UN command says Reds vague on prisoner plan in Korea talks
UN truce delegate Lt Gen William K Harris on says eight point plan to end prisoner exchange deadlock is not a final resolution. Nam Il says no need to reply and press for a political commission to determine fates of anti red captives. Talks continue with no new agreement as UN seeks clearer proposals and possible late Monday recess.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
William K. Harri
U.N
Nam Il
Nam
Harrison
Mammoth Howitzer Shown In Korea War Demonstration
United Press reports the U S Army revealed a mammoth 240 millimeter field howitzer capable of hurling 360 pound shells about 15 miles. Lt Gen Maxwell Taylor and South Korean President Syngman Rhee attended the rain soaked display with UN reporters and 200 military guests as crews fired on fortified caves.
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AL Kaff United Press Staff
Ont
Maxwell Taylor
8Th Army
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
United Nations
Korea
Taylor
U.S
United States
Tornadoes Rampage Across Seven States Killing Ten
A wave of tornadoes swept seven states including Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Arkansas South Dakota and Nebraska causing at least 10 deaths and about 180 injuries. In Minnesota eight dead and multiple high casualties were reported near Hollendale St. Charles and Amery. Hebron Neb. ordered residents off streets due to looting risk after extensive damage and power losses.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Arkansas
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Hebron
Neb
Hollandale
Minn
Aniseto Martinez
Magdalene
Albert Lea
St. Charles
Dorothy McDonald
Rochester
Otto Jeche
Wycoff
Dennis Boettcher
Frank Lenehan
Spring Lake Park
St. Paul
Mary Maloney
Stanton
Wis
Frank Novak
Amery
Red Cross
Lindbergh Son Dives 150 Feet In West Cave Exploration
John Lindbergh aged 20, son of Charles A. Lindbergh, donned a rubber frogman suit to dive 150 feet into a submerged cave near Modesto. He located an inner cave under a 25 foot wall while aided by a nylon line from Eugene Ford and described the find as fantastic and hazardous.
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Modesto
Calif
John Lindbergh
West
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York-to-Paris
Lone Eagle
High Sierras
Lindbergh
Eugene Ford
Bower Cave
Here
Ford
Stanford University Marine Biology
Bandit Placed On FBI Most Wanted List
Gordon Lee Cooper who was jailed at age 10 for car theft was added to the FBI ten most wanted list. He escaped from Poplar Bluff Missouri jail on May 27 1952 and is considered armed and dangerous. Cooper replaces Fred William Bowerman who was fatally shot in St Louis last month. Cooper is a Painton Missouri native with a long criminal record starting in 1931.
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Washington
Gordon Lee Cooper
FBI
Cooper
Poplar Bluff
Fred William Bowerman
Bowerman
St. Louis
Painton
State Reformatory
Democrats Clash Over Air Force Budget Cuts in Congress
In Washington the House Appropriations subcommittee opened the revised military budget debate amid partisan alarm that Eisenhower economy cuts threaten national security. Democrats warn that defense funding will be slashed. Republicans defend a shift to modern weapons and scaled procurement as Air Force officials fret over future orders and manpower.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Pentagon
Truman
Military Appropriations
Senate
House Appropriations
Air Force
George P. Mahon
D-Tex
Moscow
Capitol Hill
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Subcommittee
Dulles Lands Strong Man In Egypt
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived in Cairo on the first leg of a Middle East visit and praised Premier General Mohammed Naguib as a leading postwar world figure. He hoped to ease misunderstandings and repair Anglo Egyptian strains over Suez Canal Zone troop evacuations, while Naguib called for sacrifice as Egypt neared a freedom fight.
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Cairo
Egypt
John Foster Dulles
Middle East
Mohammed Naguib
Naguib
Free World
U.S
Dulles
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Israel
150th Anniversary Observance at Historic Brick Church
Several hundred members attended the 150th anniversary observance of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The day-long event took place at Historic Brick Church, located 12 miles west of Winnsboro, South Carolina.
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Winnsboro
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Brick Church
Rep. Jonas to Address North Carolina Dental Society in Pinehurst
Rep Charles Raper Jonas of North Carolina will address the North Carolina Dental Society in Pinehurst on May 19. Jonas, a former president of the North Carolina Bar Association, is currently the sole Republican in the state's congressional delegation.
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Pinehurst
Charles ‘Raper Jonas
North Carolina
North Carolina Dental Society
Jonas
N. C. Bar Association
Bauer to address North Carolina Medical Society meeting
Dr. Louis H. Bauer, president of the American Medical Association, will address the Medical Society of North Carolina tomorrow. The state organization opened a four day meeting here yesterday.
Tar Heel agents elect D H Clifton president
D. H. Clifton of Clinton was elected president of the State Association of Insurance Agents at its closing convention session in Pinehurst on Saturday.
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Pinehurst
Tar Heel
Clinton
D. H. Clifton
State Association of Insurance Agents
Durham Chapel Hill Highway to receive paving this summer
State Highway Engineer W. H. Rodgers Jr. says a second coat will be laid on the Durham Chapel Hill Highway. Cracks that appeared soon after the road opened last September prompted extensive repairs.
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Raleigh
Durham-Chapel Hill
W. H. Rodgers, Jr
Banquet Opens North Carolina Farm Loan Conference
A Raleigh banquet tonight marks the opening of the annual conference of the National Farm Loan Association of North Carolina. The event will conclude tomorrow afternoon after a business session.
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Raleigh
National Farm Loan Association of
N. C
Inquest Ordered in Roanoke Rapids Death Mystery
In Littleton Halifax County an inquest was set for tonight into the death of 25 year old James Williams found beneath an automobile near town. Coroner Rufus Britton said Williams, a textile employer, was killed Saturday night. Three companions Ella Mae Faulcon 28 Rosa Fladd 41 and Johnny Edmondson 28 were held without bond pending the inquest.
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Littleton
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
Rufus Britton
James Williams
Ella Mae Faulcon
Rosa Fladd
Weldon
Johnny Edmondson
UNC Young Republicans Set Event in Asheville
Winston-Salem report notes Robert L. Kunzig of HUAC will address North Carolina Young Republicans on May 23 in Asheville. The committee will also select Tar Heels to attend the national Young Republican Federation convention June 11-13 in Rapid City South Dakota with President Eisenhower slated as keynote speaker.
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Winston-Salem
Robert L. Kunzig
House Committee On Un-American Activities
North Carolina
United States builds new evidence for Czech pay claim over F-84 shot down
Washington reports U.S. investigators in Western Germany gathering affidavits and other proof to press Czechoslovakia for compensation after an F-84 jet was downed March 10 during a border patrol mission. Lt. Warren G. Brown parachuted to safety after MiG-15s attacked. radar evidence placed the strike inside the U.S. zone.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Germany
Prague
Red
Stalin
Warren G. Brown
Brown
Four Victims Claimed By Violence In North Carolina Weekend
A United Press survey lists four deaths over the weekend in North Carolina. Lloyd Brown Buchanan 55 of Newland died after a hit and run on a highway near his home. James Albert Redick 35 of Walstonburg died from injuries when his car hit a mule east of Wilson. Wayne Snider 10 of Greensboro drowned in a millpond in Greensboro after two hours of unsuccessful revival efforts. Carl Johnson 33 inmate at Raleigh state mental hospital died by hanging himself in his cell.
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North Carolina
United Press
Lloyd Brown Buchanan
Newland
James Albert Redick
Walstonburg
Wilson
Wayne Snider
Paul Snider
Greensboro
Carl Johnson
State Mental Hospital
Raleigh
M.W. Bennett
Freighter Sinks In Lake Superior Off Isle Royale
PORT ARTHUR Ont UP A Great Lakes freighter the Henry Steinbrenner of 4000 tons struck rocks and sank 14 miles off Siskiwit Bay Isle Royale North of Michigan with at least eight survivors rescued from lifeboats The Joseph Thompson among 10 rescue vessels picked up five men from one boat and three from another The ship out of Cleveland had lost hatches and foundered in mountainous waves while Coast Guard units reported two lifeboats sighted with uncertain connection.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Great Lakes
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Henry Steinbrenner
Siskiwit Bay
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Joseph Thompson
Thompson
Steinbrenner
Cleveland
Coast Guard
Grand Marias
Minn
President May Seek Tax Freeze
House tax chief Daniel Reed accused the Eisenhower administration of surrendering on balancing the budget and urged a tax cut plan. He warned a white flag has been raised as officials consider extending current tax rates and freezing them for another year. Senate leaders urged quick action to preserve revenue, with estimates of a large 1954 deficit cited by Taft and committee staff.
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Raymond Lahr
United Press
Washington
Daniel A. Reed
House and Ways Means Committee
Eisenhower
New York Republican
House
Tom
Reed
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Congress
Martin
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Robert A. Taft
Senate Committee On Internal Revenue
Taft
Wanieg Sae
Weather Halts Action Along Battlefront
Heavy rain and fog stop most air and ground operations on the Korea front. B29s from Okinawa and Japan strike a large 375-acre Red supply area near Yangsi. Capt. Manuel Fernandez Jr. becomes the world’s leading jet ace with 13 confirmed MIGs.
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Milo Farneti
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Air
Okinawa
Japan
Yangsi
Manuel Fernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
U. N
Yalu River
Manchurian
Fernandez
Royal N. Baker
McKinney
Tex
U. S
Jackson Heights
Chorwon
Meeting on 1954 Wheat Quotas in Asheville
A Asheville meeting discussed proposed 1954 wheat marketing quotas and the agricultural conservation program. Attendees included farmer committeemen and officials from state and federal agricultural agencies from 25 Western North Carolina counties.
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Asheville
Federal Agricultural Agency
North Carolina
Weather Wrap: Mild Night and Warm Day Ahead
The forecast calls for a low of 60 tonight and a high of 88 tomorrow. Today's high reached 88 with a 52 degree low last night. Sunset is at 1 15 PM today and sunrise is 5 17 AM tomorrow.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Escevensees
Miami
New York
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
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Milton Eisenhower
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