Ceremonies Honor Unknown Soldiers and Flyers Trials
Taps sounded over steel coffins of nearly 2000 unidentified U S soldiers in Korea as England’s Cambridge airfield dropped 4000 violets for graves. Washington laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier while families await the release of four American airmen and the fate of 11 others amid spy charge tensions. The Red Cross reports food parcels delivered in Hong Kong for imprisoned Americans.
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Kokura
Japan
U.S
Korea
England
Royal Air Force
Cambridge
Washington
PON
MLO
Aertanet
American Red Cross
Hong Kong
Stand in arin tay The Cd Oritett But Wuptheres
Fragmentary OCR text mentions wartime style phrases and unclear lines. The readable parts reference Arin and Cad events with vague names and scattered words. No clear人物, places or events emerge to identify a factual summary.
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Tay
Praised by Lodge for Efforts on Prisoner Releases
A plea expresses gratitude for U.N. action and requests swift freeing of four jet pilots and all remaining prisoners. The message credits persistent efforts since December and underscores sympathy for those affected by the detainee situation.
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Osher U Dadoad
Manskjold
Airmerce
U.N
McLeod Cancels Speech at San Francisco Conference
State Department Security Officer Scotty McLeod canceled a Tuesday appearance at the National Conference of Social Work in San Francisco. No reason given amid protests over his firing of State Department consultant Edward Corsi. Corsi was set to speak Wednesday. McLeod’s speech will be read by Frank L. Averno.
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San Francisco
Sns
State Department
Scotty McLeod
McLeod
Edward Corsi
Corsi
Frank L. Averno
Nixon Presses for Peace and Good Faith at Conference
Nixon stated the United States and allies will not block the road to peace and will enter agreements to preserve freedom, independence, and security for all. He urged Communist leaders to show genuine willingness to reduce world tensions and seek a sincere conference-table approach.
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Minvon
U.S
Willin
Sii
Wth Rnesia
U. S
Nixon
Lucky for Wife He Told Friends
Chicago dispatch reports John Verdeckis, 72, told friends his wife, 75, fell into a trunk the previous night. They found her trapped, with one arm and legs protruding, and he said he could not pull her out and went to sleep. She was hospitalized.
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Chicago
John Verdeckis
Verdeckis
Vedeckis
Memorial Day Ceremony at Plaza with river tribute
A brief ceremony marked Memorial Day as a ceremonial spray was lowered from a bridge and Marine Taps drifted downstream. Civil Air Patrol dropped a floral wreath to honor fallen airmen while a parade units moved into position for the 10 o'clock departure to Linwood Cemetery.
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Civil Air Patrol
Linwood Cemetery
Bureau To Start Fallout Forecasts
Washington AP report says the weather bureau will forecast areas affected by atomic fallout in a nuclear attack on major target cities. Val Peterson says forecasts based on wind directions will help communities plot evacuation directions for residents.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Val Peterson
Federal
Civil Defense
Mother, Four Children Die in Montana Ranch Tragedy
In Geraldine Montana a young ranch wife Alice Phillip 22 and her four children age not over five were found dead Sunday from exposure after a rainstorm. Sheriff Jack Bradley said searchers scoured rugged country for two days locating the family 15 miles from their isolated ranch.
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Geraldine
Mont
Jack Bradley
Alice Phillip
Mary Alice
Carey
Clifford
Ralph
Phillip
Tito and Khrushchev on Brioni Island for Talks
President Tito and Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin retreated with no press as they finalized a declaration of principles to guide Moscow Zagreb relations. The trio rode by train and car to the Adriatic Brioni island, greeting crowds before leaving for Ljubljana and Zagreb.
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Tito
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Adriatic
Brioni
Karlovac
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Slovenia
Choatis
Moscow
Stalin
Cominform
Soviet Hopeful Tone on USSR Yugoslavia Ties Despite Tito Gap
A Belgrade spokesman says future relations between Russia and Yugoslavia look bright though no immediate results are expected from Kremlin Tito talks. He describes long term goals and implies Moscow has not yet won Tito back, signaling patient diplomacy and future prospects.
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Belgrade
Russia
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Marshal Tito
Tito
Gettysburg Observation Tower Closed After Eisenhower Farm Spotting
An observation tower at Gettysburg battlefield was closed after visitors used binoculars to glimpse President Eisenhower’s nearby farm. Secret Service chased away a score of people, chained the entrance, and padlocked the stairway. The tower may be erased when the President visits his farm.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Holiday Memorial Day Toll Grows As Deadly Weekend Extends
Associated Press tally shows 384 deaths so far this holiday weekend across highway crashes 87 drownings 38 other accidents. Traffic death forecast for 360 could push total above 1954 record though 571 remains the record four days.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
One Falls In Then There Are Seven
Hampton Court, England. Neil Dronfield, 8, fell from a jo bridge into the Thames. Frank Willingale dived to save the child and floundered. Mrs Willingale entered to save her husband as panic spread. Four Willingale children, ages 7 to 2, followed. A calm stranger pulled all seven from the water and departed without giving his name.
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Hampton Court
England
Neil Dronfield
Cedar Rapids Stores to Close Early This Summer
Cedar Rapids retail stores will close at 5 p.m. starting Tuesday and continue until September 3. The changes follow a recommendation by the Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. most stores will still open at 9:30 a.m., though some may shift opening times by 30 minutes.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Four American airmen deported by Chinese Communists
Hong Kong based report says four American airmen held since the Korean war have been deported after a May 24 military tribunal. Capt Harold E. Fischer and Lt Col Edwin L. Heller are among them, with Lt Lyle W. Cameron and Lt Roland W. Parks named. Release noted as a step toward easing tension. Menon hinted more releases may follow.
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U.S
Peiping Radio
Ane
Top
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Bottom
Roland Parks
Omaha
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Reds
Red China
Hammarskjold
H. J. Yapp
Hong Kong
INS
Harold E. Fischer
Swea
City
Edwin L. Heller
Lyle W. Cameron
Roland W. Parks
Peiping
Menon
Communist New China News Agency
Supreme People’s ‘Court
China
Supreme People’s Court of China
People’s Republic of China
Red Cross
Nelson Riley
Harry Lambly
Richard Tomlin
Fischer Group
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