Reds Detail Plans for Overall POWN Trade
US policy debate grows as officials sketch possible terms for a Korea peace and questions arise over handling relations with the Communist mainland and Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa. Issues include how peace in Korea could affect Indochina, and whether the US should back Chiang at high cost. United Nations aims for Korea unification remains a guiding aim.
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Washington
Korea
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Moscow
Britain
India
U. S
Indochina
Eisenhower
United Nations
Communist Letter Cites Plan to Ease Korea Truce Hurdle
UN liaison officers were authorized to sign a prisoner exchange pact at Panmunjom after a Communist letter outlined a plan for broad POW repatriation. The move, tied to Modifications of India’s plan, would allow a large group of POWs to be released or evaluated for return. The letter and broadcast clarified the Red China stance on voluntary repatriation and the path to resuming full armistice talks.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Mark Clark
Tokyo
ON Command
Red China
China
Peiping
Gen Clark
Neer
Panten Pores
William K. Harrison Jr
Hed
Nam Tl
Harrison
Pekeng
Hina
Chou Enai Mareh
Reipiung
Nam
Orean
India
Chou
Eve
MacArthur Marshall Tied to Korea Ammo Shortage
Senate hearing links Gen Douglas MacArthur and Gen George C. Marshall to a 1950 ammunition funding squeeze in Korea. Witnesses say gridlocked production and fears the war would end soon led to delayed supply efforts until December 1956, after Chinese forces entered the conflict.
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Gen. Marshall
MacArthur
Washington
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Defense
Robert Stevens
Stevens
Sen. Symington
Dmo
Pace
Wake Island
Truman
Far East
Violent Wind Storms Hit Central Ohio
A violent wind storm swept across Ohio before crossing into Indiana and Pennsylvania. The Columbus weather bureau reported heavy thunderstorms and strong winds, with Dayton Airport Vandalia recording 73 mph gusts and other cities seeing 50 to 69 mph. Minor damage included toppled trees and roof damage, plus power outages at WHIO-TV in Dayton.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Ohio-Indiana
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Columbus
Dayton
Vandalia
Toledo
Cleveland
Air Force
Lockbourne
Reds Retain Stalin Views At United Nations
At the UN in New York Andrei Vishinsky signaled that Malenkov’s policy mirrors Stalin’s, drawing skeptical reactions. US Delegate Ernest A. Gross called Vishinsky’s speech stale and regressive while outlining planned fuller commentary. Vishinsky urged global steps including one third arms cut, atomic ban, NATO dissolution, China’s UN entry, and continued German militarization. delegates rejected these ideas.
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United Nations
N. Y
Kremlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Malenkov
Stalin
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
Vishineky
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
China
Germany
Indictments in death by own action pact case
Grand jury indicts Robert B. Robinson Jr. on two counts of first degree murder in the death of Chelsea Joyce Halley a Columbus teen. Charges include premeditated murder with malice and murder by poisoning. Robinson claims the girl died in a death by own action pact on March 29.
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Delaware
Robert B. Robinson, Jr
Chelsea Joyce Halley
Columbus
Robinson
Prospect of Atom Power in Industrial Use in 15 Years
GE engineer Harry A. Winne estimated at Case Institute of Technology that atomic electric plants will not yet provide economical power for 15 years or more, possibly double that, and will supplement coal oil and gas rather than replace them.
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Cleveland
General Electric Co
Harry A. Winne
Case Institute of Technology
Bids Opened on Pike Scioto Road Projects
The state highway department opened bids for federal road projects in Pike and Scioto Counties. Low bids included Red Eagle Corp. of Columbus for Project 39 in Pike County at 437,234.65, with Fischer Construction Co. and Fischer Bros., and Ohio Asphalt Paving Corp. among bidders.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Pike and
Scioto
Fischer Construction Co
Fischer Bros
Cincinnati
Red Eagle Corp
Ohio Asphalt Paving Corp
Portsmouth
Pike County
German Chancellor Adenauer Wraps Up U S Visit
President Eisenhower and Chancellor Adenauer pressed Moscow to accept free elections in East Germany and to release about 300000 German war prisoners held by the Soviet Union. They outlined U S military support for 12 German divisions joining a European army and discussed aid for Western Berlin. In return Berlin and Saar issues, plus tighter controls on strategic shipments to Communist nations, were on the agenda.
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Washington
Russia
East Germany
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
U. S
Adenauer
UU. S
U. S&s
Berlin
France
Saar
Woman Slain In Row Over Bobbed Hair
Cleveland police say a 60 year old man shot dead his wife Angelina Falletta and wounded daughters Sarah and Carmella in an argument over bobbed hair. Peter Falletta, an unemployed painter, fled as officers hunted him for the killing and injuries.
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Cleveland
Angelina Falletta
Peter
Sarah Falletta
Sarah
Carmella
French Red Boss Returns to Paris Route
Maurice Thorez, France’s top Communist, arrived in St. Quentin then transferred to a car for a 9 mile trip to Paris. He had been in the Soviet Union for over two years recovering from a paralytic stroke. The journey from Moscow passed through East and West Germany after entering Russia in November 1950.
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ST. Quentin
France
Maurice Thorez
Paris
Thorez
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Moscow
East
West Germany
Russia
GOP Group Ready To Ratify Hall as New Party Chairman
The Republican National Committee appears ready to ratify Leonard W. Hall of New York as party chairman replacing C. Wesley Roberts. Hall, 52, formerly headed the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee and won a New York surrogate judgeship.
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GOP
Hall
Washington
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Congressional
Leonard W. Hall
New York
C. Wesley Roberts
Vixen
Senate
House
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
Family Tiffs Bared at Trial in Ruff Case
In South Bloomfield Mary Agnes Ruff 4 is charged with shooting her husband Daniel Ruff. Daniel’s mother testified about a disputed $15000 check and said she planned no action before his death but later endorsed the check to him for tax payment.
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Circleville
Mary Agnes Ruff
Daniel
South Bloomfield
Daniel Ruff
Daniel Ruff Sr
Soviet spy ring cracked in Western Germany
Chancellor Franz Bluecher announced the collapse of a Soviet spy ring in Western Germany led by Russian Army officers from East Berlin. The ring, described as the largest Soviet secret organization uncovered in Western Germany since 1945, reportedly involved more than 35 German nationals and focused on industrial espionage in the Ruhr Valley.
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Franz Bluecher
Germany
Russan
East Berlin
Ruhr
Bluecher
Discornet
Institute
Van Fleet Plans Formula for Peace in Life Articles
Gen James A. Van Fleet, former Eighth Army commander, is preparing a two part Life magazine feature titled Formula for Peace. Publication is tentatively scheduled for May according to Life Magazine announced Thursday.
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New York
Beinre
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Life Magazine
Radiator falls from porch kills 12 year old in Cincinnati
A 175 pound steel radiator plummeted from a porch in Cincinnati on Thursday crushing James Hees, a 12 year old, to death.
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Cincinnati
James Hees
Dulles Linked to Origin of Policy Stories
Washington reporters claim Dulles originated recent policy stories on Korea and Formosa. The New York Times denied the White House statement and Sen Knowland urged an origin probe as Sevareid and Costello said the disclosures emerged from a White House background briefing.
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Washington Ae
Dulles
Korea
Pormosa
New York Times
White House
Sen
Knowland
Ralif
Eric Sevareid
Billi Costello
Drullen
Sevaren
Washington
Fienhower
Korean
Dames. Hagerty
Formom
Launch Drive Against Dread Heart Disease
Nationwide preventive campaign against rheumatic fever launched in Atlantic City. Four million Americans, mostly school children, will receive daily penicillin or sulfa drug for years to prevent recurrences. State and local Heart Associations join the American Heart Association in the effort aimed at the three percent who have had rheumatic fever.
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Atlantic City
N. 2
American Heart Association
Bid To Break Record Fails At Fort Wayne Flight
Fort Wayne Indiana ignition trouble and a dry oil line cut Joe de Bona’s bid to regain the trans continental speed record for propeller planes. The Beverly Hills pilot landed at Baer Field after four hours and 13 minutes, flying a redesigned P 51 Mustang from Burdons California. de Bona, a real estate and insurance man, blamed the malfunction and said he feared losing the record set by Paul Mant in 1948.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Joe de Bona
Reggat
Fort Wears Baer Field
Burdens
Calif
de Bona
Jet Crashes In Emergency Landing Near Casstown
Air Force Lt. James N. Matthews 24 of Chicopee Falls Mass was killed when his F 86 Sabre jet crashed on the Dale Cavanaugh farm near Casstown during an emergency landing attempt. Witnesses said the plane struck a telephone pole.
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Dayton
Air Force
James N. Matthews
Chicopes Falls
Mass
Dale Cavanaugh
Casstown
Matthews
Five Day Ohio Forecast Shows Cooler Weekend Then Warm Monday
Ohio’s five day forecast calls for temperatures averaging 68 degrees below normal. Normal highs range from the upper 60s to the low 70s with overnight lows around the mid 40s. Expect a chilly weekend with a warming trend Monday, followed by a cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms are possible Monday or Tuesday totaling about one half to one inch.
Alleged Peace Bid Draws Fire In Formosa Talks
In Taipei and Washington officials rejected a proposed peace plan as a form of appeasement. They argued the Korean issue and western tensions require firm action against Communist aggression and UN involvement.
Two Trucks Collide in Ontario Point Fatal Collision
Two trucks crashed head on near Altica southeast of here and burned killing both drivers. Seneca County Sheriff John Gysart said neither victim had been identified due to the burned bodies. Hancock Truck Lines of Evansville Ind owner of one truck said Ronald Lee Herman of Cleveland drove it after leaving Indianapolis today.
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Tiffin
Altica
Here
Seneca County
John Gysart
Hancock Truck Lines
Evansville
Ind
Ronald Lee Herman
Cleveland
Indianapolis
ROK Units Regain Hill Top as Front Lines Shift
South Korean troops stormed back to seize Texas Hill on the Central Front after Chinese forces buried three assaults and overran the outpost. A ROK spokesman said the first Chinese force was wiped out, while UN planes bombed and clashed with Red jets near Panmunjom and Panmunjom area. Estimated weekly toll: 1,140 Chinese and North Koreans killed, 2 wounded, 22 captured.
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Seoul
Texas Hill
Reda
ROK
Talka
Panmunijom
Carson Hill
Panmunjom
U. S. Sabre
Green Light for War Plant in Cleveland Suburb Furor
The Air Force ordered Aluminum Company of America to proceed with a nine million dollar forging press plant in Cuyahoga Heights despite local officials denying a building permit. Village leaders argued federal grants exempt the site from local taxes and questioned the project’s impact on tax revenue.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga Heights
Air Force
The
Aluminium Co. of America
Cuyahoga One Oe
Aene
Debate Ends Death by Own Action at Bella Home
Police were called to a Bella residence after Bell and his estranged wife tried to reconcile. They found Bell in a hallway with a shotgun at his ear and after 45 minutes he surrendered, ending the confrontation without further incident.
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Yaene
Medh Cote Hs
Bella
Bell
Ify
Wilson seeks Senate waiver to hire two aides
Secretary of Defense Wilson asks the Senate Armed Services Committee to waive stock disposal rules so he can appoint two more top aides from business sectors. The move challenges the committee’s longstanding requirement that officers divest industrial holdings prior to confirmation, with lawmakers signaling likely rejection. Byrd and Duff opposed changing the rule, while Duff cautioned no approach had been made to him.
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Robits
GOP
Senate
House
Roberts
Eisenhower
Wilson
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
General Motors
Armed Services Committee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Duff
R-Pai
Ohio student charged in two traffic deaths
Fort Lauderdale Florida UK County Judge Boyd Anderson postponed for a week preliminary hearing for William SiooCormick a 19 year old from Oxford Ohio and Miami University charged in a car crash that killed two vacationing college students The defendant claims he fell asleep at the wheel as his vehicle veered off Ocean Boulevard
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Boyd Anderson
William SiooCormick
McCormick
Miaminiversity
Oxford
Ohio
Ocean Blvd
Ohio sheriffs oppose dog catching measure in Ohio House
The Buckeye State Sheriffs Association states opposition to a bill that would require sheriffs in counties under 100,000 population to act as dog wardens. The measure would combine dog catching with criminal investigators, a change sheriffs say is unwarranted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye State Sheriffs Association
Ohio House
Youthful bandit robs man at gunpoint in Ironton case
Police search for a young robber who accosted Arthur Brown of Ironton on Thursday at gunpoint. He then forced Brown to drink a potion that put him to sleep for five hours, prompting a manhunt.
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Zanesville
Arthur Brown
Ironton
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