Red Tanks Rumbling In Berlin
In Berlin a Russian tank division reentered East Berlin as anti Communist strikes marked the June 17 uprising anniversary. Soviet armor moved past Stalin Allee with 82 tanks observed. 14,000 workers at Buna near Merseburg jawed for jailed comrades. Zeiss Optical at Jena faced sitdowns with threat of firing squads.
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Ramifications of a Turbulent Tie in Towanda
Justice of the Peace Oliver D. Goodrich performed a marriage last night that creates a tangle of family relations. The groom George B. Archer eighty is Goodrich’s grandfather and the bride Daisy Mae Shipp fifty three is Goodrich’s mother in law. Archer becomes Goodrich’s step father in law and the new Mrs Archer becomes Goodrich’s step grandmother. The web of relations continues as Archer is now Mrs Goodrich’s step father.
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Weather shifts with intermittent rain in Miami Valley
The Miami Valley saw fair conditions give way to rain moving in from Middletown around 6 45 am and continuing off and on through today. Temperatures held down early with a 74 degree high at 9 30 am and a 24 hour low noted at 5 am. The downpour ended the day hot and muggy with a potential reaching near 98 by 4 pm. Tonight remains cloudy with scattered showers and tomorrow is expected partly cloudy and warmer.
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Five Day Forecast Sees Mild Warm-Up Through Tuesday
Temperatures will average 3-4 degrees above normal from Saturday through Tuesday with little daily change and cooler conditions on Wednesday. Normal lows 64, highs 85-88. Showers and thunderstorms Saturday and again Tuesday and Wednesday total about half an inch of rain.
Ready To Compromise On Immigration Request
President Eisenhower signals willingness to admit about 240 000 special quota migrants. Senate Judiciary Committee hopes for quick action amid proposed cuts and a split on which nationalities qualify. McCarran seeks 120 000 plus orphans and three year spread, Watkins favors broader intake.
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Italy
U S Income From Taxes Sets Record in 1953
Washington reports the federal government collected 69.596 billion dollars in taxes for the year ended June 30 1953 the highest total in peace or war. Revenue rose by 4.596 billion over 1952 with corporate and personal taxes yielding large actual figures though earlier estimates were high.
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Late summons sent to Cassidy for overparking
Francis Cassidy received a municipal court summons yesterday ordering him to appear on July 16, 1957. The case concerns an overparking charge and Cassidy is expected to respond in Hobbs New Mexico.
Negotiators Meet Clark Before Armistice Talks
General Mark Clark met for three hours with U.N. truce negotiators at Panmunjom ahead of a high level session expected tomorrow. U.N. and U.S. officials demanded a quick Korean armistice and rejected Communist demands to recapture prisoners. Clark said only that talks were secret and declined further comment.
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Mark Clark
U.N
Cmmunist
U. N
Panmunjom
Clark
Tokyo
William K. Harrison Jr
Reds
Washington
Red
South Korea
Pilot Pushes Sabre Jet To New World Speed Mark
Lt Col William F Barns 32 piloted an F86D Sabre to a world air speed record averaging 713.6 mph on the three kilometer course, with a best of 721.364 mph under favorable winds. He set two record runs, each faster than the prior mark, and cited turbulence and heat as limiting factors. A second jet, an F94C Starfire flown by Capt Craig Keller, sped from Burbank to Hamilton AFB at 670 mph, claiming a new Los Angeles San Francisco air speed record of 29 minutes for 324 miles.
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William F. Barns
J Slade Nash
Nash
Barns
Burbank
Hamilton Air Force Base
Air Force
Los Angeles
Telephone Service In Portsmouth Back To Normal
Portsmouth and Wilmington CIO Communications Workers ratified a bargaining agreement with Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. restoring normal service after a wildcat strike. Emergency service had been in place while other Ohio city locals prepare to vote on ratification in Cambridge Circleville Cadiz and St Marys in coming days.
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CIO Communications Workers of America
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Snowball Goes Missing as Heat Rises in Phoenix
In Phoenix a woman reports her dog named Snowball missing during a walk as temperatures top 100 degrees. Police say the owner described the dog as friendly and responsive to the name Snowball.
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Snowball
France backs Indochina independence to win war
Gen. Pierre Navarre argued that full independence for Indochina is essential for France to sustain the anti-Communist war against Vietminh gains. The United States, providing half a billion dollars in military aid yearly, supports talks with Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia for greater autonomy as Saigon hosts new Viet Nam training efforts.
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Pierre Navarre
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French Paratroopers Raid Langson Near China Border
French Union paratroopers seized Langson Indochina within 10 miles of China after a surprise dawn raid. The assault blew bridges over the Kyeua River, severing a Vietminh supply route in a swift operation that disrupted 3,000 tons of monthly war material said to have moved from China via Kwangsi. Langson had been a key northern post, previously abandoned in 1950, and its fall marks a major strategic gain for French forces.
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Bidault Hopes Big Four Parley To Aid Peace
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault believes a proposed four power conference of foreign ministers could bolster hope for world peace. He noted many difficulties exist, but emphasized hope over obstacles and said he was very satisfied with the Washington conference conclusions. He arrived from Washington by train and departed for France by plane.
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Georges Bidault
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Washington
France
No Atom Cannon In Korea Yet Army Says
Washington reports that none of the new atomic cannons are overseas. The Army confirms it has 280 millimeter guns in reserve to equip American forces in Korea if Eisenhower deems it advisable, dependent on armistice progress and enemy offensives.
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Korea
Eisenhower
Taylor Reveals Seven Mile Red Gains On Front
Allied counterattacks in the Central Front slowed a major Chinese offensive. U N and South Korean forces halted Red advances along the Kumhwa corridor and Kumsong valley, with U S troops and ROK units recapturing outposts and inflicting heavy losses on the 10 division assault.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
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Kumsong Bulge
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Kumhwa
White Horse Mountain
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Reds
Associated Press
Forrest Edwards
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U. 9Th Corps
Taft Forced To Remain On Sidelines
New York AP report states Senator Robert A. Taft withdrew from active participation in Congress due to a hip ailment. He relinquished Senate floor leadership to Senator Knowland but retains the majority leader title. Hospital bulletins note Taft will not return this session, likely ending in August, with ongoing recovery and prior treatments at Walter Reed and New York Hospital.
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Robert A. Taft
Congress
Ohio
Taft
Walter Reed Medical Center
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New York Hospital
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Would-Be Assassin Changes Mind In Tokyo Incident
Police said 33 year old Kazutoyo Yamagata attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida on July 6 but altered plans after a note urged calm. Guards found him asleep in another room the next morning. he faces a charge of breaking and entering the cell.
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Kazutoyo Yamagata
Shigeru Yoshida
Yamagata
20 000 Housing Units Okayed In Compromise
Washington conferees on a multi agency appropriation bill voted to permit 20000 new low rent public housing units in the current fiscal year. It represents a compromise between Senate backing of 35000 starts and the House stance for none. The measure must still clear both chambers.
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Senate House
Senate
House
Construction on Middletown Hospital Addition Planned
Sunday details reveal a $2 million hospital expansion funded last year and slated to begin in the fall. The Journal presents a full page on the Red Cross in Middletown, plus South Lebanon School expansion plans and a South Lebanon child with seven living grandmothers. The sports section previews the Ohio State Tennis Tournament opening and local Opti-Derby prep.
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