South Korea Rejects Armistice Push in Noon Crisis
South Korea led by President Syngman Rhee declares continued fighting after Eisenhower pressure for a truce. Cabinet behind locked doors vows no concession to a UN peace plan, warning of demonstrations and strict policing as protests loom. The crisis committee plans to brief the Pusan Assembly.
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Seoul
South Korea
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
Associated Press
Fred Waters
National Assembly
Panmunjom
Rhee
Waters
Pusan
Korea
United Nations
ROK
Liberal Party
Liquor Store Owner Slain in Kentucky Shooting
CATLETTSBURG Ky D F Walker 57 a local liquor store owner tied to FBI slot machine probes was shot from a moving car near his home Sunday night and died in a hospital minutes later. He told aides he did not know the shooter as reporter James Leasure Jr captured footage of the wounded man on a lawn.
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Catlettsburg
D. F. Walker
FBI
Kentucky
Walker
James Leasure, Jr
Chillicothe
Gazette
Leasure
Rio Grande seniors hear state auditor
State Auditor James A. Rhodes addressed 46 Rio Grande College graduates at commencement. He asserted there are no Communists among the hills of southern Ohio and urged reverence for God and work, linking virtue to prosperity.
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Rio Grande, O
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Rio Grande College
Ike Offers Rhee Security Treaty
U S officials say final POW accord should quicken a Korea truce but worry South Korea may reject a cease fire. Eisenhower offers a mutual defense pact to Rhee, who wants withdrawal of communist and UN forces and a free hand for future action. officials warn no blank check.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
South Korea
State Department
Mark Clark
You Chan Yang
Eisenhower
Synungman Rhee
United States
Rhee
Eiisenhower
U. S
Bombs Strike Rhee Mansion Area In Seoul Blast
A single engine bomber dropped three bombs near President Syngman Rhee's mansion and the Eighth Army billets in Seoul. Four Koreans were injured including a newsreel photographer and two gate guards. the city went to air alert and blackout. The first blast occurred at 8 40 a m EST near the green roofed mansion north of the Capitol.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Capitol
Ten Die as Tornado Hits Arcadia Nebraska Farm
A tornado near Arcadia Nebraska killed ten people at a Sunday family reunion on the Madsen farm five miles east of Arcadia. Dozens of farms damaged as multiple tornadoes crossed central Nebraska. several injured, some seriously, while towns largely escaped direct hits.
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Arcadia
Neb
Nebraska
Madsen
Madsens
Defense Boss Defends Air Force Budget Cuts
Secretary of Defense Wilson defended U S budget reductions while affirming the nation will maintain the best air force in the world. He told a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that cuts will not yield a second-best force despite opposition from Air Force officials and lawmakers.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Senate
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Rhee Urged by Knowland to Accept Korean War Truce Terms
Sen. Knowland demands President Rhee face the facts and accept truce terms after a Dulles briefing on Korean developments. Some senators note Washington sees potential shifts in Seoul as Korea vows to ignore the truce and keep fighting.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Dulles
Steel Union Heads To Discuss Contract
Pittsburgh action centers on United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald summoning top policy makers to sessions Friday to consider a steel wage agreement.
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Steel Union
Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
Pro-American Bloc Favored By Heavy Vote in Italian Election
Late voters faced a choice among communism right-wing nationalism and Christian democracy as premier Alcide de Gasperi's pro American government coalition hailed heavy turnout. Interior Minister Scelba accused communist rowdies of hunting nuns and challenging credentials to suppress Catholic voting. About 20 million Italians, roughly 70 percent of eligible voters, cast ballots, with turnout expected to match or exceed 1948 levels.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Mario Scelba
Italy
Tax Extension Move Snarled
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey said Congress will likely extend the excess profits tax on business for six months as President Eisenhower requested. House opposition and slow committee progress cloud the plan, with strong presidential intervention seen as essential to avoid defeat.
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Washington
Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
Pistol Shot Wounds Lakeville Policeman
Police issued a lookout for three men in a New York-licensed car after the driver shot policeman Jack Neal of Lakeville in the left arm during a cruiser patrol near the Ohio Pennsylvania border. Neal said he halted a black sedan on a dirt road when the gunman drew a pistol and fired.
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Conneaut
Jack Neal
Lakeville
Neal
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Dem Leader Dies in Conneaut John F. Reilly 61
John F. Reilly longtime Democratic leader in Conneaut Ohio died Sunday after a brief illness at age 61. He led local party activities for two decades and organized campaigns for regional candidates before his death. Local officials praised his community work and political service.
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DEM
Conneaut
John F. Reilly
Truce Near As Prisoner Exchange Clears Hurdle
Across the globe reactions follow a prisoner exchange pact that clears a major barrier toward a Korean armistice. Officials from the United States and United Nations say a cease-fire could follow the pact when negotiators meet. The world watches Seoul London Washington and Tokyo for final steps toward peace.
OU Commencement Urges Optimism Amid Change
Deane W. Malott of Cornell told 587 Ohio University seniors and graduates to cast aside pessimism and face a rapidly changing world. He warned of persistent postwar trends, urged positive attitudes, and noted shifts in government and labor, while OU President Baker presided and Bishop Herman Page delivered the sermon.
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Ohio University
Deane W. Malott
Cornell University
College
Malott
Cornell
John C. Baker
Herman R. Page
Episcopal
Northern
Michigan
America
Free World
Washington
Widow Cleanups Steubenville Vice District Patiently Takes Action
Izola Geary, 75, owner of Star Laundry in Steubenville, walked into the High Street vice district, flaunting a 38 revolver claim she used as a show of resolve. Police arrested 34 men for loitering as she pressed to close the alleged houses of prostitution near her laundry. Her staff backs her view of the district’s activity.
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Steubenville
Izola Geary
Star Laundry
George Marr
Donald Snedder
High St
Snedder
Rites Planned for Peter E. Young in California
Funeral services will be held Monday in Campbell California for Peter E Young 22 former Athens resident who died in a car crash Friday near poenter California Burial set in California He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Kelvin Young.
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Campbell
Calif
Peter E. Young
Athens
Poenter
California
Kelvin Young
Major Armistice Terms Outlined
Panmunjom reports the major terms of the armistice agreement preceding prisoner exchanges. It calls for immediate ceasefire, a 72 hour troop withdrawal from a demilitarized buffer, a battle-line based demarcation, a five-member military armistice commission, halt on reinforcements, rotation of troops up to 35 000 monthly, island withdrawals, ports of entry for replacements, ten joint observer teams, Panmunjom headquarters, a neutral supervisory commission with four senior officers from Poland Czechoslovakia Sweden and Switzerland, and 20 inspection teams with widespread oversight. The plan envisions a political conference within 90 days.
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Korea
Eee
North Korea
South Korea
Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Armistice Commission
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Supervisory Commission
Army Worm Invasion Reaches Pike County Corn
WAVERLY C The army worm invasion moved northeast into Pike County s young corn crop today. Farmers began a ground spray counterattack with tractors as plane sprays proved less effective for corn. County agricultural agent R O MacFerren notes ground methods are preferred for this crop.
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Waverly
Pike County
R. O. MacFerren
Ex-Convict Admits Abducting Girl
Columbus police hold a 27-year-old former convict who admitted abducting and assaulting a 6-year-old girl. He was arrested Saturday and to be charged with a morals offense today. He reportedly took the child from a school yard and attacked her on a county road.
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Columbus
Mishaps Kill 26 in State Weekend Toll
An Associated Press tally from Friday evening to Sunday night reports 26 deaths in Ohio from accidents. Seventeen were highway deaths, seven drownings, and two from miscellaneous accidents. Notable incidents include a boat capsize on the Ohio River near Marietta killing Odis Grant Edwin Hoff Mary Hoff and Jacqueline Burton, and eight year old Billy Crew struck by a car in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Odis K. Grant
Rhode Island
Edwin E. Hoff
Newport
Mary Margaret
Jacqueline Burton
Ohio River
Marietta
Billy Wayne Crew
Cleve
ROKs Attack As Armistice Nears Amid Frontline Fighting
South Korean troops renewed assaults on the Eastern Front hill position as armistice talks circulated. The Eighth Army offered few details while ground contacts remained light overall and air forces pressed operations over Manchuria with U S Sabre jets engaging MIGs and bombing Suiho power sites.
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Seoul
Luke's
Castile
Eighth Army
U. S
Manchurian
Suiho
Spies Given Light Terms in Washington Spy Case
Otto Verber and Kurt Ponger, Austrian born ex GIs linked to a Russian spy ring, were sentenced by U S District Judge Alexander Holtzoff to 40 months and five to 15 years respectively, below the maximums. Both had pleaded guilty to counts tied to a plot run from the Russian embassy in Washington, with Gov ernment counsel recommending lighter terms.
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Washington
Otto Verber
Kurt Ponger
U. S
Alexander Holtzoff
Verber
Ponger
Government Council
Brownell
Warns Against A Plant Cuts In Ohio Nuclear Project
AEC Chairman Gordon Dean warned the government would incur more than 200 million dollars in cancellation costs if the Pike County Ohio age energy plant construction is reduced. He testified before the House Appropriations Committee that losses cover materials and labor already used plus contract cancellation costs. Representative Yates pressed Dean after he said he was not advised by Defense Secretary Wilson to cut back the project.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
New Age
Pike County
Gordon Dean
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Yates
D-Ill
Dean
Defense
Wilson
Ohio
Iran Parliament erupts in wild brawl over royal authority bill
In Tehran a melee broken out during debate stalled Mossadegh’s bill to strip the Shah of military authority. A deputy was beaten and others kicked as a recess was called following a procedural dispute in the national parliament.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Prisoner exchange clears major truce hurdle in Korea
A prisoner exchange pact clears the last big obstacle to a Korean armistice. The deal sets 60 days to return home for those willing, with Red prisoners who refuse repatriation freed within six months under a neutral commission.
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Panmunjom
Syngman Rhee
Associated Press
Rhee
Fred Waters
Red
William K. Harrison, Jr
Nam I
Korea
Jenkins Pushes Ohio Land Purchase for Forest Service
Rep. Thomas D. Jenkins says he will press the forest service to spend most of its Congress approved land purchase funds in Ohio. He expects Senate approval of the $75,000 figure and urges buys around Burr Oak Lake and Lake Vesuvius to keep the lakes free of contamination.
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Washington
Thomas D. Jenkins
Forest Service
Ohio
Congress
Ohioan
Senate
House
Jenkins
Service
Burr Oak Lake
Lake Vesuvius
Ohio Republican
Ohio AMVETs Name New State Officers
AMVETs concluded a 400 delegate convention in Akron naming new state officers led by state commander Stuart J. Satullo of Cleveland. Vice commanders chosen include Paul Baumberger Mansfield Joe Mihalik Lor Ed Kopstoffer Youngstown Welsh Columbus William Keefer London and Dale Kline Akron.
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Akron
Ohio
Amvets
Stuart J. Satullo
Cleveland
Paul Baumberger
Mansfield
Joe Mihalik
Lor
Ed Kopstoffer
Youngstown
Welsh
Columbus
William Keefer
London
Dale Kline
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