U S Ammunition Shortage Cited For Total War Readiness
A Senate subcommittee led by Senator Margaret Chase Smith said the United States now lacks sufficient ammunition for full war, but predicted production will exceed three Korean War totals and yield a new readiness posture within a year. European stocks remain inadequate for all-out conflict.
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Washington
America
Senate Armed Services
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Korea
United States
Europe
Jet Plane Crashes in Ville Jacques Cartier Killing Nine
A Canadian Air Force CF100N fighter crashed into two homes in Ville Jacques Cartier killing five children and two women inside the houses along with the two airmen aboard. Names of civilians are listed. air crew identities were withheld. The crash sent families to Montreal hospitals for shock as bodies were taken to Montreal morgue.
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Ville Jacques Cartier
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
Marcel Bourassa
Michel
Ginette
Emilien Fournier
Red Radio Alleges Mercy Restriction on Prison Visits
A San Francisco broadcast claims Allied authorities imposed limits on Chinese and North Korean Red Cross workers visiting Communist prisoners in South Korea. The AP heard a broadcast saying visitors faced restricted time or could only speak via loudspeakers.
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San Francisco
Peiping
Red Cross
South Korea
Associated Press
Ike Prepares To Sign Bills
President Eisenhower opened mail at the summer White House in Denver and readied to sign a batch of bills Congress passed before adjournment. The pouch from Washington marked the first dispatch of official business to Lowry Air Force Base where he arrived last Saturday. Eisenhower faced 110 remaining measures. Hagerty said he would sign some now while others await guidance from Bernard Shanley on later action this week.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
White House
Lowry Air Force Base
James C. Hagerty
Bernard M. Shanley
Four Die in Thunderstorms Across Oklahoma
Severe storms swept Oklahoma causing four fatalities and injuries. A squall at Lake Murray near Ardmore overturned a boat, drowning three aboard. A man was electrocuted after contact with downed power lines.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Witnesses Called In Security Leak Probe
Senate subcommittee widens inquiry into possible security leaks at the Government Printing Office. Chairman McCarthy and Sen Dirksen promise hearings while probing alleged Communist activity and handling of secret documents from CIA AEC State and Defense. GPO head Raymond Blattenberger pledges to review how much confidential material is processed by the agency’s 7300 employees.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Leask
Government Printing Office
McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ill
Subcommittee
Dirksen
Central Intelligence Agency
Atomic Energy Commission
State and Defense Departments
AEC
FBI
Air Force
Army
Navy
Government
Raymond Blattenberger
Korean Diplomat Blames “Savages” for brutality claims
South Korea’s ambassador to the United States denounces reports of brutality by North Korean troops as misdirected anger toward the Korean people. You Chan Yang says the aggressors are the second generation of refugees indoctrinated in communism and recruited by their Kremlin masters.
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Washington
United States
You Chan Yang
Siberia
Korea
Kremlin
Greek Isles Rocked by Fourth Consecutive Quake Toll Soars
In Greece the Ionian Sea islands faced a fourth day of tremors with official dead at 150 and unofficial counts near 400. U S Air Force units prepared to airlift food and medical aid to Kefallinia, Ithaca, Zakinthos and surrounding villages as rescue teams struggle amid widespread destruction and communications blackouts.
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Athens
Greece
Ionian Sea
U. S
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Constantine Adamopoulos
Kefallinia
Samis
Ithaca
Ulysses
Zakinthos
Rocky Islands
UN Armies To Remain In Korea
U S Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens says American and Allied troops will stay in Korea for several years. He spoke during an eight day visit with Secretary of State Dulles and President Syngman Rhee. Stevens visited Freedom Village to greet returning POWs and said information from POWs is being gathered to guide government actions. He noted reports of American prisoners jailed by the Communists for alleged infringements of rules.
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Seoul
U. S
Robert T. Stevens
Korea
Stevens
United States
John Foster Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Freedom Village
Munsan
Piccioni Drops Cabinet Plans in Italian Crisis
Rome, Attilio Piccioni of the Christian Democrats announced he abandoned efforts to form a middle-of-the-road government and end the Italian government crisis. He said he told the president of the republic he renounces the task of forming a government after failed consultations.
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Rome
Attilio Piccioni
Christian Democrats
Piccioni
Aly Khan Leaves U.S. for Urgent Aga Khan summons
Prince Aly Khan cut short a United States visit and flew to France after receiving an urgent business summons from his father, the Aga Khan. He said he had no idea what the summons involved.
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New York
Prince Aly Khan
United States
France
Aga Khan
France on the brink as general strike expands chaos
France faced deeper disruption as a broad general strike intensified. Premier Laniel defended fiscal plans to balance the budget by cutting payrolls and raising civil servant retirement age while railway miners and government workers walked out. Paris transit slowed and tourism suffered as trains buses and ships were redirected or halted.
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John Roderick
Paris
France
Joseph Laniel
Socialist Workers Force
American Express
Cook's
Warm, Fair Weather Forecast With Scattered Showers
Vandalia forecasters predict mostly fair and warmer weather today with clouds and scattered showers moving in tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures are expected to drop to cool levels tomorrow after a high near 93 degrees yesterday at Armco East Side Main Gate and a 67 degree low yesterday.
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Vandalia
Middletown
Armco
UN Aides Accused of Stirring Kashmir Unrest
Tense Srinagar reports say a new Indian backed Kashmir government accuses United Nations observers of inciting protests against the regime. A woman UN employee is allegedly expelled for organizing demonstrations. The commission maintaining the ceasefire line has not commented. Sheikh Abdullah was ousted. Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad installed as premier with Nehru backing.
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New Delhi
India
Srinagar
Kashmir
United Nations
Hindustan Times
Nehru
U. N
Foreign Office
U. N. Commission For
Pakistan
Sheik Mohammed Abdullah
Violence risk noted in French strike coverage
A story on page two points to the possibility of violence arising from the French strike. The article discusses potential clashes and public safety concerns while outlining context and officials’ responses.
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Page
France faces transport and mail crisis amid strikes
With money running short and a communications strike hindering aid from home, France braces for a nationwide disruption. Laniel plans a televised appeal while aides press union leaders to back decrees, as strikes spread and troops ferry goods, yet progress remains slow amid chaos.
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France
Laniel
Burglars Break Into Catlettsburg Livestock Office
Catlettsburg Kentucky burglars robbed the livestock sales office of 2100 dollars in cash and 3600 dollars in checks after midnight, according to Police Chief Ray Castle.
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Catlettsburg
Ray Castle
One Hundred Americans Freed in Panmunjom Prisoner Exchange
The Bamboo Curtain opened again as 100 Americans plus 25 British 25 Turks and 250 South Koreans were freed in the second week of Korean War prisoner exchange. Four hundred freed that day bring total Americans liberated to 823 of 3,313 held. A transport lands at Travis Air Force Base with 14 seriously ill or former prisoners and 3 neuropsychiatric cases. 328 healthy ex POWs travel home aboard the General Walker. The Haven carries 60 more sick and wounded off Inchon.
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Forrest Edwards
Panmunjom
Minth
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Letterman Army Hospital
General Walker
Korea
Haven
Inchon
Changsong
Kaesong
Changsong Camp
Dulles Warns Reds Over Prisoner Return Policy
Secretary of State Dulles warned that the United Nations will withhold Red war prisoners charged with or convicted of crimes to ensure their return. He said any Communist plan to retain American prisoners would violate the Korean armistice and Geneva Convention. Legal experts weigh how the Geneva pact and truce affect prisoner handling and potential violations.
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Washington
Dulles
United Nations
Red
U. N
Korea
Truck and Plane Collision at Mexico City Airfield
A truck and a Douglas DC2 collided during takeoff at Mexico City's airfield. The truck struck the plane and tore off a wing but no one was injured. The truck driver was arrested after claiming the motor started on its own while the vehicle was parked on the runway.
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Mexico City
Civil Rights Laws Described Disappointing By AJC
The American Jewish Congress labeled the 1953 state civil rights laws disappointing. An AJC report notes 44 legislatures passed 23 laws, but Will Maslow says only a handful are significant.
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New York
American Jewish Congress
AJC
Will Maslow
AJC Commission On Law and Social Action
ILA Split Over AFL Suspension
The 22 member ILA Executive Board is nearly evenly divided on quitting the AFL or seeking to retain AFL affiliation amid charges of racketeers in the union. President Joseph P. Ryan pressures cleanup to avoid suspension as factions debate resignations and independence.
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Chicago
AFL
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
St. Louis
AFL Council
Joseph P. Ryan
Ryan
Lausche Delays Naming Senator Taft's Replacement
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche defers a Taft vacancy appointment since the Senate is not in session. He will not rush but will consider candidates after speaking with lawmakers and highway officials, with Mechem and Laxbe ready to offer recommendations when asked.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
Lausche
San Jose
Calif
California
Seattle
Wash
Rps
Bear mauls boy to death in Arizona yard
In Flagstaff Arizona three year old Andrew Mark Palmer Jr. was killed by a 200 pound bear kept as a household pet. His mother was mauled while trying to help. A neighbor shot the bear dead. the animal had been bought as a cub at a Phoenix carnival. Mrs Palmer sustained minor injuries.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Andrew Mark Palmer Jr
Palmers
Phoenix
Palmer
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