South Korea Opposes US Troop Withdrawals in 1954
South Korean assembly members claim the United States plans to withdraw all but three divisions from Korea by year end 1954. The assembly voted to oppose any withdrawal while officials in Washington denied plans.
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Whang Sung Soo
Syngman Rhee
National Security Council
South Korea
8Th Army
North
Lee
European Leaders Gather for Talks on EDC Revisions
In Brussels six European nations meet amid French demands to overhaul the European Defence Community treaty. Mendes France plans to present a separate army proposal to the French National Assembly while other members doubt a workable compromise on a six nation army including West Germany. The debate risks delaying or derailing the long stalled EDC project.
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Pierre Mendes - France
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Mendes-France
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West Germany
France
Italy
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Luxembourg
U.S
Washington
Rene Pleven
Citizens for Eisenhower Back Bender in Senate Run
Citizens for Eisenhower announced support for Rep. George Bender of Ohio in his bid for the Senate against Sen. Burke. James L. Murphy, chairman, said Eisenhower indicated interest in Bender’s candidacy and Ohio committee efforts are forming to back him.
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Citizens For Eisenhower
Representative Bender
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Burke
James L. Murphy
Citizens
Bender
Eisenhower
George Bender
Murphy
Prospector Admires Modern Yukon Home Improvements
Fifty five years after leaving London for the Yukon to prospect for gold, Harry Lehman views modern living and notes caution about telephones, elevators, and street lighting costs while praising a tiled bath over his old tin tub.
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B.C
Harry Lehman
London
England
Yukon
Atomic Bill Reaches Ike's Desk For Private Power Push
Washington reports President Eisenhower received a sweeping bill to open private atomic power and boost European defenses. The House approved the measure by voice vote after Senate acceptance of a compromise. The plan would share civilian patents for five years then grant exclusive rights for 17 years, with a push to repeal compulsory sharing if Cole is reelected. The Atomic Energy Commission would issue 40 year licenses for private plants and fissionable materials.
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Eisenhower
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Congress
Senate
Cole
R-Ny
House Atomic Energy Committee
White House
Atomic Energy Commission
Veteran Officer Gets Promotion to UN Post
Brig. Gen. C Stanton Babcock 50 a Pacific War veteran and longtime UN diplomat moved into the No 3 post of the U S delegation to the United Nations Chief delegate Cabot Lodge Jr named Babcock to succeed John C Ross who resigned for urgent family and personal reasons but will stay on as delegation consultant until Oct 15
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N. Y
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Pacific
U U. S
Cabbie Finds Gems Valued at Ten Thousand Dollars
A Brooklyn cab driver named Fritz Morris turned in a cloth jewelry bag found in a taxi back seat. Police estimate the contents at $10,000 and say the owner must claim within 90 days or the gems will be returned to Morris.
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New York
Brooklyn
Fritz Morris
Morris
Detective Tracy Tops Zanesville Civil Service Test
Dick Tracy, long time member of the Zanesville police department since 1947, led the civil service examination with a high score of 96.2. The promotion test results were announced yesterday, marking a notable achievement in local law enforcement staffing.
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Zanesville
Dick Tracy
Civil Service
Dynamite Kid Is Captured in Youngstown
Nine teen year old Michael J Mickey Carney known as the dynamite kid was captured at his home in Youngstown after a month long search by Ohio and Pennsylvania authorities. He was wanted for questioning in a series of holdups in the western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio area including a drive in theater robbery near New Castle Pennsylvania. Police found a stolen auto near his home and surrounded the house before arresting him in a second floor bedroom. He surrendered without a struggle.
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Michael J. Mickey Carney
Dynamite Kid
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Paul Cress
New Castle
Carney
Bullring collapses in Bilbao injuring hundreds
A portable wooden bullring collapsed at Valmaseda under the weight of 2000 spectators. Two people were killed and 51 seriously injured, with more than 300 others hurt.
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Bilbao
Spain
Valmaseda
Sheppard declares innocence in Marilyn murder case
Dr Samuel Sheppard released a lengthy statement proclaiming not guilty of his wife Marilyn Sheppard's murder. He spoke through his brother at Bay View Hospital after being rearrested on a first degree murder indictment. He described his injuries and repeated his belief a prowler killed Marilyn while he protected his son Chip.
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Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Stephen Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Bay Village
Samuel Sheppard
Cuyahoga County
Stephen Allen
Shepards
Samuel Jr
Chip
Dr. Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Common Pleas
Arthur H. Day
McCarthy Aide Refuses Senate Fee Payment
Washington counsel for Senator McCarthy rejected a potential fee of up to ten thousand dollars from the Senate committee investigating charges against him. The committee hired FE Wallace Chadwick as counsel while McCarthy seeks defense resources. Senate Mundt aims to report before recess amid continued McCarthy Army hearing scrutiny and renewed censure talks.
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Chester
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Mundt
R-Sd
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Yangtze River Crest Rises To New Record
Tokyo reports the Yangtze River reached a fresh high of 29.7 meters 97.44 feet by 5 p m yesterday at Wuhan the industrial hub at the Yangtze Han river junction Peiping says the dike network guarding Wuhan remained firm as floods continue to threaten central China
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Civil Liberties Group Attacks Red Ban Bill
The American Civil Liberties Union denounces congressional bills to ban the Communist party in the United States. Executive secretary Patrick Murphy Malin says the ban would push Communists into clandestine channels harder to police.
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New York
Amercan Civil Liberties Union
Communist Party
United States
Patrick Murphy Malin
GOP Leaders Still Seeking Softened Commie Ban Bill
Senate Republican Leader Knowland said a bipartisan agreement on a bill to ban the Communist party may still be reached. Earlier refusals by Senate and House blocked a provision making Communist party membership a crime, as lawmakers rush toward adjournment. The measure would strip Communist unions of NLRB standing, revoke party rights, and punish membership with up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
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Senate
Knowland
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House
Senate House
National Labor Relations Board
Communist Party
Farm Plan Advances After Hectic Senate Session
The farm bill approved by the Senate ends rigid price supports and grants flexible authority for supports and surpluses. The measure passed 44 to 23 after a 14 1 2 hour session with a delayed House vote following a heated, largely Democratic opposition and GOP pressure for a morning test vote. Senator Knowland sought a recess while Senator Russell deriding flexible policy urged a test vote.
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Senate
le Knowland
California
Russell
D-Ga
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Judge Praises Driver as Mighty Honest in Speeding Case
In Fitchburg Massachusetts Maurice C. Ellis 19 of West Townsend contested police testimony that he was speeding 50 mph. Judge A Z Goodfellow fined him fifteen dollars and said you are mighty honest after the proceedings.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Maurice C. Ellis
West Townsend
A. Z. Goodfellow
Service Restored After Ohio Derailment
Rail service on New York Central’s main line through Versailles was restored after a mail coach derailed early yesterday on the Knickerbocker westbound route. An axe broke on the coach but no injuries were reported.
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New York Central
Versailles
Boy dies after play gun accident in Shelby
Seven year old Jerry Green was shot in the head by a playmate with a target pistol in Shelby Ohio. He died four hours later at a Columbus hospital. Police said the incident occurred yesterday during a play session.
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Jerry Green
Jerry
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Man Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder During Robbery
Robert L. Downs 22 of Rockbridge Route 2 pleaded guilty to first degree murder while committing an armed robbery in a Lancaster court. He admitted shooting David Canfield 71 on May 22 at Canfield’s Jack Run farm, taking the victim’s shotgun, and setting a Columbus vacation cabin on fire September 18. Downs, arrested on auto theft charges, faces possible death sentence and further trial in common pleas court.
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E. E. Bright
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Fred A. Murray
Hocking County
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David Canfield
Jack Run
Lancaster
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Canfield
Court of Common Pleas
Duwn
Hoecking County
Shawn
Perry Township
Robert Lee Downs
Buena Vista
Dack Run
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Ike Says Record Open On Power Contract
President Eisenhower declares the books are open for inspection of the Dixon-Yates power contract in the TVA area. Democratic chairman Stephen A. Mitchell asserts the public deserves the full story behind the deal. Mitchell criticized the handling and noted Eisenhower’s friendship with golfer Bobby Jones while Jones rejected implications of presidential favoritism. Eisenhower urged reporters to obtain the complete record from the Budget Bureau or the ABC.
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Stephen A. Mitchell
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Leonard W Hall
Dixon-Yates Syndicate
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Rabies Problem Worst in Texas Area
Houston and Harris County face the nation’s worst rabies incidence, per Public Health Service officials. Dr. Ernest Spierkel advocates a mass immunization campaign after analysis from January to July shows rabid animals accounting for nine percent of cases at the regional health laboratory.
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Atlanta
Howard Tooley Dies Public Relations Chief For Boys Clubs
New York Public relations director Howard Tooley 57 longtime spokesman for the Boys Clubs of America and writer of radio and television plays on youth issues died Tuesday in New York.
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New York
Howard Tooley
The
Boys Clubs of America
Trimble Man Gets New Post
William Robinett Jr. of Columbus has been named federal clerk of court for the Southern District of Ohio. He replaces the late Howard Parker and will move the clerk’s office from Cincinnati to Columbus, under Judge Mell G. Underwood.
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William Robinett, Jr
Jacksonville
Athens County
Ohio
Robinett
Howard Parker
Cincinnati
Mell G. Underwood
Joan H. Wuffel
Lester L Cecil
Dayton
Underwood
TV Channel 79 Added for Toledo
The Communications Commission approved Channel 79 at Toledo giving the city three commercial channels and one educational channel. The move followed a request by Woodward Broadcasting Co which said it would apply for the channel promptly.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Toledo
Woodward Broadcasting Co
AFL Atomic Workers Vote On Previously Rejected Raise
About 4500 AFL production workers at two Oak Ridge atomic plants vote on a 6 cent hourly raise and risk challenging the CIO union. AFL leaders urged acceptance, hoping to diminish CIO leverage after Taft Hartley injunctions. CIO workers also rejected the raise and have a history of strikes. Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co has matched increases for both unions.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
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CIO
Paducah
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Ould
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
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Liquor Probe Summons Three Lorain Witnesses in Columbus Case
Three Lorain liquor permit holders Evelyn Cipolla Mario Cipolla and Ann Naples were summoned to testify before a Franklin County grand jury probing state liquor department shakedowns. One witness Henas Roosevelt Jackson 46 of Columbus was jailed for contempt after entering the hearing. Ousted inspector John L Kocevar of Cleveland was also summoned to appear.
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Ann Naples
Henas Roosevelt Jackson
Frank H. Kearns
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Fire destroys stockyard killing thousands of animals
A two hour blaze at the Montreal Stock Yard last night killed about 2000 hogs plus sheep and calves. The fire caused over a million dollars in damage as the two story brick building collapsed trapping animals inside.
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Blast injures sixteen on Athens to Kalamata train near Corinth
A bomb exploded aboard a passenger train traveling from Athens to Kalamata near Corinth injuring sixteen people. Police cordoned the area as investigators searched for suspects and motive.
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