Russians Ready For Big 4 Talks
The Soviet Union said it is ready for a Big Four meeting on Germany but urged a broader parley including China. Moscow proposed ministers discuss reducing tension and German unity and a peace treaty while opposition in Washington questions bringing Red China into talks.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
Britain
France
China
Washington
V. M. Molotov
Austria
State Department
Red China
Asia
Chinese People's Republic
Electric Shock Fatal To Worker Billy Joe Williams
Billy Joe Williams, 24, of Kingsport Route 7 died from an electrocution at the city garage near the Knoxville highway around 1 43 pm Tuesday. The garbage truck driver was lubricating the vehicle with a grease gun when the incident occurred as helper Willard McMurray described bending to inspect a point under the rear wheel. The Life Saving Crew and Dr. Wiley pronounced him dead after about 30 minutes.
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Billy Joe Williams
Gearley Road
Kingsport
Knoxville
Williams
Willard McMurray
Indian Springs
McMurray
J. C. Spears
Kingsport Life Saving
W. A. Wiley
Willliams
Judge Rogan Voids Bonding Ban in Sullivan County
Judge Thomas Rogan on Wednesday nullified a joint Criminal Circuit Court order prohibiting L. Bellamy from issuing bonds in Sullivan County General Sessions Courts. He cites a Supreme Court ruling limiting Criminal Court authority and notes Bellamy has been barred for about two months.
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Blountville
Spl
Thomas Rogan
Criminal Circuit Court
L. &. Bellamy
Sullivan County
General Sessions
Rogan
Rogersville
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
8. G. Gilbreath, Jr
Kingsport
Bellamy
Sullivan Courts
Criminal Court
Big Stone Gap Woman Killed by Electric Fence
Mrs. Julia Lane, 35, was found entangled in a garden fence charged with 110 volts. Her husband Ballard Lane reported erecting the fence to deter tomato thieves. Coroner Dr. D F Nix said she died of electric shock with burns on the right side. Survivors include daughter Evelyn and sons Sammy and Jimmy.
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Big Stone Gap
Julia Lane
Ballard Lane
Wise County
Harold Fleming
Lane
Fleming
Wise
Evelyn
Sammy
Jimmy
Aldermen Move To Clear Shacks In Kingsport
The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to condemn and remove dilapidated shacks along Myrtle and Walnut Streets after a petition from 13 residents. Officials reported five two room dwellings with a single toilet, rented up to 28 dollars monthly, built before the zoning ordinance and deemed a fire hazard.
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Bill Barnett
Times-News
Kingsport
Myrtle Street
Myrtle
Wanut
D. W. Moulton
Shealth Department
Sturgis
S. D
Moulton
John McGregor
Spearfish
Iit
McGregor
Fred Ritchel
Idaho
Ratchel
School Mother Patrol Approved For Kingsport Women Cops
Kingsport approves a trial School Mother Patrol with three part time women officers to manage traffic at school intersections. They will have arrest and ticketing powers, work about three hours daily on school days, earn 60 dollars a month, and be recruited from local mothers. The plan aims to free male officers for other duties.
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Kingsport
D. W. Moulton
C. K. Marsh
Parent-Teachers Association
Iptas
Marsh
23 Airmen Jump From U S Bomber in North Atlantic
A high speed eight engine U S Air Force bomber crashed in the North Atlantic and 23 airmen bailed out. British ships rescued survivors and recovered bodies as search planes and vessels scoured the area 420 miles west of Prestwick and 285 miles apart for wreckage and survivors.
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London
North Atlantic
Manchester Shipper
Prestwick
Scotland
Uruguay
Sait
U S Demands Soviet Pay For Downing B 50
The United States demanded compensation from the Soviet Union for the July 23 shooting down of an American B-50 bomber over the Sea of Japan. Washington rejected Moscow’s version, urged an exhaustive crew search, and sought payment for the aircraft and any crew deaths.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Sea of Japan
Moscow
Advanced TB Cases Show Reds Lied On Sick POWs
At least half of the first 60 United Nations prisoners liberated today have advanced tuberculosis, contradicting Red claims that all sick and wounded were freed in Operation Little Switch last April. Col. Fred W. Seymore says many had long illness and would have returned earlier.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Red
Fred W. Seymore
Bell
Calif
Freedom Village
K. Bernardino
Bernardino
Seymore
James G. Hudson
Portsmouth
Ark
Red Cross
Dulles Opens Talks With Rhee On Postwar Korea
Secretary of State Dulles met with South Korea’s President Rhee in Seoul to map four day talks focusing on a Korean political conference by October, a U.S. South Korea security pact, and additional U.S. economic aid of 200 million dollars.
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Seoul
Dulles
Ei- ‘Semhower
Syngman
Rhee
Eisenhower
United States
South Korea
Congress
Rhee Daily Woll
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Walter S. Robertson
Korea
Ellie O. Briggs
Carl McArdle
Army
Robert Stevens
Freed American POWs Describe Death March Death Toll
Corporal Richard M. Davis from Booneville Arkansas recounts a February 1951 death march that killed about 1,260 Americans out of 1,400 starters from Wonju to the Manchurian border. Sgt James Davis of Mullins South Carolina confirms harsh prison camp conditions and starvation as others died.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Richard M. Davis
Booneville, Ark
Davis
U. S. 2Nd Division
Wonju
South Korea
Manchurian
38Th Parallel
James Davis
Mullins
S. C
Munsan
First group of war prisoners repatriated from Korea
No Tennesseans were among the first released by the Communists in Korea. The initial Americans came from 23 states plus Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The official list names next of kin for several soldiers including Willie B. Hatcher of Farmville Virginia and Archie L. Edwards of Morehead North Carolina among others.
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Korea
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Virginia
Willie B. Hatcher
Jennie Hatcher
Farmville
Emmett Gordon Jr
Hamilton Bogerty
Newport News
Pic
Charlie Duncan
24Th
Catherine D. Doyle
Portsmouth
North Carolina
Archie L. Edwards
Clyde V. Edwards
Morehead City
William R. Sherrell
58Th Field Artillery
Anna B. Sherrell
Brynson City
Oscar Wooton
Hattie L. Wooton
Wilson
J. B. Gatlin
Sth Reg
Zilphia Gatlin
Chicod
Polio in Tenn May Set Record
Tennessee health officials warn polio could reach a record year with 800 cases if current pace holds. Through this year 278 cases are reported with 53 more added last week, as East, West and Middle Tennessee tally new patients.
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Nashville
Tennessee
R. H. Hutcheson
Dan Robert Stine
Blountville
Route 2
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport
East Tennessee
West Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Hutcheson
Elizabethton
Carter County
Upper East Tennessee
Street Scenes and Heat Stunt City Traffic
A courting couple stops traffic as they chat under a green light, oblivious to drivers. A young man carries a blanket to the dry cleaner while shoppers endure 91 degree heat. A group of children climb a ladder to glimpse four newborn birds in a nest.
Man Sentenced To Three Years In County Jail
Cecil A Feathers 50 pleaded guilty to two petty theft charges and one whisky possession count in General Sessions Court. Judge S Gilbreath Jr imposed three 11 month 29 day sentences consecutive totaling three years. Feathers long FBI record and arrest at Kingsport grocery for 39 cent mouthwash and 58 packs of cigarettes valued at 12.
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Cecil A. Feathers
Knoxville
S. Gilbreath, Jr
FBI
Feathers
Kingsport
G. W. Pletcher
George Rogers
Rogers
Joy Of Released Soldier Dimmed By Grim Report
Allied soldiers freed in the Korea War prisoner exchange arrived amid grim news from Maj John Daujat. He said some U S captives were sentenced to long terms for alleged peace agitation as 12 163 UN troops and 74 000 Reds swapped hands.
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Panmunijom
North Korea
Freedom
John Daujat
Richmond
Calif
Daujat
Freedom Village
Washington
Pentagon
State Department
Associated Press
Tokyo
Robert Bunson
City Buses Resume Regular Schedules After Strike
City Transportation Company and AFL union officials announce that all differences are settled and normal bus operations resume at 1 p m Wednesday after a Tuesday strike that began at 3 20 p m. Picket lines formed Tuesday afternoon by union drivers halted service until the joint statement ends the dispute.
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City Transporation Company
AFL
Lake Stage Lowered Levels Across Cherokee Holston Boote Regions
Water gauges show Watauga Lake at 839 feet and falling with Cherokee readings 20.2 feet low, Holston at 45.0 feet low, and Boote at 4% feet low amid steady declines.
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Watauga Lake
Holston
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