Bowles Sees Weaker Communism Across Southeast Asia
U S Ambassador Chester Bowles, back from a three week Southeast Asia tour including Burma Thailand Indochina and the Philippines, says Communism is weaker overall than a year ago. He cites Burma’s democracy push and notes Vietminh momentum shifting against Red forces with Hukbalahap strength under 4 000 from an earlier 60 000 estimate. Bowles stresses the trip was personal not state sponsored.
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Calcutta
India
U. S
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Burma
Thailand
Indochina
Philippines
State Department
43 Hurt In Wreck On New Jersey Turnpike
A night express bus from New York to Washington crashed into a rear truck on the New Jersey Turnpike near Bordentown. Forty-three aboard were hurt, with 22 hospitalized and at least one listed very critical. The bus rolled down a ten foot embankment into a field. Passengers described shattered glass and a frantic evacuation as the bus front was crushed to the third row. The driver Joseph Fox of Philadelphia was injured and unable to explain the crash.
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Bordentown
New York
Washington
New Jersey Turnpike
Here
Gilbert Tabler
Mannington
W. Va
Gladys
Joseph W. Fox
Philadelphia
Justice Department Drops Special Federal Grand Juries
The Justice Department abandons plans for yearly special federal grand juries nationwide. Atty-Gen James P. McGranery says the idea smacked of showmanship and prefers regular grand juries to handle crime surveillance. He also disbands the 13 man racket unit set up by J Howard McGrath to oversee the program, asserting the need for dignity and certainty in justice administration.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atty
James P. McGranery
J. Howard McGrath
The
Justice, Department
McGranery
McGrath
Kefauver
Rise Janesy
Administration of Justice
Air Force to scrap plan for independent supply empire
Washington House watchdog subcommittee says it won a year-long fight to block the Air Force from creating a separate multi billion dollar supply system. Chairman Bonner says funds will be redirected to planes and equipment while top officials confirm the service will keep using the General Services Administration and other services for common items.
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Washington
House
Air Force
Bonner
D-Nc
General Services Administration
Martin Held for Trial in Slaying of Deputy
OLATHE Kansas Deputy Willard Carver was killed on June 23. William Merle Martin 42 held without bond for trial on first degree murder felonious assault burglary and grand larceny after a preliminary hearing. Captured in St Louis while on FBI most wanted list, he is accused of slaying the deputy and stealing goods worth 810 from a Johnson County home.
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Olathe
William Merle Martin
Martin
St. Louis
FBI
Willard Carver
Johnson County
Seven Seas Reporter Sheds Light on U S Foreign Students
A 25 page annual from the University of Kansas Foreign Student Orientation Center features 25 foreign students from 17 countries sharing impressions of Americans and their own nations. The six week course ended Friday. Editors include Yuko Nakamikado and Khir, with staff advisers Alexander MacGibbon and Jane M Zinninger. The New England Tennis Patrons Association donated 24 racquets for free clinics.
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University of’ Kansas
Seven Seas
Tokio Uetsuhara
U.S
Germany
Hitler
Vincent Hepp
France
Takaaki Yumi
The
Annual
Khir
Yuko Nakamikado
Reuters News Agency
Tokyo
Hepp
Miss Balagot
Adomeit
New England Tennis Patrons Association
New
Englin
LTA
New England
Allied air and ground drills test east Rhine blitz
In Mainz and along the Rhine German defenders repelled a small American paratroop assault as part of Exercise Rose Bush. About 1,400 U.S. officers and 800 French acted as field arbiters while forces simulated a German invasion route from Kassel to Fulda. The 72 hour mock battle aimed to gauge if Allied ground troops could halt a blitz east of the Rhine with bridges as critical objectives.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Rhine
Mainz
U.S
Idfantry
Rosebush
U. S
Dr Mitchell Named Physician for K U Teams
Dr. Alex Mitchell of the University of Kansas Health Service was appointed physician for the K U football and basketball teams, replacing the ill Dr. Maurice Gross. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announced the appointment Friday. Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. A B Mitchell of 603 Tennessee Street, is a KU Medical School graduate who joined the Health Service staff on August 1 after a year of private practice in Clyde.
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Alex Mitchell
University of Kansas Health Service
K. U
Maurice Gross
Il Health
Mitchell
Franklin D. Murphy
A. B. Mitchell
Tenn. St
K. U. Medical School
Clyde
K. U. Health Service
Counterfeiter Placed on FiveYear Probation in Kansas City
Wayne Otis Hughes, 36, of Overland Park, Kansas, was placed on probation for five years in Federal District Court after pleading guilty to passing counterfeit $10 bills in and near Lawrence. He faced a five year term, with conditions set by the court.
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Overland Park, Kas
Federal District
Lawrence
Wayne Otis Hughes
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