Marines Capture Bunker Ridge in Korea Conflict
U S Marines repelled a Chinese assault near Panmunjom as flame throwing tanks and riflemen seized Bunker Ridge after fierce fighting in the Siberia Hill area. Air strikes and artillery supported the defense while naval units endured shore battery fire with casualties among sailors.
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Seoul
Korea
Bunker Ridge
US S. Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Siberia Hill
Siberia
Navy
J. R. Pierce
Barton
Mounts Bay
Wonsan
U. S. Far East
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sam Summerlin
Bunker Hill
U.S. Eighth Army
Bus Plows Into Flood Near Ancell
A Dixie Greyhound bus hit a flash flood eight miles south of Ancell Missouri on U S Highway 61. Eighteen passengers endured five inch rain and rising water as the bus filled with water and swerved. An elderly African American passenger was missing and presumed drowned. Bill Thompson of Eufaula Alabama rescued three others swept from the bus. Passengers escaped onto wreckers after a long delay.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Dixie Greyhound
Bill Thompson
Eufaula
Ala
Here
Ancell
Ramsey Creek
U.S. Highway 61
S. R. Cook
Cottondale
Cape Girardeau
Parents Seek State Help in Missing Ex GI Hvasta
The parents of John Hvasta, an ex GI, asked the State Department for definite action to find him after he reportedly escaped a Czech prison near Bratislava on January 2 while serving a ten year sentence on espionage charges. A Czech refugee said Hvasta escaped with four others in Munich, Germany.
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Washington P
John Hvasta
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Michael Tivasta
Steve
Hillside
N. J
Bratislava
Jaroslav Burec
Munich
Germany
Hrasta
UN Answers Red Protest Over Suspected UN Planes
The UN Command stated two or three jet planes over Panmunjom during the resumed truce talks likely belonged to United Nations forces. The Red protest was rejected as observation failed to show markings, and talks remain in recess until August 19.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
United Nations
Charles W. McCarthy
UN Command
Chang Chun-san
Pittsfield Twins Club President Heads Clothing Aid
Mrs. John McClusky, 32, president of the Mothers of Twins Club of Pittsfield, reports she had triplets all boys Sunday night. She already has two-year-old twin girls and heads a 22 member group that helps new mothers of twins by providing outgrown clothing at low cost.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John McClusky
Mothers of Twins Club of
Press Tip News on SS Silverstar Stopover
Miami Herald reporter George Southworth met at the dock with a company official aboard the SS Silverstar after the liner docked. The official said someone aboard wanted to buy paper, signaling a newsworthy request during the Havana Miami Vera Cruz voyage.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Vera Cruz
High Seas
George Southworth
Miami Herald
Southworth
No Difference Horse Driving Arrest Stuns West Virginia
Huntington, West Virginia. Berman Sasco Wallace, 37, was arrested for drunken driving by State Police Sgt. Paul R. Pritchard who said it made no difference legally that Wallace was driving a horse.
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Huntington
W. Va
Berman Sasco Wallace
Paul R. Pritchard
Wallace
Truman's Role in Stevenson's Drive Under White House Review
President Truman may be asked to play a muted role in Adlai Stevenson’s bid for the presidency as talks with Stevenson and cabinet leaders aim to settle campaign control. Stevenson wants no overt presidential tours but may accept Truman’s support in the North and West to boost civil rights morale and broaden appeal. Senator Murray and other officials urge co operation, while Republicans doubted Truman’s grip on Stevenson's campaign.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
White House
Illinois
Sen
James Murray
Montana
West
Murray
Ralph FE Flanders
R-Vi
Flanders
GOP
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Economic Controls Boss Criticizes Eisenhower Stand
Boston reporter Roger L. Putnam, economic stabilizer, denounces Gen. Eisenhower for opposing price controls and endorsing tax cuts. He cites a 75 percent Republican House vote to end price controls and argues the stance would fuel inflation and lower real income. He questions the candidate’s civilian mastery.
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Boston
Roger L. Putnam
Eisenhower
House
Putnam
Jordan Deposes King Talal Names Hussein as Heir
Parliament dethroned King Talal amid reports of schizophrenia and proclaimed his 17-year-old son Hussein as king. A court envoy left for Switzerland where Hussein vacationing with Queen Zeine and two brothers. Lausanne officials said the royal family would return to Amman Sunday to decide Talal’s fate. The 40-year-old former king lives at Basman Palace.
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Amman
Jordan
Middle East
Seale
Talaj
Hussein
Switzerland
Zeine
Lausanne
Talal
Basman Palace
Ohio Five Day Forecast Shows Mild Warmth and Rain
Five day forecast for Ohio indicates temperatures averaging slightly above normal with highs from 81 to 85 and nightly lows 61 to 63. Showers expected in the southeast at the start and again toward the end, with total rainfall around half an inch.
AFL Council Blasts High Living Cost Blame on Dixie GOP
The AFL Executive Council meeting opened with a denunciation of rising living costs and a claim that wage hikes are not to blame. It pointed to business profit and wholesale to retail profiteering as the driver while avoiding concrete remedies. The session also addressed a long standing jurisdictional dispute between Carpenters and Machinists unions.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
AFL
William Green
Carpenters Union
International Association of Machinists
National Labor Relations Board
Carpenters
Green
Con Eludes Police Trap In Cleveland Flight
Cleveland police pursued escapee John Kostura 30 who fled from Sandusky honor camp. Four shots were fired into his car rear as Berea officers blocked a rooming house and Kostura escaped via a garage. Kostura, once jailed for a 1939 drug store robbery, escaped July 6 and was a parole violator.
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Cleveland
John Kostura
Sandusky
Berea
Kostura
Shots and rocks attack train in West Virginia
In Shenandoah Junction a Norfolk and Western passenger train faced rifle fire and flying rocks as it departed. No injuries among 15 passengers were reported and officials offered no motive for the attack. Separately, Youngstown council approved a new gas franchise increase of about eight percent starting October 4.
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West Virginia
Shenandoah Junction
W Va
Norfolk and Western
Youngstown
Union Leader Rips Lausche at Ohio Labor Convention
The Ohio State Federation of Labor opened its 67th convention in Cincinnati with 800 delegates listening as John J. Hurst denounced Gov Frank Lausche for acting apart from his party. Hurst urged voters to oust Lausche, while the federation avoided political endorsements in announcing the gathering.
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Cincinnati
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Frank J. Lausche
John J. Hurst
Cincinnati Labor Council
Democratic
Phil Hanna
Ohio State Federation
Cincinnati Detective Fatally Shoots Man After Standoff
Cincinnati detective Julius Bray shot Jesse McCollough 38 in front of Bray’s home during a struggle as Bray questioned McCollough about an alleged attempt to wreck his panel truck. Bray, his wife, and three year old son were in their car nearby.
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Cincinnati
Jesse Mce- Collough
Bray
McCollough
Dr Ida Belle Peffers 90 dies in Middlefield
Dr Ida Belle Peffers known as the “lady doctor” dies at 90 in Middlefield after years of illness. She claimed to have delivered 1800 babies without a single maternity death, earning a reputation for her long career and devotion to mothers.
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Chardon, CO
Ida Belle Peffers
Middlefield
Ohio to Host Atomic Energy Plant in Pike County
The Atomic Energy Commission will build a 1.2 billion dollar uranium-235 plant on a 6500 acre tract between Piketon and Wakefield along the Scioto River in Pike County Ohio. The site near Portmouth will employ up to 4000 construction workers and about 4000 during operation with completion in three to four years.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio
Elston
Piketon
Wakefield
Scioto River
Commission
AEC
OOO
Point Pleasant
Tike County
Chamber of Commerce
AFA
Pike County
Mason County
Eisenhower to Make Peace the Core of Campaigns
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower says a durable world peace is unlikely without public understanding of its complex problems He will feature peace in every campaign talk and plans a Philadelphia stop and appearances in the South He will not set a Labor Day speech date and will press ahead with conferences and farm leaders in Congress Summerfield Stassen and Allen Kline are named in the mobilization efforts.
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William Flannigan
Stevenson
Springfield
Detroit
Flannigan
Truman
Milwaukee
Denver
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower
GOP
Philadelphia
Dixie
Congress
Arthur FE. Summerfield
Harold
Crown Loss Reported by Japanese Parliament Panel
A Tokyo parliamentary committee confirms a large amount of national treasure is missing and notes unclear receipts by occupation officials. It says much treasure faded during World War II while in Japanese hands, including the Empress Nagako’s crown of gold and platinum studded with five diamonds sent to the government for war use.
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Tokyo
Postal bus service links Columbus to Akron and Toledo
A new postal bus service will run starting Sept 15 with one round trip daily between Columbus and Akron and another between Columbus and Toledo. Additional routes include Cincinnati-Portsmouth Cincinnati-Indianapolis and Columbus-Gal Hipelis and Columbus Portsmouth. Towns on the Columbus Akron leg include Howard and Danville.
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Columbus
Akron
Toledo
H. C. Washburn
Postal Transportation Service
Cincinnati
Gov McMath Faces Strong Ballot Battle in Runoff
In Little Rock Arkansas Senator S Sid McMath runs for a third term as Democratic nominee facing a runoff. Three defeated opponents Ike Murray Jack Holt Royd Tackett joined Fran cia Cherry on a Talkathon urging support for Cherry to deny McMath. The campaign follows Truman endorsement and labor league backing for McMath.
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Little Rock
Ark
Sid McMath
Francia Cherry
Cherry
Talkathon
McMath
Truman
CIO
AFL
Royd Tackett
Ike Murry
Jack Holt
Arkansas
19 Year Olds Facing Early Army Service
Washington reports a Selective Service spokesman says rising manpower needs may require drafting 19 year olds into the armed services. Older men now fill calls, but October quotas rising 47 000 suggest last two months of 1952 could be high. No change yet to the Jan 2 order directing older men first.
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Washington
Selective Service
Armed Services
Lewis B Hiershey
Mrs Frank Lieving Dies at Pt Pleasant Ohio River Road
Mrs Frank Lieving died this morning at her home on Ohio River Road after an extended illness. She was the wife of a former Mason County sheriff. funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Lieving
Ohio River Road
Mason County
Plentiful Food Prospects Despite Drought Across Nation
The Agriculture Department projects the next crop year will yield more total output than most years, with ample corn oats hay and other feeds supporting beef pork milk eggs and poultry. Meat dairy and poultry could face regional shortages in the South due to feed losses while potatoes remain tight until new crops mature. The department also extends drought relief loans through the Farmers Home Administration for distressed farmers.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Farmers’ Home Administration
Ohio Valley Utilities to Supply Power for Giant Plant
A group of 15 Ohio Valley Utilities aims to provide power for a large new plant. The AEC earlier sought to reassure the public about safety, comparing the plant to other industrial facilities. Site surveys covered Kentucky Ohio Tennessee Indiana Illinois and West Virginia. Portamouth officials urged action by the AEC and Congress to revive the local economy.
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Ing
Ohio Valley
AEC
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Indiana
Hainois
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Portamouth
Congress
Gordon Dean
Department of Defense
Fire Marshal Callan Dies in Youngstown
Harry Callan state fire marshal and former Youngstown fire chief died Monday night in Youngstown after a long career in fire prevention. He served as fire marshal, headed the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association, and advised Gov Lausche on closing gambling joints. A Marine in World War I, he was a lifelong public safety figure.
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Youngstown
Harry Callan
Anes
Foray
Marena
Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association
Frank J. Lausche
Funeral Promptly Serves As Backdrop For Tragic Accident
In Hurricane West Virginia a 7 year old boy helping his grandfather at a funeral home job was electrocuted when a steel pipe touched a high tension wire during hoisting. The grandfather J T Hill aged 77 was knocked unconscious but unharmed otherwise. Charles T Hill of Columbus Ohio was the worker on site.
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Hurricane
W. Va
Charles T. Hill
Columbus
Charles
J.T Hill
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