Armco Opens New Middletown Blast Furnace
Armco dedicates a new 30 million blast furnace and coke plant in Middletown, Ohio, its first Southwestern Ohio furnace in 25 years, yielding about 1300 tons of pig iron daily. Armco will spend 5 million more for processing and facility upgrades, with plans for future expansion possible but not immediate.
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Middletown
Armeco
W. W Sebald
Armco Steel
Ohio
Sebald
Armco
United States
Korea
Plane Crash Kills Several as Stewardess Bravely Guides Rescue
Rescuers followed a blood trail through deep snow to reach a DC3 crash site 40 miles southeast of Seattle. Eighteen survivors, including Pvt. Odell Matthews, were brought out by helicopter and trucks after the plane struck trees in subzero conditions. six others died. The stewardess Mrs. Adra Long, wounded, hiked six miles to seek help, aided by Civil Air Patrol and loggers in a daylong, perilous rescue operation.
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Seattle
Cascade Mountains
Scranton
Washington, D. C
Adra Long
Berkeley
Calif
Pvt
Odell Matthews
Howard Warmuth
Carbondale
Chicago
Matthews
Senators Hurdle Block By Morse On Ammo Probe
Senate ammunition hearings resume as Gen. Ford Palmer and Decker testify on Korea shortages and supply procurement. Morse objects but Ferguson secures unanimous consent for two weeks of hearings despite ongoing submerged lands debate.
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Senators
Morse
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Pentagon
E. L. Ford
Ordnance
W. B. Palmer
Army 64
G. H. Decker
Army
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Senate
Sen. Ferguson
Reich
Strike Hits Atom Base In Southwest
About 2500 workers from the Atomic Projects and Production Workers and Local 251 AFL picketed the Sandia Special Weapons Base in Albuquerque New Mexico. The union seeks a 25 cent hourly raise a union shop and vacation benefit protections. A Fed mediation proposed 15 to 20 cent increases above the current 1.19 to 2.92 dollar wage scale.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Sandia
Atomic Projects and Production Workers Metal Trades Council
AFL
Office Employes International Union
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Games Postponed Across Leagues In Rain
National games between St. Louis and Milwaukee and Cincinnati at Chicago were postponed due to rain. American league contests Detroit at St. Louis also postponed, affecting the day’s schedule.
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St. Louis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Violence Marks Probe Of Labor Racketeering In St Louis
A federal grand jury opens an investigation into labor racketeering in the St. Louis area with witness protection. The session is set against a backdrop of violence as two union officials were shot to death and two others wounded in the past 13 months.
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ST. Louis
Spivey Case Dismissed in New York
A perjury indictment against former University of Kentucky basketball star William Spivey was dismissed by General Sessions Judge Saul S. Streit. Spivey had faced trial with a jury deadlock, and the charges stemmed from the collegiate basketball fixing scandal. He was accused of providing false information to a grand jury investigating game fixing and bribery of athletes.
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New York
William Spivey
University of Kentucky
Spivey
Saul S. Streit
Vincent A. G. O'Connon
Chaplin Surrenders U S Reentry Permit
American reentry permit for Charlie Chaplin indicates he does not plan to resume residence in the United States. The Justice Department announced the action, following a prior stop order at American ports last year after his European trip. The order requires reexamination on return to establish admissibility.
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Washington
Charlie Chaplin
U. S
Justice Department
Chaplin
Europe
James P. McGranery
United States
Ford and UAW Reach Tentative Pact Ending Monroe Strike
Ford Motor Co and the CIO Unit Auto Workers Union reached a tentative agreement to end a 14 day strike at the Monroe Michigan parts plant. The pact will be voted on by union members in Monroe this afternoon as Ford planned to reopen 15 plants affected by parts shortages.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
Auto Workers Union
Monroe
Mich
Ford
UAW
Routzohn Dies in Washington
Harry N. Routzohn former Labor Department solicitor and Ohio congressman died in Washington after heart attack treatment at George Washington University Hospital. He had served as solicitor for a month and previously represented Ohio as a Republican member of Congress.
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Washington
Harry N. Routzohn
Labor Department
Routzohn
Congress
Ohio
George Washington University Hospital
Allies Readied To Reopen Truce Talks At Panmunjom
Allied planes spotted two truck convoys moving toward Panmunjom with 600 sick and wounded U N troops to be traded for 5 800 Red injured beginning Monday. 930 Chinese prisoners were said being prepared for exchange, higher than expected, as convoys faced Red anti air fire and road crowding along the route.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
North Korea
Red
UN Ready To Resume Korean Truce Talks On Prisoner Exchange
UN officials signal willingness to accept a Communist proposal for resuming truce negotiations, including placing inaccessible prisoners under neutral nation control. Switzerland favored by Reds as neutral. U S backs Switzerland, while Rep Short urges no peace that leaves Korea divided. White House denies division-ready settlement.
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Washington
United Nations Command
U. N
Camel
Tan
Owillzeriana
U. S
Switzerland
Mark Clark
Far East
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Korea
Short
House
Armed Services Committee
Gome
Toome
White House
Chinese LST 750 Prisoners End 24 Hour Sit Down Strike
About 750 disabled Chinese Communist prisoners aboard a U S landing ship refused to debark for repatriation at Panmunjom. American guards with gas masks and armored cars surrounded the ship as the stalemate continued with no force used.
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Pusan
Korea
U. S
Panmunjom
Koje Iseland
Koje
LST
Cheju Island
Lionel McGarr
Allied Prisoner of War Command
Richard D. Boerem
Ontario
Calif
Col. Boerem
Boerem
Prisoner of War Command
Truce Camp Kaesong to Receive Non-Korean Prisoner Trucks
Communist correspondent Wilfred Burchett of L Humanite reports about 20 of 65 trucks moving through North Korea carry sick and wounded allied prisoners. The trucks are said to include Americans Britons and others and are to arrive at Kaesong on Friday ahead of an exchange next week.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Wilfred Burchett
Red
L'Humanite
Kaesong
U. N
Lee Pyong Il
Burchett
Convoys Cross Into Kaesong Amid POW Exchange Talks
Allied observers spotted three Red convoys moving toward Kaesong on the North Korean route. Officials list about 68 trucks with roughly 600 prisoners to be held at Kaesong and split into groups for Panmunjom releases. US and British wounded may be housed in Kaesong facilities as talks continue.
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North Korea
Yongpong
Sinanju
Korea
Kaesong
Panmunjom
U. N
UN Jet Bombs Own Position In Korea Front
An Allied jet bombed a U N forward position in Eastern Korea this afternoon causing three casualties. The Eight Army gave no details on deaths or nationalities. U S 45th Infantry Division units were in the front near Heartbreak Ridge earlier today. Only one bomb was dropped.
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Seoul
U. N
Korea
U. S. 45Th Infantry Division
Heartbreak Ridge
Jet Trio Sinks MIG in North Korea Aerial Battle
Three U S Sabre pilots Stacy Carter and Jones shared one third of a MIG kill over North Korea near Suiho Reservoir after a high altitude dogfight. Ground forces from the 45th Division repelled 150 to 200 attackers along Heartbreak Ridge leaving about 30 enemy dead and 25 wounded. B26 bombers then destroyed 69 Communist supply trucks on North Korean highways Tuesday night.
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Seoul
North Korea
45Th Division
Heartbreak Ridge
Eighth Army
Vincent E. Stacy
Crystal Falls
Mich
Robert D. Carter
Bluefield
W. Va
Henry A. Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Stacy
Lie Warns West To Stay On Guard
New York, Trygve Lie, recently retired UN secretary general, told a World Veterans Federation dinner that the free world must not drop its collective security stance at the first signs of peace. He warned against wishful thinking and urged continued efforts for collective security amid world tensions.
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New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Free World
Moscow Visit Slated For Nehru's Daughter
The Indian embassy announced that Indira Gandhi Nehru is likely to visit Moscow this summer while en route to London for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
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Moscow
Nehru
Indira
London
Britain
Elizabeth II
Fateful South African election grips nation at polling
Voters flocked to 7 a.m. polling for 13 hours in a record turnout of white South Africans to decide 136 of Parliament's 159 seats amid stark racial policy battles. The campaign pits the Nationalists led by Danie l Malan against the United party of Jan Smuts amid growing non white resistance and rumors following a grenade blast in Niger.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Niger
Transvaal
Daniel F. Malan
United Party
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Cape Province
Malan
Mala
United
J. G. Strauss
Uniteds
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