Eisenhower warns NATO to keep up arms amid peace push
Paris AP Eisenhower urges NATO allies not to ease rearming while Moscow pursues peace talk. Dulles reads message at NATO Council as ministers discuss Russia stance after Stalin’s death. Ismay warns no cut in buildup. NATO plans more divisions aircraft and bases with a 12 billion dollar next year budget.
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Ike
Paris
Eisenhower
America
U.S
John Foster Dulles
NATO
Council of Ministers
Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
Freed POWs Return from Captivity in Korea
Pain ridden Allied soldiers freed from Communist captivity in Western Korea arrive back at Freedom Village. Some smile or joke despite wounds while others, pale with shock, grip litters after surviving intense mortar and artillery barrages. U S Marines among the released recount days of brutal fighting.
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Korea
U. S
Prisoners freed yesterday and battlefield fights reported
The report notes prisoners freed on Page 13 and describes hand to hand combat on Vegas and Reno Outposts on March 26. It adds 96 Colombians unaccounted after a nearby clash as Chinese forces overran Old Baldy. Veterans recount captivity and injuries including Navy corpsman Thomas Waddill and Marines Pfe. Samuel Armstrong Joseph Britt Jr and Lacy with limited care and harsh conditions.
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Old Baldy
Navy
Thomas Waddill
Ft. Worth
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Pfe
Samuel J. Armstrong
San Antonio
Full Details Not Disclosed At Brief Talk
Reporter Robert B. Tuckman reports a brief talk where speakers offered limited information. The event emphasized unspecified topics, with attendees urged to await fuller disclosures from officials and organizers.
Communists promise more disabled Allied prisoners freed
The Communists said they would release more sick and wounded Allied troops held in North Korea, pledging to return all UNC personnel in this category. Forty more Americans are due Friday along with several British Turks Dutch Canadian and South Korean nationals as armistice talks resume.
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U. N
North Korea
Mark Clark
U. N. ‘Command
UNC
Old Baldy
U. S
Red
U.N
Eisenhower signals readiness for Korea talks and policy updates
President Eisenhower said he is ready to confer anywhere to seek peace in Korea and is waiting to see how developments unfold. He outlined studies on prisoner exchanges, potential U.S. role in the St. Lawrence Seaway, a shift in defense spending, and reorganization plans for State and Defense, stressing Europe defense should not be tied to a near or distant imminent threat.
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Kremlin
National Security Council
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Eisenhow
House
Congress
Europe
Big Four Meet To Discuss Air Safety Over East Germany
Soviet representatives met with the United States Britain and France for the third time to discuss air safety proposals over East Germany but failed to reach an agreement. Talks to resume at a later date were decided by the occupation powers.
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Berlin
U. S
Britain
France
East Germany
Senate shelves probe of Red atrocities in Korea
A Senate Appropriations Committee decision delays hearings on alleged Communist atrocities against UN prisoners in Korea. Officials will step up evidence collection to enable possible war crimes prosecutions, while concerns rise about publicity affecting prisoner exchanges and Indochina tensions.
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Korea
Senate
Army
State Department
United Nations
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ellender
D-La
Magnuson
D-Wash
Bridges
U. N
Senate foes stall in bid on tidelands oil ownership
Washington observers report round the clock Senate debate failed to yield a limit on debate for the state ownership of offshore submerged lands rich in oil. Senator Taft signaled possible kill on Anderson federal control amendment while noting absenteeism and withheld votes. President Eisenhower supports state ownership though some opponents seek postponement to curb opposition.
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D-Nm
Taft
Senate Gop Policy Committee
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
State, Justice and Interior Departments
Texas
Florida
Fulbright
D-Ark
U N votes germ probe amid Korea crisis
UN General Assembly approved an international probe into communist charges of germ warfare in Korea by a 51 to 5 vote with four abstentions. The session also backed a Mexican resolution to aid Burma against 12 000 Chinese Nationalist guerrillas. Andrei Vishinsky accused the United States of reckless denial of germ warfare.
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U.N. General Assembly
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Russia
Burma
China
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Jebb
Organization of Peace
Ernest A. Gross
U. N. Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Cycle Rider Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Milton G. Kidd, 43, of Painesville, died from injuries after his motorcycle struck a culvert in Mentor Headlands on Wednesday.
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Milton G. Kidd
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Airliner Missing Over Cascades Near Seattle
A two engine C46 airliner with four crew vanished on the last leg from the east to Seattle. The Civil Aeronautics Administration reported the craft last radioed about 4 am EST over East Washington in the Cascades roughly 80 miles southeast of Seattle. The non scheduled Miami Florida aircraft left Cheyenne around 8 pm Wednesday and was due to land at Boeing Field at 3 43 am according to the CAA.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Easton
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Miami Fla
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Cheyenne
Twelve Organizations Ordered to Register as Fronts
Washington report says Attorney General Brownell directed twelve groups known for leftist activity to register as communist fronts in the United States. Preparations indicate petitions may extend to thirteen more organizations.
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Washington
Atty. Gen. Brownell
U. S
Nothing Happens At GE Meeting In Cincinnati Strike
A 41 day old strike by 4,500 CIO Automotive workers and 1,100 AFL machinists at General Electric jet engine plant shows no progress after a third mediation by federal mediators. The meeting lasted about a half hour with mediator James McNamara declaring that nothing happened of importance.
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CIO
General Electric Co
James McNamara
South Korean WAC Freed With Captives
A South Korean WAC was among 50 South Korean sick and wounded prisoners freed by the Communists in an exchange. She said she was captured in 1951 while serving with the Republic of Korea 8th Infantry Division. Two other ROK Women’s Army Corps members were captured at the same time and remain in prison camps.
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Freedom Village
Korea
WAC
Republic of Korea
ROK Women’s Army Corps
Korean sergeant recalls torture in communist camps
M. SGT. Kim Ka Sung of the Republic of Korea said North Korean captors tortured him at Hoenyung camp after 1950 capture, forcing water, pepper powder, and beating him as he watched others. He described binds, near amputation of fingers, and lack of medical care, while recounting his wartime capture and torture tale.
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Freedom Village
Ko Rea
Kim Ka Sung
Panmunejom
Republic of Korea
Aur
Kim
Hoenyung
Reds
Italian Reds greet Mrs. Luce with blunt insult
In Rome Clare Boothe Luce was met with mixed press reactions. L Unita described the new U S ambassador as an elderly lady speaking with a Brooklyn accent while most Rome newspapers offered straightforward greetings.
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Rome
Clare Boothe Luce
L'Unita
U. S
L’unita
Brooklyn
Gruenther Testimony Highlights NATO Strength and Gaps
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Western forces in Europe could cope with a surprise Russian attack but lack reserves for long-range needs. He cited four million Soviet troops, 175 divisions, 300 submarines, and stressed NATO’s improved but still limited readiness while cautioning against deep foreign aid cuts.
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Congress
Europe
Alfred M. Gruenther
Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Dulles
North Atlantic Council
Paris
NATO
Gruenther
Soviet Union
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