British Commandos Sail for Suez
Three men were injured in two wrecks that occurred within ten minutes on Route 56 west of Athens on Tuesday afternoon. The shots show Ernest Shank of Belleville West Virginia and Everett Chapman in a head on collision three miles west of New Marshfield and Marion Mace, 22 Carbondale, in an overturned car near Baker Settlement Road. None of the injuries appeared serious.
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Athens
Ernest Shank
Belleville
W.va
Everett Chapman
New Marshfield
Marion Mace
Carbondale
Baker Settlement Road
Messager
Allied Truce Plan Given Cold Study
The UN Command proposed an 11 point armistice plan for Korea detailing prisoner exchanges and a neutral custodial commission. It calls for immediate repatriation or civilian status for Korean prisoners and a 60 day neutral custody for non Koreans. The plan would place India Poland Czechoslovakia Sweden and Switzerland on the commission with India providing troops. The communists dismissed it as a step backward and stated they would study it in negotiations.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
William K. Harrison, Jr
Nam Ii
Themf
Harrison
Nam
Budget Cuts Snag as House Panel Proposes 3 Percent Trim
The House Appropriations Committee reports it can trim only 3 percent from 1954 Treasury and Post Office funds, the smallest cut on any such bill this year. The proposed $3,444,145,000 budget would allocate $611,895,000 to the Treasury and $2,832,250,000 to the Post Office, about $127,983,000 and $74,550,000 less than Truman’s January budget for those departments.
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Washington
Congressional
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office Departments
House
Treasury Department
Postoffice Department
Truman
Postoffice
Ohio House Probers Delay Red Hearings
Washington report says the House Un American Activities Subcommittee hearings in Columbus Ohio have been postponed from May 18 19 and 20 to an undetermined date in June due to some witnesses being unavailable. No new dates announced.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Columbus
U S Buys Jet Fuel Bound for Reds
The Mutual Security Administration says a tanker load of jet fuel intended for Red China was diverted to the United States by transferring from the Isthmian tanker Wiima near Singapore to a U S tanker Cahaba of the Military Sea Transportation Service. The Wiima had been watched since leaving a Romanian port three months ago.
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Washington
U. S
Mutual Security Administration
Singa
Singaport
Cahaba
Military Sea Transportation Service
Cery
Texas Towns Struck by Killer Tornadoes and Floods
Destructive twin disasters sweep Texas as Waco faces rising Brazos flood and a deadly tornado wreckage toll. San Angelo reports nine dead and millions in damage. Rescue crews work through hours of rubble while volunteers and hospitals mobilize aid for the injured and displaced.
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Brazos
West Texas Plains
San Angelo
Ace
Waco
R. T. Dennis
Texas
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Explosion fragment kills boy near Parker High School
An 8-year-old boy named Edward J. Voytas died when an explosion hurled steel fragment struck him as he walked with his father past Parker High School in Chicago. The FBI joined the search for a soldier reportedly supplying the implosive material to three teenage suspects.
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Chicago
FBI
Edward J. Voytas
Joseph
Parker High School
Jet Bombers Bomb North Korea Supply Base
Nearly 200 U S Sabre and Thunder jets struck a Communist troop and supply center near Sinanju on the Yellow Sea. American Sabres also destroyed two MiGs and damaged a third in aerial battles over North Korea. Col. Richard N Ellis called the strike very effective.
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Seoul
U. S
Northwest
Korea
Sinanju
Yellow Sea
North Korea
Antung
Manchuria
Richard N, Ellis
Montgomery
Ala
Sabre
Sukchon
Jersey Rivals Win Election in Tight Jersey City Race
In Jersey City, Mayor John V. Kenny retained a seat on the City Commission after a close municipal election. Kenny and rival Frank Hague Eggers, both Democratic leaders, won commissions as waterfront crime was the main issue. Kenny’s bloc holds a 3-2 majority on the five-member panel.
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Jersey City
N. J
John V. Kenny
Kenny
Frank Hague Eggers
Eggers
Bohlen Talks With Molotov In Moscow
U S Ambassador Charles Bohlen conferred for about 20 minutes with Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov in Moscow on concrete questions pending between the two powers. It was Bohlen's second call since arriving in mid April and followed his credentials presentation.
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Moscow
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
V. M. Molotov
United States
Soviet Union
Bohlen
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Two Survivors After Navy Bomber Crash at Lost Nation
A Navy Grumman bomber flipped onto its back during landing at Lost Nation Airport in Willoughby. The pilot, Navy Lt. B. B. Barila, was killed. Two passengers seated toward the rear escaped injury. The single-engine plane skid into a muddy graded strip near a runway.
Easing Anti-Trust Measures Urged to Level Farm Prices
Washington A Commodity Credit Corporation official urged relaxing antitrust laws to let farmers processors and distributors collaborate to stabilize farm prices. John H. Davis CCC president warned the current program offers too little and private enterprise should take the lead if antitrust restrictions are eased.
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Washington
An_Eisenhower
John H. Davis
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Davis
CCC
India Hike Goes Slow
Ex GI Lee Gotzlinger, 24, of Youngstown Ohio, recalls hitchhiking across India and warns travelers to avoid it due to slow travel on ox carts with long waits, narrow roads, and limited companionship. He and Alfred Evans of Beechhurst New York obtained permission from General Clark to return to the United States the long way.
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New Delhi
Ohio University
Korea
India
Lee Gotzlinger
Youngstown
Alfred Evans
Beechhurst
N. Y
Ark Clark
U. S
GOP Highway Plans Set for Senate Test in Ohio
The Ohio House will vote on six GOP highway measures forming a package to fund new road construction with about 42 million dollars yearly. A companion bill to create a state department of highway safety also advances, likely to pass, amid cross party opposition in the Senate. The same House session also approved a county level fair employment practices plan by 75 to 52.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
State Department of Highway Safety
House
Civil Liberty Decline Cited by Justice Douglas
Associate Justice William O. Douglas warned at Ohio State University that the United States faces disaster in Asia if Americans abandon civil liberties. He argued true understanding with Asiatic nations must come from intellectual engagement, not military force.
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William ©. Douglas
Supreme Court
Asia
United
Ohio State University
America
United States
Continued Farm Price Supports Are Pledged
New York Secretary of Agriculture Benson pledged continued farm price supports and said the Eisenhower administration will not permit an agricultural low mood. He called for incentives to switch crops to meet changing demand and spoke before the National Conference of Christians and Jews on Monday.
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New York
Benson
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Red purge in Berlin follows refugee flight
A new communist purge of scapegoats in East Germany was reported today as a direct result of the flight of refugees.
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Berlin
East Germany
Reorganized Chiefs of Staff to Reassess Roles
Washington reports a revamped defense leadership will re examine the Navy Air Force wartime roles. Adm Arthur W Radford becomes Joint Chiefs chair with a new roster as Eisenhower reshapes top commands. Cast includes Carney Ridgway Twining Gruenther with two year terms and Senate confirmation expected.
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Navy
Air Force
Defense Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Wilson
Radford
Omaray
Robert Carney
Naval Operations
William Fechteler
Carney
Europe
Fechteler
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ope
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Collins
Bradley
Solon Attacks Attlee Charge in Congress
Rep. Short assails Attlee in reaction to British Commons remarks about Americans’ willingness to settle the Korean War. He calls it an insult and cites a photo of Attlee with Spanish Communist leaders as alleged corroboration.
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Washington
Rep. Short
Short
McCarthy
Attlee
Spain
Target Plane Crashes Carrier Killing Three
A pilotless target airplane out of control after anti-aircraft fire slammed into the aircraft carrier Wright. Three men were killed and four seriously injured. The accident occurred Monday about 300 miles off Key West Florida and was disclosed by the Navy. The carrier sustained only minor damage.
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Washington
Wright
Key West
Fla
Navy
Meigs Utility Gets Emergency Rate Hike
The state utilities commission granted Syracuse Home Utilities Co. of Meigs County a 4293 annual emergency increase in its gas rates. The measure aims for a 3.36 percent rate of return while the firm posted a 136 dollar deficit in 1951.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Syracuse Home Utilities Co
Meigs County
Two Airmen Missing as Secret Plane Lost Over Lake Ontario
Niagara Falls N Y explosion forced a Bell X2 rocket plane to be jettisoned from a B50 bomber last night. Two airmen fell from 30000 feet into Lake Ontario and are feared lost. The chief test pilot of Bell Aircraft Corp and another crewman were aboard the experimental craft.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Bell Aircraft Corp
Board Named To Probe Lake Ship Disaster
Cleveland report lists Ohio crew members from the Henry Steinbrenner sunk in Lake Superior. Dead Jack Wolfe Harold O Race Calvin E Swartz Paul Leroux. Survivors Capt Albert Stiglin Jack Lambaris. Coast Guard in Saulte Ste. Marie forms inquiry board as funeral plans proceed for nine victims and 14 survivors reach port.
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Kinsman Transit Co
Henry Steinbrenner
Lake Superior
Jack Wolfe
W. Sixth St
East Liverpool
Harold O. Race
E. Ashtabula St
Jefferson
Calvin E. Swartz
Marshal St
Conneaut
Paul Leroux
Marlowe Rd
Toledo
Albert Stiglin
Vermilion
Jack Lambaris
E. 39Th St
Lorain
Saulte Ste. Marie
Mich
Coast Guard
Board of
Final Presidential Yacht Williamsburg Set for Last Sail
Washington reports the USS Williamsburg will sail for a four day cruise with President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower to Williamsburg Virginia and Annapolis Maryland. After May the ship will be mothballed as the Navy takes over. Eisenhower calls the yacht a symbol of needless luxury and will give it up. He has used the vessel once for a brief conference with French leaders in March.
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Eisenhower
Mrs
Williamsburg
Annapolis
Navy
Truman
British Forces Brace Garrisons Near Suez Canal
British Royal Marine commandos sail from Malta on secret orders amid rising Egypt British tension over the Suez Canal zone. Mo hamed Naguib threatens to oust British troops with Egyptian blood if needed as trenches and guards go up near Port Said.
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Kgypt
London
Mediterranean
Malta
Suez Canal
OGO
Duez
Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
Royal Navy
Chevron
Royal Marine Commandos
Lloyd
Port Said
Cairo
Suez
U. S
John Foster
Higher Postal Rates Sought
Washington reports that Postmaster General Summerfield indicated to a House appropriations subcommittee that studies should consider higher rates for second and third class mail for a temporary two year period. He did not oppose allowing the Postmaster General to fix rates rather than Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Summerfield
House Appropriations
House Extends Doctor Draft for Two Years
The House voted to extend the doctor draft for two years to supply the armed forces with 12,259 physicians and dentists. The bill, passed Tuesday, exempts those with 21 months active duty since Sept 16, 1940, and sets service terms of 17, 24 months for other doctors and veterinarians.
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Washington
House
Senate
U S Urged To Buy Reforest Large Area Near Jenkins Dam
Ohio Department of Natural Resources urged the federal government to acquire and reforest about 16 000 acres in Wayne National Forest southeast Ohio. J D Wells testified that the Forest Service has 2 560 acres and Ohio owns over 3 000 acres. with 16 000 more acres bought, 22 000 acres could become managed forest land behind Jenkins Dam and in the basin of the Hocking River. He warned much of the watershed is abandoned farmland with little forest cover and poorly managed.
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Washington
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Wayne National Forest
Ohio
J. D. Wells
House
U. S. Forest Service
Tom Jenkins
Hocking River
Wells
Forest Service
Vesuvius Lake
Lawrence County
Bond Allowed King's Wife in Fatal Birmingham Shooting
The father of Airman 2-C James A. King urged withdrawal of charges against Patsy Lou King after she fatally shot him during a gun struggle in Birmingham while he was stationed at an air base. A juvenile judge allowed bond and the wife with her infant daughter returned to Mason for the funeral as services were planned.
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Point Pleasant
James A. King
Birmingham
Ala
J. A. King
Patsy Lou
King
L. R. Mahoney
Mason
Evangelical United Brethren Church
New Haven
Boyd Scott
Suncrest Cemetery
Mary Pevy
Truman Urges Backing Eisenhower Foreign Policy
In Jefferson City Missouri former President Harry S Truman urged support for Dwight D Eisenhowers foreign policy in a public address before the Missouri Legislature. He said the policy is nonpartisan and urged unity to keep the world at peace. An estimated 1500 to 2000 people attended.
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Jefferson City
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Missouri
United States
Eisenhower
House
French Hold Off Vietminh Crack Division in Laos
In Indochina a single Vietminh division, the 304th, remains in Laos near Xiengkhouang just south of the Plain of Jars. French defenders, backed by Moscow trained strategists, face a tough task uprooting the force as they await a decisive counter move.
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Indochina
Laos
Vietminh
Wae
Finis
Ho Chi Minh
Xiengkhouang
Plain of Jars
New York to Join Canada in Major St Lawrence Power Project
Federal Power Commission examiner grants New York a 50 year license to build the American half of the 600 million dollar St Lawrence river power project. The decision renews hopes for New York to participate with Canada in the vast hydroelectric development.
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Mission
New York State
Canada
St. Lawrence
Glen R. Law
Power of
New York
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