Middletown Hospital launches $2 million growth drive
Tonight marks the kickoff for Middletown Hospital's building fund aiming to raise 2,000,000. More than 600 volunteers will attend at the Manchester Hotel ballroom with speakers including Bennett Chapple Armco and Logan T. Johnston Hospital Board president. W. C. Vernon outlines campaign mechanics as the plan to add 110 beds and expand obstetrics pediatrics and emergency facilities.
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Middletown Hospital
Bennett Chapple
Armco
Logan T. Johnston
Hospital Board of Trustees
Johnston
E. T. Gardner
Charles R. Hook
Truce Talks Still Stuck in Korea Stalemate
In MUNSAN Korea Gen William K Harrison told Communist negotiators the U N Command will not force prisoners of war to return at bayonet point. Nam I re fused to budge from the Red position demanding return of all prisoners by force if needed. Another session set for Panmunjom tomorrow at 11 a m local time.
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Korea
William K. Harrison
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United Nations Command
Nam
Panm
Probers To Meet Again In Ohio Probe Panel
The Ohio Un-American Activities Commission will hold its next meeting in Cincinnati Monday and Tuesday of next week, continuing hearings and discussions on subversive activities.
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Columbus
Ohio UN - American Activities Commission
Cincinnati
Eisenhower Defends Air Power in War Future
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower asserts air power as the dominant factor in any future war while cautioning against eliminating foot soldiers. He recalls past efforts to separate air force from ground forces and notes prior reductions in air power as part of ongoing debates within the Republican presidential field. He stresses non-stop access to world resources and prepares for a campaign trip to Abilene after a farewell in Washington.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Robert A. Taft
U. S
Billy Mitchell
Tar A. Spaatz
Air Force
Taft
Russia
Teller Fails Bank Hold-Up
New York bank teller improvised during a bold hold up when a masked robber demanded cash with a pistol and two nitro vials. The teller pretended to fall, triggering a holdup alarm and forcing the bandit to flee empty handed.
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New York
Yesterda Company
Lehanka
Koje POWs Defy Orders and Battle Wounds Rise
North Korean prisoners on Koje Island defied orders at Compound 604 as guards fired riot guns wounding four. A series of flagpole removals and protests followed, with Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner warning in a tense standoff. An accidental machinegun discharge plus an escape attempt killed one and wounded two others previously.
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Korea
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Kose
Boatner
Haydon L. Boatner
Compound 96
Five Miners Trapped Half Mile Beneath Michigan Mine
Rescue teams probing the Penokee mine near Ironwood Michigan report faint tapping heard as five miners entombed since Monday afternoon. Crews toil through night shifts, timbering walls and digging in loose rock while families wait. Republic Steel Corp operates the mine amid a wider Upper Michigan iron ore strike.
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Penokee
Theodore Nynan
Gogebie County
Upper
Republic Steel Corp
Tigers Swap Four For Five With Red Sox
Detroit Tigers pull off a nine player deal sending George Kell Hoot Evers Dizzy Trout and Johnny Lipon to Boston In return they receive Walter Dropo Johnny Pesky Fred Hatfield Don Lenhardt and Bill Wight The swap ranks among the era’s biggest trading moves Kell an active 1949 AL batting leader joins a Red Sox roster while Evers returns from injury plagued season.
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Detroit Tigers
George Kell
Hoot Evers
Dizzy Trout
Johnny Lipon
Boston Red Sox
Tigers
Walter Dropo
Johnny Pesky
Fred Hatfield
Don Lenhardt
Bill Wight
Kell
Evers
Dropo
Pesky
Len Kell
Mines Start Shutting Up For Duration
The day old steel strike choked defense imports and steel today as the second walkout of 1952 shut the vital industry. Allied unemployment hit coal miners first with thousands laid off for the duration. Mills went standby as 650,000 USIU workers walked out after a Supreme Court ruling said the seizure was illegal. R. E. Goodwyn of Local 1131 Birmingham warned government seizure could extend to steel mills.
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Steel Companies
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Supreme Court
Saa
Federal District
Murray
Indus
R. E. Goodwyn
Birmingham
Ala
Senator targets tax dodger in Senate blast
Sen. Williams R-Del accused Jack Adell of collecting nearly half a million dollars from the government via devious methods while owing $750,000 in income taxes and penalties. Adell is linked to multiple residences and previously involved in the Internal Revenue fuss alongside Joseph R. Nunan.
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Sen. Williams
Del
Senate
Jack Adell
New York City
Frankford
Miami Beach
Fla
Williams
Delaware
Internal Revenue Bureau
Udell
International Revenue Fussiliams
Joseph R. Nunan
Internal Revenue
Nunan
Es of Justice
Baby left at church. two month Italian infant found crying
A 74 year old man found a crying two month old baby at Holy Cross Church Columbus near the Shrine of the Sorrowful Mother. A note said the baby, not baptized, would be adopted, and that its nationality is Italian. The infant was turned to Columbus juvenile authorities.
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Columbus
Holy Cross Church
Steel Strike Stalls Defense Production and Rail Jobs
The steel strike halts vital defense production as CIO United Steelworkers and industry prepare for talks but offer no dates. National Production Authority embargoes steel shipments, coal miners face idled thousands, other mines shut down. Supreme Court ruling deems government seizure illegal, leaving steelworkers frustrated while rail layoffs loom.
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CIO United
National Production Authority
Supreme Court
Lawmakers In Air Over Next Step In Steel Dispute
Washington AP Congress roiled by Supreme Court ruling invalidating President Truman’s steel seizure. lawmakers split on next steps urging either Taft Hartley 80 day injunction or broader emergency legislation. Morse bill seeks presidential fact finding and possible seizure with five day notice, pending Senate action.
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Supreme Court
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House
Senate
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Russell
D-Ga
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Celler
D-Ny
Judiciary Committee
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R-Ore
Morse
Reds Blockade Escalates As Berlin Tensions Rise
In Berlin the Soviet zone police shot and killed a Russian Zone German attempting to breach a road blockade. British MPs sealed Radio Berlin with a barbed wire barrier around the Kremlin operated station in the British sector after protests over Communist seizures on the fringes of West Berlin. The move follows clashes over so called security belts designed to isolate West Berlin from the Soviet zone. British commandant Maj. Gen F. C. Coleman protested to the Russians as dawn operations began to seal off the area. The radio station, a long Communist outpost since 1945, remains in Soviet hands around the occupied site in the divided city.
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Radio
Iunnel
West Berlin
Free Berlin
F. C. Coleman
Germany
Air Force Reserve Center Remains at Clinton County Base
The House Armed Services Committee approved a subcommittee recommendation to keep the air force reserve training center at Clinton County Airbase near Wilmington Ohio. The action supports continued use of the facility and preserves local military presence amid ongoing base discussions.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Force Reserve
Clinton County
Wilmington
Ohio
Highway toll in Ohio tops nation during weekend
In Ohio during the Memorial Day weekend a record 40 people died on highways, 11 percent of the national toll of at least 353 deaths. Col George Mingle, head of the Highway Patrol, urged motorists to learn that taking chances on the road does not pay, noting enforcement alone cannot prevent fatalities.
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Columbus
Ohio
California
George Mingle
Highway Patrol
President Considering Next Move
Washington ap a bitter all out strike shut the steel industry and the White House weighed its next peace move in the six month old union management struggle. Leaders of both industry and the CIO Stee workers Union urged renewed talks but no date was set. Truman faced three options: hold, invoke the Taft Hartley 80 day injunction, or seek special legislation. A high official said those were the alternatives under debate.
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White House
Indust
CIO Stee Workers
Truman
Congress
Industry union meeting to seek steel strike settlement
An industry source says a meeting between industry and union leaders may be held within four hours to pursue a settlement of the steel strike. The plans reportedly exclude government participation.
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Washington
Truman Advisers Clash Over TH Act Request to Congress
Reported friction within Truman circles over invoking the TH Act follows a rebuffed seizure attempt. Advisers split between pressing Congress and urging a cautious approach. The Supreme Court ruled yesterday on the President’s April initiative.
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Truman
Supreme Court
Truman presses Rhee to end ROK crisis in Korea
President Truman told Syngman Rhee he was shocked by developments in the Republic of Korea as martial law surrounds the provisional capital Pusan and Rhee threatens to dissolve the National Assembly. UN sources assess Rhee using threats and imprisonment to push a constitutional move amid alleged Communist plots.
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Korea
Truman
Ateman Rhee
Suule Sea Republic
U. S
Rhee
National Assembly
United Nations
Three States Voting For Delegates To GOP
Primary and convention activity across South Dakota California Alabama and Maryland shapes the GOP and Democratic delegate tallies as Eisenhower and Taft vie for momentum toward the Chicago convention. Eisenhower leads in the Gallup tally with Taft close behind in Republican delegates while Kefauver tops the Democratic field.
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Genright Eisenhower
South Dakota
California
Alabama
Maryland
Chicago
Eisenhower
Gy Orng
Ohio
Sen
Robert
Taft
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
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