Wilkesville marshal held after Saturday barber shooting
Wilkesville Marshal William Reeves 45 shot 33 year old barber Jim Mahaffey in a street scuffle Saturday night injuring his left arm. Reeves is detained in Vinton County jail for safekeeping as tensions rise in the village amid a factional dispute. Mahaffey was hospitalized for a fractured arm. Reeves faces potential assault charges from Mahaffey.
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McArthur
Vinton County
William Reeves
Reeves
Ty Reese
W. H. Lohr
Mahaffey
Sheriff's Office
Weese
Marshal Reeves
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Armistice Plans Move Forward Amid Rhee Dispute
United Nations commands indicate progress toward armistice terms as Gen. Mark Clark delivers a letter stressing truce enforcement while President Rhee resists terms without U S mutual security guarantees. Rhee’s release of 27000 prisoners previously stalled talks.
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Reds
Panmunjom
Seoul
Rhee
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
U U. S
UNC
Clark
ROK
Allentown Soldier Killed in Korea Suspected Ammo Shortage
Parents of Pvt. Kenneth Lease Jr. say his unit faced enemy assault with no ammunition. In a June letter he warned ammo was exhausted after truce talks. He was in the 32nd Regiment of the 7th Division. Congressman Karl King seeks Army inquiry.
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Korea
Kenneth Lease Jr
Defense Department
Karl C. King
R-Pa
Department of the Army
Lease
Illness of Prime Minister Sparks British Press Alarm
London reports a surprise illness of Prime Minister Chur chill arousing dismay among the British press. The ro-Labor Daily Mirror urges Winston to retire amid concern over leadership.
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Churchill
Daily Mirror
Siinston
Tiny two day old calf born to Pearl in Mantua area
A rare two day old bull calf weighs 18 pounds and stands one foot tall. It is the first calf of the 2 1/2 year old Pearl born on Saturday night on L. W. Goynes farm near Mantua, Ravenna County, Ohio.
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Pearl
L. W. Goynes
Mantua
Cutler Veteran Is Slain in Domestic Tragedy
A 26 year old Korean veteran Howard Leroy Mayles was shot and killed by his wife Geneva Mayle 24 in the yard of their Cutler home during a domestic quarrel. Police say the shooting occurred about 530 pm after a dispute over car keys. Geneva Mayle was questioned and jailed pending charges. An autopsy was planned and neighbors heard nothing. Mayles had returned from Korea and worked as a coal miner. he leaves two children.
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ROK
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Pukhan River
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Sniper Ridge
Fifth Air Force
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Washington County
Marietta
State Salaries Hinge on Bill In Legislature
The Ohio legislature enters week 26 with two actions needed to prevent salary and motor vehicle licensing statutes from expiring. About 32,000 state employees could not be paid until a House approved bill with 10 percent raises becomes law. The measure also endorses salary and classification changes from the civil service commission and could add 13 million dollars annually. House leaders expect Senate changes on extending the Fink motor vehicle licensing law beyond its Tuesday midnight expiry.
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Ohio to Get 441st Fighter Bomber Wing
The Air Force plans to establish the 441st Fighter-Bomber Wing at Youngstown Ohio next fall. It will use active reservists and local recruits based at Youngstown Municipal Airport. Activation is expected between October and December after a feasibility survey found enough reservists in the area.
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Air Force
Youngstown
Ohio
Estranged Wife Seizes Rockefeller Apartment
Barbara Rockefeller seized her estranged husband Winthrop Rockefeller's Park Avenue apartment after arriving from Indiana with their 4 year old son and a woman friend. She said she would hold a news conference and rejected the trust fund plan while Rockefeller planned residence in Little Rock and a potential divorce was denied by him.
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Bobo) Rockefeller
Park Avenue
Indiana
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Standard Oil Millions
Little Rock
Ark
Winthrop
Paul
Friends
Arkansas
Lowell
Ind
Toll Rises Past 2000 On Kyushu Flood
A catastrophic Kyushu flood left more than 2000 people dead missing or hurt and a million homeless as seven days of heavy rain turned northern Kyushu into a vast lake. By today 409 were confirmed dead and 1178 still missing. 350000 homes destroyed or damaged. U S Air Force teams dropped supplies to refugees while Americans, including sailors and Marines, were rescued from flooded areas.
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Japan
Kyushu
New Jersey
U. S. Air Force
Moji
U. S. Army
Fukuoka
Aso Kanko Special Services
Sasebo
Air Force
Public Information Office
Italians Begin Work On Eighth Cabinet
In Rome Premier Alcide de Gasperi handed his government’s resignation to President Luigi Einaudi as consultations began to form an eighth cabinet aligned with the Western Allies. The move follows June elections in which the Christian Democrats won a 16 seat majority in the 590 member Chamber and seven seats in the 243 member Senate. Einaudi would meet leaders, starting with Enrico De Nicola, a former provisional president.
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Alcide de Gasperi
Luigi Einaudi
Einaudi
de Gasperi
Italy
Center Bloc
Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Sen
Enrico de Nicola
Republic
New Fire Raids Hit British Columbia Homes
KRESTOVA B C four Hm 10 homes burned in weekend arson by radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobors amid attention on John J Verigin and Laura Belkoff marriage. Flames struck Gilpin Winlow and here three communities in Kootenay region.
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B. C
Radical
Sons of Freedom
Czech Purge in Moravska Ostrava Coal Region
A Czech official says the ruling Communist Party is being purged in Moravska Ostrava coal area after poor production hurt Czechoslovakia. The move to raise output was disclosed in a Prague radio broadcast of a party member Vaclav Kopecy.
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Austria
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Moravska Ostrava
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Vaclav Kopecy
Pancho Actor Chris Pin Martin Dies at 59
Chris Pin Martin, the actor who portrayed Pancho in film versions of The Cisco Kid, died yesterday at age 59. The cause was not disclosed. He was born in New York and rose to fame during the 1940s and 1950s in Hollywood westerns.
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Los Angeles
Chris Pin Martin
the Cisco Kid
GOP Drops Move to Force Excess Profits Tax Action
Washington House leaders abandoned a plan to force floor action on the excess profits tax bill via a Rules Committee move. Ways and Means Chairman Reed and opponents urged a normal process, while Halleck signaled the bill would be handled by the committee despite tensions within the GOP and looming Democratic opposition.
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House
Ways and Means
Reed
GOP
Haleck
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Halleck
Ways and Means Committee
Hallecks
Cones
Leader Fears Mine Layoffs
John Busarello of UMW District 5 warns that unemployment looms for about 400 000 United Mine Workers on vacation. Miners return July 6 under a contract Lewis helped negotiate. Diggers received $100 vacation checks as industry shrinks with lost markets and many mines likely to stay closed for a time.
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United Mine
John Busarello
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Save Farmers Scrap Pledges as Emergency Farm Aid Urged
New York A top Eisenhower administration farm official says saving farmers from low prices matters more than keeping campaign promises to shrink federal role in agriculture. President John H. Davis of the Agriculture Department warns surpluses weak markets and falling incomes require full gear for the farm program under current laws despite their weaknesses. He spoke in a prepared address for the American Seed Trade Association meeting.
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Eisen‘hower Administration
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American Seed Trade Association
Taft urges delaying U.S. aid cuts until appropriations action
Senator Taft of Ohio urges postponing further reductions in the administration's fifty two billion dollar foreign aid program until the Senate appropriations committee, led by Senator Bridges, can determine actual funds to be spent after reviewing unspent balances from prior years.
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Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Ohioan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Tafte
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Appropriations Group
Dayton Plant Explosion Fatal to Two Men
Two men died and about a dozen were injured in an explosion at the Dayton Rubber Co. A hot water boiler exploded in the men’s wash room as workers just finished their shift cleaned up. Victims named were Steve Pappas, about 30, of West Alexandria, and Hoyle Summers, 40, of Dayton.
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Dayton Rubber Co
Steve Pappas
West Alexandria
Hoyle Summers
Texas drought toll eases with incoming clouds and relief plan
Texas farmers watch for an emergency federal relief program to be announced in Washington while new Gulf winds bring light rains to East Texas. Secretary Benson toured drought areas and promised details of the aid package, as Rep. Clark Thompson said a livestock inspection tour would occur in Texas.
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Tex
Texas
Washington
Benson
Mex
Icoso
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Inashington
Clark Thompson
House Agricultural Subcommittee On
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Ohio Weekend Accident Toll Tops Sixteen Deaths
The Associated Press reports sixteen people died in Ohio accidents over the weekend. Eleven fatalities were on highways, three involved drownings, and two occurred in other incidents. This total drops from twenty two the prior weekend.
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Ships Collide Off New Jersey In Tanker Freighter Crash
A foggy collision between the S. S. Gulftrade and the S. S. Lorde Panama 12 miles off Barnegat light left one man missing and two injured. The tanker backed away under its own power while the Panama took a 45 degree list. Rescue efforts continued through the night.
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Panama
New Jersey
Fire at Farm Home Kills Four in Kerosened Blast
A fatal blaze tore through a small farm home near Albion about 25 miles south of Erie. Four people died and four were injured as the fire gutted the kitchen after kerosene was poured on a coal stove, authorities said.
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Albion
John Ferguson
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