Allied Ships Shell Coast As Chinese Volunteers Enter War
The U S battleship New Jersey and British carrier HMS Ocean shelled fortifications around Chinnampo and Pyongyang after an Anglo American air raid. Fourteen 16 inch shells marked a rare west coast strike as Chinese volunteers reportedly increased forces to about 263000 on Korea's 155 mile front. UN troops repelled a 80 man assault near Kumhwa with heavy fighting near Kumsong yielding 108 Chinese casualties.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
U. S
New Jersey
Ocean
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
Wonsan
Peoples’ Army
Volunteers
Spectators Rescue Killer in Central Park Baseball Riot
In New York City a mob attacking killer Edward Cartagena at a Spanish Catholic League baseball game in Central Park is repelled by mounted officers. Cartagena killed Carmella Olivo with a paring knife and was beaten by spectators before police detained him. Olivo died minutes later.
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New York
Central Park
Edward Cartagena
Carmella Olivo
Cartagena
Supreme Court Rejects Third Appeal of Rosenbergs
The Supreme Court today rejects a third appeal by atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. They await execution in Sing Sing prison electric chair.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Atomic Spie
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Opposition Grows to End NG Draft Deferments Plan
Washington report notes Defense Department consideration to end national guard 17 to 18 year old draft exemptions. Dr. John Hannah cites 2 million servicemen with reserve obligations and urges study amid protests by National Guard Association and some lawmakers. Critics warn it could cut the guard’s main recruiting source.
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Washington
Defense Department
National Guard
John A. Hannah
Defense Secretary
National Guard Association
Guard
Secretary of Defense
Hannah
Dum
Death Toll From Weekend Violence Tops Twenty Nine
The weekend saw at least 29 deaths in North Carolina from various causes. Incidents include drowning and auto accidents, a shooting at New Bern, and a man committing suicide by gunshot. Notable names and locations appear across Greensboro, Rocky Mount, Burlington, High Point, and other towns.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
H. Festus Laird
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Greensboro
Patrick's Lake
Hobgood
Clarence Hopkins
Tarboro
Mattie Mae Lyons
Rocky Mount
U. S
Lacy Oxendine
Rowland
Ft. Bragg
New Bern
Elijah Grady
Roberta Whitehead
John Davis Whitehead
Craven County
Frank F. Ballard
Carl E. Sheffield
Rt. 1
Reds Face Seven Day Review Of Peace Plan At Panmunjom
UN handed Communists a secret peace proposal to end the prisoner deadlock at Panmunjom and gave them one week to study it. Lt. Gen. Harrison did not disclose details, secrecy was imposed, and the talks paused after two secret sessions. Clark and Rhee discussed the plan as divisions over repatriation and a neutral custody commission persisted.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U.N
William K. Harrison
Harrison
United Nations Command
Nam Il
Red
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Clark
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Washington
London
Martin predicts passage of Ike tax program in House
Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr says administration tax measures will pass if brought to the House floor. The Ways and Means Committee may reject six month extension of excess profits tax and a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act. Martin and Knowland note adjournment aims by July 31 with must pass items including tax reform and Hawaiian statehood.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Eisenhower
GOP
House
Martin
Ways and Means Committee
Daniel A. Reed
Ways and Means
William F. Knowland
Calif
Senate Police Committee
White House
Knowland
Bermuda
Reed
Ito
Holiday crowds fill London as coronation plans unfold
London on Easter Sunday bustled with holiday crowds along the coronation route. Queen Elizabeth II rests at Windsor Castle before June 2 ceremonies. Spectators jam Buckingham Palace and Parliament Square while banners and Union Jacks mark the city’s festive mood.
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London
New York
Fifth Avenue
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Royal Parks
Parliament Square
Westminster Abbey
Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly Circus
Hyde Park
Oxford
Regent Streets
Exsignia
Mall
Marlborough House
Mary
Army Details Guided Missile Defense Plans
The Army plans require an average of 96 acres per battalion using guided missiles to defend major U S cities from air attack. Some batteries will be placed under or near other secret facilities with above ground sites featuring 12 launchers for 1 000 mile per hour Nike missiles while underground Catalatens use nine launchers.
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Washington
U. S
Defense
Nike
Top of the World Flight Completes Arctic Route Aboard SAS DC-8
A Norwegian DC-8 cloudmaster of Scandinavian Airlines completed a polar flight from Oslo to Tokyo via Thule, Anchorage, Shemya, and over Greenland. The 52 hour 58 minute journey carried 40 field hospital staff and 10 crew to study a great circle Arctic route for potential commercial use. Captain Bjornstad noted compass variation and grid navigation as they neared the North Pole and sighted Mount McKinley.
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Tokyo
Europe
Japan
Scandinavian Airlines
Hjalmar Viking
Shemya
Aleutian Islands
Oslo
Thule
Greenland
Anchorage
Alaska
Johan Nedrun
Arctic
Bjorn Bjornstad
Magnetic North Pole
Bjornstad
Mount McKinley
Sabine River flood toll and defenses near Orange Texas
Weary flood workers battled the Sabine and Calcasieu rivers as Orange Texas faced the worst Sabine flood in history. Snakes were swept into Lake Charles Louisiana while thousands manned hastily built levees and looters and typhoid fears loomed as waters receded and authorities warned to watch the river closely.
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Orange
Tex
Lake Charles la
Calcasieu
Lake Charles
Sabine
Edgar
Russian Press Denounces Bermuda Conference Proposal
Moscow observers say Pravda's 4000 word foreign policy statement dampens hopes for a Bermuda Big Three meeting. Pravda objects to Churchill Locarno talk and fears West Germany alliance against the Soviet Union, while urging unification of Germany and criticizing pre conference conditions.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Churchill
East Europe
Britain
United States
West Europe
West Germany
Germany
U. S
Secrecy Fails to Hide Power of New Weapon
The United States fired the first atomic artillery shell at Nevada proving grounds. The 280 mm gun shell burst 500 feet high over Frenchman Flat, with dust plumes and a mushroom cloud. Attendees included lawmakers and defense officials. no casualties were reported among 3100 personnel.
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Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Nevada Desert
Alamogordo
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca
Fiat
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Iit
Nevada Proving Grounds
Rep
W. Sterling Cole
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Commission
Charles Wilson
Army
J.lawton Collins
Joint Chiefs
Adm
Arthur Radford
AEC
Committee On Atomic Energy
Secretary of ‘Defense
S of the Army
Joint Chields of Staff
The
Armed Forces and of Industry
Thomas E. Murray
Republican Blasts Cut In Air Force Spending
Sen. Milton R. Young denounced administration cuts in Air Force spending as unsafe and a violation of the GOP pledge for adequate air power. The article lists six related reactions from Jackson, Millikin, Johnson, Humphrey, Yorty, and Ferguson as Congress probes procurement cuts and defense policy.
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Washington
Milton R. Young
R-N.d
GOP
Nho
Senate
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Young
Wilson
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Eisenhower
Eugene D. Millikin
R-Colo
Senate Republican Conference
Lyndon B. Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Samuel W. Yorty
Dcalif
William F. Knowland
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Homer Ferguson
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Yorty
Average consumer hit by rising costs not falling prices
The report notes that households face higher expenses across essentials as inflation pushes up prices. It highlights how families juggle budgets amid persistent cost increases affecting daily purchases and overall living costs.
Weather outlook with mixed temperatures and sunset time
Tonight will be cool with a low near 70. Daytime high reached 92 today and a 68 low occurred last night. Sunset is 7 26 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 07 a m.
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Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte Free
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Senet Renee
Mobile Atten
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington Teeter
Wilmington
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William Maynor
Fairmont
Malcom McLean
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S. S. Alexander
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