POW confessions on germ warfare claim sparks U S denial
Air Force says Capt Harold Fischer Jr and three other pilots admitted crossing the Yalu River under pressure and that Fischer signed a germ warfare confession. Defense officials deny orders to cross the Yalu. some pilots may have done so at height. Reporter Fletcher Knebel filed Washington dispatch.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold Fischer
Korea
Red China
Minneapolis Star
Yalu River
Yalu
Defense Department
Fischer
United States
Americans in Siberian camps tied to postwar arrests
Austrian returnees report several Americans held in Soviet camps in Siberia for eight to ten years. One 1st Lt. Jerry Ford of Oklahoma, a former counterintelligence officer, was said healthy since 1950. A Brooklyn native, Mike Feingers, jailed in 1947 and moved to Alexandrovsk camp, faced 25 years for espionage. A third man named Wallis reportedly worked for the Bucharest legation before capture.
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Vienna
Siberia
Freedom
Austria
Jerry Ford
Oklahoma
Counter Intelligence Corps
Brooklyn
Mike Feingers
Fingearsh
Czechoslovakia
Baden
Alexandrovsk
Irkutsk
Murray
Mike) Feingers
New York
Prague
Walis
Wallis
Bucharest
Strong Earthquake Recorded In Weston
Weston officers report a strong earthquake detected at 6 18 25 CST by the Boston College seismograph station. The quake, about 4 765 miles northwest of Boston, likely originated on the ocean floor off the Aleutian Islands or Kamchatka peninsula, with no tidal wave confirmed.
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Weston
Mass
Aleutian Islands
Boston College
Boston
Aleutians
Kamchatka Peninsula
Storms Strike Panhandle and South Plains Causing Destruction
Severe weather battered a 15000 square mile area from the Panhandle to the South Plains with 70 mph winds, heavy hail, and torrential rain. Three children drowned in a storm cellar near Quanah, while Elba residents fled high water. Roads and rail lines were flooded and crops were ruined across north Texas.
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Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
US Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
Gulf Coast
Mineral Wells
Austin
Elba
Quanah
Pleasant Valley
Amarillo
Paul Gaither
Red Cross
Denver
Lubbock
Air Force
Fort Carson
Colo
Amarillo Air Force Base
Canyon
Flba
Wichita Falls
Ira Keeney
Keeney
Page Two
Hoover Commission Calls Congress To Tighten Spending
The Hoover Commission urged Congress to restore control over federal outlays by ending lump sum long term appropriations. It proposes an annual accrued expenditure budget with full accounting of resources and liabilities and cost based agency budgets. A task force says reforms could save about 4 billion annually.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commission
Congress
Executive Branch
Special Commission
Peron Faces Power Shift Tied to War Minister Lucero
Diplomatic sources say President Juan D. Peron may lose authority to Gen. Franklin Lucero in a campaign to restore order in Argentina. Lucero, 57, heads armed forces and security, and could push Peron aside to win support from all branches.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan D. Peron
Franklin Lucero
Argentina
Lucero
Peron
Curran
Steel Industry, Union Resume Negotiations
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers and US Steel Corp resumed talks after an 11 day recess as the Big Steel group seeks a substantial wage increase for about 600000 workers. John A Stevens led counterproposals while USW chief David J McDonald planned wage policy committee review this week.
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Pittsburgh
US Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
John A. Stevens
USW
Big Six
David J. McDonald
Fund Started For Keeney Children Buried In Childress
Funeral services for Doris Aleene 5 Thomas Truman 4 and Alma Dean 3 Keeney drowned when their storm cellar flooded will be held Tuesday at Kirkland Baptist Church with Rev. J W Jones and Rev W E Norman officiating. Interment in Childress cemetery. A fund is being raised in Hardeman county with calls to donate to WE 7 3236 or 7 3777.
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Ira Keeney
Elba
Kirkland Baptist Church
J. W. Jones
W. E. Norman
Childress Cemetery
Knowles Funeral Home
Quanah
Doris Aleene
Thomas Truman
Alma Dean
Keeney
Earl Hackler
Hardeman County
Gene Frisbie
ASC
Keeneys
Frisbie
Former POWs Expected In Hong Kong Soon
The US consulate reserved rooms in a low profile hotel in Hong Kong for three American ex soldiers who defected to communism after the Korean War. Officials awaited their arrival from Canton while fearing potential violence as they depart Red China and return to the United States.
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Hong Kong
S. M. Backe
Canton
Red China
Pfe
Otho Bell
Olympia
Wash
Cpl
Lewie W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William A. Cowart
Dalton
United States
China
Panmunjom
Backe
City Cleans Up After Destructive Storm Hits Childress
Childress residents repair storm damage from Sunday early morning wind and rain. The storm killed three children near Quanah while Lake Baylor and Lake Childress rose to record highs ensuring water supply for years. Roofs and trees were damaged including the Mitchell and Jackson homes and Fair Park Stadium concession stand. farm damage reported.
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Childress
Quanah
Baylor Lake
Fair Park Stadium
Avenue
Storm Damage Report From Olympus Area and County
Carters and Frank Ehrles reported barns destroyed. Mrs Mote lost four windows. W D Gartrell reported the windmill and one outbuilding lost. Olympus area roof damage to the school and several bridges and culverts washed out. Calvin Mitchell windmill blown over and fences washed or blown down. Rainfall 4.5 inches in that region. county area near River Camp over 8 inches. City rainfall 1.25 inches and 1.88 at Air Field CAA station. Lightning struck Mrs Joe Rhea’s house, damaging a room. Firemen answered at 4 15 am. Fort Worth and Weaver trains delayed by Sunday and Monday morning. Continued on page four.
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Carters
Frank Ehrles
Mote
W. D. Gartrell
Olympus
Calvin Mitchell
Rivercamp
Air Field Caa
Joe Rhea
Fort Worth
Weaver
Chil
Eisenhower Urges Global Peace and Nuclear Shift
President Eisenhower urged East and West to renounce fear and dismantle weapons at a 10th anniversary UN meeting in San Francisco. He called for a new decade peace, with atom energy serving mankind, and stressed justice and mutual respect as munitions of peace. Molotov attended without direct reference to Soviet policy.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
United Nations
Great Britain
France
Russia
Switzerland
San Francisco Opera House
V. M. Molotov
United States
Armaents
Diplomats Hope to Ease Cold War at UN Birthday Meeting
Western Big Three foreign ministers plus Molotov voiced hope for concrete progress in easing tensions during the UNs tenth anniversary observance. Informal sessions with MacMillan Pinay and Dulles aimed to lay groundwork for a Geneva summit next month as Eisenhower spoke.
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San Frangsco
United Nations
V. M. Molotove
Eisenhower
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Moltoy
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
U. S
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Geneva
Molotov
MacMillan
Pinay
John Foster Dulles
Butler Ends Texas Tour With Garner Meeting
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler wrapped up a Texas tour with a visit to John Nance Garner in Uvalde. Butler then planned flights to Houston and Washington, while discussions with Hilda Weinert and Jesse Jones framed a concluding stretch in Seguin and San Antonio.
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Butler
Garner
Uvalde
Seguin
Houston
Jesse Jones
Washington
Texas
Dallas
Indiana
San Antonio
Maury Maverick Jr
Viet Namese Open Second Offense
Saigon forces launched a second offensive against insurgents in Cochin China. Commandoes struck at dawn as the campaign seeks to purge free Viet Nam of Ba Cut loyalists. The first phase produced hundreds of wounded rebels, while 20 infantry battalions and armored troops returned to base after a week-long drive.
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Saigon
Indo - China
Cochin - China
Viet Nam
Ba Cut
National Guardsmen Open Summer Camp at Fort Hood
Thousands of Texas National Guardsmen from 55 home stations of the 49th Armored Division began two weeks of active duty at North Fort Hood. They moved into the sprawling training site Sunday amid a rainstorm as the two week period started.
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Fort Hood
Texas National
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Coral Gables
Fla
Hoover Group
Herbert Hoover
Steel Industry
Keeney Tots
Howard Mitchell
Avenue M
E. H. Jackson
Avenue S
A. V. Motes
Clarence
Mitchell
Jackson
National Guardsmen
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