Iran's Abadan Loss Shapes British Political Strife
In London the House of Commons convenes to address the Abadan refinery loss and Britain’s shrinking gold and dollar reserves, with elections set for Oct. 25. The government faces sharp questions over oil policy and fiscal peril, while the Times calls it a reversal of fortune and the Telegraph critiques delayed fiscal action.
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Abadan
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Burma
Iraq
Iceland
Commonwealth
Canada
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Gaitskell
Times
Truman Defends Information Order Amid Press Clash
President Truman defended his executive order tightening government information control saying it arose from newspapers publishing vast portions of secrets. In a late news conference he rejected any aim to curb speech and argued the move was necessary for national security.
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Washington
Truman
Agreement Reached In Teamsters Strike In Ohio
In Columbus Ohio AFL Teamsters reached a wage dispute settlement with Hayes Freight Co Inc ending a strike that began last Sunday. The work stoppage affected all Hayes terminals in Ohio and involved 175 drivers as the union and company settled over the pay for over the road drivers.
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Hayes Freight Co. Inc
Union and Company
Hayes
Ohio
French Units Repel Drive On Key Post
French forces repelled a Viet Minh column advancing on Laichau, 180 miles northwest of Hanoi, through a mountain pass leading to the Thai Federation capital. Moroccan fighters helped push back Communist-led units amid a bitter battle with an estimated three Viet Minh battalions.
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Hanoi
Binhlu
Tonkin
Pousamcap
Bing Cros Launches New Money Maker
Hollywood based multimillionaire Bing Cros announces launch of Bing's Things Inc a venture selling clothing toys and other products. Formal launch announced yesterday with plans to market a score of items under the new firm.
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Bing Crosby
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UN May Get New Atomic Curb Debate
UN diplomats speculated the Soviet atomic explosion aimed to strengthen Moscow bargaining as the General Assembly set to open its sixth session in Paris on November 6. The issue of atomic control looms, with past UN plans to merge the Atomic Energy Commission and the armaments commission under consideration by President Truman.
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N.Y
Soviet Union
Moscow
UN General Assembly
Paris
White House
U.S
Truman
UN Atomic Energy Commission
General Assembly
UN Commission
Rutland man Bart Rawlings dies at 79 in Rutland
Bart Rawlings 79, Rutland and Middleport funeral home operator and civic booster, died at his Rutland home. Survived by wife Alice Sidenstricker Rawlings two step daughters and two sisters. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats funeral home with burial in Miles Cemetery Rutland.
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Bart Rawlings
Middleport
Rawlings
Richard Rawlings
Ray Rawlings
Clark School of Embalming
Chicago
Fla
Cleveland
Rawlings-Coats
Miles Cemetery
Ruthland
Prisoner offers to sell an eye for family aid in Gallipolis
Lloyd R. Campfield, inmate at Atlanta State Prison, offers to sell an eye for $1500 to pay hospital bills and support his wife and unborn baby. He claims to have passed a medical and pilot's license test and suggests the money be handed to him through Grady Hospital with transfer arranged locally. Doctors caution cornea use. surgeons note limited transplant viability. Campfield has a history of legal battles and parole to Gallia County.
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Lloyd R. Campfield
Butler St
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Gallia County
Columbus
Soviet Reports Second Atomic Bomb Test and Korea War Risks
The White House announced that the Soviet Union exploded a second atomic device and continues to build nuclear weapons amid the Korea stalemate. Officials cited potential use of atomic arms, while stressing international control. President Truman had previously warned of atomic evidence in 1949.
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Iowa
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Bradley Mum on Deadlock in Korea War Talks
Gen. Omar Bradley returned from the Korean theater with a note that there is a chance of winning a military decision in Korea. He and Charles Bohlen arrived by plane after a week of Far East conferences, declining to discuss the stalemated cease-fire talks. Bohlen said communist thinking is hard to read in Japan Korea or Washington.
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Omar Bradley
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Korea
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Far East
Bohlen
Japan
Boats To Race On Ohio River
Huntington West Virginia reports an old-time steam boat race on the Ohio River Sunday. Armco Steel Corp of Middletown Ohio sends its boat Weber W Sebald against the Elon Hatfield owned by Amherst Barge Co of Charleston West Virginia. Each boat carries about 60 passengers including mayors of nearby villages and will race a seven mile course preceded by four empty barges to be pushed.
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W. Va
Ohio River
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Weber W. Sebald
Elon Hatfield
Amherst Barge Co
Charleston
Refugees Reach U S Port in Leaky Boat
Eleven Estonian refugees from behind the Iron Curtain reached Fort Pierce Florida in a leaking auxiliary schooner named the Valprio. They asked for asylum and were moved by immigration officials to a train bound for Ellis Island New York to await detention.
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United States
Immigration Service
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Valprio
Governors Split Into Four Political Factions at Conference
GATLINBURG Tenn Govs split into four factions as they closed the 43rd annual meeting. Republican chairman Val Peterson of Nebraska leads the pro Eisenhower wing while Utahs J Bracken Lee pushes to focus on domestic issues. Florida Democrat Fuller Warren attacks Kefauver, who replies, and Dewey brings internationalist support for Eisenhower while Taft aligns with domestic focus.
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Tenn
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Peterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Fuller Warren
Florida
Estes Kefauiver
D-Tenn
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
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Kefauver
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Moody Asks Press Review Of Truman Information Order
Senator Moody of Michigan proposed forming a committee of leading newspaper editors to review President Truman's information order. He believed the move carried no harmful intent but warranted examination by informed journalists.
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O Moody
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Truman
Storm Perils Coastal Area as Hurricane Threat Grows
The tropical storm that became a hurricane after crossing Florida threatened the North Carolina coast. The Miami Weather Bureau said the storm lay about 60 miles off Cape Hatteras and was moving north northeast at 11 mph with center winds near 100 mph. Gales extended 200 to 250 miles outward. Authorities warned of dangerous winds and very high tides from the North Carolina Virginia Capes northward to Block Island. Winds of 50 mph lashed Diamond Shoals as rough seas prevailed along the coast.
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UN Units Extend Gain On Western Front In Korea
UN forces along a 40 mile front pushed forward up to four miles in two days amid heavy fighting. Canadian units led the advance, with British and American troops, Greeks, Turks, Filipinos and Koreans fighting together. A major artillery barrage opened the offensive, and U S tanks supported the assault as Chinese resistance remained strong in key ridges near Chorwon and Kaesong.
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Yondon
Kaesong
Chorwon
Ohio Boys Win 800 On Strike It Rich Show
The McGee brothers Jimmy 14 Billy 11 and Johnny 9 from Lorain Ohio won 500 on CBSs Strike It Rich last night and earned 300 more in pledges from televiewers to help toward a new home. Their mother three sisters and infant brother perished in a fire that gutted their home last September 14. Their father Arthur 36 remains hospitalized but is expected to recover.
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McGee
Lorain
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Billy
Johnny
Harry Daly
Ohio
Freedom Balloon Crosses Atlantic From Cleveland to Nova Scotia
A Freedom Balloon released on Sept 26 from Cleveland was found drifting in the Atlantic off Lockport Nova Scotia about 1 365 miles away. It was part of 5 000 balloons symbolizing the Freedom Balloons sent from Germany into Russia and was discovered by a fisherman.
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Lockport
Nova Scotia
Germany
Russia
Iranian Chief Hits UN Case
Premier Mossadegh told the Majlis that Britain has no right to bring Iran’s oil dispute to the UN Security Council. He said the nationalization problem is an internal matter and will lead Iran’s delegation to the UN, expressing prayerful support from the Iranian people. He will be joined by four oil-board members and other officials.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadough
Majlis
UN Security Council
Mossadegh
Parliamentary Oil Board
Allahyar Saleh
Ali Shayegan
Ahmed Martin Dafteri
Morteza Bayatt
Mobile Support To Aid In Case of Bombing
Ohio civil defense officials outlined mobile support plans to aid any city under atomic attack. About ten mobile groups will be formed from engineering, rescue, fire, police, medical and welfare services with Lt. Col. Roy Horn coordinating in Columbus under Maj. Gen. Leo M. Kreber.
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Columbus
Ohio City
Leo M. Kreber
Roy Horn
Ohio
Conferees Near Full Accord On Changes in New Tax Bill
Washington conferees on a multi billion dollar tax bill made progress in their first full day of talks. They agreed to raise the corporate rate from 25 to 30 percent while keeping the surtax at 22 percent, set the corporate increase to take effect April 1 1951, start higher individual taxes on November 1, and extend combat zone tax exemptions through January 1 1954 for armed forces personnel.
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Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Senate
Reds and Allies Clash Over Truce Site in Korea
In Tokyo Red and Allied commanders proposed resuming armistice talks immediately but disagreed on a site. Ridgway urged a new no mans land site. Reds rejected Songhyon. Communists proposed resuming at Kaesong with a machinery to ensure neutralization by first meeting.
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Red
Matthew B. Ridgway
Reds
No-Man’s Land
Kaesong
Ridgway
Songhyon
No-Man's Land
Kagesong
Death halts wedding in Cincinnati
A 21 year old motorcyclist, who was to be wed Saturday, was killed early today when his motorcycle struck a utility pole while returning from a visit with his fiancee.
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Cincinnati
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