Await Signs Of Russian Hydrogen Bomb Test
Washington officials face a tense watch for proof of Russia's hydrogen bomb claim after comments by Dr. Ralph Lapp and mixed reactions from lawmakers. Analysts say a test, if any, could have occurred last week with verification days away, while officials offer cautious skepticism about Soviet claims.
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Washington
Russia
Ralph Lapp
Washington, D. C
Nagasaki
Lapp
United Sates
America
Nevada
Iron Curtain
Dr. Lapp
Malenkov
Hinshaw
van Zandt
Liberated Cameraman Arrives in Tokyo
Associated Press photographer Frank Noel and 17 other former war prisoners arrived in Tokyo today by plane. Mrs Noel, who flew from the United States two days earlier, met him at the airport.
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Tokyo
U.P
Associated Press
Frank (Pappy) Noel
Noel
United States
Pappy
Frank
Pappy) Noel
Panmunjom
Americans Begin Homeward Flight From Panmunjom Prisoner Exchange
The vanguard of liberated POWs, 17 Americans, depart Panmunjom for home at 7 p.m. CST as 325 more healthy Americans sail from Incheon for Seattle or San Francisco. Monday sees 389 Allied troops and 189 South Koreans freed, with mixed moods among troops and journalists amid the prisoner swap.
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Pacific
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Inchon
Seattle
Panmunjom
U. S
India
R. K. Nehru
Nehru
Neutral Nations Advisory Commission
Reds
Outlook Dim for Budget and Tax Revision Plan
Congressional sources warn a bleak budget picture casts a pall over a broad tax revision promised for next year. The Ways and Means Committee nears end of hearings on tax proposals likely to shrink revenue, risking failure to balance the budget without further cuts or new taxes. Rep. Reed vows the corporate tax cut remains, blaming political reversals for the delay.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Progressive Plans Told by Returning POWs in Korea
Indiana corporal reports 30 fellow repatriates from Korea plan to meet in the United States and join labor unions and peace groups. He cites talk of an Ex-POWs for Peace organization and a California gathering at a former prisoner’s home.
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Inchon
Korea
U.P
Indiana
United States
Cpl
Leslie E. Scales
Folsomville
Ind
California
Scales
Sheboygan Centennial Opens with Parade and Celebrities
A four mile parade drew about 100000 spectators to start Sheboygan weeklong centennial celebrations. Honored guest actor Charles Coburn will crown a Bratwurst Queen on Thursday in the city famed as the wurst city of the world.
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Sheboygan
Charles Coburn
Underwater pipeline faces delays in Mackinac Straits work
Engineers revise schedules as 20 inch crude line across the Straits of Mackinac halts after a power winch failure. The four mile segment links Superior Wisconsin and Sarnia Ontario with Edmonton Alberta oil fields, running 1,765 miles total and slated for December 1 completion.
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St. Ignace
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
Superior
Wis
Sarnia
Ont
Straits
Superior-Sarnia
Edmonton
Alta
Michigan
Canada
Americas
Middle East
Army Doc Saved Hundreds of PWs in Chinese Camp
Capt. Clarence Anderson of Long Beach California, an Army doctor in a Chinese Red prison camp, saved hundreds of American prisoners with minimal supplies. Sgt. Richard Bailey of Pasadena Maryland testified he witnessed miracles despite scarce medicine. Bailey, captured in 1950, said Anderson would return soon.
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Freedom Village
Clarence Anderson
Long Beach
Calif
Richard D. Bailey
Powatton Beach
Pasadena
Maryland
Bailey
Anderson
Parade to Open 1953 Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee
The 1953 Wisconsin State Fair opens August 22 with a colorful parade through downtown Milwaukee headed by fair manager W. M. Masterson. The event will feature 20 band and marching units and may include carnival acts and Alice in Dairyland.
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Milwaukee
W. M. Masterson
Alice In Dairyland
C-119 Crash in North Africa Survives All Aboard
Wiesbaden Germany U S air force reports all 24 aboard the C 119 Flying Boxcar parachuted to safety before the crash in the North Africa desert. Earlier the service said 21 survivors were found near the wreckage and 3 others later located and evacuated to Wheelus Air Base Hospital. No serious injuries among the six crew and eighteen passengers.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S
North Africa Desert
U. S. Air Force
Weeny
Air Force
Wheelus Air Base
Tripoli
Wheelus
Udine
Italy
Wheelus Base
James Sholty
Mediterranean
Malta
U. S
Canadians Vote Today in Liberal Victory Expected
Canadians cast ballots in a national election seen as likely to reelect Louis St Laurent and his Liberal party with a strong majority. Opposition Conservative leader George Drew faced slim odds of overturning the Liberal decade of power.
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Toronto
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
Progressive Conservative
Tory
St. Laurent
Louis
House of Commons
George Drew
Drew
Liberals
W. L. Mackenzie King
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrats
White House
Commons
Superintendent Names West De Pere Wis Leader
Howard C. Lewis former Nicolet high school principal has been named superintendent of schools in West De Pere Wisconsin.
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West de Pere
Wis
Howard C. Lewis
Nicolet High School
Kashmir Premier Ousted in Revolt
The Kashmir premier Sheikh Abdullah was toppled in a coup with 30 followers. Police fired on protesters in Srinagar as Abdul lah advocates independence. Reports say casualties occurred and Abdullah faced charges of corruption and maladministration.
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Bombay
India
U.P
Shiekh Mohammed Abdullah
Kashmir
Times of India
Mirzaafzal Baig
Abdullah
Srinagar
Union of Kashmir
Pakistan
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Looks Warm and Wet
Weather in Wisconsin shows no rain in the last 48 hours with scattered showers forecast tonight and for Tuesday in most areas. Kenosha reported 78 at noon, 56 early morning low, and highs around 76 Sunday with a predicted 85 to 90 tomorrow.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
Weekend Wisconsin traffic toll rises with four dead
The Wisconsin weekend saw a deadly crash on Hy 67 near Neosho killing four and injuring five as two cars collided and one plunged into a water filled culvert. Victims include Lou Ann Wegwerd of Woodland Milderd Saldivar and her son Joe Jr both of Waukesha Dolores Quarters of Waukesha and others from Milwaukee and Elba.
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Dodge County
Wisconsin
Neosho
Lou Ann Wegwerd
Woodland
Mildred Saldivar
Joe Saldivar, Jr
Dolores Quarters
Waukesha
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Hartford
Joe Saldivar
Saldivar
Dorothy Bahr
Frank Figueroa
Milwaukee
David D. Huse
Eleva
Wis
Sauk City
Huse
Truax Field
Madison
Dulles Reports Full Briefing To Eisenhower On Prisoner Exchange
Secretary of State Dulles told a news conference at Eisenhower's vacation HQ that the United States would likely adopt reciprocal measures if Communists refuse to return American prisoners. He said the steps would follow armistice terms and noted concerns over withheld prisoners. Dulles spoke after a 70 minute meeting with Eisenhower, Lodge, and Robinson, and drew on his Korea trip and observations at Freedom Village.
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Denver
Dulles
Eisenhower
United States
Honolulu
South Korea
Republic
Syngman Rhee
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U. S
United Nations
Walter S. Robinson
Korea
Rhee
Freedom Village
Maxwell Taylor
8Th
Plan Drive for Funds Milwaukee Memorial for WWII Ace Bong
Wisconsin VFW officials said Saturday Gov. Kohler will be asked to designate a special day for a fundraising drive to honor Major Richard Ira Bong, the celebrated World War II air ace, through a state memorial effort.
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Milwaukee
Kohler
Wisconsin
Maj
Richard Ira Bong
VFW
Expect Surplus Cotton Crop Forecast for 1953
The agriculture department projects a 1953 U S cotton crop of 14 605 000 bales, down 3 1/2 percent from last year, with potential for federal marketing quotas if production remains above 12 million bales. Ezra Benson must decide by Oct 15 on potential 1954 controls as two more monthly estimates could shift the outlook.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
Ezra T. Benson
Communists Sell Confiscated U S Food in State Stores
Berlin refugees report a major swindle by the East German regime as confiscated American food is sold at profiteering prices in state owned stores. Washington sees likelihood of revolution in the Soviet orbit. Geneva hosts World Jewish Congress push to invite Arab states to end war with Israel. Ithaca struck by earthquake results in two deaths twenty injured and two hundred houses collapse.
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Hartland
Robert Hanse
Route 1
Lincoln County
Council Round State Park
Merrill
Laverne Hackner
James Stockman
Gleason
Martin Buskager
Sun Prairie
Arena
Iowa
U. S
Berlin
Geneva
Switzerland
U.P
World Jewish Congress
Israel
Middle East
Athens
Greece
Ithaca
Ulysses
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Los Angeles
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Wauwatosa
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