Prisoner Trade Rehearsal by Allied Forces in Korea
The United Nations Command staged a dress rehearsal for the Korean War prisoner exchange moving 150 Allied POWs from Panmunjom to Inchon. Joint Red Cross teams prepared to inspect camps as talks continued, with 87,000 men to be repatriated and Reds planning to return 400 prisoners daily.
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Korea
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Inchon
Red Cross
Manchurian
Peiping
Kaesong
Reds
Munson
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. &Th Army
Freedom Village
Seoul
Gun Rampage in Mansfield by Two Brothers
In Mansfield Ohio two brothers John Brown 37 and J T Brown 33 terrorized the city by driving and shooting at people. One bystander Howard Mason 29 lost four toes from a shotgun blast and is recovering in hospital. Patrolman Glenn Adams intervened in a downtown parking lot and Mason was shot during the struggle. Chief Detective F Bruce Friday said charges for pointing and discharging firearms would likely be filed.
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Mansfield
Ohio
F. Bruce Friday
John Brown
J. T. Brown
Howard Mason
Glenn Adams
Adams
Mason
Crash Kills Ex-Governor Gardiner and Three Others
A private plane crashed into a wooded hillside near Allentown Pennsylvania killing former Maine Governor William Tudor Gardiner 61 and two friends. Also dead were Edward E. Chase 60 state senator and broker Edwin S. Burt 60 and Gardiner's World War II service noted. Gardiner led Maine 1929 to 1932 and earned the Legion of Merit for Italy exploits.
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Allentown
Maine
William Tudor Gardiner
Bath
Boston
Edward E. Chase
Cape Elizabeth
Mary Ellen Chase
Edwin S. Burt
South Portland
Portland
Gardiner
Italy
Maxwell D. Taylor
8Th Army
Korea
Rome
Pietro Badaglio
Lake Crossing Try Underway From Lake Pelee
William Sadle a 53 year old grandfather began a Lake Erie crossing from Point Pelee at 2 10 am aiming for Cedar Point Ohio about 30 miles away He swam about 100 yards before the current carried him and his coach Pat Roach of Toronto planned to accompany him the water was chilly but he expected to conquer the lake a power cruiser launched a skiff for the pair to ride in.
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William Sadle
Lake Erie
Cedar Point
Ohio
Sadle
Pat Roach
Toronto
Sadio
Bolivia Moves Against Big Fortunes Expands Crackdown
Bolivia's revolutionary government launches phase two of its campaign against large fortunes. President Victor Paz Estenssoro's regime began breaking up vast landholdings and parceling them to peasants. The government had seized Bolivia's tin mines last October amid pressure from a major labor federation.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Finance Editor Rockwell Dies in Cleveland at 69
Guy T. Rockwell, longtime financial editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer for 34 years, died Saturday at age 69 in Cleveland. He guided coverage of markets and business with steady editorship and insight.
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Cleveland
Guy T. Rockwell
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Trouble's Always Double for Buster
In Winston-Salem a 9 year old boy named Buster Andrews was struck in the head by a rock causing head injuries and two operations to remove his appendix. He later fell from a swing this weekend and both arms were broken in the incident.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Buster Andrews
Buster
Seven Die in Texarkana Texas Hotel Fire
Seven persons perished when fire swept a second story Texarkana Texas hotel in the border city business district. Four others injured, two critically, as flames gutted the building above a cafe and clothing store. Fireman Ivy Dukes said five bodies were found near a room window and that victims suffocated. The lower windows were sealed by a fan, suggesting an attempted escape. Cause of the blaze is unknown.
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Texarkana
Tex
Texas
B. Baker
Ivy Dukes
Eisenhower seeks expanded social security coverage
President Eisenhower urged Congress to add about 10 percent of the population to social security for the first time. Roughly six million would enter on a mandatory basis, including self employed, farm and domestic workers, and professionals. About four million others could join via voluntary group plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State Funeral Held Today for Senator Taft in Capital
President Eisenhower and top leaders attended the Capitol rotunda service as Sen. Robert A. Taft lay in state after dying of cancer at 63. His body was later sent to Cincinnati for private interment and a public service at Christ Church.
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Robert A. Taft
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Eisenhower
New York
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Supreme Court
Douglas MacArthur
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House
Capitol Building
Taft
Cincinnati
Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery
Christ Church
Frederick Brown Harris
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Marine Band
Bernard Braskamp
Lincoln
William Howard Taft
Columbia Two trustee dies in Meigs County
Harry W. Dudgeon 54, carpenter, of Carpenter, died Saturday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after six months ill health. Trustee of Columbia Township Meigs County and former school board member. Survived by wife Mina Nichols Dudgeon two sons Leo Toledo and Claire Air Force in England a daughter Ana Harmon Carpenter a brother Harley Warren Pa two sisters Leah Barker Pontiac Mich Effie Pollack Corning Calif. Services Wednesday 2 p.m Carpenter Baptist Church burial School Lot Cemetery. Friends may call at the Dudgeon home in Carpenter any time.
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Carpenter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Warren
Leah Barker
Pontiac
Mich
Effie Pollack
Corning
Calif
Claire
United States
Carpenter Baptist Church
School Lot
Dudgeon
Boy Drowns as Cabin Cruiser Overturns in Lake Erie
A 3-year-old boy died when an 18-foot cabin cruiser overturned in Lake Erie Sunday. Five other persons were rescued, authorities said, as the vessel capsized in trough waters near Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Defense Dept surveys newly developed weapons program
The Defense Department through the Weapons System Evaluation Group is conducting an exhaustive study on advanced weapons including supercarriers atomic cannons guided missiles and devices not yet in the lab The group headed by Lt Gen Geoffrey Keyes includes scientists and engineers and will prepare recommendations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff Decisions since then include continuing Forrestal class carriers completing 280mm atomic cannons and developing new guided missiles
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Weapons System Evaluation Group
WSEG
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Geoffrey Keyes
Engi
Steel Worker Held in Fatal Pistol Battle
In Massillon Ohio a steelworker wounded in a gunfight is under guard at City Hospital after 69 year old gunsmith S Ernest Creasy was shot in his U S 21 store The shooter fled in a car and a homicide charge is expected against James McCray 32 who arrived at the station with a shoulder wound claiming a hitchhiker fired first.
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Massillon
Ohio
City Hospital
Harry Grossgiaus
James McCray
S. Ernest Creasy
Creasy
U. S. 21
Here
McCray
Oracle computer built by Argonne Oak Ridge teams
The world’s fastest digital computer type brain, Oracle, was announced by Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Installed at Oak Ridge this fall, the $350,000 machine can multiply 12 digit numbers about 200 times per second and solve complex problems in 20 to 30 minutes that would take five to six years by hand.
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Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oracle
Oak Ridge
Bus boy signs tavern rule in motion caution
SILVER CREEK N Y It took a bus boy to think up this sign in a tavern here Please do not stand while tavern is in motion The humorous notice captures a practical safety reminder amid local whimsy.
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Silver Creek
Berlin faces wave of protests over travel ban and food relief
Reports from Potsdam to Merseburg describe anti ban protests as Red police tighten control in the Soviet zone. Rail and road limits halt movement to West Berlin for food parcels while workers strike at Leuna refinery Bitterfield Jena Magdeburg Erfurt. U S High Commissioner Conant denounces the ban.
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Red Radio
West Berlin
Potsdam
The
Germany
Leuna
Merseburg
Electro - Chemical
Bitterfield
Jena
Magdeburg
Erfurt
East Berlin
U. S
James B. Conant
Hebert wins near miss at Tam OShanter golf event
Jay Hebert of Erie Pennsylvania claimed the $2025 first prize for the closest shot to the 165 yard 16th hole in a driving contest at Tam OShanter. A $25,000 hole in one prize failed to be won by any participant despite 30 men and six women pros competing.
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Chicago
Jay Hebert
Erie
Tam O'Shanter
Hebert
George S. May
Legion Chief Begins Fact-Finding Tour
National commander Lewis K Gough of the American Legion flew to Europe visiting England France Germany Italy and Switzerland. He said the trip would examine psychological warfare and serve as a fact-finding tour at the request of President Eisenhower last November.
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New York
Lewis K Gough
American Legion
Europe
England
France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Legion
Eisenhower
Mrs Roosevelt on McCarthy methods drew Hitler comparison
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt returning from a 10 week tour said European observers find Sen Joseph R McCarthy methods symbolic of Hitler and Stalin. She said Europeans are familiar with Hitler and Stalin and view McCarthy tactics similarly.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Hitler
Stalin
Europe
McCarthy
Defense Department adds 147 names to Korea casualty list
A Defense Department report lists 21 killed 107 wounded 16 missing in action 2 captured and 1 injured among Korean War casualties. All occurred before the cease-fire last week.
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Washington
Defense Department
Dulles Heads to Korea After Red Attacks
Secretary of State Dulles departs McChord Air Force Base toward Seoul to discuss a Korean American security pact with President Syngman Rhee. He cited a Peiping radio attack and outlined plans for a Korean rehabilitation program and UN consultative moves before any final stance on Korea’s political conference.
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Wash
Dulles
Pacific
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Red China
Peiping
Tacoma
Washington
Eisenhower
South Korea
United States
Korea
Rhee
Republic of Korea
Truck Driver Deaths Tied To Grudge Theory
LISBON Ohio Sheriff Howard J Clark said a son deranged by a relative s death in a truck crash may be behind the killings of two truckers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a wounding near Lisbon He noted the killer might target truck drivers and has visited local trucking firms to study fatal accidents Lt W B Ampleby of the Ohio Highway Patrol said officials are reviewing clues but discount the grudge theory for now
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West Alexander
Mary Newell
Salem
Ohio
Lisbon
Howard J. Clark
Here
Columbiana County
W. B. Ampleby
Ohio Highway Patrol
Mason Opium Theft Probed
Mason State and city police investigate a break in at Fruth's pharmacy on Jefferson Blvd. Early Sunday a quantity of opium derivatives was stolen from a safe. no other items or cash were taken.
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Point Pleasant
Fruth
Jefferson Blvd
Francis J. Kelly Dies at 49 after Long Illness
Francis J. Kelly an Associated Press reporter for 19 years died today after a long illness. He was 49.
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Washington
Francis J. Kelly
Kefauver Attacks Korea Rehabilitation Troop Plan
Senator Kefauver protested the proposal to use U S troops in rebuilding South Korea saying it would amount to forced labor. Secretary Dulles disclosed the plan with President Eisenhower's approval reported in Washington.
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Washington
Kefauver Tenn
United States
South Korea
Kefauver
Senate
Tennessee
Dulles
Eisenhower
Lancaster Man Held After Fatal Beating
Leonard Daubenmire, 21, of Lancaster, will be arraigned in Municipal Court on manslaughter charges in the death of Orville Hobson, 35, following a fight in a downtown tavern Sunday morning. Hobson died from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhages.
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Lancaster
Leonard Daubenmire
Orville Hobson
Hobson
GOP Governors Back Ike on Slow Tax Cuts
Four Republican governors and at least one Democrat urged a go slow policy on tax reductions as President Eisenhower planned a Seattle stop for Taft's funeral and the National Conference of Governors. Texas Governor Allan Shivers noted progress in federal state relations and the accord with the administration, while Colorado Governor Dan Thornton said tax cuts could come next year with the admin's plan.
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Eisenhower
Eisenhow
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Governors’ Conference
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Debt limit hike postponed as Congress nears adjournment
Washington AP reports Congress will adjourn after a White House meeting postponed action on raising the federal debt limit until next year if possible. Senate leaders indicated no immediate move to reconvene for a debt ceiling vote, with tax session decisions deferred until after September collections.
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Congress
White House
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Hisenhower
House
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of Treasury
Humphrey
Dodge
Knowland and
Millikin
Eisenhower
Administration
California
R-Cale)d
Joseph M. Dodge
Secretary of the Treasury
Humbrey
White House Congress
Wilton Persons
Humouhrey
Air France Constellation Plane Feared Lost Off Turkish Coast
Search planes and ships from four nations scoured the Mediterranean near Kastellorizon for an Air France Constellation believed crashed with 41 onboard. Among victims reportedly is Mia Marjorie Clark Yahyavi, 27, an American wife of an Iranian.
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Paris
Air France
Constellation
Mediterranean
Turkey
U. S. Navy
Kastellorizon
Rhodes
Cyprus
Marjorie Clark Yahyavi
Governor To Greet Returning Ohio GI
Gov. Frank J. Lausche will personally greet a Cleveland soldier when the transport Marine Lynx docks in Seattle Wednesday. Sgt. Cleo Johnson is among eight Korean veterans chosen to meet governors, part of a larger arrival of 2134 Army enlisted men and 178 officers for the governors conference.
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Seattle
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Marine Lynx
L c Cleo Johnson
Heat Fatal Ends Local Golfer's Round at Jaycee Course
Kenneth L. Garrison 42 of Zanesville died Saturday at the Jaycee Golf Course from a heart attack believed caused by heat and overexertion during play. He was active with local golf circles and pronounced dead soon after collapse on the course.
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Zanesville
Kenneth L. Garrison
Jaycee Golf Course
Nine Die In Ohio Weekend Accidents Toll Rises
Nine persons were killed in Ohio over the weekend in traffic crashes and other incidents. Two drowned, five died in other accidents, with the toll about average for this time of year.
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Ohio
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