Lipscomb Wins Decisive 4 Way California Race
Republican Glenard Lipscomb captured the 24th District seat in a four way special election, defeating Democrat George Arnold as the GOP extends its House advantage to 219 seats to 215. Collier and Markheim trailed, Lipscomb's victory cited as endorsement of the Eisenhower administration and 83rd Congress. Arnold conceded after late returns.
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Los Angeles
Glenard P. Lipscomb
George Arnold
House
Arnold
Irving Markheim
John L. E. Collier
Lipscomb
Collier
Markheim
Washington
Republican National Committee
California
Eisenhower
Magsaysay Builds Tall Lead Over Quirino in Philippines Race
Manila reports Ramon Magsaysay leads over President Elpidio Quirino with unofficial tallies showing 982,077 to 341,007 as about 4.76 million votes were cast in the national election. Magsaysay, 46, says early reports are encouraging but ruling out conclusions pending further updates.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
Elpidio Quirino
Magsaysay
Quirino
Liberal Party
Marine Wing Bombed Yank Unit in Korea
The U S 1st Marine Air Wing accidentally bombed a frontline artillery position in Korea on January 8 1953 killing 13 American soldiers and wounding nine The Far East Command confirmed the incident and a joint investigation found Marine planes involved A later press report said 14 Americans were killed and investigators were to report results but were not available for months.
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Tokyo
John E. Hull
U. S. 1St Marine Air Wing
Korea
Far East Command
U. S. Army
Washington
Far East
Hull
Public Information Office
Army
New Welfare Chief Named in Ohio
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche named Henry J. Robinson as welfare director to succeed John H. Lamneck. Robinson, 59, a former public school teacher and Lamneck’s assistant since 1949, will assume duties November 17 and aims for a sound progressive welfare program within available funds. He is a Kent State graduate and son of a former Ravenna mayor.
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Columbus
Henry J. Robinson
Ohio
Ravenna
Frank J. Lausche
John H. Lamneck
Lausche
Lamneck
Ohio Supreme Court
Robinson
Kent State University
CBS Official Quits College Fraternity Over Policy
CBS president Frank Stanton resigns from Phi Delta Theta after 25 years citing the fraternity's racial policy as embarrassing. The letters were sent to fraternity HQ and Ohio Wesleyan Transcript. The report also notes Yugoslav leaders call for limits on membership amid Trieste dispute and Tito aides' statements in Ljubljana and Belgrade.
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Oxford
Ohio
Frank Stanton
Columbia Broadcasting System
Phi Delta Theta
Ohio Wesleyan Transcript
Delaware
Nonce
Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
West
Tito
Edvard Kardelj
Moshe Pijade
Ljubljana
Belgrade
Yugoslav Leaders Call for Talks on Trieste Row
Yugoslav officials Kardelj and Pijade propose a sit down at a green table to seek a compromise on the Trieste dispute while warning they will not join talks with Zone A conditions. U S ambassador Luce met Italian premier Pella for 70 minutes, saying no new Trieste developments emerged.
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Kardelj
Yugoslavia
Zone A
Pijade
Zone B
U. S
Clare Boothe Luce
Giuseppe Pella
Trieste
Crash Victim Compared With Marsh in Unidentified Case
In Paducah Kentucky a check to identify a man killed in a Clinton area crash identified as Billy Starr 45 Mexico Missouri may be Thomas John Marsh once linked to the Greenlease kidnapping. State Police Lt James Mason said Starr's ID marks resembled Marsh and fingerprints were sent to the FBI.
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Paducah
Clinton
Thomas John Marsh
Greenlease
James Mason
Billy Starr
Mexico
Marsh
Mason
Hopkins and Brown Funeral
Starr
FBI
Washington
Third Ransom Bill Uncovered
Three bills from the $600000 ransom in the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping were found in Michigan and Indiana. Of the ransom, $308000 remains unfound. Authorities suspect hoodlums may pass the money to fences at 30 to 50 cents on the dollar. A $20 bill was found in Petersburg, Indiana, and another $20 or $10 bill was reported in Detroit and here.
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Petoskey
Mich
Bobby Greenlease
Michigan
Indiana
Detroit
Maj
Walter Weyland
Indiana State Police
Petersburg
Ind
Commuter Train Wreck Injures 12 Passengers
A crowded Pennsylvania Railroad commuter train derailed on a Schuylkill River bridge near 30th Street station injuring 12 passengers. Police said at least 12 were hospitalized with potential totals rising to 20 to 25 as cars spilled onto the tracks.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schuylkill River
30Th Street
John Rozansky
Ike Opposes Subpoenaing Of Truman in White Case
In Tokyo the dispute between U S military officials and news correspondents over censorship in Korea worsened. The Far East Command denied dual censorship and said restrictions target military security only. Correspondents condemn the Army for perceived hostility as Defense Secretary Wilson seeks to clear misunderstandings.
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Truman
TOKYO
Korea
Defense
Wilson
Washington
National Press Club
Far East Command
Associated Press
John Randolph
8Th Army
Randolph
Far East
Army
Seoul
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S. Army
Eisenhower opposes subpoena of Truman in White case
President Eisenhower said he would not personally subpoena Truman amid the Brownell White controversy. The House committee and Senate subcommittee pressed for testimony from Truman ally James Byrnes and others as closed sessions continued.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Harry Dexter White
United States
House Un-American Activities Committee
Atty. Gen. Brownell
White
FBI
White House
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Byrnes
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Vaughan
Brownell
New York
Tl Am
House
Interviews Near Collapse Halts at Panmunjom
PW interviews with North Korean and Chinese prisoners slated for repatriation were canceled for the sixth day as the NNRC stalemate deepens. Lt. Gen. Thimayya, Indian chairman, remained at Panmunjom intent on restarting talks with the Red high command after a Kaesong visit failed to yield progress.
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Panmunjom
Red
K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
NNRC
Body Found in Kanawha River Near Point Pleasant
The body of James Lewis was recovered at 10 45 a m in the Kanawha River about 20 to 30 feet downstream from a sunken boat he was last seen in. Death was ruled drowning with no signs of violence. Lewis had been missing since Monday night after being seen with Ed Durst in Durst’s boat near Henderson.
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Point Pleasant
James Lewis
Kanawha
Eddie Dunlap
Raikes Landing
Edna Gettles
Dunlap
Bill Woomer
Henderson
Delbert Stover
Charles Leport
Abe Scarberry
Lewis
Ed Durst
Durst
Raike’s Landing
Charles Roberts
Roberts
Griff Durbin
Gertrude Lewis
Charles
22Nd Street
Julius
Canton
Ohio
George
Smog Shrouds Gallia County From Forest Fires
Gallia County and Gallipolis were blanketed by smog described as wood smoke today. Wardens traced the odor to around South Point while noting a good sized Bethel area forest fire triggered early Monday. Additional fires near Eno and Cheshire were smaller and did not intensify the county haze.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
South Point
David H. Williams
Rio Grande
Bethel
Eno
Cheshire
Army Hating Willie AWOL for Eighth Time
In Portsmouth Ohio sheriff deputies capture 21 year old Pvt William Shafer at his West Portsmouth home for AWOL from Ft Knox Ky marking his eighth absence in a year He had previously confessed to killing a Portsmouth doctor then recanted saying it was to avoid the Army
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Pvt
William Shafer
West Portsmouth
Ft. Knox
Former Nazi General Named East German Military Adviser
Former Field Marshal Fredrich Paulus, captured at Stalingrad in 1943, has been named military adviser to the East zone Communist government, after returning to the Soviet zone two weeks ago following ten years in captivity.
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Berlin
Fredrich Paulus
East Zone
Paulus
Stalingrad
Germany
Navy Patrol Plane Crashes Off Korea Coast
A U S Navy PBM Mariner patrol plane based at Yokosuka Japan crashed into the sea off the south tip of Korea. Fourteen crewmen are believed killed according to the Navy. Initial reports said the crash occurred yesterday and the aircraft was from Ikguni base.
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Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Mariner
South
Korea
Navy
Ikdkuni
Japan
Armistice Day Observed Amid Uneasy Korea Truce
Washington marks Armistice Day while the Korea armistice remains fragile. President Eisenhower plans wreath duty at Arlington National Cemetery with no formal address, as American Legion commander Arthur Connell cautions that peace remains elusive despite a world war legacy. The piece contrasts 1918 surrender terms with today’s protracted negotiations in Korea.
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Eisenhower
Arlington National Cemetery
Robert T. Stevens
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Conn
American Legion
Arlington
Dayton Blaze Kills Four Girls in Ohio Home
A blaze started near a kerosene heater killed four West children and a stepchild in Dayton. Victims were Linda Mae West four, Sharon Elizabeth West twenty two, Linda Sue West fourteen, and Nancy Louise Bryant thirteen. Coroner Zipf had not ruled cause. fire marshal Cheesman cited possible fuel line leak or asphyxia as factors under investigation.
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Dayton
Ohio
Earl West
Linda Mae West
Sharon Elizabeth West
Linda Sue West
Nancy Louise Bryant
Montgomery County
Robert Zipf
William H. Cheesman
Hero of Island Battle Returns to Reservation
Ira Hayes, the Iwo Jima flag-raiser, returns to the Rapschle reservation family in Arizona after a court suspended a four-day jail term for drunkenness. He was fined $20 but ordered to ride a bus home to Arizona.
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Los Angeles
Ira Hayes
Iwo Jima
Rapschale
Ariz
Hayes
Mark Brandler
Arizona
Jet powered light plane sets altitude record
The Air Force reports Bill Thompson, test pilot for Cessna, flew the XL19B Birddog modification to 37,063 feet on July 16, establishing a new altitude record for small planes. The seven mile climb surpassed the 30,203 foot mark set in 1951 by a Piper Super Cub.
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Washington
Air Force
Bill Thompson
Cessna Airplane Co
Wichita
Kan
Army
GM Buys Kaiser Willow Run Plant For 26 Million
General Motors acquired the 62 acre Willow Run bomber plant from Kaiser Motors for 26 million dollars. Kaiser moves all operations to Toledo Ohio. GM plans to use the site for hydramatic transmissions and did not disclose further uses. No plans were announced for rebuilding Livonia Detroit Transmission Division after last August fire.
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Dietroit
General Motors
Willow Run
Kaiser Motors
Kaiser
Toledo
Ohio
Detroit
Livonia
Mich
Harlow H. Curtice
Logan Native Named Chief of New Post Office District
J. M. Risley a Logan native has been named chief of a new Post Office district headquarters in Columbus Ohio as part of a tri state program to cut red tape. Cincinnati will be regional HQ for Ohio Indiana and Kentucky with nine district offices including Cleveland Toledo and Cincinnati. Risley 59 has served in postal service since 1914 and comes from Raleigh North Carolina where he was a postal inspector.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. M. Risley
Logan
Cincinnati
Indiana
Kentucky
Cleveland
Toledo
Risley
Raleigh
N. C
Bermuda talks loom as Big Three seek edge on Soviet threat
Washington officials anticipate a Bermuda conference opening around December 4 aimed at strengthening Western defenses against the Soviet challenge. Churchill may push Eisenhower and Laniel toward an early EDC accord, while no change to Eisenhower’s stance against a broader Big Four session. The plan centers on pressing France for quicker EDC action and showing Congress progress in Western Europe defense ahead of January sessions.
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Washington
Germany
Moscow
Eisenhower
Churchill
Laniel
Western Europe
West Germany
Congress
Red Atrocity Airing Looms at UN General Assembly
United Nations officials anticipate approval to place the atrocity charge against Korea on the General Assembly agenda. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. will urge a 60 nation body to back the measure as the Steering Committee recommended. Only the Soviet bloc may oppose with some Arab Asian abstentions.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. S
UN General Assembly
Korea
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Assembly
Lodge
Farm Mishap Fatal Near Williamsport Ohio
A Pickaway County farmer died after a blowtorch used to free him from a corn picker. Harry Davidson, 31, was trapped by the machine gripping his head left leg and left arm before rescue crews could reach him.
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Williamsport
Ohio
Pickaway County
Harry Davidson
Wooster Meeting Held as Objections Rally
Wooster Ohio directors reversed a postponement and held the World Peace Workshop as scheduled. The Keep America Free Council alleged invited participants had questionable citizenship or Communist ties. two men denied the charges and Wooster officials removed several endorsers to avoid pressure.
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Shepherd Witman
Cleveland Council On World Affairs
Kermit Eby
University of Chicago
Canton
Howard F. Lowry
College of Wooster
Frank T. Bow
Canton Republican
Marion F.graven
Wooster
Republican Committee
Two Liquor Inspectors Seek Reinstatement
In Columbus Ohio two of three former state liquor inspectors testified before the state civil service commission that they did not take bribes. Stanley Bannes 46 Independence and Stanley De 37 Cleveland said they were acquitted in July of soliciting and accepting 150 dollars from a Columbus tavern operator to overlook liquor law violations.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Civil Service Commission
Stanley Bannes
Independence
Stanley de
Cleveland
Rol Tague
New Lexington
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