East Berlin Establishes Soviet Backed Governing Commission
East Berlin forms an operative commission under Otto Grotewohl with full power to roll back communism and push market reforms. Plans call for tapping reserves, cutting heavy industry budgets, removing farm quotas, raising pensions and wages, and boosting housing and welfare.
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Berlin
East Germany
East Zone
Otto Grotewohl
Special “Operative Commission
Reds
Grotewohl
Ike Supports Taft Proposal On Europe Aid
President Eisenhower backs Senator Taft proposal to withhold a billion dollars in Western Europe aid until a unified army is approved. The plan would let the president decide to withhold or spend funds, amid pending ratifications by six European nations, with France among the holdouts. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson says he will back the Taft compromise.
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Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Ohio
House
Europe
White House
West Germany
France
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Death sentence for strangler of seven women
John R Christie, a 55 year old former wartime policeman, was found sane by an Old Bailey jury and sentenced to die for the murder of his wife. He admitted strangling six other younger women. The panel rejected a defense of insanity.
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London
John R. Christie
Old Bailey
Christie
Army Plans To Cut Seven Training Camps
The Army plans to reduce seven replacement training centers by January 1. Six will close and two more merged. Closing sites include Signal Corps at Camp San Luis Obispo California, Quartermaster at Fort Lee Virginia, Chemical at Fort McClellan Alabama, Transportation at Fort Eustis Virginia, Engineer at Fort Belvoir Virginia, and Field Artillery at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Signal Corps
Camp San Luis Obispo
Calif
Quartermaster Corps
Ft. Lee
Chemical Corps
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Transportation Corps
Ft. Eustis
Engineer Corps
Ft. Belvoir
Field Artillery
Ft. Sills
Okla
Five Day Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Near Normal
Temperatures will average near normal with a normal high around 87 and low near 61 to 62. Warm conditions continue through Wednesday. Scattered showers expected over the weekend and again Tuesday totaling about one half to three quarters of an inch.
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Columbus
Tueday
Durbin Sentenced for Dodging Grand Jury Testimony
Andrew T. Durbin received six months to three years in prison for dodging a grand jury summons in Washington. Judge Alexander Holtzoff refused probation and denied bail pending appeal after Durbin’s May conviction. Durbin’s wife Mildred was acquitted. the trial related to outsiders aiming to secure a large legal fee from Ernest Wilkinson, later BYU president, in a multi‑million dollar Ute Indian claim.
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Washington
Andrew T. Durbin
U. S
Alexander Holtzoff
Durbin
Holtzoff
Sone
Mildred
Columbus
Ohio
Ernest Wilkinson
Brigham Young University
Utah
Wilkinson
Court of Claims
Railroads Seek Post Office Pay Boost
The railroad industry asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for at least a 45 percent increase in payments for hauling U S mail. A petition follows Postmaster General Summerfield request for a general postage rate hike. If granted, rail pay would cover over half of the proposed postal rate increase.
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Washington
U. S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Summerfield
Congress
Post Office Department
ICC
Secret talks between Steelworkers and UMW leaders in Washington
The New York Times reports John L. Lewis and David J. McDonald met in Washington discussing undisclosed topics with no merger talks disclosed. The meeting stirred speculation about CIO dissolution, possible union realignments, and potential Lewis McDonald merger implications. The leaders spoke in a friendly tone in Lewis’s office.
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New York Times
United Mine Workers
CIO Steelworkers
Washington
John L. Lewis
Independent Mine Workers
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
McDonald
CIO
AFL
Cio-Afl
Lewis- McDonald
the Times
Lewis
Rain of Atomic Bombs Ready for Reds
Gordon Dean steps down as head of the Atomic Energy Commission after four years. He warned Russia that a war would invite a rain of U S atomic bombs of almost any size. He outlined a growing family of weapons and suggested an official disclosure of United States stockpile magnitude.
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Washington
Gordon Dean
America
Russia
Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United States
Japan
U.S
White House
National Security Council
House Bypasses Tax Panel in Push for 6 Month Extension
The Eisenhower administration wins a procedural House floor battle by bypassing the Ways and Means Committee to extend the excess profits tax for six months. The Rules Committee vote was 7 to 4 with Democrats opposing. Speaker Martin hinted a Monday showdown as Reed warned of unconstitutional overreach.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Rules Committee
Daniel Reed
Ways and Means
Reed
Halleck
Indiana
Ways
Joseph W. Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Rep
Jenkins
Ohio
Truce talks advance as Robertson meets Rhee in Seoul
U S truce troubleshooter Walter Robertson held a two hour forty five minute session with Syngman Rhee and planned a second talk for Saturday amid hints of progress toward a Korean armistice. Rhee called the discussions very good and both sides signaled hope for understanding while reporting no clear deal.
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Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Walter S. Robertson
Rhee
Robertson
Korean Public Information Office
UN Command
Public Information Office
Paik Too Chin
Pyun Yung Tai
Shin Tai Yung
Pyun
Korea
Ellis O. Briggs
The
United States
John Foster Dules
North Carolina Senator Willis Smith Dies in Bethesda
Senator Willis Smith of North Carolina, who won his seat in 1950 after a fierce contest against Frank Graham, died at Bethesda Hospital in Maryland at age 65. Death was due to coronary thrombosis following a heart attack earlier in the week. Smith identified as a conservative and opposed several Truman Fair Deal proposals.
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Washington
Willis Smith
North Carolina
Bethesda
Smith
Frank Graham
Harry Truman
Policeman Convicted Of Taking Dope Bribes
Wayne P. Neal, a suspended Cleveland policeman, was convicted Thursday of accepting bribes from a dope peddler. Judge Joseph H. Wilbert ordered Neal jailed until sentencing set for July 7. Burmeister, Neal's fellow officer, was found innocent by the seven men and five women jury.
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Cleveland
Wayne P. Neal
Joseph H. Wilbert
Common Pleas Court
Neal
Herbert D. Burmeister
Silbert
Highway Award Made for Wood County Record
Columbus firm V N Holderman and Sons Inc won the largest Ohio highway contract for Route 120 in Wood County Relocating about nine miles the bid came in at 3 844 531 versus an estimated 4 160 900 five bids were received on the project with the department calling it the record award for the state highway program
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Wood County
Columbus
Ohio Highway Department
V. N. Holderman and Sons, Inc., of
U S Wheat Gift to Pakistan Begins Transit
The first installment of a million tons of U S wheat leaves for Pakistan today as part of a U S aid shipment. The move underscores wartime food relief and international assistance efforts coordinated by government agencies.
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Washington
U. S
Pakistan
Laniel Wins Premier Post
Paris reports confirm Joseph Laniel approved as premier of France ending a 37 day government crisis. Unofficial tallies show Laniel with about 366 votes in the National Assembly after a brief program. the assembly previously rejected four premiers amid the Bermuda conference delays.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
France
Bermuda
Laniel
Daniel
National Assembly
Bank Robbers Net Over Forty Thousand At Cleveland Bank
Police and FBI traced a five minute robbery at Central National Bank Brook Park Branch. Four masked bandits entered carrying pistols, while a fifth waited at the street in a stolen car. A shouted line, This is it, marked the theft.
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Cleveland
FBI
Central National Bank
Brook Park
Liquor Bribery Case Nears Conclusion in Ohio Trial
The state expects to finish its case against three former state liquor agents accused of soliciting and taking a $150 bribe from a Columbus tavern owner. Prosecutors plan to call Judge William C. Bryant, ex state liquor director, as final witness.
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Columbus
William C. Bryant
Sporn Mine Closed for Study at Graham Station
The Philip Sporn mine at Graham Station West Virginia will shut indefinitely after Friday. It produces about 45 000 tons monthly and employs roughly 345 workers. The action aims to study methods to overcome geological problems affecting operations. Valley Camp Coal Co. will take most of the mine's output for the Philip Sporn electric plant.
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Valley Camp Coal Co
Philip Sporn Electric
Prison Break Frustrated at Camp No. 2 and 7
In Pusan Korea two anti communist North Korean prisoners were killed and one wounded when POWs in Camp No 2 attempted a mass breakout. US guards suffered no casualties. The UN PRisoner of War Command reported five POWs escaped from Camp No 7 near Masan with no further details.
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U.S
North Korea
Pukhan
Kumsong
Eighth Army
Yonchon
Little Nori
Old Baldy
Pukhan-Komsong River
Hwachon
Japan
Korea
Hamhung
Pusan
India Presses UN Call for Immediate General Assembly Session
India seeks an immediate UN General Assembly session on the Korean truce amid strong U.S. opposition. Nehru argues the UN Command is master of the situation, while U S leaders warn the meeting could hinder armistice efforts. Dag Hammarskjold heads to discuss Nehru’s cable with Lester Pearson.
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N.Y
U.S
India
Nehru
Cairo
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Rhee
Dag Hammarskjold
Ottawa
Pearson
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Washington
Lima State Hospital inmates may be questioned over attorney Lieberman
Prosecutor Frank H. Kearns said his staff may question several Lima State Hospital inmates in the probe of Columbus attorney Harold Lieberman. The inquiry began after a grand jury report charged Lieberman with running an extensive organization in the Franklin County jail to gain clients.
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Columbus
Frank H. Kearns
Lima State Hospital
Harold Lieberman
Lieberman
Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
William C. Bryant
Franklin County
Lima
Kearns
Bride Wooed by Mail Granted Divorce in Cincinnati
Olga Julia Greenbrier Trent, 33, widow of LeCameron Trent, 62, won a divorce from him by mail. Common Pleas Judge George F. Kearns granted the decree. Olga kept her maiden name but no alimony was awarded.
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Cincinnati
LeCameron Trent
Olga Julia Greenbrier Trent
Common Pleas
George F. Kearns
Ike Urged To Give Blunt Treatment To GOP Saboteurs
Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin urged President Eisenhower to confront Republican saboteurs of foreign policy with blunt, teamwork oriented leadership. He warned against complacent opposition while praising Ike's effort to unite differing views and push for sound compromises without sacrificing principles. Wiley cited Taft and noted Bricker amendment challenges, urging allies to resist appeasement and press demands on Russia amid Eastern Bloc unrest.
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New York
Sen
Wiley
Wis
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States Trade Mark Association
GOP
Congress
Republican Party
Bricker
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dulles
Knowland
Rcalif
U. S
Rusa
Foreiun
East Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Urban Rural Finish Fight Continues In Ohio Legislature
The urban rural clash in the Ohio General Assembly extended into July as Cleveland Akron Youngstown Columbus and Cincinnati senators opposed rural leadership over extra money for poor school districts. A one vote loss halted the bid, and the House remains a potential battleground for continued school funding battles.
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Columbus
Ohio
100Th General Assembly
Sparks
Senate
Cleveland
Akron
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Big City
House
Lima Man Held Guilty of Shooting at Officer
A jury found Felt LeMasters Jr 28 of Lima guilty of shooting at State Patrolman L L Russell of Portsmouth with intent to kill. LeMasters was charged with firing five times during a pursuit of a car linked to an armed robbery at Oak Hill on April 25.
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Ironton
LeMasters, Jr
Lima
L. L. Russell
Portsmouth
LeMasters
Russell
Oak Hill
Westerville Test Pilot Killed in Jet Crash
A North American F 86F Sabre Jet crashed and exploded on a Buckeye Lake area farm yesterday killing the pilot William J Flavin 33 of Westerville He was an enginest on a routine test flight officials said from North American
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Buckeye Lake
William J. Flavin
Westerville
North American
Flavin
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