White Horse Mountain battle ends with Koreans holding crest
South Korean forces repelled Chinese attempts to seize White Horse Mountain after a week of heavy fighting. General Van Fleet praised the 9th Infantry Division for recapturing most of the west-central front and holding the crest as Chinese counter-attacks continued. About 10,000 Reds killed or wounded in the sector with ongoing fighting on adjacent knobs and ridges.
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Korea
White Horse Mountain
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
9Th
White Horse
van Fleet
U.N
Republic of Korean
Chorwon
United Press
Wendell Merick
Merick
U. N
Finger Ridge
Bunker Hill
Heartbreak Ridge
Panmunjom
Haeju
5Th Air Force
Stevenson Gains Ground with Independent Voters in Illinois
Springfield report says independent voters shift from Eisenhower to Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, led by campaign manager Wilson Wyatt. He cites disillusionment with Eisenhower and lists notable defections including Steinbeck, Durant, Ferber, Hammerstein II, Fonda, Astor, Vanderbilt Jr., and Warburg as examples. Stevenson plans a West Coast trip as campaigning continues.
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Stevenson Campaign
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wilson W. Wyatt
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Wyatt
Stevenson
Eisenat Committee
Santa Fe
N. M
Cee Son” Club
New York
Chester Laroche
Wendell L. Willkie
John Steinbeck
Will Durant
Edna Ferber
George Abs
Oscar Hammerstein II
GOP
Navy
Fke
White House
Senate Red Hunt Probes UN Officials for Communist Links
Senate Internal Security hearings in New York target United Nations personnel including Gustavo Duran chief of the U N Social Policy and Development Section. Subpoenas issued to witnesses as Sen McCarran vows revelations and warns against diplomatic immunity on political activities.
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Senate
United Nations
Internal Security
House
Foley Square
Eudgee Menition
Pat. McCarran
D-Nev
U.N
New York City
Gustavo Duran
U. S. Social Policy and Development
Duran
Joseph R. McCarthy
GOP
Truth Team
Truman
Caneve Lie
Lie
U. S
Olieat
McCarthy
Eee
Oes McCarthy
U. S. State Department
Philip C. ‘Jessup
Seals Thrill Crowds as Campaign Post Sinks Into Sea
In San Francisco the Seal Rocks attraction drew crowds while a Eisenhower Nixon campaign post crashed into the icy Pacific. Warehouseman Stanley Ross, 30, fell overboard after delivering materials and was swept away as the post sank.
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San Francisco
Stanley Ross
Seven Die in Violent Deaths Across North Carolina
The weekend produced at least seven deaths across North Carolina. Lorraine Rector, 19, was shot in a Marshall drug store doorway. Albert Ricker, 38, wounded, his wife held on murder charges. Wayne Fisher died near Marion in a highway crash. Lloyd Adams, 23, killed when the car he rode in overturned on Highway 55. Dennis Wright, 70, died near Jarvisburg in a two car collision. Mrs. Henry Dozier, 65, committed suicide by pistol. Coroner Bryant Smith cited further fatal crashes near Raleigh and in Madison where Walter Childress, 29, was shot. Jessie Workman, 20, admitted to shooting Childress amid alleged attack.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Lorraine Rector
Marshall
Albert Ricker
Ricker
Wayne Ray Fisher
Nebo
Rt. 2
Marion
Lloyd Adams
Morrisville
Rt. 1
N. C. Highway 55
Green Hope School
Jarvisburg
Dennis Wright
Jarvisturs
Wright
Henry Dozier
Currituck
Childress
Workman
Russians Admit Firing on Missing B-29 After Alleged First Shot
Moscow said Soviet fighters fired on a missing American B-29 only after the bomber violated the Soviet frontier near Yuri Island in the Kuriles and fired first. U.S. officials deny frontier violation but say the plane may have crossed into Soviet airspace after the attack. The note in Pravda filed a formal protest and cited past incidents involving U.S. planes in the region.
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Russia
Far East
Kurile Islands
Japan
U.S
Elim O'Shaughnessy
Georgi M. Pushkin
State Department
Washington
Siberian
Vladivostok
Baltic
United States
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Yuri Island
Kuriles
Rosenbergs Await Supreme Court Decision On Fate Of Death
The Rosenbergs and Morton Sobell await the Supreme Court’s ruling on their appeals after being sentenced to death for aiding a Soviet espionage ring. Other cases include Tomoya Kawakita seeking reconsideration and a mix of civil and criminal appeals on federal laws and taxes.
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Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Supreme Court
Rosenbergs
High Tribunal
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Klaus Fuchs
Morton Sobell
Tomoya Kawakita
Los Angeles County
U.S
Walter E. Brehm
R-O
Louis Weber
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ambler
Elauver Crime Committee
Congress
California
West's Biggest Manhunt Seeks Slayer of Father and Children
A wide western manhunt sought the killer of Gard Young his wife and two daughters and a young playmate after they were found beaten to death near Chester California. Three suspects were detained near Albuquerque New Mexico but released as investigators pursue a wooden pipe blood fingerprint clue and the 7100 cash withdrawn by Young. Sondra Young a 3 year old survivor lay unconscious in hospital with skull fracture as authorities rely on her statements once she recovers.
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Calif
West
Gard
Ae Jean
Judy
Michael Saile
Sondra
Young
Here
Westwood Hospital
Westwood
Clines Corners
N. M
Ira Craig
L. D. Gray
C. D. Longing
el Dorado
Ark
New Mexico
Archie White
Cali
Jamie
Reds Seek Friction With Allies In UN Korea Clash
At the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Vishinsky leads a Soviet team including Gromyko and Zorin to press a plan to drive a wedge among the United States and its Western allies over Korea. Dean Acheson holds last minute talks to shape U.S. strategy as the debate opens. If peace moves fail, the plan aims for broader UN backing to push the war to a finish.
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United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
Georgrubin
Arkady Sobolev
Valerian Zorin
Dean Acheson
U. S
Newark
Acheson
Vishinsky
U.S
Peiping
Pyongyang
U.N
Gunfire Kills Ex Asheville Beauty Queen in Marshall
In Marshall North Carolina a woman named Lorraine Rector, 19, a former Asheville beauty queen, was shot and died on the street outside Marshall Pharmacy. Albert Ricker, 38, was wounded three times while seated in his car nearby. His wife, 30, Mrs Albert Ricker, is jailed on murder charges as police investigated the double shooting.
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Marshall
N. C
Asheville
Lorraine Rector
Albert Ricker
Madison County
E. Y. Ponder
Rickers
Ponder
Fred McDevitt
Ricker
Miss Rector
Durham doctor named president of North Carolina Wildlife Federation
Durham physician Dr Herbert J Fox was elected president of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, succeeding R W Williams of Asheville, after the group adjourned its eighth annual meeting. In Asheville state election officials waited for a Polk County board of elections chair appointment confirmation from Charles M Britt.
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Durham
Herbert J. Fox
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
R. W. Williams
Asheville
Polk Coats Board of Elections
State Elections Board
Charles M. Britt
Barkley to Speak in Charlotte for Stevenson Campaign
Vice President Alben W. Barkley will deliver a political address in Charlotte in October as part of the Adlai Stevenson campaign. Announcement came from State Democratic Chairman B. Everett Jordan. time and location not yet set. Police hold Jessie L. Workman, 20, in Madison on murder charge for shooting his uncle Walter Lee Childress, 29, in Rockingham County. Workman allegedly confessed after his sister Ethel Hodgson testified.
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Charlotte
Alben W. Barkley
Adlai Stevenson
B. Everett Jordan
Madison
Rockingham County
Jessie L. Workman
Walter Lee Childress
Mercs
Workman
Pates
Re.self
Reis
Ethel Mozelle Hodgson
Cotton quality in North Carolina improves, strong fiber noted
Raleigh reports a marked boost in NC cotton quality this year. Candler C Miller of the State Department of Agriculture fiber testing laboratory cites tensile strength as a standout improvement, saying the crop shows one of the most striking gains observed.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Candler C. Miller
North Carolina Gas Tax Revenue Seen Rising in 1951
Executive secretary S Gilmer Sparger estimates NC gasoline tax collections will hit 73.263 million this year and rise about 9 percent in 1951. He cites an anticipated 67.104 million for 1951 as the prior year figure.
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Raleighs
North Carolina
State Petroleum Industries Committee
S. Gilmer Sparger
Ealery
North Carolina State Fair Opens in Raleigh
The 1952 North Carolina State Fair begins its five day run in Raleigh tomorrow. Fair manager S Dorton promises the event will be the biggest and finest yet, amid the 85 expositions that have showcased the fair since its first year 99 years ago.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
S. Dorton
New Symphony Head Elected in North Carolina
Charles E. Jordan of Durham Duke University vice president re elected president of the North Carolina Symphony Society. Other officers reelected include Russell M. Grumman Chapel Hill executive vice president L C Gifford Hickory vice president Mrs James Boyd Thorn Pines vice president James G K McClure Asheville vice president and A C Hall Raleigh treasurer.
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NEW Symphony
EL Hill
Charles E. Jordan
Durham
Duke University
North Carolina
Truth Squad accuses Truman of insulting Dixie in Harlem speech
The Truth Squad led by Senators Bourke, Hickenlooper and Case said President Truman mocked Southern accents during a Harlem address. They called it an insult to a respected segment of Americans and accused him of courting votes by pitting groups against each other.
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Washington
Truth Squad
Truman
Harlem
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Homer Fe Bourke Hickenlooper
Francis Case
Eisenhower weighs Nixon finances in election push
Eisenhower plans a public financial statement in New York this week but may omit tax returns. Democrats say Nixon has an $18,235 expense fund from wealthy backers, fueling concern over potential campaign material before the election.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Richard M. Nixon
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Denver
Casper
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Ariz
Stevenson
John J
Sparkman
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Truman
United Press
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Tga
Weather report with mixed temperature forecast
Tonight's low is 45 with tomorrow's high expected at 15. Today's high reached 76 and last night's low was 42. Sunset is at 5 47 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 26 a m.
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Weather Bureau
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Charleston
Columbia
Donnot
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Jacksonville
Little Keck
Los Angeles
Mt. Mitchell
New York
Raleigh
Sam Antoniio
Savannah
Washington
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