Loyalists Fight Back In Bolivia Amid Capital Siege
Reports from La Paz say loyal government troops march north to join the Bolivar artillery and Lanza infantry in resisting rebels who seized central La Paz and several interior towns. Seven killed and 70 wounded as fighting rages on the outskirts. The MNR claims arrests of ministers while a clandestine radio calls citizens to arms.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Viacha
Bolivar
Lanza
Buenos Aires
Victor Paz Estenssoro
National Revolutionary Movement
Ballivian
MNR
Mont
Radio Humani
Miraflores
Villatoria
Antonio Seleme
National Police
McCarthy Showdown In Senate
Senate elections subcommittee pursued a discharge motion to seek a Senate vote on its McCarthy inquiry. Chairman Carl Hayden planned a confidence vote to affirm the probe amid Benton charges McCarthy is unfit to serve. McCarthy signaled support for the subcommittee while urging Republicans to back him.
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McCarthy
Subcommittee
Senate
Sen
William Benton
D-Conn
Western Electric strike disrupts telephone service in Carolinas
Picket lines at Greensboro Charleston Raleigh and Charlotte as Western Electric workers join CIO action. Western Union reports widespread office reopenings with limited staff while Bell officials restore service amid mass union meetings. Emergency calls only in Charleston and erratic long distance in Greensboro.
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Associated Press
Western Electric
Carolinas
Greensboro
Charleston
Harvey G. Booth
Charlotte
North Carolina
Southern Bell
GWA
Winstonlem
Burlington
U. S. Air Force
Bell
Leston
Uoderseem
Canes Company
Gyre
Raleigh
Wilmington
Western Union
Columbia
South Carolina
Aiken
Anderson
Beaufort
Bishopville
Cheraw
Georgetown
Marion
Mullins
Myrtleach
Orangeburg
Walterboro
Ft. Jackson
Florence
Greenville
Spartanburg
Asheville
Durham
Forces Apparently Have Kansas Sewed Up
Topeka Kansas May selection opens with Eisenhower forces in control. Taft backers seek three of 22 Kansas delegates at the July national convention while ten of twelve district delegates favor Eisenhower and two Taft. State at large delegates likely pro Eisenhower. unity urged by Gov Arn.
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Topeka
Kans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eace
GOP
Taft
Rod Bently
Gove
Bently
William Horton Jr
Atwood
Horton
Edward F. Arn
Western Electric Strike Strikes Bell System Nationwide
Striking Western Electric workers halt service at 1,500 Bell exchanges with 300,000 CIO CWA members ordered not to cross picket lines. Long distance and operator dependent services face delays as talks continue and federal mediators meet.
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Barbara Bundschu
Ted Press
Mage i
New York
Western Electric Co
Bell System
District of Columbia
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Sun
Communications Workers of America Cio
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Fair
Long Lines
Buffal
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
St. Louis
Boston
Hello
Western Electric
Ernest Weaver
District 10
2680 Red Casualties Are Listed in Korea
Allied forces report 1,388 killed 1,244 wounded and 48 captured among ground actions in the first week of a lull in North Korea. Air force fighters resumed attacks. heavy fighting occurred in Punchbowl Valley with 100 NK troops at an outpost. UN troopers ambushed a North Korean unit in Mundung Valley. warships shelled front lines and the eastern coastal railroad.
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Seoul
Korea
3Th AI
North Korea
Punchbowl
United Nations
Cnemen
Mundung
Senate backs transfer of Fort Bragg area to North Carolina
Washington Senate approves bill returning part of Fort Bragg military reservation to North Carolina jurisdiction used by Highway 87. The measure, already passed by the House, moves to the President for signature.
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Washington
Senate
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Missouri River Crest Threatens Pierre and Sioux City Flood
The 25 foot Missouri River crest advanced toward Pierre S D bursting dikes and flooding 34 blocks as 1,600 residents became homeless. Sioux City faces a five foot flood risk with guards deployed and dikes strained. Across the region Minnesota and Nebraska face widespread floods with up to 3,000 homeless and numerous farm losses.
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South Dakota
Pierre
S.D
Missouri River
Missouri Valley
Fort Pierre
Iowa
Nebraska
Iowa National Guardsmen
Sioux City
Ralph Henderson
Truman says he will not accept a draft for renomination
President Truman declared at a news conference that he will not accept a draft for renomination and declined to discuss Republican politics. He avoided comment on Gen Eisenhower’s NATO resignation, said he might campaign for the Democratic nominee, and affirmed support for the eventual Democratic candidate.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Truman
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Reds Reject Renewed UN Demands in Korea Talks
In Panmunjom, communist armistice negotiators rejected renewed UN demands to withdraw Russia as a neutral truce observer and to ban air field construction. The stalemate may move to staff officers for another try, with UN delegates expressing willingness to continue. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison made a brief remark, saying I agree during a recess.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Russia
Reds
United Nations
William K. Harrison
U.N
Harrison
Commissioners weigh study on Prison Director plan
The State Study Commission and the Prisons Advisory Council said they will hold one or more meetings before making concrete recommendations on Walter Andersons reorganization plan. Chairman Wilbur Clark noted broad agreement on several points and the panel will seek supporting evidence from Anderson.
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Oe Hgre Lye Ones
Watehway Commission
Prisons Advisory Council
Walter Anderson
Wilbur Clark
Anderson
Oalya
Val entine swears in Winston Salem man as Highway Commissioner
Associate Supreme Court Justice Stimous Valentine administers the oath to Paul Taylor of Winston Salem to become a Highway Commissioner in Gov. Kerr Scott's office. Taylor replaces Mark Goforth of Lenoir who resigns to run for the seat of retiring Rep. Robert L. Doughton. Goforth attends the ceremony. Delegates begin registration for the 18th annual Southeastern section meeting of the American Physical Society at North Carolina State College. Dr. Clifford K. Beck will address the delegates. Arkansas Gov. Sid McMath to speak before the Executives Club and will join Gov. Scott for a fishing trip at Oregon Inlet.ie
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Stimous Valentine
Paul T. Taylor
Winston- Salem
Toaylor
Kerr Scott
Mark Goforth
Lenoir
Robert L. Doughton
Goforth
Society
American Physical
North Carolina State College
Clifford K. Beck
State College
Arkansas
Sid McMath
Executives Club
Little Rock
MecMath
Scott
Oregon Inlet
Plummer Withdraws From Presidential Race
Asheboro resident Fred O. Plum mer, a Southern Railway employee, has withdrawn as a candidate for president. He had entered the race last July on the platform Dumb as an Ox Plummer. He cited President Truman’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner remark as his reason to exit.
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Asheboro
Fred O. Plummer
Southern Railway
United States
Truman
Textile Machinery Workers Get Pension
A retroactive pension plan to May 1, 1951, was approved for Saco-Lowell textile machinery workers. The plan covers union and hourly employees at the Saco-Lowell shops in Biddeford, the Edwards plant in Saco, the Charlotte plant, and the Pawtucket Spinning Ring Co. details are pending.
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Biddeford
Saco-Lowell
Textile Machinery Manufacturing
Company
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Edwards
Saco
Charlotte
N. C
Pawtucket
Pawtucket Spinning Ring Co., A Saco-Lowell
Weather: Tonight Lows and Tomorrows Highs
Weather forecast notes a low around 46 degrees tonight and a high near 60 degrees tomorrow. Today’s daytime high reached 72 with a last night low of 38.
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Linda
Malden
Mass
Monma
James King
Denton
Respect
Parentee Bell Te & Telegraph Co
CIO Communications
Western Union Telegraph Co
John Gall
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Tramars
Gall
Walter Bastian
White House
Didates
Ann
American ‘Telephone and Telegraph Co
I System
Joseph A. Birne
CWA
New England
Montana
New Jersey
Ohio
Midwan
California
Bell Laboratories
New York City
At&t
Michigan
CIO United Steelworkers
Defense
John R. Steelman
Walter M. Bastian
Alexander Holtzoff
Nathan P. F‘er
Wage Stabilization Board
Steelman
Clarence Randall
Inland Steel Corp
Congressional Republicans
Senate Gop
Senate Judiciary Committee
Philip Murray
Charles Sawyer
Missouri
Big Muddy
Neb
Midwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Mississippi
Red River
Lac Qui Parle
Val Peterson
Don Shingler
Missouri River Division
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Madison
Buncombe
Haywood
Yancey
Ashe
Watauga
Ellinwood
City Health Department
Wee Ellinwood
Taylor
McMath
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
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