Two MIGs clash with U S patrol over Yellow Sea
The U S Navy reports a Mart in Mariner on a routine patrol in the Yellow Sea west of Korea fought off two Russian built MIG fighters. Two crew were killed and two wounded. The damaged plane limped to the west coast of Korea for spotting before heading to Iwakuni Japan.
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Washington
Navy
Yellow Sea
Korea
Iwakunin
Japan
Aviation
H. G. Goodread
Jamestown
N. D
Claude Playforth
Cincinnati
R. H. Smith
Abilene
Tex
H. T. Atkins
League City
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Siberian
Korean Peninsula
U. S
Paengnyong-Do
Parallel 38
RR Officials and Union Seek Settlement in Central Strike Threat
New York Central Railroad officials and a coalition of four unions met in New York to avert a threatened walkout east of Buffalo. The dispute centers on a two year-old package of 300 plus grievances and working rules. Some union leaders warned the strike could begin immediately, while others said a 72 hour notice would be required. If called, routes from New York City to Chicago St Louis Cleveland and Detroit could be affected though western service may continue.
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New York
New York Central
Buffalo
Lawrence W. Horning
Cleveland
Central
New York City
Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Order Returning In Montreal Jail
Montreal Bordeaux jail returns to order after weekend riot. About 500 inmates who escaped are back behind bars. Cell doors repaired with extra locks. Fires set and clashes with police left at least a dozen injured.
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Montreal
Bordeaux
Mossadegh Granted Temporary Dictatorship Powers in Iran
Iran's Majlis approves a six month bill making Premier Mohammed Mossadegh virtually dictator with decree powers to tackle an economic crisis and oil production restart. The measure passed with overwhelming support as Senate expected to follow. Also moving to confiscate wealth of rival Ahmed Qavam for street clashes casualties.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Senate
Majlis
Mossadegh
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Gholam Hussein Mossadegh
United States
State Department
Bakhtar Emroos
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Collie Rescued After Car Plunges into Horseshoe Pond
Newton Massachusetts Thomas Mullen of Watertown was teaching his wife to drive when the car tore through a fence sped up an embankment and sank into Horseshoe Pond nine feet deep. The couple swam to shore and Mullen swam back to retrieve their collie as the dog surfaced. Neither suffered ill effects. The driver’s wife reportedly froze on the accelerator.
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Newton
Mass
Thomas Mullen
Watertown
Horseshoe Pond
Mullen
Communist Raids Feared In South Korean Election
South Korea fears Communist guerrilla interference in the first popular election for president and vice president. Police and troops are alerted as reports say guerrillas were ordered to disrupt voting. Rhee is expected to win. 9 candidates seek vice president. counting starts Thursday with full results by Friday.
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Stan Carter Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
Rhee
Hugh Cynn
U. S
Lee Si Yung
Lee Bum Suk
Assembly
Liberal
Lee
Kim Tai Sun
Kim
Clarence Ryee
Office of Public Information
FEPC debate and civil rights stance shape national campaign
The Associated Press reports Republicans and Democrats hammering campaign strategy as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr urges a Negro boycott if a satisfactory civil rights plank is not adopted. Eisenhower and Stevenson push distinct focuses with Powell meeting plans and Sparkman, Monroney, and party leaders weighing civil rights and foreign policy. Stevenson opens a Springfield campaign HQ while GOP backers press for FEPC enforcement and a unified bid.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ilinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
New York
Harlem
Powell
Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
A. S
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Nye keynotes demo meeting at Ohio Democratic convention
Lt. Gov. George D. Nye accused Republicans of wavering on their gubernatorial candidate while praising the Democratic slate. He named Charles P. Taft as the GOP hopeful in Cincinnati and said the Democratic platform will clearly state the party’s principles and earn citizens’ confidence.
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Columbus
George D. Nye
Ohio
Nye
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Democratic Party
Family Relations Mix Up In Complex Family Tie Involving Hall and Bailey
TAZEWELL Virginia reports a puzzling kinship set as J. H. Hall a 93 year old from Mercer County West Virginia marries Roxie Bailey Rutherford a 63 year old from Bristol Virginia. The arrangement makes Hall a son in law of his own daughter and of his son in law while Bailey becomes a father in law to his own father in law. The couples are entwined as each other in laws and step relations.
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Tazewell
J. H. Hall
Mercer County
W. Va
Roxie Bailey Rutherford
Bristol
Roxie
Annie
John W. Bailey
Hall
Bailey
Stevenson Sees GOP Split Over Foreign Policy
Gov. Adlai Stevenson told Ohio Democrats the Republican party is split down the center over foreign policy, contrasting Bricker and Eisenhower and urging support for DiSalle and Lausche. He spoke to about 1,200 delegates at Memorial Hall in Columbus.
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Columbus
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Bricker
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Michael V. di Salle
Senate
Gen. Eisenhower
Gov
Columbus’ Memorial Hall
Robert A. Taft
Gen
Gov. Stevenson
Frank J. Lausche
DiSalle
Washington
Lausche
Not-So-Fair Exchange Ends With Stolen Wallet Mixup
In Indianapolis three men held up James Adams who asked for his empty billfold. One robber returned a billfold not his. Police detained James Goodner, 33, to learn how Goodner’s billfold appeared in Adams pocket and how Adams’ billiard containing $70 ended up with Goodner.
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Indianapolis
James Adams
Adams
James Goodmer
Goodner
Flying saucer talk draws fire from Air Force and professor
Air Force General Roger Ramey and University of Maryland psychologist Dr. Jessie Sprowls dismissed flying saucer reports as nonphysical. The Rev Edward C Lewis urged curiosity about nature and eternal truths from the controversy as callers pressed stations for more saucer sightings.
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Washington
Air Force
Edward 3. Lewis
Union Methodist Church
Roger M. Ramey
Jessie Sprowls
University of Maryland
Gen. Ramey
CBS
Ramey
Alaska
Sprowls
WGAY
Silver Spring
UN Planes Pound Red Center in Pyongyang Offensive
U S Fifth Air Force launches two waves of fighter-bombers against a key North Korean military HQ near Pyongyang, destroying MIG-15s and damaging others. The ground battle sees U S Second Division forces repulse a Chinese assault on Old Baldy hill as 4% months test nylon armors reduce chest and abdomen wounds by sixty percent.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Pyongyang
Air Force
U. S. Second Division
Old Baldy Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
Old Baldy
Cincinnati Councilman Albert Cash Drowns in Michigan
The body of Albert Cash former Cincinnati mayor and councilman was recovered at Torch Lake near Alden Michigan after a capsizing accident during a vacation trip. Cash 54 died when a metal fishing boat capsized in a squall. Two others survived. Funeral arrangements were tentative for Wednesday. Survivors include his widow and three sons.
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Cincinnati
Albert D. Cash
Torch Lake
Alden
Mich
Cash
Michigan Lake
Gerald M. Haley
Detroit
Roy P. McDuffie
University of Cincinnati
Joseph A. Lambert
Polio Group Reports Gains in Fight Against Paralysis
Basil O Connor announces new test tube victories as potential polio serum trials advance. First mass injections occurred in Provo Utah with tests expanding to Houston Texas and Sioux City Iowa. The 1951 polio total reached 28 668 cases while the U S Public Health Service labels the year the third worst for the disease.
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New York
National Foundation For
Foundation
Basil O'Connor
Provo
Utah
Houston
Tex
Sioux City
Iowa
U.S. Public Health Service
Two Greyhound Buses Crash Near Waco Killing Dozens
Two Greyhound buses collided head on near Waco Texas just before dawn trapping passengers in flames. Initial death tolls ranged up to 50 but later reports adjusted to 28. Bodies burned beyond recognition hindered identification and investigation.
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Waco, Tex
Greyhound
Waco
Tex
Here
Dallas Austin
Compton Funeral Home
Connally
Waco Funeral Home
Sam Wood
Waco Times-Herald
Identified Oklahoma City murder victim Betty Stevens
Betty Jack Stevens 21 of Dallas was identified as the decapitated torture victim found in a Yukon area dry creek bed. Authorities say she had a criminal history in Texas and Oklahoma and investigators suspect gangland revenge. Family members described a long estrangement.
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Oklahoma City
Betty Jack Stevens
Dallas
Yukon
Okla
O. K. Bivins
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Miss Stevens
Texas
Oklahoma
Helen Stevens
Texarkana
Tex
Eddie Stevens
Helen
Eddie
C. S. Stevens
Grapeland
Betty
Wayne Harbolt
Will Fritz
West Dallas
General Boatner Promoted to Major General in Korea Camp System
Brigadier General Haydor L. Boatner known as Bull Boatner who tamed rebel prisoners on Koje Island is promoted to major general. General Mark Clark Far East commander lauded his handling of riots and hostage incident, placing Boatner in charge of all prisoner camps in Korea.
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Tokyo
Haydor L
Bull) Boatner
Kose Island
Mark Clark
Far East
Boatner
Koje
South Korea
Boamer
Korea
Wright Patterson airman listed among crash injured
Allen Richards of Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton is listed among those injured in the crash and was taken to Providence Hospital.
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Waco, Tex
Allen Richards
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Providence Hospital
Bus crash wounds many as wreckage tears apart
Waco police estimate up to 50 dead in two buses smashed and separated by wreckers. Among the dead were two Waco drivers, M. B. Herring and Billy Malone, with uniformed servicemen among the injured as investigation into the cause continues four hours after the crash.
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Waco
Sam Johneson
Waco Times-Herald
M. B. Herring
Lee Box Becomes Coffin For Boy
In San Jose California Jerry Barnes five suffocated when a home made ice chest lid closed on him during hide and seek. Bradley three called for help as parents Theodore W Barnes and his wife searched unsuccessfully for an hour before finding him. Police ruled death an accidental suffocation.
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San Jose
Calif
Jerry Barnes
Bradley
Theodore W. Barnes
Barnes
Jerry
ANZUS Nations Start Pacific Security Talks
In Honolulu, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States begin implementing the San Francisco three power pact and discuss a future pan Pacific security framework. Dean Acheson and ministers Casey and Webb outline machinery, potential staff, and annual foreign minister meetings as regional security concerns rise.
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Anzus
Pacific
Roy Elsoyan
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
U. S
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
Taipei
Formosa
Central Daily News
Kung Sun Pao
United States
Casey
San Francisco
Webb
Japan
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Kas
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Fair Employment Practices Commission
Richmond
Truman
Denver
National Committee
National Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Discount ‘Saucer
Warren Rogers JR
Capital
Washington National
Albert Cash
Michigan
General Boatner
Lee Box
Philippines
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