Neutral Nation Snags Stalls Truce Talks in Korea
The Korean truce talks halted over the fate of thousands of POWs and how to handle sick and wounded Allied prisoners. UN Command pressed for return of more than 375 prisoners, while Reds demanded explanations and proposed selecting a neutral host nation. The meeting adjourned with no resolution and resumes Monday.
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Panmunjom
United Nations Command
John C. Daniel
Gen. Nam
Nam
Red Authority
India
Pakistan
Burma
Indonesia
Korea
Reds
Sweden
Switzerland
Destructive Southern tornado outbreak claims multiple lives
A spring tornado onslaught across the Southeast enters a third day, lifting the death toll to 28 with hundreds injured and millions in property damage. Meigs County Tennessee reports the Harmons and their 14 year old daughter among the victims. in Decatur area seven killed and 12 injured as twisters carve a 60 mile path through North Central Alabama. Another deadly night had left 18 dead in Warner Robins Georgia.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weather Bureau
Meigs County
Tenn
Carl Harmon
Tors
Pleasant Halls
Decatur
Home Fire Destroys Nelsonville House. Family Safe
A frame dwelling on Route 278 owned by Pearl Keplar burned after a kerosene stove malfunctioned. Mr and Mrs John Burleigh, six children, and a Brandyhid dart lost furniture and clothing. no injuries reported. Fire officials reported the fire occurred near Nelsonville around noon.
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Burleigh
Savur Auy
Nelsonville
Washington
State Dulles
United States
Pearl Keplar
Ccasine
Alta Windle
Loopholes in Treason Law Draw Attention to Gaps
Senator Wiley warned of gaps in treason and national security laws after a Library of Congress study highlighted loopholes. The report, prepared by Mary Louise Ramsey, notes acts of hostile intelligence may escape punishment due to short statutes of limitations and other factors.
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Washington
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Library of Congress
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations
Favaton Nalien
Tnic
Mary Louise Ramsey
The
Library
United States
Press Women Jibe Mamie at Club Dinner
The Women’s National Press Club spoofed President Eisenhower in lively skits at the annual dinner borrowing a cerise golf jacket from Ike as a prop. Mrs Eisenhower and the president attended with Cabinet members and other Washington dignitaries observing the playful performance.
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Washington
National Press Club
Eisenhower
Truman
Betty Beale
The
Washington Star
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Pro-French Arab Official Shot Dead in Tunis Election Eve
Deputy Mayor Chedli Kastally Zi, a Tunisian Arab publisher seen as pro French, was killed Saturday as he walked to work ahead of municipal elections. Fears of renewed nationalist violence circulated, with several candidates withdrawing. Police said three youths were arrested at a house with an arms cache and one confessed involvement.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Chedli Kastally
Nationalisc
Forty More Prisoners of War Return to U S
At Travis Air Force Base California forty more released U S prisoners of war arrived from Korea. One survivor said they were treated like dogs by the Communists and received little medical care. Cpl Tibur Rubin of Long Beach recalled liberation after a Nazi camp in Austria and noted he lost over 2500 fellow airmen in Korean camps between 1959 and 1951.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
U. S
Korea
Cpl
Tibur Rubin
Long Beach
Austria
Cpl. Rubin
Tragic Auto Truck Crash Claims Two Men Near Ridgeway
Two men died and a third was critically injured in a wreck just north of Ridgeway on the Herdin Logan Court line. The deceased are Robert Moore, 19, Urbana, 411 Hurt Street, and Roy Weber, 87, Zanesfield Route 1.
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Kenton, O
Ridgeway
Herdin-Logan Court Line
Robert Moore
Urbana
Roy Weber
Zanesfield Rt. 1
Burglaries Hit Multiple Point Pleasant Stores and Club
Two stores and the Moose Home in Point Pleasant were burglarized Friday night into Saturday. Cash from the Moose Club and goods from Evans Supermarket and Pleasant Home Furnishings were taken, with back doors forced and windows pried. Police investigate including discovery by the janitor.
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Lodge Home
Point Pleasant
Moose Club
Wadear Nanens
Uue
Thabet
Chauncey
Ray Bently
Evans Supermarket
Pleasant Home Furnishings
Norman Foss
Evans
Pleasant Home
Kenneth Coakley
Lattimore Lied Charge Dropped in Perjury Case
Federal Judge Luther Youngdahl ruled seven charges against Owen Lattimore largely void, dismissing the key perjury count as unconstitutional. He ordered a trial on three lesser counts set for Oct. 6, while stressing protection of First and Sixth Amendment rights amidst Cold War fears.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
America
Luther W. Youngdahl
Lattimore
Youngdehi
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
U. S
Youngdahl
Minnesota
Dulles Signals Steps to Speed Laos Defense Supplies
Secretary of State Dulles announced steps to rush military aid to Laos defenders in Indochina. He said the U S is in close contact with Laos and France and will speed deliveries while aiding funds and rebel supplies for Vietminh victims. Vietminh troops regroup near Luangprabang as French and Laotian forces bolster trenches and barbed wire defenses amid poor weather and ongoing air operations.
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Dulles
Indochina
Washington
Dullee
United States
Laos
Handty
Luangprabang
Sisavang Vong
Ho Chi Minh
Cambodia
Bannambac
Dark Star Upsets Native Dancer in Ken Derby Shock
Dark Star from Cain Hoy Stable upset Native Dancer in the 79th Ken Derby at Louisville. Jockey Henry Moreno led from early, with Native Dancer fading to finish second by a head after a hard stretch drive. Dark Star, a long shot, paid 51.50 for a $2 bet, with Guggenheim of New York owning the winner.
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John Chandler
Louisville
Dark Star
Cain Hoy
Native Dancer
Henry Moreno
Dark Ster
Harry F. Guggenheim
New York
Sambasasdor
Cube
Alfred Vander- Die
Royal Gem LA
Roar
Saxon
Invigorator
Ianaica
Iran Orders Probe of Labor Plot Linked to Slaying
Iran accused on Saturday that a labor party plot aimed to topple Premier Mossadegh and replace him with a labor leader, in connection with the kidnap and murder of national police chief Brig. Gen. Mahmood Afshartas. The government named Hossei Khatibi as a central figure, saying the aim was to install Ezhats as premier.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Nnational
Mahmood Afshartas
Hossei ‘Khatibi
Labor Party
Ezhats
Mossade
Jet airliner missing after Calcutta takeoff
British Overseas Airways reports a Comet jet en route from Calcutta to New Delhi is missing. Control lost contact six minutes after takeoff from Dum Dum Airport. search area assumed Calcutta vicinity. Another Comet crashed in Karachi on March 3 killing 11 aboard Canadian Pacific Airlines aircraft.
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New Delhi
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Costello Chum Jailed On Gambling Charges
Russian-born Meyer Lansky, ally of Frank Costello and Lucky Luciano, was sentenced to three months in Saratoga County Jail by Justice Leo Hagerty. A $2500 fine was imposed after Lansky pleaded guilty to five counts of gambling and conspiracy tied to operations at Arrowhead Inn in Ballston Spa, New York.
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Ballston Spa
Meyer Lansky
Frank Costello
Lucky Luciano
Saratoga County
Leo 7. Hagerty
State Supreme Court
New York City
Arrowhead Inn
Small French Towns Finish Voting Today
Paris dispatch says voters in towns under 9000 population complete polls to elect 466,800 local officials. Official results show the communists as the strongest single party with 28.8 percent for municipal councillors, down 19 points from 1947.
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Paris
Purse Theft Reported At Walgreen Drug Store
Gallia police investigate a $150 purse theft from the Walgreen Drug Store cash desk. The missing item contained a $50 bill and related notes. The report notes the owner Ernestine S. Corwin of Bidwell and concerns tied to a nearby atomic test schedule causing delays.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Walgreen Drug Store
Weesend
Las Vegas
New
Hundred Engineers Quit at Atom Plant Site
About 100 engineers at the Atomic Energy Commission project near Waverly New York quit work after a union spokesman cited poor working conditions and supervision. The engineers were employed by the general contractor Peter Kiewit Sons Inc and provided no other reasons for the action.
Government raises rates on government insured home loans
Washington calls for higher rates on most government guaranteed and insured home loans to 4 percent. Veterans using unused GF benefits face a larger increase, while FHA insured loans rise by 0.5 percent plus a 3 percent mortgage insurance premium, making total 5 percent. The changes apply to new loans only, effective immediately to curb inflation and boost mortgage money supply.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Wednessy
Young Kings Take Thrones In Iraq And Jordan
In Baghdad two 28 year old princes pledged allegiance as Feisal II began his reign in Iraq while Hussein I was proclaimed king of Jordan in Amman. Hussein succeeded his father Talal after a parliamentary dethronement and Feisal followed his father Ghazi, who died in a 1939 car crash.
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Bagdad
Iraq
Grophet Mohammed
Jordan
Feisal II
Middle East
Feisal
Long Hussein I
Tmrcy
Morerch
Amman
Hussein
Talal
Feis#l
King Ghaz I
Auto Crash Kills Seven On Missouri River Bridge
A head on collision on a bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City Saturday killed seven people. Police tentatively identified victims as T4 6 M. Bannister of Odessa Missouri Patricia Ann Mullin John Edward Mefford Willie Munson Donna June Munson Mabel Grider and Bedford Grider all of Kansas City The seventh victim Donna June Munson about 18 died in a hospital hours after the crash.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
M. Bannister
Odessa
Patricia Ann Mullin
John Edward Mefford
Willie Munson
Donna June Munson
Mabel Grider
Bedford Grider
Dems Blamed for Plot Against Charged Officials
Rep Broyhill said he will seek an investigation into holdover Truman appointees allegedly firing career federal employees to embarrass the Eisenhower administration. He cites vacancies left unfilled under Eisenhower’s payroll policy and says many long-serving workers fear Fair Deal prejudice.
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Washington
Broyhill
R-Va
Truman
Esenhower
Eisenhower
Banker Slays Two Lawyers for Revenge in Milledgeville
In Milledgeville Georgia on Saturday banker Maron W Stembridge 65 shot and killed Baldwin County attorney and former legislator Marion Ennis 45 after a burst of anger over criminal prosecutions. He then killed Stephen T Bivins 35 a Cornell graduate in a nearby building before dying from a self inflicted or second victim fired bullet.
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Milledgeville
Prea
Maron W. Stembridge
Marion Ennis
Baldwin County
Stephen T. Bivins
Cornell University
Dennis Cox
Stembridge
Tornnis
Einiis
Bivins
Stray Dems Invited Back by DNC Leader
Democratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell urged former party members to return at a North Carolina gathering. He warned those remaining Republican in national politics cannot claim to be Democrats. Also reported is the death of Broadway musical star Katherine Kay Carrington at age 43 in New York.
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Asheville
N.C
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
North Carolina
Eisenhower
New York
Katherine “Kay" Carrington
Governors Confab Opens With Secret Briefing Session
Washington reports that 15 states and five territories attend a two day meeting of state governors with missing leaders ill. President Eisenhower plans to present his executive budget to the conference and outline federal policy during the closed sessions.
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Washington
Dan McCarty
Florida
William B. Umstead
Northworth
Carolina
Gordon
Eisenhower
W Ho
Alabama
House Conference of Governors
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Rescuers Save Trapped Girl in Benton Harbor Cave-In
In Benton Harbor Michigan a one year old girl Carol Sue Tones daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Jones was buried by a ravine cave in while playing with three friends. Police firemen and volunteers helped in a frantic digging operation and within ten minutes air reached her, with full rescue completed after thirty six more minutes.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
UPI
Hfe
Carol Sue
Edwin Jones
Marietta Man Changes Plea Gets Life Term
WEST UNION Ohio Common Pleas Judge James W Lang Jr sentenced William Vandale 27 of Marietta to life imprisonment for murder of Sheriff Ben K Perry last Jan 12 Vandale changed his plea from innocent to guilty on second degree murder and from innocence to guilty on burglary at night time The life terms run concurrently in Ohio Penitentiary
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West Union
D.C
Common Pleas
James W. Lang Jr
Adams County
William Vandale
Marietta
Ben K Perry
Vandale
Ohio
Mercy Recommended For Columbus Slayer
Paul D. Simmons 32 of Columbus was convicted of murder arson and robbery in Monroe County. The jury found him guilty of shooting Benjamin Shon 35 of Laings on Jan 2 and pouring gasoline on his body before setting the scene afire, and recommended mercy.
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Woodsfield
Paul D. Simmons
Colwmbus
Monroe County
Simmons
Benjamin Shon
Laings
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Baiier
John
Dancer
Skein
Vanderbilt
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Henry Moreno Ul
DEMS
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Columbus
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