Churchill Pushes Big Three Talk With Russia
London reports say Churchill informally urged a Big Three conference with Russia to seek world peace and that Moscow may propose a meeting among Malenkov Eisenhower and Churchill between Moscow and Washington. British sources note cautious optimism amid Berlin air talks and Austria independence discussions.
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London
Churchill
Russia
Georgi N. Malenkov
Eisenhower
Moscow
Washington
Potsdam
Britain
Jacob A. Malik
House of Commons
Malenkov
Kremlin
Ussia
New Korean Truce Offer Being Drawn
In Tokyo on May 20 insiders report Allied governments are being quietly sounded for a new Korean truce plan to be submitted to the Communists on Monday. Sources say the plan is large in scope and will require Allied concurrence. Clark's headquarters cited a five day recess to study proposals and counter proposals from Pawnsomjom, with no ground given on the prisoner demand.
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Howard Handiemar
Tokyo
INS
Mark W. Clark
Pawmonjom
Allies Break through in Korea as Sabres sweep MIG Alley
U N troops report six days of aerial dogfights with heavy losses to Communist jets. U S Sabres destroyed 36 MIGs, damaged 15 more, with Meteor jets striking at Kyomipo and Sabre bombers hitting targets along the Haeja Peninsula. Ground action yielded 170 Red casualties in a raid on the RO Korea 20th Division area.
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Seoul
Yalu River
U.S
North Korea
Kyomipo
Haeja
Kumsong
Republic of Korea
Kano Riots Kill Forty Six in Nigeria Seaport City
Troops restored order in Kano Nigeria after 46 people were killed and 204 injured in clashes between Hausas and Southern Nigerian workers. Rioting stemmed from a move for self government by 1956 and fears of southern dominance.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Kano
North
Lake Chad
Niger River
Lke
Britain
L. Akintela
Labor
Buenos Aires
U. S
Akintola
Cies
Associated Press
United Press
Argentina
Argentine Posts and Telegraphs Office
Antonio Navatta
Telecommunications
Navatta
Os| ¢Ar Nicolini
U.S
International News Service
Posts and Telegraphs Office
INS
Traffic surge shows suburban shift around Charleston
State Road Commission counts reveal a 16.3 percent outer Charleston increase and 11 percent inside city over three years, signaling suburban movement. Four-lane bridges urged for Kanawha River, while Virginia Street Bridge over Elk River is deemed unnecessary.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
Kanawha River
Kanawha City
Virginia St
Elk River
Ferry
Hranch Rd
Kanawha Turnpike
South Side Boulevard
Lf. S
South Charleston
Patrick St. Bridge
U. S. 119
State Rt
U. S
Dunbar
U.S. 2
Worth
Sissonville
Tuen
Page
Yoshida Again Named Premier in Japanese politics shift
In Tokyo on a dramatic day veteran Shigeru Yoshida becomes Japan’s prime minister for the fifth time after Right Wing Socialist defections topple the coalition. Rival Mamoru Shigemitsu loses support. Yoshida seeks backing from Progressives and Liberal parties to form a new government with U.S. cooperation as a key plank.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Diet
Yoshida
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
iThey
Theu. S
Liberal Party
U. S
Knowland urges U S exit if China joins United Nations
Sen Knowland introduces two resolutions urging withdrawal from the United Nations if Communist China is admitted. The proposals, referred to the foreign relations committee, would express Senate sentiment and urge recalling U S representatives. Knowland denounces Red China admission as a betrayal of UN moral foundations and U S war casualties.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
R-Galif
U.S
United Nations
China
Senate
For
Gigm
Republican Policy Committee
U. N
Korea
Congress
U. S
U. Knowland
Ohio Man Charged With Grand Larceny After Silver Dollars Theft
An Ohio man identified as Roger Dean Pence, 35, of Newark, was charged with grand larceny after a bank teller reported suspicious coins. Pence allegedly confessed to stealing more than 900 dollars from a Newark man and was taken into custody in the lobby following police involvement.
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Ohio
B. J. Smith
Roger Dean Pencs 35
Newark
Perce
Pence
Smith
Russians Return Two GIs to West
In Berlin the Soviet union handed over two long missing U S GIs Pvt Raymond V Michalowski of Perth Amboy New Jersey and Pvt Lieutenant Night of Los Angeles California after 175 days missing The gesture came as Moscow invites U S commander Maj Gen Thomas S Timberman to explain the release The men say they volunteered while Army officials say the route was likely cleared by the Russians
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Berlin
Russsians
U. S
East Germany
Sergei Dengin
Thomas S. Timberman
Raymond V. Michalowski
Perth Amboy
N. J
Night
Los Anngeles
Calif
Frederick Lucas
East Cambridge
Mass
Carl T. Blake
Covington
Iran Expels AP Reporter for False News
Tehran May 19 The Iranian government ordered AP correspondent Marc Purdue expelled within three days for sending abroad what it called false and provocative news against Iran’s interests. Purdue, 39, covered parliamentary proceedings amid Mossadegh opposition attacks and sought details from the U.S. embassy.
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Tehran
Iran
Marc Purdue
Associated Press
Hossein Fatemi
Purdue
Evansville
Ind
Mohammed Mossadegh
U. S
bin Purdue
Anglo Iranian Oil Company
Brita
Phil Clark
Lef
Fatemi
Bakhtar
Clarke
Representa
Eisenhower proposes six month extension of excess profits tax
President Eisenhower outlines a five point tax program during a national broadcast. He seeks a six month extension of the excess profits tax and a 10 percent personal income tax cut starting January 1. The plan keeps corporate tax at 52 percent and delays old age security tax increases. He argues the Soviet threat remains and urges readiness for worst case. Leaders expect Congress to approve, though some oppose extension.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Rigenhower
Truman
Free Nations
United States
Congressional
White House
House
Senate
Congress
Senate extends Defense Production Act two years
Senate votes 45 to 41 to extend the Defense Production Act for two years while limiting presidential power to freeze wages prices and rents. The measure restricts authority to wartime declarations or congressional approval. Amendments deny broad exemptions and keep V loans for defense stimulus. newspapers radio and TV remain exempted.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Sen
Maybanks
D-So
Daniel
D-Tex
Soldier dies in crash blamed on heavy rains
In Welch West Virginia May 19 heavy rains flooded streams rising danger. Pfc Denny Ottoway Morgan 19 on leave from Glen Rogers was found dead in Crane Trace Creek with unclear angles to the death. He had quarrelled with a girlfriend and chased by Frank Compton after a high speed crash in Coalwood.
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Coalwood
Frank Compton
Compton
Radioactive pall covers Utah town after atomic test
A powerful atomic blast rocked three states and cast a radioactive pall over St George Utah forcing residents indoors from 9 am to noon. The Atomic Energy Commission reported no hazardous radiation levels but decontamination washing was provided for some cars. Highways 91 and 93 were closed while checkpoints were set up.
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Las Vegas
St. George
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Ground
AEC
Nevada
Hollister
California
Fresno
Bishop
Stolen Washington Boy Found in New York Park
A two year old boy named Clifton Eugene Bradford, abducted with his one year old sister in Washington, was found wandering in Central Park New York wearing a Hopalong Cassidy shirt. FBI and New York police hunt for the missing sister and the mysterious Lady in Red as they pursue possible federal kidnapping charges.
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New York
INS
Central Park
Washington
FBI
Clifton Eugene Bradford
Clifton
Children’s Shelter
Leland
Master X
Soa
C. E. Bradford
Little Clifton
Peace Drive Slows Nato Support, Ridgeway Warns Senate
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Soviet peace offensive has slowed European backing of the Atlantic pact. The NATO commander, soon to become Army chief of staff, said public desire for peace caused an adverse reaction to the program and supported the administration's five point eight billion foreign aid plan.
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Ridgway
U. S
Musa
Europe
Washington
Matthew Ridgeway
Supreme Allied Command
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations
U. S. Army
Wiley
R-Wis
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Velde Faces Contempt Probe Over Communist Links
The House Un-American Activities Committee weighs contempt charges against witnesses refusing to testify about possible Communist ties. Charles E. Ford threatens to file with the American Bar Association after a Washington lawyer’s attack on Velde and the legal profession. Dr. William T. Parry of Buffalo declines to name Harvard communist associates, invoking the Fifth Amendment.
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Washington
Velde
House
Charles E. Ford
American Bar Association
University of
Parry
Ford
Harvard Red
British Ship Struck Rock Near Korea Coast
A British ship named Lady Wolmer struck a submerged rock 45 miles south of Korea and flooded her engine room. Two U.S. naval vessels, the USS Henrico and USS Whetstone, are conducting rescue operations. 18 crew members were rescued.
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INS
Navy
U. S
Lady Wolmer
Korea
Henrico
Whetstone
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