Former Columbia Student Confesses Murdering Girl
A former Columbia University student Bayard Peakes admitted killing Eileen Fahey 18 in Boston in revenge for being denied readmission. He described traveling from Dover-Foxcroft Maine to New York and then to Boston planning the crime at the Pupin Physics Building.
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Columbus
Steven R. Kidd
New York Daily News
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Physics Laboratory
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OPS Offices Eliminated At Raleigh
Richmond Virginia The Office of Price Stabilization cuts district offices in Norfolk and Raleigh and trims Region 4 staff from 717 to 276 effective August 31. W F Bailey regional director says two workers remain at each office as contact points, with Richmond offices consolidated.
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Virginia
Truce Talks Near with Indications of Major Breakthrough
Panmunjom Korea Allied truce negotiators expect the Communists to present an extremely important proposal when talks resume after a five day recess. The Red moves hint decisions in Peiping Pyonghang and possibly Moscow. Maj Gen William Dean moved to another POW camp as three camps closed and six new ones opened. The UN aims to end the stalemate over forced versus voluntary repatriation and may seek a neutral protecting power to mediate the prisoner exchange. Dean was captured in August 1950 during the 24th Infantry Division’s withdrawal.
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U.N
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North Korea
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South Korea
Convention Goers Get Some Pointers
Rock Hill South Carolina readers headed to the national Democratic convention in Chicago receive tips from Talbot Patrick publisher of The Rock Hill Herald and The Goldsboro News Argus. Advice covers gear money weather meal timing and sleep for the long event.
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S. C
Chicago
Talbot Patrick
Goldsboro
N. C
News-Argus
Crip Smith Charged With Killing Youth With Car
In Greensboro a former rackets boss, Francis Duval Smith, is held on 50 000 bond for manslaughter and leaving the scene after a 13 year old boy, George Rainey, was struck and killed by his car during a chase. Witnesses identify the car. police report 192 foot skid marks and a 98 foot drag. Smith fled the scene on foot after abandoning the vehicle at a filling station amid a prolonged pursuit.
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Greensboro
Francis Duval
Virgil Rainey
Pomona
Williamson
Smith
Money Gee
NC voters urged as tobacco referendum looms
U S Sen Clyde Hoey urged North Carolina flue cured tobacco growers to vote in the Saturday referendum on marketing quotas for 1953 55 and a 10 cent per acre assessment to support Tobacco Associates Inc The call stresses turnout for the crucial decision.
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Raleigh
U. S
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Tobacco Associates, Inc
New President Named in Southern Agriculture Group
Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Edward Jones elected president of the Southern Association of Commissioners of Agriculture at the nine-state convention closing session. L. Y. Ballentine of North Carolina stepped down. Harold Hutton of Oklahoma named vice president and Ben S. Adams of Kentucky as secretary treasurer.
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Edward Jones
Southern Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
L. Y. Ballentine
North Carolina
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Harold Hutton
Oklahoma
Ben S. Adams
Kentucky
U S Warships Strike Communists in Korea Action
U S warships bombarded Communist positions as a 45 000 ton battleship and destroyers shelled eastern battle line targets. Iowa and Kimberley hit heavy guns bunkers and coastal works while Hollister and Gurke attacked a rail bridge and junctions near Wonsan. Ground forces repelled probes and fired 8237 rounds against Allied lines.
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Korea
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U.N
Mossadegh Resigns as Iran Premier After Clash Over War Ministry
Tehran reports indicate Premier Mohammed Mossadegh quit after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi refused his bid to personally control the war ministry and grant broad powers. Supporters pledged loyalty amid security measures as Mossadegh travels to Ahmedabad.
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Labor and Negro Leaders Push for Strong Civil Rights Plank
Democratic platform writers face a pre convention clash in Chicago as labor unions and Negro leaders demand a civil rights plank at least as strong as 1948. Truman insists there must be no betrayal of the New Deal and Fair Deal. Early delegate tallies show Kefauver Russell Harriman Kerr Stevenson Barkley and others contending for the 614 votes needed. Virginia moves to join Russell confronting conventions in Chicago and DuLuth. Dewey touts the Eisenhower Nixon ticket as best for tax cuts and deficit reduction while Taft predicts Truman renomination.
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Kerr
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Minneapolis
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Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Russell Bolts Conservative South on Taft-Hartley Law
CHICAGO UP Georgia's Sen Richard B Russell and his campaign strategists move to win labor and civil rights support for next week's Democratic national convention In Chicago Russell calls for repeal of Taft Hartley while pursuing nonsectarian civil rights talks He aims to shed the regional tag and win key party backing as Kefauver Harriman and others vie for the nomination amid a large uncommitted bloc
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Chicago
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Truman
Jacob M. Arvey
Arvey
Dixie
Texas
John Philip Sousa
Sen
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United Press
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Averell Harriman
Ile Russell
Taft Hartley
Iire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alben Barkl
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Mr. Truman
Barkley
Heat wave grips U S with fires and 50 million crop losses
A hot humid air mass covers much of the United States as forests burn from Washington to Maine. A forester and son die fighting a 500 acre blaze near Marblemount, and British Columbia families lose homes. Georgia crops suffer 50 million dollars in damage. Baby tornadoes cause damage near Texarkana while rain misses the South. The cool spot remains along the Canadian border.
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Gulf of Mexico
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Pacific Northwest
Maine
Marblemount
Wash
British Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Gulf
New England
Texarkana
Ark
Lake Charles
Weather Bureau
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Minnesota
Fate of Wonder Drug Chloromycetin under review
Washington reports medical experts continue evaluating chloromycetin amid blood disorders and several deaths. FDA and Parke Davis warn against indiscriminate use while assessing evidence from nearly 200 reported cases and weighing restricted guidelines for serious infections.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
American Medical Association
Parke Davis and Co
Parke Davis Co
Journal of the American Medical Association
Weather outlook with highs near 91 and lows around 68
Today reaches about 91 as the high while overnight falls to around 68. Tomorrow’s forecasted high up to 91 with a low near 70, indicating a warm spell continuing through the night and into the next day.
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