East Germany Holds Grand Military Parade in Leipzig
East Germany staged a militaristic parade in Leipzig as 100000 FDJ youths marched with rifles and crowds watched. President Pieck saluted the contingents while officials denounced Adenauer and framed the event as defense against Western imperialists. East Berlin sealed off contact with the free world for West Berlin residents.
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Berlin
East Germany
Germany
Leipzig
Communist Free German Youth
FDJ
Wilhelm Pieck
People's Police Army
Sea Police Navy
Jounge Garde
Pieck
People's Police
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Free World
Free West Berlin
Weert Germany
Weather Summary for Bridgeport and New York City
Fair and warmer today with a high near 75 degrees. Tonight will be cooler with a low around 55. Tomorrow remains fair and seasonably warm with a high near 75. Winds today are northwesterly moderate to fresh, then diminish and become westerly tomorrow. New York City mirrors Bridgeport conditions.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Tanks Back Infantrymen Burns Flag at Koje Island Prisoner Compound
American infantrymen with bayonets and two Sherman tanks forcibly entered a Chinese prisoner of war complex on Koje Island Korea. They tore down a Red flag, burned banners, and repaired barbed wire as Red guards offered no resistance. The operation lasted about ten minutes amid ongoing efforts by Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner to restore Allied control after uprisings and riots.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon L. Boatner
Stormy Island Stockade
Ninth Regiment
Samuel Lutterd
Fayetteville
N. C
Truce Talks Open With Softer Tone At Panmunjom
At Panmunjom the two sides resumed talks with less hostile language but no progress after a 30 minute session. The softer tones paralleled easing tension at Koje Island POW camps and on the South Korean mainland, while Gen Nam Il criticized prison incidents blamed on prisoners.
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Koje
Nam Il
Holdup Men Fail in Route 8 Robbery at Shelton Stand
Police hunted two gunmen who held Hazel's road side stand on Route 8 in Shelton around 11 37 p m. They escaped toward Bridgeport after taking about 100 dollars from the cash register. Roland Marsh pursued them in his car while Hazel notified authorities. A Beardsley Park search found no trace of the assailants.
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Shelton
Bridgeport
Gip Hazel
Route 8
Roland Marsh
Hazel
Beardsley Park
Patrolman Injured When Patrol Car Hit at Grand and Housatonic
A radio patrol car en route to an accident scene on Grand street and Housatonic avenue was struck by another auto at 9 PM injuring Patrolman Mitchel Kobus and the other driver John Sinanis. Kobus treated at Emergency Hospital then released. Sinanis later released after St. Vincent's hospital treatment for contusions. Sinanis arrested for violating auto laws but released on a city court summons.
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Grand Street
Housatonic Avenue
Mitchel Kobus
Lindley Street
Robert Whyland
Paul Leone
John Sinanis
Ogden Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Kobus
Main Street
Hawley Avenue
Sinanis
Rain slows war action in Korea as raids hit rail lines
Rainstorms from Manchuria dampen front line fighting in Korea. Air Force reports fighter-bombers cut North Korean rail lines in 28 locations before being grounded. No MIGs engaged.
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Seoul
Manchuria
Air Force
Taft Calls Air Power Core of U S Foreign Policy
Senator Taft declared air power essential to American security and world reach, centering policy on building bomb capable aircraft to control skies and strike targets in Russia. He accused the Truman era of neglect and cited Eisenhower’s tenure as a source of criticism, framing rivals’ attacks as political.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
NBC
Bainton Urges Maturity for Bridgeport Grads
Yale professor Rev. Roland H. Bainton told about 300 University of Bridgeport graduates at Klein Memorial that nations fall from within not from outside, urging graduates to be mature to handle the coming of age and life’s increasing complexity. He warned that decay sources include armament, a heavy drain on resources.
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Roland H. Bainton
Yale University
University of Bridgeport
Klein Memorial
Mr. Bainton
Eisenhower Returns Home to Launch Political Drive
Eisenhower returns to the capital after conferences and departs for a political campaign. Flooding across New York and Connecticut snarled traffic on the Hutchinson River and Merritt parkways. Deaths and disruptions mark a rain soaked Memorial Day weekend with rivers swollen and roads closed.
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Eisenhower
Fairfield-Westchester County
Hutchinson River Parkway
New York
Merritt Parkway
Connecticut
Norwalk
New Canaan
Norwich
Vernon
Stamford
Bethel
Westport
Connecticut River
Bridgeport
Westchester County
Telegram and Post Raise Prices to Five Cents
The Telegram and The Post will cost five cents per issue due to higher newsprint and production costs. Delivered by carrier, the weekly price is thirty cents.
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The
Post Publishing Company
State pair nabbed for 2n Y hold ups
Two Waterbury Conn men Philip Guerette and Alvin Worden were arrested in New York for assault robbery and illegal possession of a gun after holding up two hotel clerks within 14 hours. Police say they arrived at midnight and robbed the Hotel Penn Royal clerk of 18 dollars then later robbed another clerk of 14 dollars at 1 30 PM.
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New York
Waterbury
Conn
Philip Guerette
Alvin F. Worden
Penn Royal
Guerette and Worden
Atomic blast test prompts 1000 troops advance near Camp Desert Rock
One thousand soldiers from Camp Desert Rock moved toward a Yucca Flat detonation in a controlled atomic warfare study. Tanks and a radiological safety detachment preceded the advance. Brig. Gen. Harry P. Storke called the maneuver a successful step, with no casualties reported.
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Las Vegas
California
Fox Holes
Camp Desert Rock
Harry P. Storke
Storke
John Dewey Dies at 92 Father of Progressive Education
John Dewey, 92, famed philosopher and educator advocate of child centered learning, died in New York City after a pneumonia attack. He had recently fallen in November, breaking a hip, and his illness followed a period of convalescence during which he remained active in writing. Born October 20, 1859 in Burlington Vermont, Dewey reshaped American schooling by prioritizing the individual child over subject matter.
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New York
John Dewey
Dewey
Fifth Avenue
Adrienne
John, Jr
Vermont
Burlington
Eisenhower arrives in Washington amid pomp and politics
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower returns to Washington to start a round of conferences before leaving the Army to pursue the Republican presidential nomination. He meets President Truman in the White House and is swarmed by cheering crowds as he plans a speech in Abilene.
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Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
National
Washington
Abilene
Kans
Eisenhower
Chicago
White House
Truman
Joseph Short
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Fisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
South Dakota
Taft
R. Carroll Reece
Taft-for-President Committee
New Dee
GOP
Cop Hurt Saving Man in Courtland Street Tenement Fire
A patrolman Edwin P. Daly saved 65 year old Peter O Grady from a fire in a Courtland street tenement early Saturday. Daly carried out O Grady and smothered flames from an overflowing oil burner with a wet blanket. O Grady jailed for drunkenness in bonds of $25. Daly treated at Emergency Hospital and returned to duty.
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Courtland Street
Edwin P. Daly
Peter O'Grady
Mr. O'Grady
Daly
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Herman Bundesen
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Erich Brandeis
Sen. Taft
U. S
Russia
Ike
Gen. Eisenhower
Bainton
N.Y
Parkway
Hutchinson Expressway
Army
AEC
Yucca Flat
Otto Schroder
Modesto
Calif
San Francisco
Ed Arnow
KNBC
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