Allies Urge Foe To Let Truce Date
The United Nations urged the Reds to set an immediate date for signing a Korean armistice. Gen. Mark Clark stated the UN command would enforce terms to the limit of its ability while negotiations continued amid Pyongyang and Seoul disagreements over prisoner releases and South Korea’s role in any ceasefire.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Mark Clark
U.N
Reds
Panmunjom
Rhee
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
Clark
Republic of Korea
ROK
Chinese Reds Launch Major Assault On Korean Frontline
About 12 000 Chinese Reds struck across a two mile front along the western sector of Korea as Sabre jets shot down six MIGs to the north. The attack aimed at Outposts Bak and Queen 40 miles north of Seoul with heavy fighting continuing at the bases while ROK troops regrouped and counter attacked.
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Seoul
Bak and
Queen
Interim Talks of Big Three Sought
London reports that the United States Britain and France seek an interim meeting of representatives to discuss urgent common problems due to the wartime talks. Lord Salisbury to represent Britain with Richard Butler acting prime minister in Churchill's absence.
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London
INS
Britain
France
Richard A. Butler
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Lord Salisbury
Army Outlines 16 Month Korea Duty After Truce
The army plans to replace the Korea rotation with a standard 16 month tour of duty for soldiers in Korea after a truce. Proposed to Gen Mark W Clark the plan follows a 90 day post truce window for rotations. The 16 month period is the maximum overseas service for a two year draftee and may be shortened for those who saw combat.
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Washington
Korea
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mark W. Clark
Far Eastern
Army
Diplomacy History Project Aimed at Public Release
The state department moves to publish an official multivolume history of U S diplomacy under Roosevelt and Truman. Republican senators urge disclosure, noting planned volumes may detail wartime conferences with Churchill and Stalin and lift secrecy surrounding that era.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Roosevelt
Truman
G.O.P
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Churchill
Stalin
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department
Lincoln
Group To Take Up Refugee Bill
Washington report notes the senate judiciary committee voted 8-4 to consider the administration refugee bill on July 8. Republicans urged revival after last week’s postponement and White House pressure to move ahead with the anti-Communist refugee program.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hot humid weather returns to Cedar Rapids area
Iowa climate shifts back to heat with Cedar Rapids at 90 degrees Monday afternoon and humidity around 60 percent. The weatherman warned of 90 to 98 degree readings Tuesday with possible western shower relief. Storm cleanup continued statewide after weekend winds and a lightning bolt damaged a Mt. Vernon home injuring Mrs. G A Bartholomew and daughter Helen Schroeder.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mt. Vernon
G. A. Bartholomew
Helen Schroeder
Extension Signed On Medic Draft
President Eisenhower signed legislation extending the doctors and dentists draft by two years. The move prolongs compulsory service for medical personnel amid wartime security concerns.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ambulance Runaway Stopped by Doctor Passenger
In Knoxville Illinois a 70 year old doctor riding as a patient crawled from his stretcher to the driver seat and shut off the ignition, halting a runaway ambulance after it struck a truck. The driver was thrown out. the doctor and his companion escaped serious injury. The doctor had been a patient two weeks at Illinois Research Hospital in Chicago.
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Knoxville
Ill
William Erymire
Monmouth
Tennor
E Erymire
Illinois Research Hospital
Chicago
We Fight Again German Girl at Magdeburg Halt
A U S Army train stops 15 minutes at Magdeburg in Soviet zone. A starving German girl whispers Wir kampfen wieder to a correspondent, then vanishes as Red soldiers mockingly discuss guarding the frontier. The note ends with word that five more Germans were executed at Magdeburg.
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Frankfurt
Nea
West Berlin
Germany
Magdeburg
Vania
Free World
Lucky Youths Survive Missouri River Swim Feats
Two youths Daniel Greathouse and Clifford Lamas were swept by the Missouri River current while swimming near the South Omaha bridge. Greathouse fought a whirlpool for hours before reaching shore miles downstream on the Iowa side. Both men, living in Council Bluffs, were rescued and later walked home barefoot with cuts on their legs.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri
Daniel Greathouse
Gassaway
W. Va
Clifford Lamas
Nebraska City
South Omaha
Samas
Omaha
Greathouse
Urrents
Lowa
Miners Begin Annual Vacation Amid Idle Fear
About 400 000 United Mine Workers nationwide started a ten day vacation Monday. Union sources warn many mines may stay idle beyond the period due to a market decline.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine
No Ammunition in Korea Letter Hints Battle Struggle
Private Kenneth Lease Jr. of Allentown was killed in action in Korea. His parents received a letter two days before his death stating that their unit ran out of ammunition during an assault. The letter arrived hours before a defense department telegram confirmed his death. Lease served in the infantry, 32nd Regiment, 10th Division. Rep. King plans to press for a full Army investigation.
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Allentown
Korea
Kenneth Lease, Jr
Defense Department
Rep. King
R-Pa
Department of the Army
Lease
Pilsen Faces Crackdown as Czech Unrest Surges
In Berlin informed sources report Russia moved a division of the MVD into the Pilsen area on Friday to quell anti Communist protests triggered by the currency reform clash. The Pilsen uprising centers on the famed brewing city as unrest peaks.
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Berlin
Russia
Czechoslovakia
MVD
Pilsen
Restorm
McCarthy Seeks Truman Testimony Over Canadian Spy List
Senator McCarthy said he will ask a Senate subcommittee to invite former President Truman to testify if the former president did not give the justice department names of Americans allegedly involved in a wartime Canadian espionage ring. He plans to write to Attorney General Brownell to confirm whether Truman turned over the list.
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Justice Department
Truman
McCarthy
Reed
Gor Gourenko
Emba
Ottawa
Residents Claim Street Oiling Spots Houses In Cedar Rapids
Six citizens told the city council that recent street oiling sprayed dark spots onto their house siding, spoiling fresh paint on the north side of Twenty first avenue SW from Sixth to th streets. Public Improvements Commissioner Stolba and City Attorney Garberson agreed to inspect, but warned wind and wind driven spray make remediation difficult. The plan suggested was to repaint after the oil dries. residents remained dissatisfied and asked for action.
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Cedar Rapids
Twenty-first Avenue
W. W. Stolba
C. W. Garberson
Stolba
Reed Blocks Extension Bill Fight Clears Path For Floor Vote
Washington AP reports the Eisenhower administration wins a bid to bring the excess profits tax extension to the House floor. GOP leaders secure assurances from Ways and Means to move the bill despite Rep Reed’s opposition. Reed urges a direct vote, gains a standing ovation, but party leaders push toward forcing committee action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
R-N. Y
Halleck
Ind
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
Jency
Simpson
Martin
Curtis
McLeod Named State Department Cleanup Head
Peter Edson profiles R. W. Scott McLeod a 39 year old Iowa native and former Cedar Rapids reporter chosen to lead the State Department loyalty and security cleanup. The article notes his appointment March 3, undersecretary Lourie’s supervision, with Hoover and the White House backing, and mentions ties to Bridges, Nixon, and McCarran.
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Peter Edson
Yy Asearon
NEA
State Department
R. W. Scott McLeod
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
FBI
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
McLeod
Scotty McLeod
Bureau
Washington
Florida
State
Rescuers Recover 20 Beira Harbor Fire Victims
Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 20 African workers in Beira after gasoline aboard the Belgian steamer Steenstraete ignited and suffocated the men in the harbor. The incident occurred as the ship burned on the water near Mozambique's port.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Steenstraete
Beira
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Lou Breuer
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