MacArthur Blasts Marshall Mission In Korea War
Chinese forces retreat from the iron triangle as U.N. columns advance toward Chorwon and Kumhwa. Marshall and Ridgway hold secret talks in Tokyo while air power targets the triangle and cease-fire discussions continue in London and Washington.
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Chorwon
Hansen
Ant City
Eee
Sacwe
Marshall
Far East
Korea
Omar N. Bradley
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
London
United Nationse
Kumhwa
Negroes Sign Up Assigned Dorm Space at UNC
Three Negro students, the first admitted to the University of North Carolina, register for the Summer session and are assigned dorm rooms. NAACP warns that the state faces lawsuits if it creates makeshift graduate facilities for Black students at other campuses.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Durham
Robert B. House
Harvey E. Beech
James Lassiter
Floyd B. McKissick
Cc. O. Pearson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
North Carolina College
University Law School
Georgian Elected Jaycee President
Lee Price a 33 year old attorney from Swainsboro Georgia was elected president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce at the national convention in Miami Florida after a ninth ballot. Bill McDanel of Dallas Texas had led until he was edged out and conceded. Ten vice presidents were chosen after midnight as the Jaycees wrapped up their meeting.
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Miami, Fla
Lee Price
Swainsboro, Ga
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Price
Bill McDanel
Dallas
Tex
Edrad
Tampa
Fla
Jaycees
Roanoke
Russians Forced From U S Austrian Zone By Troops
In Salzburg two US soldiers expelled three Russian repatriation mission members from the American zone after they ignored a midnight deadline. The trio, two officers and a sergeant, were driven to the Soviet border amid a scuffle as American forces confiscated their luggage and refused re-entry after the deadline.
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Salzburg
Austria
U.S
Yalta
Rome Telegram Linked To Missing British Diplomats
A Foreign Office spokesman said one of three telegrams from Rome appeared to be in the name of Guy Burgess to his mother claiming a long Mediterranean holiday. Another Paris telegram in Donald MacLean’s name was deemed not written by an Anglo-Saxon. Both men disappeared in France May 26 and were suspended for absence without leave.
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London
England
Rome
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Ashington
Ofice
Paris
Donald D. MacLean
MacLean
Herbert Morrison
Commons
France
Russia
Halt In Meat Production Being Felt By Retailers
Chicago dispatch reports a growing meat shortage as 9 percent of major beef plants dressed 76 percent fewer cattle than a year ago and nationwide cattle receipts fell 31 percent. Government price rollbacks prompt talk of black markets while New York and Milwaukee stores face low grade cuts and hospital bids fall short. Canadian packers note rising U S imports as prices attract buyers north of the border.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
AMI
National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
New York
Milwaukee
Health Department
Brooklyn
Minick Pavone
New York City
United States
Cracks of Insight Mark Long-Hunted Nail Hit
A cryptic phrase reflects a craftsman’s long pursuit of hitting the nail on the head, implying patient effort and precision. The line suggests a deep, deliberate aim guiding skill over time.
Eight Jets Fall From One Flight Near Richmond
Eight F-84 Thunderjets crashed from a 34-ship formation near Richmond Indiana. Three pilots died. two injured. two survived crash landings uninjured. one parachuted to safety. The Air Force kept names and details secret as investigators probed the mass loss of aircraft amid a thunderstorm.
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Richmond
Ind
Air Force
Harold Martin
Perfect Circle Corporation
Mooreland
Bryce FE. Long
Famond
Okla
Europe
Cen
Marijuana Patch Grown By Student in Miami
New York college student Don Rothenby, 22, was charged in Miami with forming a backyard marijuana patch. Police found 154 stalks behind a house shared with two roommates, who admitted shared cultivation duties. Rothenby said he wanted to be an FBI agent before his arrest.
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Miami
Fila
New York
FBI
Don Rothenby
A. E. Tipton
K. Rudd
Rothenburg
MacArthur condemns Marshall mission as great diplomatic blunder
General Douglas MacArthur charged that the postwar Marshall mission to China was one of the greatest blunders in American diplomacy. He said it weakened the Nationalist government and strengthened the Communists, warning the free world will pay in blood and disaster indefinitely. He rebutted links to a Communist coalition and denied supporting any such plan.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Marshall
China
Far Eastern
MacArthur
Tokyo
George C. Marshall
William F. Knowland
R-Cal
Marshall Mission
Chiang Shek
Secretary of Defense
Truman
Senate
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Raymond Spruance
U.S
United States
Knowland
Mac
Forces of Freedom
Japan
MacArthur- Serenaser
Chiang
Gen. Marshall
Probe of China Lobby Ordered By President
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a Senate committee the Truman administration will investigate the China lobby and possible improper use of aid funds. He said agencies must gather material for an immediate appraisal and possible legal action, with full cooperation from executive agencies and committees.
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John L. Steele
Aes
Dent Truman
Congress
Truman
MacArthur Committee
Acheson
Joint Committee
Executive Branch
John J. Phegg
Ala
Central Intelligence Agency
Foreign Service
Jets Raise Safety Concerns Over Berlin Airspace
Soviet Air Force jets fly over Berlin from Schoenfeld Field disrupting air safety rules. Allied pilots report no altitude or time details from Moscow. Jets, mainly fighters with some bombers, trigger alert but exceed four power safety norms. Estimated strength ranges from a squadron to a group, about two dozen aircraft.
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Berlin
West Germany
Schoenfeld
Rain and Tornadoes Lash Dixie Killing Several
A vast storm belt brought needed rain to the South while spawning eight tornadoes across Oklahoma and Virginia. The wind and lightning damaged houses schools and power lines from Virginia to Arkansas. A bus crash in Virginia killed one person and injured 11 others. Aircraft crashes in Texas New Mexico and Indiana claimed multiple lives among air crews and pilots as the storm moved eastward.
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Dixie
Oklahoma
Virginia
South
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Air Force
Indiana
Kansas
Arkansas
Scott Upholds Segregation In Schools
Raleigh report quotes Gov Kerr Scott warning that ending segregation would deprive Negroes of opportunity. He disputes Negro leaders’ stance on integration and predicts merged schools would temporarily leave teachers mostly White. He notes surplus Negro teachers from training and overall White teacher shortage.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Kelly Alexander
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Davidson
Lee
Scott
Weather forecast highlights near town
Tonight will see a low of 64 degrees. Tomorrow’s high is forecast at 85 degrees. Last night’s low was 61 degrees.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Boston
Charleston
Chicago
High Point
Los Angeles
Miami
Mini-St.p
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Iron Triangle
Inje
Ridgway
8Th Army
J. Lawton Collins
U.S. Army
Chiefs of
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Wachtom
Alley Oop
Jaycee
U. S
Soviet Zone
By Alfred Leech
M.L.P
Long
Straughn
Robert Jackson
Austin
Texas
Heemond
Jackson
Bergstrom
Burs City
United Press
Clarksville, Ark
Chandler
Sumter
S.C
Clifton Forge
Greyhound
Reese Air Force Base Lane
Block
Albuquerque
N.M
Pennsylvania
Welle
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