State Trooper Dies Of Pistol Wounds In Coeburn Fracas
State Trooper Robert F. Giles Jr dies in Norton hospital from wounds suffered during a Coeburn melee. Wise County Sheriff Harold Fleming charges Hershel Akers with murder and indicts Akers brothers Alvis and Paul Kennedy for assaulting officers. Authorities describe a chaotic shootout with Giles firing, Akers wounded, and Brummit knocked unconscious.
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Coeburn
Norton
Robert F. Giles Jr
Wise County
Harold Fleming
Hershel Akers
Giles
Fleming
Alvis
Paul Kennedy
Toms Creek
Alvis Akers
Kennedy
Garland Adkins
W. B. (Hatch) Adkins
Claude Brummit
Jd Nixon
Hershel
Wee
Brummit
Akers
Park Avenue Hospital
Akers Brothers
Circuit Court
Wise
Alvin Akers
Regional mental health training council approved in Atlanta
Sixteen states endorse creating a southern regional mental health training and research council at a four day meeting in Atlanta. Dr. Paul Lemkau calls the plan a mass movement, with final details to be reviewed before presenting to the Southern Governors Conference in Boca Raton in November.
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Atlanta
Southern Regional Mental Health Training and Research Council
Commission On Mental Health Training and Research
Southern Regional Education Board
Resolutions Committee
Paul Lemkau
Maryland
Southern Governors’ Conference
West Virginia
Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
South Carolina
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kentucky
Georgia
Delaware
Alabama
Boca Raton
Fla
Mine Gob Heap Slide Covers Three Homes
A July landslide on a mountainous coal mine gob heap at Hetzel halted by heavy rains covered three mine camp homes and partially covered eight others. Delbert Block’s family was hardest hit but no injuries were reported as residents salvage what they can.
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Logan
Hetzel
Crystal Block Coal and Coke Co
Delbert Block
Texan Admits Killing Girl In Hotel Room
Victor Lively a 32 year old Texan admitted choking 18 year old Dorothy Poore to death in an Indianapolis hotel room and stuffing her body in a dresser drawer. He said the killing followed a dispute over his drinking after being found walking on a highway with a loaded .32 pistol.
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Louis
Victor Lively
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Lively
Dorothy Poore
Clinton
Ind
Poore
Claypool
Jack O'Shea
CIO Orders Chrysler Strikers to Return to Work
Detroit July 23 The CIO United Auto Workers International ordered Chrysler Corp strikers back to work after ruling the walkout unauthorized and a contract violation.
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CIO
Chrysler
Detroit
United Auto Workers International
Chrysler Corp
Prosecution In FHA Scandals Urged By Byrd
Sen. Byrd calls housing subsidies scandalous and urges Atty. Gen. Brownell to pursue prosecutions. He cites windfall profits from inflated loans and collusion, noting 35 housing programs and calls for action before more scams occur. Clyde L. Powell named as a starting point in investigations.
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Byrd
Washington
Sen
D-Va
Brownell
Senate
Clyde L. Powell
Federal Housing Administration
Powell
Senate Banking Committee
FHA
New Jersey
Loveless Again Sentenced To Die
Melvin Loveless, 31, Charleston, faces execution October 28 after being sentenced by Judge C C Chambers following a death penalty case for a fatal apartment robbery on April 29, 1953. Loveless previously survived the electric chair. Gov. Marland may intervene as before. Aiding defendants include four others serving life terms and a sixth man in a narcotics case.
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Logan
Melvin Loveless
William C. Marland
Supreme Court
Charleston
C. C. Chambers
Loveless
California Solon Urges Creation of Department of Urbiculture
Rep. J. Arthur Younger introduced a bill to form a Cabinet level Department of Urbiculture devoted to urban welfare and land use research. He notes 75 percent of Americans now live in cities and cites housing, centralization, and smog as key issues, though action is unlikely this session.
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Washington
J. Arthur Younger
Calif
Department of Arbiculture
Congress
Younger
San Mateo
San Francisco
East German Broadcast Claims Security Chief Fled to Reds
East German radio says Otto John, West German security chief, fled voluntarily to the Communist zone three days after vanishing in West Berlin. The broadcast claimed he carries information that could wreck Western counterspy networks and may push reunification talks. It aired a voice it said belonged to John and hinted at future publications detailing reasons for reunification.
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Berlin
East Germany
Otto John
John
Man
West Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
The
Voice
John's
Adolf Hitler
Leipzig
Interior Ministry
Gunmen Hijack Payroll From Taxicab in Joliette
Two masked gunmen hijacked a payroll of $23,742 from a taxicab near Joliette as it was being transported by a paymaster and his assistant. The money was for Howard Smith Paper Co. police reported the highway robbery occurred today.
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Montreal
Joliette
Howard Smith Paper Co
Thunderjet Crashes at Williams AFB Killing Child
An F 84 Thunderjet crashed into the officers housing area at Williams Air Force Base Arizona killing 8 month old Mathew Carl Watry and injuring four on the ground. The plane exploded destroying two houses and damaging another. The pilot bailed out as engine trouble hit near the base. Watry’s parents Captain Charles A Watry and Mrs. Watry of Glendale California were severely burned. One woman and another child were reported burned with injuries not yet known.
Sex Stripped Hormones Offer New Cancer Hope
SAO PAULO Brazil July 23 A report from the 6th International Cancer Congress describes desexed sex hormones that may help treat breast and prostate cancers by neutralizing normal hormones. Dr Charles Huggins of the University of Chicago outlined early human and animal studies while noting results are not yet available. The work includes adrenal removal and chemical modification of hormones to block cancer growth, with dietary sources like peanut butter and soybeans cited as possible hormone sources.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Charles Huggins
University of Chicago
Huggins
Martial law imposed in Phenix City after murder probe
National Guardsmen seized control of the Phenix City Police Department and Russell County sheriff's office under limited martial law. Sheriff Mathews and Police Chief Daniel were stripped of badges and vehicles as authorities pursue the killer of A. L. Patterson, amid claims the move is unprecedented in U.S. history.
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Phenix City
Ala
Russell County
Council of State
Washington
U.S
Gordon Persons
Phen‘x City
A. L. Patterson
Alabama
Stricken airliner crashes off Hainan Island killing many
A British airliner with 18 aboard including six Americans crashed near Hainan island. Eight survivors were rescued by a US flying boat as Communist craft arrived. Among the saved were three Americans, including P S Thatcher, with others missing or unaccounted for. The fate of nine others remained unknown. rescue efforts ended after sweeps found no further sign of survivors.
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Hong Kong
Hainan
South China
Singapore
Leonard L. Parish
Bandoeng
Java
Iowa Park
Tex
P. S. Thatcher
Stonington, Conn
Vietminh Fight Continues as Geneva Cease Fire Looms
In Saigon July 23 reports say Vietminh guerrillas pressed fighting in the Red River Delta as France announces a Geneva cease fire will take effect in North Viet Nam at 7 am Tuesday July 27. French forces warn of mass air support if attacks continue.
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Red River Delta
Saigon
Indochina
Geneva
Viet Nam
Red River
Vietri
Hanoi
Red
Naoi-Haiphong
Cheo Reo
Vietnam
Paul Ely
Vietminh
Trung Gia
North
French Union
Haiphong-Haoi
Japan to Double Army Forces Near Siberia
Kyodo reports Japan will nearly double its ground force on Hokkaido to 39,800 and eventually 50,000 to replace departing US troops. The U S 1st Cavalry Division will be pulled off northern Hokkaido before year end.
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Tokyo
Japan
Siberia
Kyodo
Hokkaido
Living Costs Edge Up on Food Price Increases
The June consumer price index rose 0.1 percent led by higher food costs, reaching 115.1 percent of the 1947-49 average. Factory earnings rose to 71.68 dollars as pay raises and longer hours boosted income, while rent and many consumer prices held steady or fell in other categories.
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Washington
Government Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Clague
Soonce
Korean Vet To Hang For Fiance Death
Eugene E. Bryant a 21 year old Korean War veteran was sentenced to hang for the murder of his pregnant 17 year old fiancée Jean Marie Ruzza. Bryant was condemned after the court heard he killed her with five bullets in April near Capitol Heights Maryland. The execution is set for the week of September 5 though stays and possible commutation by Governor McKeldin could alter the sentence.
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Ellicott City
Eugene E. Bryant
Korea
James Clark
Bryant
Jean Marie Ruzza
Capitol Heights
Washington
Clark
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Gov. McKeldin
Plane Crashes In Storm Near Pikeville Killing Six
A twin engine DeHaviland Dove from Pontiac Michigan crashed atop Brayton Mountain near Pikeville Tennessee during a storm killing at least six people. Bodies described as mutilated were taken to Sawyers funeral home Dayton with tentative identifications including Gordon Wyrick pilot and Lawrence Durham. The plane was en route from Pontiac to Miami and logged a 1115 departure with ascent to 13000 feet above clouds.
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Pikeville, Tenn
Pontiac
Mich
Brayton Mountain
Here
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Chattanooga
Miami
Sawyers Funeral Home
Dayton
Tenn
Sawyers
Gordon Wyrick
Gordon Flying Service
Lawrence Durham
Lawrence Springs
H. E. Anthony
Benton Harber
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Wise Co
Calliber
Adkins
Texan
Department of Urbiculture
California
Solon
U.S.A
Miriam Stevenson
Dixie
Long Beach
Cal
Dead Sea
Phenix
Bernard Sykes
Patterson
Sykes
Viitvwwimim
Wwet
Wwe
Ngo Dinh Diem
Tran van Do
Holloman Air Development Center
H. F. Scholte
University of Michigan
Alamogordo
N. M
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