Almost Lost U S Battalions Shells vs Red Tanks
United Press war correspondent Peter Kalischer recounts two and a half days with American forces on the Korean front as Communist tanks and infantry closed in. Rain, isolation, and fear marked the engagement while Kalischer and Pfc Robert J. Kahley endured a perilous stand against Red armor. Kahley prayed aloud for deliverance and urged Kalischer to print their resolve if they survived.
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United Press
Peter Ischer
Red
Kalischer
Pfc
Robert J. Kahley
Garrets Hill
Penn
Kahley
Tokyo
Korea
Seoul
Frontline trench dig as North Korean force nears
Captain Nugent orders a headquarters company to fetch ammo cached on the roadside while medics and I help dig a trench. He warns that holes will flood in minutes. 3,000 to 4,000 North Korean troops are seen debarking north of the battalion hill as Capt. Corder and his sergeant break for help along the east side.
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A. H. Nugent
Merrill
Wis
Smith
Will Corder
Carthage
Hilltop battle as reinforcements arrive and NK troops advance
By 11 AM five tanks returned to aid the North Korean infantry as artillery and mortar fire hit the hill. The battalion's 50 caliber machinegun ran dry and the sergeant cleared a jam with his pistol. Medics were called four times as wounded were brought in. A group of Americans fired down the slope while a cautious observer saw about a hundred North Korean soldiers advancing roughly 100 yards up the hill.
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A first person account describes soldiers in green and brown uniforms and cone-shaped caps retreating under fire. A blond sergeant wounded in the arm recalls killing a tank with a bazooka before an enemy fighter shot him. At 1 PM the enemy flanked the hill east of the escape route and withdrawal was ordered.
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Smith
Almost Lost on a Rescue Mission in Heavy Fire
A shell burst 75 yards away dislocated my shoulder as North Koreans opened fire from a hill. Captain Corder and his sergeant were pinned down after 800 yards of a rescue attempt lasting four and a half hours amid rain and leech-swelled hands.
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Corder
Red China demands Taiwan as UN clash grows
Across the globe reports detail China’s warning to the United Nations that Formosa will be seized despite U.S. naval protection for the island. Chou En-lai accuses the Security Council and UN secretary-general of aiding U.S. aggression and reaffirms Beijing’s resolve to reclaim Taiwan as an inseparable part of China.
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Chou En-lai
Peiping
Trygve Lie
Security Council
America
Truman
Formosa
United States
Secretary-General
United Nations
Taiwan
China
Island
Japan
Warplanes Music To Their Ears
In Korea on July 7 a South Korean farmer praised American airpower saying the steady drone of war planes was sweet music Myong kok myong kok signaling approval amid the war’s aerial activity
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Korea
South Korea
Man accused of fondling girl shot by father in Fort Worth
Fort Worth July 7 A P E L Johnson 37 was charged with fondling a 5 year old Fort Worth girl. The father J R Shaw 40 confronted Johnson on a downtown street and shot him in the abdomen with a .32 caliber automatic. Shaw surrendered to detectives and was charged with assault to murder. Witnesses said the child was enticed into a car the previous day by Johnson.
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Fort Worth
E. L. Johnson
J. R. Shaw
Johnson
Shaw
Johna
E. R. Keating
Keating
Traction
Bill McElroy
Charge Four Youths In Attack On Driver
Four youths are in the city jail after a late night Washington Street incident. Harrell Presser, 22, of 2900 Monroe, accuses Marvin Bicksel 17 J L Bicksel Jr. 21 Milton Bicksel 28 and Kent Hodges 20 of assault, abusive language, and causing a disturbance. Marvin faces reckless driving.
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Washington Street
Harrell Presser
Monroe
Marvin Bicksel
J. L. Bicksel, Jr
Milton Bicksel
Kent Hodges
Bicksels
Amarillo
Hodges
Presser
Leon Theater
Ingalls Refuses Two Million Cash Offer in Family Dispute
In Birmingham on July 7 Robert I. Ingalls Jr declined a box containing more than two million dollars in cash offered for 4,501 of his 15,000 shares in industrial holdings valued at 25 million dollars. Armed guards delivered the box to Gen. John Persons of First National Bank. Ingalls cited a potential loss of several million dollars as his reason. The feud with his father dates to 1948 after a divorce and remarriage, which led to his removal as president of Ingalls Iron Works Co and Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert I. Ingalls, Jr
Ingalls
John Persons
First National Bank
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Author John Gilpatric and wife shot to death in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, Cal July 7 AP author John Guy Gilpatric 54 and his wife Maudé Louise 52 were found shot to death at their home hours after learning she had a cancer scare. Deputy coroner Webster said Gilpatric shot his wife then himself. Gilpatric known for Glencannon stories and Tugboat Annie links. Born New York City January 21 1896, he once set a Dominguez altitude record.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
John Guy Gilpatric
Maudé Louise
Ross
Gilpatrics
Robert H. French
James W. Webster
Gilpatric
Ther
Norman Riley Raine
Four Plead Guilty In City Court Plea Details
In city court three of four defendants pled guilty to multiple charges. Milton Bicksel not guilty. L Bicksel Jr. pleaded guilty to disturbance and reckless driving with a 160 dollar fine. Kent Hodges pleaded guilty to disturbance abusive language and affray with a 75 dollar fine. Marvin Micksel pleaded guilty to disturbance charges. Staliten Bie Leist te charged with breach of peace. Bonds set, others held pending fines and bond.
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Milton Bicksel
L. Bicksel, Jr
Kent Hodges
Marvin Micksel
Staliten Bie Leist
Family dispute ends with car chase and assault claim
A man says driving with his wife and two relatives, three men in a second car pursued him after an intersection incident near Twenty-fourth Street. The group followed to the Lankford home, where they allegedly rushed him. One assailant allegedly displayed a beer can while another relative aided. The four then left in their car.
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Washington Street
Russell Lankford
Presser
Lankford
Washington
Lankford Yard
Pt Lankford
Raises Ante for A Bombs
President Truman asked Congress for 260 million dollars to fund all forms of atomic weapons development including hydrogen fusion. He said the funds would let the Atomic Energy Commission build advanced plants and facilities to accelerate the atomic energy program and produce either atomic engines or power plants.
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U.P
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. Truman
Eastern Railway Fare Hike Okayed
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved new increases in railroad passenger commutation fares for four Eastern railroads. The boosts average 21 to 25 percent and apply to interstate travel in six states, with an effective date of July 15. The increase is estimated to raise $1,560,000 annually. The four railroads affected are the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Reading Company, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore lines, covering New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, and West Virginia.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Ohio
West Virginia
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas regions
The Weather Bureau reports considerable cloudiness with breaks, mild temperatures, and scattered thunderstorms across West Texas and New Mexico. Highs reach mid to upper 70s in West Texas with cooler nights, while New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies and possible thundershowers today through Friday. Continuous cloud cover may affect field work with no large temperature changes expected.
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Amarillo
Ourxeee Asket
West Texas
Newes
New Mexico
Why THE Bomb Has Not Been Dropped
Fred Schwartz asks why Truman would not drop an atom bomb on Communist Korea as Joe L. Myler notes the A bomb remains a strategic tool. Targets would be production centers in Russia, not battlefield sites in Korea, and its use could spark broad opposition.
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United Press
Fred Schwartz
New York
Korea
Truman
North Korea
President Truman
White House
Joseph L. Myler
The
United
Washington
Russia
US Tanks Arrive in Korea Promised Tank Support
A Tokyo headquarters said American tanks have arrived in Korea and would be given tank support. The statement suggests the tanks have not yet gone into action.
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Tokyo
Korea
American forces halt NK offensive north of Taejon
Dispatches report a northern advance line about 36 miles northwest of Taejon with a-vanguard extended through Mugung and Chunju. US engineers destroyed a key bridge on the Ansong River, giving battered troops a breathing spell while Fifth Air Force bombers hit the column and several aircraft were damaged or lost.
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Korea
Taejon
Nists
Walled City
Mugung
Chunju
Hea
Ansong River
Pyongtaek
Chonan
Fifth Air Force
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