Ocean crash survivors rise as rescue continues
Rescue HQ said a British ship recovered three survivors and three bodies from the American RB-36 bomber wreck in the Atlantic. The Manchester Skipper later reported two more bodies and two more survivors were taken from the sea as heavy seas hampered the search.
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Russia May Join Talks On Germany
The state department said Russia left the door open for a Big Four foreign ministers conference on Germany but called the Moscow note ambiguous and in need of study. Officials say Britain and France will be consulted before a Western reply is drafted.
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Desert Soviet Zone deserters flee to West Berlin in mass escape
Fifty four East German soldiers and police desert from the Soviet zone food blockade around Berlin. Twenty from the Red Wehrmacht and 17 from the People’s Police reach West Berlin amid ongoing relief efforts and a tightened travel ban. The year’s second largest mass desertion follows June revolt and comes as Berlin relief parcels near one and a half million in total.
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Nixon hails Eisenhower on defense spending at VFW talks
Vice President Nixon said Eisenhower is best qualified to decide defense needs, noting new aircraft deliveries by 1955. He urged against cutting foreign aid to balance the budget and defendedEfficiency gains through cutting waste. Sen. Douglas and later Sen. McCarthy spoke as thousands watched a long military parade through Milwaukee in light rain and heat.
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Korean War Prisoner Exchange Begins With 400 Freed
Four hundred Allied captives rode Russian trucks from North Korea to freedom as the five week prisoner exchange opened. The first day freed 70 Americans and 250 Koreans among 12,763 UN troops traded for 74,000 Reds.
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Paris Isolated by Communications Strike
Paris was cut off from telephone, postal and telegraph services as a nationwide strike by government communications workers began. Bordeaux and Marseille faced severe disruption with officials warning of continuing outages.
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Atomic Bombers Make Long Hops Across Atlantic Flights
Two B-47 Stratojets flew nonstop from Fairford England to Florida and Georgia in dramatic range tests. One bomber covered 4,450 miles to Tampa in 8 hours 52 minutes at an altitude near 42,700 feet with an average speed of 454 mph, while a second jet diverted to Hunter AFB Savannah after 4,151 miles in 9 hours 26 minutes at about 440 mph due to fuel constraints.
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Hog prices plunge in Chicago market on reduced pork costs
Live hog prices fell to their lowest in over three months in Chicago as market analysts expect pork to drop for housewives this week or next. A second group of prisoners, including AP photographer Frank Noel, left a Yalu river camp for repatriation, per Peiping radio.
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Russians Cut Defense Spending for Coming Year
Moscow reports a 3.2 percent cut in defense outlay for the next year announced by Finance Minister Arseni Zverev to the Supreme Soviet. Senate GOP leader Knowland plans a late fall tour of the Far East visiting Korea Japan Formosa Indo China Thailand The Philippines and other areas.
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Farmers Rebel as Rubber Planting Order Triggers China Clash
Sing Tao Jih Pao reports angry farmers killed or wounded more than 100 Communist soldiers last week in Hainan uprising over a rubber tree planting order. The island is China's largest and lies off Indochina as tensions flare between peasants and authorities.
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Tuberculosis in Freed GI Prisoners Revealed at Freedom Village
U P reports more than half of the 70 Americans released in the first day of the prisoner exchange show tuberculosis. Doctors say many other UN prisoners also have TB, challenging claims that all sick and wounded were freed in Operation Little Switch.
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First American Red Cross Girls Reach Korea Village
Liberated American GIs in Freedom Village Korea greet five Red Cross workers returning from prisoner repatriation. The five women Lucia Barbonne Winifred Eley Dorothy Durieux Carol Cooper and Lucy Maloney are from California Michigan Ohio Connecticut and Indiana. They inspire awe and nostalgia among returning troops.
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Rain Hits Kenosha Again with .55 Inch Total
Weather report notes .55 inches of rain in Kenosha last night. Scattered showers and thundershowers expected in Wisconsin tonight and Thursday. Highs forecast 75 to 80 degrees, with Tuesday reaching 87 and a 64 night low. Noon readings: 70 Nash Motors, 72 sewage plant, 70 downtown.
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Casualty Toll in Korea Reaches 141705
The Defense Department announced that US battle casualties in Korea total 141,705 with 1,159 more than last week. The figure covers those notified to next of kin through last Friday and reflects continued heavy fighting in the war's closing phase despite cessation of hostilities.
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Dulles and Rhee Plan Mutual Defense Pact
South Korea signals it will sign a mutual defense treaty with the United States after a final working level conference. Secretary Dulles and President Rhee met at the presidential mansion to finalize security pact details as aides continued with fact finding to speed the process before Dulles departs for Washington.
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Envoy Takes Oath as U S Ambassador to Greece
Cavendish W. Cannon former ambassador to Portugal was sworn in as the new U S ambassador to Greece today. He succeeds John E. Peurifoy.
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U S Denies Bomber Was Over Soviet Territory
Washington reports the United States rejects Moscow claims that a U S air force B 50 bomber was shot down over Soviet territory. The government demands compensation from the Soviets for the aircraft and any crewmen killed.
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Liberated Men Reach Freedom Village in Korea
Seventy Americans freed from Communist camps arrived at Freedom Village Korea after helicopter transfer from Panmunjom. Eight litter patients were rushed to hospital as Gen Maxwell Taylor and officials welcomed them. Dulles called the moment one of his life’s greats while preparations for homeward transport 14,000 pounds of fresh supplies aboard Gen Walker were announced.
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