North Korea Prisoners Moved Quietly on Korea Island
On KOJE ISLAND, Korea, June 11 AP Allied command split up 6288 more North Korean prisoners without opposition on the second day of Operation Breakup. Inmates of Compound 77 lined up in groups of 150 in a rain to be separated while paratroopers awaited. A few anti communist prisoners slipped to guards outside.
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Koje Island
Korea
Kose
Compound 77
Compound 76
U. S
Haydon L. Boatner
Boamer
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Forecast
Mostly sunny and cooler today with a high in the upper 70s. Tonight will be clear and cool with a low near 60. Fair in the outlook with little temperature change. Winds will be moderate westerly to day, then gentle and variable tonight. New York City shares Bridgeport’s forecast.
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S Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Marion Is Named Browns Manager In Shakeup
St. Louis Browns appoint Marty Marion as new manager replacing fired Rogers Hornsby. Club president Bill Veeck cited earlier friction and unreasonableness from Hornsby while confirming Marion signs for three years to manage this season and serve as bench boss for two more. Hornsby departs for Chicago after a brief parting with Veeck.
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Boston
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns Today
Bill Veeck
Marty Marion
Veeck
Hornsby
St. Louis
Chicago
Marion
St. Louis Cardinals
Browns
New York
Bridgeport Plants Get Final Orders For Air Raid Drill
State and local civil defense officials briefed about Operation Connecticut set for June 17. General William Hesketh and Chris Wesche outlined plant duties and production priorities during the exercise at Bridgeport Brass. About 200 attendees from industry and government heard emergency procedures and group leadership details.
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Bridgeport Industries
Connecticut
William Hesketh
State
Chris Wesche
Bridgeport CD
Bridgeport Brass Company
Grand Street
General Hesketh
William Shine
Columbia Records
William S. Wisokay
Cochairmen
Rudolph Bannon
Bridgeport Manufacturers Association
College Grads of Class of 1942 Hailed for Keeping Stork on Wing
Milton Mass June 19 AP Birthrate statisticians say the 1942 college graduates may be the first in recent American history to replace themselves with children In a decade they average 1.51 births per man and 1.23 per woman The Population Reference Bureau notes BYU leads with 2.58 children per man and Mormon tradition of large families Calvin College trails
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Milton
Mass
Population Reference Bureau
College Project
Brigham Young University of Utah
B.Y.U
Washington
Brigham Young University
Calvin College
Michigan
Senate Rejects Truman Request to Seize Steel Mills
Berlin dispatch reports the Senate voted 49 to 30 against Truman’s plan to invoke the seizure power under the War Powers Act. The article notes allied protests over the Berlin highway patrol ban and ongoing Cold War tensions as Moscow accuses Western troops of violations. It also covers Acheson urging swift Senate approval of West German peace contracts and Eden defending allied stance on Berlin attacks.
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Berlin
Radio Berlin
West Berlin
Britain
McMahon Misses Convention Over Back Ailment
Senator Brien McMahon will not attend the state Democratic convention after his physician advised against travel to protect his back injury. In Washington, Dr. Philip A. Caulfield said a weekend trip to Connecticut could interrupt the senator’s convalescence. McMahon, head of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, would also miss Saturday Groton ceremonies where President Truman was to speak on the keel-laying of the first atomic powered submarine. He plans to address delegates by telephone.
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Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Washington
Philip A. Caulfield
McMahon
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Groton
Truman
Bolt Struck Man Knocks Pistol From Pocket in Hartford
In Hartford on June 10 AP reports James Leahy 35 was struck by lightning while walking on Capitol avenue. A blue flame and a blast reportedly expelled a pistol from his pocket. Leahy unconscious, revived at Hartford hospital with no injuries found. He faces a charge of carrying a pistol without a permit.
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Hartford
James Leahy
Forest Street
Capitol Avenue
Leahy
Arrow
Hart & Hegeman
Sylvester Fitzpatrick
Victor Yolanta
Hartford Hospital
Clark warns foe as talks resume in Panmunjom
Gen Mark Clark in Tokyo rebukes North Korea and China as truce negotiators meet at Panmunjom after a three day recess. He says the UN will meet only when there is constructive input and not for daily propaganda, pledging further talks as practicable.
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Clark
Foe
Munsan
Mark Clark
Tokyo
Reds
Panmunjom
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-huai
Red
Korea
Stratford High graduates 313 in Sterling Park ceremony
The 65th Stratford High School senior class received diplomas as 313 seniors were graduated by Donald W. Fowler with Edward J. Medvecky presiding. More than 2,500 spectators filled Sterling Park amphitheater while the band did not perform for the first time in over a decade.
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Stratford High School
Sterling Park
Edward J. Medvecky
Stratford Board of Education
Donald W. Fowler
Robert L. Lenox
Bridgeport Truck Driver Arrested on Grand Larceny Charge
Anthony LePore a 22 year old Bridgeport produce truck driver was arrested on a Port Chester New York warrant for grand larceny. Detectives say he stole produce from stores then delivered it to two New York men who were arrested for receiving stolen goods. LePore waived extradition and was turned over to New York detectives.
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Anthony LePore
Park Street
Bridgeport
Port Chester
N. Y
LePore
New York
Raymond Meade
Bernstein & Son Produce Company
Stratford Avenue
New York City
Martin Kane
Otto H. LaMacchia
Widow Marian Robbins Found Strangled in Greenwich Village
The thrice divorced widow of a wealthy family is found dead in her Greenwich Village apartment. Marian G. Robbins, 52, lies in bed with a pillow case tied around her neck, amid signs of a late drinking party. Five used highball glasses and numerous liquor bottles are recovered. Her two sons, John G. Robbins and Anthony Robbins, are named. the elder son recently married in a high society ceremony.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Marian G. Robbins
John Walcott Robbins
John G. Robbins
Anthony Robbins
Hartford
Conn
Devil Spoof Flashes on CBS TV News Howler
A TV slip during a CBS telecast showed a devil image instead of a 1948 keynote speaker. The sequence accompanied Edward’s remarks on Gen Douglas MacArthur’s keynote, with other Republican figures slated for display. Producer Don Hewitt called it a telepticon mishap and a miscue by the operator.
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CBS Television
Douglas Edwards
Don Hewitt
Edward
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Dwight Green
Illinois
Faust
Hewitt
Warren
Edwards
Green
Senate Rebuffs Truman Seizure Plans In Steel Crisis
The Senate rejected Truman’s request to seize steel mills and urged use of the Taft Hartley act. Congress also defeated multiple seizure proposals while Byrd and Taft pushed an amendment directing the president to rely on existing law. Weir of National Steel criticized compulsory union membership as improper.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
White House
Chamber
Byrd
D-Va
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Taft
Ohio
Humphrey
D-Minn
Maybank
D-Sc
Monroney
Dokla
Fragmentary Philosophical Quip on Man and Angels
A short reader remark invokes a judge of distance noting that man is made a little lower than the angels. The line reflects a classical religious or literary perspective on human status.
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