Weather Blizzard Paralyzes Cities and Halts Industry
A severe blizzard cripples transportation and business from the Midwest to the Southeast. Snowfall up to 18 inches in places, 16 inches in Pittsburgh, with 83 mile per hour wind gusts in the New York area. Power, shipping, and manufacturing suffer as crowds evacuate and temperatures plunge nationwide.
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New York
Staten Island
Clevend
Youngstown
Akron
Can‘on
Warren
Pittsburgh
The
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Icy November Weather Strikes Winchester Area
A severe sleet storm blankets Winchester and surrounding counties causing widespread power and telephone outages. Roads become treacherous with ice, multiple tree damages, and radio and TV services knocked out as crews race to restore lines and highways.
Free Chest Clinic Begins Monday in Winchester and Frederick
A mobile X-ray unit sponsored by the tuberculosis associations and Winchester-Frederick Health Department will be stationed at Handley High School Monday, then 228 S. Loudoun Street Tuesday, P. W. Plumly Lumber Co. Friday, Gainesboro School Monday, Stephens City School Tuesday, Clearbrook Fire Hall Wednesday, and James Wood School for the final two days. No charge for X rays. hoped 6 000 residents will participate. Health officials urge food handlers to be scanned for permits issued in January.
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Frederick
Theberculosis Associations
Inchester-Frederick Health Ment
Handley High School
S. Loudoun Street
P. W. Plumly Lumber Company
Gainesboro
Stephens City
Clearbrok Fire Company
James Wood
Paul
Golden Glow
House OF Good Food
Clinton L. Ritter
Christmas street lights glow as city readies holiday season
Christmas lights span Loudoun Street from Piccadilly to Cork with extra displays at Braddock Cameron intersections on Piccadilly and Boscawen. City officials note the absence of a community Christmas tree but expect erection before the holiday. Christmas savings checks totaling 350000 sparked a buying surge, with Merchants Association plans changing to a Santa parachute jump to launch night shopping on December 15. Ott, McCrory's manager, leads the association in Clyde Campbell's absence after his sale and move to Salisbury North Carolina.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
Loudoun Street
Piccadilly
Cork
Braddock
Cameron
Boscawen
C. J. Ott
McCrory’s
Winchester Retail Merchant’s Association
Ott
Merchants Association
Clyde Campbell
Campbell
Montgomery Ward
Salisbury
N.C
Mass Gas Tragedy in Poza Rica Kills 20 Workers
In Poza Rica the refinery gas catastrophe killed 20 workers, with five dying overnight and fifteen the previous day. About 130 others were treated as union leaders launch their own probe and plan government compensation claims. A mass burial is planned as officials blame fog and still air for fumes spreading through sleeping workers.
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Mexico City
Oil Workers’ Union
Poza Rica
West Point gridder killed in Korea
Second Lt. John C. Trent 23 captain of West Point's unbeaten 1949 football team died in Korea. Trent led the Cadets and his loss is reported from Memphis Tennessee.
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Gridder
Memphis
Tenn
John C. Trent
West Point
Korea
Businessman faces crossroads after monastery tenure
Donald D. Foster, 50, a former San Francisco businessman, left a 10 month Benedictine monastery and told reporters he will return to private life. His wife, who previously considered taking religious vows, now says she wishes to continue ordinary life while their daughter remains a nun. Foster, once a state tax investigator, and Mrs. Foster plan to stay in a Los Angeles hotel while they decide future steps and possible papal dispensation.
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Los Angeles
Donald D. Foster
San Francisco
Foster
Pye
St. John’s Abbey
Collegeville
Minn
Self-Help Plan Aims to Curb Inflation by Voluntary Controls
A select group of top business and labor leaders plan a secret New York meeting to pursue wage and price stability through voluntary self-control rather than government regulation. Participants include U S Steel’s John Stephens and CIO head Philip Murray, with others like AFL President William Green and John Lewis. Senators Douglas and Fulbright weigh in on tax and credit steps versus wage price controls. The effort seeks to sustain civilian production and the defense buildup amid inflation.
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Norman Walker Washington
New York
John Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murray
Douglas Ofllinois
Douglas
Senate Banking Committee
Fulbright
Arkansas
Stephens
U. S. Steel
Fowler McCormack
International Harvester Co
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
U. Chamber of Commerce
Youth Is Given Five-Year Term
Golden Caldwell age 19 of 307 Highland Ave was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for maliciously wounding Jackie H. Ritenour on November 2. In Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Elli ott Marshall imposed the term after Caldwell changed his plea from not guilty. Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph Massie Jr said the shooting occurred at Vera Palmer's home four miles west of Winchester after an altercation with Palmer's 14 year old daughter objected to Caldwell dating her. Ritenour of Edinburg was hospitalized after the blast from a 12 gauge shotgun Caldwell retrieved from his car. Caldwell was among six persons indicted this week.
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Highland Ave
State Penitentiary
Jackie H. Ritenour
Caldwell
Elliott Marshall
Frederick County
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie, Jr
Vera Palmer
Winchester
Mt. Falls
John E. Jarrell
Standardsville
Charles Smith
Bayliss Store
Rt. 50 West
Charles O. Keckley
N. Cameron St
U N Security Council Debates Formosa and Korea
The United Nations Security Council meets at Lake Success with a Chinese Communist delegation to press charges of U S aggression against Formosa and Korea. The session, ordered by President Ales Beber, follows Trygve Lie's talks with the emissaries as Beijing insists the two issues are inseparable.
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Formosa
Lake Success
MacArthur
Korea
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U.S. Seventh Fleet
Red China
U. N
Russia to Begin Propaganda Drive
Washington reports that Moscow will launch a propaganda drive against the United States in Japan after releasing critical questions on a Japanese peace treaty. Officials expect a response clarifying if a separate peace is possible, while aiming for a public, not private, resolution.
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Russia
United States
Japan
U. S
Kremlin
Christian Churches criticize secretary of state policies
In Cleveland the American Council of Christian Churches says Secretary of State Dean Ache’s policies have helped close mission doors and jeopardized the lives of Christians throughout the Far East.
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Cleveland
American Council of Christian Churches
Dean Acheson
Far East
One Way Traffic To Begin Monday In Downtown City
Loudoun Street will run southbound from Piccadilly to Cork starting Monday in a city council approved trial. Traffic will turn left from Loudoun onto Rouss and either direction onto Boscawen with parking on both sides and signs being installed. If problems arise, the plan can revert to two way traffic.
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Piccadilly
Cork
Loudoun
J. Thomas Boyd
Boscawen
Lowdoun
Rouss Ave
Trucker Held in Virginia Overload Case
Mrs. Sara Erico and her two daughters press for relief as William Erico remains jailed in Accomac Virginia since October 23 for driving an overloaded truck. He faces a 60 day sentence and a $1077 fine while hopes rely on a possible probation release before completion.
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Conn
Virginia
Sara Erico
William Erico
Accomac
Brice
Scata Trucking Company of
Hartford
Hyman Holtman
Dewey demands resignation of Long Island Rail trustees
Governor Thomas E. Dewey demanded that Long Island Railroad trustees David E. Smucker and Hunter L. Delatour resign by Monday to speed a total shakeup after a Thanksgiving Eve wreck killed 77 and injured 332. He warned of court action, citing bankruptcy and poor management. The trustees, appointed by Judge Harold Kennedy, did not comment.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Long Island Railroad
Long Island
Dewey
David E. Smucker
Hunter L. Delatour
Smucker
Delatour
New York State
Rockville Centre
Vincent Impellitteri
Harold Kennedy
South Koreans Under Attack in Korean Front Clash
Allied units push northwest as North Korean and Chinese forces counterattack on multiple fronts near Kusong and Chongju. U S aid includes B 29s and carrier planes while the 24th Division seizes hills near Chonju and encounters a giant Red tank.
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Chongju
Yalu
Sinuiju
Kusong
Taechong
Redg
U. N
Dam
Suiho
Manchuria
Korea
Eighth Army
ROK Capital Division
Chongjin
Siberian
MacArthur
Chonju
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