British Capture Canal Span as Troops Clash
British troops seized the only bridge over the Suez Canal after a dawn clash with Egyptian guards. Two Egyptians were killed as fighting flared for the second day, with Cairo reporting a tense scene at Ismailia and Britain planning a troop airlift to reinforce the canal area. The El Ferdan bridge connects Africa and Asia near the Holy Family crossing site.
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Canal Span
Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Canal
Ismailia
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Britain
Middle East
Brian Robertson
London
Suez
el Ferdan
Africa
Asia
Holy Land
Truman Defends Plan Against MacArthur Charge
President Truman dismissed Gen Douglas MacArthurs claim that his opposition ruined the Formosa defense plan. He told reporters at a news conference that the charge was not based on fact and that MacArthur knew it. The general had spoken at the American Legion convention in Miami.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
MacArthur
American Legion
Miami
United Nations
Truman Plans to Reveal Run Decision in January
President Truman said he will not disclose whether he will seek re election until after delivering three major messages to Congress in January. He gave few other definite answers during a bantering news conference.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Biloxi Vice Dens Attract Senate Probes
Biloxi Mississippi a resort area near the Gulf is under Senate committee scrutiny for gambling tied to Keesler Air Force Base. The base with 30,000 airmen and a $48 million payroll anchors Biloxi’s economy while investigators pursue alleged $6 million siphoned from payroll by slots. Rev G C Hodge leads a push to curb gambling as Kefauver style probes begin.
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Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi Gold Coast
Senate
Kefauver Committee
Keesler Air Force Base
Keesler
G. C. Hodge
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Yanks Near Key Bastion of Kumsong
U S troops push toward Kumsong as Chinese abandon western hills near Yonchon and Kosong. First Cavalry overrun four hills northwest of Yonchon. allies gain ground on a 22 mile front toward Kumsong amid heavy fighting. Naval support from New Jersey and Waller aided.
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U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Kumsong
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Yonchon
United Nations
South Kosong
U. S
Waller
New Jersey
Seventh Fleet
Wonsan
Lashing Rites Fatal to Two in Minn Sect
In St Paul a frenzied religious cult claims whipping rites as Bible based. Ardith Lennander aged 35 died from severe lashings while Anna Halvorson 64 died yesterday. Curtis Lennander 33, husband of Ardith, confessed to whipping them during a sect meeting. Sheriff held him without charge. sect members cited Proverbs 20 30 to justify the wounds.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Ardith Lennander
Anna Halvorson
Thomas Gibbons
Lennander
Curtis
Weather Hit 81 Degrees Then Dipped to 51 by Morning
The mercury rose to a high of 81 degrees Wednesday and fell to 0.36 during the night. By 9 am Thursday the temperature stood at 51 degrees.
Racine Man Hurt as Car Overturns in Great Bend
Ralph Grimm of Racine sustained injuries when his car overturned and skidded 70 feet on Route 124 in Great Bend. He was trapped for 30 minutes before neighbors freed him. X rays were taken but results were not yet known. Sheriff Russell reported the vehicle left the highway, hit a rock, and was demolished.
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Pomeroy
Great Bend
Ralph Grimm
Grimm
Racine
Meigs General Hospital
Charles Russell
Russell
Reds Hunger For 'Peace' In Moscow Pigeons Chase Scene
The Voice of America reported in Moscow on October 6 hungry citizens chased peace pigeons released from the Moscow Hotel as police followed. The broadcast cited Premier Stalin announcing the atom bomb explosion and noted the scene was captured by movie cameras but not the police pursuit.
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Washington
Voice of America
Moscow
Red Square
State Department
Overseas Radio
Stalin
Seek Couple In Baby Hunt In Michigan City
Michigan City police kept a factory worker and his wife under questioning a week after a newborn vanished from St. Anthony Hospital. The baby Lawrence James Lyons, born Oct. 9 to James and., Lyons, disappeared from his crib Saturday. The couple, described as former hospital workers, had claimed their only child died two weeks earlier.
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Michigan City
Ind
Lawrence James Lyons
St. Anthony Hospital
James Lyons
Observers Delay Atomic Exercises at Nevada Test Site
In Las Vegas observers prepare as construction ends for atomic tests on the Nevada desert. AEC chairman Gordon Dean and other officials are slated to attend along with Defense Department leaders and hundreds of military observers from posts nationwide.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Desert
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Robert Lovett
Semi-trailer Collides With Freight Train in Kenton Fatality
A semi-trailer driven by Douglas Wesley Martin 31 of Pulaski West Virginia struck an eastbound Erie railroad freight train on Route 31 edge of Kenton. Police say Martin may have fallen asleep before the collision.
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Kenton
Erie Railroad
Douglas Wesley Martin
Pulaski
W. Va
Martin
UN Proposes Three Mile Zone As Korea Truce Talks Progress
UN command proposes a three mile attack free radius around Kaesong and the Munsan camp as negotiators in Panmunjom report cautious progress. Red leader Chang Chun San notes little difference between sides while awaiting a reply to the plan.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
William P. Nuckols
Red
Nuckols
Panmunjom
No-Man’s-Land
Chang
Kaesong
Five Mile
Legion Hears Green Assail Price Curbs
President William Green of the AFL condemns price control laws as ruthless profiteering. He warns inflation and housing woes threaten morale of defense workers at the American Legion convention closing hours as Gen. MacArthur attacks Truman policies. Delegates near electing a new national commander and Auxiliary president.
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Miami
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
American Legion National Convention
Green
Douglas McArthur
Truman
Don R. Wilson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Erle Cocke, Jr
Georgia
E. A. Campbell
Homer
Ala
American Legion Auxiliary
Legionnaires
MacArthur
Painters End Strike In Toledo Settlement Reached
About 600 AFL painters ended a six day strike after reaching a pay rise agreement with the Master Painters and Decorators Association. The terms were not announced and overtime provisions stalled further negotiations.
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Toledo
AFL
Master Painters and Decorators Association
Kirkpatrick Indicted on Murder Charge in Sandbar Slaying
William C. Kirkpatrick aged 48 was indicted by an Athens County grand jury for first degree murder in the sandbar slaying of his wife Anita 38 on Sept 7. An arraignment is set for Saturday in Common Pleas Court. A search for the murder weapon using an underwater magnet yielded no results. The investigation involved the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and local officers.
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William C. Kirkpatrick
Athens County
Kirkpatrick
Anita
Common Pleas Court
George Bateman
Guysville
Hocking
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Fedder
British Captain Claims Red Air Attack Near Archangel
Capt Leslie Gow of the 3538 ton freighter Berylstone said Soviet sea planes bombed his ship off Archangel on Sept 14 but all bombs missed. He spoke after returning to Belfast with British intelligence comment pending from London authorities.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Archangel
Leslie Gow
Russia
London
Admiralty
Foreign Office
Gow
OSU Faculty Presses Dissatisfaction With Speaker Rules
About 200 Ohio State University faculty members voiced dissatisfaction with the campus speaker screening rule. President Harvey Mansfield said the group remains unhappy and the committee on academic freedom and tenure will study the rule further. The rule, approved Sept 4, vests invitation approvals in President Howard L. Bevis and is the most sweeping in the Big Ten, sparked by controversy over Harold O. Rugg and concerns about preventing talks that might overthrow the government.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio State
American Association of University Professors
Harvey Mansfield
Howard L. Bevis
Mansfield
Committee On
S. M. Marco
Associated Press
Board of Trustees
Big Ten
Harold O. Rugg
Columbia University
Rugg
New Tax Bill Compromise Key To Early Adjournment
Washington reports administration leaders seek a new compromise on a multi billion dollar tax increase to allow quick adjournment. Conferees return after exploratory talks with hopes a deal by Friday could win Senate and House approval and end the session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Capitol
McMahon
D-Conn
Truman
Plane Crashes on Mount Benson Killing 23
A Queen Charlotte Airlines twin engine plane plunged into Mount Benson near Nanaimo B C last night killing 23 of the 26 aboard all were loggers and construction workers except the crew. Owen Jones reached the wreckage after a three hour climb and described the scene as an awful mess with six bodies found nearby.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Queen Charlotte Airlines
Vancouver
Kemano
Mount Benson
Owen Jones
Muntainside
Divorced Fathers Face Draft to 35
Cleveland report states divorced fathers may be inducted up to age 35, while exempt individuals keep draft liability only to age 26. Lt. Col. R. E. Clouse and Major William P. Richardson explained the rule at a meeting with Cleveland’s 14 draft boards.
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Cleveland
Selective Service
R. E. Clouse
William P. Richardson
Ohi
Selective Service Staff
Discu
Airport aid grant approved for Galion-Crestline airport
Rep Betts announced that the comptroller general has approved a 17022 dollar grant for Galion-Crestline Airport in Galion Ohio. The funds come from the Civil Aeronautics Administration to improve the facility.
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Galion
Washington
Galion-Crestline
Ohio
Betts
Comptroller General of the
United States
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Ballot Rotation Question Baffles Ohio Supreme Court
Summit County Assistant Prosecutor Robert E. Mohler told the Ohio Supreme Court there is no law for carrying out constitutional name rotation on ballots. He cited a Summit County Court of Appeals ruling that current rotation does not match the constitution. Judge James Garfield Stewart remarked on alphabetical order advantages in elections.
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Columbus
Summit County
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Robert E. Mohler
Mohler
Summit County Court of Appeals
High Court
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Peron Deems Eva Saint Evita Amid Loyalty Day Tribute
President Juan D. Peron announced a national holiday to honor his wife Eva Peron hailed as Saint Evita during Argentina’s Loyalty Day ceremony. The event became a mass tribute as Evita’s health worsened.
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Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Argentina
Evita
Juan D. Peron
Steel Official Dies in Youngstown
W. H. Foster aged 85 chairman of the board of the General Fireproofing Co and a national figure in the steel industry died today after suffering a heart attack in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
W. H. Foster
The
General Fireproofing Co
Secret note from Moscow on Korea armistice talks
Moscow rebuffed a U S proposal for Soviet intervention to end the Korea deadlock and offered only to discuss broader East West tensions. Vishinsky questioned U S good faith while two hints suggested Moscow might seek a settlement in Korea and discuss broader relations.
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Washington
Moscow
U.S
Koerea
Berlin
Vishinsky
Charles E. Bohlen
Acheson
Kremlin
Reeporters
Korea
Russia
U.S.A
Soviet Union
Food Price Index Dips To Year Low As Week Marks
New York wholesale food prices fell this week to $6.77 from $6.79, near the year’s low and 45 percent higher than last year. The peak this year hit $7.31 on February 20, with higher costs for flour wheat corn rye oats cheese eggs and potatoes and declines in barley beef bellies butter tea and hogs.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Athens Man Among Returning Servicemen
Seattle reports 722 servicemen arriving from Korea and Japan. among them is Sgt. James E. Weddle of Athens with address 67 percent S Court Street.
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Athens
Seattle
Korea
Japan
James E. Weddle
S. Court St
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