Koje Command Backs Policy With Pill Boxes
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner suspended a tough but fair policy on Koje island POW camps backed by sandbag pill boxes and relocated firepower. Dodd seizure and Colson’s concessions sparked UN relief. Boatner vows no prisoner negotiations while urging guards on high alert and open channels to address grievances.
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Koje Command
Wendell Merick
United Press
Koje Island
Korea
U.P
Haydon L. Boatner
Boatner
U. S
Kose
Charles Colson
Colson
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
United Nations Supreme
Driver Faces Death Charge in Highway 41 Crash
Harry Douglas 41 of Milwaukee faces negligent homicide charges for a three death crash on Highway 41 near County Trunk K. Victims include Lyle Nelson 19 and Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Nelson, ages 24 and 19, who were in Maynard’s car. Douglas allegedly ran a red light at 70 mph. he is hospitalized in Kenosha in stable condition. City and county officials reviewed the wreckage and the scene before filing.
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Harry Douglas
Milwaukee
Highway 41
Douglas
Lyle Nelson
37Th Ave
Maynard Nelson
Racine
Maynard
Kenosha Hospital
Dist. Atty
Urban Zievers
William Raven
Lyle Milligan
William Schmitt
Floyd Hughes
Harris laundry offer goes to local laundress
Mandan North Dakota radio offer to do the laundries for the first to identify a quotation read on air was won by Mrs Kathryn Hoppe. Mrs Hoppe is laundress for the 300 student state training school here.
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Mandan
N. D
U.P
Jack Harris
Kathryn Hoppe
Wisconsin Weather: Frost and Cool Temps Across State
A chilly night saw temperatures dip below freezing at Grantsburg and Park Falls. Friday's highs ranged from 69 in Janesville to 56 in Park Falls with northerly and southern cloud cover and frost likely in the north tonight. Continuous cool, partly to mostly cloudy skies forecast through Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Park Falls
Janesville
Hope Beaten Girl May Talk
Virginia Anderson, 24, an University of Wyoming English graduate student and Cornell College alumna, lies unconscious at a hospital bed after being found on a prairie north of Laramie. Police vigil remains as investigators pursue leads amid missing Friday disappearance and potential abduction.
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Laramie
Wyo
U.2
Virginia Anderson
University of Wyoming
Here
Miss Anderson
Cornell College
Iowa
Consul General Escapes Death in Tunis Roadblock Attack
U S Consul General John J Jernegan 40 narrowly escaped death when French sentries at a Tunis roadblock opened fire with machine guns after his car failed to stop. The incident follows multiple bombing incidents and ongoing nationalist violence since the year began. Jernegan met with French officials and security forces prepare plans to curb terrorism amid curfew and siege regulations around Tunis.
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Tunis
Tunisia
U.P
U. S
John J. Jernegan
Jernegan
Los Angeles
Calif
la Marsa
la Goulette
State Department
Foreign Service
Jean de Hauteclocque
Negotiators Stand Firm in Korean Prisoner Talks
U N delegate Joy and North Korean Lt Gen Nam I clash in Panmunjom over repatriation. Joy rejects May 2 plan and insists on indefinite hold and 70 000 prisoner return target while Nam accuses UN policy of bankruptcy and demands another meeting. The exchange also notes a prisoner of war camp incident on Kose island.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Nam I
Nam
Joy
F Francis T. Dodd
Kose Island
Critically Burned In Milwaukee Apartment Fire
A Milwaukee woman Dorothy Avery, 42, suffered third degree burns to eighty percent of her body in an early morning apartment fire. She awakened after 3 a.m. and called her daughter Gay, 11, who escaped unharmed. Damages are estimated at 200 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Dorothy Avery
Gay
Eisenhower Plans Washington Visit After World War II Role
General Dwight D. Eisenhower ties East Asia to Europe in a world peace effort and announces his planned arrival in Washington on June 1, the day he retires as Allied supreme commander.
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Paris
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
All East Asia
Europe
Washington
U S Air Ace Shot Down Over Korea
Col Walker M Mahurin a top American ace with 25 enemy planes in two wars was shot down during Sabrejet diving attacks on North Korea. He reported being hit and was listed missing in action as the 5th Air Force struck Sinuiju and Kunu with F 86s F 84s and F 51s.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Walker M. Mahurin
North Korea
5Th Air Force
Sinuiju
Manchurian
Kunu
Korangro-Ri
Mahurin
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Patricia
Lyn Anne
Marshall
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Sabre
Yalu River
Antung
Manchuria
Harrison R. Thyng
Branstead
N. H
Kenneth L. Skeen
Mountain Home
Ida
8Th Army
Ike Faces First Ballot in West
Oregon voters held a presidential primary marking the first western test of Eisenhower’s popularity with turnout expected at 60 percent or more than 450000 of 778000. Eisenhower led the Republican preferential vote while Estes Kefauver appeared certain to win the 12 Democratic delegates.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Steel Talks Not in Sight at CIO Convention
Philip Murray chairman of the CIO United Steelworkers says there are no negotiations in sight with steel operators. He notes no word on wage talks since the convention opened and signals any talks must be based on the 26 cent an hour wage and fringe package proposed by the wage stabilization board. The union seeks the union shop in basic plants.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Murray
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Wage Stabilization Board
Doubt Early End to Big Oil Strike
A government forecast for a 90,000 oil workers strike to end within 48 hours was disputed by union spokesmen. CIO Oil Workers president O A Knight in Denver said reports of an imminent return are inaccurate unless wage increases approved by the wage stabilization board are granted. He added that most talks with Wyco Pipeline Co involve retroactive pay and that plant-by-plant bargaining may delay a settlement.
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Benton
D-Conn
McCarthy
Senate
Lustron Corp
Columbus, O
Lustron
Royal
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Maron Simon
Denver
CIO
AFL
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers Union
Washington
Knight
Wyco Pipeline Co
Casper
Wyc
Wyco
B. J. Schafer
CIO Union
Newsprint Price Rise Set for June 15
Washington reports Ellis Arnall announced Canada will permit a $10 per ton increase in newsprint price effective June 15, signaling higher costs for publishers and printers.
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Washington
U.P
Ellis Arnall
Canada
John Bosshard to Open La Crosse Gambling Hearing
La Crosse Wis UP Dist Atty John Bosshard announces a John Doe hearing into alleged gambling in La Crosse County. He plans subpoenas Monday and a hearing not before Wednesday, with a $500 budget approved by the county board finance committee for the investigation. A federal grand jury report of 1936 to 1946 noted wide open gambling in La Crosse, though no major gamblers remain, Bosshard said, while hinting that those involved may still influence police and the fire commission.
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la Crosse
Wis
John Bosshard
John Doe
la Crosse County
Bosshard
Madison
Grand Jury
Police and Fire Commission
Blame Woman's Death On Aspirin Overdose
Beaver Dam Wisconsin reports coroner says Laura Grutsch 31 may have died from aspirin poisoning after an argument with her husband. Autopsy indicated she took about 50 aspirins and died yesterday.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
O.R
Laura Grutsch
Robert Edward
Edward
Spring Fever Roils Campuses In Panty Raid Spree
United Press reports a panty raid wave with 1000 Columbia students storming Barnard dorms and 3000 at the University of Miami. Harvard students riot for four hours at Harvard Square, resulting in 28 arrests and minor injuries. police note prankish, sex flavor, with little property damage beyond soiled clothing.
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United Press
Harvard
Columbia University
Broadway
Barnard College
Miami
Coral Gables
Fla
Harvard Square
New York
Cambridge
Mass
Sity
Iowa
Dick Stern
University of Miami
University of Florida
University of Denver
Otterbein College
University of Indiana
University of Nebraska
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Radcliffe College
Gillette memo urges forcing newsmen to reveal sources
Sen. Guy M. Gillette filed a memorandum in Washington stating congressional committees can compel newsmen to reveal confidential informants. The brief says refusal to name sources is contempt and that a committee may decide prosecutions, though the memorandum has no formal Senate standing.
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Washington
U.P
Guy M. Gillette
D-Ia
Senate
Congressional
Congressional Committee
Committee
Gillette
Elections Subcommittee
Congressional Record
Edward J. Milne
Providence
R. I.) Bulletin
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Milne
Cancel Plans For Skywatch
Operation Skywatch the 24 hour vigil for ground observers has been called off by the Air Force. Howard Gatley reports 100 observers and dispatchers were ready to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday. Air Force will study the issue to reduce hardships on civilian volunteers before rescheduling.
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Air Force
Howard Gatley
Nathan F. Twining
Congressman Bender urges broader Army engineers power
Rep. Bender of Ohio proposed broadening Army Corps of Engineers authority to combat Great Lakes shoreline erosion. He said he may sponsor legislation to let engineers assist in protecting privately owned lake shore lands from high waters.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
Congress
Army Engineers
Great Lakes
Star routes speed parcel post between Kenosha Racine and Chicago
New truck routes named star routes speed up parcel post deliveries by linking Kenosha Racine and Chicago. Four daily trips deliver mail earlier, allowing same day delivery for many parcels and reducing damage. Landon Cartage Co. operates the service with trucks arriving 2:15 am and 3:45 am from Chicago and leaving at 6:15 pm and 8:20 pm daily except Sundays and holidays.
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Kenosha
Racine
Chicago
Paul Naef
Naef
F. Landon Cartage Co
Landon Company
32Nd Ave
Genoa City
Wis
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