Death of an Air Base near Pohang in Korea
Relman Morin reports from Tokyo on the fall of Pohang air base, where American forces held despite Red attacks. A pilot recalls life there, the makeshift comforts, patrols under fire, evacuation by C-47s, and the eerie calm as the base emptied.
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Relman Morin
Tokyo
Pohang
Blue Bay
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Cleveland Municipal Airport
Cleveland
First Cavalry
Princess Keeps Luncheon Date with King and Queen
Thousands of Britons watched Princess Elizabeth leave Clarence House in a green Rolls Royce to lunch at Buckingham Palace with King George and Queen Mary. The visit followed a routine medical check by Sir William Gilliatt and Sir John Weir, and Elizabeth returned home smiling as crowds cheered.
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London
Elizabeth
King George
Queen Mary
Prince Philip
Clarence House
Buckingham Palace
William Gilliatt
Sir John Weir
Seven Die In Fire At Italian Fireworks Factory
In Catanazzo Italy lightning struck a fireworks factory causing a fire and explosion that killed seven people. The incident involved 300 paper bombs prepared for Ferragosto, Italy's major midsummer holiday.
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Catanzaro
Italy
War With Atomic Poison Called Impractical Now
Washington reports discuss radioactive warfare and the AEC issued guidance on RW and atomic bombs. Senator McMahon hints at newer bombs being far more destructive than World War II ordnance, while officials note underground blasts could create large craters and earthquakes.
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Washington
United States
Japan
McMahon
Connecticut
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
NBC
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Bikini
AEC
Kremlin
Korea
Russia
America
Mechanic Aides Nabbed in Ideal Food Store Burglary
W G Slim Clayton 42 jailed on theft charges after authorities say he opened the Ideal Food Store safe with a cutting torch and passed $200 to burglars who netted $6,000. Clayton held on 1500 bond as accomplices Farris Burden and Guinn face conspiracy and burglary charges. Farris, already in prison, named others, leading to arrests in Huntsville and Potter County.
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Ideal
Potter County
W. G
Slim” Clayton
Houston
Clayton
Ourglary
Murphy Hurd
Justice of the Peace
Bonita Wilkinson
James Farris
State
Farris
Ideal Food Store
East Tenth
Marion Guinn
North Harrison
Billy Gene Burden
Huntsville
Burden
Woman 86 to receive MA honorary degree at Middlebury
Mrs Stella L Christie the 86 year old resident of Montclair New Jersey will be awarded an honorary master of arts degree at Middlebury College summer language schools commencement. She has studied French at Middlebury for twenty summers.
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Middlebury
Stella L. Christie
Middlebury College
Christie
Montclair
Arkansas May Get Hell Bomb Plant
Governor Sidney S. McGrath of Arkansas said he could not confirm reports the new hydrogen bomb plant would be located in Arkansas. He expressed hope it is true but stated he had not heard anything definite.
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Washington
Sidney S. McGrath
Arkansas
New 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket joins US air offensive
The United States unveils a potent new weapon, the 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket, used by carrier Corsair planes to strike Han River defenses and knock out five Yak fighters. Allied briefings report additional raids including Seoul radio transmitter destruction and ships sunk near Chinnampo, with extensive locomotive and fuel train damage across North Korea.
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Tokyo
U.P
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Han River Heidien
Mhavne
Wadardan
Seoul City
Tokyo Rose
Seoul
Chinnampo
Phongyang
North Korea
W. D. Clark Wins News Tip Contest
W D Clark 1606 Lipscomb won $5 for a 2 am call reporting the Texaco Refinery train wreck. J M Harrison 603 Russell earned $3 for a Tradewind Airport plane crash tip. Billy Orr 2001 North East Seventh won $2 for a cow in a silo incident. Several others submitted tips last week from various addresses.
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W. D. Clark
Lipscomb
Texaco
J. M. Harrison
Russell
Tradewind Airport
Billy Orr
North East
M. A. Schneider
Army Tech Village
Blevin Hall
Jim Chiles
West Fourth
Rance Mitchell
Syracuse
J. W. McDonald
van Buren
Charles Reno
Philadelphia
Billy Canady
Hayden
Urge speed in forming army for Europe
Constantin Tsaldaris urged Western European governments to begin immediate negotiations for a unified army. He asked Paul-Henri Spaak to carry out preliminary steps as the European council’s consultative assembly endorsed the plan. Churchill had warned there is not a day to lose for Western Europe to arm itself against Soviet threats. Spaak would invite heads of national parliaments to push governments toward urgent talks, possible special sessions, and drafting of a convention for a European defense ministry with quick ratification.
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European Council
Consultative Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Tsaldaris
Winston Churchill
Spaak
Churchill
Britain
Western
Europe
Assembly Subcommittee
Council
Scattered Showers On North Plains Report
Thunder showers dotted the North Plains last night with partial cloudiness and warm temperatures. Dalhart reported .08 inch rainfall, Stratford 19 of an inch, Clayton New Mexico a trace. yesterday’s high 93, low 63, next day high 94. Amarillo meteorologist H C Winburn expects further widely scattered storms in coming days.
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Dalhart
Stratford
Clayton
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook and Temps Ahead
Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with continued warm conditions. Highs today and tomorrow near 94 degrees, overnight 63. In Panhandle region outlook remains favorable with scattered thundershowers causing brief outdoor work interruptions. West Texas and New Mexico share a similar pattern of minor rain chances and no major temperature changes.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Missing heir leads climbers to peril on Mount Whitney
Ace climbers search Mount Whitney east face for tobacco heir Christopher Smith Reynolds after the body of his companion Stephen Rice Wasserman was found in a snow crevasse at 11 500 feet. Reynolds is presumed unlikely to be alive. Authorities and Sierra Club experts join an air rescue squad as the boy’s mother Libby Holman plans to fly from Paris.
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Lone Pine
Cal
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Mount Whitney
Stephen Rice Wasserman
Whitney
Reynolds
Wasserman
Libby Holman
Paris
Miss Holman
Zachary Reynolds
William Stix Wasserman
Philadelphia
New York
Whitney Portal
Young Wasserman
W. C. Rigg
Ralph Adams
Cerro Gorrito
Inyo County Sheriff's Deputies
Sierra Club
Sierra
Red Dulul l s Gain in Bridgehead Battle
Counter-attacking US troops drove halfway through the Communist bridgehead along the Naktong River near Taegu. The 24th Division attacked the 6 mile rim and advanced over a mile to key heights, possibly disrupting a planned enemy offensive.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
Naktong
Taegu
US First Cavalry
Oo Bank
USA Eighth Army
Korea
Korean Republic
Eighth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Pohang
United Press
Robert Vermillion
United Nations
Japan
MacArthur
Taeeru
Pohang Front
Amere
War policy fight split foreign relations panel during Korea era
A partisan clash over foreign policy split the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Republicans assailed the Truman administration for appeasement in Asia while Democrats like Connally urged unity. The dispute touched on Korea policy and the need to present a united front in Congress ahead of elections.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Kremlin
China
Korea
Formosa
National Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Asia
Europe
Pepper
Florida
Connally
United States
GOP
John Foster Dulles
New York
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