Settlement Offered Iran In Oil Fight
The United States and Britain proposed a three point settlement of the Anglo Iranian oil crisis. Key terms include a 10 million dollar grant to Iran, world court consideration of compensation for the nationalized Anglo Iranian Oil Co, and negotiated oil flow arrangements. The plan aims to avert a Communist takeover while securing Western support for Mossadegh.
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United States
Britain
Iran
Truman
Churchill
Mossadegh
London
Tehran
World Court
Anglo Iranian Oil Co
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Threatening letters target Athletics star Shantz in Boston
Bob Shantz of the Philadelphia Athletics received three threat notes in Cambridge warning him not to appear at Fenway Park when the A's play Boston next weekend. He kept one letter signed A Guy, demanding he stay off the field and threatening his baseball life if the notice was shared with the club. Manager Jimmy Dykes called the letters the work of a crank.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Bobby Shantz
Boston
Shantz
Cambridge
Mass
Mr. Shantz
Fenway Park
Athletics
Kantz
Jimmy Dykes
Steel Walkout Strikes Home On War Front
A 22 year old Marine, Pfc William W. Lewis, wrote home that a steel strike reduced his ammunition supply during a fire mission in Korea. His mother, Mrs. Thomas V. Haley, said the letter dated Aug 3 describes ammo rationing and a broader Army warning that the strike cut about 37 percent of planned munitions production this year.
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Korea
Thomas V. Haley
Pfc
William W. Lewis
Army
Karl R. Bendetsen
Bear Surprises Fishermen Inside 165-Pound Shark
Kyodo news reports fishermen cut open a 165-pound shark off the Southern Japanese coast and found a live bear inside. The dispatch notes groups of hungry wild bears have been swimming offshore in search of food.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Rail Lines Give Unions Closed Shop
Eastern railroads agreed to a compulsory union membership provision after lengthy talks with 17 non operating unions. Some worker groups are exempt, while the plan aligns with an emergency board recommendation for full union shop for non operating rail workers. The pact covers about a portion of Eastern carriers 400 000 non operating employees and marks a significant step in labor efforts to require union membership where employers have agreements.
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Reading
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Truman
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Puerto Rico Opens Arms To Welcome Triple Amputee
NEW YORK The Korean War's first American triple amputee leaves today for his Puerto Rico hometown, where residents have built him a house as a hero's welcome. Angel Gomez of Aibonito lost both legs and his right arm in combat and arrived from Washington after a year at Walter Reed Hospital, met by San Juan Mayor Felisa Rincon Gautier.
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Puertoco
Angel Gomez
Aibonito
P. R
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
San Juan
Felisa Rincon Gautier
Salesman jailed for wrong door pants sale
Louisvill e officer Sgt Walter Jones confronted a cut rate salesman John B Dugan who pressed his wife to buy pants for a quarter after knocking on the wrong door. Dugan was arrested when the sergeant, interrupted during a bath, learned he had taken the pants from a parked car and began a six month jail term.
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Louisville
John B. Dugan
Walter Jones
Dugan
Congressmen Leave Formosa for Korea Mission
Eleven U S congressmen departed Formosa for Okinawa en route to Korea. Representative Dewey Short stated the group seeks the answer to the sixty four question how to out of Korea and still save ace.
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Formosa
U. S
Okinawa
Korea
Dewey Short
R-Mo
FBI Most Wanted Fugitive Captured in St Louis
William Merle Martin 42, an FBI top ten suspect, was captured in South St. Louis after emerging from brush seeking food. He surrendered unarmed to Officer Edward Witt and Francis Boyer. Martin fled after a deputy sheriff's car was forced off the road near Jefferson County. He had not eaten since Wednesday noon and was linked to Deputy Willard Carver’s June 23 slaying in Kansas.
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William Merle Martin
FBI
South St. Louis
Here
Martin
Texas City
Tex
Joseph Franklin Bent Jr
Jefferson County
Edward Witt
Francis Boyer
Willard Carver
Olathe
Kan
Carver
Harvard trained medic sails to Boston after Pacific voyage
New Zealand physician Dr R A Davis and his family arrived in Callao Peru aboard the 48 foot ketch Mira after an 11 week voyage from Wellington battling hurricane winds and fuel shortages. Davis plans graduate work at the Harvard School of Public Health and will continue to Boston along the coast of South America and through the Panama Canal.
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Dia
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Timothy
Callao
Harvard School of Public Health
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South Pacific
Tahiti
Youth Dies Of Polio In Springfield Death
Ronald L. Donahue aged 20 died Friday night at Springfield City Hospital from infantile paralysis. He is Clark County's second polio fatality of the year.
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Springfieldo
Ronald L. Donahue
Springfield City Hospital
Clark County
Youth Duped Woman by Fake President Letter
A 16-year-old Basin Wyoming youth was jailed in Denver on federal impersonation charges after mailing a letter posing as President Truman to an 83-year-old widow to obtain $2,000. The letter, mailed from Plymouth Michigan, claimed need for funds to aid a disabled boy and sought immediate payment, with the youth bound over for trial on delinquency charges.
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FBI
Basin
Wyo
Harry S. Truman
George C. Burton
Truman
Burton
Plymouth
Mich
Polio Stricken Girl Awaits Return Of Dad In Flight
Siou x City Iowa reports a six year old girl Kathleen Buggy in a Sioux City hospital with polio as her father Air Force Sgt Charles R Buggy arrives from a mercy flight. The family plans funeral arrangements for their younger son Charles Jr aged four who died last Tuesday. Kathleen unaware of her mother’s critical illness waits to greet her father who is on the final leg of a relay air journey.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Salem
Mass
Alexander Patch
Atlantic Ocean
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Sioux City
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Charles Jr
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Air Force
Kathy
U. S
Beverly
Report: Farmers Not Behind Rise in Food Prices
Agriculture Department officials said a new report shows farm prices were largely flat from mid July to mid August and up only about 1 percent over the past year. They note retail prices at record highs but farm receipts remain below peak, with droughts barely affecting farm prices and favorable weather suggesting stable or lower farm prices ahead.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Uly
New Losses Show War In Korea Growing Deadlier
United Nations forces in Korea report casualty totals rising amid deadlocked truce talks. AP survey lists 262,421 dead and wounded among 17 nations, with overall deaths and missing at 384,609. U S figures indicate 18,301 dead and 85,298 wounded, with civilian toll omitted.
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N. Y
Korea
Associated Press
U. N
U. S. Army
North Korea
Republic of Korea
United States
Pentagon
Chapman May Hit Road For Adlai Jevenson Campaign
Secretary of the Interior Chapman plans a possible leave of absence to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. He will begin a western speaking tour and noted he has not fully decided yet. Four years ago he took unpaid leave to work on Truman's campaign.
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Washington
Chapman
Adlai Jevenson
Truman
High Court Asked To Rule On Claims In Texas Blast
The Supreme Court was urged to reinstate damage awards totaling 240 million dollars for 273 actions by 8,485 claimants from the 1947 Texas City disaster. A Houston court had ruled the government liable because a nitrate ship was in government service, while a New Orleans circuit court overruled. Over 500 killed, about 3,000 injured, and roughly 50 million dollars in property damage from the explosions and fires.
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Supreme Court
Texas City
Tex
High Court
Houston
U. S. District Court
U. S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Sabre Jets Down Five More MIGs War report from Korea
U S Sabre jets claim to have shot down at least five Russian built MIGs and damaged 12 others in heavy air action near Suiho and Pyongyang as 79 Sabres fought a massive Red air armada. The August toll reaches 32 MIGs destroyed and 42 damaged with U N losses not reported.
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Sinuiju
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Pyongyang
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Korea
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U.N
Tug Sarsi Sinks Off Korea With Losses
TOKYO three U.S. warships began an immediate search last Wednesday for survivors of the Navy tug Sarsi which hit a mine off Korea and sank within 20 minutes. Two crewmen were killed and three missing. 92 of 97 crew were saved. Four survivors were seriously hurt. The sinking occurred about three miles off Hungnam as UN forces were evacuated in December 1950. The Sarsi was in Korean waters since April 18 as part of Task Force 95. Lt. W. M. Howard of Norfolk directed rescue efforts and received commendation from Vice Adm. Joseph J. Clark.
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Korea
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Three Airmen Parachute Before Navy Bomber Crash
In OLATHE Kansas three crew members jumped to safety as a Navy bomber crashed on a farm during a flight from Jacksonville to avoid hurricane damage. The crash was caused by engine failure. The crew: L.T R. H. Conn 27 Palm Beach Fla pilot with a broken left leg Lt W J Hef fernan 30 Bellerose NY with a broken left arm Machinist 3C John Walker 24 bruised.
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Olathe Naval Air Station
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Palm Beach
W. J. J. Heffernan
Bellerose
N. Y
John Walker
Bakersfield Quake Claims Woman in Panic Heart Attack
A Bakersfield quake last night caused fear and the death of Zelda Reynolds, 27, wife of real estate man Ralph Reynolds, reportedly a nerve-strain victim from the London blitz. The tremor lasted moments and was felt mainly in the city’s north. The Aug. 22 quake killed several and injured 32.
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Calif
Zelda Reynolds
Ralph Reynolds
Reynolds
Britain
London
Tarzan’s Wife Seeks Divorce From Lex Barker
Actress Arlene Dahl filed for divorce from Lex Barker charging cruel and inhuman treatment. Barker, 33, and Dahl, 26, were married a year and a half with a trial separation starting May 7 and reconciliation in July.
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Los Angeles
Arlene Cahil
Tarzan Lex Barker
Barker
Hurricane Veers Away From Coast
A hurricane moving slowly northward veered away from the Florida coast but threatened Georgia and South Carolina. Winds near the center reach 85 mph with gales expanding outward. radar tracked the storm as navy planes and blimps repositioned to safety. Forecasters warned the Carolinas faced a close brush with dangerous winds and high tides.
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Weather Bureau
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South Carolina
Florida
Bureau
Carolina
Paul Moore
Moore
Navy
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Tennessee
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Glenn B. Davis
Naval District
Carolinas
Camp Guard Wounds Three More Red POWs
A Camp guard on Cheju Island wounded three Chinese or Korean prisoners of war after a bucket was thrown at him. The Allied Prisoner of War Command said none of the Reds was seriously injured. The guard fired at the bucket thrower and struck two others.
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Cheju Island
Allied
National Political Round-Up Taft Hartley FePC Main Issues Stirring
In the run up to the campaign, Taft Hartley and FEPC loom large as Stevenson and Eisenhower plot positions. Stevenson speaks in Michigan and Pennsylvania like Detroit and Flint, while Eisenhower leans toward state action on equal opportunity with Lodge signaling no veto of FEPC. Sparkman deflects details. Truman gears for a campaign push with Milwaukee speech. Texas and Louisiana disputes over offshore oil waters threaten Stevenson’s ballot access as Capehart urges attacks on graft. Indiana's Taft ally promises to carry Indiana for his candidate.
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