UN Delegates Instructed for New Korean Talks in Kaesong
Allied negotiators in advance headquarters at Korea prepared for resumption of cease-fire talks in Kaesong on Wednesday with final UN instructions. Vice Admiral Joy, Maj. Gen. Craigie, and Rear Admiral Burke returned from Tokyo after conferring with Gen. Ridgway.
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Korea
Kaesong
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
L. C. Craigie
Arleigh Burke
Kors
Peiping
Moscow
Joy
Air Force
H. J. Hodges
$32 Million Gun Barrel Plant Planned at Point Pleasant
The Army approved a $32,000,000 super tube mill to be built on the former West Virginia Ordnance Works site near Point Pleasant. At full production the plant will employ about 1000 people, with initial work starting immediately and Col. Walter F Krueger Jr. in charge. The facility will manufacture gun barrels for Army and Navy artillery and warship batteries.
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Point Pleasant
Army
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Warren T. King
Chamber of Commerce
M. G. Burnside
Burnside
Mathas
Walter F. Krueger, Jr
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Huntington
King
Washington
Joseph V. Laffan
Garnet W. French
New York Central Railroad Co
NYC
B&o Railroad
Flood Waters Move South
The Mississippi crest, among the Midwest's costliest floods, moved south from St. Louis and should crest between major levees along the river. Army engineers say nearly all downstream levees will hold though a few spots remain at risk as 900 workers, including 500 Scott Air Force Base airmen, toil on critical levees 60 miles south in Perry County Missouri where a break could flood 23,500 acres of farmland.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Midwest
Big River
Army
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Here
Perry County
Vinton County Man Dies After Argument Over Auto Crash
Gallia County officials report a fatality following a dispute tied to an automobile accident. Oakley McCarty, 19, of Alice, died on arrival at Holzer Hospital from a blow behind the ear. Carl Cochran of Vinton is sought for questioning as the investigation continues.
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Gallipolis
Vinton County
George Ehman
Gallia County
Oakley McCarty
Alice
Holzer Hospital
Ehman
Carl Cochran
Vinton
Gallia and
David Kruscamp
Ewington
Cochran
McCarty
D. R. Warehime
Sherman Rites To Be In America
Admiral Forrest Sherman head of the U S Navy dies in Naples Italy after two heart attacks. He completed a Europe tour and may have reached a tentative agreement on American bases in Spain. His body will be flown from Naples as USS Mt Olympus hosts ceremony with four U S destroyers alongside in the bay.
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Naples
Italy
Forrest P. Sherman
America’s Navy
U.S
Naval Operations
Europe
Francisco Franco
Mt. Olympus
Bay of
U. S
Fuske
William R. Rush
Hawkins
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
King Abdullah Mourned as Body Interred in Jordan
King Abdullah was assassinated while praying at the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem. His funeral in Amman drew about 1000 dignitaries as bugles sounded and Arab legion guns fired at one-minute intervals. Black flags signaled three months of national mourning across Jordan.
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Amman
Jordan
Abdullah
Arab Legion
Omar
Old City
Jerusalem
British Iran To Reopen Oil Negotiations Deadlock
Iran backs resuming talks with Britain over the oil nationalization dispute after a six hour cabinet session. Dr. Karim Sanjabi said a formula for reopening negotiations exists and a memorandum will be presented to Harriman. Iran insists negotiations are with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company representatives, not the British government.
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Tehran
Tran
Karim Sanjabi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Truman
W. Averell Arriman
Kazem Hassibi
Oil Board
Cabinet
Joint Oil Board
Harriman
Sanjabi
Iran
Abadan
An Gulf
Auto Hits Tree: One Dead and Three Hurt
A late night Route 35 crash near Jackson left one dead and three wounded. Mrs. Charles B. Lahey, 29, of South Charleston, was killed when the car struck a pole and tree head-on at 12:50 a.m. The surviving passengers, Robert Hunt, 22. Charles B. Lahey, 31. and Ben Edens, 31, were hospitalized in Holzer with facial head and internal injuries. Hunt in very poor condition. Lahey, Edens in fair condition. The Lahey body sent to a South Charleston funeral home.
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McCarty
Holzer Hospital
Paul Foster
Merrill Wade Cochran
Vinton
Clayton Alfred Snider
Joe Kruscamp
Warehime
Sheriff Ehman
Waugh Funeral Home
Foster
County
Ed Kruscamp
Ewington
Carl Cochran
Robert Cochran
Gallipolis
Charles B. Lahey
South Charleston
W. Va
Robert Hunt
Charleston
Ben Edens
St. Albans
State Highway Patrol
Jackson
Hunt
Lahey
Edens
Pomeroy Building Fire Causes Major Damage
A blaze at the Blue and Grey Restaurant in Pomeroy caused about 20000 dollars in damage and threatened nearby businesses in the middle block. The fire started in the kitchen shortly after 11 45 p m as cab driver Charles Cook alerted Ross Evans and another driver. The Pomeroy Fire Department with help from Middleport and Mason City units contained the fire quickly after a loud blast and flames shot upward. No injuries are reported. investigation continues.
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Pomeroy
Blue and Grey
Charles Cook
Pomeroy City Cab Co
Court and Main
Cook
Ross Evans
Marguerite
Middleport
Mason City
William Hogue
Tibet's Dalai Lama Returns to Lhasa
Tibet's 16-year-old spiritual ruler travels back toward the capital of Lhasa after seeking refuge in Yatung near the border following a Chinese invasion. The previous spring treaty by his representatives gave China final control over Tibet, as reported from New Delhi.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Lhasa
Yatung
Insurance Firms in U S Report Aid Trade With Reds
Senate subcommittee on export controls reports that American insurance firms, with British partners, underwrite maritime and war risk insurance on ships trading with the Communist China regime. The aides say this cooperation helps continue material flow to what are described as enemies.
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Washington
Conor
D-Md
Senate
Probers Hear Of Gambling In Kentucky
Covington Kentucky businessman told Senate crime investigators a five year push to close plush gambling casinos and curb hundreds of slot machines has yielded little. Florer executive secretary of Kenton County Protestant Association testified the effort began in 1946 and many pleas were ignored. The Senate Crime Committee questioned about 15 witnesses as it eyed gambling operations in Kenton and Campbell Counties across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
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Washington
Florer
Kenton County
Air Defense Seeks Officers for Radar Posts
The U S Air Defense System seeks inactive Air Force Reserve officers for voluntary active duty as radar observers and electronic countermeasures specialists. Maj Gen Willis H Hale of the Continental Air Command at Mitchel AFB announced the call yesterday. Applicants must be flying officers under 30, hold lieutenant or captain ranks in the Air Force Reserve, with two years of college required for electronic countermeasures specialists.
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New York
U. S
Willis H. Hale
Continental Air Command
Mitchel Air Force Base
Air Force Reserve
Hale
VFW Presses for Oatis Release in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Pa The Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars calls for strong action by the State Department to secure the immediate unconditional release of Oatis. James J Davis state commander urges expulsion of a Tass Moscow Pravda correspondent as part of a get tough policy.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Department
Congress Told Tax Increase Not Necessary
Washington reports the U S Chamber of Commerce told Congress no tax hike is needed as the current year budget can balance without new revenue. The Council of State Chambers of Commerce condemned the $37.2 billion House tax increase as the worst in history and urged a fresh approach, proposing a uniform consumer tax on most goods except food if needed. Clarence D Laylin of Columbus, Ohio, presented the council's stance.
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Washington
U. S Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
House
Senate Finance Committee
Clarence D. Laylin
Columbus
Ohio
Council
Federal Finance Committee
Petain Dies on Isle of Yves After Long Exile
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, Verdun hero and former head of the Vichy regime, died at 95 on Ile d Yeu where he had served over five years of a life sentence for treason. Commuted by De Gaulle, he died in the island military hospital after years of ill health and a pneumonia relapse, with his wife Annie at his side.
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Ile D'Yeu
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
Marshal
Ohio
Annie
Petain
Wilhelm
Hechingen
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Atlantic
Nantes
Power Utility Plans Service Despite Strike
A walkout by 880 workers at three Ohio Power Co. plants enters its second full day as Ohio Power reports it will continue service. Pickets at Philo, Brilliant, and Beech Bottom were authorized restricted by judge Clarence J. Crossland. The strike centers on a retroactive 5 percent wage increase, which the company offered in October with a contract running July 1, 1951, to July 1, 1952.
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Zanesville
Ohio Power Co
Ohio Power
Philo
Brilliant
Jefferson County
Beech Bottom
W. Va
Common Pleas
Clarence J. Crossland
Utility Workers of America
CIO
Truman urges stronger armed forces beyond 3.5 million
President Truman told Congress that military strength may need to rise above the 3.5 million interim goal, urging a rapid build-up despite peace prospects in Korea. He proposed a $30 billion annual spending rise, up to 2 million more workers, a 5 percent national output boost, and tax and control measures to offset inflation. He cautioned the final goals may be raised as strategic studies progress and pledged action if needed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Korea
Council of Economic Advisers
Eight Die and 23 Hurt in San Francisco Fire
A four story wooden apartment house fire in San Francisco killed eight people and injured 23, with 10 firefighters among the wounded. About 70 residents escaped as flames surged from the ground floor. Missing residents were believed trapped. panicked escapes included a mother and child cycling down a drain pipe, causing severe injuries.
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San Francisco
Sani Wiertensen
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