UNU Sifts Replies To Lie Call For Troops In Korea
Secretary General Trygve Lie urged 52 UN members to provide all out fighting aid to stem the North Korean invasion. India was asked directly for soldiers while Costa Rica was excluded for constitutional reasons. The UN plans a police action within budget, with about 44 million to be raised by members after earmarks for Jerusalem and investigations.
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America
United Nations
Trygve Lie
South Korea
Lie
Korea
Soviet Bloc
Yugoslavia
Costa Rica
India
Free carnival rides for foster children at city jubilee
About 50 children from foster homes received free passes to rides at the Police and Firemen Jubilee on South Market Street. An officer and Harry Boyles provided tickets or free passes as police and firemen sponsor the event to fund youth activities.
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South Market Street
Harry Boyles
Dance Hall Razed in Akron Blaze at Summit Beach
Flames today destroyed the 30 year old Summit Beach dance hall in Akron. Fire Chief Frank Vernotzy estimated damage at 100000 dollars. Beach manager Evan Brewster said replacement cost would be 200000 dollars for the 125 by 350 foot structure at Summit Lake.
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Summit Beach
Frank Vernotzy
Evan Brewster
Summit Lake
Pythians to Confer Rank of Page at Ash Cave Meet
Knights of Pythias officers and about 500 members gathered near Ash Cave for a rank of page ceremony. More than 100 candidates would be conferred, with Evan M. Owens and Raymond C. Patton among attending officials. Registration began at 10 A M and ceremonies opened at 4 P M led by Grand Chancellor Kenneth W. Hess.
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Ash Cave
Evan M. Owens
New Philadelphia
Raymond C. Patton
Nelsonville
Owens
Equity Lodge No. 73
al Abbas
DOKK
Tuscarawas County
Ohio Society of the Dokk
K of P
Kenneth W. Hess
Springfield
Stranger Fatally Stabs Motorist at Traffic Light
Akron Ohio July 15 Llewellyn R McCurdy 58 halted his car at a traffic light when a man leaped in and stabbed him with a 14 inch bread knife cutting his jugular vein. McCurdy died quickly. Police held the attacker Clarence Covey 30 Goodyear Aircraft Corp. a war veteran recently separated from his wife. Detective Captain Struzewski said the men apparently did not see each other before the fatal moment.
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Akron
Llewellyn R. McCurdy
McCurdy
John F. Struzewski
Clarence Covey
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Covey
Blasts at Portsmouth Dockyard Cause Heavy Damage and Injuries
A series of blasts at Gosport near Portsmouth Naval Base destroyed nine ammunition barges and part of a munitions train. The explosions sparked a harbor fire and showers of live shells over a quarter mile area. Thirty people were reported injured as windows shattered up to two miles away.
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Eng
Portsmouth Naval Base
Family of Five Die in Crash Near Lexington
A Cleveland family of five and a relative were killed in a car truck crash two miles south of Lexington in Richland County during a two week vacation trip. Victims were Herman R. Turner 47 his wife Laura their daughters Barbara 14 Joyce 11 and son Robert 5 and Grace Williams 27 sister of Mrs Turner. The mother was decapitated and the car burned after a gasoline explosion. The truck driver Graydon Hinshaw 42 Avon Lake received minor injuries and was treated at Mansfield General Hospital.
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Lexington
Richland County
Herman R. Turner
Pepper Ave
Laura
Barbara
Joyce
Robert
Grace Williams
East Cleveland
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Turners
Miss Williams
Blue Ridge
Graydon Hinshaw
Avon Lake
Mansfield General Hospital
Collins Reports Americans Doing Well in Korea
Gen. J. Lawton Collins and Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg returned from Korea with optimism, saying American troops are doing well. They advised no details on specific recommendations while briefing President Truman and lawmakers. Talks focus on mobilization, National Guard calls, and expanding defense programs amid Korea tensions.
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Collins
Korea
UN must field six divisions for Korea victory says Viscount Alexander
CALGARY July 15 Viscount Alexander a World War II field marshal and governor general of Canada said today the United Nations will need at least six divisions in the field before they can hope for victory in Korea His remarks emphasize the scale of possible conflict and the commitment required by UN forces.
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Calgary
Alta
Viscount Alexander
Canada
United Nations
Korea
War correspondents barred from returning to Korea front
In Tokyo on July 15 1954 Army authorities told Associated Press correspondent Tom Lambert and United Press correspondent Peter Kalischer they could not return to the South Korean war front. Col M P Echols cited Lambert dispatches as “objectionable” for aiding the enemy but gave no security reason. Washington was to receive a full report and the U P office confirmed Kalischer was likewise barred.
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Associated Press
Tom Lambert
United Press
Peter Kalischer
Lambert
Korea
Col. M. P. Echols
General MacArthur
Associated Press Bureau
Echols
Washington
United Press Office
Kalischer
Woman Is Questioned In Husband's Death
In Columbus Ohio Russell Hicks 24 died from a stab wound after a domestic dispute. Police held his wife Jean Hicks 23 for questioning. She said Hicks stabbed himself in the left shoulder with a large butcher knife following a quarrel over his Army enlistment. She reported finding him bleeding on the living room floor.
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Columbus
Russell Hicks
Jean Hicks
Hicks
Korean War at a Glance Frontline Shifts Near Taejon
The NK forces estimated 1000 to 2000 men held a Kum River bridgehead as Americans fall back under superior enemy pressure. North Korean divisions press toward Taejon while air power claims 85 percent of NK losses. Rumors of a Pusan coastal push emerge as operations unfold.
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Far East
Stratemeyer
Ferguson Faces Contempt Action
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson faces contempt of court action for resisting Ohio Turnpike survey payments. Highway Director T. J. Kauer will seek the attorney general to sue. the Ohio Supreme Court recently approved using highway funds for surveys over Ferguson’s objections. Ferguson will decide next week on two 2500 dollar vouchers and payroll for two turnpike workers. Commission members criticized the stand as jeopardizing the program.
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T. J. Kauer
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State Supreme Court
Kauer
Commission
Supreme Court
Highway Department
James W. Shacknessy
J. Gordon McKay
Cleveland
Congress Will Get War Cost Estimate
Senator Elmer Thomas, head of the Senate military appropriations subcommittee, said estimates on new armed service funds for Korea will not be ready before next Friday at the earliest. He indicated Congress will likely have to wait a week to learn the total cost of building up the military machine.
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Sen. Robertson
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Korea
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
National Guard
Truman
Europe
Asia
Congress
Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Albania Charges Yugoslavia With Border War Aims
Prague report says Albania sent Yugoslavia a note accusing border violations intended to start a war, per Tass dispatch published today.
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Czechoslovakia
Albania
Yugoslavia
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Woman Recovering After 59 pound Tumor Removal
A Sayre Pennsylvania woman aged 60 is reported doing nicely after an operation in which a 75 inch tumor weighing 59 pounds was removed from her abdomen. The July 15 update notes she is improving and recovering.
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Sayre
Logan Brothers Reported Fighting on Korean Front
Cpl. Stanley Eugene Nutter and Pfc. Fred Nutter, Logan brothers, are believed among American troops in Korea. Their mother, Gladys Nutter, says a letter from Stanley dated in Japan notes Fred was with him as units head to the Korean front. Both attended Logan High School. their father is Walter Nutter.
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Doc) Nutter
Logan
South Korea
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Pfc
Fred Nutter
Gladys Nutter
West Hunter Street
Korea
Cpl. Nutter
Fred
Government Quells Revolt in Ecuador
Guayaquil reports a revolt that erupted at dawn but quickly ended as government troops arrested its leaders. The rebels disrupted communications and claimed a nationwide uprising in leaflets. Interior Minister Carlos Guevara Moreno, a Velasco Ibarra regime figure, was named as the revolt leader and was detained along with others.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Carlos Guevara Moreno
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Guevara
Japanese Sailors in War Zone to Receive Bonuses
The U S government will pay Japanese sailors entering the Korean war zone bonuses of at least 100 percent of their pay. Col H T Miller set the war zone between the 124th and 131st meridians and north of the 33rd parallel, covering roughly 90 miles south of the Korean peninsula and 35 miles west to 80 miles east.
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Tokyo
U.S
H. T. Miller
Korean Peninsula
Tire-Making Halted by Akron Bomb-Plane Tire Strike
A seven day wildcat strike has halted production by the B. F. Goodrich Co. of tires for bomber use in Akron Ohio. The stoppage began July 15 and involves workers protesting conditions and pay at the tire plant supplying military aircraft tires.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
Belgium to Dedicate Bulge Monument in Bastogne
Belgium will dedicate a monument in Bastogne tomorrow to honor American soldiers who died in the Battle of the Bulge. A central plaque bears the Latin inscription American Liberators The Belgian People Remember.
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Bastogne
Belgium
Men Staging Korean Airlift Outpacing Berlin Capacity
Tokyo July 15 The airlift to Korea is described as bigger than last year’s Berlin effort by crews on the ground and in the air. C-47s arrive every few minutes while Korean teams unload rapidly. Tech Sgt Dale McHenry notes about three trips daily and credits fighter pilots for the longer campaign, calling it a team operation with essential roles.
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O. H. P. King
Tokyo
Korea
Berlin
Japan
Dale McHenry
Fairbury
Nebr
McHenry
North Korea
Red forces cross Kum River disrupt Taejon front
North Korean troops in U S uniforms cross the Kum River 20 miles northwest of Taejon and push back the American left flank as heavy fighting continues. Field dispatches say the bridgehead remains intact with 1 060 to 2 060 infiltrators, while U S air and ground forces strike back and the front lines shift near Samgyo and Chongju.
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Kum River
Taejon
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Associated Press
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