Week in the hot and cold wars balance sheet
A digest of postwar tensions highlights mixed wins and setbacks. In Britain the Trades Union Congress shifts left, backing nationalization while conservatives gain ground. Ecuador's Galo Plaza Lasso completes a full term, Chile grants women voting rights, and Korea sees intensified air attacks as diplomacy veers toward a UN debate. Iran’s Mosaddegh faces pressure over oil while Pakistan eyes a barter food deal with Russia. East Germany experiences a mass exodus as Soviet checkpoints tighten and West Berlin awaits more action.
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Plaza Lasso
Ecuador
Chile
United States
Britain
Korea
United Wations Henera
Moscow
Nism
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
East
Middle An
Karachi
Russia
Pakistan
Iri
Jean Curtain
East Germ
East Germany
John Q. Crizen
West Berlin
Oie
Retiring U S Flood Centre chief eyed for policy shift
Lt Gen Lewis A Pick, chief of engineers and co author of the Pick Sloan plan, retires end of November. Allies hope his departure smooths cooperation with Agriculture Department on upstream flood prevention while critics urge fast watershed work to counter delays in large dam projects.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
Lewis’ A. Pick
Pick
Pick-Sloan
Misriver
Agriculture Department
South
Midwest
Congress
Agri E Department
Wash
Army
Fireball Mystery Grows Not Natural Says Expert
American astronomer Dr. Frederick Leonard of UC Los Angeles told the American Meteoritical Society meeting in Albuquerque that the Western sky fireballs over the past three years are artificial rather than natural meteors. He warned more data is needed and cautioned against firm conclusions while field crews search for evidence of any impact.
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Stewarel Rasiley
Albuquerque
Greer
Frederick Leonard
University of California At Los Angeles
Scie 18
Lam
Earth
California
Leonard
The
American Meteoritic¢e
Bees as machines regimented by nature in California
Riverside experts describe bee society as tightly organized and automatic, with Dr. Stanley E. Flanders of the University of California Citrus Experiment Station noting the insects operate like a regimented, self governing system without a guiding dictator.
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Riverside
Calif
Stanley E. Flanders
Uni of California
Citrus Experiment Station
Three Boys With Horses Make Long Trip South
Three teenagers travel south from Ashland to West Virginia with three horses and a Model A Ford roadster. They plan to sell the horses, buy a car, and return, camping wherever needed and sleeping on the ground wrapped in blankets. The trip doubles as a commercial venture and a personal journey.
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Ashland
O. i
Here
Owned
W. Va
Dick. Jenning
Harold Lamb
Gienan Ellison
Jenning
Lamb
Ellison
Ramsey of Highlands Accepted for Navy Officer Candidate School
Twenty three year old Charles F. Ramsey of Highlands has been accepted for the Naval Officers Candidate School in Newport. His class convenes in September. Ramsey will be commissioned ensign after four months. He attended Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston in 1931. He married Feral Stuckey of Crosby and they reside on Pretty Lake Avenue awaiting active service.
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Charles F. Ramsey
USNR
Ramon A. Ramsey
North Main
Highlands
Naval Officers Candidate School
Newport
United States Navy
Ramsey
Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown
University of Houston
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force
F. G. Fannion
USN
Feral Stuckey
Crosby
Amsent
Pretty Lake Ave
Horesty Tmsurance
Jack Carson Seeks Smarter Roles After Dumb Jerks Comeback
Hollywood profile notes Jack Carson, returning to film after two years, vows to quit playing dumb jerks. He shifts to a smarter persona as a promoter in Dangerous When Wet, explains past gags limited by scripts, and hints at a future project with Morgan for a revamped Two Guys. Also mentions a minor accident where a trailer barely missed a home porch.
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Aline Mosby
Hollywood
Jack Carson
Cedime
New York
Esther Williams
MGAT
Carson
Peris
Jack
Morgan
Eisenhower Swing Netted No Votes Democrats Say
Democratic senators dismissed Dwight D. Eisenhower southern crowds as mere cheer but not votes. They cited no boost in southern support and warned the South may not vote Republican despite large turnouts. Monroney called Eisenhower’s reception in six Dixie cities a show of approval for a great military man.
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Washington
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Morales
Olin D. Johnston
D-5.c
Eisenhower
George A. Smathers
Adiai FE. Stevenson
Springfield
South
Smathers
Democratic National Committee
Stevenson
Dixie
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
Monroney
British Trade Unions Back Russia Trade Push at TUC
In Margate on September 5 Britain's Trades Union Congress voted unanimously for expanded trade with Russia and its satellites. The decision surprised many as the Transport and General Workers Union the largest union endorsed the resolution calling for broader exchanges with the USSR and other eastern countries to ease Britain's export difficulties.
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Margate
Eng
Britain
Big Trades Union Congress
Russia
TUC
Transport and General Workers’ Union
China
Ussr
Baytown Family Welcomes Pilot Who Severed North Korea Supply Lines
Capt Ralph J Sheehan of Patton Pa completed his combat tour with the Fifth Air Force 1vth Bomb Wing in Korea. The 35 year old reserve pilot flew the B 26 Night Intruder mission against enemy trains and supply vehicles. He previously served in World War I Europe theater and earned the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Sheehan’s wife Marion and their five children Patricia and Ralph Jr reside in Baytown.
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Ralph J. Sheehan
Pation
Fifth Air Force
1Vth
Korea
North Korea
Sheehan
Puerto Ricans Emigrate to United States in Record Numbers
Puerto Rico forecasts about 70 009 residents will leave for the United States by year end. Roberto de Jesus Toro, vice president of the insular government development bank, cites May 1952 data showing a 32 234 net migration and a 36.5 percent rise from 1952. He notes emigration eases island economy and highlights an industrialization push under Gov. Luis Munoz Marin.
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San Juan
P. R
United States
Officis
Roberto de Jesus-futra
Inquisr Government Development Bank
de Jesus-Toro
Insular
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz- Martin
Judge Orders Daily Bible Reading for Thief in Louisville
Judge Cates chastises Lawrence H. 92 thief Tuggle for stealing Shakespeare volumes and essays from a local shop. Cates orders the man to read the Bible daily, while Tuggle admits taking works by Shakespeare Bacon Shelley's poems and Montaigne. He mentions reading crime classics but not fully understanding them.
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Louisville
David Cates
Cates
Lawrence H
Hoort
Tuggle
Bacon
Montaigne
Fendant
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Vaughn
N. M
Iass
University Motewiiee Institute
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Dr. Flanders Seid
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Miss
Millsaps College
Leon Greenhre
Yale University
Joe Huggins
C. F. Ramsey
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OCS
Sfrs- Joseph
Ralph Sheehan
Judge
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Brainy
Clifford O. Bond
James Kt. Bond
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Clifford M
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