Helicopter Rides Set for POWs in Post Exchange
Allied prisoners of war held at Panmunjom will receive helicopter rides from the Army next week. The 13th Helicopter Company will fly POWs from Freedom Village at Munsan to processing points for return home. An extra helicopter unit remains on standby if loads exceed capacity.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
13Th Helicopter Co
Freedom Village
Munsan
Army
Colorado Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge Tops World List
The Royal Gorge suspension bridge in Colorado spans above the Arkansas River bed at a height of 1,053 feet making it the highest bridge in the world. The canyon setting draws visitors to this famous landmark and its dramatic vertical drop.
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Royal Gorge Canyon
Colorado
Arkansas River
Texas Judge Locked Out Of Own Court
Rio Grande City Texas July 31 UP a judge’s temporary replacement began hearings delayed by the absence of a regular judge a clerk walkout and a locked courtroom. C Woodrow Laughlin 79th District Court judge failed to appear prompting attorneys to elect Royce Oxford as special judge. The courthouse was then locked after Oxford’s election and reading of the proclamation stalled by deputy absences.
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Tex
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Texas
Royce Oxford
Mission
Oxford
Ernest Trevino
Miguel Garcia
Starr County
Reymundo Alvarez
Roma
Herman R- Garza
A. J. Vale
Trevino
Rene Solis
Laughlin
South Texas
State Supreme Court
Acton once the laundry of London now houses factories
Acton, a London district once home to over 300 laundries, now hosts about 300 factories in various trades. The area earned the nickname laundry of London due to its textile and laundry industry prominence in the past.
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Acton
London
Laundry of
Stormy Petrel Known as Mother Carey's Chicken
Sailors call the stormy petrel Mother Careys chicken a small seabird with webbed feet and strong flight, common in the Atlantic. The name reflects its association with storms and rough seas observed by mariners.
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Atlantic Ocean
Milkmen Gather For Price Talk
The Agricultural Department will merge federal milk marketing programs for Tulsa and Muskogee Oklahoma to stabilize prices and supplies. The department sets minimum prices that handlers must pay dairymen and the merger was approved by more than two-thirds of supplying dairymen.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Tulsa
Muskogee
Okla
Italians Eye New Leader
Rome reports mark a nearing end to Premier Luigi Einaudi's search for Italy's next head of government. Alcide de Gasperi may refuse again, or a right wing Christian Democrat could take the post. Attilio Piccioni is floated as a possible broker, with monarchist support a variable in the outcome.
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Luigi Einaudi
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Attilio Piccioni
de Gasperi
Men Reached Antarctica Not Until 1895
A historic note clarifies that human exploration of the Antarctic began in 1895 with early expeditions marking the continent as the last unvisited land. It emphasizes the late initial contact compared to other regions.
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Radio Official Takes Info Post
Washington Theodore C. Streibert a New York radio executive will head the new United States Information Agency to oversee overseas information work and the Voice of America as the agency absorbs VI IIA duties. The Mutual Security Agency ends its work as a Foreign Operations Administration will take over MSA functions and Harold E. Stassen is set to continue in FDA foreign aid duties.
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Theodore C. Streibert
New York
Streiberg
Mutual Broadcasting System
Eisenhower
United States Information Agency
USIA
State Department
International Information
IIA
Voice of America Radio
Mutual Security Agency
MSA
Foreign Operations Administration
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FDA
Clark Gives Reds Warning at Civic Luncheon
General Mark Clark warned the Communists that resuming hostilities would risk their destruction. Speaking at a civic luncheon in San Francisco, he urged maintaining strength and vigilance beyond Korea armistice talks, criticizing misinterpretation of the armistice as proof of peaceful intent and stressing readiness to assess further evidence of peace.
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Mark Clark
Korea
Hostilies
U. N. Far
Free World
Clark
Senate OKs OKLAHOMA US marshals nominations
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nominations of Paul Johnson as U S marshal for the eastern district of Oklahoma and James Y Victor as marshal for the northern district.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Paul Johnson
U. S
Oklahoma
James Y. Victor
Murray Grants Jail Leave for Infirm Son Visit
In Stillwater Oklahoma Gov Johnston Murray authorized a temporary leave for Bill Story 58 of Cushing from a Payne County jail 60 day sentence to visit his critically ill son in an Oklahoma City hospital. The son’s condition followed an accident in which he was injured.
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Okla
Bill Story
Cushing
Payne County
Johnston Murray
Story
Oklahoma City
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