Sabre jets dominate air war with 12 to 1 advantage over MIGs
U S Sabre fighters and bombers led weekend operations destroying two Red jets and striking troop centers. Eighth Army logged 19 clashes along the front as Sabre dive bombers conducted 108 sorties on Western Front targets near Kaesong and Sarinon. Four Sabres engaged MIGs near Sinuiju, with two shot down and 14 retreating. Thunderjet bombers hit oil and munition dumps at Kuptong as the war churned. No Sabres were downed. two Thunderjets were lost likely to engine trouble. Since the war began Sabres hold a near 12 to 1 victory margin, with 635 MIGs destroyed to 55 Sabres lost.
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Eighth Army
Sarinon
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Sinuiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Kuuptong
Korea
Air Force
AF Officers Believed Down In Soviet Zone
Vienna May 9 AP two Air Force Intelligence officers missing in a light plane since Tuesday may have crashed in the Soviet zone of Austria. Col James G Earnest and Capt Charles W Kelly were flying from Salzburg in the American zone toward Graz in the British zone. The search involved more than 30 American and British planes as Moscow was asked for aid and Soviet forces reported hearing a plane over the Western zone the day before the disappearance.
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Army
Salzburg
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Graz
James G. Earnest
Richmond
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Charles W. Kelly
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Inside Page Classified Ads and Editorials
Fragmented notice reads like a library of classified items and editorials across pages 3 to 7D. It hints at sports features and women’s news sections with sparse readable labels and page references.
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CAT Flyers Enter War In Indochina
American pilots of Gen. Claire Chennault's Civil Air Transport fly C-119 Flying Box Cars donated by the U S to aid French Union defenses in Indochina. Fourteen CAT staff, six pilots and six crewmembers, are deployed to Laos with supplies parachuted to Plaine des Jarres as CAT supports air drops decades after earlier campaigns.
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Claire Chennault
Civil Air Transport Co
United States
Indochina
CAT
Flying Tigers
A. T. Cox
Line
Cox
Laos
Edward Sims
Paul Holden
Bill Wells
William West
Felix Smith
Steve Kusack
United Nations
Korea
Balmy Skies Prevail Over Most Of Nation
May 9 Chicago reports balmy spring weather across most of the country with record highs in New York and Chicago. Tornado warnings issued for Kansas and Oklahoma as squall lines form across Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska with heavy rain and gale winds. Decatur Illinois forecasts sunshine Sunday while Clarence Waggoner, 92, maintains his May 10 rain bet with five $1 stakes for the year 1905 history cited.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
U. S. ‘Weather Bureau
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Nebraska
New York City
Chil ‘Engo
New York
Decatur
Ill
Weather Bureau
Clarence Waggoner
Waggoner
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf
South Dakota
Midwest
Mountain States
American schoolteacher dies in Indian air crash
Pauline Lehman 24 of Mountain Lake Minnesota and two American companions perished when a British Comet jet crashed at Calcutta Dum Dum Airport. The three planned to reunite in Rangoon after a year on Fulbright fellowships and had switched plans to visit a Mennonite mission field in Champa India before boarding. A separate night mail flight to Bombay crashed near New Delhi killing one Indian born American and one additional passenger.
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New Delhi
India
Pauline Lehman
Mountain Lake
Minn
Calcutta
Anita Whistler
Fresno
Calif
Lehman
Rangoon
Burma
Champa
Lendoen
Honolulu
Rani Devi Maharani Chota
Undaipur
Devils Lake
N. D
Fullbright
Quentin Lehman
Health Officer Chases Phantom in Banquet Poisoning Case
Anniston Alabama health officer Dr. George A. O Connell investigates a food poisoning outbreak affecting about 200 people after a high school banquet. Victims blame salad oil meat and desserts. 100 treated at Anniston Memorial Hospital and 100 sick at home. Mayor Lloyd’s daughter reportedly unaffected. meals sampled for cultures.
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George A. O'Connell
O'Connell
E. C. Lloyd
Anniston Memorial Hospital
O’connell
H. L. Shelby
Dulles Attacks Truce Plan as Negotiators Recess
At Panmunjom on May 10 the Red top negotiator Nam II defended keeping 48 500 prisoners in question and urged a neutral camp explanation before return home. He said unresolved cases would go to a political conference after a truce and that the neutral commission could decide by majority vote. Washington said several points remain unsatisfied and India joining the neutral panel was not a new change. More on page two A.
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William K. Harrison
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Red Territory
Red
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Dulles
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India
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Poland
Sweden
Switzerland
Democrats prepare to challenge Eisenhower agriculture plan
Democratic senators will open hearings to kill President Eisenhower's plan to reorganize the Department of Agriculture and its programs. The Senate Government Operations Committee will hear witnesses including Senators Russell Johnston and Murray, with L. Johnson signaling opposition. Secretary Benson argues broader authority is needed, while critics warn of centralized power and reduced grassroots influence. Rejection requires 49 of 96 Senate votes or 218 of 435 House votes.
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Eisenhower
Department of Agriculture
Senate Government Operations Committee
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Russell
Georgia
Johnston
South Carolina
Murray
Montana
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
Congress
Truman
Sen. Johnston
South Carolinian
Sen
House
Eisenhower urged to address budget fears on airwaves
Advisers urge President Eisenhower to use televised addresses to blunt voter concern over continuing red ink in federal spending. They seek partisan messages blaming the Democratic era for debt and press plans to stress a balanced budget and tax strategy in 1954.
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Eisenhower
Eisenfar
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
White House
Truman
Congress
Speculators View Carney as Bradley Successor
Washington May 9 Speculation on the next Joint Chiefs chairman centers on Adm. Robert B. Carney commander of NATO forces in Southern Europe as Gen. Omar N. Bradley retires August 16. Navy and Air Force factions favor different candidates while President Eisenhower weighs Army options such as Gen. Mark Clark amid Senate sensitivities.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Bradley
Carney
Navy
Air Force
Army
Arthur Radford
Pacific
Defense
Joint Chiefs
Eisenhower
Japan
Korea
Radford
Hand
Carl A
Tovey) Spaatz
Spaatz
JCS
Mark Clark
Far East
Clark
Senate
Texas
Italy
Dulles Finds Some Red Proposals Unsatisfactory
Secretary Dulles said some provisions of the Red eight point plan for Korea POW disposal are unsatisfactory and require clarification and modification. He outlined U S and Allied consultations, aid to Thailand, and U N actions while on a 20 day tour through the Middle East and South Asia.
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Dulles
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Korea
United States
Thailand
Laos
Indochina
Patmunjom
U. N
Essen
Britain
France
Turkey
U. N. Mand
Eisenhower
White House
South Korea
Middle East
South Asia
United Nations
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Canada U S Leaders End Conference In Washington
Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and President Eisenhower wrapped two days of talks in Washington on cold war issues and the St Lawrence Seaway. They backed U S Canadian cooperation on a 500 million dollar Seaway plan and urged extended reciprocal trade while warning against rising Southeast Asian tensions.
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Washington
Louis St. Laurent
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S
Canada
Lake Erie
Montreal
Great Lakes
St. Laurent
United States
Doctor says krebiozen research continues despite controversy
Dr Andrew C Ivy testified before a state legislature committee that two university connected clinics are pursuing krebiozen cancer research. He urged further study, refused to name the clinics, and alleged a conspiracy to discredit the drug while AMA findings are repeated as showing no benefit.
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Andrew C. Ivy
Ivy
University Ofllinois
University of Illinois
Krebiozen
American Medical Association
AMA
Drake Hotel
Weather outlook with today’s 80 55 temps and sun phases
High today 80 degrees and low tonight 55 degrees. Saturday reached 74 with a 52 degree low last night. Sun will set today at 7 15 p m and rise tomorrow at 5 18 a m.
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