Koreans Agree To Attend Red Interviews At Last
North Korean prisoners end a two week holdout and will attend Communist explanations tomorrow at Panmunjom. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya says the move clears a potential break up of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission as 500 Koreans will be interviewed in the morning and another 500 in the afternoon. The decision marks a peaceful turn after days of negotiation and previous threats of force.
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U. N
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Indictments Expected in Bobby Greenlease Kidnapping
Federal grand jury in Kansas City prepares to indict Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Heady in the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping and murder case. Witnesses include Sandy O Day and taxicab driver John Hager as prosecutors pursue evidence from St Louis proceedings. Hall alleges missing $300000 from the ransom.
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Bobby Greenlease
U. S
Edward L. Scheufler
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown
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Robert C. Greenlease
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Ines
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Terday
Sandy O'Day
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St. Louis
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Miss O'Day
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Survivors Here Are Rescuers Says Coast Guardsman
Coast Guard Chief Wilson Jennings radioed that only rescuers remained at the DC6 crash site 25 miles south of San Francisco. All 19 aboard, mostly British, perished when the British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines plane struck fog and Mount King’s Mountain during a transpacific run from Sydney via Honolulu. Among the dead were pianist William Kapell and a 7 year old Australian boy. 17 bodies were recovered, two crew unaccounted for. Captain Bruce Dixon had radioed the tower before impact. cause undetermined. Kapell had debated stopping in Honolulu on the way to Los Angeles to record sonatas.
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Coast Guard
Wilson Jennings
Here
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines
William Kapell
New York
Sydney
Australia
Honolulu
King’s Mountain
Kapell
Bruce Dixon
Los Angeles
Senate Report Says Reds Lose Ground in Western Europe
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee report finds Communist strength and electoral support in Western Europe have declined since 1947 though parties still retain votes in Italy France and Iceland. It cautions that disciplined small groups can cause disruption and notes broader global communist reach remains a concern.
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Europe
Senate
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Sen. Wiley
Rwis
France
Italy
Dealers honor NC area chairmen at Raleigh gathering
The North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association recognized its area chairmen in Raleigh as about 200 dealers and guests heard Frederick J. Bell of Washington, D.C., executive vice president of the National Automobile Dealers Association.
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North Carolina Automobile Dealers Assn
Frederick J. Bell
Washington, D.C
National Automobile Dealers Sn
No Rain Prospect For November
October was among the driest months in the Carolinas with a trace of rain totaling less than five one-thousandths of an inch. The Charlotte Weather Bureau reported October as the driest since it began 76 years ago, and November is forecast to remain fair and cool with possible interior frost.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Charlotte Weather Bureau
ROK Reports 400 North Korean Planes At 30 Airfields
Lt. Gen. Choi Yong Duk asserts North Korea spirited 400 fighter planes into Korea and based them at 30 repaired airfields in violation of the armistice. He cites 2,000 more planes in Manchuria and notes airfields rebuilt since the truce began. He travels to Washington to coordinate with U S commanders on future ROK roles.
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Yalu River
Pyongyang
Washington
Chiang Kai- Shek
Air Force Claims New World Speed Record
Col. F. K. Everest of Edwards Air Force Base flys a North American Super Sabre to 767.276 mph with tail wind over a Salton Sea course, restoring the world level flight speed record from the Navy. He logged 754.98 mph on the course and 742.684 mph returning, surpassing Navy Lt. James Verdin’s 753.4 mph in an F4D Skyray at Pax River earlier this month.
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Air Force
Navy
Col
F. K
Pete) Everest
Edwards Air Force Base
Salton Sea
Omdr
James Verdin
Patuxent
Mayor threatens lock up milk negotiators in New York
Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri warned he would lock up AFL Teamsters Union negotiators at City Hall if no settlement is reached on the milk wage dispute. With milk supplies cut to 12 million people, he called for both sides to negotiate within hours or face police intervention to protect children's health.
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Vincent R. Impellitteri
City Hall
Impellitteri
AFL Teamsters
Charlotte Woman Hacked To Death Husband Held
A 61 year old Charlotte woman, Agnes Green Threatt, was killed by hatchet in a mid town rooming house. John Edward Threatt, 56, a construction worker and her husband, was charged with murder after admitting the slaying. He later told police he did not regret it as officers described.
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John Edward Threatt
Agnes Green Threatt
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Kershaw
S. C
United States asks UN to take up Korea atrocity charges
The United States formally asked the United Nations General Assembly to place on its agenda the Army War Crimes Division report on atrocities and murders of captives in Korea by Communist forces. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said the request seeks an Assembly discussion, not a condemnation or detailed memorandum.Negotiations hinge on a steering committee meeting and Indian UN President Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit would convene an extraordinary session to decide next steps amid expected Soviet opposition.
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United States Today
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Ohe
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Dag Hammarskjold
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Lodge
Army War Crimes Division
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General Assembly
United States Army
Red China
North Korea
U. N
Assembly
Vijaya’ Lakshmi Pandit
India
Clark Gets Final Salute From Army
General Mark Wayne Clark retires after 36 years of service with a formal field ceremony at Fort McNair Washington. The sendoff honors his World War II leadership and later roles including UN Far East commander and future Citadel superintendent amid amid controversy over Vatican ambassadorship and a famed Rapido River decision.
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Mark Wayne Clark
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Matthew B. Riding
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Truman
Vatican
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Italy
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36Th
Madison Barracks
N. Y
Juror Death May Delay Murder Trial in West Jefferson
Will M. Little a 60 year old farmer died of a heart attack during final arguments in the murder case against Jim Campbell charged with shooting Russell Neaves. Judge William H. Bobbitt recessed court until Monday as Little’s condition worsened and a ruling could not be reached last night.
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Silas Creek
Will M. Little
Jim Campbell
Campbell
Russell Neaves
William H. Bobbitt
Little
Reds reject Dean plan for Korean peace conference
Panmunjom dispatch reports Communist diplomats call the American proposal for a Korea peace conference absurd and unacceptable. They demand that belligerents sit in on talks and reject Dean's time and place idea while agreeing to further study his views as the meeting adjourns until tomorrow.
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Red
U.S
Arthur Dean
Dean
Russia
India
Burma
Pakistan
Indonesia
Korea
Opposition mounts to social security tax hike
Senator J George, senior Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, argued Congress should roll back the social security tax increase set for Jan 1. He warned a higher tax on workers would fall hardest on the low income and that overall tax relief should precede the hike in income tax rates.
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Sen
D-Ga
Congress
Jan. J. George
Senate Finance Committee
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Eisenhower
Executive Department
George
Social Security Fund
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