Reds Delay Recess In Korean Armistice Talks To July 25
Kaesong talks recessed at Red request to study proposals. Joy and delegation remain in place. UN sources say pause aids planning as Communist forces rebuild after April offensives, with estimates of 300,000 front line and 200,000 in reserve plus regional troops.
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C. Turner Joy
United Nations
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Associated Press
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Public Relations Snafu on Recess in Korea Talks
General headquarters announced a cease-fire talks recess in Korea then ordered the release killed. After pressure from news services the order was lifted. GHQ in Tokyo investigated why Korea issued the stop.
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TOKYO
Korea
GHQ Public Information Office
Mississippi River Crest Near 1844 High in St Louis Tonight
The Mississippi, fed by the Missouri flood crest, is forecast to rise to about 40 percent feet at midnight in St. Louis, the highest in 107 years and near the 1844 record. Missouri floods widened to five miles, dikes failed, and West Alton residents faced rising water while St. Charles power crews raced to protect electricity. Army Engineers predicted downstream dikes would mostly hold.
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ST. Louis
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Missouri
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Army Engineers
Kansas
Senate
Washington
Pick
Power Company
St. Charles
Reds Build Up Strength On War Fronts
U S Eighth Army in Korea reports continued strengthening of Communist frontline defenses with no sign of an imminent attack. UN patrols pressed near main lines amid sharp clashes, while rain limited air operations and there was no ground contact near Kaesong.
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Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Two Detroiters Die In Route 25 Crash Near Troy
Two Detroit residents Bates Reed and Mrs. Janet Worthey were killed when two cars collided on U S Route 25 about three miles west of Troy. Five others were injured in the early morning crash, according to the State Highway Patrol.
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Detroit
Troy
State Highway Patrol
Bates Reed
Janet Worthey
Wholesale Prices Dip for Seventh Consecutive Week
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.5 percent drop in wholesale prices for the week ended July 17, with the index at 178.8 percent of the 1926 base. Farm products and chemicals fell most while food prices rose slightly.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Korea
Cincinnati Station Demonstrates First Color TV
WKRC-TV in Cincinnati showcased the first color television demonstration for newsmen with plans to place sets in Kroger stores next week for public viewing. A half hour weekday program and a Saturday hour show are scheduled while color transmission remains not yet standard in the area. Taft warned the public against expecting rapid color rollout, noting most telecasts will stay black and white for the foreseeable future. The demonstration used CBSs color method.
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Cincinnati
Wkrc-Tv
Hulburt Taft, Jr
Radio Cincinnati, Inc
Kroger Company
Kroger
Taft
Wkrc TV
Columbia Broadcasting System
Oatis Record Shows No Sign Of Espionage
The full record of William N. Oatis trial in Czechoslovakia was received by the State Department and found to show no evidence of espionage. The AP correspondent, arrested April 23, was sentenced July 4 to ten years for spying. The transcript portrays Oatis as head of an espionage network and details questions tied to the Clementis case.
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Washington
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Ellis O. Briggs
Prague
Department
Iron Curtain
Oatis
New York
London
Vladimir Clementis
U S to Give Prompt Study to Con Man Sam Mason
The Justice Department promised prompt study of Sam Mason accused by senators of confidence games. Senator Mundt urged the department and the Internal Revenue Bureau to focus on Mason's testimony that he has filed no income tax returns for over two decades.
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Washington
Justice Department
Sam Mason
Mundt
R-Sd
Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mason
Senate
British Freeze Passport of Scientist Over Moscow Visit
Britain canceled the passport of Dr. E H S Burhop a University College London lecturer planned for a Moscow goodwill flight amid a security re screening following the disappearance of diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess. Burhop denied access to sensitive atomic materials and denied any link to missing diplomats.
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Britain
Moscow
Foreign Office
Donald MaClean
Guy Burgess
Washington
France
E. H. S. Burhop
University College, London
Russia
West
British Association of Scientific Workers
United States
Burhop
British Soviet Friendship Society
British Society For Cultural Relations
Bruno Pontecorvo
Finland
Civilian GI riot quelled in California
In Sacramento area Elverta a peaceful Air Force party at Mc Clellan Field sparked 60 to 70 civilian youths to riot. Police used tear gas and water cannons as about 200 officers restored order. 1 airman and 1 civilian were critically injured, with several others hurt.
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Sacramento
Calif
Roy Turner
Lonnie Eastmade
Air Force
McClellan Field
Elverta
Controls At A Glance
Washington brief summarizes a House bill passed to extend wage and price controls for one year. It details rent increases, extended car loan terms, lower down payments for appliances and furniture, larger mortgage options, and a ban on certain food imports. It also notes farm price rollbacks, defense plant authority limits, and licensing restrictions.
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Washington
House
Truman
Thouse
Abdullahs Death Feared As Setting Out Struggle
In Jerusalem King Abdullah of Jordan was shot while praying at the Mosque of Omar. The 69 year old monarch’s death sparks fears of a dynastic succession clash and renewed Palestine conflict with Britain and the United States seeking to preserve order. Crown Prince Tallal, abroad for a nervous breakdown, is seen as anti British while Regent Naif, Abdullah’s second son, is pro British.
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Jordan
Abdullah
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Russia
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Old City
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Mustapha Shukry Ashsha
Sacred Struggle Organization
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United States
Palestine
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Tallal
Switzerland
Naif
House Passes Stripped Economic Controls Bill
The House approved a trimmed economic controls bill extending wage, price and other controls for one year. It heads to a Senate conference committee to resolve differences with an eight month Senate extension, amid bipartisan doubts about the measure.
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Senate House Conference Committee
Senate
Plane Missing Over Alaska From Vancouver Flight
A Canadian Pacific DC4 passenger plane with 31 passengers and seven crew vanished on a Vancouver to Anchorage flight. Last contact was 12 12 a m PST, with a planned 1 a m radio check unmet. Unofficial signals point to a downed status in the Alaska panhandle. crew included seven, two stewardesses, many passengers believed American personnel.
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Canadian Pacific Airlines
Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Panhandle
Woman seeks to annul divorce over undisclosed settlement
Mrs. Sophie M. Hudick asks Youngstown common pleas court to undo a divorce granted eight months earlier claiming her husband Joseph hid a $40,000 worth from her during the property settlement. She accuses him of fraudulent acts and notes Hudick has since remarried.
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Sophie M. Hudick
Common Pleas Court
Joseph
Hudick
Violent Twin Cities Storms Kill Three and Injure Many
Violent thunderstorms with 100 mph winds swept central Minnesota and eastern South Dakota last night. In Minneapolis St Paul area two died when a grocery store roof collapsed. Terrence Malm age four months died when a chimney toppled onto his crib. Nearly 100 injured and extensive property damage reported.
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South Dakota
Twin Cities
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Minneapolis General Hospital
St. Anthony
Minneapolis
Terrence Malm
Watertown
S. D
Bow Gas Proposal Okayed By House
Washington AP report notes Representative Bow of Ohio won House approval for a plan to bar federal action restricting natural gas use in states with regulatory agencies. The proposal would reserve control of gas flow and heating equipment installation to states.
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Bow
Ohio
House
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