Evacuate 78 Towns Warned By United Nations In Korea
The United Nations warns civilians in 78 North Korean towns to evacuate before planned air strikes targeting military sites. Lt. Gen. Barcus of the Fifth Air Force said warnings began mid July, with leaflets and radio notices urging evacuation to avoid civilian casualties.
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United Nations
Korea
U.N
Glenn O. Barcus
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Japan
Okinawa
Barcus
Yonan
Belfast
Chinnampo
Washington
Yellow Sea
Panmunjom
Nylon armored vest cuts chest injuries in half in tests
After four and a half months of testing in Korea the Army reports a nylon vest could reduce chest and abdomen wounds by 60 percent. Fourteen hundred eight pound vests underwent Marine Division combat tests from March to mid July. The armor uses 12 nylon layers to stop artillery and grenade fragments, not bullets. An improved version adds longer back to protect the kidneys. Army stats show 35 percent of fatal chest wounds could have been avoided with body armor. One soldier wore three vests at once and still was wounded in the arm.
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Korea
Army
First Marine Division
Nation faces new coal dispute amid steel industry recovery
John L. Lewis signals higher wage demands in both hard and soft coal fields with a September 30 contract expiry. A coal walkout could halt most production, impacting steel firms already slow to recover. UMWA members total about 550,000 across anthracite and bituminous coal.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern Coal
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Washington
Wheeling Steel Company
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Wheeling Steel
American Iron and Steel Institute
ANZUS ministers meet in Honolulu to chart pacific pact
Foreign ministers from the United States Australia and New Zealand held the first peace time ANZUS council meeting in Pearl Harbor Honolulu They approved the treaty initials and agreed to annual meetings with deputies sessions in Washington They stressed cooperation with other Pacific nations and noted criticism from the Philippines and Formosa.
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Awaii
Pearl Harbor
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Pacific Council
San Francisco
Honolulu
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
Acheson
Washington
Wellington
Canberra
Indochina
Malaya
Philippines
Formosa
Eisenhower and Stevenson mobilize for campaign kickoff
Eisenhower outlined a 10 point program and named Arthur Summers field as Republican chair. Stevenson named Wilson Wyatt and Arthur Schlesinger Jr to run his general campaign. Truman era Missouri Senate race saw Symington defeat Buck Taylor for the Democratic nomination.
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Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
Harvard
Truman
Missouri
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
RFC
J. E
Buck) Taylor
Symington
James P. Kem
Red Cross Defends Itself Against World War II Charges
At a Toronto convention the International Committee of the Red Cross rebuts charges from Red de tractors and outlines a 9000 word report by Paul Ruegger. It says Soviet refusals blocked aid to Russians in German POW camps and notes North Korea also blocks Red Cross access. The report argues cooperation failures reflect civilization decline rather than Red Cross faults.
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International Committee of the Red Cross
Toronto
Red Cross
Soviet Union
Paul Ruegger
Germany
North Korea
Korea
Drought Crisis Deepens Across Eastern and Southern States
Farmers in sun scorched states brace as drought toll nears a billion dollars. Rain is scant and unreliable while experts say only a multi day soaking could restore cropland. Disaster loans eyed as 10 state Atlanta meeting plans aid and feed delivery.
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Agriculture Department
Atlanta
Knox T. Hutchinson
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Missouri
North Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Texas
Coronation seating plan and a run of light local notes
About 90 000 observation seats will be set for Queen Elizabeths coronation procession with ticketed seating from 10 to 15 dollars while standing room is free. In Watertown Massachusetts a man wrecked his car into a pond while teaching his wife to drive. Liverpool England see sight of horses frightens a newly sighted 18 year old. A Des Moines youth pays a 20 dollar fine for speeding in both directions on a residential street over a date rush.
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Thomas Mullen
Watertown
Mass
Mullen
Des Moines
Saucers Prompt Study of Wonders of Nature
Quotes from Rev. Edward B. Lewis and Dr. Jessie Sprowls discuss flying saucers. Lewis calls such reports a good prompt to observe nature, while Sprowls attributes saucer reports largely to hallucination and urges focus on natural explanations.
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Edward B. Lewis
The
Union Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Jessie Sprowls
University of Maryland
Saucer
World Council and Medical Association Meetings Across Cities
The schedule lists meetings of the World Council of Churches in Nykøbing Denmark the National Medical Association in Chicago and the Photographic Society of America in New York. It notes August 14 marking the seventh anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II and August 15 marking the 38th anniversary of the Panama Canal opening.
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World Council of Churches
Nykobing
Denmark
National Medical Association
Chicago
Photographic Society of America
New York
Panama Canal
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Ahmed Fuad II
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Prestwick
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Labrador
Newfoundland
Greenland
Iceland
Wiesbaden
Anzus
Casey
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Eisenhower
Ike
Arthur E. Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Stevenson
Los Angeles
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Legionnaires
Justus
Minneapolis Star
Memphis
Joan Hornby
Liverpool
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