinn
Augusta County
Armistice Day Observance Draws Big Attendance in City
Over 500 people attended Armistice Day events hosted by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The program began with a parade and memorial service, featured remarks by Rev. William Archer Wright, and included a talk by Admiral Roland N. Smoot at the Washington Hotel. A football game followed between Handley Judges and James Monroe High School, with separate dances for white and colored residents and a Chevrolet prize awarded to Gene Dick of Suffolk.
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National Guard
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fiveoe
Braddock Street
William Archer Wright
Washington Hotel
Roland N. Smoot
Sasenews
Naval
Thai Police Arrest 200 in Commie Plot
Thai police arrest over 200 suspects believed to plot overthrow of the government and establish a Communist regime. The Red network is said to have infiltrated the army navy air force police government offices and the National Assembly. Raids on two Chinese shops found Russian weapons propaganda and an illegal transmitter alongside a Russian drug believed to be poison.
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Bangkok
Red
National Assembly
Japan seeks parole for World War II war criminals
Tokyo announced Japan asked Allied powers to parole the 12 remaining major war criminals held at the International Military Tribunal. The 12, out of 25, survive after several were executed or released for illness and other reasons.
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Tokyo
Japan
International War On Tribunal of the
Mamoru
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