150 U.N. Planes Raid Power Plants
U.N. forces struck power facilities as Air Force and Navy units hit transformer and generating stations. Fifth Air Force reported no new strikes on Yalu River sites while Eighth Army conducted two infantry raids west of Chorwon. In close combat around Porkchop Hill, Allied troops repelled enemy counterattacks and killed an estimated 284 Communist troops.
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Air Force
Navy
Far East
Air Forces
Suiho
Yalu River
Red China
Marine Corsair
Fusen
Perateaat
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
Chorwon Thusay
Porkchop Hill
T-Bone Hill
U.N
Taft Blasts Dewey Polls Over Eisenhower Campaign
Sen. Robert A. Taft charged that the Dewey organization aided by Gallup has taken over Eisenhower's campaign and spreads propagand a Taft claimed will prevent his own victory. He faulted Sen. Irving M. Ives over comments on re election and warned of a bitter pre convention fight.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Dewey
George Gallup
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Irving M. Ives
Ives
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Ohio
Gallup
Buffalo Evening News
New York
Police search for pair of cannonballs stolen from Victory
PORTSMOUTH England June 26 UB A patrol searches port facilities for two 73 pound cannonballs reportedly taken from Her Majesty's ship Victory at Trafalgar. Authorities note the objects are historically significant and pose no immediate danger.
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Portsmouth
England
Victory
Admiral Nelson
Trafalgar
Eisenhower vows return of government honesty in denouncing communism
In a Denver Coliseum speech carried by CBS Eisenhower charged that corruption in government stems from a failure of responsibility and praised Republican persistence in exposing it. He warned Communism must be met with strength and rejected defeatism while urging youth to demand change. The address followed introductions by Daryl Zanuck and film stars Humphrey Bogart and Susan Hayward.
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Frr
Congress
Eisenhower
Chicago
Russia
Kremlin
Denver
Coliseum
Columbia Broadcasting System
Daryl Zanuck
Humphrey Bogart
Susan Hayward
Zanuck
Daylight Gunman Robs Loan Office
A lone gunman robbed Inter-City Finance Co at 2:55 p.m. on Fourth Street, taking about $500 from cashier Regina Scholten 19. He forced her back inside when she tried to follow and fled on foot. Police described him as 25 to 30, 5'6", 130 lbs, wearing brown trousers, tan shirt and straw hat.
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Inter-City Finance Co
Miss Scholten
New Pest Threatens California Ladino Clover Seed
Sacramento June 26 a new case bearing moth species was found attacking California ladino clover seed crops. The state department of agriculture warned the undetermined pest could threaten the state's $7,000,000 ladino industry.
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Sacramento
LEA
California
State Department of Agriculture
Crosby to help form Spokane TV channel venture
Spokane native Bing Crosby filed papers with Symons Broadcasting Co. for a Spokane television channel partnership. Crosby will invest 299000 dollars and hold 47.6 percent of profits as one of four limited partners while Ed Craney leads the general partnership. Crosby has withdrawn FCC TV station applications for Tacoma and Yakima to concentrate on Spokane interests.
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Spokane
Wash
Bing’ Crosby
Symons Broadcasting Co
Crosby
Ed Craney
Federal Communications Commission
Tacoma
Yakima
KXLY
Gq Star
McKay in Germany Arrives to Meet West German Mormons
David O. McKay world president of the Latter-Day Saints arrives in Hamburg from Helsinki to hold talks with leaders of West Germany s 10000 member Mormon community.
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McKay
Germany
Hamburg
David O. McKay
Latter-Day Saints Church
Helsinki
Finland
West Germany
Dreamed of Death Plans Funeral in Kentucky
James P. Longworth, 69, of Middlesboro Kentucky, says he dreamed of his death three years ago and a voice told him a place would be made. He prepared a funeral, bought a casket, arranged with three ministers, and chose pallbearers for Saturday morning.
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Middlesboro
James P. Longworth
Longworth
Strikers Ordered to Return to Work at GE Plant
In Cincinnati on June 26 representatives of the United Auto Workers ordered about 3100 strikers back to work at the General Electric jet engine plant. The move follows a judge Otis Hess signing an order staying a temporary injunction that had barred workers from interfering with plant operations, ending a weeklong walkout that crippled defense efforts.
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Cincinnati
United Auto Workers
AFL
General Electric
Common Pleas
Otis K Hess
Escaping Gas Ignites Two Workers in La Habra
Two Pacific Light & Gas Co workers escaped a gas flow incident in La Habra today. Ray Jordan, 25, Anaheim, was trapped in a 14 foot hole by flames but was rescued by Edward McDougal, 46, of Fullerton who jumped into the hole and handed Jordan up to others before climbing out himself. Both men sustained minor burns.
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LA Habra
Ray Jordan
Anaheim
Edward McDougal
Fullerton
Jordan
Pacific Light & Gas Ca
Peters Divorced In Absentia From Met Opera Husband
Juarez Mexico reports singer Roberta Peters was granted a divorce in absentia from Robert Merrill of the Metropolitan Opera by Judge Pero Maza on June 26.
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Juarez
Mexico
Pero Maza
Roberta Peters
Robert Merrill
Metropolitan Opera
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Regina
Jeannie
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