NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 I
• JANUARY •
10 — Capt. Kurt Carlsen and
companion leap from Flying En
terprise just before it sinks. Tru
man names McGrath to clean up
government.
27 — King Farcuk dismisses
Egyptian cabinet, names Aly Ma
iler Pasha premier. Herbert Hoo
ver urges U.S. troops be with
drawn from Europe.
• FEBRUARY •
6—King George of Britain dies.
26—Churchill says England has
atom bomb plant and bomb but
hat Labor kept it secret.
• MARCH •
8—Arnold Schuster, who spot
ted bank robber Willie Sutton, is
I shot dead.
29—Truman announces he will
not run again.
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• APRIL •
7 — Telephone workers in 43
slates and District of Columbia
strike.
17—Truman implies he could
seize newspapers if national need
warranted.
26—Minesweeper Hobsc/n sinks
with 176 after collision with the
Wasp in Atlantic.
• MAY •
3 — Supreme Court to review
steel case; bars interim rise.
21—Railroads and unions sign
peace pact at White House, end
ing three-year seizure. John Gar
field dies of heart attack.
• JUNE •
2—Supreme Court decides 6-3
against steel seizure. Steel strike
starts. Ana Pauker booted from
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Red leadership in Romania.
18 — Senate kills bill for St.
Lawrence development.
• JULY •
6 — Liner United States sets
speed mark of 3 days, 10 hours,
40 minutes to England.' Mexico
elects government candidate for
president without violence.
11 — Eisenhower nominated on
first ballot; Sen. Richard M. Nix
on for Veep. TJ.N. planes blast
Pyongyang.
26 — Stevenson nominated for
President; Sen. John J. Sparkman
of Alabama for Veep. King Far
ot* abdicates. Eva Peron dies.
• AUGUST •
7 — Greeks drive Bulgarians
from disputed isle with gunfire.
• SEPTEMBER *
6—Gertrude Lawrence dies at
52. Jet plane blast kills 29 at Brit
ish air show.
20 — Nixon makes national TV
address disclosing finances; leaves
fate to GOP committee. Rocky
Marciano knocks out Joe Walcott
for heavyweight title. Dodgers
win National League pennant.
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• OCTOBER •
7 — N.Y. Yankees win fourth
successive world series, beating
Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games.
B-29 shot down by Soviet fighters
off Japan.
22—Government moves to strip
jailed gambler Frank Costello of
citizenship. Success reported on
gamma globulin tests against polio
on 55,000 school children.
• NOVEMBER •
4—Eisenhower wins Presidency
in landslide, cracking the “Solid
South;” GOP takes control of
House and Senate.
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16—Atomic Energy Commission
reports “satisfactory” hydrogen
bomb experiments at Eniwetok.
• DECEMBER *
3—Ike starts three-day tour of
Korea, fulfilling campaign pledge.
Taft calls Ike’s choice of Durkin
as labor secretary in new Cabinet
an “incredible” appointment.
11—President Truman demands
that Gen. MacArthur submit his
plan for ending Korean War to
him at once.
19—C-124 crash at Moses Lake,
Wash., kills 86 in aviation’s great
est disaster.
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