Marine recalls surviving Chinese attack during Korean War
Marine Pfc. Ronald Fitzgerald of Colorado Springs, aboard the hospital ship Consolation off Korea, recounts playing dead to escape a Chinese assault. He endured a burnt foot from a lighted match, grenade blasts, and a brutal crawl under fire before being rescued, expressing relief yet a wish to avoid further war.
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Richard Applegate
Korea
Marine Pic
Ronald Fitzgerald
Colorado Springs
Fitzgerald
Tito accuses Soviet Union of provoking a world war at Yugoslav congress
Marshal Tito told 2300 delegates at the Yugoslav Communist party congress in Zagreb that Russia and its satellites seek to dominate by force. He defended Yugoslav independence since breaking with the Kremlin in 1948 and urged Western cooperation to preserve peace. He warned of arms buildup aimed at enslaving nations and seizing territories. He also asserted a possible coexistence between communist and capitalist states and cited practical cooperation as beneficial.
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Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Yugoslav Communist Party
Kremlin
Cominform
Red Party
Russia
Mitchell Flays Letter Release Criticism of War Letter Release
Democratic National Chairman Stephen A Mitchell denounced the release of a letter from Gen Van Fleet as dangerous. He warned such disclosures could cause loss of thousands of lives in another war and cited Eisenhower backs in Korea as context.
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Washington
Stephen, A. Mitchell
van Fleet
Korea
Dwight Eisenhower
Sabrejets To Be Sent to British Forces
The Royal Air Force will fly American F-86 Sabrejets for the first time. The air ministry said 300 to 400 Sabres will be delivered and begin arriving next month.
Truth Unit charges Truman lies in campaign blitz
The truth squad linked to the Republican National Committee accused Truman of more than 100 lies in his campaign speeches. They claimed to have documented misstatements on foreign aid public power and other issues and charged him with smearing Eisenhower on race and religion. Several senators and representatives were named as participants in the effort and they said they logged 10 000 miles following Truman.
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Truth Squad
Harry Truman
Republican ‘National Committee
Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Manly
Carlson
Kan
Case
S. D
Ferguson
Mich
Hickenlooper
Millikin
Colo
Schoeppel
Flanders
Aiken
Thye
Minn
Scott
Hope
Judd
Bakewell
Trueman
Appendix Mixup at Liverpool Hospital
Roy Thompson and David Thompson, both 10, visited a Liverpool hospital for separate procedures. A misfiled patient record caused the wrong boy to have an appendix removed before officials corrected the error and performed the correct operation on the other boy.
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Liverpool
Roy Thompson
David Thompson
Roy
David
Sons insured on future damage in Huntsfton
Farmer Edward Walker in England buys a 15 year policy covering his sons Digby and Verden for up to 10,000 pounds against any future damage they might cause. The plan costs 10 shillings per year.
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Hunstafton
England
Edward Walker
Digby
Verden
Walker
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