Reds Battle for Chorwon Hill Ends in Allied Gain
US 45th Division troops fought a fierce night and dawn assault for a hill west of Chorwon on the western front in Korea. Allied air and artillery fire supported infantry as they secured the knob after heavy fighting and reported substantial Chinese casualties.
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Seoul
U. S. 45Th Division
Oklahoma National Guard
Chorwon
Eighth Army
45Th
Panmunjom
Haeju
Weather update for Bridgeport and New York City
Official Weather Bureau bulletin notes partly cloudy warmer conditions with a chance of thundershowers. Bridgeport highs near 80 and low around 65 tonight, with tomorrow's highs in the low 80s. winds today from the south. New York City similar outlook.
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S&s Weather Bureau
Bridgeport and Vicinity
New York City
Democrats Complete State For National Convention
Fourteen wardens disguised as fishermen arrested 16 violators on the Housatonic river. The raid followed complaints of fly-fishing violations. offenders face charges in Sharon and Cornwall courts for excess hooks and worm use.
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Danbury
Housatonic River
Russell P. Hunter
State Board of Fisheries and Game
Thomas E. Rose
Sharon and
Cornwall
Central High graduates 314 in packed auditorium
Central High School awarded diplomas to 314 graduates last night before a full auditorium of parents and friends. Barnum Essay prizes went to Cordon Leibowitz first and Roger Kowalsky second, with Deborah Pensak, Arnold Kaplin, and Mary Ford also presenting essays.
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Central High School
Barnum
Cordon Leibowitz
Roger Kowalcky
Deborah Pensak
Arnold Kaplin
Mary Ford
Mr. Leibowitz
Kowalsky
William Banks
Milton Millhauser
Rose Mary Davis
Girl Awarded 22000 Settlement In Auto Injury Case
A Superior court jury trial ended with a settlement in which Dr Melvin R Davis paid 22000 to 18 year old Kathleen Mintell of 5 Armstrong Place for injuries from a Central Avenue auto collision October 6 1949. Mintell a Warren Harding High School student later worked in a Bridgeport store office. attorney Louis Stein represented Mintell and William L Hadden for Dr Davis. Probate court must approve the settlement since Mintell was a minor.
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John H. King
Kathleen Mintell
Armstrong Place
Central Avenue
Melvin R. Davis
Chopsy Hill Road
Warren Harding High School
Connecticut Democrats settle 22 delegate slate in Hartford county
In Hartford county a party conference endorsed A A Ribicoff and Thomas J Dodd for district delegates with full votes and Mayor John L Sullivan as delegate at large with a half vote. Town Chairman John P Kelly withdrew to preserve harmony. His wife and two others will serve as alternates.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Democrats
Hartford County
John M. Bailey
State Central Committee
A. A. Ribicoff
Thomas J. Dodd
West Hartford
John L. Sullivan
New Britain
John P. Kelly
Katherine Quinn
Mary Valiente
Newark Airport Reopens With New Flight Rules
The Port of New York Authority votes to reopen Newark airport at 12:01 a.m. next Monday with strict runway bans and weather minimums. Takeoffs banned on two runways toward Elizabeth and Newark, landings banned on a third, and operations allowed only with 1000-foot ceilings and three-mile visibility or better.
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New York
Port of New York Authority
Newark
N. J
Elizabeth
Port Authority
Howard S. Cullman
National Air Transport Coordinating
Koje Island POWs Begin Transfer from Tough Camp 66
At Koje Island Korea prisoners from compounds 66 and 60 began moving to smaller enclosures under Allied discipline. 2,700 officers and 650 NCOs formed a column to 500-man compounds while North Korean leaders sang and raised fists in a communist salute. Boatner noted a North Korean flag presented during the transfer and promised to return it if deserved. Fires burned in compound 66.
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Koje Island
Korea
Koje
Haydon L. Boatner
Boater
Boatner
Taft Outlines Views On Korea In New York Visit
Sen Robert A Taft urged UN troops to leave Korea as soon as South Korea can be armed and suggested delaying truce talks until American arms production speeds up. He warned bombing China above the Yalu river is too late due to Reds air and land superiority. Taft aligned with Eisenhower on Korea while differing on budget cuts.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
United Nations
Korea
China
Taft
Yalu River
Douglas MacArthur
Ohio Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Martha Deane
WOR
Eisenhower
New Jersey
Associated Press
Jersey
Chicago
Suspect Quizzed in New York Slaying of Widow
Detectives described a man brought in for questioning as their best lead in the Greenwich Village strangling of Marion Robbins a 54 year old widow known for a party loving lifestyle. The unidentified man around 40 was picked up with a female friend in the Bronx and taken to the crime scene.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Marion Robbins
Bronx
City to Test Sirens Saturday and Monday
Six newly installed air raid sirens will be tested Saturday and Monday between 10 a.m. and noon as preparation for Operation Connecticut. Civil Defense Director Chris Wesche said the tests precede the statewide air raid test Tuesday.
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Connecticut
Chris Wesche
Civil Defense
Youth Perched Coast Guardsman Drowns After Plunge
Deane Hill 22 of Melrose Mass. perched 140-foot Groton water tower for hours before jumping from a New York ferry. Coast Guard says death by his own action. Body not recovered. rescue efforts continued as hospital reports noted moody mood before the fatal leap. Hill had planned to graduate from Avery Point training station the following Monday.
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New York
Coast
Coast Guard
Hill
U. S. Public Health Hospital
Staten Island
Upper
New York Harbor
Howard Phelps
Hill Moody
Groton
George Stockford
F. E. Hewitt
Avery Point
Keel-Laying Plans for Nuclear Submarine Snagged
In Groton, plans for the keel laying of the Nautilus face a delay. O Pomeroy Robinson Jr says the atomic powered submarine will not have a traditional keel due to its radical metal design, redefining standard vessel terminology.
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Groton
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon S. Dean
Navy
Dan S. Kimball
O. Pomeroy Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Friday the 13th Returns as This Year’s Sole Date
The article notes Friday the 13th is observed as a superstition by some while others carry on with work as usual. It mentions the last Friday the 13th occurred in July 1951 and that this year has the only Friday the 13th.
Bandits Rob New York Hotel Guests in Three Hour Seizure
Three young gunmen took over the 11 story Hotel Emerson on 75th street at 4 a.m. They controlled the lobby, switchboard and elevator for about three hours, robbing 25 guests of cash, jewelry, and a cash register total. No one was shot.
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New York
Emerson
75Th Street
Emerson's
Martin Henry
Hilliard Jackson
Henry
Frank Curran
Car- Tran
Judy Mallory
Mallory
Park Avenue
Bridgeport Firms Adopt Griffin Plan for Freight
The Traffic committee of the Bridgeport Manufacturers association approved a new Griff in Plan to speed less-than-carload freight from Bridgeport. Inauguration is set for August 1 with routings to expedite deliveries, following a Stratfield hotel session attended by about 30 people and New Haven railroad reps outlining goals and mechanics.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Manufacturers Association
Stratfield Hotel
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
New Haven Railroad
Bomber Crashes in Pacific Sea Off Kwajalein
An Air Force B-29 crashed 75 miles west of Kwajalein in the Central Pacific at 2 49 p m Hawaiian time. One survivor was sighted in a life raft as rescue efforts began involving an Air Force crash boat and a Navy Albatross seaplane.
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Honolulu
Air Force Today
Kwajalein
Central Pacific
Guam
Air Force
Kwajalein Island
Hickam Air Force Base
House Unit Votes To Extend Curbs For Another Year
The House Banking committee approved by 15 to 3 a bill extending price wage and rent controls to June 30 1953 while scrapping credit controls. The Senate had earlier passed a similar extension and a Taft Hartley provision debated.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Spence
Dky
House
Senate
House Committee
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
Federal Mediation Service
WSB
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Hazel M. Burriss
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Erich Brandeis
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