Ridgway Open to Restart of Cease Fire Talks
General Ridgway signaled willingness to resume suspended armistice negotiations with the Reds. He did not indicate Kaesong as an acceptable site and did not confirm visits to UN offices during a Korea trip. Observers note he urged a just and honorable armistice while keeping a new site in question.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Red
Kaesong
Korea
General Headquarters
Ridgway
United Nations
Munsan
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Atiy Ne
Kil Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Stock Market Has Quiet Day
NEW YORK The stock market was quiet and mixed after an active early session. Radio-television shares led buying while several blue chips fell, including Santa Fe Standard Oil NJ United Air Lines American Telephone Anaconda Dome Mines American Cyanamid Westinghouse Boeing Schenley Industries. Higher movers included Gulf Oil Air Reduction Columbian Carbon Lerners U S Leather International Hydro Electric U S Steel Studebaker Lockheed Philco Zenith Radio.
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New York
Radio Corp
International Telemede
Eastman
Santa Fe
Standard Oil
United Air Lines
American Telephone
Anaconda Copper
Dome Mines
American Cyanamid Westinghouse Electric
Boeing
Schenley Industries
Gulf Oil
Air Reduction
Columbian Carbon
Lerners
U. S. Leather
International Hydro-Electric
U. S. Steel
Studebaker
Lockheed
Philco
Zenith Radio
Truman denounces Soviet tyranny in White House address
President Truman criticized Soviet Russia as the most dreadful tyranny, saying its constitution offers empty freedoms while citizens have no means to enforce rights. He contrasted it with the U S Constitution's flexibility and warned against absolute power even by well intentioned leaders.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Soviet Union
Trumanen
State Star
Ee Kremlin
Genghis Kahn
United States
Marine corporal loses leg after one man shooting spree
At Camp Lejeune North Carolina Corporal William R Saunders 20 of Chicago a Korean veteran opened fire on the company street before being stopped by PFC Edward W Jansen. Saunders was shot in the leg and lost the limb. he also bayoneted Sgt Joseph A Murphy before officers subdued him. Police attributed his actions to personal troubles and drinking.
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Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marine Corps Public Information Office
William R. Saunders
Chicago
Saunders
Marine Base
Edward W. Jansen
Cpl. Saunders
Joseph A. Murphy
Syracuse
NATO Ottawa talks face Greece Turkey entry and German rearm
James Marlow reports that the 12 NATO nations meet in Ottawa to discuss admitting Greece and Turkey, balancing member economies, easing Italy’s postwar limits, and how to arm West Germany within a controlled framework to prevent renewed German military autonomy.
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James Marlow
Washington
Ottawa
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Belgium
Denmark
Luxembourg
Iceland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Greece
Turkey
Russia
Allied powers urged to boost forces for European defense
Gen Eisenhower pressed Atlantic Pact members for rapid increases in air, land, and sea forces and reserves to meet any Soviet move in Europe. Italy and Greece Turkey were urged toward non Communist alliance admission while Italy sought treaty revisions to share defense burdens. American officials expect Greece and Turkey fast tracked to membership as council sessions proceed.
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Donald J. Gonzales
United Press Staff
Ottawa
Ont
D. Eisenhower
Europe
Alcide de Gas
Greece
Turkey
de Gasperi
Italy
Ers
More Women Become Nurses in North Carolina Exams
Raleigh AP reports the North Carolina Board of Nursing will examine 696 candidates over four days, the largest group ever, nearly twice the 1941 figure. Officials say the examinations start tomorrow for registered nursing licensure.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners Board
Truman denounces slurs and magazines in national address
President Truman denounces attacks on federal loyalty as contemptible and criticizes magazine publishers for subsidies and low mail rates. He renews his charge against McCarthyism and warns that open season on government workers harms efficiency while noting the postal deficit tied to second and third class rates.
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Washington
LLP
Truman
Gove
S Beng
Ito
Joseph R. McCarthy
State Department
Aer Sinesons Nesutaoh
Ners Ag
Cmaniellae
Harriman balks at relaying Iran's oil ultimatum
W Averell Harriman Truman's special envoy refused to transmit Iran's ultimatum to Britain over oil nationalization and will not mediate further in the dispute. Iran threatens to remove British oil workers from Abadan if talks fail. Mossadegh and the Shah discussed Harriman's message while Iran amasses forces near Abadan and parliament again fails to back Mossadegh.
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United Press Staff
Tehran
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Foreign Office
Harriman
Iran
Adaban
Uest
Informans
Britain
Mohammed Mossadegh
Foo
Azerbaian Vince
Abadan
Malis
Mossadegh
Life And Death The Stakes In Cold War Gamble
United Press reports Russia and the United States sit in a high stakes poker game with life and death on the line. Western Europe rearmament and West German participation rally allied forces while stoking Kremlin fears of losing control in the Mediterranean. Ottawa talks aim to strengthen NATO, Greece and Turkey, intensifying Soviet pressure as Western Europe weighs the risk of a new global conflict.
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Harry Ferguson
United Press
Russia
United States
Free World
Stalin
Europe
America
France
Britain
Western
Kremlin
Germany
Orient
Ottawa
Greece
Turky
Community of Nations
Mediterranean Sea
Turkey
Americans See National Income Jump Over Twenty Years
The Commerce Department study shows total annual income rising from 87 billion dollars in 1929 to 239 billion dollars last year, reflecting growth across more than two decades.
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Funny Money
Washington
Commerce Department of
National
Fifth Air Force Puts Pressure On Chinese Forces On Ridge
North Korean counterattacks against Allied troops on Heartbreak Ridge sparked an all day battle on the East Central front. Allied artillery and air strikes pounded Red bunkers as Fifth Air Force mounted relentless attacks on rail facilities. reports said 640 missions were flown in support.
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John Randolph
U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
Baurn Bourn
Fifth Air Force
Charlotte Observer Reforms Page Design With New Dress
The Charlotte Observer unveiled a redesigned layout featuring adline type and larger body copy with smaller headlines and shorter stories. Designer Biber Farrar led the makeover praised by Publisher Nicholson as one of Farrar's greatest masterpieces.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Biber Farrar
Paeilien
Farrar
A Nicholson
The
Observer
Not Yet Time To Hear Boyle Says Senator
Senator Mundt said William M Boyle Jr will be called by a Senate group investigating his ties to the RFC but the time to hear him is not yet. The panel split on interpreting testimony about a $645 000 loan to a St Louis printing firm in 1949, though the loan was repaid. Nixon contends Boyle’s innocence claims are refuted under oath while McClellan remains unfriendly to the Truman administration.
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Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
William M. Boyle Jr
Democratic National Committee
Senate
RFC
Boyle
Mundt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Investigations
St. Louis
Sen
Nixon
R-Cal
McClellan
D-Ark
Truman
Violent weekend toll of 14 in North Carolina deaths
A string of fatal incidents across North Carolina over the weekend claimed 14 lives. Victims include Eugene Little 18 of Charlotte killed in a highway collision, Larry Bernard Smith 1 killed on railroad tracks near Whiteville, and Ruby Robert Fore 20 of Cameron died in an auto crash with an oil truck near Sanford. Additional deaths occurred in Asheboro, New Bern, Dunn, and across several towns. Authorities filed charges in the Kinston and Monroe collisions and reviewed a bridge fall and accidental shootings. Coroners planned autopsies and investigations to determine exact causes.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Eugene Little
Rt. 1
Charlotte
Mint Hill
Larry Bernard Smith
Whiteville
Atlantic Coast Line
Sanford
Ruby Robert Fore
Cameron
Rt. 2
Fore
Rene Moore
Wilmington
Lee County Hospital
Dunn
Marvin Hartley
Byrd’s Pond
Ray Manley Holton Jr
New Bern
Kinston
Paul Butler Ellis Jr
Holton
Asheboro
Clara Mae Richardson
Meterday
North
Wilkesboro
Wilkes County
I. M. Myers
Myers
Mary Edwards
Aberdeen
Marie Locklear
Joseph Livina
Michigan
Locklear
Pembroke
Greg Phillips
Wees
Annie Lois Hinson
Monroe
Thomas R. Yandle
Mai Rt. 2
Miss Hinson
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