Newsmen Tag Along After Reds Yield
In Seoul on Sunday July 15 AP reports the United Nations delegation resumed armistice talks at Kaesong after Communist leaders yielded to Allied terms for fair play. Gen Ridgway required a neutral atmosphere and reduced white flags, with Joy and Craigie crossing the Imjin by jeep to observe road conditions and verify compliance.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
Adm
C. Turner Joy
L. C. Craigie
USAF
Imjin River
Long Beach
Munsan
Pot
Park Sun Yup
First Corps
Arleigh Burke
U. S. Iser
Henry I. Flades
Eighth Army
Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Frank Bartholomew
United Press
Joy
Craigie
Wre
Eejoy
Imjin
Col
James ©. Murray
Alles
Alaska Senate Chief Dies Under Surgery
Anchorage July 14 Alaska Senate President Gunnard M Engebreth aged 42 died during an operation in Wisconsin. He was serving his second term as Senate president and was the only man to hold the office twice. His wife Mrs Engebreth notified by telephone.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Gunnard M. Engebreth
Territorial Senate
Wisconsin
Engebreth
Senate
Solons Criticize Reserve Call Up in Korea Era Policy
Washington July 14 AP A House armed services subcommittee blasted the armed forces for injustices in the Korea era reserve call up. The report cites grandfathers drafted, enlisted with dependents sent, college Reservists activated, and poor record keeping. It urges rapid, well managed releases where replacements exist and stricter duty term enforcement.
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Washington
Special House
Armed Services
Korea
Rep
Brooks
D.-La
Sailing of Lurline Canceled in Dispute
In San Francisco on July 14 the luxury liner Lurline’s Honolulu sailing was canceled after a union jurisdiction dispute. About 750 passengers were aboard awaiting a Hawaii vacation. many remained as Matson offered to host them aboard as guests. The ship’s next voyage was not announced. the July 25 Los Angeles departure was set pending resolution of the clash among SUP NMU and MCS unions.
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San Francisco
Matson
Honolulu
Lurline
Hawaii
Los Angeles
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Ines
CIO National Maritime Union
SUP
NMU
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
MCS
CIO
SAP
Harry J W Neubarth
Margon
Leonard Kralka
Kralka
Summer Program Canceled by Bowl
Hollywood July 14 The Hollywood Bowl canceled its summer program tonight citing lack of funds. The season opened last Tuesday. Jean Hershall, president of the Hollywood Bowl Association, said this is not the end and a projected reorganization will provide a firm foundation. The outdoor bowl has offered summer musicals for 33 years and the association said it now lacks funds to carry forward the balance of the season. The statement cited apathy of the general public television intrusion and traffic and parking issues.
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Hollywood
Jean Hershall
Hollywood Bowl Association
The
Bowl Association
Sheet Metal Workers Settle Paducah A plant Strike
Paducah Kentucky July 14 a strike by sheet metal workers that halted work at the Paducah atomic plant was settled late tonight. Construction will resume Monday morning after an 11 day shutdown. A walkout by operating engineers had previously paralyzed the 500 million dollar project.
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Paducah
Kidnaper Hunt Widens After Body Found
Frank W. Kristy 48, Paramount house painter, sought nationwide in the kidnap slaying of Betty Jean Hansen 20. Her body found in a ravine near Newhall Friday. police weigh murder charge and possible sightings in New Mexico. Autopsy indicates gunshot wound to temple. A car found abandoned at a gravel pit near Las Vegas, Nevada, provided the earliest clue.
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Frank W. Kristy
Paramount
Betty Jane Hansen
Newhall
New Mexico
R. L. Hill
Bellflower
Kristy
Margaret
Betty Jean
Miss Hansen
Betty
Los Angeles
Victor Cefalu
Los Angeles County
Cefalu
Las Vegas
Nev
Allied Patrol Escapes Trap Near Chorwon
An Allied patrol was surrounded by two Communist companies northeast of Chorwon and rescued by a tank infantry team. The Eighth Army communique said the Communists were driven off by UN reinforcements and that 22 enemy fighters were killed. Probing attacks in the Kumsong area were repulsed as UN forces withdrew briefly north northeast of Hwachon.
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Tokyo
Chorwon
U. S
Eighth Army
United Nations
U. N
Kansong
Kumsong
Hwachon
Almond Replaced as Corps Chief
U S Eighth Army headquarters in Korea reports Maj Gen Clovis E Byers has replaced Lt Gen Edward M Almond as commanding general of the U S Army Tenth Corps. Maj Gen Tra P Swift takes over as commanding general of the U S 25th Infantry Division. Almond becomes commander of the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks Pa. Bradley to the Joint Chiefs of Staff office in Washington.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Clovis E. Byers
Edward M. Almond
U. S. Army
Tenth Corps
Army
Tra P. Swift
J. S. Bradley
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Almond
Army War College
Carlisle Barracks
Bradley
Office
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Avalon Survivor of Mid-Pacific Ordeal Cheered Ashore
Avalon yachtsman Ted Sierks survived a 20 hour mid ocean ordeal after falling from racing sloop L Apache 820 miles northeast of Honolulu. Rescued by USS Douglas A Munro crew, he slashed a shark to stay alive and was cheered ashore by thousands of Honolulu residents. He credited the dramatic rescue to the Munro sailors and lookouts who sighted him in a life ring.
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Avalon
Mid-Pacific
Honolulu
Ted Sierks
Douglas A. Munro
Sierks
Munro
Catalina Island
J. L. Kane
R. E. Cortez
Mercedes
Texas
R. L. Peoples
Jonesboro
Ark
Russia Rejects US Note on Japanese Peace Treaty
The United States, in a note published in Washington, rejects Moscow's claim that the Japanese peace treaty advances aggression toward Russia and Red China. The note states the treaty terms embody peace and invites Moscow to join a general September conference in San Francisco to conclude the peace process.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
China
Japan
Russia
San Francisco
Court Russ
U. S
United Nations
Britain
Pacific
Soviet Union
Flood May Snarl Trains for Weeks
In Kansas and Missouri heavy floods halt rail and road travel, crippling mail and passenger service. Buses use roundabout routes. airlines run feeder routes for essential shipments. Kansas River may take two weeks to return to banks if no further rain. Major General Lewis A. Fick, Army engineers chief, cautions delays linger.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Garden City
Salina
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Coast Tea Coast
Omaha
Denver
M& the
Memphis
New Orleans
Lewis A. Fick
The
Army Engineers
Retail Food Prices Rise Again in Two Week Span
Washington report shows food prices rose one half of one percent in the two weeks ending June 25 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increase broadens the momentum in consumer costs across groceries and related items.
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Washington
Jay
Bureau of Labor’ Statistics
Gas Blasts Hit Flooded Kansas City Area
Kansas City fights a disaster as three new gasoline explosions tear through the Fairfax district, threatening a 250,000 gallon napthalene tank near a power plant. A seven square mile industrial zone floods, hundreds of workers rush to halt the Missouri River advance, while firefighting crews recall personnel to battle blazes and protect key plants including Phillips Petroleum and a General Motors assembly plant.
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Kansas City
Fairfax
Phillips Petroleum Co
General Motors Assembly
U.S. General Service Administration
Kansas River
Corps of Army
Smog Refugees Lose All in Flood Near Pasadena
July 14 report from Pasadena says taxi driver C A Norton 37 his wife and two children left Southern California to escape smog. Seven weeks later Norton calls his parents from flooded Salina Kansas reporting they lost clothes car and furniture in rising waters.
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Pasadena
C. A. Norton
Salina
Kan
California
Norton
E. E. Norton
Flood Drives 500000 From Homes In Kansas Claim
Engineers estimated more than 500000 people were driven from their homes in Kansas as the east wall of the U S General Service Administration warehouse collapsed. Muddy water poured into supplies valued at about 1.25 million dollars, then escaped through west doors, carrying inventory tagged for Indian reservations and federal penitentiaries.
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Kansas
U. S. General Service Administration
Air Rescue Rushes Copters to Kansas Flood Area
UPI reports July 14 the Air Rescue Service rushed two more helicopters to the Kansas flood zone to augment planes already delivering 200 tons of food blankets and medicine. A giant C124 Globemaster from Westover Field Mass ferried the new arrivals while six amphibious planes operate at Forbes, with two cargo planes and three helicopters aiding relief. Helicopters dropped typhoid serum by parachute and amphibians dropped over 100 rubber life rafts as two B29s from Maxwell AFB delivered 30 foot lifeboats and parachuted them over Manhattan and Cottonwood Falls Kan.
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Washington
UPI
Kansas
Defense Department
Westover Field
Mass
Forbes
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
Manhattan
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
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