Silent Homage Extended Taft By Thousands
About 36 000 people filed past the casket in the Capitol rotunda as Senator Robert A. Taft lay in state. Taft died in New York of cancer, and a state funeral is planned for tomorrow with President Eisenhower attending. Senate Republicans meet Tuesday to name a successor to Taft as majority leader.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
New York
Senate
Capid
Capitol Steps
Eisenhower
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Ohio
Cincinnati
William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
Manhattan
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Early Huddle Today Called By the After Debt Ceiling Rebuff
President Eisenhower convened a breakfast with key debt limit negotiators just hours before Congress adjourned. The Senate Finance Committee voted 11 to 4 against raising the debt limit, signaling uncertain prospects for action. Attendees included Knowland, Millikin, Dodge, Humphrey, and Maj. Gen. Persons as talks circled looming payroll and bill risks.
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Lee Garrett Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
Millikin
R-Cole
Finance Committee
Joseph M. Dodge
Treasury
Humphrey
Wilton Persons
Chou Ie
House
Senate
Three GOP Governors Endorse Budget Balance Before Tax Cuts
Seattle Aug 2 Three Republican governors Kohler Driscoll Langlie urged Congress to balance the budget before cutting taxes. They, as Eisenhower advisers, warned deficit spending risks outweigh tax cuts while supporting the President's tax and debt plans amid Taft funeral coverage.
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Seattle
Congress
GOP
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Ihe
Kohler
Sniper Victim Dies In Newport
Newport Tenn reports a sniper incident at Mount Sterling North Carolina where Bob Ford 21 died in hospital after four gunshot wounds. Miss Mearl Sutton 17 was wounded eight times and treated for injuries in Newport hospital. Berlin Gunter faces oath related actions in Waynesville North Carolina.
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Newport
Tenn
Mount Sterling
N. C
Bob Ford
Waynesville
Berlin
Gunter
Ford
Mearl Sutton
Sutton
Beauty In The Raw Crowned Miss British Nudist 1953
In St Albans an outing with 300 attendees saw Ivy Young a 26 year old London typist named Miss British Nudist of 1953. She won a 10 pound prize and said she would buy a dress.
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ST. Albans
Eng
Ivy Young
London
Is Young
People Who Love to Work and Those Who Don’t
Phyllis Resenteur surveys work life with humor, citing Department of Labor data and Elmo Roper polls. Many workers feel discontent despite high wages, long hours, and clean offices, suggesting a national neurosis and personal fault in job dissatisfaction.
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Phyllis Rosenteur
Phyllis Resenteur
Elmo Roper
Dulles to Consult Allies on Korea Policy Before Conference
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would fully consult Britain, France and other allies on Korea's future as it enters a second phase after the armistice. He plans a security treaty with South Korea and will coordinate with allies before the political conference opens by late October.
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Dulles
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
America
Korea
Seoul
United States
Britain
France
United Nations General Assembly
China
Senate
Congress
You Chan Yang
U. S
Yang
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Walter S. Robertson
Carl W. McCardle
Kenneth Young
State Department
Arthur Dean
New York
Army
Robert Stevens
Stevens
McChord Field
Wash
Shemya
Aleutians
Rhee
Republic of Korea
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Hunger riots blanked in East Germany as food aid blocked
In Berlin on August 2 1950 East German troops and police crushed hunger riots in the Soviet zone and barred 18 million from free American food in West Berlin. Red blockade halted highway and rail traffic from five Russian-occupied provinces as troops cracked down and several ringleaders were arrested. Police and railway workers reported thousands of food parcels seized and searches conducted as U S High Commissioner Conant denounced the action.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Cottbus
Brandenburg
Red
East Berlin
U.S
James B. Conant
Red Army
Four dead in collision injuring thirteen near Clendenin
A 4 year old girl died and 13 others were injured when an automobile and a 14 passenger church group truck collided along West Virginia Route 4 near Clendenin. The Cantrell family suffered nine injuries incl Kenneth 10 and Donald Withrow 13 both with skull fractures.
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Charleston General Hospital
Virail Cantrell
Herma Cantrell
Clenden
RFD
Kelly — Baptist Church
Cantrell
Cantrells
Kenneth
Donald Withrow
Westfall
Woodley
Reward Raised in Penn Turnpike Slayings Case
State police in Ohio and Pennsylvania pursue meager clues in the killings of two truck drivers and the wounding of a third on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A total reward of 11,000 is offered by trucker unions for the conviction of the slayer who has struck every third day since July 25. The victims are Lester B. Woodward, 30, and Harry F. Pitts, 39, with John K. Sheperd, 34, the wounded survivor. The same .32 caliber pistol used in both slayings is suspected, and investigators seek the gunman as patrols and volunteer watchers bolster security.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Lester B. Woodward
Harrisburg
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Woodward
Pitts
John K. Sheperd
West Alexander
Sheperd
Lisbon
Irwin
Pennsylvania Varnoke
Man Wanted In This State Faces Murder Rap In Mass
Shirley Massachusetts August 2 16 year old Irene Bulger found dead in woods near her home. West Virginia convict Donald W Bebout 20 jailed on murder charge after reportedly admitting he shot the girl in a jealous rage. Bebout escaped from Huttonsville prison and was traced leaving the woods with a rifle before confession.
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Shirley
Mass
West Virginia
Irene Bulger
John Bulger
Donald W. Bebout
Third Street
Chester
W. Va
Bebout
Kenneth B. Hinckley
James F Conniff
Phoenix Pond
Conniff
Huttonsville
Careful Handling Of Its Free POWs Is Planned By U. S
The United States plans humane treatment for 3,313 returned American prisoners of war from Korea. They will receive 150 dollars in cash and back pay via Treasury checks, with higher earners such as Maj. Gen. William Dean receiving about 30 thousand dollars after allotments. An advance group will accompany the repatriates aboard ships from Inchon to two U.S. ports, with meals and special diets arranged, and a separate handling plan for seriously ill men and those indoctrinated in Communist camps.
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Freedom Village
Korea
U.S. Treasury
Dean
William Dean
Red
Taejon
Inchon
San Francisco
Seattle
United
Dig Out Traitors McCarthy Urges Dig Out Traitors
Senator McCarthy vows a federal grand jury probe into individuals responsible for deaths in Korea calling for those traitors identified in Washington to be uncovered. He spoke at a welcome home dinner for M Sergeant Rodney Mettn er, citing his two Distinguished Service Crosses and other honors from Korea. He warned his party would share guilt if traitors remain hidden and urged action to uphold faith with Sgt Mettn er and other veterans.
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Cumberland
Wis
Sen. McCarthy
Korea
McCarthy
Rodney Metzner
Wisconsin Republican
Sgt. Mettner
Washington
Red Cross access to POW camps upheld in Korea talks
Col. L D Battolph reminded North and South Korean authorities that Red Cross teams must visit all POW camps under the armistice to comfort prisoners and distribute gifts. The U N Command rejected a Communist proposal to limit activity to Kaesong and Mun san and prepared for the big exchange.
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Korea
United Nations Command
Red Cross
Military Armistice Commission
Kae- Song
Red
North Korea
Mun- San
Col. L. D. Battolph
Panmunjom
U.N
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