Full Dress Parley Opens on Armistice Crisis
MUNSAN Korea April 28 AP The full Allied and communist delegations of nine generals and one admiral met to address the crisis in Korean armistice talks The key issue is prisoner repatriation with 100000 prisoners in UN camps refusing to return to the Reds and 67799 willing to resist repatriation The meeting followed Friday’s secret talks and a break in negotiations led by Vice Admiral C Turner Joy requesting a plenary session.
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Munsan
Korea
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Red Army speeds Korean buildup noted by Allied HQ
Allied headquarters says the Communist buildup in Korea includes a Siegfried Line style defense across the peninsula. Estimated forces exceed 750000, with over half of 1500 Red air planes jets. The armistice talks at Panmunjom are at a critical stage, but the army says no immediate threat to UN forces. General Ridgway and Van Fleet both caution on potential strength and supplies.
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Tokyo
Korea
Allied General Headquarters
Matthew B. Ridgway
Panmunjom
Red
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
61 Men Rescued From Stricken Hobson Destroyer
The U S S Hobson collided with the carrier Wasp in the mid Atlantic and sank. Sixty one crewmen were saved and 176 were reported missing including seven officers and 169 enlisted. Captain Lt Commander William J Tierney led the Hobson. Rescue work was hampered by dark seas and foul weather.
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Washington
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Navy
William J. Tierney
Philadelphia
Charleston
Tierney
U.S.S. Truxton
Pollux
Newfoundland
Ingraham
Hobson
E.S.T
Yale Man Killed in Parkway Crash Leaves 24 Hurt
A Yale freshman Thomas Whiting Frick of Sewickley Pa died at St Vincent's after a car carrying four students crashed into a tree on the Merritt Parkway near Redding Road Fairfield. Fourteen others were injured in a separate four car crash at the Long Ridge Road exit in Stamford. Police said cause under investigation and drivers to be questioned.
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Yale
Merritt Parkway
Fairfield
Stamford
Greenwich
Thomas Whiting Frick
Sewickley
St. Vincent's Hospital
Parkway
Redding Road
New York
Albin Cooper Koch
Oliver Hazzard
Peacedale
R. L
John Gregory Riley
Great Neck
L. L
Ross Banks MacDonald
Grosse Pointe
Mich
Hazzard
Louis D. Marchese
Westport Baracks
Frank Bennett
Francis Muldowney
Alfred Kosloffsky
Long Ridge Road
Maurice Geller
Taft Holds Lead in Delegate Race for Republican Nomination
Sen. Robert A. Taft led Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in delegate counts for the Republican nomination. AP tabulations show Taft with 33 of 59 delegates named on Saturday and 266 to 233 in national totals, with Eisenhower at 21 delegates and 233 votes. Democrats had lighter activity as Kansas completed its 16 vote delegation, with some support for Kerr and Rice in leadership roles.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
Kansas
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Carl V. Rice
Kansas City
Girl Stowaways Travel to Guam in a Superfort
Two young women traveled 6000 miles from California to Guam aboard a B 29 without permission. They surrendered after realizing no housing existed on the island and expressed a desire to stay and work if allowed. In Immigrations custody, the case involves Air Force personnel.
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Guam
California
Pacific
Jerie McDaniel
Walnut Grove
Calif
Maxine Allen
Tacoma
Wash
Air Force
Dewey H. Meeks
Norwalker Offers 15000 To Test Eisenhower Health
Norwalk manufacturer Edward Beach Gallaher proposes 15000 to prove General Eisenhower’s fitness for the Presidency. He offers 5000 for an AMA panel led physical exam and 10000 to charity if the General is deemed sound. Gallaher, 79, disclosed the plan in a letter to Senator Duff published in Clover Business Letter.
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Norwalk
Edward Beach Gallaher
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gallaher
Clover Manufacturing Company
James
H. Duff
R-Pa
Eisenhower
Mr. Gallaher
American Medical Association
Roosevelt
Bridgeport Weather Forecast Today and Tonight
Cloudy with rain today and a high near 55. Rain ends early tonight then clearing with lower 40s. Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer with a high in the low 60s. Northeasterly winds today with small craft warnings shifting to moderate northerly tonight. New York City weather is the same as Bridgeport.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Vicinity
New York City
Treaty in force as Japan peace pact takes effect
The Japanese peace treaty and the new security pact become effective at 8:30 a.m. EST tomorrow ending the Pacific phase of World War II for Japan and nine non communist nations. Senators praise the accord while critics warn of loopholes and UN power transfers.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Japan
Tokyo
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Family of Nations
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate
United Nations
Alger Hiss
Acheson
Korea
Home Freezer Fair Opens With Demonstrations
The Home Freezer fair sponsored by United Illuminating and local distributors opens today on the sales floor and auditorium and runs through May 9. National home economics directors will demonstrate 13 to 15 cubic foot freezers and offer tips on efficient use, bulk buying, and modern packaging. At 10 AM a freezer demonstration at Loew's Poli Theater by Mrs. Dorothy Shaw Jackson is scheduled.
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United Illuminating Company
Loew's Poli Theater
Dorothy Shaw Jackson
Woman's Home Companion
Maine Cops Nab Greenwich Man and Pal in Small Arsenal on Wheels
Two men Edward F. Snell and Kenneth M. Seger were detained at a Bucksport roadblock after police described their car as a small arsenal on wheels. They face questioning tied to banks armored trucks and the slaying of a Massachusetts trooper. A parked armored truck had been looted for 681000 dollars in Danvers Massachusetts.
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Maine
Greenwich
Pal
Bangor
Massachusetts
Edward F. Snell
Bucksport
Boston
Danvers
Mass
Police Break Up Union Meeting in Columbia Records Local 237 Clash
Police dispersed a heated dispute at 187 Fairfield Ave as Lloyd A. Willard, president of Columbia Records Local 237, ordered suspensions read and a floor voice denied. About 50 members, split over dual unionism and CIO reentry, left orderly after six patrolmen arrived led by Captain John J. Curry.
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Columbia Records
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of American
Fairfield Avenue
Lloyd A. Willard
CIO
Willard
John J. Curry
Broad Street
Fair
Truman Defends Steel Industry Seizure In Public Letter
President Truman voiced strong defense of his steel mill seizure, arguing constitutional emergency powers and necessity to prevent national danger. The White House release followed criticism from Republicans and Democrats while a federal judge prepared to rule on legality.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles S. Jones
Washington Crossing
Jones
Congress
David A. Pine
Holmes Baldridge
Pine
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Joe Martin
R-Mass
House
Rotary district conference opens at Stratfield hotel
Nearly 450 Rotarians including 150 Rotary Anns registered for the third annual district conclave at the Stratfield hotel with a two day agenda. Percy Hodgson former Rotary International president will speak at Klein Memorial as the event closes. District Governor David A. North of North Haven presides. Bridgeport Rotary hosts with Ronald A. Malony as president. Plenary speakers included Hodgson Wargo of Norwalk and Dr. William Hayes of Meriden. An informal Rose Room supper featured Emilie Jacobson addressing the group.
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Rotary-Anns
Stratfield
Klein Memorial
Percy Hodgson
Rotary International
Rotary
David A. North
North Haven
Bridgeport Rotary
Red Attack Fails To Dent UN Lines At Front
Allied forces repelled a communist assault on the central front as heavy mortar and grenade fire failed to move United Nations positions. Allied air power bombed Red lines along the front, damaging supply and rail targets and destroying 29 transport vehicles near Wonsan.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Wonsan
GOP Caucuses Set Tug of War Over Taft Ike Support
Connecticut Republicans clash in tonight caucuses as Eisenhower and Taft camps mobilize. Meade Alcorn urges strong turnout to back Eisenhower amid reports of Taft delegate instructions. State Taft chairman Tage Pearson says Taft organization in Connecticut mobilizes for influence.
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Connecticut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Meade Alcorn
Eisenhower Forces
Alcorn
Eisenhower Club
Tage Pearson
Wilton
Taft Organization
Con
Connecticut Episcopal drive opens with record gifts
Bishop Walter H. Gray urged Connecticut's 107 000 Episcopalians to strengthen their church as parishes united for a statewide worship. He announced a $150 000 gift to the University of Connecticut chapel student center and rectory, part of a million dollar development program bringing opening day gifts to about $419 000.
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Woodbury
Walter H. Gray
Connecticut
Gray
Connecticut Episcopal Development
University of Connecticut
Traffic Flow Changes at Park Avenue Fountain
At noon today traffic flow at the Park Avenue fountain changes take effect. Key edits include southbound Park Avenue drivers no longer circling the fountain at Fairfield Avenue and proceeding straight, westbound Fairfield Avenue drivers from John Street may cross to the fountain’s left, northbound Park Avenue drivers may turn left into Fairfield, and Fairfield Avenue southbound to Park drivers may turn directly left rather than circle the fountain.
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Park Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
John Street
Park
Op Park
Man climbs church steeple in Bronx standoff ends
Joseph Saccomano 23 perched 55 feet above in Our Lady of Mount Carmel belfry as crowds watched in rain. After nearly an hour firemen nets and pleas failed until taunts from a street window provoked him to come down. He descended was hospitalized and later released to relatives.
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New York
Joseph Saccomano
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Bronx
Saccomano
Communists Tried Infiltrating U S Priesthood Say Bishop Sheen
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen charged in Rome that American communists were covertly ordered in 1936 to infiltrate the Roman Catholic priesthood. He told an overflow audience at Santa Susanna that many prominent newspaper commentators allegedly had communist secretaries, signaling early efforts to plant influence.
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Rome
Fulton J. Sheen
New York
Fairfield Cops Arrest Truant Boy's Parents
Fairfield police arrested nine year old David Astle's parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Astle on a complaint by William A. Bogg the school attendance officer. The couple from 461 Morehouse Highway were charged with failing to send the boy to Stratfield school regularly with 49 days of absence since September. They were released on their own recognizance and slated for arraignment in Fairfield Town Court on May 12.
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Fairfield
Stratfield School
Christian Schick
Thomas Astle
Morehouse Highway
William A. Bogg
David
Astle
Fairfield Town Court
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