Allied tanks strike deep in Korea in heavy armored raid
Allied forces across central Korea launched a major armored assault dubbed Operation Cleaver. Three UN divisions pushed into the communist triangle near Pyongyang, facing stiff resistance as frontline troops and Marine units seized high ground and regrouped after four days of intense combat.
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U.S
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Triangle
Sea of Japan
U. S. First Marine Division
Offantry
Albany youths killed in Route 680 truck crash
Four others were injured when a light pickup rolled after skidding on Route 680 inside Albany village limits. Victims were Marion Dearth 17 and William Barrows 16 who died at the scene, James Milligan 18 who died en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital, and three survivors in good or fair condition including Benny Canny Everett Boggess Harry Davis Jr and Charles Wingett. The driver Boggess was treated and detained. Police investigations cited loss of control on a curve and vehicle impact with a utility pole. Witnesses described a youth gathering at a service station before the fatal ride.
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Albany
Marion Dearth
Evelyn Dearth
William Barrows
Ernest Barrows
James Milligan
James Miligan
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Benny Canny
Vernon Canny
Everett Boggess
W. E. Boggess
Athens
Harry Davis
Davis
Charles Wingett
Guy Wingett
Boggess
Horace R. Rigel
George Bateman
Barrow
Dearth
Milligan
Paul Jagers
Richard
Jean Larch
Dwight Munn
Boyd Johnson
Mervin Nelson
Albert Milligan
James
Wingett
Munn
Otto Munn
Dewey F. Stone
Clinton Ave
Wyatt Johnson
Adaptor
Charles Hudwell
Cline’s Cash Feed and Poultry Store
Ridgway Silent On Kaesong Truce Talks Offer
Gen. Matthew Ridgway withheld his reply to a communist proposal to restart the Korean truce negotiations at Kaesong. The exchange comes amid muted UN and Red China public signals as hopes rise in Tokyo and near Munsan that talks may reopen despite ongoing frontline actions.
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Tokyo
Mathew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
United Nations
Red China
Peiping
Munsan
Ridgway
Red
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Brehm Case Moves Toward Appeal Court
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Logan seeks an appeal after a May federal jury conviction for accepting $1000 in campaign gifts from Emma S. Craven. The case moves through docketing with briefs due by October 5, possible extensions, and a ready-for-hearing status once replies are filed. Prehm was fined $5000, suspended 5 to 15 months, funds held by the court.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
U.S. Court of Appeals
Brehm
Prehm
Rail Crash Near Weedon Kills At Least 20 in England
A Liverpool to London express derailed near Weedon in Northamptonshire, killing at least 20 and injuring 35. The locomotive and two coaches fell 30 feet, with the first coach crushed and the second cut in two. An unidentified American soldier's body was among the victims. Rescue teams battled wreckage as communications were severed by the crash. The Stone Hill Tunnel, scene of a 1916 disaster, is nearby.
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Northampton
Eng
Weedon
Stone Hill
Irish Mail
Cleveland Firms Win $75 Million Taconite Plant Contract
The Reserve Mining Co. of Cleveland awards a $75 million contract to Hankin-Conkey Construction Co. Arundel Corp. and L. E. Dixon Co. to build a Beaver Bay Minnesota taconite ore processing plant. The partners will complete the facility in about four years as the first large plant turning taconite into blast furnace feed in commercial tonnages.
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Cleveland
Reserve Mining Co
Beaver Bay
Minn
Hankin-Conkey Construction Co
Arundel Corp
Baltimore
L. E. Dixon Co
San Gabriel
Calif
Freight Trains Collide Derailed Near Ravenna
Twenty six cars and three diesel units derailed when two Pennsylvania freight trains collided near Ravenna. Sixteen cars of a 97 car east bound ore train derailed and spilled onto an adjoining track. The westbound train, 19 cars, struck the derailed cars. Three diesel units and 10 cars of the westbound train left the tracks en route from Conway Pennsylvania to Cleveland.
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Ravenna
Pennsylvania
Here
Conway
Cleveland
Mossadegh Drops Ultimatum on British Oil Talks
In Tehran informed sources say Premier Mossadegh will delay an ultimatum to Britain on oil negotiations until after the British election. A note demanding reopening will be sent to London soon with no threat to expel remaining British oil technicians in Iran.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
London
National Park Meeting At Lake Hope Oct 8 12
The 31st Annual meeting of the National Conference on State Parks will be held at Lake Hope near Zaleski October 8 to 12. Ohio Parks chief W. W. Flickinger said 30 states have reserved representation with many more expected.
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Lake Hope
National Conference On State Parks
Zaleski
W. W. Flickinger
Ohio
Division of Parks
Flickinger
Frank OD. Quinn
Arthur E. Demaray
National Parks Service
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Washington
D. C
Florida
New Hampshire
Missouri
California
Indiana
Illinois
Muskingum Conservancy District
Lake Erie
U S Postal Workers Gain 400 Dollar Pay Increase
Washington reports that over one and a half million postal employees and federal white collar workers will receive about 400 more annually. Three pay bills retroactive to July 1 totaling 670 million dollars were approved by the House, with Senate approval earlier. A Senate House committee must reconcile differences before enactment. House leaders floated raising members' pay to 15 thousand dollars a year, with McCormack urging 25 thousand within 15 months.
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Washington
House
Senate
Weather Outlook for Columbus Temperature Shifts and Rain
Temperatures will average one to four degrees above normal before turning cooler over the weekend. Warmer conditions expected Monday and Tuesday, then cooler Wednesday. Showers likely Saturday and again around Tuesday, with total rainfall 0.5 to 0.75 inch.
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Columbus
Seattle Arrivals to Include 511 Troops in Rotation Return
The 28th Navy transport bringing Army rotation troops from the Far East will dock in Seattle today. 511 combat troops return, increasing total Troops to 38,492. Ship name withheld for now. Southeast Ohio arrivals include: Pfc. Chester L. Griffis and Cp Russell K. Platt.
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Seattle
Wash
Navy
Far East
Ohio
Chester L. Griffis
Frost and Coolville
Russell K. Platt
Taft Attacks Truman Farm Plan as Fraud in North Dakota
Senator Taft denounces the Brannan farm subsidy proposal as a fraud promising high farmer prices and low consumer costs. He argues support prices distort markets, favors taxpayers, and warns against a sliding fall in farm prices. He backs selective price supports at a reasonable level.
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Grand Forks
N.D
Taft
Ohio
Brannan
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Ohioan
Middle East NATO Command Emerges From Ottawa Talks
United States Britain and France reached substantial agreement on a separate North Atlantic Treaty military command in the Middle East as Greece and Turkey joined the alliance. Diplomatic informants said the plan followed private Big Three talks in Ottawa during Atlantic Council breaks, with Greek Turkish membership voting unanimously at the council’s close.
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Ottawa
United States
Britain
France
Middle East
Greece
Turkey
Atlantic Alliance
Atlantic Council
Council
State Tax Exemption Granted Burr Oak Lake
The State Board of Tax Appeals awarded tax exemption to parts of Burr Oak Lake and recreation area in Homer Township Morgan County. The board ruled the property is used exclusively for public purposes and thus exempt from taxation for 1950 and ordered refund of taxes penalties and interest paid that year.
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Columbus
State Board of Tax Appeals
State of
Ohio
Burr Oak
Homer Township
Morgan County
A and P Chairman John A Hartford Dies
John A Hartford aged 79 longtime chairman of the A and P chain of food stores died yesterday after a heart attack. He led the company during decades of expansion and became a prominent figure in New York business circles.
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New York
John A. Hartford
A. & P. Chain Food Stores
Cotton-Tails Need Company Judge Says
Indianapol is taxi driver Warren Wood in divorce case must avoid wife and may visit his daughter Sundays only. He may visit his 17 pet rabbits any time under orders from Superior Court Judge John L. Niblack.
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Indianapolis
Warren Wood
Opal Wood
Superior Court
John L. Niblack
U S Capacity Gigantic AFL Is Told
San Francisco defense chief Manly Fleischmann told the 70th AFL convention that the United States has the capacity to produce 30 000 tanks and 50 000 airplanes per year plus stockpiles for a year of total war. He noted steel output and primary aluminum capacity rising and warned of a practiced adversary using every dirty trick.
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San Francisco
U. S
Manly Fleischmann
Wind Shift Protects Forks Town From Fire
Red eyed volunteer firefighters credited with saving the logging town of Forks Washington population 1120 as a forest fire of about 20000 acres bypassed the town after a wind shift. Nineteen buildings burned including two sawmills and fifteen residences before the change in wind direction.
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Forks
Wash
Forest
Sanford
National Council of Churches declines Columbus meeting invite
A committee of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U S A declined the Ohio Council of Churches invitation to hold a two day meeting in Columbus Ohio. The group discussed site selection for four permanent headquarters with options including Columbus Cincinnati and Cleveland among twelve candidate cities.
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New York
National Council of Churches of Christ
Ohio Council of Churches
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Sinatra files Nevada divorce suit against Nancy Sinatra
Las Vegas report states singer Frank Sinatra filed for divorce from wife Nancy in Nevada court, seeking dissolution of marriage amid prior California actions and ongoing celebrity legal spotlight.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frank Sinatra
Nancy
Nevada
Callfockia
GOP Blasts Truman 52 Predictions and Platform Clash
Republicans attacked President Truman over his 1952 victory predictions and proposed influence on the Democratic platform. Senator Knowland and RNC head Gabrielson framed issues as backing efficiency, integrity, and fighting inflation, while Moody defended the president and warned a tough, issue driven race with Russia and defense, without atomic war.
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Washington
Truman
Hiim
Knowland
Calif
Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
Moody
D-Mich
Indictment of former operator of home for alcoholics
Federal grand jury in Columbus indicted Art Eisel 39 of Columbus a former operator of a home for alcoholics on a dozen narcotics counts. He faces up to 60 years in prison and a 24000 fine if convicted on all counts. Eisel plans to plead innocent at arraignment next week before Judge Mell G. Underwood. He is accused of selling and giving away narcotics not under a written order.
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Columbus
Art Eisel
U.S
Ray J. O'Donnell
Eisel
Mell G. Underwood
Truman Orders Korea Inscription on War Dead Graves
President Truman announced that the word Korea will be inscribed on markers for all U.S. armed forces members killed in Korea and buried in national cemeteries. The move ends a delay caused by the Korean conflict not being officially declared a war.
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Washington
Korea
U. S
Truman
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