Armistice Signed At Panmunjom Ends War Hostilities
UN and Red Army generals sign a compromise armistice in Panmunjom signaling a truce not peace. Leaders warn of vigilance and no immediate troop withdrawal while a buffer zone is prepared along the 150 mile front. Gen Clark says UN forces stay. Gen Taylor calls it a suspension of hostilities. The move follows months of tough negotiations.
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Panmunjom
Red Armies
Mark Clark
Korea
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
the &Th Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
William K. Harrison Jr
Nam I
UN General Assembly to set up Korea peace conference
The 60 nation UN General Assembly will meet August 17 to organize a special political conference under the armistice that aims to transform it into permanent peace. Delegates will decide who seats at the conference and when and where it meets. President Lester B. Pearson favors informal premeeting talks to speed the process.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN General Assembly
General Assembly
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Lausche signs eight bills including school subsidies
Gov. Frank J. Lausche signed eight more bills, among them a school subsidy raise to 231 million dollars for the next two years and a five dollar monthly increase in maximum old age pensions to 65 dollars. The acts come as the 100th General Assembly completes actions before adjournment.
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Columbus
100Th General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Cuban Leader Quells Revolt After Eastern Cuba Attacks
In Havana President Batista declared martial law after repelling an assault by about 230 rebels on two army posts in Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo. Fifty four people were killed, including 35 attackers, 18 soldiers and a police sergeant. The government blamed former president Carlos Pino Socarras for Sunday raids. Barista’s army said the barracks commander reported rebels aimed to spark a revolution.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Carlos Pino Socarras
Batista
Monchada
Santiago de Cuba
Bayamo
Columbus Bus Strike Ends With Pay Increase and Shorter Week
Columbus settled an 11 day strike as the CIO Transport Workers Union ratified an agreement with the Columbus Transit Co. Wages rise from 1.75 to 1.90 per hour and the work week is cut from 48 to 40 hours by August 1, 1954. Fares will rise from 10 to 15 cents cash or four tickets for 50 cents on August 22. Union President John R. Tipton says the deal commits no further strikes for 18 months.
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Columbus
Ohio
CIO Transport Workers Union
Columbus Transit Co
John R. Tipton
Ohio Senator's Niece Injured in Accident
Miss Mary Kay Bricker 20 Shelby Ohio niece of Sen Bricker R Ohio injured critically in a one car crash near Elkhart Indiana She is a student at Elkhart University and is confined to Elkhart General Hospital Five passengers were in the car which skidded 200 feet knocked a fence and rolled 180 feet on a county road
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Elkhart
Ind
Mary Kay Bricker
Shelby
Ohio
Sen
Bricker
Rohio
Here
Elkhart University
Elkhart General Hospital
Eisenhower hails Korean armistice and cautions for peace
President Eisenhower praised the Panmunjom truce last night and thanked God while warning that true peace remains elusive. He said the armistice ends fighting on one battleground but does not end global conflict as the political conference on unification moves forward. He expressed hope his son Major John Eisenhower will return soon and urged nations to seek peaceful settlements before further war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panmunjom
White House
America
John Eisenhower
Korea
North
South Korea
Meigs County Korean War Vet Drowns After Boat Upset
Foster H. White 25 of Long Bottom died when the outboard boat he rode with Norman Weber and Marion Riggs toppled in the Ohio River near Long Bottom. Riggs and Weber tried to rescue him but he sank. recovery took about 30 minutes. White had just returned from Korea and funeral services are set for Tuesday at Long Bottom Methodist Church.
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Foster H. White
Long Bottom
Meigs County
Ohio River
Charles Russell
White
Norman Weber
Marion Riggs
Riggs
West Virginia
Russell
Weber
Marion Hall
Hall
Korea
Long Bottom Methodist Church
Sand Hill
Arbaugh Funeral Home
Tuppers Plains
Puppet State Purges Party in East Berlin
East Germany's Communist bosses ousted top officials in a major purge. Police Chief Wilhelm Zaisser was removed from the Central Committee and Politburo. Editor Rudolph Herrennstadt and three other officials lost committee status and candidacy slots. Anton Ackerman, Elli Schmidt, and Hans Jendretzky were among those dropped.
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Berlin
East Germany
Wilhelm Zaisser
Rudolph Herrenstadt
Neues Deutschland
Politburo
Anton Ackerman
Elli Schmidt
Women's League
Hans Jendretzky
East Berlin
Ohio Legion Conclave Names New State Commander
Howard C. Kingdom, 39 year old World War II veteran from Conneaut, named Ohio commander as the Ohio American Legion conclave in Cleveland ends. Other officers include James Wagonseller Lancaster first vice commander Philip Lustie Cleveland second vice commander John G. Caskey Alliance treasurer and Rev Deitrich Cordes Norwalk chaplain. Edward Wade Girard named new finance committee member. A 75,000 strong crowd watched the closing two hour parade in sweltering heat.
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Cleveland
Howard C. Kingdom
Conneaut
Ohio
American Legion
James Wagonseller
Lancaster
Philip Lustie
John G. Caskey
Alliance
Deitrich Cordes
Norwalk St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Edward Wade
Girard
Kentucky family in crash near New Rochester
A family automobile struck a bridge on U S 23 two miles north of New Rochester in Wood County injuring five relatives and killing a 20 month old girl. One member remained in critical condition.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
U. S. 23
New Rochester
Wood County
Pilot Krendich Named on FBI Ten Most Wanted List
World War II Air Force pilot George William Krendich of Akron is added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitives list. He is charged with murder in Bracken County Kentucky for the killing of a woman whose body was found May 10 weighted and partially submerged in a creek after being seen with a male companion April 22 in Akron.
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Washington
Akron Ohio
FBI
George William Krendich
Bracken County
Krendich
Akron
War through a human lens captured by combat photographers
After more than three years of war in Korea, service and news agency photographers produced striking pictures. Nearly every reader recalls those shown here for their imperishable focus on the human side of mechanical war.
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Korea
Armed Services
End of Conflict Brings New Global Dangers and Issues
Postarmistice Korea ends active fighting but raises new problems for Allied and Communist governments. Key concerns include U S Britain tensions over Red China in the UN and how armistice affects Russia Red China and North Korea relations. UN General Assembly will set up a Korea political conference by late October aiming for non Communist Korean unification.
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Washington
Korea
Red China
United Nations
Russia
North Korea
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Assembly
United States
Ohio records 18 fatalities in weekend crashes
Two plane crashes and multiple accidents pushed Ohio’s weekend death toll to 18. Weekend deaths include Brack Wiseman in Middletown, George Sticklen Jr. near West Middletown, John Murray in Columbus, and E Don Doyle in Hanging Rock along the Ohio River.
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Brack Wiseman
Middletown
George W. Sticklen, Jr
West Middletown
Salem
John Murray
Columbus
E. Don Doyle
Leavenworth Ran
Ohio River
Hanging Rock
Ironton
Two Suspects Held In Mansfield Death
MANSFIELD Ohio Police hold two men in connection with the death of Mrs Nanny Jo Davis 35 year old mother of four. She died Saturday of a brain hemorrhage after a disturbance at her apartment Friday night. Bowing Green Ohio fire blamed on a spark from a passing train caused 30000 damage to grain elevator buildings at Permberville.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Nanny Jo Davis
Bowling Green
Permberville
War’s Cost: 22,000 Dead and 15 Billion in War Expenditures
Washington reports Korean War toll exceeds 22,000 dead with total casualties around 140,000. Economic costs surpass 15 billion dollars for weapons and materiel, plus over 1,125,000 tons of artillery ammo, 800 tanks, 40,000 trucks, and naval shells. Government spending tops 101 billion on rearmament, with demobilization deferred.
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Payor
Ike To Name UN Delegates
President Eisenhower is expected to name James F. Byrnes as a regular U S delegate for the autumn United Nations meeting. Informants say Henry Ford and Gov George Craig of Indiana will also join the delegation with Byrnes expected to play a key role in international affairs.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Eisenhower
U. S
United Nations
Byrnes
Henry Ford
George Craig
Indiana
Defense Dept Hints Drop in Draft Calls
The Defense Department expects monthly draft calls to fall by about 4000 within three months if Korea remains reasonably stable. Officials say the reduction depends on security conditions and political factors aligning.
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Defense Dept
Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Double Ace Ralph Parr Sails to Victory Over North Korea
Captain Ralph Parr of Apple Valley California shot down a twin engined Russian built plane over North Korea on the war’s last day to become a double ace.
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Seoul
Ralph Parr
Apple Valley
Calif
North Korea
Man Found Dead Near Railroad Crossing in Outville
Newark Ohio man Huntington West Virginia was found dead Sunday near a railroad crossing at Outville. Investigators are treating the death as a possible train incident and continue to examine the scene.
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Newark
Ohio
Huntington, W. Va
Outville
Last Korean War Front Gun Duel Ends In Silence
AP dispatch describes a fierce artillery duel on the Central Front ending at 10 p.m. with a cease fire after 37 months of war. The 8th Army and allied units faced intensified Chinese fire near Kumhwa as hundreds of rounds pounded positions before a final calm and a map showing Reds holding key ridges.
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Seoul
John Randolph
Randolph
Kumhwa
Kumbhwa
Kumsong Bulge
Free 30 word radiograms for POWs under Big Switch
The American Red Cross announced free 30 word radiograms for POWs released under Operation Big Switch. The program includes next of kin portraits, priority calls from Japan for the sick and wounded, recorded messages, and gift kits at Munson receiving center with radiograms arriving in three days and photos in ten.
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Tokyo
Reds
Korea
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Inchon
Japan
Munson
United States
Ed Cross
Accused Army Slayers Face Trial in Absentia
Two former American soldiers Alde lecard of Pittsburgh and Car Lo Dolce of Rochester are to be tried in Italy in absentia for the 1944 killing of Maj William V. Holohan on a secret mission behind enemy lines. No trial date has been set.
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Milan
Italy
William V. Holohan
Alde Lecard
Pittsburgh
Car Lo Dolce
Rochester
N. Y
Holohan
Panmunjom Truce Talks Reveal Prisoner Exchange Totals
The secret Panmunjom record shows the Communists will return 12 736 prisoners of war including 3313 Americans. In total about 4577 non Korean prisoners to be released plus 5000 Chinese and 69000 North Korean captives. The UN reports 7800 North Koreans and 14500 Chinese to be handed to neutral nations. Prisoners to be returned at 300 daily by the Reds and 2400 able bodied daily by UN forces. The exchange must complete within 60 days after signing.
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Munsan
Neutral Nations Commission
Panmunjom
Paneinjpom
Truce Panel Holds First Weet Tonight
The Associated Press reports a cease fire in Korea begins at 10 p m 8 a m EST after Panmunjom armistice signing ending three years and one month of fighting. Top negotiators formalize the pact in an 11 minute ceremony and plan POW exchanges and repatriation.
Carl D. Groat Dies. Cincinnati Editor Remembered
Cincinnati newsmen civic leaders paid tribute to Carl D. Groat 65 longtime editor of the Cincinnati newspaper died after a long illness at his home Sunday He earned the nickname the reporters editor and covered events including the Paris Peace Conference and World War I as a United Press correspondent Services set for tomorrow or Wednesday with cremation to follow ashes to Kopake Lake where relatives remain.
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Cincinnati
Carl Groat
The
Groat
Roat
Omlrow Wilson
Paris
United Press
Kopake Lake
Congressmen See Armistice As Chapter in Peace
Congress reacted to the Korean armistice with guarded optimism. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Wiley said it opens a new chapter in the fight for peace, while others urged vigilance against Communist schemes. House Republican Short voiced strong skepticism and Democrats urged caution as post truce questions loom.
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Congress
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Short
Rmo
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
House
Me 1S
Massachusetts
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