United Nations Assembly Gathers Amid Korea and Africa Debates
The United Nations General Assembly in New York will hear Soviet and U S positions on Korea with Andrei Vishinsky leading the Soviet delegation and Dean Acheson pressing for broad support of the Korean truce terms. Other topics include race and colonial disputes in Africa and a world disarmament program. Official observers from several countries will attend as Switzerland remains the sole non-member vetoed by Russia.
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Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Propaganda Blitzkreigs
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
London
I‘n
Red
Valerian A. Zorin
Georgi N. Zarubin
U. S
Arkady A. Sobolev
Poland
Dean Acheson
Korea
Acheson
France
Britain
Vishinsky
Soviet Communist Party Congress
Peiping “Peace Congress
Assembly
Africa
Paris
Security Council
Italy
Finland
Austria
Switzerland
Republic of Korea
Russia
Ussr
Malenkov
Europe
Asia
United States
Campaign battle grows rough as election nears
Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson swings through seven states pushing against Eisenhower with claims of communism threat and GOP recklessness. President Truman defends his record while grilling the general, and Stevenson eyes the South with Florida Louisiana and Tennessee trips. Eisenhower counters with attacks on Democratic leadership as he eyes broader Midwest and West reach. Stevenson plans a whistle stop tour starting Oct 21, ending Nov 3 in Chicago.
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Adlai Stevenson
Gov. Stevenson
Midwest
South
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Gen. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Berlin
Korea
U. S
United States
Florida
Louisiana
Tennessee
Wilson Wyatt
Wyoming
Utah
Washington
Oregon
California
Texas
Chicago
East
Communists Renew Attacks Along Korean Front Amid Armistice Tension
Chinese Reds renew attacks in Korea targeting White Horse Mountain and Arrowhead Ridge as U.N. lines hold. General Van Fleet says the enemy has been clobbered but may launch limited strikes through November. Armistice talks at Panmunjom stall over prisoner repatriation and terms.
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U.N
Korea
Old Baldy
Panmunjom
U.N. General Assembly
New York
United States
Mark Clark
William K. Harrison Jr
van Fleet
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Diplomacy Reacts to Kennan Expulsion and Moscow Embassy Plans
The State Department orders U S diplomats in Moscow to proceed with occupying the new embassy building to be leased in September. Ambassadors residence Spasso House may stay unoccupied as Kennan remains ousted and no replacement is named. The fate of expelling Soviet ambassador Zarubin is undecided. Kennan named special adviser on Russian affairs.
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State Department
U.S
Moscow
Spasso
Dean Acheson
George F. Kennan
Germany
Acheson
Kennan
Georgi N. Zarubin
Kremlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Elim O’shaughnessy
America
Space suit aids high altitude flight for US airmen
Air Force researchers at Wright Field Dayton perfected a space suit that inflates and injects oxygen at extreme altitudes to keep pilots alive above 50 000 feet. Trial by Douglas Aircraft test pilot William Bridgeman at 79 000 feet demonstrated its effectiveness.
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U.S
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft
William Bridgeman
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
University of Southern California
Air Force Labo
J. P. Henry
Iran Premier Mossadegh weighs oil settlement with Britain
Mossadegh pauses on the Anglo Iranian oil dispute as he studies a new offer from Britain and the United States. He reportedly may accept only if Iran receives 137.2 million dollars in contested royalties upfront.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mossadegh
England
London
United States
Secretary Ache condemns Soviet hate propaganda and Western division
Secretary of State Dean Ache denounces continued Soviet hate America rhetoric while warning the Kremlin seeks to isolate the US and its allies. He asserts Americans can face the challenge with confidence and that Moscow's hopes for Western disintegration are vain.
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Dean Acheson
America
United States
Kremlin
Britain Rail Disaster Kills Over Eighty Near London
In Britain a catastrophic rail crash at a station near London leaves more than 80 dead and hundreds injured as three trains collide. Rescue efforts continue as officials confirm the scale of the disaster and ongoing investigations begin.
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Britain
London
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Defense
Henry F Fowler
Stork Signals and Election Absentee Tales
In Columbus doctors at University Hospital use bed sheets as coded signals to announce a birth during Ohio State football games. In Newport News election returns show Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman ahead by two votes when a couple voting absentee will be away on November 4.
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Columbus
University Hospital
Ohio State University Stadium
Newport News
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
John Sparkman
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