Joy Outlines Demilitarized Zone Plan in Korean Armistice Talks
Vice Admiral Joy presented the UN position with two maps during the 11th Kaesong meeting as negotiators framed a possible demilitarized zone near the current battle line. Communists, led by Gen Nam Il, adjourned to 10 a m Saturday with no comment.
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Korea
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Kaesong
Adm
Joy
Nam II
Red
Nuckols
Nam
MacArthur Plans Six Speech Tour Across United States
General Douglas MacArthur is planning six major speeches on foreign and domestic issues to be delivered before the end of 1951. He has tentatively scheduled appearances in Ohio and Miami Beach after a railroad tour of New England and a Boston address to the Massachusetts Legislature. Courtney Whitney confirmed more talks and observation tours are planned with many invitations from state legislatures and civic groups.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
New England
Massachusetts House and Senate
Boston
United States
Ohio
Miami Beach
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Army Spokesman Says UN Lost Chance To Exploit Victory
A U S army spokesman at a Pentagon briefing said Communists in Korea used the post June 23 period to build up troops and supplies while UN forces halted potential tactical exploitation after Kaesong talks began. He cited May 16 to May 23 offensives and a devastating Communist defeat as UN restraint continued.
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Army
Washington
Korea
Pentagon
United Nations
Kaesong
Comunists
East Central Front
10Th Corps
United States
Nationalist Columns Push 65 Miles into Red China
In Burma a Nationalist force of about 15 000 troops under Li Mi allegedly drove three columns 65 miles into Yunnan province from northeast Burma. They reportedly control a 100 mile border strip and seized an air field 200 miles southwest of Kunming, with fighting against Communist troops ongoing for nearly three months.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Yunnan
Kunming
Li Mi
Chiang Kai-shek
Red
Mao Tzetung
Alegria Sentenced to Life for Minnesota Shooting
Pete Alegria 36, a Brownsville Texas native, begins life in prison after a district court judge imposes a life sentence for first degree murder in the June 29 Milwaukee Road yard shooting at Lyle. He had faced an additional first degree assault count for wounding a Chicago man.
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Pete Alegria
Brownsville
Texas
Stillwater State Prison
Martin A. Nelson
Mower County
Alegria
Floyd S. Collins
Champaign
Milwaukee Road
Lyle
Bacilio Espinosa
Chicago
Minnesota
Government orders 5 percent steel cut for autos
Washington reports the government orders another five percent cut in steel used for passenger car production effective October 1. Auto output for the October through December quarter will be limited to 60 percent of the level reached in the six months before the Korean invasion.
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Washington
Knowland urges Truman on Czech trade crackdown
Senator Knowland of California urged President Truman to tighten trade with Czechoslovakia to secure the release of AP correspondent William Oatis from a Czech prison. The appeal seeks swift government action amid the diplomatic case.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Truman
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
William Oatis
Czech
Troop Goal Revealed for Europe in 1952
Secretary of Defense Marshall announced the United States aims to have 400000 troops on duty in Europe in 1952. The force mix would include 340000 ground troops and 60000 air force personnel.
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Washington
Defense Marshall
United States
Europe
Robbery at Sommerville Bank Yields $33,000
Two gunmen in police uniforms with badges robbed the Davis Square branch of the Sommerville National Bank today and escaped with 33059.17. A third man drove the getaway car.
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Davis Square
Sommerville National Bank
Doctors Assess Injuries in Bus Truck Crash Case
Medical testimony details permanent disability estimates for Carolyn Mathews and Philip Delaney from doctors for the defense. Dr. McCain cites 25% left arm, 15–20% left leg, 25–30% right leg disabilities for Mathews and attributes Delaney neck disability largely to a prior injury. He notes Mathews shows coherence and orientation. Delaney wears a brace upside down per his design. Dr. Hengstler testifies no nervous system injury in Delaney.
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Carolyn Mathews
Albert Lea
Philip Delaney
South St. Paul
Donovan L. McCain
St. Paul
Mathews
Delaney
W. H. Hengstler
Marshall in Fund Plea for foreign arms aid
Secretary of Defense Marshall testified on the 6.3 billion arms aid portion of a proposed 8.5 billion three year foreign military and economic aid program. He warned future years will be at least as large, while Senator Dirksen questioned the program’s chances of passage amid concerns over the total 25 billion cost and political support.
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Washington
Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Russia
U. S
Bootlegger Executed for Night Watchman Slaying
Jearell Bud Hathcox, 38, Oklahoma City bootlegger, died in Oklahoma's electric chair at 12:05 a.m. for the pistol killing of an elderly night watchman 18 months earlier. Executioner M. E. Elliott delivered a 2300-volt shock two minutes after Hathcox walked from his cell to the chair.
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Mcalester
Okla
Jearell Bud Hathcox
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
M. E. Elliott
Oil for the Streets of Austin Stalled by Flooded Rails
Austin waits for six oil cars tied up in flooded Kansas City rail yards. Two cars were due July 14 and four more were to arrive Wednesday. City officials were told the cars are in good condition but arrival timing is unclear. Street oiling program is at a standstill as crews used remaining oil for road mix.
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Minnesota
Austin
Kansas City
Retain Curbs on Natural Gas Use
House and Senate conferees agree to keep in a compromise economic controls bill a prohibition on federal curbs on natural gas use in states with an active public regulatory agency. The final bill awaits approval by both chambers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Controls May Be Extended to June 1952
SenateHouse conferees voted to extend economic controls through June 1952 with rollbacks on non farm goods to pre Korean War levels subject to cost increase allowances. The measure keeps a 10 percent beef price rollback and adjusts rents credits credit rules auto down payments appliance purchases and financing terms for defense areas.
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Washington
Senate-house
Conference Committee
Doctor Beconovich joins army as private defying commission
Hammond, Indiana doctor Robert Beconovich became an army private at Fort Sheridan after rejecting a reserve commission. At 75 dollars a month he chose not to pursue a lieutenant's role that would pay about 400 a month, citing fear of becoming a mere pill roller. He previously served in the infantry and later in the army specialized training program for medical education. The 27 year old, married with two children, reported for induction with other doctors who will be commissioned later.
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Hammond
Ind
Selective Service
Robert Beconovich
Indianapolis News
Army
Beconovich
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Infantry
South Dakota State College
University of Wisconsin
Indiana University
Allied Artillery Men Break Up Communist Sunbathing Party
Allied artillery fired on Chinese troops sunbathing near fox holes on the Western Front in Korea. A battery of 155 mm howitzers delivered over 200 high explosive rounds as Chinese soldiers exposed themselves above ground.
Air-Cooled Boyles Ten Pointers To Beat The Heat
Hal Boyle offers twelve humorous tips on staying cool in hot weather. Drawn from quirky anecdotes and common sense, the items lampoon how people react to heat and suggest playful, mind over matter strategies for coping with summer discomfort.
Local 9 Seeks 4000 Flood Relief Drive
Local 9 UPWA plans a three day appeal to raise four thousand dollars for flood relief among Hormel company packinghouse workers in Kansas City and Topeka. Frank Schultz notes 2100 workers need aid as packinghouses recover and small plants may not reopen. The drive involves Local 9's 4130 members as part of a CIO national appeal.
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UPWA
Hormel Company
Frank Schultz
Kansas City
Topeka
CIO
Ingrid Bergman Secret Reunion in England with Pia
Ingrid Bergman and her daughter Pia, now Jenny Ann, held a secret reunion in England confirmed by Bergman’s ex husband Dr. Peter Lindstrom. The meeting, the first since 1949, occurred as Lindstrom and Pia headed to Sweden for the planned reunion.
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London
Ingrid Bergman
Jenny Ann
England
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Pia
Sweden
Lindstrom
Roberto Rossellini
Britain
Wounded Marine on Leave Dies in Crash
A Marine home on leave to recover from Korean War wounds was killed in Phillipsburg New Jersey when his car left the road. The vehicle struck a guardrail a concrete post and a creek then hit a tree on the opposite bank.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Korea
Walter D. Smith
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