North Korean pilot delivers MIG 15 to Allied hands
A North Korean pilot flew a Russian built MIG 15 to the Allied side landing at Wimna Ale in Korea. The jet with armed guns landed unheralded marking the first MIG captured by the UN forces. The pilot’s identity was not released and asylum was offered.
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Seoul
United States
North Korea
Wimna Ale Ween Naan
Noova
Korea
Tokyo
O. P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Weyland
Kimpo
Don P. Hall
Kingsville
Tex
Fire Wrecks Truck After Rt 17 Crash
The driver Glenwood Hines leaped to safety as his truck carrying empty boxes and canned goods exploded after a collision with a tractor trailer on Route 17 four miles east of Henderson. Delbert Powell drove the cement-laden tractor-trailer. fire crews from Point Pleasant fought the blaze and state police investigated with no arrests.
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Point Pleasant
Route 17
Henderson
Glenwood Hines
Alderson
Hines
Delbert Powell
Gallipolis
Charleston
Powell
Woman KOs Assailant in Farm Encounter
In Zanesville Ohio a 51 year old woman knocked out her son in law with a pitcher after he shot and wounded her three times. Sheriff David Weissert said Bailey 43 followed his estranged wife Virginia to her parents farm in southern Muskingum County. An argument followed with Bailey firing at John Angler and Mrs Angler before being knocked unconscious and restrained.
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Zanesville
Ohio
David Weissert
Lyman Bailey
Roseville
Muskingum County
Bessie Angler
Weissert
Bailey
Virginia
John Angler
Angler
Plane Crash at Logan Airport Strikes Tractor No Injuries
A Trans-World Airlines four engine plane from Madrid struck a tractor on the Logan Airport landing strip Sunday night. The incident shook thirty seven passengers and crew but no injuries were reported. Among the travelers was Mrs. James C. Dunn wife of the U S ambassador to Spain and her two grandchildren.
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Boston
Madrid
Spain
Logan Airport
United States
James C. Dunn
New York
Georgetown Schools Reopen After Water Shortage
Georgetown Ohio officials announce that the town’s schools, closed since September 8 due to a water shortage, will reopen on Tuesday.
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Georgetown
Ohio
Ex-Premier Among 14 Egypt Officials Arrested
Former Egyptian premier Mustafa Nahas his wife and 12 others, including Farouk loyalists and corruption suspects, were arrested and placed under house arrest as a special tribunal prepared to hear traitor and corruption cases during Egypt’s three year transition under a provisional constitution.
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Cairo
Mohammed Naguib
Mustafa Nahas
Farouk
Egypt
Nahas
Hafez Affifi
Last POW Ship Home
The Gen. R. L. Howze, last of the freedom ships, docks at Fort Mason to conclude the repatriation of 301 former POWs. The procession began Aug. 23 with Gen. Nelson M. Walker and included Haven, Gen. W. F. Hase, Marine Adder, Gen. Pope, Marine Phoenix, Gen. William Black, and Gen. A. W. Brewster amid joyous scenes on the San Francisco waterfront.
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San Francisco
R. L. Howze
Ft. Mason
Nelson M. Walker
Golden Gate
Haven
W. F. Hase
Marine Adder
John Pope
Marine Phoenix
William Black
A. W. Brewster
Potters Open Wage Parley
NEW YORK In wage talks the U S Potters Assn and the AFL International Brotherhood of Operating Potters press for a two year contract covering 28 000 workers across 10 states and Canada The union seeks a 10 percent pay hike and Frank Hull of East Liverpool Ohio says negotiations reach a crucial stage Manufacturers report no break so far and current wages are not disclosed.
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New York
U. S. Potters Assn
AFL International Brotherhood of Operating Potters
States
Canada
Frank Hull
East Liverpool
Ohio
Children's Hospital Addition Approved in Columbus
Officials approve a $700000 addition to provide medical rehabilitation for polio and other disease victims at the Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio.
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Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Children's Hospital
Reds claim most missing POWs never captured in exchange clash
At Panmunjom the Communists said most of the 3404 Allied troops listed as missing have never been captured. They added 519 returned, 380 released or dead, and pledged to release others who refused repatriation. UN teams plan to persuade detainees to return home once the detainees are identified.
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Panmunjom
Joint Military Armistice Commission
British Commonwealth
Reds
Convicted Wife-Slayer Kills Couple Then Self
In Cleveland a man, Frank Likar, 33, previously convicted of strangling his wife in 1945 and paroled in 1951, shot and killed Bernard Hinger, 30, and his wife Josephine, 32, as they visited Bernards sister Mrs Elia Quashnef ski. Likar then fatally shot himself.
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Cleveland
Air Force
Frank Likar
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Bernard Hinger
Ford Motor Co
Two Men Escape Wooster Jail After Beating Deputy
Two prisoners awaiting trial fled Wayne County jail in Wooster after injuring Sheriff’s deputy H B Graber. Barrell D Pfouts 22 of Shreve mauled Graber while passing towels and soap as 10 prisoners watched. Pfouts and Joseph M Boyle 34 with addresses in Pennsylvania and New York used Graber’s jail key to escape.
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Wooster
Ohio
Wayne County
Barrell D. Pfouts
Shreve
H. B. Graber
Graber
Proults
Joseph M. Boyle
Pennsylvania
New York
Government Acts Urged To Prevent Housing Slowdown
Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole told the American Bankers Association that direct action may be required if private mortgage credit fails to sustain home building. He noted August starts at 970,000 yearly, down from 1,127,000 in 1952, and warned credit shortfalls could threaten the economy.
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Washington
Albert M. Cole
Cole
American Bankers Assn
Federal Housing Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Jailbird Gets Wings at Texas Prison Rodeo
Huntsville Texas four convict Barney Thurman plans parachute jumps into the arena at the Texas Prison Rodeo with the warden's approval. The 22nd annual show runs Sundays in October and features inmate performers. Thurman, 28, arrived on a forgery rap and told officials he would thrill audiences with stunts. He made a practice jump after two years and will perform again next Sunday.
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Huntsville
Tex
Barney Thurman
Texas
Thurman
Kilgore
O. B. Ellis
Giant Plane Damaged By Dike Break At harbor San Pedro
Hughes disclosed that a dike break at the harbor damaged his giant wooden flying boat, the world’s largest airplane, under a government contract for over ten years. The craft spans 320 feet, runs 219 feet long, weighs over 200 tons, and holds about 100 passengers. The eight engine plane’s hangar flooded with mud and water from the harbor bottom.
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San Pedro
Calif
Howard Hughes
TV Boxing Producer Slugged in Boston Assault
Ray Arcel, 54, producer of televised boxing bouts, is reported improving after an iron pipe slugging on a downtown Boston street Saturday. Doctors at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital say he has a slight brain concussion and may stay a week. He described the attacker as about 32 but offered no motive.
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Boston
Ray Arcel
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
Arcel
Prolific Playwright Percival Wilde Dies at 66
New York reports the death of Percival Wilde 66 author and playwright known for numerous one act dramas. He died at University Hospital after a career with many works in American community theaters and 96 collections of one act plays or short stories. His notable plays include The Aftermath and The Reckoning. He also wrote a textbook on writing.
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New York
Percival Wilde
University Hospital
Wilde
Eisenhower to Speak in Boston on Republican Role
President Eisenhower flies to Massachusetts for a Boston Garden rally tonight likely addressing criticism from Adlai Stevenson and former President Truman. He will outline the GOP role while speaking at 8:30 to 9 p.m. EST with nationwide radio and TV coverage.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Boston
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
National
Westover Air Force Base
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
United Nations
Colorado
Westover
Springfield
Christian A. Herter
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Coliseum
Boston Garden
Mutual Radio
ABC Radio and Television
NBC
CBS
Chicago
Stevenson
Dean Heads Home With Fellow PWs
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean and 10 Americans repatriated from Communist captivity aboard a regularly scheduled flight under Operation Big Switch. Eight fellow prisoners join him, with two ill soldiers in need of medical care. Dean bid farewell at Tokyo's airport to Gen. O. P. Weyland as Lt. Gen. Harrison signed the armistice.
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Tokyo
William F. Dean
United States
O. P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
William K. Harrison
Dean
J. Robert J. Burns
Lima
Ohio
Flaming highway crash kills wedding party near Baker
A three vehicle wreck on U S Highway 91 east of Baker, California, killed ten people including nine in a wedding party en route to Las Vegas. The gasoline truck driver also died. a sailor hitchhiking with him was injured. Traffic halted for over three hours. The crash occurred on the Los Angeles to Las Vegas corridor.
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Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Here
Fire destroys oldest business in Piketon
Fire Sunday destroyed the Patterson Milling Co the village oldest business near the atomic plant. Firemen with volunteers from Piketon and crews from Waverly and Beaver confined the blaze. Damage estimated at 80000 dollars.
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Piketon
Ohio
Patterson Milling Co
Waverly and
Beaver
Assembly Meets Seoul After Three Years
The National Assembly of South Korea convened in Seoul marking its first session in three years. Lawmakers gathered to discuss pending reforms and national policy initiatives.
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Assembly
Seoul
South Korean National Assembly
Unidentified knife slaying victim found near Upper Sandusky
A murdered young woman remains unidentified after a blunt autopsy. Sheriff reports no breakthrough as about two dozen viewers examined the body at a local funeral home. Descriptions from across Ohio and Alabama drew parallels to a missing Charleston woman.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Columbus
Emmerich von Haam
Wyandot
B. H. Hathaway
Alabama
Sheriff's Office
Taft Jr Urged by GOP to Enter Senate Race
Republican leaders in Chicago urge Robert A. Taft Jr. of Cincinnati to run for the late Senator's seat in the upcoming special election. They fear Democrat Frank Lausche would face a strong challenge, and believe the Taft name could beat Lausche more than Rep. George Bender, the would be GOP frontrunner.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft, Jr
Cincinnati
Frank J. Lausche
GOP
Taft
Lausche
George Bender
Cincinnati Teen Dies in Car Crash Involving Overturn
Robert Allen Gries fourteen of Cincinnati was killed when the automobile he rode in overturned today authorities said the crash occurred on a city street and the youth was pronounced dead at the scene authorities added no other injuries were reported
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Cincinnati
Robert Allen Gries
Laws Sought To Cut Red Propaganda
Senate internal security subcommittee urged tighter security laws to block Communist propaganda in peacetime and underground presses. Proposals include disclosure of printing gear kept for potential war use and requiring diplomats to register under the foreign agents act. The recommendations accompany 336 pages of secret testimony from a probe into underground printing facilities.
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Washington
Senate
America
Communist Party
Russia
Internal Security Subcommittee
College Head Attacks Kinsey Report As Pseudo Science
University of Cincinnati President Raymond Walters, in a freshman welcome, condemned the Kinsey study on sexual behavior as materialistic and unscientific. He did not name Kinsey but clearly referred to the Indiana University zoologist and accused early public release of findings before peer review.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Kinsey
Raymond Walters
Alfred Kinsey
Indiana University
Waiters
McCarthy Aides Probe Beria Escape Report
Senate subcommittee investigates a claim that Lavrenty Beria has escaped Russia and seeks asylum in the United States. Some sources doubt the escape while others say a fresh informant will identify him if it is true.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Lavrenty Beria
Kremlin
Wisconsin Republican
Senate
Beria
Russia
McCarthy
Subcommittee
United States
Secret Police
Soviet Says Dulles Plan Mars Truce
In a UN address Andrei Vishinsky urged immediate action to ban atomic and hydrogen weapons and demanded neutral countries join the Korean peace talks. He attacked U.S. stance as obstinate and linked U.S. opposition to Red China’s UN seating to broader efforts to curb peace.
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Dulles
Mars
United Nations
N. Yep
Russia
United Nations, N.Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
General Assembly
United States
India
Vishinsky
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Red China
Ussr
Ohio Traffic Kills Thirty
Thirty persons died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend with twenty on highways. The list includes Charles F. Miller 21 Bainbridge Mrs Goldie Dennis 51 Greenfield Charlies Murray 45 and son Charles 12 Willowick in a cottage fire John P Hassey 39 Coenen crushed by a train in Columbus Michael Ferment 2 a half year old head injury from sudden stop Mary Ann Klesch 6 North Olmsted struck by a horse while petting it.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Charles F. Miller
Bainbridge
Goldie Dennis
Greenfield
Washington House
Charlies Murray
Charles, Jr
Willowick
John P. Hassey
Coenen
Norfolk
Pay Raises Urged For AFL's Leaders
In St Louis the AFL executive council urges raises for top leaders saying current salaries do not meet present day standards. George Meany the AFL president earns 25000 dollars annually and Secretary-Treasurer William Schnitzler 22000.
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ST. Louis
AFL
George Meany
William Schnitzler
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