U S Arms Progress Reports First Major Hydrogen Bomb Materials
The United States announces near term production of hydrogen bomb materials and advances in atomic weapon development. It cites higher fissionable material output in early 1953 and plans for a super speed atomic powered submarine. The AEC notes Nevada tests reduced the need for a full fall test series and confirms Bikini Atoll addition to testing grounds to allow flexible weapons development.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Congress
Nevada
Tn Nevada
Bikini Atoll
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific
Dulles and Rhee to Talk on Neutral Korea Policy
Secretary of State Dulles and South Korean President Syngman Rhee may discuss neutralizing Korea as a path to settlement during Dulles’s Seoul talks next week. Senate leaders Knowland Smith Russell Johnson back neutralization as a possible formula amid shifting U/S policy, with Dulles aiming to seal a security treaty or persuade Rhee away from forceful unification.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
State Dulles
Seoul
Sen
Knowland
R.-Calif
Korea
United States
GOP
Senate
Dulles
H. Alexander Smith
R.-Nj
Richard Russell
D Ga
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
State Department
Rhee
U. S
South Korea
Senate Approves $6.745 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate approved a $6.745 billion foreign aid package after defeating six cut attempts. House opposition remains, with a conference committee to reconcile differences. The compromise expected lifts the total to about six and a half billion dollars for worldwide anti communism aid.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Senate House
Bids Opened On Ohio Turnpike Projects
Ohio Turnpike Commission announced bids on 12.1 miles across Lucas and Fulton counties were very satisfactory. A joint Launder and Sons Co. Pierce Construction Co. Toledo bid 6 891 387 for three sections, with 26 bids from 11 contractors. Changes included moving open-to-traffic date from July 1 1955 to Oct 1 1955.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Lucas
Fulton
Launder and Sons Co
Pierce Construction Co
Toledo
Judges Pick Miss Ohio of 1953 in Mentor on the Lake
In Painesville area nine contestants vie for Miss Ohio 1953 title tonight in Mentor on the Lake. Represented regions include Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Dennison, Lake County, Perry County, Rocky River, Sandusky, and Wooster with entrants Norma Tersini Ak Ron, Anci Hall, Patti Gastil, Martha Zimmer man, Barbara Randa, Ellie Boley, Eloise Saraaf, Marlene Whitlock, and Sue Logan.
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Painesville
Ohio
Mentor-on-the-Lake Tonight
Norma Tersini
Akron
Anci Hall
Cleveland
Patti Gastil
Columbus
Martha Zimmerman
Dennison
Barbara Randa
Lake County
Ellie Boley
Perry County
Eloise Saraaf
Rocky River
Marlene Whitlock
Sandusky
Sue Logan
Wooster
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Hashmall Stay
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Frank Hashmall's application for a stay of execution of sentence.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Frank Hashmall
Span Collapse Fatal to Four
Four men died and 12 were injured when a steel plant railroad span collapsed at Pittsburgh Steel Co. in Monessen Pennsylvania, sending limestone and iron ore from three hopper cars onto a group of workers taking lunch. The fourth victim, Celeste Tretter, 67, of Monessen, was found among the debris seventeen hours later. The dead include Archie McCoy 26 Monessen Adorado Arrigoni 62 Charleroi and Francis Cowell 31 near Monessen.
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Monessen
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Francis Cowell
Day Conclave Set Columbus
The Disabled American Veterans will hold its 32nd annual state convention in Columbus from Friday through Sunday.
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Columbus
Taft Awaits Envoy Son as Hospital Update Improves
Sen Robert A Taft rests comfortably at New York Hospital as assistant envoy William Howard Taft III arrives from Ireland to visit his father Amb Martha Taft returns to Washington after visiting the 63 year old Republican Senate majority leader The hospital bulletin notes Taft had a better day and showed some improvement
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New York
Sen
Robert A. Taft
William Howard Taft III
Ireland
Sen. Taft
Martha
Washington
New York Hospital
Claude E. Forkner
Taft
Ohio
Editorial lauds US friendship after Eisenhower visit
Democracia in Buenos Aires prints an editorial signed by Descartes, a Peron pen name, praising a new era of friendship with the United States after Milton Eisenhower's visit. It says Eisenhower neutralized earlier errors and ends with Thank God the United States has a president.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Democracia
Descartes
United States
Milton Eisenhower
Juan Peron
Eisenhower
West Berlin Expands Food Relief Amid Red Terror
West Berlin intensified a round the clock food relief program as hundreds of thousands of East Germans flocked to mercy parcels. About 200000 parcels were handed out yesterday, with a goal of 250000 today as 60 relief stations operate amid shortages from anti blockade reserves and a $15 million American aid package.
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West
Berlin
West Berlin
Schoenberg City Hall
Wilmersdorf
Free West Berlin
Eisenhower
Moscow
FBI Arrests Six Reds On Conspiracy Count
Radar reports from MUNSAN and Cho Island indicate Red aircraft from Manchuria violated the Korea truce by taking off after the 10 p.m. deadline. Allied air forces bombed North Korean bases while the joint Armistice Commission prepared for talks on prisoner repatriation, with Red charges of further UN truce violations officers saying will be investigated.
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Munsan
Manchuria
U.S
Cho Island
North Korea
Korea
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Red Cross
Panmunjom
Bryan
Cigar Chewing Robber Captured After Lincoln Loan Heist
East Cleveland police wounded and captured a man identified as Robert Chalmers after he attempted a series of loan company robberies posing as a loan applicant. An assistant manager was wounded. Chalmers admitted four robberies and desertion from the Army at Fort Custer. Charles Shubert, 26, was shot during the attempted holdup.
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Cleveland
East Cleveland
Lincoln Loan Corp
Milton Jinrich
Robert Chalmers
Jinnrich
Chalmers
Ft. Custer
Navy Plane Crashes Off Luzon Sea. 5 Survivors Reported
A U S Navy amphibious plane with 15 aboard crashed at sea off Luzon Island near Cavite. Five survivors were rescued, with search efforts by planes and ships continuing about 60 miles off the west coast. The craft was based at Sangley Point Naval Station on Cavite Island.
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Manila
U. S S
Luzon Island
Sangley Point
New Yorker Aims Lake Erie Crossing From Point Pelee
A New York swimming instructor William Sadle, 53, will attempt to swim from Point Pelee Ontario to Cedar Point Ohio in about 18 hours. He plans to depart the Canadian side at 2 a.m. and reach U S soil around 8 p.m. Resort officials at Cedar Point confirm the plan.
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Sandusky
New York
Point Pelee
Ont
Cedar Point
William Sadle
Wilmington Man Drowns In Ohio River
Marietta police report 39 year old Ray Clem Dorey of 308 East Cherry Street Wilmington drowned Wednesday in the Ohio River. The incident lifts the season river death toll to six, higher than normal. Dorey told a fellow glass worker he planned to swim to the far shore.
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Marietta
Ray Clem Dorey
E. Cherry St
Wilmington
Ohio River
Dorey
Allies and Reds Leave Korean Front Belt After Armistice
Allied and Red forces exited the 2 mile wide front in Korea by the 10 p.m. deadline under armistice terms. Americans, South Koreans and troops from 15 nations left the battlegrounds around Heartbreak Ridge and Pork Chop Hill as guns fell silent Monday night. Columns moved under Red fire then stood upright, marching away from hills once soaked in blood.
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Seoul
Heartbreak Ridge
White Horse Mountain
Old Baldy
Pork Chop Hill
Bunker Hill
the Hook
Vegas
Harry
Berlin
Solons Speed Money Bills To Keep Date
Washington reports a rapid Senate move on major money bills as talks continue on meeting target dates. A White House debt ceiling hike is under serious consideration as a $6.745 billion foreign aid bill clears the Senate 69 to 10 and goes to conference with the House.
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Washington
Canares
White House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Bricker Heads Panel Amid Foreign Aid Vote Split
Sen. Bricker of Ohio voted against the Eisenhower adminstration's 4 percent foreign aid bill as the Senate approved the measure 69 to 10. He also opposed admitting 219000 refugees and backed cutting 548 million dollars in foreign aid while supporting a McCarthy amendment to punish aid recipients who trade with Red China. He was elected chairman of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
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Washington
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Bricker
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
United States
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
China
Portsmouth Waitress Slain by Husband then Kills Self
In Portsmouth Ohio a 41 year old chauffeur killed his estranged wife Betty 21 a waitress at a restaurant then fatally shot himself Police Chief Fred Brown reported Clarence R Marion acted after shooting his wife in the dining room indicating a domestic tragedy with no further suspects or motives released.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Fred Brown
Clarence R. Marion
Betty
Mary Nimitz to enter Dominican convent in California
Berkeley, Calif. Miss Mary Manson Nimitz twenty one daughter of Fleet Admiral and Mrs Chester W Nimitz will enter the Dominican convent at San Rafael on Saturday with the aim of becoming a Catholic nun. Her family is Protestant.
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Berkeley
Calif
Mary Manson Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
Dominican Convent
San Rafael
Eisenhower Seeks Increase in National Debt Limit
President Eisenhower urged raising the national debt limit of 275 billion dollars at a White House meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders. Leaders said no commitment was made and plan further Capitol Hill talks to decide if the issue will be pressed this session. Millikin noted the move faces strong opposition but could still allow for a weekend adjournment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Dodge
Plane Burns Kill Two Ohio Doctors Near Cleveland
A small private plane crashed in flames at Olmsted Falls killing Dr James Keane of Fairview Park and Dr George Zemba of North Olmsted. They took off from Cleveland Hopkins Airport at 6 am EST headed toward Mansfield or Columbus, after sending one radio message about weather. The two seated Bonanza craft crashed while attempting to return to the airport.
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Cleveland
Olmsted Falls
James Keane
Fairview Park
George Zemba
North Olmsted
Cleveland Hopkins
Mansfield
Columbus
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Jackie Coogan Marries Dancer in Secret Mexico City Ceremony
Hollywood report says television actor Jackie Coogan 38 has wed Dodie Lamphere 23 a dancer for the fourth time. The couple kept the marriage secret for 15 months and tied the knot in Mexico City. Coogan achieved fame as The Kid in Charlie Chaplin's film.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Coogan
Charlie Chaplin
Dodie Lamphere
Mexico City
Miss Lamphere
Lausche Signs Three Subversive Control Bills
COLUMBUS Ohio Gov Frank J Lausche signed three subversive control bills and vetoed a plan to shift the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission to the attorney general next January One measure extends the commission through January and another allows dismissal of state workers who refuse to answer questions from legitimate investigating bodies and another enables dismissal of public employees including teachers who knowingly join subversive groups The governor also signed six additional measures granting three weeks vacation for state workers with 15 years service and six paid holidays for hourly workers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Attorney General
Un-American Activities Commission
Casualty tolls rise as Korea fighting ends
Washington reports 140 new battle casualties from the Korean theater with 1274 added to totals since last week. The action ended Monday morning U S time and families will receive notices over the week as reporting and notification take up to five days or longer.
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Washington
Far East
U. S
Exiled ex-bartender ends forced 10 month boat ride
Michael Patrick O'Brien a 57 year old man without a country leaves the 6 foot brig of the ferry Lee Hong after 10 months and 12 days. He traveled at least 12 500 miles between Macau and Hong Kong aboard the ship. Police take him into custody as authorities plan unclear next steps. He claims to be American but the U S State Department denies citizenship. The Justice Department says he was deported for assault robbery and burglary with the alias Steve Ragan attached to his records.
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Hong Kong
Michael Patrick O’brien
Lee Hong
O'Brien
Macau
Red China
Red Cross
Macao
China
U. S. State Department
Justice Department
United States
Steve Ragan
Six held in federal case over alleged communist overthrow plot
FBI agents arrested six men in Philadelphia and surrounding areas on charges they conspired to advocate overthrow of the United States government by force. Bail was set at 175000 total with various individual amounts. The group included Joseph Kuzma and David Dubensky among others, all tied to the Communist Party with roles ranging from secretary to organizer.
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Philadelphia
FBI
United States
Federal Building Office of
Henry P. Carr
Joseph Kuzma
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
Delaware
U U S
Joseph Hildenberger
Carr
Kuzma
Brooklyn
N. Y
David Dubensky
David Davis
Sherman ——Vilz
Walter Lowenfels
Thomas Nabried
Benjamin Weiss
Nabried
Weiss
Lowenfels
Labovitz
Dubensky-Davis
Hill
Justice Department
Racket Bribe Claim Denied in Cleveland Vending Case
Cleveland police chief Frank W. Story and Teamsters official William Presser rejected Rep. Clare Hoffman’s claim that labor racketeers take 20 percent of profits from Cleveland vending machines. Hoffman, a Michigan congressman, had alleged racketeering and bribery tied to vending operations and labor protection.
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Cleveland
AFL
Michigan
Clare Hoffman
R-Mich
House
Frank W. Story
William Presser
Teamsters District Council
Solon Rep Barton Cleared In Molestation Charge
A municipal court jury found Rep. James J. Barton innocent of molestation charges in Columbus. Jurors said his actions were no more than those of a man dating. Statehouse grounds witness Miss Silver testified Barton gave her a hotel room key during talks.
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Columbus
Ohio
James J. Barton
Cuyahoga
Marget Stivers
Barton
Miss Silver
Statehouse
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