Peace line reported as cease-fire talks near Panmunjom
Fierce battles paused on the Korean front amid reports of a cease-fire line near Panmunjom. Western hills were quiet except for patrol clashes and artillery, while a major Chinese offensive on the east central front appeared to stall as armistice neared.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
Korea
Republic of Korea
East Central Front
Eighth Army
Pukhan River
Finger Ridge
Bulge
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Christmas Hill
FOCA
Manchuria
U. S
Fifth Air Force
U.S
Armistice Line Agreed Upon in Korea Truce Talks
United Nations and Communist negotiators reportedly agreed on a truce line to divide Korean forces after the armistice. The line runs mainly north of the 38th parallel with some western exceptions and is based on the current battle positions, though final signing may take several days.
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Washington
United Nations
Korea
Panmurjom
State Department
Weather outlook: turning sunny Thursday after clouds
Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow morning with a transition to mostly sunny Thursday afternoon. Temperatures will rise slightly as the day warms, with the improvement beginning late morning and continuing into the afternoon.
Douglas Stays Rosenbergs Deaths Government Acts to Obtain Rapid Reverse of Ruling
Justice William O Douglas issued a stay on the Rosenberg death sentences after ruling the case pending appeals. The government pressed to overturn, seeking swift full-court action during summer recess. Congress debated removing Douglas, with Rep Wheeler vowing impeachment moves as the court weighs whether the 1917 espionage law or the 1946 Atomic Secrets Act governs.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Justice Department
Brownell
Douglas
Congress
Supreme Bench
Rep
Wheeler
D-Ga
House
Jfeam
Ator
Sheen
Rosenbergs
United States
Supreme Court
Vinson
Jackson
Ex Con Jailed as Housewife Attack Victim
A 27-year-old Lakewood housewife was attacked in her home by 25-year-old ex convict Truman J. Mc Graw alias Leon Woods. He forced entry at 4 a.m. held her for about an hour and a half, threatened to kill her, and raped a 12-year-old babysitter in 1951. He is on probation for the earlier assault and escaped officers during arrest, breaking his arm in the scuffle.
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Lakewood
Norwalk
Truman J. McGraw
Leon Woods
E. Florence Ave
Bell Gardens
J. E. Pearce
R. J. Kumdtz
McGrew
Korea
Anc
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
House Passes Compromise Controls Bill
The House approved a watered down Economic Controls Bill giving federal power only to set priorities and allocate scarce materials until June 30, 1955. It heads to the Senate for final action after conference committee talks. The measure rejects a 90 day Presidential price and wage freeze but creates a new agency for small business loans, shifting duties from the Reconstruction Finance Corp. which the administration intends to abolish.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Bil
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Classified and Features Listing References
A reader’s guide lists where to find sections in the newspaper including Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on A-13, Bridge on A-13, Classified B-14 to B-19, Comics B-12, Crossword B-14, Editorial A-12, Financial B-13, Obituaries B-2, Radio and TV B-10, Shipping Table B-2, Sports A-15 to A-17, Theaters B-8, Tides Temperatures B-4, and Women B-4 to B-5 plus Your World A-2.
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Boyle
County Acts to Ban Poker in Orange County
Orange County supervisors approved an ordinance outlawing draw poker after a day long session. District Attorney James L. Davis and Sheriff James A. J. Musick cited remodeling and growing gambling as reasons. The sheriff warned of 17 existing venues and possible larger operations moving in, linking to figures like William L. Robertson and Todd Faulkner as context.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
Board of Supervisors
James L. Davis
James A.J Musick
Musick
William L. Robertson
Seal Beach
Todd
Kid Mexico Faulkner
Signal Hill
Tike
Wise
Finis
Lagunita
Laguna Beach
Special Van Escorts Polio Patients to Santa Monica Hospital
A specially equipped van carrying three Fresno County polio patients in respirators left today with escort cars and fire apparatus clearing the way. The trip goes to the Kaiser Institute in Santa Monica for specialized treatment, doctors hope for full recovery.
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Hesmow
Fresno County
Kahot- Kaiser Institute
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Hospital
Eisenhower Warns State Dept May Burn Books
President Eisenhower said at a news conference that it is all right for the State Department to burn books that openly advocate communism. He defended not joining book burning and cautioned against concealing faults, while avoiding direct reference to Senator McCarthy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State Department
Department
United States
Hisenhower
Bool
Dartmouth College
Senator McCarthy
R.-Wis
McCarthy
U.S
Dartmouth
School of Thought
Laos Plane Crashes in Jungle Killing 27
A Laotian passenger Dakota plane with 27 aboard crashed in jungle near Laos during a violent storm. Search aircraft sighted wreckage but reported no movement. Authorities say the Laos Civil Nationalized Airlines Co. operated the flight and believe all aboard perished.
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Saigon
Indochina
Los Jungle
Laos Civil Nationalized Airlines Co 1
Solon Indicted on Kickback
Federal grand jury indicts Rep Ernest Bramblett on charges of false statements tied to payroll kickbacks between December 1950 and April 1951. Indictment lists Mrs Olga Hardaway of Santa Barbara and Mrs Margaret Swesons of Arlington as recipients, with multiple counts alleging misleading disbursement records and checks totaling 4036 dollars.
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Washington
Ernest K. Bramblett
R.-Calif
Brownell
House of Representatives
Olga Hardaway
Santa Barbara
Calif
Byramblett
Hardway
Margaret M. Sweson l
Arlington
Defense Department Lists 71 Casualties in New Korean War List
The Defense Department released casualty figures in its No. 834 list identifying 14 killed 41 wounded seven missing six captured and three injured among 71 names. The report covers Korean War casualties and notes new additions.
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Defense Department
Berlin Riots Highlight Cold War Tensions
President Eisenhower called the Berlin uprisings a significant sign against Communist narratives about life behind the Iron Curtain. He noted reports arrive slowly, while Sen. Wiley tied the riots to general unrest in Soviet territories and warned against complacency despite recent Soviet peace gestures.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
Sen
Wiley
Wis
Soviet
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Korea
Wesley
Tractor Kills Tot at Play on Ranch
A 19 month old girl Diane Borchard died after a tractor backed over her on her father’s ranch in Santa Ana. She succumbed at St Joseph’s Hospital in Orange about two hours after the 6 p.m. accident at the Charles E Borchard Jr place on Williams Street. The CHP opened an investigation as the coroner’s office reported the death.
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Santa Ana
Diane Borchard
St. Joseph's Hospital
Orange
Charles E. Borchard Jr
Williams St
California Highway Patrol
Riots Shake East Berlin as Martial Law Declared
Fifty thousand rioters clashed with police and Soviet troops in East Berlin as martial law was declared. Gunfire wounded over 100, two civilians died, and Otto Nuschke was at the center of a disputed frontier incident. Demonstrators demanded lighter working hours and democratic reforms during the staged parade that spiraled into a general strike.
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East Berlin
Prass
Berlin
East
Potsdamer Platz
West Berlin
Otto Muschke
Nuschke
Christian Democratic Party
Germany
Peo
Fog and rain aid control of three brush fires
Heavy drizzle helped tame Southern California fires that blackened about 3200 acres since Sunday. The Big Rock Canyon blaze in Angeles National Forest was reduced to patrol status with mopping up underway, having burned 1200 acres and two mountain cabins. Reche Canyon fire between Riverside and Redlands also exceeded 1200 acres, while the Cleveland National Forest fire neared patrol status after destroying 300 acres of brushland.
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Los Angeles
California
Big Rock Canyon
Angeles National Forest
Reche Canyon
Riverside
Redlands
Cleveland National Forest
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