Red Chinese Freeing Jap War Captives
Red China announced the release of most of 1,062 Japanese war criminals and will send 332 home Saturday. A Feiping radio said 345 freed prisoners will board a Japanese ship at Tientsin, southeast of Peiping. The move aims to win Tokyo recognition. emotional prisoners praised Communist treatment.
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Peiping
Red China
Japan
Tokyo
Kyoko Nakajima
British fine on Cypriots for terrorism activity
In Limassol the British authorities levied a collective fine of 98000 dollars on the Greek Cypriot community. They reported six assassinations and 70 bombing incidents since January with several wounded. Proceeds may fund victims’ families. Extremists of Eoka have been active in the area.
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Cyprus
Limassol
Eoka
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Steel Industry Prepares for Broad Walkout
NEW YORK reports steel centers brace for a potential strike as United Steelworkers form strike committees and craft picketing schedules ahead of a June 3 deadline. Merchants in Pittsburgh area towns report tightening credit and moratoriums on purchases while Gary Indiana stores suspend credit. Abnormal jumps in savings occur across Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio as workers stockpile food and relief agencies plan for hardship cases amid deadlocked negotiations.
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Milion
United Steelworkers
Ocala
Pittsburgh
Gary
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Indian Kills Wife and Then Kills Self at School Playground
A Indian national killed his estranged wife in San Bernardino before fleeing to a nearby Arrowhead Elementary School playground where he fired at an officer and killed himself. The victims are Samih Abu Leban, 32, and Mary Sue Reed Leban, 34. The case is ruled murder followed by self-inflicted death.
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San Bernardino
Samih Abu Laban
Mary Sue Reed Leban
Rucker
Laban
Arrowhead Elementary School
Claude Mosley
Hutchins Defends Ford Fund Spending on Civil Liberties
New York fund for the Republic reports disbursements since 1953 totaling about $5.41 million. Robert M. Hutchins says funds defend civil liberties and combat communism while Rep. Francis Walter questions some appropriations. The Ford Foundation started the fund in 1953 with 15 million dollars. large sums target race relations and studying communism.
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Fund For the Republic
Robert M. Hutchins
Francis E. Walter -Ray
Walter
House Committee On un-American Activities
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Ford Foundation J
Americans urged to store survival kits at home
Mrs Katharine G Howard special adviser to Federal Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson urged Americans to stock survival kits for use in case of enemy attack. She and her husband reportedly packed two suitcases with food and necessities, stored beneath the front stairway of their Beacon Street townhouse.
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Boston
Katharyine G. Howard
Federal
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Beacon St
Howard
Charles
Pioneer Suicide or Divorce Plans Revealed in Laban Apartment
Papers found by police indicate Mrs. Laban planned divorce from Laban, who arrived from India in 1954. The case links a Riverside arrest, a bomb shelter replacement with a survival kit, and remarks by Mrs. Howard on atomic threats. The article notes a veteran California legislator, a 93 year old, and a surviving Morale Kit with Bible and nuts.
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Rucker
Los Angeles
Frank
India
Noxon James
Riverside
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Howard
California
Loy An
Ingeles Bar Assa
James
Ton
Twelve Nations Plan Parley On Atomic Peace Agency
Representatives from 12 nations meet to set a date for a New York conference in September to draft invitations and a broad agenda for an international atoms for peace agency. US Ambassador James Wadsworth leads the U S delegation with Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Czechoslovakia France India Portugal South Africa Russia Britain among others.
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Washington
New York
Russia
Red China
Soviet Union
James Wadsworth
U. S
United Nations
United States
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Czecholovakia
France
India
Portugal
South Africa
Britain
International Atomic Energy Agency
Hays
Auction Bid Sells Alaskan Fur Coat in Boston
On the first day of Summer in Boston an unidentified bidder paid 120 dollars at the Boston Postal District auction of unclaimed merchandise for an Alaskan fur coat.
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Boston
First Private Flight Behind Curtain From Berlin to Moscow
Wealthy American traveler Bill Lear and his wife Moya undertook the first private plane flight behind the iron curtain. Departing West Berlin, they planned to reach Moscow after a stop at Schoenefeld, meeting Soviet approval and hiring an English-speaking navigator. Lear, head of Lear Inc, aims for a brief Moscow visit before returning to his Geneva, Switzerland, family and U.S. operations.
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Moscow
Bill Lear
Moya
West Berlin
Tempelhof
Schoenefeld
East Berlin
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Lears
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J. R
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East Germany
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State Department
Lear, Inc
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Mich
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Ohio
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Germany
U S German Accord Draws Dulles Praise
In Bonn US Secretary of State Dulles praised the German American accord on major world issues. He sent a message to Chancellor Adenauer expressing hope for closer relations after Adenauer's US tour. A government spokesman summarized the message at a news conference.
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Germany
U. S
Dulles
Adenauer
United States
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