Americans Returned from Red captivity in Korea exchange
In Panmunjom and Kaesong a Thursday release brought 150 Americans home from 250 South Koreans and Americans in a Red grouping. Reports say 45 more Americans, sentenced months ago, await freedom with others in Kaesong as the armistice moves toward completion.
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Panmunjom
North Korea
Red Grouping
Kaesong
Reds
Charles G. Guidetti
Philadelphia
Eugene R. Rely
New York City
Guy T. Vadala
Stoneham
Mass
Fence To Keep Girls Out of Camp
In Prestwick Scotland a 10 foot barbed wire fence surrounds a U S Air Force camp to bar entry by girls. Airmen have been courtmartialed for smuggling girls into quarters while others say girls slipped in at night. The fence followed an anti girl night patrol failure.
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Berlin
West
Halle
Erna Dorn
West Berlin
East Berlin
Prestwick
Scotland
Soldier kills Ohio State Official
An AWOL soldier admitted shooting and killing Joseph W. Harding, the assistant director of the Ohio Industrial Relations Department, after Harding gave him a ride. Harold St. John, 25, of Dorchester, Mass., was captured near Zanesville after a struggle in the car. Harding was leaving a farewell party for retiring chief Albert A. Woldman.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Ohio Industrial Relations Department
State Highway Patrol
Harold St. John
Dorchester
Mass
Highway Patrol
C. E. Wells
U. S. 40
Here
Wells
John
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Joseph W. Harding
Harding
Albert A. Woldman
Frank J. Lausche
Woldman
Cuyahoga County
St. John
Columbus
Woman Shot Self After Reading Medical Book at Library
In Miami Florida a 47 year old library employee, Marguerite F. Vance, died of a self inflicted gunshot to the heart after consulting a medical book to locate the organ. Homicide Detective Neal Coston identified the death as self inflicted. A blue crayon sketch of the heart was found near the body copied from the medical volume.
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Miami, Fla
Miami Public Library
Neal Coston
Marguerite F. Vance
Coston
Talks Resume In AT&T CWA Long Lines Dispute
Talks between AT&T and the CIO Communications Workers of America resume as union says some progress without details. The long lines unit covers 22,000 AT&T workers in 40 states, including New York locals. a nationwide walkout is possible if negotiations stall.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Long Lines
At&t
Maryland
Indiana
Southwest
Boston
Philadelphia
Providence
Springfield
Mass
Union
Jake Adams
Long Lines Division
Chicago
Adams
Carl Peters
Brothers Fight Atop Sunken Car In Ohio River
In Madison Indiana two brothers James and John Barnes fought atop their sunken car after it plunged into the Ohio River. Police ordered them to shore but jurisdiction lay in Kentucky. John faced public intoxication charges and a $38 fine while James denied the charge.
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Madison
Ind
Ohio River
Walter Sauley
James
John Barnes
Sanley
Indiana
Kentucky
Drought Casts Shadow Over Tar Heel Water Supplies
RALEIGH drought tightens grip on North Carolina water systems with 12 plus communities facing reduced streams and wells. Raleigh joins Asheville Selma Cary Candor Mount Olive Windsor and Weaverville planning restrictions and new wells as officials warn the drought may persist for weeks.
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Raleigh
J. M. Jarrett
Board of Health
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Jarrett
Pittsboro
Mount Olive
Windsor
Weaverville
Franklin
Asheville
Selma
Cary
Candor
Mount Pleasant
Atomic Secrets Debate Shapes In Congress
Washington leaders clash over revealing more atomic weapons facts to the public. President Eisenhower, former AEC chief Gordon Dean, and scientists push disclosure to inform citizens about bombs and responses, while some officials and lawmakers warn disclosure could aid the enemy and urge tighter secrecy. Senator Lester Hunt calls for full candor, Rep Patterson argues against revealing secrets even to satisfy curiosity, citing FBI actions against Soviet spies.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
Eisenhower
Gordon Dean
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Lester C. Hunt
D-Wye
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
James T. Patterson
Rconn
Patterson
Treasury
OSS
FBI
Dean
AEC
Bailey Named Prisons Director At State Highway Meeting
ASHEVILLE The State Highway Commission approved William F. Bailey as state prisons director and adopted new prison operation rules. It also awarded 2,449,000 dollars in road improvement contracts. Governor Umstead joined the session urging support for the October bond issues for schools and mental hospitals.
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Asheville
State Highway Commission
William F. Bailey
City Hall
William B. Umstead
Commission
Russians Questioned Prisoners in Manchuria in 1950
Returnee POWs recall winter 1950 detentions at Antung Manchuria. James H. Shartzer J R 21 of St Louis and four others were taken days before Christmas. Officers were interrogated while enlisted men were not. Sgt Ralph E Bishop Jr of Long Beach described being slapped after refusing to map Okinawa ammo dumps.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Manchuria
James H. Shartzer J.R
St. Louis
Air Force
Antung
Ralph E. Bishop Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Bishop
Okinawa
America
Yalu
Shanghai
Rail hearing on Southern Railway service cuts in Morganton
Utilities Commissioner Edward McMahon presides over a Morganton hearing on Southern Railway’s request to cut Sunday passenger service between Salisbury and Asheville by discontinuing trains No. 11 and No. 12.
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Morganton
Edward McMahon
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Asheville
United Nations Victory for U.S. in Korea Conference vote
The 60 nation Political Committee failed to approve India for a seat at the Korean peace conference. The vote was 27 for, 21 against, 11 abstaining with India absent. The United States led a bloc against India's inclusion amid Western Allied disputes. Russia’s position remained linked to the Soviet endgame.
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India
U. N
General Assembly
Awe Owosewellow
United States
Britain
Russia
Afghanistan
Australia
Burma
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Yemen
Yugoslavia
Argentina
Belgium
France
Israel
Iceland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Phillippines
Thailand
Turkey
South Africa
U. SS
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Lodge
Soviet Union
Seon Ee
Gladwyn Jebb
U. N. Assembly
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
V. K. Krishna Nenom
New York
Sunny Skies and Heat Spread Across Much of Nation Today
Sunny skies and high temperatures were forecast across the eastern two thirds of the country, while the Midwest endured one of the season’s hottest days with readings in the 90s and above 100 in spots. Chicago and Milwaukee hit near record highs as showers appeared in parts of the Northeast and Florida.
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iBourke S. D
Southwest
Chadron
Neb
Chicago
Milwaukee
Atlantic Coast
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Florida
Dakotas
Minnesota Andebraska
Pacific Northwest
U S Hears Conferees Must Be Belligerents
The United States pushes for conference participants to be belligerents only. South Korea’s Foreign Minister Y T Pyun says Seoul won’t sit with India unless New Delhi is seated with the Communists.
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U. S
South Korea
Y. T. Pyun
India
Firestone Workers Strike Across Nation
The CIO United Rubber Workers struck Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. nationwide after failed wage talks before a midnight deadline. About 24 000 production workers joined walkouts starting Akron Pottstown Fall River Los Angeles Noblesville Newcastle Memphis Ace Town as talks continued into morning. The union seeks substantial wage gains and improved pensions plus merit adjustments for some job classifications.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone Tire & Ruover Co
Akron
Pottstown
Fall River
Mass
Firestone
Los Angeles
Noblesville
Newcastle
Ind
Memphis
Weather forecast with little change
Tonight low 62 degrees. Tomorrow high 96 degrees. Today's high 94 and last night low 60. Sunset today at 6:55 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5:48 a m. Little change in conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Abhovine
Atlanta
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Eee
Detroit
New York
Raleigh
Serene Teens
San Antoniio
San Francisco
Washington
Ilmington
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