European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1952, Darmstadt, Hesse                                10 biggest stories continued from Page Ilij at an Early Date and carried on a concerted Campaign for the Eisenhower had repeated conferences with influential Republican leaders at his North Atlantic treaty organization head quarters near Paris and finally resigned As supreme june across the political Tennessee Estes famed for his role in the Senate investigation of organized was As Active As vice pres ident Alben Barkley also sought the nomination As did Russell of a bitter fight Between Eisenhower and Taft factions split the Republican party so badly that the Battle went to the convention floor where a nation of television viewers watched gop delegates cast their votes july the first later made was but the following morning the stars and stripes was Able to hash the news with a succinct its Ike in huge Black Type on Page two weeks later the same Black Type spelled out Stevenson the demo in the Chicago convention had drafted a Man who had not travelled a single mile nor made a single speech in quest of the Choice of a president had been Nar rowed to two second biggest Story of the year had been Here were two stories that scored near the top in both importance and Reader factors which make a news Story other stories weighed heavier in one element or the other and the task of selecting the proper order for the remaining eight stories became progressively More tremendous significance coupled with High Reader interest won the third spot for the announcement that the had tested a thermonuclear Leav ing that Amer Ica had exploded the worlds first Hydrogen bomb and put the free world a Long stride ahead in the East West arms the announcement was not made by the atomic Energy commission until but word of the tests at eniwetok had leaked out in letters by servicemen who were no Date was officially but the a cause of great concern to Many indicated 1 As the there was news of guided missiles with atomic warheads and radio con trolled jets launched from huge carrying the also began to build the worlds first atomic powered submarine but next to the the biggest part of the super weapons Story was the army atomic on the Pentagon unveiled a 280mm artillery piece with Complete mobility and a 20mile Range capable of firing atomic shells with pinpoint accuracy Day or in All kinds of the new Bertha was called the greatest Advance in ordnance in american military War in Korea was a Story All year it was a blood soaked Story which had become routine until May 7 when communist prisoners of War on Kobe Island seized the Camp for Hier Brig Gen Francis and held him hostage for 78 after Dodds secured through concessions made by former Brig Gen Charles Colson and later repudiated by Gen Mark far East commander the task of quelling rebellious fell to Brig Gen Haydon he warned the hardcore who apparently acted on instructions from that they were in no position to negotiate and began to split the giant which held As Many As into units of there were More similar to the sporadic outbreaks which had pre ceded the Dodd but it had also become apparent that a Large number of pcs or had anticommunist violently truce begun in dragged on at pan Mun Jom until Only one Issue remained of the the United nations took a firm stand against forced repatriation of those unwilling to return to their communist the truce talks became Shorter and fewer and finally came to a the in general Assembly took up the question at its fleeting in new York and India offered Compromise which was voted against by the so the 10 biggest local Sto by the editors of the sit Aad St peace con leaves so jets Atta wage serf returns a is 4o his Sci a Gen Rifca b Kair Foj Viets and their passed and Fig t warded to the chinese it was almost certain to be s More i a whole series of Nills were during the year and each was in but the Battle line was Littler changed in the past 12 the we Eup in Korea went on and its Story was a Broi on the morning of 6 in a 1 Lodge near Britain duty icon o of Edinburgh told his wife she had Becon Tisma s Queen of the British Commonwealth d she broke Down and wept fit her England beloved George ithe s was dead at Okay he had succumbed unexpectedly in a Minisi at Sandringham Early that morning june the worlds most honoured Crown Ait the scepter come to a pretty girl of 1 stand and her 3yearold Prince in w was the new heir j the of whose to duty had recaptured much of m r prestige of the and the Ascensi is of Elizabeth h was the fifth biggest of the unconstitutional was the Suprien courts june when it Down a decision on president Truman april of the nations steel of Fly it was a 63 when sent United steelworkers Cio out on pc longest53 in the Industry production of everything from pins to locomotives was curtailed or by uncounted millions of dollars in Wagel were lost by workers in other Indus be and the Steelworks themselves lost q Secretary of defense Robert f Lovett said the strike damaged the program More than any bombing i the courts ruling marked the first in history that it had Ever handed dip an opinion on Toffi inherent  Powers of a Justice Hugo speaking for tie said the founders of this Tauoa entrusted the Power co con Gress alone in both Good and bad chief Justice Fred and Justica Stanley Reed Sherman Minton did not in a dissent they said that history supported president Truman position the nations survival it self May be but the Stefl Industry had won its Point and try Man ordered it returned to private Wai the decision and the strike tint it precipitated were 6 to the stars and stripes i two Days after the steel strike settled and the same Day that Stevic son was the years 7 staff crowded its Way onto an already vow filled front Gen Mohammed Naguib Bey forced 32yearold King Farouk into afro became Egypt Nill it a by Strotts Cam another Crown had the Playboy Down to his last yacht went Capri wondering if he could skimp by p his fortunes in foreign As i the new regime in the land of the pharaohs seized his holding there they were valued at t if any were sorry to see Farouk could hardly have been the British Naguib quickly eased tension Over Suez canal and the jointly ruled in 3 rising tide of nationalism Wowch from Morocco through Algeria and Tunisia my to Kenya and r the stars and stub f pare foul snap prise Ca seat Long Val Worl exp Calit Ai Bud Micier othe the in i to torn Yitoi n f Che Fra is