French General Urges Full Independence for Indochina
General Pierre Navarre, new French Far East commander, called for complete independence for Indochina to unite Viet Nam Cambodia and Laos against the Vietminh. He warned that without independence, nationalist and anti communist forces could not withdraw from Viet Minh ranks. The United States supports France with military aid, while critics say aiding the anti communist war risks white imperialism.
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Hanoi
Indochina
France
Far East
Pierre Navarre
Paris
Navarre
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Aos
Vietminh
Laos
Norodom Sihanouk
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Farm program overhaul urged by Benson
Fresno California Secretary of Agriculture Benson said top agricultural professionals agree the current farm programs face serious trouble and require major overhauling. He surveyed about 60 readers at colleges and research institutions and others, gathering views from roughly 500 people. They favor tailoring programs to individual products rather than uniform supports for all commodities.
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Fresno
Calif
Benson
Atom Cannons Not in Korea
The Army said none of the new atomic cannons are overseas. It noted the service has enough 280 millimeter guns to equip American forces in Korea if President Eisenhower deems it advisable, depending on armistice progress and Communist offensives.
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Washington
Korea
Eisenhower
Base Seized By Chutists Base Seized By Chutists WITH FRENCH AIR FORCE AT LANGSON
French Union paratroopers seized Langson Indochina in a bold raid near the Chinese border as Vietminh forces were surprised during breakfast. Bridges over the Kyeua River to Kwangsi Province were destroyed, cutting a major supply route. Langson has long been a key French post on the invasion route from China.
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Langson
Indochina
French Union
China
Kyeua
Kwangsi Province
Long
Princess Margaret Returns Amid Royal Romance Rumors
Princess Margaret arrives in London with Queen Mother Elizabeth after a Rhodesia tour. The press swarms over reports of her romance with exiled pilot Peter Townsend, now air attache at the British Embassy in Brussels. Towns end rumor persists as the royal party heads to Buckingham Palace.
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RAF
Peter Townsend
Brussels
Elizabeth
London
Comet
Rhodesia
Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Transit Fare Accord Hinted
Columbus on second day of a city wide bus strike as workers and shoppers reach destinations with no major traffic problems. A proposal to raise the fare from 10 to 15 cents or four tickets for 50 cents is noted, while the strike by 600 drivers and maintenance men continues, leaving 170,000 riders without regular service.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Transit Co
Brother in law shot injures man in Ohio county
Wood County authorities hold a 15-year-old boy without charges after he wounded his brother in law Alfred Castillon 32 at a Pembleville friend’s home. Castillon from Lemoyne is in serious condition at Wood County Hospital.
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Ohio
Bowling Green
Wood County
James Meagley
Joe Gloria
Alfred Castillon
Castillon
Gloria
Pemberville
Lemoyne
Wood County Hospital
Senate approves equal rights amendment in 73 to 11 vote
The Senate on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee equality for women by 73 votes to 11. If the House passes it, the measure goes to the states for ratification requiring 36 states.
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Washington
Senate
House
Parole Granted To 44 Ohio State Reformatory Inmates
The state pardon and parole board on Thursday approved paroles for 44 inmates from the Ohio State Reformatory. The move affects individuals seeking release under state supervision and reflects ongoing parole deliberations.
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Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Board
Ohio State Reformatory
Reds Study UN Demand For Quick Armistice
Gen. Mark Clark conferred three hours with UN truce negotiators ahead of tomorrow Panmunjom session. Washington says UN will not meet Reds demand to recapture prisoners or demand ironclad guarantees from South Korea, while Eisenhower envoy reports Rhee commits to cooperate in an armistice.
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Robertson
Rhee
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
Korea
Washington
ROK
Syngman Rhee
Reds
Munsan
Mark Clark
Panmunjom
Clark
Tokyo
William K. Harrison Jr
Red
South Korea
Harrison
Congress
U S Records Biggest Tax Take in 1953
The fiscal year ending June 30 1953 saw federal tax collections total 69.5959 billion dollars, the highest in peace or war, with total federal revenues up by 4.5863 billion from the prior year. Corporate income and excess profits taxes reached 21.5483 billion.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Truman
Bureau
Smoke Fells Ten Firemen in Cincinnati District
Two fires in Cincinnati's downtown area caused injuries and smoke illness to nine firemen. A four story riverfront building sustained about 25000 dollars in damage. A second blaze at Screw Machine Specialty Co injured 18 year old operator Robert Hoover and burned his father Lester Hoover, as firefighting crews fought both blazes.
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Cincinnati
Foursto
River Front
Screw Machine Specialty Co
Robert Hoover
Lester
Eisenhower Nominates Three Ambassadors to Argentina Yugoslavia Liberia
President Eisenhower nominates William L. Beaulac for ambassador to Argentina and James W. Rid Leburger for ambassador to Yugoslavia. He also sends Jesse D. Locker of Cincinnati to the Senate for ambassador to Liberia. All are career foreign service officers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Willard L. Beaulac
Argentina
James W. Riddleberger
Yugoslavia
Senate
Jesse D. Locker
Cincinnati
Liberia
Eisenhower to visit Camp David this weekend
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will leave today for Camp David in Maryland's Catskill? Mountains and return Sunday. Plan includes retreat stay with family and rest from Washington duties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Jet Breaks World Air Speed Record At Thermal
Lt. Col. William F. Barns pilots an F86D Sabre to set a world air speed record with eight runs over a 1.863 mile course. The best speed reaches 721.364 mph with an average around 713.6 mph, aided by favorable winds and turbulent weather.
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Thermal
Calif
Coli
William F. Barns
J. Slade Nash
Barns
Nash
Army Officer Loses Appeal
The U S Court of Military Appeals upheld the court martial conviction of Maj. Gen.Robert W Grow for spying diary material to Moscow. He was repr manded and suspended from command for six months and reassigned to the Army's historical office in Washington last August.
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Washington
UU. S. Court of Military Appeals
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Grow
Court of Military Appeals
Russians Move Tanks Into East Berlin Amid East German Unrest
A Soviet tank division entered East Berlin as strikes mark the one month anniversary of the June 17 rebellion. Tanks and armored cars prowled Stalin Allee while martial law, lifted recently, remains uncertain in other East German cities.
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Berlin
East Berlin
East Germany
Stalin Allee
Zeiss Optical
Jena
Zeiss
Russia
East Zone
Stark Official Fights Rhodes Audit Over Expenses
Stark County prosecutor John Rossetti battles State Auditor James Rhodes over an examiners report that $3915 in Rossetti’s expense accounts were not itemized as required by law. Rossetti, a Democrat, says he followed the law and challenges Rhodes to back up his criticism in court.
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Canton
Ohio
Stark County
John Rossetti
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Rossetti
Miss Universe contenders narrowed to sixteen in Long Beach
In Long Beach California 16 of 26 contestants reached the Miss Universe semifinals after last night’s preliminaries before about 2500 spectators at the Municipal Auditorium. The finalists will be chosen tonight from the sixteen with Myrna Hansen of Chicago among popular favorites alongside Christine Martel France Ayten Akyol Turkey Kinuko Ito Japan and Rita Stazi Italy.
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Long Beach
Calif
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Christine Martel
France
Turkey
Ayten Akyol
Japan
Kinuko Ito
Italy
Rita Stazi
United States
Myrna Hansen
Chicago
Rhonda Fleming
Joan Evans
Jeff Chandler
Bud Westmore
Ohio GOP Fulfills Platform Promises With Budgets and Reforms
The 100th General Assembly largely enacted the party platform in Ohio, led by Ray C. Bliss. Key moves include a highway program adding 42 million dollars annually for arterial roads, a 500 million bond option or pay as you go, a new highway safety department, increased school subsidies of 16 million, and funding for an agriculture college center and extension improvements at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Ohio
100Th General Assembly
Ray C. Bliss
Akron
GOP
Agriculture College
Ohio State University
Agriculture Experiment Station
Rails Merger Seen Nearer
Robert R. Young predicts control of the New York Central System within a year and a major consolidation with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway within five years. An NYC C&O agreement to jointly develop lighter, lower cost passenger cars signals steps toward that consolidation.
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Cleveland
Robert R. Young
New York Central
NYC
Young
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
C&o
Federation of Railway Progress
Virginia polio breakout prompts emergency measures
In Bristol Virginia an official from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis met with local doctors to plan emergency actions as Virginia reports its worst polio outbreak of the year. The representative G Ford MacGinness from Washington arrived amid four new cases, bringing the two-week total to 28.
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Bristol
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Virginia
National Foundation
G Ford MacGinness
Washington
Ex Convict Sought For Abducting Girl
UPPER SANDUSKY Ohio Prosecutor Harold A Roth issued a warrant for Raymond Doss of Marion 56 year old former convict in the kidnapping of 12 year old Velma Jean Abbott near Nevada. Abbott identified a photo of Doss as her kidnapper she escaped by running to a farm house.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Harold A. Roth
Raymond Doss
Marion
Gir
Roth
Velma Jean Abbott
Nevada
Doss
Mrs. Erma Hunt Dies in Lima Home Fire
Mrs. Erma Hunt aged 62 suffocated Thursday in a Lima residence fire while sweeping the home. Firefighters found the woman at the scene and authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
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Lima
Erma Hunt
Pike County Vice Inquiry Concludes No Organized Gambling Prostitution
The Ohio Liquor Department completed a probe into reports of gambling and prostitution in the Pike County atomic energy plant area. Eight investigators covered Pike Scioto and Jackson counties and found no wholesale or organized activity and no link to permit holders.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor Department
Pike County Atomic Energy Plant
Joseph McManamon
Department
Pike
Scioto
Jackson
MacManamon
Taft Forced To Sidelines
New York Hospital bulletin says Sen. Robert A. Taft volunteers to stay away from Congress for the rest of the season while recuperating from an exploratory operation. The Senate majority leader is reported in good condition with no complications after abdominal wall surgery.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
New York Hospital
Taft
Senate
Hospital
Devel
Job Applicant Once a North Carolina Fugitives’ Road Gang Member
William Ealy a 43 year old Baltimore resident and part time lay minister was jailed on $2000 bail after a government job application led to his fingerprint. He is charged with escaping from a North Carolina road gang 18 years ago.
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Baltimore
William Ealy
Ealy
North Carolina
Arsonist James Condon Ordered to State Hospital
James Condon aged thirty admitted setting fires to six Catholic churches and to the home of Police Chief Edward J. Allen. Probate Judge Clifford M. Woodside committed him to Massillon State Hospital for treatment and confinement.
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Youngstown
James Condon
Edward J. Allen
Massillon State Hospital
Clifford M. Woodside
UN Reversal as Reds Gain Up to Seven Miles on Central Front
UN forces, aided by American and Allied air support, halted Red advances after a major Chinese offensive. South Korean units, including the 9th Division, counterattacked at Kumhwa and Kumsong, recapturing outposts and inflicting heavy losses as the front stabilized along the base of the former salient.
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Kumhwa
Pukhan River
Sniper Ridge
Kumsong
Seoul
Maxwell D. Taylor
Kumsong River
Taylor
Kumsong Bulge
U. S
ROK
White Horse Mountain
Red surge overrun kills hundreds of Americans in Korea
A Chinese Red surge southwest of Kumsong overwhelmed an overrun artillery battalion supporting the Republic of Korea 2nd Division. An estimated 300 Americans were killed or captured as 1000 Chinese fighters swarmed 190 mm howitzers, with the Korean frontline unit folding under pressure. The disaster echoes February 1951 losses at Hoengsong Valley.
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East Central Front
Korea
Kumsong
U. S
Hoengsong Valley
Republic of Korea
Portsmouth phone workers end wildcat strike
Portsmouth Ohio workers of the CIO Communications Workers ratified an agreement with Consolidated Telephone Co. returning to jobs after a wildcat strike since Wednesday night. Service was back to normal though a strike possibility remained in four other Ohio cities.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
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