Paratroops Crush Prison Camp on Koje Island
United Press reports paratroopers from the 187th Regimental Combat Team overran Compound 76 at Koje Island Korea, killing prisoners and scattering others as troops moved 6,410 prisoners from 76 and 6,349 from 78. Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner led the operation amid fierce hand to hand combat with Red defectors. Clark meanwhile urged the United Nations to strike back with no holds barred if Communist air forces attack China or Korea.
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Francis T. Dodd
Boatner
United Press
Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
U. N
Clark
Agen
North Korea
Panmunjom
Scheol
Kim Tl Sung
Saaanen
Peng Te Huai
Reds
U.N. Heter-Bormbers
Red China
U.N
State Utilities Board To Reopen Duke Power Rate Case
The State Utilities Commission will hold a hearing next Tuesday at 2 30 on Atty Gen Harry M Mullan's motion to recall the contested order. Duke Power also seeks a rehearing after a dollar rate boost. If denied the state may appeal.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Duke Power Co
Atty
Harry M Mullan
Duke
Coast Guard jet fighter crash near naval air station
Coast Guard reports crash of a US Navy jet near the naval air station. Cmdr. Donald MacDiamid says the pilot survived initial egress but died shortly after being rescued. Witnesses heard no distress calls during the incident.
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Ocean
Raval
No Guard
Coast Guard
Donald MacDiamid
Feld
Fayetteville youth questioned on stance in primary race
Rep. F Ertel Carlyle of the Seventh district demanded Tally of Fayetteville reveal his position. Carlyle said the young man opposes public waste and high taxes and criticized his earlier statements as safe from the issues facing citizens today.
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Lumberton
F. Ertel Carlyle
Seventh
Chailenoe Tally
Fayettevoe
Carlyle
Fayetteville
Phone vs Raleigh Hearing On Citizens Telephone Rate Request
Officials of Citizens Telephone Co of Brevard appeared at the State Utilities Commission hearing to justify a 37 dollar annual revenue increase. Brevard residents opposing the hike were expected to attend. the firm seeks a return of at least 7 cents on an $838.53 investment, claiming 37,893.92 dollars yearly are needed.
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Phone Vs
Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Citizens Telephone Co
Brevard
Weather Outlook With Warm Temperature Swing
Tonight's low around 68 degrees and tomorrow's high near 92 degrees. Today's high was 90 and last night's low 65 as a warm, sunny pattern continues.
Hornsby Fired as Browns Manager In St Louis
St Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck and Marty Marion announced Rogers Hornsby was dismissed as manager. Hornsby, under a three year contract, was relieved for the good of the club. terms of settlement unspecified.
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ST. Louis
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns
Bill Veeck
Marty Marion Beck
Browns
Horns- A
Hornsby
Veeck
Dodd and Colson Defend Koje Incident Actions
Cols Dodd and Colson defended their actions at Koje Island prison as fully justified. The officers, both demoted, said releasing concessions via a letter was the best path to save Dodd and avoid greater bloodshed, and pledged future prisoner treatment would improve.
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Colson
Koje
Washington
Francis T. Dodd
Charles F. Colson
Colo GF
Dodd
Somuel
Ieee
House Armed Services Committee
Yount
Son
UN May Recess Talks Again If Reds Continue Propaganda
United Nations spokesman says truce talks at Panmunjom may recess again if North Korean and Chinese propaganda continues. Negotiations resume 11 months old, after a three day recess by the U N Command over Communist protests. General Harrison warns that another cutoff could occur if propaganda persists. An exchange issue and prisoner problems keep the armistice talks stalled.
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George A. McArthur Munsan
Korea
P—A
United Nations
Panmunjom
U. N
William K. Harrison
Troops Clash In Hill Battle Fourth Day
In Korea on the Western Front U N and Chinese Red forces fought for a strategic hill near Chorwon. The U S Eighth Army reported intensified fighting with 400 UN troops skirmishing the Reds and heavy shelling around the Punchbowl.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. S
Eighth Army
U. N
Oer Chorwon
Wall Street backs Eisenhower in Taft poll claims
Taft campaign says a Rogers C. Dunn survey of 1 800 Wall Street leaders found 557 of 1 008 respondents preferred Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower. Taft notes the result as proof Wall Street favors Eisenhower while Main Street backs Taft.
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Taft
Wall St
Eisenhower
Wall Street
Dunn
Howard H. Buffett
Truman asks Congress for seizure law to run steel industry
President Truman made an extraordinary joint session appearance urging a seizure statute to run steel plants during the contract dispute. He warned peace or war hinges on steel production and pressed quick action while noting wage protections for workers.
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Truman
U.S. Congress
Washington
Congress
Steelman
CIO
Philip Murray
Supreme Court
Mr. Truman
MacArthur Named GOP Keynoter
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was named the keynote speaker for the Republican national convention to open in Chicago on July 7. The arrangements committee approved his nomination by voice vote with minor opposition and strong support from Taft backers.
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New Jersey
Harry Moore
Russell
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Eees
Abilene
Taft
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Owlett
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
J. Russell Sprague
New York
Eisenhower
Walter Hallinan
GOP
National Committee
West Virginia
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
J. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
South Dakota
Sprague
Courtney Whitney
Eisenhower Drives Southern Delegates in Face to Face Talks
General Eisenhower conducts the latest round of timetable talks with Southern GOP groups in Alabama Georgia and North Carolina as Taft consolidates support in 11 southern states outside the Southwest. AP tabulates 29 southern delegates with 97 for Taft and 21 for Eisenhower but 55 uncommitted votes remain a prize in Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Taft
John S. Fine
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Delaware
Massachusetts
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
White House
South
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Southwest
Chicago
Associated Press
Carolina
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