Fiery Texas Greyhound collision leaves many dead and missing
Two Greyhound buses collided head on seven miles south of Waco on Highway 81 near Austin at dawn. At least 29 people died with estimates up to 33. 24 passengers were hospitalized and five were missing. Survivors recounted horrific explosions as vehicles burned, leaving burned shoes and luggage in the wreckage.
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Waco
Texas
Greyhound
Here
Dallas
Austin
Dora Daniels
Fexas
U. S.highway 81
Massive U N Raids Sink North Korean HQ Near Pyongyang
U N Lighter bombers conducted two large waves against a key North Korean military headquarters near Pyongyang, leaving wreckage. U S Sabre jets intercepted MIG-5 fighters, destroying one and damaging another, boosting MIG losses since the war began to about 100. Ground forces of the Second Division repelled a Chinese assault on Old Baldy hill, with Reds driven back from fortified positions.
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Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Pyongyang
Air Force
Marine Sar
U. S. Second’ Division
Old Baldy Hill
Ike Speaks in L A Tomorrow
General Dwight D. Eisenhower the Republican presidential candidate visits Los Angeles tomorrow to attend the Veterans of Foreign Wars third annual encampment. He arrives between 8:30 and 4 p.m. and will be visible from arrival to parade reviewing stand with television coverage by KITV KTLA and possibly others. KTLA will televise his 7 p.m. speech.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
KITV
KTLA
Man assaults traffic light repairman in Baltimore
In Baltimore on August 4 a motorist angry at a traffic delay hit a traffic light repairman, George Hupi, in the jaw then left. The repairman recovered and recorded the assailant's license number.
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Baltimore
George Hupi
Drought Worsens as Rain Fails to Help Crops Across States
Scattered showers grazed the drought hit South and East while New England awaited predicted rain. Analysts warn only a three to four day soaking could salvage fading crop and pasture lands, with losses expected to reach or exceed a billion dollars. The U S Agriculture Department announces a ten state drought loan conference in Atlanta August 6 and 7 to aid affected farmers.
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New England
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
U. S. Agriculture Department
Dillard BE
Lasseter
Farmers Home Administration
Atlanta
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Texas
Hitcher pilots jet when commander faints over Korea
A hitchhiking Air Force master sergeant, Charles B. Hilt, on his first jet flight, took control of a T-33 after pilot Lu Robert W. MacDuff fainted from oxygen deprivation. Hilt guided the 500 mph craft, restarted the engine, then steered to a safe landing with dwindling fuel, near a Japan base.
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U. 5
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Air Force
Charles B. Hilt
Parker, Fla
Japan
Lu Robert W. MacDuff
Avenel
N. d
Hilt
MacDuff
Hill
Drought Hits Households As Food Prices Rise
Washington reports drought and livestock disease push food prices toward higher levels. Officials warn the OPS has limited power to curb increases on non priced ceilings while fruit and vegetable costs stay exempt. Beef milk corn potatoes and other crops face shortages and pork prices may climb as the vesicular xanthoma outbreak hits hog farms across several states.
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Office of Price Stabilization
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Agriculture
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Maine
Mississippi
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House Agriculture Committee
Army imposes strict ammunition rationing in Korea
The Army announced strict rationing of ammunition for all units not in action or bound for combat in Korea. Assistant Army Secretary Karl Bendetsen cited a steel strike reducing this year’s ammunition production by about 37 percent and said economy and substitutes will be used in training. The measure covers air munitions larger than 50 caliber and aims to train about 650,000 replacements in the current fiscal year.
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Korea
Karl R. Bendetsen
Bendetsen
National Guardi Re
United
Europe
Sailor Found Dead in L B Building
A 28 year old sailor in uniform was found lying face down in a pool of blood at the Jergins Trust Building near the east lobby stairs. Detectives identify him as Harry E. Stack Jr. from the Herbert J. Thomas destroyer escort vessel. Police theorize a fall or trip before 8 am. He was pronounced dead at Seaside Hospital and removal made to Lakewood Mortuary. Investigating detectives will pursue foul play as a possibility. A night janitor found the body.
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Herbert J. Thomas
Ted Sizemore
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Finch
Slack
Seaside Hospital
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Martin
Russell FP
Hiner
San Francisco Ave
Warchoman
Truce Paragraph OK'd in Korea Armistice Talks
PANMUNJOM Korea Aug 4 Communists accept UN drafted language on war prisoners but prison repatriation remains unresolved High level teams recessed after again failing to fix how many prisoners return and when Translation of Korea and United Nations terms and post armistice recommendations still under dispute.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Joy Becomes 37th Naval Academy Superintendent
Vice Admiral C Turner Joy, a Pacific veteran and Korean peace talks figure, assumed command as the 37th superintendent of the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. Guns roared over the Severn River as Joy relieved Vice Admiral Barry W Hill and accepted command, a 15 shot salute marking the change of commands.
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Annapolis
C. Turner Joy
Pacific
U. S. W Naval Academy
Severn River
Joy
Barry W. Hill
Severn River Naval Command
Hill
Weather outlook with fog and foggy morning easing
Considerable low clouds and fog in the morning, becoming partly sunny by afternoon. Little temperature change expected. Winds from the west to southwest at 12 to 22 miles per hour in the afternoon.
Capital Figures Deficit Sees Flying Zeros
The government ran a July deficit of 33.426 trillion dollars in the first month of FY1953, surpassing July 1952’s opening shortfall. Outlays jumped to 6.742 trillion from 4.738, with receipts rising to 316 billion from 971 billion, leaving debt at 263.1 billion as of July 31.
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Washington
U. S
Illegal Radio Station Found on Signal Hill
FCC detectives traced night broadcasts of hot music to 2310 Orange Ave Signal Hill and arrested 28 year old Philip E Peterson for operating an unlicensed radio station on 880 kilocycles using SERD call letters. He faces counts of unlicensed operation false station ID and broadcasting without a license with up to two years or a $10,000 fine per count.
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Federal Communications Commission
Signal Hill
Philip E. Peterson
Orange Ave
FCC
S. 5
Robert J. Stratton
SERD
Sonora
Mexico
Stratton
WCBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
NewWork
Peterson
Mgriscn
Two Yanks Die and Two Wounded in Pacific Clash
The Navy reports a Martin Sea Mariner patrol plane fought off two Russian built Mig fighters over the Yellow Sea near Korea. Two crew were killed and two wounded. The damaged craft landed on the west coast of Korea for spot repairs before continuing to Tokyo. Names given: H. G. Goodread Jamestown North Dakota and Claude Playforth Cincinnati Ohio among the dead. Wounded were R H Smith Abilene Texas and WH Atkins League City Texas. The incident follows reports of a plane shot down off Siberia.
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Navy
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Korea
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Mariner
Dwakuni
Japan
Aviation
H. G. Goodread
Jamestown
N. D
Claude Playforth
Cincinnati
Ohio
R. Hh, Smith
Abilene
Texas
WH. T. At ‘Kins
League City
Tokyo
U. & Navy
Siberian
Special Session Weighs School Bonds and Quake Aid
Sacramento lawmakers opened a quickie special session to consider a multiyear school bond package to ease classroom shortages and fund earthquake recovery in Kern County. They planned to decide on leveraging a $24 million federal pension boost and potential extra federal aid for needy children, with implications for monthly benefits and program funding.
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Sacramento
Kern Coun
California
Where to Find The Times Sections and Features
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