Communists Blast Allies in Truce Talks at Munsan
At Munsan Korea the Communist negotiators launched a hostile 18 minute tirade and offered no constructive solution to the faltering armistice talks. The Allied and Communist sides agreed to meet again while the impasse on prisoner exchanges remains the main stumbling block. Ridgway insisted the United Nations will not retreat from its position.
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Munsan
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Reds
U. N. Command
Joy
United Nations Command
Russia
Red
Ridgway
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Washington
London
Pro
Bridgeport Weather Forecast and Almanac Notes
Official Weather data show fair skies in Bridgeport with increasing clouds today. High near 72 degrees, tonight low around 50, tomorrow mostly cloudy with showers and a high near 70. Winds from the northwest, today moderate to fresh. The almanac records May 8 as the 129th day of the year and 50th day of spring.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Bookie king Harry Gross cites graft payments to Moran
Harry Gross testified he paid $15,000 during William O Dwyer era to Moran, a top city official, for political contributions and protection. He also alleged payments to Inspector William P O Brien now a police commissioner, while Moran faces prison terms for a separate fuel oil shakedown.
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New York
Harry Gross
William O'Dwyer
Gross
O’dwyer
James J. Moran
Moran
William P. O'Brien
O’brien
Police Department
Corporation
Victor J. Horwitz
Herwitz
Jim Moran
Brook
Truman Rejects Truce Concessions in Korea Stand
President Truman declared the United States will not accept an armistice at the cost of human life, signaling a firm UN position in Korea. officials said naval blockades and direct action against China were considered if talks fail, while the Ridgway plan and Russian neutrality proposals were rejected.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Defense
William C. Foster
Korea
China
Dean Acheson
Matthew B. Ridgway
Reds
Russia
Passenger ship James Lykes runs aground off Florida coast
The SS James Lykes a passenger cargo vessel with a crew of 45 was aground about 75 miles off the Florida coast near Manzanilla buoy and Little Bahamas bank as the Coast Guard cutter Papaw and a commercial tug rushed to assist.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
James Lykes
Florida
Papaw
Key West
James Sykes
Manzanilla Buoy
Little Bahamas Bank
Jupiter Light
Florida East
East Germany forms army to defend Soviet zone
East Germany’s ruling party announced plans to form an armed force to defend the Soviet zone against aggression. The cable to Stalin noted the move alongside the seventh anniversary of liberation, calling Bonn’s Western pact a war treaty and pledging unity while leaving army size and draft details unclear. The Soviet zone already fields about 50,000 trained infantry in its people’s police.
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Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Zone
Socialist Unity (Communist
Kremlin
Stalin
Wilhelm Pieck
West Germany
Bonn
East German
West
People’s Police
Truman Says He Feels 28 On Eve Of His 68th Birthday
President Truman told reporters in the White House rose garden that he feels like a 28 year old as he approaches his 68th birthday and the anniversary of Germany's surrender in 1945. His physician Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham said the president is in very good health with exceptional vigor and a weight of 175 pounds.
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Truman
Washington
Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Wallace Graham
FBI Seizes Four in Norwood Bank Holdup Case
Federal agents obtained warrants for three men and a woman in the Norwood bank holdup of 13 000 last Sept. 13. Marco Roccaforte Theodore Green Helen Green and David Jacobanis named. Jacobanis and Mrs Green in custody. Green to face arraignment. Arrests mark rapid chain of related bank robbery actions tied to Boston Providence area.
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Providence
R. I
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Norwood
Marco Anthony Roccaforte
Maine State Prison
Thomaston
Theodore Green
Boston
Green
Helen
David S. Jacobanis
Needham
Jacobanis
Roccaforte
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Hostetter
Massachusetts State Prison
64 Carrier Boys Begin Washington Excursion
The Post Publishing company sponsors a three day trip for carrier boys starting at 7 am with 64 youths leaving 410 State Street. They will visit Fort McHenry in Baltimore then tour the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis before exploring Washington sights tonight and tomorrow and returning Saturday.
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Washington
Carrier Boys of the Post Publishing Company
State Street
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Town Police Stop 2 Runaway Girls
Two 17 year old Massachusetts girls were picked up by Stratford police at 6 30 am while hitchhiking on Ferry boulevard near East Main street. They named Adele Morin and Florence Carson Stewart and admitted running away to visit an aunt in New York and meet a Navy husband in Cuba.
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Massachusetts
Stratford
Ferry Boulevard
East Main Street
Adele Morin
Main Street
Stoneham
Florence Carson Stewart
Sachem Street
Roxbury
Thomas Stewart
U. S. Navy
Cuba
Joseph Keenan
New York
Miss Morin
Norfolk
Stewart
Leon Dyer
Ernest Carson
Boston
Spain Included In Aid Measure
Washington May 7 AP The House Foreign Affairs committee unanimously approved a 6.889 billion foreign aid bill, including Spain for the first time. The bill was cut from 7.9 billion requested by Truman, with most reductions from European funds. The 12 billion authorized covers military aid abroad through June 30, 1953, and allows transferring up to one billion dollars of equipment from U.S. stocks to allies in a global emergency.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Spain
Truman
Europe
Richards
D-Sc
Defense Department
Rail unions ask Supreme Court review of seizure ruling
Three railroad operating unions ask the Supreme Court to rule on government seizure of railroads, aligning with Truman steel seizure cases. They filed appeals with the Cincinnati appellate court challenging a Cleveland district court no-strike order barring 150,000 members from striking. The government has controlled the railroads since 1950 to avert a strike.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
David A. Pine
Three Brotherhoods
U. S. Appeals Court
Cincinnati
U. S. District Court
Cleveland
Appelate Court
Supreme
Oil Strike To Continue After Union Leader Says
Oil Workers' International Union president O A Knight says the nationwide strike will persist. He will attend a Wage Stabilization Board meeting May 13, citing prior failed efforts. The strike began a week ago, affecting refineries and aviation fuel, with military training cuts to conserve fuel.
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WSB
Denver
O. A. Khnight
Oil Workers’ International Union
CIO Éhid
Knight
Nathan Feinsinger
Air Force
U. S
Tokyo Quake Shakes City With No Damag e Reported
A moderate quake centered in Tokyo Bay rattled the capital at 9:58 a.m. local time. The Central Meteorological Station measured intensity at three on a scale to eight. Thousands spilled into the streets shouting jishin though officials found no damage.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Missing Woman Sought After City Sightings
A 63-year-old New Canaan woman, Ethel Miller Smith, missing since April 30, was identified in Bridgeport after Samuel Vance saw her photo and reported her on Main Street. Police say she left Oenoke Ridge 5:30 p.m. April 30 claiming a walk. a nine state alert had been issued.
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New Canaan
Samuel Vance
Myrtle Avenue
Ethel Miller Smith
Bridgeport Public Library
Bridgeport
Carl D. Smith
The
Credit Research Foundation
Fourth Avenue
New York
National Association of Credit Men
Smith
Herbert Perkins
Richard Svertesky
Decision ends curbs on time and down payments
Government suspends inflation controls on installment buying for autos furniture radio and more promising potential sales boost. Federal Reserve boards regulation W relaxed with one third down for cars and 15 percent for others, 18 months to pay, until June 30 unless extended. Prices and credits are shifting as authorities weigh inflation risks.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Reserve Board
Office of Price Stabilization
National
Radio and Television Manufacturers Association
The
National Auto
Miami Beach Hotel Closed 30 Days Over Bookmaking Case
Florida cabinet ordered the Sea Isle hotel in Miami Beach closed for 30 days amid charges that bookmaking occurred on the premises. Hotel officials plan to appeal. officials differed on extending the penalty to a full year.
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Miami Beach
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Cabinet
Sea Isle
James T. Landon
Cabinet
Landon
Attor
Ney
Richard Ervin
Ervin
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