Armistice Talks Speeded as Red and Allied Officers Meet
Allied and communist officers completed nine secret sessions on armistice terms in Panmunjom. Three U S members of the military commission met with Communist colleagues, signaling momentum toward a signing within days. Pyun Yung Tai warned of possible opposition from South Korea, while Peiping radio said Czechoslovakian and Polish delegates joined the four nation Supervisory Commission in Beijing.
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U. S
Military Armistice Commission
Red
Allied Commission
Navy
B. M. Coleman
McLean
South Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Peiping
Armistice Supervisory Commission
Red China
West Berlin Expands Food Aid to East Berlin
West Berlin increased hunger relief for East Berliners despite Moscow blocking American aid. Thousands of food packages were handed out in two districts along the border and grocery coupons circulated in others.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
Three Held in Fatal Beating of Ohio Man
First degree murder charges were filed against Homer M. Edwards 25 of Ironton Ohio native now in Columbus Alfred Robinson 26 and William Saunders 27 both of Ironton in the fatal beating and robbery of Karl Williams 41 of Grahn Kentucky named by the victim's widow Clorena Edwards in Ironton.
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Ironton
Karl Williams
Grahn
Homer M. Edwards
Columbus
Alfred Robinson
William Saunders
Edwards
Clorena
Yeggs Steal $40,000 From Cleveland Stadium Office
Four masked bandits tied a guard, blew open a safe in a concession office at Cleveland Stadium, and escaped with about $40,000 in receipts from Indians games. Police theorize the robbers remained in the stadium after yesterday’s games.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Indians
Allied airmen hit steel and Soviet planes in Korea
Allied warplanes destroyed their 1000th Communist aircraft over the weekend as Sabre jets knocked out nine MIGs and pounded Red targets. By dusk, total Red planes destroyed reached 1008 with UN losses at 108, including 56 Sabres. other Allied losses were not reported.
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Tokyo
Senate Probe Curbs Urged By Monroney
Sen. Monroney proposes giving the Senate power to halt investigations by its committees to curb Sen. McCarthy and his investigations subcommittee. He plans to amend Senate rules at today's session after criticizing McCarthy over CIA investigations.
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Senate
Monroney
Washington
Sen
D-Okla
McCarthy
R-Wis
Centralntelligence Ageny
CIA
Grand Opening Set For Warehime Clinic
Gallipolis officials announce the grand opening of the Warehime Clinic a $75 000 osteopathic center. Dr Donald R Warehime plans to use the first floor for now with upstairs rooms to be added for overnight patients and later rented to professionals.
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Gallipolis
Warehime Clinic
Donald R. Warehime
Warehime
Three Patients Join In Hospital Wedding
In Charleston General Hospital Ann Harper a 17 year old nurse’s aide stood beside John D Sanger 19 as the Rev Thomas Haynes united them in marriage on a Sunday. The couple had a license before his July 11 auto accident left him with a broken neck. Coincidence placed the couple and the minister all as patients within the same hospital.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ann Harper
John D. Sanger
Thomas Haynes
Charleston General Hospital
Ann
John
Ohio Pilot Survives Crash at Air Show
Summit County crowd of 100000 watched a fighter plane crash land at 250 miles per hour. Captain George Bleimes, 30, of Westerville, walked away with a scratched wrist as the aircraft tore to pieces after careening down the runway and into a field.
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Akron
Summit County
George Bleimes
Westerville
Polio Victim dies in Mansfield Ohio
Barbara Jean Turner 7 daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Turner of Rt 1 Lucas died of polio Saturday in Mansfield Ohio.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Barbara Jean Turner
Chester Turner
Rt. 1
Lucas
Arson Probe Follows Gallia County House Fire
Gallia County sheriff investigates arson after Joe Eggers two story frame home on Brush Ridge Hunt ington Two is burned at 9 45 p m Saturday. Eggers, wife and child were at church. home leveled on arrival. House owned by H H Moore of Buffalo West Virginia. Loss includes 814 in furniture and 250 in clothing.
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Gallipolis
G. Gordon Fisher
Joe Eggers
Brush Ridge
Huntington
Eggers
George Ehman
Fisher
Roy Eggers
Gallia County
Brush Ridge Rd
Coal Valley
Mt. Taber Church
Vinton
H. H. Moore
Buffalo
W. Va
Japan Flood Toll Mounts in Deadly Deluge
Tokyo reports 273 dead 433 injured and 2033 missing after floods swamped Wakayama on Honshu. Ground sea and air teams race to rescue thousands stranded on rooftops as chaos amid duplications in casualty counts slows totals.
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Tokyo
Wakayama
Honshu Island
Pacific
Heavy Rains Flood Texas and Oklahoma Drought Persists
Fort Worth reports hit and miss downpours over the past week. Louis P. Merrill, U S Regional Conservation Service director, says local torrents aid drought relief but a longer period of general rain is needed to end Texas drought in its fourth year. Oklahoma sees better rains but not enough to end dryness.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Louis P. Merrill
U. S. Regional Conservation Service
Truce Plan Outlined For Korean Armistice
Terms set to halt fighting 12 hours after signing and pull troops from a 12 kilometer buffer zone. Armies frozen at truce levels with monthly 35 000 man rotations while Allied forces withdraw from North Korean coastal islands within five days. A five member Military Armistice Commission plus a Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission will oversee terms with POW exchanges by Panmunjom within two months and a political conference proposed within 90 days.
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Korea
Neutral Nation Supervisory Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Panmunjom
Meigs County Reports First Polio Case of 1953
Meigs County lists its first 1953 polio case as two year old Carol Stepp of Rutland was diagnosed at Holzer Hospital with non paralytic polio treated over the weekend. Gamma globulin will be given to contacts through the Meigs County Health Department. Last year 17 polio cases were reported in the county, with two fatalities.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Carol Stepp
Rutland
Holzer Hospital
Twelve Die In Ohio Traffic Accidents This Weekend
The Associated Press reports twelve people died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend including four drownings and one rail collision death. Earlier counts show fourteen deaths last weekend and twelve on the July 4 holiday.
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Ohio
Putnam Farmer Slain After Family Quarrel
Putnam County farmer James Leo Hinkle Sr. was shot to death at his home in Frazier's Bottom after a quarrel with his son over jelly at the dinner table. James Leo Hinkle Jr. 27 surrendered to face murder charges. A coroner’s jury ruled death from a shotgun blast.
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Point Pleasant
James Leo Hinkle
Putnam County
G. L. Copen
Winfield
James Leon Hinkie
Frazier
Millie May Hinkle
Liam
Heck Funeral Home
Milton
Fight Looms On Debt Curb
Washington debate centers on raising the federal debt limit as GOP leaders plan a meeting with President Eisenhower. Sen. George of Georgia signals possible opposition to an expected proposal to lift the 275 billion ceiling, arguing spending cuts are needed first.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
George
D-Ga
Clergie Critic Gets Hearing Before HUAC
The House Un American Activities Committee voted to grant a hearing to J B Matthews ousted from a Senate committee post for a critical article about clergy He asked to be heard but no date was set Velde said Matthews testimony would cover his claim that Protestant clergymen form the largest single group backing the Communist apparatus in the United States today
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
J. B. Matthews
Senate Committee
Matthews
Welde
Ill
Velde
United States
Bridge Incident and Patrol Car Crash Quiet Kananga
Residents recall a dramatic 1:15 p m scene on the Silver Bridge when a man hanged by his feet over the Ohio River and a woman spoke to him. Earlier at 1:50 a m a patrol car was struck by a truck driven by a 17 year old from Point Pleasant Route 2. The youth fled, the car blocked him, and the youth ended up jailed for a bond forfeiture. The owner of the truck James Thompson was cited for permitting an unlicensed minor to drive. The boy faced juvenile court. The patrol car sustained minor damage.
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Gallipolis
Kananga
Silver Bridge
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
C. L. Boggs
Gallia
John W. Howell
Gallipolis Post
James Thompson
William H. Jones
Thompson
Howell
Ship Piracy Is Charged
Hong Kong captain Antonio Marques says his steamship Nidar was seized by a Nationalist gunboat and taken to Kaohsiung Formosa, while Chiang Kai-shek’s Marine Department later claimed the crew pirated the vessel and handed it to Formosa authorities.
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Hong Kong
Antonio Marques
Chiang Kai-shek
Marine Department
Foreign Office
Formosa
Marques
Hong Kong Standard
Kaohsiung
Missing Boy Found Drowned in Cistern
Four year old Roger Meredith visiting at his late grandmother's estate near Springfield fell into a cistern and drowned. He wandered away Saturday and was later found. he died at a hospital. The boy's parents are Mr and Mrs Clark Meredith of Rt. 1 Yellow Springs.
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Springfield
Roger Meredith
Clark FR. Meredith
Rt. 1
Yellow Springs
Soapbox Racer Slams Crowd In New Orleans Injures Five
A soapbox derby racer crashed into spectators at a steep overpass in New Orleans. Leonard Cates, 72, is in critical condition with a fractured skull a broken collarbone an eye injury leg cuts and dental injuries. Four others were injured in the incident.
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New Orleans
Leonard Cates
Man Dies Jumping From Bridge Into Ohio River
The body of Lamont Addans Gossett, 47, of Huntington West Virginia, was recovered from the Ohio River near Lock 28 at Sybene Ohio. Gossett reportedly jumped from the Chesapeake Huntington bridge early Friday morning, authorities said.
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Ironton
Lamont Addans Gossett
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Sybene
Ohio
Gossett
Chesapeake- Huntington
Millett announces Miami faculty raise averaged ten percent
President John D. Millett says Miami University faculty will receive salary increases averaging 10 percent. The announcement outlines compensation adjustments affecting faculty across departments.
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Oxford
Ohio
John D. Millett
Miami University
Rescue Workers Search for Body Wade Smith at Mine 211 Reservoir
Rescue workers continued the search for Wade Smith, 30, of Athens, who drowned Sunday at Mine 211 reservoir on Sugar Creek six miles northeast of Athens. His companion Raymond Kincade, 25, Athens, watched as Smith slipped into deep water while wading ten feet from shore. Nearby swimmers tried to save him but could not reach him as the lake bottom drops sharply from the shore.
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Raymond Kincade
Wade Smith
Athens
Kincade
Smith
Messenger
Sugar Creek
Tragic Drowning At Mine 11 Reservoir Near Ath Ens
Wade Smith, of Ath ens, was recovered from Mine 11 reservoir about 12 45 p m by Sheriff George Bateman after plunging to depths of 30 feet. Kincade and bystanders said the two men went wading to cool off around 6 30 pm and Smith disappeared. Three men attempted to retrieve the body while fire crews aided in the search.
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Wade Smith
Athens
Reservoir
George Bateman
Tobin Dies Former Labor Chief at 52 in Scituate
Maurice J. Tobin former Secretary of Labor and ex mayor of Boston died of a heart attack at 52 at his summer home in Scituate Mass He had golfed the day before and retired shortly before midnight His wife found him unresponsive after he arose at 7 am and called for the correct time Medical Examiner Herbert N Blanchard ruled the death a heart attack
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Scituate
Mass
Maurice J.tobin
Massachusetts
Boston
Tobin
Herbert N. Blanchard
Wealthy Duke Dies at 74
The Duke of Westminster died at his Loch More estate aged 74. A major landlord and investor, he owned estates across Scotland Wales and England plus about 600 acres in Mayfair and Chelsea. This year he acquired a Fraser River island in Canada and started a 63 million pound development project.
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Loch More
Scotland
Duke of Westminster
London
Wales
England
Mayfair
Chelsea
Fraser River
British Columbia
Five Thoroughbreds Die In Hawthorne Blaze
Hawthorne Race Track suffered a major blaze that destroyed two barns. Five thoroughbreds perished while four firemen were overcome by smoke. track superintendent Charles Miller estimated the damage at over 60,000 dollars and could not estimate the horses' value.
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Chicago
Hawthorne Race Track
Charles Miller
Disabled veteran dives to beat river boat in Detroit
Angelo Tiezzi, a 24 year old Korean War veteran, stood on an excursion steamer deck railing in the Detroit River and declared he could beat the boat ashore. He swam to the dock but was arrested by police.
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Detroit
Angelo Tiezzi
Detroit River
Reds Trap Yank Unit Seize Hill In Western Front Drift
Allied forces fought a savage battle on the Western Front as Marines defended two vital outposts East Berlin and Berlin while Fifth Air Force and Marine aircraft bombed frontlines. North Korea fronts saw 6290 killed and 1260 wounded as Reds pressed a major offensive amid truce talks at Panmunjom.
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SPOOL
1St Marine Division
East Berlin
Berlin
Fifth Air Force
Kamsong
North Korea
8Th Army
Panmunjom
Jehovah's Witness Outing Hits Heat At Stadium Assembly
More than 300 worshippers fainted in the heat at Yankee Stadium during the opening of the New World Society Assembly. The crowd of 82 861 included delegates from 96 countries as thousands more were expected for day two.
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New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
Yankee Stadium
New World Society Assembly
Bronx
Assembly
United States
Woman Dies After Learning of Husband's Death
William Jackson Bodkins, 69, was killed when his car went off a 75 foot embankment on U S 33 near BLKINS. His wife Grace Bodkins, 60, collapsed at home in Parsons and died ten minutes after arrival at Tucker County Hospital.
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Blkins
W. Va
William Jackson Bodkins
Here
U. S
Grace Bodkins
Parsons
Bodkins
Tucker County Hospital
Bridges Hurt in Car Strike Near Washington
Senator Styles H. Bridges of New Hampshire was hit by a car and taken to Emergency Hospital for X rays. Hospital officials reported no serious injuries.
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Washington
Sen
Styles H. Bridges
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