National 200 Meter Record Highlights Senior Swim Meet
Evelyn Kawamoto and Marge Hulton finished in a dead heat for a national 200-meter breaststroke record of 3 10.2 seconds. Kawamoto also shares double wins with Maurine O'Brien and Pat McCormick as Hawaii leads the team standings at the Senior National meet.
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Bill Currie
Evelyn Kawamoto
Marge Hulton
Atlantic City
Miami
Katherine Rawls
Miss Kawamoto
Maurine O'Brien
Chicago
Pat McCormick
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Miss O'Brien
Miss McCormick
Miss Kawmoto
Thelma Kalama
Julia Murakami
Catherine Kleinschmidt
Miss Kalama
Uneenedheds Suns
Neencsueese
Los Angeles AC
Ambassador
Éustésinns
Ft. Lauderdale
Bafayette CO
Ceerces
Carol Pence
Lafayette Country Club
Maurine
UN delegates weigh Malik veto and Korea peace plan
UN diplomats say a Soviet veto cannot block the war effort in Korea but could paralyze the Security Council if trouble spreads. Malik returns to push a two point peace plan while North Koreans are urged to withdraw under council orders. Ambassador Chang denounces the North as Russian inspired and financed.
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Lake Success
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Council
General Assembly
Jakob A. Malik
Korea
United States
Malik
John M. Chang
Republic of Korea
Communist Group
North Korea
Northeast
Asia
Washington
Chang
Britain
U. S
Patrols Cross Naktong River In Korean Front Moves
North Korean patrols cross the Naktong as South Korean forces repel a Red battalion near Taegu. U S Eighth Army says the Reds probing the front and building strength northwest of the line. British warships bombarded Inchon with major effects as MacArthur notes Reds want a main offensive.
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Associated Press
Naktong
U. S. Eighth Army
Sun
Taegu
Eighth Army
U. S
Inchon
Far East Naval
Seoul
General MacArthur
Tokyo
South Central
Washington
Pusan
Chinju
Naktong River
Sangju
Hyopchon
Race Riot At Beach Quelled
Colonial Beach Va Aug 5 A quiet Negro swimming party at a white resort erupted into a violent anti Negro demonstration. About 500 whites attacked 15 Negroes hitting a newsman and smashing cameras. One white youth was stabbed and a Negro arrested as state troopers moved in to restore order.
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Colonial Beach
Potomac River
Eight Methodist Bishops Condemn Social Action Group
In Atlanta on August 5, eight Methodist bishops denounced the Methodist Federation for Social Action for misusing the church name. They referenced a July meeting in Xenia Ohio where the group urged repeal of the Smith Act and presidential amnesty. The bishops said the federation lacks ethical right to speak for the church and opposes its positions.
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Atlanta
Methodist Federation For
Social Action
Federation
Xenia
Ohio
New York
Tor
U. S
Korea
Arthur J. Moore
West Virginia
Florida
Council of Bishops
Senate Finance Panel Adopts Mills Plan To Speed Tax Payments
The Senate Finance Committee approved Rep. Mills plan to shorten the corporate tax payment period, boosting annual revenue by about 800 million dollars for five years with no tax increases. A 10 percent dividend withholding proposal was rejected as impractical and uncertain in impact. The panel aims to raise roughly 994 million dollars in federal revenue.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Senate
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Millikin
R-Col
Finance Committee
Top Priority Given Tanks and Radar Network
The House Armed Services Committee set top priority on two rearmament projects. The tank expediting group will push the first new type tanks since World War II off the line, while radar warning system work will be accelerated to finish the $85,500,000 project. Meetings for the two subcommittees were scheduled with Vinson and Rivers overseeing. The army has ordered a 28 ton T-41 light tank with a 90 mm rifle, while earlier models including the Patton are in use or near completion. The air force seeks full funding to rush radar sites across Alaska, coasts and interior. A half-completed plan received prior authorization and partial funding, with emergency WWII equipment still in operation for round-the-clock warning.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D.-Ga
Rep. Philbin
D.-Mass
Rep. Rivers
D.N.C
J. Lawton Collins
Army
E. Ford
Army Ordnance
Philbin
Korea
Air Force
Congress
Alaska
United States
Bridges Jailed as Dangerous to Security
In San Francisco on August 5 federal Judge George B. Harris ordered Harry Bridges jailed as dangerous to national security. Bridges, president of the CIO Longshore Union, had his $25,000 bond revoked after a perjury conviction from 1945 and a citizenship revocation. the court denied a weekend release and the appeal, with Bridges noting he would speak his mind on Korea.
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San Francisco
Harry Bri
George B. Harris
Bridges
U. S
Big Cio Longshore Union
Harris
United States
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Korea
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
America
Dedi
Army Producing Shaped-Charge 105mm Anti-Tank Shells
The Army announced 105 millimeter shaped-charge anti-tank shells are en route to Korea if not already there. Each infantry division fields three battalions with 105 mm guns and an effective range over seven miles. A shaped-charge shell was showcased at the Pentagon, with earlier misstatements about a 90 mm version corrected.
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Washington
Korea
Army Ordnance
Pentagon
U.S
Spending Will Hit 70 Million Declares Byrd
Senator Byrd predicted federal spending would reach 60 to 70 billion dollars annually due to military needs. He said taxes would fall short by about 10 billion, noting pre Korean outbreak costs near 40 billion. He cited the Senate cut of Truman’s budget to about 2 billion and a 34.237 billion one package appropriation.
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Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
Senate
Truman
House
Congress
Young Brakeman Blamed For L I Train Wreck
Huntington New York August 5 A 22 year old brakeman Robert Colgan opened a main line switch ahead of a Long Island passenger train sending it into a freight on a siding. Nearly 50 injured most with non life threatening injuries authorities say none critically injured.
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Huntington
N. Y
Long Island
Robert Colgan
Clements Dawson Lead In Kentucky Primary Nomination
In Louisville forecasts show Gov Earle Clements and former Judge Charles I. Dawson leading the Kentucky primary. With a third of precincts reporting Clements gains over three rivals while Dawson also leads in both short and long U.S. Senate term contests. Other dispatches report a fatal crash near Winston Salem and a five death car collision in Roseburg Oregon.
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Louisville
Earle Clements
Charles I. Dawson
U. S
Kentucky
Clements
Dawson
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