Senators Demand Probe of Achesons Apology
Senate Republicans demand a transcript of Secretary Achesons reported off the record apology to British MPs for not informing Britain about plans to bomb North Korean power plants. Rep. Rivers and Rep. Smith join to press for a probe as State Department prepares to release the text.
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Acheson
U. S
Britain
Yalu River
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Bridges
N. H
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Smith
Rivers
D-S.c
Great Britain
Korea
State Department
London
North Korea
Mancherian
Body Identified As Track Worker Davie Lickey
A Wheeling man identified as Davie Lickey, 25, a Martinsburg Ohio County track worker, was found in the Ohio River after two weeks afloat. The coroner said he had been in a fight before entering the water. he last was seen May 25 with two jockeys near a Wheeling hotel.
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Ohio River
Davie Lickey
Martinsburg
Ohio
Warren W. Pugh
Belmont County
John A. Brown
Brown
Dilles Bottom
Moundsville
Sheriff Pugh
James Mitchell
Lickey Mitchel
Lickey
E. H. Tuckwiller
Waterford Park
Chester
Charles Town
Wheeling Downs
Mitchell
Pugh
Wirs. E. D. Lickey
Fartinsburg
Potter St
Five Die In Boxcar Crash Near Cherry Point
An RTQ carrying boxcar crashed and burned two miles from Cherry Point killing all five crew members. The crash occurred during a routine training flight and the cause remains undetermined while names of the dead are withheld pending next of kin justification.
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Cherry Point
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Witcher Baptists Move to New Church Tomorrow
Witcher Baptist Church completes a 63 year old edifice across the road and will hold its first service tomorrow at 2 p.m. led by Pastor Thomas D. Toler. The Gothic block building features 13 Sunday School rooms, a kitchen, rest rooms, nursery, and modern audio systems. The church seats about 230 and aims to be debt free at dedication in September.
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Witcher Baptist Church
Thomas D. Toler
U. S
Toler
Truman Fires U S Marshal Over Probe Ties to Car Dealer Case
President Truman dismissed Robert Grant, U S marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, amid irregularities linked to financier Hubert L. Knetzer. Grant aided fundraising trips for creditors during a bankruptcy case while Knetzer faced contempt of court and a nationwide manhunt after escaping jail.
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U.S
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Knetzer
Grant
Doyle
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pekin
Washington
Robert Grant
Illinois
McSranery
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Springfield
U. S. Dist. Atty
Howard J. Doyle
McGuanery
Hubert L. Knetzer
Edwardsville
Labor Department Reports 27 Arrests and Fines
The State Labor Department announced 27 arrests on seven charges described as an unusually busy week. Fines ranged from 20 to 50 dollars in justice of the peace courts. The rundown lists three Charleston concessionaires with six child labor violations, a Charleston oil company supervisor with nine charges for breaking seals and short measure pumps, 21 Huntington dealers for short weight and unmarked packages, a Parkersburg merchant for unmarked merchandise, and a Wheeling hotel owner for employing a 12-year-old child.
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Justice of the Peace Courts
Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Dedication Slated For New Hatchery In Petersburg
The Spring Run trout hatchery in Petersburg Grant County will be formally dedicated Wednesday July 9. Gov Patteson who backed the hatchery will attend with Conservation Commission Director Carl J Johnson to accept the plant for the commission. The facility can produce about 160000 ten inch trout annually and additions costing up to 100000 are planned. Numerous officials and prominent persons are expected at the ceremony.
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Grant County
Conservation Commission
Patteson
Carl J. Johnson
U N Planes Hit Korean Targets in Major Raid
U N aircraft pressed attacks across front lines in Korea amid subsiding ground action. American Sabre jets downed a Red MIG-15 as Thunderjets and Marine planes struck seven behind the Western Front. Australian Meteor jets hit supply buildings north of Pyongyang. Six hydroelectric plants including the Suiho on the Yalu were described as out of action. Front reports said only patrols and light probes occurred elsewhere.
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United Nations
Front Ling
Marine Corps
Pyongryang
U. N
Suiho
Yalu River
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
Germans Free Reds Reach West Germany Refugees Surge
West German Refugee Minister Hans Lukaschek said 16 000 East Zone refugees have arrived in West Germany since tightened border restrictions began. The report notes the move is in response to Communist security measures at the border.
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Berlin
INS
Hans Lukaschek
East Zone
West Germany
Ford and GM idle hundreds as plants shut for shortages
Detroit news reports Ford Motor Co will halt most assembly lines after next Monday affecting more than 27 000 hourly workers with thousands more possibly idled in days. General Motors already has over 34 000 idle in 19 plants and Ward's predicts up to 60 000 next week. Chrysler says production will continue through the week of July 7.
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Ford Assembly
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Richmond
Calif
Atlanta
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Norfolk, Va
Somerville
Chrysler
Porter Confesses Fire Set Fatal to 7 in New York
Brooklyn fire trap tenement where seven died in flames last week was traced to 7-year-old Irving Greene who confessed to setting fires for the thrill. He admitted to lighting a hallway blaze after buying matches and gathering newspapers. Owner of the building faces manslaughter charges.
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Brooklyn
U'S
Irving Greene
Jacob Grumet
Greene
Bessie Honig
Frank Weldon
Weldon
Grumet
Tyving
Totley
Boss of Superforts Signals Readiness for Manchurian Bombing
Brig. Gen. Wiley G. Ganey heads the bombing force saying the Superforts would hit Manchuria if restrictions are lifted. He recalls the first Korea strike two years ago, notes crews fly every third night, and describes long service with rebuilt B 29s from Okinawa and Fukyo bases.
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Korea
Manchuria
Wiley G. Ganey
Okinawa
Guam
Fukyo
Manchurian
Ganey
Japan
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