Rhee urges Korea war plan as counter offer to truce
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee presented a counter proposal to the expected Allied Communist truce. He urged withdrawal of both sides from Korea with automatic U.S. aid if attacked and maintenance of U S air and naval forces plus arms for South Korea. Rhee warned the U S must accept the plan or risk continued fighting and said his government would oppose any truce not unifying Korea.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
U. S
VA. 5. Www
South Korea
Eisenhower
Karl Hong Ki
Washington
Karl
You Chan Yang
Mark Clark
U. N
United States
William K. Harris Jr
Change May Bar Margaret From Ascending Throne
London newspapers report government plans to change the Regency Act to alter the line of regency if Queen Elizabeth II dies before her children come of age. The Daily Express says a shift could place the regency burden away from Princess Margaret to the Duke of Edinburgh, affecting Princess Margaret as sole regent if Charles is under 18.
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London
London Daily Express Today
Margaret
Elizabeth II
Whitehall
Daily Express
Princess Margaret
Duke of Edinburgh
Derek Marks
Prince Charles
Express
New York Daily News
Post
Peter Wooldridge Townse
Allied Line Struck By North Korean Forces On Eastern Front
North Korean units broke through the main Allied line east of Luke's Castle, overrunning three ROK outposts and pushing into Allied positions. On Bloody Ridge, ROK forces withdrew under heavy fire as Communist troops pressed their attack. Western Front saw heavy fighting near Kelly Hill with Chinese outpost losses. International signals hinted at possible armistice progress while South Korea’s President Rhee voiced objections to terms.
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Seoul
Luke's Castle
Eighth Army
King Rok
Kelly Hill
Noted Opera Singer Bids Stage Farewell
London saw Kirsten Flagstad perform Dido and Aeneas at the Royal Exchange as she announces retirement from the Metropolitan Opera after the 1952 season. The Norwegian soprano ends a London season of 95 performances with a farewell to the stage.
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London
Kirsten Flagstad
New York Metropolitan
Dido and
Aeneas
Royal Exchange
Flagstad
Metropolitan
No Politics Over Air Force Cuts Sparks Senate Plea
Senator Ferguson urged colleagues not to turn the Air Force cutbacks into a political issue as three days of Defense Department testimony argued the Pentagon seeks reductions from Truman era funding. Gen. Vandenberg defended 143 wings as the minimum to counter Soviet air power while Wilson praised the rapid buildup possible with available funds.
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Washinton
Sen
Ferguson
Mich
Appropriations
Eisenhower
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Truman
Vandenberg
Wilson
Iowa State Bar Association
Sioux City
Defense
National Security Council
Truce Talks Resume After Sealed 19 Minute Session
At Panmunjom Allied and Communist negotiators met in secrecy for 19 minutes amid reports of near agreement on prisoner exchange. A South Korean source said no new proposals were offered and the Reds earned a recess to 11 a m tomorrow. Observers noted the U N Command sought clarification of Nam Il’s Thursday statement as the talks moved forward.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Reds
U. N. Command
Nam Il
Soviet Papers Raise Hope for Korean Armistice
Moscow news agencies reported that Panmunjom truce negotiators were extremely close to signing a Korean armistice. The dispatch from New York marked the most optimistic note yet in Russian coverage of the war on the Asian peninsula.
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Moscow
Panmumjom
Mass Dispatch
New York
Bishop Oxnam seeks hearing on red charge controversy
Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam asks to testify before a House committee in Westminster Maryland regarding charges tying him to Communist front groups. The move followed a heated Baltimore Conference session with Rep Jackson accusing Oxnam of dual loyalties while Oxnam denounces the committee staff as incompetent and unverified.
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Westminster
G. Bromley Oxnam
House
Harold Harold Ilee
Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Jackson
Rcalif
Oxnam
Lord
Sonja Henie Victim of $30,000 Theft in London
Thieves stole furs comets and cash worth 30000 dollars from Sonja Henie in her Eaton Square flat. Henie awoke at 430 am to a man over her bed and chased them into the street in her nightdress. She pursued them with her cook. the culprits escaped. Police were alerted.
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London
Eatonuare
Sonja Henie
Miss Henie
Fire rips Middleton home of Gardner official and wife
Fire damaged the Middleton residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ames Gardner at 301 The Alameda last night with an estimated loss of 50000 dollars. Four firefighters and a civilian were slightly injured. The blaze began around 1015 PM and spread rapidly before being confined to the porch and roof. Firefighters unrolled over 2000 feet of hose while residents helped carry goods to safety. The family and bystanders praised the Middleton Fire Department for quick response and salvage work.
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Ames Gardner
Alameda
William
Gardner
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Mark
Marilyn
Robert Millan
Jack Frisby
Orchard St
Fishbaugh
Apa
Gardners
Richard Wilson
Superior Ave
Robert Curtis
Robert Linville
Jack Williamson
Middletown Hospital
Charlies Goldman
Howard Larson
Middletown
American Jet Sets Record Over Atlantic
A U S air force B 47 stratojet lowered the Atlantic crossing time to five hours and a half from Limestone Air Base Maine to Fairford England covering 3120 miles. It outpaced the previous best five hours three and a half minutes set by two other B 47s. A British Canberra jet bomber also set an unofficial east west record flying 2260 miles from Wharton Lancashire to Gander Newfoundland in four hours twenty six minutes at an average speed near 510 miles per hour.
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Fairford
England
U. S
Limestone Air Base
Maine
United States
Atlantic
Wharton
Lancashire
Gander
Mid
Venezuela
Parents Will Speed To Two Graduations
Mr and Mrs Peter C Novkov of Cuyahoga Falls plan to attend two graduations for their sons. They will see David graduate at Yale in New Haven Connecticut then hurry by train to New York for a flight to Cleveland to reach Falls High School graduation that evening.
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Akron
Peter C. Novkov
Cuyahoga Falls
David
Yale University
New Haven
Four Die as Fireworks Explosion Rocks Houston
More than 40000 pounds of holiday fireworks detonated in Houston near the Alco Fireworks warehouse killing four and injuring 73. Mayor Hofheinz orders investigation into storage within city limits as blast damages dozens of homes and ruins a block with a mushroom cloud. Among the dead are Jessie Jane Barziza 22 and Cathy Barziza 4, and John Walton learns of his family’s fate.
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Houston
Roy Hofheinz
Alco Fireworks and Specialty Company
John Walton
Jean
Cathy
John Tene Gurnade M. Barziza
Jessie Jane
Tornadoes and High Winds Strike Oklahoma
A line of severe storms swept Oklahoma causing destroyed houses, uprooted trees, and downed power lines. Twisters touched Wynnewood Granite Canton Lake and Dewey with no fatalities reported though two Wynnewood families were feared buried until authorities confirmed all are safe.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wynnewood
Granite
Canton Lake
Dewey
E. M. Scott
State Auditor Seeks Report on Insanity Hearings Fees
Ohio State Auditor James A. Rhodes asks Lima State Hospital head to report on fees paid for Dr. R E Bushong testimony in 1951 52. He cites citizen complaints about 50 per day plus expenses charged to counties and stresses no intent to impugn Bushong’s integrity. He says both sides should present information before a report is issued.
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Columbus
0. W
James A. Rhodes
Lima State Hospital
R. E. Bushong
Rhodes
Bushong
William Farnum Dies at 76 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns William Farnum 76 longtime stage and screen idol. Death from cancer and uremia followed a year of illness in a hospital with widow Isabelle and sister-in-law Eugene Bayley at his bedside. Farnum debuted at 16 on stage and rose to fame in Hollywood after 1914 with a notorious on screen fight scene with Tom Sanchi.
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Hollywood
William Farnum
Isabelle
Eugene Bayley
Seal Beach
Farnum
Rex Beach
Tom Santchi
Two Tankers Split After Delaware Bay Collision
In Delaware Bay, a collision split a major seagoing tank ship in two and the other tanker caught fire. Eighty two of eighty six crew members aboard fled or boarded lifeboats and were rescued as a Red Cross report identified Joseph Donnelly of Marcus Hook Pennsylvania as the sole confirmed fatality on his first voyage.
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Wilmington
Del
America
Delaware Bay
Red Cross
Joseph Donnelly
Marcus Hook
David D. Higbee
Haddonfield
N. J
Phoenix
Coman
William Wine
Salem Hospital
Pan Massachusetts
AF Officer Is Accused Of Murder
An Air Force officer is arrested in South Korea and charged with ordering two enlisted men to shoot a Korean at an Allied base last September. Lt. George C. Schreiber is accused of premeditated murder and conspiracy, with two accomplices already in custody in the United States and Korea.
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Forrest Edwards
Taegu
Korea
Air Force
South Korea
Jerome L. Loewenberg
Fifth Air Force
George C. Schreiber
Pusan
Schreiber
Hollywood
Toth
Loewenberg
Bang Soon Kil
Bang
Kinder
Steel Pay Parley Resuming Tuesday
Pittsburgh reports talks on pay negotiations between CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel Corp resume Tuesday with three weeks until a potential strike. Negotiators cite need to honor prior commitments after three days of secret bargaining. The union seeks a general wage hike for 600,000 USW members in basic steel, currently earning about $2.06 to $2.16 per hour. about 170,000 are employed by U S Steel.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Ghechashans
VU. S. Steel Corp
Basic Steel
U.S. Steel
Draft Dodger Deported to England for 1947 Draft Evasion
New York businessman with suspended sentence for aiding Serge Rubinstein in evading the draft was deported to Britain. He previously faced a 1947 conviction and now returns to his native country.
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England
New York
Serge Rubinstein
Britain
Bicyclist Killed In Columbus Auto Crash
A 17 year old bicyclist Steven Inman was killed Friday when his bicycle was struck by an automobile in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
O. W
Steven Inman
British and U S Alliance Backed by Top Leaders
Senators Wiley of Wisconsin and H Alexander Smith of New Jersey endorsed Taft's plan for a Far East military alliance with Britain, France and others to counter communism. Wiley urged a NATO like Pacific pact under UN charter, while Smith favored stronger Far East security ties though questioned automatic collective defense.
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Washington
Wiley
Wis
H. Alexander Smith
Sen
Taft
Ohio
U. S
Britain
France
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Pacific
U. N
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Philippines
England
Smith
New Jersey
Indochina
Bi Song Oul
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