Strikes Back at Red Ban of Newsmen
UN halted cease-fire talks over press representation at Kaesong after Red guards blocked 20 newsmen from a U N convoy. Joy demanded newsmen be cleared to conference, Ridgway called it all or nothing, talks halted pending Reds consent for intact UN delegation to proceed.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesone
U. N
Long Beach
U. S. Eighth Army
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Joy
Nam Il
Ridgway
Major Cities Submerged as Floods Ravage Kansas
Eastern and central Kansas face record floodwaters with Missouri spillover. Seven dead and five to eight missing, plus two lightning deaths in Missouri. Army estimates min 35 million dollars in damage. Kansas River valley, Neosho, Marais Des Cygnes, Cottonwood caused major destruction. North Topeka, Oakland, northern Lawrence, Manhattan flooded. evacuation ignored in North Topeka. Bridges washed out. Abilene and Manhattan islands formed. Continued on Page A-D.
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Topeka
Kan
Kan Bas
Missouri
Kansas
Fort Leonard Wood
Kansas River
Neosho
Marais Des Cygnes
Cottonwood
Blue River
Kansas City
Cliva
North Topeka
Oakland
Lawrence
Kansas University
Manhattan
Abilene
North Yopeka
North Lawrence
State Universiy
Abuene
Colby
Boats to Aid 250 Stranded on Train
Florence Kansas July 12 four efforts were made to rescue 250 passengers trapped aboard the Santa Fe streamliner in Cedar Point floodwaters. Boats ferried food and attempts to move passengers to Florence for transfer to Newton while two west bound trains were drafted and the Golden State canceled.
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Florence
Kan
Sane
Santin Fegevack FE
Capitan
Cedar Point
Cottonwood
MM. Killen
Banta Fe
Newton
Cesar Point
Chicago
Seven Die in Jet Engine Plant Blast Near Indianapolis
Seven men believed killed in an explosion at a General Motors jet engine plant west of Indianapolis. Eight workers were inside when the blast occurred before daybreak. one survivor with severe burns was blown from the building. Officials said a gas leak likely caused the blast with no sabotage suspected. interior of the small building was wrecked.
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Indianapolis
General Motors Corp
Harold E. Wilber
Air Force
Robert D. Beekmann
Judge IlI Walker Trial Delayed by Flu Strike
Riverside July 12 The murder trial of Air Force Sgt Lawrence J Walker recessed until Monday as Judge Russell J Waite was ill with influenza The recess delays three FBI agents who were to testify about evidence they collected in the slaying of Doris and Richard Cook the couple linked to the case
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Riverside
Air Force
Lawrence J. Walker
Superior Court
Russell J. Waite
FBI
Doris
Richard Cook
Weather outlook for tonight into tomorrow
Low clouds persist tonight and early tomorrow, then clear by mid morning. Warmer tomorrow with a high near 83. Light variable winds tonight and tomorrow morning shift to the southwest by tomorrow afternoon at around 2.16 miles per hour.
USAF Plans Seven Moroccan Bases Including Strategic HQ
The Air Force announced use of seven air fields in French Morocco at the northwest Africa coast. Three bases are under construction with two others in preliminary planning. A SAC Fifth Air Division headquarters will be established at Rabat with interim use at Cazes Airport Casablanca.
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Washington
Air Force
French Morocco
North Africa
Sidi Slimanes
Noussieur
Mecra Bel Kalt
Strategic Air Command
Fifth Air Division
Rabat
Cazes
Casablanca
Morocco
Labor Leaders Oppose Wage Curb Without Price Controls
AFL President William Green told Democratic leaders that unions will not accept wage ceilings without effective price control. CIO secretary treasurer James Carey said the labor movement backs Green’s stance. The meeting on Capitol Hill sought support for Truman administration anti inflation measures amid threats to the wage price controls program. Charles E. Wilson and T. V. Anderson joined Green and Carey in urging a strong controls plan.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Green
Capitol Hill T
House
Truman
James Carey
CIO
Whole Labor Movement
Carey
Wilson
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
T. V. Anderson
Railway Union Executives Association
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Red Radio Doubts: U S Sincerity in Korean Talks
Tokyo reports a Peiping radio broadcast accusing the United States of sending 20 newsmen to the armistice delegation, implying American sincerity in talks is doubtful. Red delegates objected to newsmen, suggesting the Reds have no Kaesong correspondents.
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Tokyo
Communist
Peiping
Kyoda
Red New China News Agency
Red
Pyongyand
Kaesong
WU. N
Ambassador Question Finds Dulles Silent
Washington July 12 John Foster Dulles was asked if he would be the first postwar American ambassador to Japan. He replied the question was hypothetical and declined to comment further on whether such a proposal had been made.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Japan
Acheson
Newspaper Page Locator List
A fragment lists sections and page references for a newspaper including Beach Combing Bridge Classified ads Cormies Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and television Shipping table Sports Theaters Tides temperatures and Women's activities with page indicators for each topic.
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Boyle
Cormies
U N Patrols Probe Red Strength on Korea Front
United Nations patrols pushed into territory eastward as Communist forces of up to 400000 to 500000 men massed in the west central front. General Ridgway stayed near Kaesong amid cautious reports on the military situation and tensions over armistice talks.
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Eighth Army
Korea
West Central
U. N
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Navy Readies Pay Hike for Long Beach Shipyard
A new wage schedule aims to lift hourly rates by 8 to 10 cents for most workers at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, affecting about 5000 employees. The moves follow wage surveys comparing shipyard pay with private industry in the area, with final approval by the Secretary of the Navy pending.
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Washington
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Clyde Doyle
Edward Sompayrac
Office of Industrial Relations
Sompayrac
Doyle
David Hendrickson
Secretary of the Navy
Spilled Gasoline Perils Vancouver
Vancouver faces a gasoline spill crisis as a barge listed and dumped about 40,000 gallons twice. Fire crews patrolled the waterfront, police barred access, and officials planned to beach the vessel. Hazard lingered with tides bringing reopening risk until evaporation or washing away of fuel.
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Vancouver
Jay
North
Brazil Airline Crash Kills 29
A DCB passenger plane from Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro crashed into the Sol River near Aracaju killing all 29 aboard. The victims included 25 passengers and four crew members. The Brazil airline Linhas Aereas Paulistas operated the flight. Poor weather was blamed for the crash.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sol River
Aracaju
Linhas Aereas Paulistas
Pernambuo
Israel Blames Egypt Over Suez Canal Shipping
Israel charged that Egypt interferes with Suez Canal shipping jeopardizing the Israeli Egyptian armistice and urged a UN Security Council meeting. Ambassador Abbas S. Eban sent a letter to Security Council President Sir Gladwyn Jebb. Council members expected a brief study period and likely a meeting early next week.
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United Nations
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Suez Canal
United Nations Security Council
Abbas S. Eban
Security Council
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Eban
Truman Seeks Pay Raise For Government Workers
President Truman asked Congress for a seven percent across the board pay rise for about 2 million government workers including 500,000 postal staff and 1.5 million civil service workers. A Senate committee proposed varying increases averaging 8.4 percent for civil workers with up to 380 annually and about 3.8 percent for postal staff plus grade adjustments, estimated to cost around 500 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Postal Service
Senate Committee
Peiping Radio Explains Why Talks Were Suspended
Peiping radio announced it would broadcast reasons for the breakdown of cease-fire negotiations, but the time of the broadcast was not given. The claim was reported by Japanese Kyodo News Agency.
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Peiping
Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Kyodo
Widow dies visiting late husband grave in cemetery
Mrs Guiditta Leonardini, 76, traveled with her husband’s grave in St Marys Cemetery Oakland. She fell dead of a heart attack on the cemetery stairs while visiting yesterday.
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Oakland
Guiditta Leonardini
St. Mary's Cemetery
United States outlines lenient Japan peace terms
Washington reports detail of a conciliatory postwar treaty allowing Japan to rearm and rebuild its industries while losing select island possessions. Dulles, leading negotiator, says the pact avoids victors' humiliations and will be signed in San Francisco with two defense arrangements in the works with Japan, and with Australia and New Zealand.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pearl Harbor
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Great Britain
San Francisco
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Truck Load of Beer in Chain Explosion
SAN FERNANDO July 12 Hundreds of cases of bottled beer caused a chain reaction when an 85 gallon propane tank exploded after a beer truck crash. The driver Caesar Pitone escaped, flames spread to the Sunkist plant roof, a second tank exploded, and Fireman R F Morse 34 suffered burns and was blown across the street. Several windows were broken along two blocks.
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San Fernando
Upr
Caesar Pitone
Sunkist
R. F. Morse
San Fernando Rd
Three Nations Sign Pacific Defense Pact
The United States Australia and New Zealand agreed on a mutual defense pact in the Pacific. A formal ceremony will record the three way agreement with Ambassadors Dulles Spender and Berendsen attending. The pact forms part of the World War II era settlement in the Pacific and envisions US troops and bases near Japan with a broader security framework.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
John Foster Dulles
Percy Spender
Carl Berendsen
Security Alliance
Britain
Japan
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Joseph E. Long
Masan
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Ili
Walker
USAF
U.S
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Nippon
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L.B. Shipyard
Brazil
James E.roper
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