Trieste Crisis Dominates Talks As Ministers Reopen Drive
Paris conference effort renews as Foreign Ministers weigh fixing dates for a 21 nation European meeting. Bidault proposes internationalizing Trieste under UN guidance for a decade with mixed Italian Yugoslav and allied control. In Trieste, American troops repelled a mob. riots and labor protests escalated with several wounded.
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Paris
Effortoreign Ministers Council
Ary
James F. R
Bidault
Council
Este
Trieste
Driatic
Italy
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Alcide de Gasperi
Jewish Underground Threatens Revenge After Palestine Disturbance
In Jerusalem authorities held about 2,000 people after a weekend security sweep in which four were killed and many injured. Prime Minister Attlee announced Britain will seek a Palestine settlement per the Anglo American commission plan and defended action as necessary to restore law and order.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
British Real
London
Attlee
Commons
Britain
Anglo-American Commission
Holy Land
Laborite S
Silverman
United States
Thecret Radio
Jewish Resistance Movement
Voice of Israel
Tel Aviv
Irgunee Leumi
Atomic Cloud Odor Report From Bikini Atoll Flight
ROI ISLAND July 1 The atomic cloud over Bikini Atoll carried a peculiar odor like overheated steel Lt George Bright Vineland N J drone control pilot reported first to note the smell as his guide plane neared within six miles of the mushroom cloud Commander John W Hudson led the gri La drone unit two pilots said their drone entered the cloud at 15000 feet ten minutes after the bomb was dropped the drone appeared Snow White from ice on its surface which melted before landing the navy says the ejected pilot likely iced up at 28000 feet during ascent
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Roi Island
Bikini Atoll
George Bright
Vineland
N. J
Bright
John W. Hidson
David E. James
Madison
Wis
Navy
Davidson
Atic
Weather forecast for Carolina turns partly cloudy
The forecast predicts a partly cloudy day with a slight temperature change today and tonight through Tuesday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected mainly on Tuesday July 3, 1948 with possible activity in the afternoon and evening.
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Carolina
Cost of Living Rises in Some Areas as OPA Ends
Amid OPA removal, milk prices rise two cents a quart in Connecticut and parts of Massachusetts while other foods show little change. Markets react with gains in steel, motors, copper, rubber, and cotton futures. Major cities hold line until Congress restores price controls, retailers announce selective reductions.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
New Orleans
New York City
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Newark
Boston
Congress
Milwaukee
Sam Byrd Receives Guggenheim Fellowship Award
Sam Byrd of Mount Olive North Carolina actor novelist and producer received a post-service Guggenheim fellowship announced by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Byrd known for the role of Dude Lester in Tobacco Road in 1151 performances was among 157 recipients to aid writing a novel.
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New York
Sam Byrd
Mount Olive
N. C
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Byrd
Dude Lester
Tobacco Road
New Yorker Sees Atomic Blast From USS Appalachian
Seaman Kenneth Thorn of the Bronx reports witnessing the first atomic flash from the USS Appalachian off Bikini Atoll with bare eyes against warnings to wear goggles. He recalls a red ball that turned white for others, then a brilliant red to red yellow display before his color vision returned to normal.
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Appalachian
Bikini
Kenneth Thorn
Thorn
Bronx
New York
Senate Faces Dim Outlook as OPA Stalls in Congress
Washington July 1 The administration seeks quick House action to revive OPA while Senate prospects are dim Senator O Daniel D Texas blocks a move to restore the price control agency and House leaders predict a 20 day extension only if the Senate agrees Democrat Barkley Ky and Speaker Rayburn see no early Senate action OPA head Porter vows to restore June 30 ceilings amid rent increases Secretary Schwellenbach urges restraint as AFL head Green says the bridge to postwar production has been burned
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House
Senate
O'Daniel
D-Tex
Wagner
D-Ny
Barkley
Dky
Rayburn
Truman
OPA
Wherry
R-Neb
United States
Schwellenbach
AFL
William Green
Congress
Congressional
Three Catawba Banks Operate As Single Unit
Three Catawba county banks consolidate under one agreement and begin operating as the First National Bank of Catawba. The banks involved are First National Bank of Hickory Citizens Bank of Newton and Shuford National Bank of Conover.
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Hickory
Catawba County
First Natoinal Bank ofCtawba
First National Bank of
Citizens Bank of Newton
Shuford National Bank of
Taunton Mayor Found Father in Paternity Case
Taunton Mayor Merrill D. Aldrich was adjudged the father of a two year old girl and ordered to pay 125 dollars monthly for support. Judge John E. Welch placed him on six years probation after defense counsel entered a guilty plea with a doctor's certificate noting Aldrich was ill at his summer home. Miss Kelliher attended the hearing.
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Taunton
Mass
Merrill D. Aldrich
Eileen L. Kelliher
Aldrich
John E. Welch
W. Jean Deponte
Deponte
Lincolnton Man Faces Hearing in Fatal Shooting
Harry A. Roberts, 42, Lincolnton machine shop operator, charged with the fatal shooting of ae Huss, 23, a World War II veteran from Booger City, received a preliminary hearing in recorders court. Roberts’ three sons aged 15, 19, and 20 were held as accessories as witnesses report a fusillade of shots from his shop on June 16, injuring two others.
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Lincolnton
Harry A. Roberts
Ae Huss
Recorder’s Court
Roberts
Clarence
Vance
James
Huss
Who killed the OPA The President or the Congress
James Marlow reports from Washington on the death of the OPA and the debate over who bears responsibility. With OPA's end, analysts warn of sweeping economic and political consequences that could influence the 1948 presidential election and future policy.
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OPA
President
Congress
James Marlow Washington
Cock Rbin
Wealthy New York businessman kidnapped and escapes in Philadelphia
Michael Reiter a 47 year old dress manufacturer from Forest Hills Long Island was abducted in Manhattan and forced into his car by two men. After a five hour ride the car stopped at a Philadelphia filling station where Reiter seized a revolver, fired three times but it jammed, and escaped as the abductors fled with bags of jewelry and clothing from his apartment. He later described the attackers as husky men weighing 180 200 pounds and said they took his watch diamond ring and $200 as they drove through the Holland Tunnel toward Philadelphia and stopped for gas north of the city.
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Philadelphia
Michael Reiter
New York
Forest Hill
Long Island
Reiter
William Bailey
Mahopac
N. Y
New York City
86Th
Madison
Manhattan
Holland Tunnel
Broadway
Clothing Prices Slashed and Rent Reduced Across Town
MILWOAKER July 1 Removal of OPA ceilings welcomed by store owner L Gordon who cuts prices five percent and vows no loss of profit. MIAMI Fla July 1 electrician P H Beebe says he will reduce rent from 60 to 50 dollars a month, urging tenants and merchants to cooperate to keep prices down after OPA.
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Milwoaker
L. Gordon
Miami
Fla
P. H. Beebe
Beebe
OPA
Wedemeyer to Assume U.S. China Command Soon
Reliable sources report Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer will return from the United States to assume command of the United States forces in China USFC. The move places Wedemeyer in charge of Allied forces in the region amid ongoing operations.
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Nanking
A. C. Wedemeyer
United States
United States Forces In
China
USFC
Eight Others Damaged During Test Aboard USS Appalachian
Vice Admiral Blandy reported that three of the 72 targets were sunk and eight others badly damaged in the fourth atomic bomb test off Bikini. Ships of the task force moved into Bikini lagoon for a cursory damage survey as many vessels were burning and the damage could rise by daybreak.
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Appalachian
Bikini
Adm
W. P. B. Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Mushroom cloud sighting near Bikini explosion region
Twenty minutes after the atomic blast a mushroom cloud appeared on the horizon toward Bikini, followed by a second cloud ten minutes later. Meteorologists said the cloud would be visible here if it reached about sixty thousand feet in altitude.
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Kwajalein
Bikini
Test of atomic bomb wrecks ships. several vessels sunk
The blast damaged ships in the lagoon and sank two capital ships while a flag ship crewed by scientists assessed its efficiency. The Carlisle and Gilliam were sunk, Lamson and ia capsized, and others listed or damaged. Admiral Blandy avoided conclusions, citing facts for the boards.
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Blandy
Evaluation Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Evaluation Commission
Nashasaki
Carlisle
Gilliam
Person
Saka
Waterlin
Dence
Skate
Pensacola
Boston witness details alleged assaults by Lt. Farrell
An 18 year old girl testifies in Suffolk Superior Court about ten assaults by Lt. Thomas Farrell a 24 year old airman in a hotel room. She describes bleeding branding slashing and ointment application and says there were natural acts during the night.
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Boston
Helen Stavrou
Thomas Farrell
Comet
Suffolk
Oreder
Farrell
Pacific
Herbert F. Kan
Miss Stavrou
Callahan
Bellboy
Stavrou
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