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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 19, 1952
Red 'Mechanical Monsters' Blasted Near T-Bone Hill
Seoul, Korea—(U.P.)-United Nations big guns hurled a heavy rain of fire last night at six Communist "mechanical monsters" making a second appearance on the Korean battlefront in less than a month.
UN forward observers spotted two groups of three strange armored vehicles lumbering near the front lines on the central front near T-bone hill.
Elsewhere on the ground today, UN and red infantrymen traded blows all along the frozen battlefront.
South Koreans drove up the slopes of Jane Russell hill on the central front, knifed into Chinese positions and then withdrew after a brief fight.
Pamunjom, Korea — (U,P)—The Communists accused the United Nations today of dropping propaganda leaflets inside the neutral zone at Pamunjom. They also claimed a UN plane flew over the area yesterday.
In the air, B-29 Superforts kept
Reds Say UN Leaflets Fall in Neutral Zone
"Military aircraft of your side once again intruded into the air above the conference site in violation of agreement," the Reds said in a letter delivered at a liaison officers' meeting.
"The same day, slanderous leaflets were found within the conference site area. These two incidents were both confirmed through joint investigation by the security officers in the conference site area."
The Reds demanded that "effective measures" be taken to prevent a recurrence.
State Health Board Discounts Poisoning
Topeka-(U,P)-The Kansas State Board of Health yesterday discounted reports that food poisoning was the cause of an outbreak Wednesday of dysentery and vomiting among 20 grade school pupils at Alma. Kan.
The board said it had tested meat from a turkey that the children ate at the school lunch room and found no evidence of poisoning.
Dr. James Mott, head of the communicable disease department of the board, said the outbreak was similar to others and that a virus is "presumably" causing the trouble.
up their fierce pounding of Red targets in North Korea, plastering two big supply centers south of Pyongyang and at Kanachon on the main rail line.
Fifth Air Force light bombers reported destroying 75 Red trucks during the night and hit a troop billeting area east of Pyongyang.
Solons Await Eisenhower Cue
Washington — (U,P)— Most Republican congressmen awaited a cue from President-elect Eisenhower today before taking a stand for or against the sweeping medical care program outlined by President Truman's health commission.
"If Truman is for it, I'm against it."
A few GOP lawmakers shared the sentiments of Rep. Clarence J. Brown (R-Ohio), who told reporters:
But many others begged off from commenting on the commission's 250-page report, explaining that they wanted time to study the complex issues thoroughly and to see what position the incoming GOP administration will take.
The commission shoved aside Mr. Truman's own controversial proposal for compulsory federal health insurance. It called instead for a state-managed program, with the federal government contributing about $1 billion a year to help underwrite the cost.
While it did not attempt to spell out all the details, the commission suggested that most persons would pre-pay their own medical costs through expanded insurance programs like the private plans now in operation.
The government would finance care of the poor and aged. Patients would be free to choose their own doctors, and doctors would be free to practice as they see fit.
New York — (U,P)— The campaign and election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as the first Republican president in 20 years was the biggest news story of 1952, editors of the United Press said today.
Ike Victory Top 1952 UP Story
In announcing their annual selection of the 10 top news stories of the year, the UP editors said 1952 was "a year of radical change on many levels and easily the biggest news year since World War II."
2. U.S. conducts first successful H-bomb experiments.
The 1952 list:
1. Gen. Eisenhower wins GOP nomina-
tion, wins rest. Republican
president in 20 years;
3. Korean war goes into third year with
agging and enemy
prisoners rioting.
4. Supreme Court outlaws government seizure of steel plants.
5. Elizabeth $\Pi$ becomes British queen on death of father, King George VI.
6. Captain Kurt Carlsen makes heroic
Staff on the "flying enterprise"
7. Fatal plague in New Jersey
8. Mid-air aircraft
close Newark airport.
8. Ditch Maeks relations with Britain over oil.
9. Felons in many U.S. prisons.
10. Rearruck ousted from Egyptian thrappe
Truman Blasts Newsmen, Insists He's Still President
Washington—(U.P.)-President Truman wants it clearly understood that he is still the nation's chief executive and will remain so until Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as his successor on Jan. 20.
He made plain at his news conference yesterday that he intends to perform all the duties and claim all the prerogatives of the presidency right up to the moment Eisenhower takes the oath on inauguration day.
His apparently strong feelings on the subject were brought out when a reporter asked if he would ride up Pennsylvania avenue from the White House to the Capitol with Gen. Eisenhower on inauguration day.
Mr. Truman added that he will not ride back down the avenue with Gen. Eisenhower in the inaugural parade. He said he would leave the Capitol alone as a private citizen. Mr. Truman will not return to the White House. He may go directly to the railroad station to board a train for Independence, Mo., his hometown.
Mr. Truman replied with a smile that it will be the other way around. He said Gen. Eisenhower will be riding with him because he will still be President at that moment.
Doctors Fight to Save Life Of'Precarious' Siamese Twin
Roger Lee, deprived of a vital vein that drains blood from the brain, was in "precarious" condition, the hospital said, and remained in a coma.
The hospital bulletin said:
Surgeons yesterday were forced to cut a hole in his throat and force life-giving oxygen directly into his lungs.
Chicago—(U.P.)—Doctors fought today to save the life of tiny Roger Lee Brodie, still unconscious more than 36 hours after an historic feat of surgery separated him from his stronger Siamese twin.
The University of Illinois Research and Educational hospital reported at 8:35 a.m. that there was no marked change in the condition of the 15-month-old twins.
"At 8:35 this morning there has been very little change in the condition of Roger Lee and Rodney Dee Brodie since yesterday afternoon. The condition of Roger remains very precarious. He has not regained consciousness and is being fed intravenously.
Rodney Dee, whom surgeons were forced to favor in the unprecedented head-separating operation Wednesday, still was listed in "critical" condition, but he was conscious and appeared to be gaining.
"Rodney is doing better than his brother. Nevertheless his condition still is termed critical."
There were indications that today might decide whether the babies will live. But doctors feared that Roger Lee could not survive without the big, blood-draining vein.
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On the duty side of the presidency, Mr. Truman said he is preparing State of the Union and economic messages for Congress, as well as a budget.
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The President is required by law to submit a budget within 15 days after Congress convenes. But there are no such definite deadlines for the State of the Union and economic messages.
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The Constitution requires that the President shall report "from time to time" to Congress on the State of the Union. The law requires that the President's economic message go to Congress at the beginning of each session.
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White House aides said at one time that Mr. Truman might not send either to Congress. But they apparently had not consulted him,
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He told his news conference the only question is whether he will deliver the State of Union message in person to Congress, as he has in the past. He said he hadn't decided that yet.
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