Rioting in East Berlin Triggers Martial Law and Asylum Flight
A four hour East Berlin riot left at least one dead and several wounded as Soviet troops with tanks and armored cars imposed martial law. Otto Nuschke fled to the West seeking asylum amid a crackdown on Communist control. Chancellor Adenauer hailed the events as a demand for freedom and reunification in Germany.
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Berlin
East Berlin
East
Ue Ynereser
Otto Nuschke
Nuschke
Christian Democratic Party
Jong
Georg Dertinger
P.T. Dibrova
Iran
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Rosenbergs case and Korea truce news from Panmunjom
Justice Douglas granted a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg amid a push by Rep. Wheeler to impeach the justice. Separately, UN and communist negotiators agreed on a truce line at Panmunjom, with fighting easing on the Korean front and an armistice likely within days.
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Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Michael
Robert
Sing Sing
Ossining
Atom
Howers
Rosenbergs
Washington
Wheeler
House
Supreme Court
Douglas
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
New York
Eisenhower
Moscow
Rosenberg
U. S
Warda
Associated Press
United Nations
Korea
Panmimjom
State Department
Panmunjom
Morea
Republic of Korea
China
Peiping
John Foster Dulles
Koreaz
Adolph M. Seare
Centerville
Mich
Harry
Jet Pilot Buffers School Yard Crash Avoidance
In Forestville Maryland eyewitnesses say a disabled F86 jet was steered into trees to avoid a school yard where children were playing. The plane exploded and wreckage scattered over about 260 yards near the school. The pilot, Capt Francis T Evans of Washington DC, was killed.
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Forestville
Wpi
Francis T. Evans
Washington, D. C
Suspect's Mother Killed By Personal Safety Related Wounds
Mrs Mahoney wife of an Evangelical minister in Ma ill health for some time her daughter Patsy reported a self inflicted shooting at the family home around 10 30 am in Birmingham authorities said Dr Edna Gettles county coroner was summoned to alias scene in Ma son County.
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Point Pleasant
Ralphja
Birmingham
Air Force
Vets' Benefits Stir New Fuss In Congress
In Washington the House faced a clash over veterans benefits as it neared a 5.28 billion dollar appropriations bill. Most funds fund Veterans Administration programs, with smaller shares to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the selective service. Veterans Committee members led opposition to riders curtailing free hospital and dental care for non service-connected veterans.
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Washington
House
Veterans Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Appropriations Committee
House Veterans Committee
Solon pushes bill to honor Fathers Day nationwide
Washington Rep. Ho ran renewed his push to make the third Sunday in June a fixed national Father's Day. In prepared testimony before a House judiciary subcommittee, he argued for recognition matching Mother's Day first established in 1914.
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Washington
CPI
Horan
R-Wash
Congress
House
Chicago
Eualrope
Potenterie
Clare Boothe Luce
Rome
Elizabeth
England
Suliana
Netherlands
Europe
Ft. Wayne
Ind
General Electrics Company
New York
London
TWA
Midwest factory women plan all expense trip to Europe
Irene Meyers, 53, supervisor of women's activities at the plant, says Midwest workers are blazing a trail as they prepare for a mass trip to Europe. After years of planning since 1950, the group saved wages of 3000 to 35000 annually for three years. Plans with Trans World Airlines and American Express offer an all expense package of 1022 from Ft Wayne.
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Atlantic
Irene Meyers
Miss Meyers
Jap Straggler Captured in Philippine Mountains
In Quezon Province southeast of Manila an Army patrol captured Japanese holdout Pvt Kaichiro Ino ehi, 35, who confessed to investigators he did not know the Pacific war had ended. The discovery underscores persistent postwar traces in the region.
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Manila
Defense Department
Quezon Province
Maynila
Kaichiro Ino Ehi
71 Casualties Identified in Korean War Listings
The Defense Department released a new casualty list naming 71 Korean War personnel. It includes 14 killed, 41 wounded, seven missing, six captured and three injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Former Red Takes Stand at HUAC Inquiry
The House Un American Activities subcommittee opened hearings in Columbus with Mrs. Bella Dodd of New York, a former top communist, as a witness. Barbara Anne Darling, wife of an ousted Ohio State professor, was expected to testify, as Dr. Byron Darling again faces questions about alleged communism after declining to answer last March.
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Columbus
Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Bella Dodd
New York
Additions and Betterments Approved by Ohio House
The Ohio House approves the 3814 million dollar additions and betterments bill for capital improvements, trimming the treasury surplus to about 500 thousand dollars. Welfare institutions receive the largest share at 13 million dollars, with a new hospital for the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors home in Sandusky funded.
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House
Senate
State Industrial Commission
Tausche
A&b
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sandusky
Athens
Byrd Seeks Major Cuts in Foreign Aid and Budget Pace
Sen. Byrd asserts the Eisenhower administration cannot balance the budget and urges deep cuts in foreign aid. He doubts any tax extension will pass this session and says the administration’s six billion dollar foreign aid plan should be reduced by more than a billion. Senator George echoes that appropriations will come in at least a billion below the proposed Security Administration authorization.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Virginia
Finance Committee
Sen
George
D-Ga
Treasury
Senate
Pakistan Wheat Gift Speeds Through Senate
A million-ton wheat gift to Pakistan raced through Congress with swift action. The Senate approved the donation linked to government stock sales, and the House Agriculture Committee quickly endorsed it, advancing the measure in a burst of legislative speed.
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Pakistan Wheat Gift
Senate
Washington
Pakistan
House
House Agriculture Committee
Believed Dead in Laos Jungle Crash
A Lao tian passenger plane with 27 aboard crashed in a Laos jungle during a violent storm. All aboard are believed dead, and the craft was operated by the Laos Civil Nationalized Airlines Company.
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Laos
Saigon
Indochina
Laos Civil Nationalized Airlines Company
Four Polio Cases Reported in SEO Area
The State Health Department lists 87 paralytic polio cases across 33 Ohio counties. Gallia County has three cases and Athens County one, though Athens City Health Department reports no polio case this season.
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Seo
Columbus
State Health Department
Ohio
Gallia County
Athens County
Athens City County
Circus Magnate's Wife Granted Divorce and Alimony
Elizabeth Palmer North has been granted a divorce from Ringling Brothers executive Henry Ringling North in Sarasota. The final decree awards $16,500 and $400 monthly alimony. Mrs North accused him of mental cruelty for consorting with an Italian woman in Rome.
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Sarasota, Fla
Elizabeth Palmer North
Henry Ringling North
Ringling Brothers and Barnum& Bailey Circus
North
Rome
Athens firm bids low for Portsmouth hospital project
The Ohio public works department announced the low bids for Scioto County Receiving Hospital lighting equipment and interior painting. Conrath Electrical Co. of Athens offered 18721 dollars for lighting equipment while Larry Loft of Portsmouth bid 7561 dollars for interior painting.
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Soqlumbus
State Public Works Department
Scioto County
Portsmouth
Conrath Electrical Co
Athens
Scioto County Hospital
Larry Loft
Industry Wide Steel Price Rise Signals Consumer Burden
U S Steel Corp boosted steel prices by 42 per ton and other producers may follow. The move comes after an 80 cent hourly wage raise for 170000 CIO United Steelworkers members. If industry gains hold, prices rise across products from pins to refrigerators, with carbon steel up to about 6 cents a pound. Three more producers Sharon Steel Wheeling Steel and Pittsburgh Steel added 84 cent wage increases for about 35000 workers. James E Rogers 46 pleaded innocent to murder in the shooting of his wife Evelyn 35.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
C. M. White
Republic Steel Corp
Taj
LCSW
Sharon Steel Corp
Wheeling Steel Corp
Pittssburgh Steel Company
ST. Clairsville
James E. Rogers
Evelyn
Animals Take Death Journey in Arctic Migration Wave
At Barrow Alaska hundreds of thousands of lemmings face a starvation or drowning choice as they migrate from shore onto sea ice. The mass movement began early this week with the little rodents seen up to 25 miles offshore over frigid Arctic waters, none finding food and dying from cold or immersion.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Vpi
Arctic
Book Burning OK Ike Says It Is All Right
President Eisenhower said he is comfortable with the State Department burning books that praise the communist way of life. He declined to say if his criticism of book burning aimed at Senator McCarthy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Dartsmouth College
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
U. S. Information Program
Parcel Post Rates Rise as ICC Approves 36 Percent Boost
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 36 percent increase in parcel post zone rates with the change likely to take effect Aug. 1. The step aims to add over 150 million dollars annually in handling charges, and catalog and advertising materials would see higher rates as well.
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Washington
Inter-state Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
Odd Fellows Install New Officers for Ohio
The grand lodge of the Ohio Odd Fellows honored Theodore A. Klein of Mansfield and George E. Weeks Sr. of Niles for meritorious service. Earle S. Feik of Crestline was installed grand master at the 121st state convention, with Emerson Miller of Canton installed as grand master elect.
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Columbus
Grand Lodge of the Ohio Odd Fellows
Theodore A. Klein
Mansfield
George E. Weeks Sr
Niles
Odd Fellows
Earle S. Feik
Crestline
Emerson Miller
Canton
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