Red Cross Defends Itself Against Communist Attacks
The International Committee of the Red Cross rebutted charges at the eighteenth conference. A 9,000 word report by Paul Ruegger explains blockades on aiding Russians in German POW camps, NKorea refusals, and U.S. led probe efforts. It defends aid to prisoners and notes funding by voluntary contributions across nations.
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Ont
International Committee of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Soviet Union
Paul Ruegger
Germany
North Korea
United Nations
Korea
United States
ICRC
U.S
Washington
Switzerland
Japan
Britain
Otto Lehner
Russia
Budget notes for 1952 and memory donation tally
The record lists a 1952 budget figure of 7,688.00 and an amount to be raised of 2,727.57. It also notes a memorial donation for Dana J. Morris from Mary Kay Loftus and Anne Locker and a received total of 4,960.43 including an entry 4,953.43 and a separate 5.00 item related to NE Liees Got an yet.
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Dana J. Morris
Mary Kay Loftus
Anne Locker
Liees
Motorist Attacks Light-Repairman In Baltimore Delay
A driver in Baltimore assaulted a traffic light repairman who was working at a busy intersection, shouting that the man was holding up traffic. The assailant fled after driving off, but the repairman later recovered and obtained the attacker’s license plate number.
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Baltimore
March on West Berlin by Reds Proves a Fizzle
West Berlin authorities questioned the failed peace and unity demonstration by the Free German Youth. About 2,000 Blueshirts showed up rather than 10,000 planned, with scattered events near sector borders and two minor incidents resulting in 38 arrests. Officials doubt the goal was big propaganda with low turnout.
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West Berlin
Reds
Casualties in Korea List From Defense Dept
The defense department identified 124 battle casualties in Korea on Monday. The new list shows 11 killed 96 wounded 1 missing and 16 injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Night Bus Crash Reveals Horrors In Waco
Injured passenger Dora Daniels 17 recalls a dawn crash on Temple highway. She credits a unnamed Fort Hood soldier with saving her and a girl as burning fuel tanks exploded. Several victims, including a Mexican family, perished. survivors describe smoke, screams, and chaos while seeking exits.
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Waco
Matilda Zampudio
Queen Mother Elizabeth Marks 52nd Birthday Quietly
Windsor England AP reports Queen Mother Elizabeth observed her fifty second birthday quietly Monday at the royal lodge, marking a low profile royal observance with no public events or ceremonial duties.
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Windsor
England
Elizabeth
Royal Lodge
U S Navy Plane Fights MiGs Over Yellow Sea
A Martin Mariner patrol plane engaged two Chinese Communist MiG-15 fighters over the Yellow Sea west of Korea. The running battle left two crew dead and two wounded. The damaged craft limped to Korea then received repairs at Iwakuni Japan before returning to base.
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Washington
Navy
Yellow Sea
Korea
Martin Mariner
Iwakuni
Japan
Tokyo
Siberian
Film Stars and Socialites Mingle at $200000 Party
Paris dispatch describes Jacques Fath hosted revelry at a Seventeenth century chateau with 1800 attendees. Brazilian promoters funded the event to showcase cotton, cost totaling 35000 for the party proper. Notables Claudette Colbert Ginger Rogers Orson Welles attended along with Mrs Getulio Vargas.
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Paris
Europe
Jacques Fath
Marie Antoinette
China
Rio de Janeiro
Fath
Claudette Colbert
Ginger Rogers
Orson Welles
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Madame Schiaparelli
Minsky’s
Stevenson says he will be his own master in campaign
Gov. Adlai Stevenson rejected claims that ADA liberals control his bid for the presidency. He said he has not been captive to any group and will stay true to his own judgments. He named Wilson Wyatt as campaign manager and invited Harvard professor Arthur Schleiffer to help. He outlined views on federalism, oil tidelands, civil rights plank, campaign finance and urged no self serving loans.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Americans For Democratic Action
Stevenson
ADA
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
The
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Harvard
Schlesinger
Texas
Allan Shivers
G.O.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Murphy
New York
Ida Grove
Flying saucer sighting on Mississippi River reported
Cedar Rapids man Dean Stull and two relatives reported watching a luminous white flying saucer over Clinton near Fulton Illinois late Saturday night. Stull described a flat bottomed craft with a rounded top and a cockpit like extension.
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Cedar Rapids
Dean Stull
E Avenue
Charles Ryan
Clinton
Clarence Thorn
New Hampton
Mississippi
Fulton
Ill
Stull
Mossadegh Granted Unlimited Powers by Iranian Senate
The Iranian senate gave initial approval to a six month bill granting Premier Mohammed Mossadegh extensive dictatorial powers to govern the near bankrupt nation. The upper house opposed a government measure to confiscate the wealth of Ahmed Qavam, ousted as premier two weeks earlier amid Mossadegh demonstrations. Qavam's whereabouts were unknown since Mossadegh's July 21 rise to power.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ahmed Qavam
Mossadegh
Qavam
Legion Urged To Help Keep America Safe
Gov. Beardsley and Sen. Hickenlooper addressed about 500 Iowa American Legion members at Memorial Coliseum urging vigilance to preserve liberty. They urged citizens to strengthen the nation and defend freedom against communism, stressing individual responsibility and U.S. strength as vital to world peace.
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Legion
America
Ed Murphy
William S. Beardsley
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa American Legion
Sen. Hickenlooper
Beardsley
Hickenlooper
Memorial Coliseum
J. Ray Murphy
Murphy
Gov. Beardsley
United States
United Nations
U. N
Bus Crash Kills Dozens Near Waco Texas In Early Morning Tragedy
Two Greyhound buses collided head on on highway 81 near Waco Texas just before dawn killing at least 29 to 33 people and injuring more than 24. Many victims burned beyond recognition. Dead included drivers M B Herring and Billy Malone. Emergency crews from multiple cities and bases joined the response as investigators searched for causes. Military uniforms among the dead noted.
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U.S. Highway 81
Waco
Texas
Greyhound
Waco, Texas
Here
Dallas-Austin
M. B. Herring
Billy Malone
Temple
Austin
San Antonio
Rainfall Gives Eastern Iowa Critical Boost for Crops
A weekend storm dropped 1 to nearly 2 inches across eastern and central Iowa, with Toledo reporting 1.80 inches and Cedar Rapids about 1.11 inches. The rain steadied losses for truck gardeners facing drought and revived lawns statewide before a cool air mass lowered temperatures to the 50s.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Toledo
Cedar Rapids
Worst bus crash in U S history claims 28 dead near Waco
Chicago AP reports a head on collision between two Greyhound buses near Waco Texas on Monday. 28 people died in the crash and subsequent fire. The National Safety Council lists three previous deadliest bus mishaps: Passaic New Jersey March 20 1944 with 20 killed, Chelan Washington November 26 1945 with 16 killed, and Weirton West Virginia April 29 1951 with 15 killed.
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Greyhound
Waco
Texas
National Safety Council
Council
Passaic
N. J
Chelan
Wash
Lake Chelan
Weirton
W. Va
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