B36 Bomber Adapted to Carry Jet Fighter in Flight
The Air Force fitted the B36 long-range bomber to carry an F84 jet fighter in its belly, taking off with the jet, releasing it for attack within 600 mph, and recovering it midair. Photos show the F84 nestled in the bomb bay, engines started before release. The upgrade increases takeoff weight capacity to 400,000 pounds and enhances power across engines.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
Dulles Sees UN Charter as Pre Atomic and Flawed
Secretary of State Dulles called the United Nations charter a pre atomic age document with serious inadequacies that require major changes. He spoke to the American Bar Association noting the atom’s power necessitates a revised framework and stronger disarmament provisions.
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Boston
Dulles
United Nations
San Francisco
Hiroshima
No Shortage Of Men In Korea Report
Seoul reports no manpower shortage in Korea and no inducements for enlistment will be offered. John Hannah, assistant secretary for manpower and personnel, said this after a four day inspection and before departing to Tokyo to confer with General Mark Clark, Far East commander.
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Seoul
John Hannah
U. S. Defense
Korea
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Far East
U.N
Reds
U. N
Stenographer admits slaying of Boston girl
A sobbing Massachusetts stenographer Mildred McDonald 25 confessed to murdering Mary Di Rocco 14 after hours of denial. Police say she shot the girl in Somerville home on Monday, dragged the body to a cellar, slit her throat and poured oil on it before attempting to set it alight.
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New York
Massachusetts
David Murphy
Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office
Mildred McDonald
Mary di Rocco
di Rocco
Somerville
Mass
Miss McDonald
Times Square
Joseph
New York City
Murphy
Mary
Angelo di Rocco
Mary DiRocco
Nationwide Phone Strike Threat Grips Bell System
Reports of a threatened nationwide walkout by 22 000 long lines telephone workers amid a wage contract dispute and scattered earlier walkouts. CIO CWA and ATandT Long Lines officials met without progress as executives warned of possible city exchanges being shut down. Local 1150 leader John Lotz cited a clear threat while stressing no authorization was given.
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New York
Bell System
Indiana
Southwestern Bell Telephone Companies
Long Lines Department
The
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Longlines
John Lotz
New York City
Jlong-Lines
Wealthy retirees struggle with leisure and change
At a Gerontological Society convention, experts report that richer individuals resist relaxing into retirement. Harold R. Hall cites interviews with 500 top executives who fear losing status and colleagues, urging companies to offer leisure-time conditioning. A New York City study links higher incomes to retirement dissatisfaction and warns of political pressure from unhappy seniors.
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San Francisco
The
Gerontological Society
Harold R. Hall
Wellesley Hill
Mass
Hall
Harvard
J. H. Bunzel
Louis Gare
New York
New York City
Bunzel
Louis Kupland
Reds May Return Some POWs Sentenced To Prison Terms
Lebanon special report notes Corporal Beecher M. Mefford 22 of Warren County is to be released from a North Korean camp after three years. His parents greet the news with faith while other Ohio POWs are named including Woodward Young Wertman Wem Boston Eldridge.
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Reds
Lebanon
Warren County
Cpl
Beecher M. Mefford
David Mefford
Western Star
Mefford
21St Infantry Regiment
Jellico
Tenn
Otterbein
Russell
Avia
Ohio
Pfe
Thomas C. Woodward
D. S. Woodward
Heaton St
Hamilton
Donald J. Young
Margaret Young
Jervis St
Toledo
Albert P. Wertman
Charles V. Wertman
East T3rd St
Cleveland
Robert Wem
Nellie B. Wemn
Wells St
Youngstown
Dennis R. Boston, Jr
Dennis R. Boston
Kitts Hill
John Eldridge, Jr
Nattie May Eldridge
Fairborn
Living costs hit new high as auto workers gain penny raise
Government data show mid July CPI at 114.7, marking a new peak for a second straight month. The rise, driven by food housing and transport costs, triggers a one cent hourly pay boost for about a million auto workers under escalator clauses tied to the index.
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Washington
Theovernment
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO
United Auto Workers
Weather forecast for Middleton and Kentucky region
Vandalia forecasters predict fair weather for Middleton and a largely unchanged temperature trend. Yesterday's high reached 97 degrees at 4 p.m. and the night low was 63. today’s low around 64. In Kentucky, highs are expected 92 to 96 with fair conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Kentucky
McCarthy Endorses Court Test for Fifth Amendment Use
Senator McCarthy threatens a court ruling to restrict when witnesses may plead the Fifth. He pressed Mrs. Rothschild to answer a test question about self incrimination, while her lawyer argues perjury is not at issue and any answer could be incriminate. McCarthy contends the privilege has been misused to shield subversive activity.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Congress
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Wisconsin
Edward Rothschild
Government Printing Office
GPO
Ford
Reds Come Up With New Move
UNITED NATIONS N Y AP Russia proposed a parliamentary maneuver to force the UN to vote first on inviting six fighting nations and nine neutrals to the Korean peace conference. The move accompanies detailed debate in the General Assembly Political Committee on Korea resolutions as voting nears.
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Dulles
United States
Britain
Russia
Security Council
Assembly
General Assembly
United Nations, N. Y
U. N
India
Reds Hint at Returning More Prisoners in Korea
AP report from Panmunjom notes 400 more U N soldiers back from North Korea with signs Reds may repatriate Americans jailed for minor offenses. Two officers say sentences were commuted and prisoners moved to Kaesong awaiting release, as broader exchange progresses with shipments headed toward San Francisco and Pacific voyages continue.
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Panmunjom
U. N
Kaesong
Red Peiping
Peiping
Pacific
John Pope
Inchan
San Francisco
5000 Volunteers To Rebuild Homes In Flint Tornado
More than 5,000 volunteers are expected Saturday and Sunday to rebuild about 186 Flint area homes leveled by the June 8 tornado that killed 116 people. Homeowners supply materials and will have them ready as volunteers arrive. Suppliers have offered discounts. Mayor Donald W. Reigle called it possibly the nation’s largest building effort.
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Flint, Mich
Flint Area
Donald W. Reigle
Texas top target in East Germany hate campaign
Berlin reports that Texas clothing and Western films are denounced by Communist media as symbols of Western barbarism. East German youths wearing Texas shirts face ostracism, while Die Junge Welt labels the gear the uniform of terrorists. The piece notes arrests after June 17 and claims confessions from youths seduced by American styles.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Texas
Chicago
East Germany
National Zeitung
Europe
Hollywood
Jove
U. S
Die Junge Welt
Young World
Communist Free German Youth
FDJ
Fascist
Bradley urges science boost to beat Soviet advances
Gen. Omar N. Bradley calls for rapid civilian and military action to strengthen the U S scientific lead over the USSR. He urges wider scientist involvement in strategy, discusses atomic information for allies, public understanding, carrier use for deep strikes, joint missile development, and a Canada led defense command with Eisenhower and St Laurent to meet soon.
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Omar N. Bradley
America
Science
Russia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Saturday Evening Post
Bulova Research and Developments, Inc
U. S
Canada
Eisenhower
St. Laurent
French Push Back Vietminh Forces in Bai Chu Sector
French and Vietnamese troops drive Communist Vietminh from Bai Chu area southeast of Hanoi. More than 1,100 rebels killed or captured as forces press toward Gulf of Tonkin through mud flooded rice fields and limestone hills.
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Vieinamans
Bai Chu
Indochina
Gulf of Tonkin
Red River
Hanoi
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