Rosenbergs Stay Execution Pending Supreme Court Decision
Supreme Court recessed without ruling on the Rosenbergs. Justices debated for four hours before delaying action on a government motion to overturn Justice Douglas’s stay, keeping the electrocution in limbo and delaying the deadline by about 24 hours while federal and state courts consider wartime atomic secrets charges. Demonstrators gathered near the White House as Brownell and Hoover coordinated with President Eisenhower.
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Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Supreme Court
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Sis
William ©. Douglas
Justice Department
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New York
U. S
Capits
White House
Burien
Postron
Eisenhower
Rosenberg
Herbert Brownell Jr
Brownell
J. Edgar Hoover
Sygmad
South Korea
Rosenvergs
Capitol
Pennsylvania
Rhee Releases Reply to Ike In Seoul Tease
In Seoul the Rhee administration released a reply to President Eisenhower amid a taunting tone. The exchange centers on defense policy tensions and calls for stable diplomacy between the United States and South Korea during a period of regional brinkmanship.
Contracts Set for New Factory in Boonville
Boonville officials announced contracts for a 2600000 factory building for McGraw Electric Company to be leased to the utility, with grading to start soon. W. J. Cochran Construction won the base bid of 168476 for site preparation and facilities.
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Boonville
Boonvills
McGraw Electric Company
Boonville Industrial Corporation
Electric Company
W. J. Cochran
Record Heat Hits Missouri as Drought Bites Cities
The 1953 heat wave drives temperatures to 101 to 107 across Missouri towns including Brookfield 107 and Kansas City three points over the old mark. Water stoppages flare in Brookfield and Joplin, with residents reporting shortages and power issues amid 95 to 105 degree forecasts and expected thunderstorms later tonight. Lack of rainfall worsens conditions for farmers statewide.
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City Water Company
Brookfield
St. Josephs
Kansas City
Springfield
Joplin
Hume Duval
William’ S
Ocmasons O Ae
Weather Bureau
Blair
West Berlin crisis sparks Allied pressure on Soviet forces
West Berlin and East German unrest dominate the report as U S Britain and France condemn Soviet killings and martial law. They demand end to restrictions and restoration of free circulation in the city after a day of street fighting and mass demonstrations.
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Brandendure
East Berlin
Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
Oder
Elbe River
East
Willi Goettfling
Milliang
Soviet
Communist Party
Germany
Tal
Goettling
Magdeburg
Iberia Man Electrocuted While Working
An Iberia, Louisiana man Edward Humler 23 died when a pine branch touched a power line while he and Verner Whittle tried to recover prisoners at Arkley Hensley farm two miles northeast of Iberia. The incident occurred as tensions over the repatriation of more than 28,000 anti-Communist POWs heightened during the Korean armistice talks. U N Command pressed for clarity amid warnings from Peiping radio that the U.S. faced an acid test in handling the incident.
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Munsan
South Korea
Peiping
U. S
Siol- Iberia
Iberia
Edward Humler
Phrey
Arkley
William K. Harberia
Pnison
U.N
Iss
Nam Ui
Humphrey
Verner Whittle
Arkley Hensley
Aftell
Seoul
Missouri
L. C. Carpenter
Anti Narcotics Bill Signed By Donnelly Warfare Impact
A report cites Donnelly signing an anti narcotics bill amid police efforts to curb drug addicts. The piece mentions Whittle being knocked unconscious, warrants for seizures, and Humphrey's death from respiratory failure after a mass breakout near Inchon and Yongchon. Funeral plans are set for Mrs. Dane Humphrey at Iberia Baptist Church with burial in Billcings Cemetery.
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Whittle
Gites
Indio
Humphrey
Ion Rhee
Law
Inchon
Yongchon
Miller
L. I
Dane - Humphrey
Roy
Cecil
Harold
Iberia Baptist Church
Satur
J. Merte Bandy
Bill
Ings
Rayburn backs aid program pledges support for foreign policy test
Democratic Leader Rayburn of Texas publicly backs the five billion dollar foreign aid authorization as a major test of Republican Congress and administration. Rep. Vorys of Ohio questions confidence in the president while Rep. Smith of Wisconsin seeks a two billion dollar cut. The measure funds foreign economic and military aid for the coming year, under logistics of a tense international scene. Meanwhile actions in Korea and talks at Panmunjom influence cease fire prospects as Rhee’s orders trigger international response and UN involvement.
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Texas
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
Ber
Congress
Foreign Affairs Committee
Lawrence H. Smith
Wisconsin
Eiserhower
Truman
Car Demolished After Turning Over on Rt 63
A collision on Highway 63 north of Ashland flipped a car driven by Mrs Ira Leon Calvin of Columbia at 6 15 p m yesterday. The vehicle valued at 230 to 300 dollars sustained total damage. Mrs Calvin received minor injuries while her husband Ira, a passenger, escaped with minor injuries. Weather today in Selierson City and Central Missouri hot and humid with high around 105 and variable temperatures.
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Central Missouri Fair
Thomar Syeyes
Ira Leon Calvin
Columbia
Ashland
le Highway Patrol
Calvin
Ira
Marie Premier Bid Rejected in French Assembly Crisis
Paris Friday May 9 the French National Assembly refused to approve Andre Marie as premier prolonging a government crisis now in its sixth day. Unofficial tabulations show Marie with 275 of 11 votes needed for investiture. The veteran politician who led France briefly in 1948 had served in 38 cabinets since WWII and was the fourth candidate rejected in the past month. ST LOUIS June 18 1842 International Shoe Company half year sales to May 31 rose 9 percent from a year earlier as Edgar Rand reported a new production record of 20 934 374 pairs, up 4.5 percent.
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Paris
Jane’ Iy
French National Assembly
Andre Marie
Marie
ST. Louis
International Shoe Company
Edgar E. Rand
Rand
International
Man Who Re-Entered Prison Voluntarily May Be Freed
Austin, 59, who walked away from a Missouri penitentiary in 1978 and turned himself in May 28, hopes for parole after a Washington report found no violations on his record. Warden Ralph Eidson says he has a good chance if the parole board acts. Austin, seeking to "get right with the Lord," lived free for 34 years, married 15 years ago, and now awaits a decision while his wife stays with a sister in Quinn Missouri near Poplar Bluff.
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Ralph Eidson
Austin
Eidson
Eidsonj
George Austin
Washington
Parole Board
Kennett
Hel
Arkansas
Iown
Ann
Tive
Widespread POW Breakouts Across Korean Camp Complex
As North Korean and U N allied forces face mass escapes, more than 1 500 prisoners flee after a series of stockade breaches near Inchon and Yongchon In South Korea 481 POWs are counted free with 80 known dead and around 10 recaptured The U N War Command reports wounded inmates and a hospital escape as chaos unfolds near Pusan and Inchon with continued fighting and evasive moves by both sides.
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Republic
Syngman Rheef
U. S
Ascom City
Inchon op-Xorea
Jongchon Stockade
Pusan
Yongchon
U. N. Prisoner of ‘War Command
Pusanj
Ip ton Youth Wounded in Korean Fighting
Pvt Connie Bestgen of Ip ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Urban J Bestgen, was seriously wounded in Korean combat Sunday. Defense Department word says wounded in the right thigh and left lower leg. He serves in the Third Infantry Battalion Sith Regiment and had been on the front lines about two weeks after entering service a year ago and shipping overseas in January.
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Lune 18
Connie’ Bestgen
Urban J. Bestgen
Ipton
Defense Department
Bestgen
Sith
Baouti
Worst aviation crash kills 129 servicemen near Tokyo
Tokyo dispatch reports the world’s deadliest air disaster struck a Globemaster near Tachikawa airbase. Aboard were 129 U S servicemen returning from rest leave in Korea, including seven crew members. Salvage crews toiled in mud as bodies were recovered amid a raging fire and fuel explosions. An immediate investigation was ordered and next of kin notifications postponed.
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U. S
Korea
Wes
Tachikawa
Sian. Carter
Air Force
Tarjong
Themen
Japan
Sedalia Operators Protest Lack of Help in Switchboard Stand
Sedalia telephone operators held a mass meeting protesting insufficient help to man city switchboards. About 40 operators attended the session called by the Communication Workers of America CIO. They cited delays in service and said heat and lack of air conditioning worsened working conditions. They aimed to present their case to management.
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Sedalia
Focal
Communication Workers of America, Cio
May Jane Wiliams
U S Accuses Rhee of Violating UN Authority
Washington reports that President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles accused South Korea’s Syngman Rhee of releasing thousands of prisoners of war in violation of United Nations Command authority. As truce talks neared a signing, Park To Chin’s abrupt return to Korea prompted top level briefings to curb danger.
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Eisenhower
U. S
South Korea
Korea
North
N- Command
Washington
United States
Syngman Rhee
United Nations Command
U. N
Dulles
Bruce
Chin Park
Washi
Judge Clerks Salaries and Felony Driving Provisions
The measure sets the funds to hire magistrate court clerks and employees from 1800 to 4300 dollars yearly per county size. It allows prosecutors to charge a person with a felony for drunken driving or for leaving the scene of an accident. A 1949 law revision error once required dual offenses for punishment.
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He’ County
342 Enroll for Girls State at Warrensburg
The 12th Missouri Girls State opens Sunday at Warrensburg with a record enrollment of 342 high school juniors from across the state. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, sessions will be held on the William Woods College campus to study government and elect officers of mythical cities counties and the state. Friday they will visit Jefferson City and hold sessions in the Capitol under the director staff. Harry R. Mayo, Trenton, arrives Saturday to complete preliminary arrangements.
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Fulton
Missouri
Warrensburg
American Legion Auxiliary
William Woods College
Wex
Jefferson City
Capitol
Harry R. Mayo
Trenton
Iberia Jails Sold. Church Succeeds as Prisonhouse
Iberia's jail building was sold by the city board to the Nazarene Church. Arrangements were made to house any prisoners in the county jail at Tuscumbia, 15 miles away. The old jail stood between two churches and rarely held inmates, with disturbances from drinking nearby services. Now Iberia has seven churches.
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Iberia
Spetialy
Dldermen
Court orders ouster notice for Cape Girardeau recorder
Missouri Supreme Court set a 30 day show cause period for Arthur A. Schade Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds to explain why he should not be ousted. Attorney General John M Dalton says Schade maliciously abused authority by denying two abstract firms access to public records and providing copies to others for profit.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Arthur A. Schade
Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds
John M. Dalton
Schade
Dorothy Hers
Independent Abstract Company
Cape Girardeau Abstract and Title Company
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