Russia agrees to conference with big if
Russia accepted a meeting with western powers in Washington on July 23 only if they discuss NATO and U S overseas bases. Western officials called the note tantamount to a rejection of the invitation, with deputies saying any top level talks should include defense preparations or proceed under the Big Four agenda options.
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Paris
Russia
Washington
U. S
Phillip C. Jessup
Ernest Davies
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
France
Kremlin
Detroit transit strike sparks fear of street fight
A looming showdown in Detroit centers on a 45 day transit walkout as AFL strikers threaten bold action. Walter Stanley warns of fighting in the streets if officials push into strikebound terminals while CIO supervisors inspect the vehicles. The stoppage began with 3750 drivers after the April 21 walkout.
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Associated Ress
Detroit
AFL
Walter Stanley
Albert E. Cobo
CIO
Chattanooga
Tenn
New York
Gus Faber
CSO Transport Workers' Union
Chicago
United Railroad Workers
Vincent R. Jimpellitteri
Board of Transportation
Chicago Publicist Fined for Violations of Election Laws
Chicago public relations man John M. Jonkel, 35, was fined 5000 for Maryland election law violations while serving as campaign manager for Sen. Butler Reede. He pled guilty to six charges. judge Joseph Sherbow could have imposed up to 6900 and 12 years in prison.
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Baltimore
John M. Jonkel
Chicago
Maryland
Butler Reede
Jonkel
Joseph Sherbow
G. C. A. Anderson
Butler
Millard E. Tydings
Tydings
Anderson
Retired Patrolman Panarella Dies in Courtroom Jump
In Brooklyn, 44 year old Charles Panarella, a retired patrolman, leaped from a sixth floor courtroom window during a bribery trial that also involved 20 other current and former policemen. He had faced charges of taking payments from bookmaker Harry Gross to ignore gambling activities. The incident occurred as prosecutors and defendants gathered for the trial.
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York
Charles Pana- Tella
Brooklyn
Panarella
Harry Gross
Gross
Bay City's Price War Like Truce
In San Francisco on June 4 193? reports describe a price war resembling a truce. Weinstein's department store cut prices on fair traded items and others met them but did not undersell. Benatar's drug stores opened early and sold at Weinstein prices while about 500 waited outside. Walgreens also cut drug prices to match Weinstein after opening.
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San Francisco
Weinstein's Department Store
Benatar’s
Weinstein’s
Weinstein
Walgreen's Drug Stores
Weinstein's
Weather Update Low Clouds Then Sun Tomorrow
Night will have low clouds and tomorrow morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Temperature remains almost steady with little change. Winds shift from light and variable tonight and tomorrow morning to southwest to west at 10 to 20 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Acheson Denies Communist Influence in U S Policy Circles
Secretary of State Acheson testified to senators that Communist China and Russia could gain leverage if a China Russia treaty existed and that the administration opposed MacArthur’s plan to bomb Red bases. He asserted no Communist influence shaped U S policy, despite questions about State Department sympathizers.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
China
MacArthur
Manchelia
LC. S
Orient
Sen. Wiley
R.wis
State
House passes resolution reaffirming friendship with all peoples
Washington June 4 The House approved a resolution reaffirming the friendship of the American people for all the world including the Russians A Senate variant has passed To 36 to 7 vote with 43 members present no quorum issue cited Sponsored by Rep Ribicott the measure says Americans deeply regret artificial barriers separating them from Soviet peoples and desire peaceful friendship with all nations
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep. Ribicott
D.conn
UN Troops Press North Korea Red Line Amid Heavy Fighting
Allied forces in driving rain battered the North Korean red line as United Nations units repelled fierce Red counterattacks along a wide sector from Yonchon to Kansong. Tanks and flamethrowers aided hard fighting to push toward Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyongyang, with gains of one to three miles in places while others held firm.
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North Korea
United Nations
U. N
Sawtooth
Yonchon
Kansong
U.N
Jin Spots
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Yanchon
Yongpyong
Yongong
Hwachon
Eighth Army
Dancer Joan Blair Casparis Missing in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills officers report no clue in the disappearance of dancer Joan Blair Casparis linked to the Mary Astor case. Casparis vanished hours before deputies picked up an order for psychiatric examination. her mother said she left home without belongings. Wheelock says no romantic ties to the dancer.
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Beverly Hills
Joan Blair Casparis
Mary Astor
Sheriff's Deputies
Casparis
Wheelock
Vietminh Attack Shatters Catholic State in Indochina
A Vietminh assault on Phatchem, the Catholic principality in Indochina, breaks the four year truce with Bao Dai’s French-backed regime. French forces deploy parachute battalions to counter the offensive as Catholic troops defend a 1000 square mile area housing over a million residents and 600 churches led by Bishop Msgr Li Hua Tu.
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Aigon
Indochina
Phatchem
Red River
Phatdiem
Bui Chu
Li Hua Tu
Fhatchem
Vietnam
Bao Dai
Error causes U N planes down in Korea flight
Ground parties hunted for seven American fliers missing in Korea after friendly fire through a tragic error shot down two U N Flying Boxcars. Three survivors were found from the ten aboard the two planes. Parachutes seen as the planes broke up near the drop zone. Air Force said re supply continued with 60 000 pounds of ammo and supplies delivered within an hour to a nearby U N unit.
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Yokyo
Korea
United Nations
U.S
Air Force
James Hill
Chickasha
Oklo
Hill
U. N
Cohen and Wife Face Federal Tax Evasion Trial
Mickey Cohen and his wife go on trial in Los Angeles on federal tax evasion charges. Judge Ben Harrison cautions jurors to avoid bias as a large panel fills the courtroom. The couple allegedly evaded 156000 dollars in taxes from 1946 to 1948.
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Los. Angeles
Gabler
Mickey Cohen
U. S
Ben Harrison
Mickey’ Cohen
Cohens
Supreme Court Upholds City Loyalty Oaths and 11 Communists Conviction
The Supreme Court ruled cities may require municipal employees to swear they did not advocate violent overthrow and were not members of groups that did. It also upheld the conviction of 11 top Communists. The decision allows past membership to not be punished, in an appeal by 17 former Los Angeles workers fired for refusing to sign such oaths.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party
America
U. S
High Tribunal
Los Angeles
Clark
Vinson
Reed
Jackson
Min+ton
Black
High Court
Missouri Solon's Spending Eyed
Kansas City dispatch reports a federal grand jury examining campaign expenditures by Rep Leonard Irving from Truman's home district. Witness Roy E Livingston, financial secretary of the AFL International Hod Carriers Local 264, testified as part of the probe into possible misuse of union funds in federal campaigns.
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Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
Leonard Irving
Congress
Truman
Roy E. Livingston
International Hod Carriers Building and Construction Union
AFL
Irving
the Star
Newspaper section listing by lines
Beach Combing page B-1 and A-16, Bridge B-4 and A-17. Classified ads B-8 to B-11. Gambes B-4. Crossword B-3. Editorial A-16 and A-17 Fingacidh B-6 and B-7. Obituaries A-14. Radio TV B-5. Shipping B-7. Sports A-18 to A-20. Theaters A-12. Tides temperatures B-7. Women B-2 and B-3.
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Gambes
Fingacidh
Rubinstein Fraud Trial Set for June 18
In New York on June 4, authorities announced the trial of Serge Rubinstein international financier and draft dodger on charges he promoted a $3,000,000 stock rigging scheme. The proceedings were scheduled to begin June 18.
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Rubinstein
New York
Serge Rubinstein
Pendleton Area Swept by Fire
Camp Pendleton fire rages across 23,000 acres inside the base and 175 acres on adjacent state lands. Ranger James G. Fenlon led the effort with Marines and state forestry crews battling the blaze as winds threatened control. Officials hoped to contain it by afternoon if winds stayed calm.
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Camp Pendleton
James G. Fenlon
San Diego County
Airborne Spider Army Invades San Francisco
San Francisco reports an invasion of spiders drifting into the bay area. Scientists estimate hundreds of thousands present, mostly harmless, with some black widows among them. Dr. Edward M. Kessel explains many spiders hatched locally and winds spread their webs over feet and seas.
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AN Francisco
San Francisco
Bay Area
Edward M. Kessel
University of San Francisco
Kessel
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