Rhee Urges Immediate U S Mutual Defense Pact
President Syngman Rhee pressed the United States to sign an immediate mutual defense pact with South Korea to curb anti-armistice protests as truce talks near completion. Demonstrations intensified across Seoul and Pusan with police and troops used to control crowds while officials warned of possible U N withdrawal if peace terms fail.
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BEQUL
Syngman Rhee
U. S
South Korea
Rhee
Eisenhower
UW. 8
Rolf Lamborn
Stockholm
Tidningen
U.N
NO. S
ROK Defense Ministry
Seoul
U. S.S
Pusan
Rush
National Assembly
Top Ukrainian Communist leader dismissed in Moscow report
The Soviet press said Leonid Melnikov, Ukrainian Communist Party first secretary since 1949, was ousted for leadership failures and policy errors toward non Russian nationalities. A communique cited mistakes in collective farm policy and Russification in western Ukraine as core issues.
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Moscow
Ukrainian Communist Party
Leonid Melnikov
Soviet Communist Party
Melnikov
Ukraine
Weather outlook with heat and storms this weekend
Partly cloudy through Sunday with continued heat and humidity. Showers and thunderstorms, possibly heavy, late tonight and again Sunday afternoon and night. Low tonight near 75, high Sunday 92 to 95, turning cooler late Sunday. Temperatures at 2 30 p.m. ranged 79 southwest 0 southeast 0 northwest 73 northeast.
Reds Pierce Line After Big Barrage
Sequel field reports show two reinforced Communist battalions piercing the east central front after the war’s largest artillery barrage. Cap Hill is likely in enemy hands say Eighth Army officials as 3 Russian tanks took part in the assault near Panmunjom while heavy casualties mounted.
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SEQUL
Capitol Hill
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
ROK
Gas Explosion Hurts Farm Boy Near Cedar Rapids
Otto Stehlik, 6, living on a Cedar Rapids area farm, was critically burned when a bottled gas heater exploded in the basement. He suffered severe burns on hands face and upper body. His mother Mrs Stehlik was in the kitchen and unharmed as fire was put out and the blast knocked items from a table through a window into the yard. The family lives a quarter mile east of Draport Inn.
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Cedar Maride
Otto Stehlik
Cedar Rapids
Stehlik
St. Luke's Hospital
Sleuk
Area Covered by Two Feet of Hail in New York Storm
A two foot hail area spread across Bath New York on Saturday as storms with lightning damaged two churches and several buildings. The weather cut power and blocked a highway for about an hour.
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Bath
N. Y
New York
Teamsters Strike At IHC Garage in Cedar Rapids
Eleven AFL Teamsters at the International Harvester Company truck garage on First Street SW in Cedar Rapids walked out Friday after a union member was fired. Spokesman Jim White said mechanics and truckers joined Tuesday night, a firing occurred Wednesday, and a Friday noon deadline for reinstatement passed without action.
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Cedar Rapin Acne
AFL Teamsters Union
International Harvester Company
First Street
Jim White
IHC
Jocel
Harvester
Leeray
Boy Struck by Falling Bottle After Picket Incident
Seven year old Farage Adams was run down by a falling pop bottle during a fall from a store livery path. Police cited a broken picket line and a truck driver refusing escort. The boy was taken to St Luke's Hospital in good condition with no complications reported Saturday.
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Nicago Gellar
Rasida News
J. F. Anderson
David Adams
Herman Urday
Adams
Seventh Avenue
David
St. Luke's
State Income Tax Returns Up but Revenue Declines
DES MOINES Iowa The State Tax Commission reported increases in state income tax returns but declines in total taxes paid through June 10 this year. Individuals paid 15 515 110 a drop of 1 493 753 from last year while returns rose to 721 426 from 637 352. Corporations paid 1 491 312 through June 1 a decrease of 446 333 with returns at 8 115 vs 7 031 last year. Chairman Lauterbacht cited space constraints as 84 127 additional individual returns for 1953 strain filing cabinets and long retention for five years.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Commission
Martin Lautersbach
Official Gets Year in Fake Money Hobby
Baltimore AP report describes Martin Thomas Storey a 47 year old agriculture department official who faced a year in prison for counterfeiting a hobby of reproducing $10 bills. He claimed no intent to pass them though agents found seven printing plates and seven plates for $10 bills. Miss Mary Ellen Watson probation for a year. Judge Chesnut noted lack of criminal background and suggested he was not a typical counterfeiter.
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Baltimore
Martin Thomas Storey
Department of Agriculture
Oxon Hill
Mary Ellen Watson
Storey
South
Maryland
W. Calvin Chesnut
Ann Walker Kresge Granted Circuit Court Divorce
Ann Walker Kresge was granted a circuit court divorce from Howard C. Kresge heir to dime store millions in a Pontiac Michigan proceeding. The case drew attention due to the Kresge family fortune referenced in the filing.
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Pontiac, Mich
Ann Walker Kresge
Howard C. Kresge
Today's Chuckle Mother and Daughter Money Swap
A humorous exchange where a mother asks if they are saving money and the daughter replies they are not yet saving, but have begun by avoiding spending they do not have, marking a start toward frugality.
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Jack
Lightning Fire Destroys Dyersville Furniture Store
A lightning strike hit an electric transformer sparking a blaze at the Wesler Guedken Fuaiche Company building in Dyersville early Saturday. The two story modern furniture store suffered a complete loss with damage estimated at 175000 dollars. Firemen from Dyersville and Earlville volunteers fought the flare for about two hours, with flames burning bedding on the second floor and spreading along walls. The firm remodeled the building in 1951.
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Dyersville
Wesler- Guedken Fuaiche Company
Shriek
Durmiage
Gilbert Nealer
Ray Goedken
Earlville
Slames
Uniform mixup leads to POW escape arrest
Navy and Marine MPs found a prisoner from Cleveland was actually Army Pvt. Earil Hensely from Fort Knox after mistaking him for Marine Pvt. Jack Nixon. The two AWOL soldiers had swapped uniforms while held in Cleveland County jail.
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Army
Marine Corps Military Police
Marine
Cleveland
Earil Hensely
A.w.o.l
Fort Knox
Jack Nixon
A.w.o
Camp Lee Jeune
N.C
M.P
Detective Wears Bullet Holes to Save Self in Long Wander
In Amarillo Texas a private detective drank a bullet hole and slug wound without realizing it for ten hours after a Friday encounter with a burglar. He later found the bullet in his skull and required surgery to remove it. Doctors say fragments slowed the slug before reaching the brain area. The detective, nicknamed Rockhead by doctors, recovered with a split head ache after surgery and expected discharge in a few days.
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Amarillo
Texas
Rockhead
Arnold
Tie
David Patton
Patton
Lynes Enters Republican Governor Race in 1954
WAVERLY INS William Lynes of Waverly declared as the first Republican candidate for governor in the June 1954 election. A veteran legislator and former House Speaker, Lynes promotes a balanced budget, limits on federal overreach, and a state sales tax stance. Possible rivals include Lt. Gov. Leo Ellhon and Secretary Mel B. Ssahorat, with Gov. Willan S. Deardaley also mentioned as a contender.
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Waverly
INS
William 5. Lynes
Lynes
Vic
Peta
Lene
Atale
Slite
Wade
Lynea
Leo Ellhon
Fertile
William AW. Nicholan
Mason City
Stile Mel Bb
Ssahorat
Willan
Deardaley
Kosek Appeals Assessment to District Court
State Rep Ernest Kosek appeals Cedar Rapids Board of Review denial of his home valuation appeal. He seeks reduction of both actual and assessed valuations, citing 1959 valuation at 37 785 and 69 percent actual at 22 070. Board members named. assessor James Scolaro handled the case. Kosck asked in board hearings to lower actual to 20 000 and assessed to 17 000.
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Cedar Tlaplde
Nepen
Ernest Kosek Tite
Lan Hta
District Court
Board of Review
Cedar Rapids
Kosek
Twenty-seventh Street
Baal of
Reeview
L. P. Baldreaux
Hewwu
Kosch
Hiowever
Kosck
Iowa Readings Aiming at 100 Degrees Weather Ahead
Iowa temperatures hovered near 100 degrees in parts with clouds and possible showers. The Weather Bureau warned that 1953 could see the first 100 degree readings in southern areas before rain and thunderstorms Saturday night. Temperatures were expected to rise again Sunday with a chance of precipitation. In Cedar Rapids the noon temperature was 79 after a 94 high Friday. the overnight low was 70. Sioux City reported a high of 96. A Grain, Ore., woman was treated at St Luke's hospital after apparently being overcome by heat at Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street. she remained overnight before discharge.
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Towa
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Flor Sa
Carler
Cedar Rapida
Sioux City
St. Luke's Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Conditions Of Siege In Prague Told
Eyewitness refugee reports describe Prague under siege with Communist forces on factory floors and widespread unrest. Refugees recount currency reforms, threats, and strikes sparking protests as workers resist payment delays and militia impose control. Reports cite Koprivnice strikes, Lenin Works damage, and streetcar refusals disrupting city traffic.
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New York
INS
Prague
National Committee For A Free Europe
Sndwate
Anfanin Zapotocky
Weel Germain
Czechoslovakia
Ua Tague
Aif
Milbiry Wyrts
Liobaty
NCFE
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Fifth Air Force
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Caech
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Troupa
Elrike
Tansy
Ppecil
Endiliia
Kovrivnice
Tatra Auto Works
Koprivnice
Viata
Almik
Estauahly
Skoda
NCFR
Roth
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