Soviet Charge U S Planes Dropped Leaflets on Soviet Airfields
Soviet High Commissioner Vladimir Semyonov charged that U S planes, notably C47s, dropped enemy leaflets on Soviet airfields Werneuchen and Elstal near Berlin in the past two weeks, violating regulations and threatening flight security. The note, released by ADN, urged immediate steps and asked for actions taken. Cecil Be rlin, head of the U S High Commission, dismissed the allegation as unlikely.
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Berlin
Russia
U. S
Vladimir Semyonov
James B. Conant
Werneuchen
Elstal
Ameria
Semyonov
United States
Ermany
Iron Curtain
ADN
Teleby
Cecil Be_rlin
U. S. Igh Commission
Germany
Another Red Leader Falls in Soviet Purge Sweep
The article reports Baigirov, a Kremlin official linked to Beria, rising in the Soviet hierarchy before being ousted along with Ukraine interior minister Pavel Meshik and Georgia interior minister Vladimir Dekanozov. Observers foresee a broad purge across the 16 Soviet republics.
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Lavrenty P. Beria
Baigirov
Russia
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
All-Soviet Party
Benaussia
Pavel Y. Meshik
Ukraine
Vladimir G. Dekanozov
Georgia
Beria
Soviet Repubes
Nationalists Raid Tungshan Island In Major Coastal Strike
Nationalist commandos seized at least 300 Chinese Communist prisoners and destroyed Red military installations on Tungshan Island in a 36 hour raid. Nationalist forces withdrew after extending a scare along 80 miles of coast opposite Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tungshan
Amoy
Swatow
Defense Ministry
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Hu Lien
Orce
Flood Toll Deepens in Wakayama and Japan
A Japanese flood caused by heavy rains has killed and left missing more than 1,200 people, with Wakayama province especially hard hit where at least 200 killed and 1,029 missing. The Arita River destroyed dikes and villages, turning valleys into moving lakes and sweeping homes into the sea. A local courier pleaded for government aid after witnessing numerous bodies near Minoshima.
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Tokyo
Japan
Wakayama Province
Honshu
Arita
Minoshima
Eisenhower Returns Key West Vacation Cottage to Navy
President Eisenhower disclosed he will not use the Truman era Key West cottage as a vacation headquarters. He spent time at Shangri La in the Catoctin Mountains and fished two trout. The White House said the Navy will not require the site as a headquarters.
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Navy
Truman
Key West
Fla
David
Catoctin Mountains
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Shangri-la
Mountain Lodge
Washington
White House
Florida
Williamsburg
Naval Base
Scouts Entertained at Jamboree in California Rally
The Third National Boy Scout Jamboree on a 3000 acre site near Jamboree City California unfolds into a busy mix of scoutcraft, Indian dancing, horse shows, and a Roy Rogers appearance. 1200 New England scouts will join a mass convocation. 14 year old Donald Cameron of Richmond Heights Missouri underwent an appendectomy. Vice President Richard Nixon scheduled to address tomorrow.
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Garber Davidson
Trigger
Harry Babbitt
Huntington Beach
Donald Cameron
Richmond Heights
Richard Nixon
J. Harold Williams
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Council
New England
Polio Strike Pushes Gamma Globulin to Virginia
Virginia health officials request urgent gamma globulin from the U S Public Health Service to inoculate about 15 000 children in a seven county polio outbreak hot spot centered on Bristol Virginia. inoculations to begin if approved. cases rise across Washington County and Bristol area while nearby states report progress on mass programs.
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Bristol
U.S. Public Health Service
James Suter
Washin County
Tennessee
Virginia
State Street
Washington County
Tenn
Sullivan County
North Carolina
Alabama
Caldwell
N. C
Catawba County
Iredell County
McDowell County
Burke County
State Health Department
Raleigh
Statesville
New York State
Illinois
Macon County
H-Bomb Test Plans May Move to Bikini Area
UPI reports new hydrogen bomb tests may occur next fall possibly at Bikini instead of Eniwetok. AEC chairman Strauss met with President Eisenhower amid talks on required presidential approval for tests as Gordon Dean had indicated tests were being considered.
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Washington
Bikini
Eniwetok
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
White House
AEC
Strauss
Pacific Proving Ground
Gordon Dean
Pacific
Commission
Los Alamos
N. M
Livermore
Calif
Norris E. Bradbury
Eastern Seaboard Endures Record Heat Wave
A record heat wave blanketed the Eastern Seaboard with New York City hitting 96 degrees by 1 p.m and Philadelphia 99 degrees, while Washington D C exceeded 97. The National Weather Service warned of more hot days as New England and upstate New York shattered 50-year records and large crowds fled to beaches across New Jersey and Long Island.
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United Press
Eastern Seaboard
Weather Bureau
New York City
Washington, D. C
New England
New York State
Philadelphia
South New Jersey
Samuel
S. Baxter
Buffalo
Cleveland
Kansas
Coney Island
Palisades
N. J
Hudson River
Man Admits Killing Own Mother in California
A 46 year old man identified as John Myron Underwood a retired Army lieutenant colonel and West Point graduate confessed to killing his mother Hazel Underwood 68 in their Lakewood home with a 17 inch bolo knife He said the act was to spare her misery The slaying left Hazel’s head badly mangled and a severed arm and hand Deputies reported Neil Underwood the brother 41 was also questioned and taken for observation. John Underwood was booked on murder charges and had recently been released from a psychiatric ward considerations noted the suspect’s mental health history
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Lakewood
Calif
West Point
Sheriff's
John Myron Underwood
West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital
Underwood
John
Don Stewart
ROKS Repulse Red Attack Dominates Korean War Front
American artillery pounded the bulge as 100000 Reds reinforced with Stalin III tanks pressed the attack. Jet bombing and low level raids aimed at reinforcing enemy lines while South Korean forces halted crossings on the Pukhan River. Sabre jets claimed two MIGs in MIG Alley as U.S. and ROK units faced stubborn rear guard resistance.
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Bulge
United Press
Bill Miller
Kumsong
Pukhan River
Yalu
Lonnie R. Moore
Fort Walton
Fla
Foster L. Smith
Durant
Okla
Ace
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Waldo C. Cheek
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Ohio
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