Boatner halves steps in Operation Breakup on Koje Island
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner moved more than 50 000 Communist POWs in Operation Breakup on Koje Island Korea as he presses toward isolating all 80 000 captives. Prisoners sang as they left. two claimed anti Communist views. Chinese in Compound 602 and North Koreans in 603 were first to depart before 6 a.m. detention, with Chinese bound for Cheju Island and then to a larger camp. One Chinese man insisted he was not Communist. A NK prisoner also showed distress, both to be questioned for anti Communist leanings. Additional compounds 96 and 92 were emptied and searched for signs of executions tunnels or weapons. Maj. Gen. Ira P. Swift visited to review progress for Gen. James A. Van Fleet.
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Koje Island
Korea
U.P
Haydon L. Boatner
Cheju Island
Boamer
Ira P. Swift
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Kose
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
Alabama governor tightens road safety drive after 39 deaths
Gov. Gordon Persons leads a sweeping crackdown with 50 more patrolmen 125 liquor enforcers and 120 potential deputized wardens after a 12 day, 39 fatal stretch. He reassigns units adds motorcycle patrols and singles out speeders as the top hazard across 14 counties. Denmark reports new drug product markets in the United States and Canada.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Highway Patrol
Public Service Commission
Persons
Denmark
United States
Canada
Parade Marks Return of Ace
San Francisco hosts a Market Street parade and reception for Col. Francis S. Gabreski the 40 plane ace of two wars. The Oil City Pennsylvania native arrived after 100 missions in Korea and was greeted by his wife and eldest child Djoni 6 from Battle Creek Michigan.
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San Francisco
Francis S. Gabreski
Market Street
Korea
Gabreski
Oil City
Djoni 6
Battle Creek
Mich
Wisconsin finds faults in over 92000 vehicles in two week stop
Madison police and county sheriffs teamed with state patrol during a May 12 to 24 inspection period uncovering 21 816 mechanical defects in more than 92 000 vehicles. Defects included 3 000 headlights 13 339 lighting faults 3 267 brakes and 2 209 other issues. Authorities made 857 arrests across 81 city and village departments and 47 county sheriffs.
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Madison
U.2
Wisconsin
State
Milwaukee Seeks Looser Annexation Rules For Metro Growth
Milwaukee pushes for state laws easing annexation to expand metro area. The interim council weighed city arguments and suburban opposition at a day long hearing in Milwaukee. Mayor Zeidler urged a citizens committee and a metropolitan framework to preserve local control and protect against atomic attack. Suburban spokesmen warned against loss of autonomy and creation of spheres of influence. Assemblyman Ludvigsen defended suburban residents who moved into Waukesha County.
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Milwaukee
U.2
Waukesha County
Korea
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee Area
Zeidler
Alfred Ludvigsen
Chenequa
Three Union Men Fined in Wausau Assault Case
Three United Electrical Workers Local 1113 members, Ortwin Joss Charles Millard and Edward Rolnicki, were found guilty of assaulting Franklin E. Davis at Marathon Electric in Wausau. Each man was fined 100 dollars in police court with fines stayed pending appeal to circuit court.
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Wausau
Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corp
Ortwin Joss
Charles Millard
Edward J. Rolnicki
Franklin E. Davis
United Electrical Workers
Heat Idles Detroit Auto Plant Workers Across Big Three
Nearly 13,000 automobile plant workers were idled by a heat wave that hit 96 degrees. The Hudson Motor Car plant alone idled 10,000 workers, with additional stoppages at Chrysler and Ford facilities.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Chrysler
Ford
Texas girl toreador debuts in Juarez bulls
Patricia Mc Cormack aged 22 from Texas killed two bulls at her world debut in Juarez Mexico and was presented with the ears of both animals as a mark of victory.
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Juarez
Mexico
Toreador
Patricia McCormack
Washington primary day a freewheeling test for Kefauver Harriman
Washington voters swarm the streets for the Democratic presidential primary as Estes Kefauver and Nancy tour the capital with a handshaking blitz and campaign trucks. Harriman campaigns for minority votes while Kefauver works the White House steps, with six national delegates at stake and little in the way of rules.
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Washington
U.P
Estes Kefauver
Harriman
Florida
Truman
Kefauver
Nancy
Estes
Company Offers Unusual Proposals in Lancaster Negotiations
Bearings Company of America negotiators offered Local 1035 CIO United Steelworkers a 5 percent raise for male employees for each dependent child. The company, which has not been struck, presented the unusual terms yesterday during talks for a new contract.
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Lancaster
Bearings Company of America
CIO
United Steelworkers
Company Proposes Training and Widows Hiring Plan
The firm offers a program aimed at improving worker skills for those under 17 and a preferential hiring plan for widows of employees who die on the job. The plant employs about 350 production workers. The union did not specify any response or action on the proposals.
Statues from Ramesside Era Found Near Cairo
Five statues believed dated to King Ramses II era were uncovered by workmen digging a canal at Aakkara, about 20 miles south of Cairo. The discovery adds to insights into ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture and justifies archaeological interest.
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Rameses II
B.C
Aakkara
Cairo
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