Far East U S Air Force Keeps Guard Despite Korean Talks
The United States will retain about a dozen wings and roughly 1 000 aircraft in the Far East to enforce any truce terms or act if violated. Even a peace treaty is unlikely to reduce forces much, with only two or three wings potentially withdrawn. Admiral Radford underscored continued Navy patrols around Formosa, while discussions on Formosan buildup and future independence linger as Soviet air strength grows in the region.
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Elton C. Fay Washington
United States
Far East
U. S
Korea
Asiatic
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosan
Chiang
Eisenhower
Washington
Formosa
Asia
Red China
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Air
Western Pacific
Siberia
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Ussr
Wilson Assures Air Force Will Remain Premier
Secretary of Defense Wilson testifies before Sen Ferguson on Air Force cuts. He pledges the U S will keep the best air force despite a five billion dollar reduction in the Eisenhower budget and cites waste and inefficiency in the services. Ferguson says figures will show ample funding for 1955.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Senate
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Eisenhower
Truman
Vandenberg
CBS
Navy Air Force
Supreme Court rules US not liable for Texas City disaster damages
The Supreme Court declared the United States not liable to pay about 200 million dollars in damages from the 197 Texas City disaster. The same session upheld an 1873 DC law requiring restaurants to serve Negroes if well behaved.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Texas City
Tex
Washington PI
District of Columbia
Foreign Born Ex-GIs Sentenced in Spy Ring Case
Otto Verber and Kurt Ponger, Austrian-born former GIs, were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to counts tied to a spy plot run from the Russian embassy in Washington. Verber got 40 months to 10 years, Ponger five to 15, as the court accepted a government counsel recommendation. Yuri Novikov, the embassy official alleged to have directed the ring, was expelled.
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Washington
Otto Verber
Kurt Ponger
U. S
Alexander Holtzoff
Verber
Ponger
Brownell
Yuri V. Novikov
Novikov
Planes Bomb Seoul In Major North Strike
Westbound air raid by PF Nine planes over Seoul marks the war's largest Red air attack. President Syngman Rhee's mansion shaken and seven injured. Bombs hit near the Capitol and Eighth Army billets with civilians and a photographer among the injured. An air field near Seoul also bombed by Fifth Air Force.
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William C. Barnard
Seoul
ROKs Open New Drive At Castle
South Korean infantry renewed assaults on the Eastern Front hill position near Luke's Castle amid reports an armistice looms. The Eighth Army confirmed a counterattack advancing, while ground action remained light elsewhere with several Red probes. Air operations followed with U S Sabre jets supporting a bomber strike on the Manchurian frontier dam and clashes with MiGs above Suiho.
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Seoulp
Luke's Castle
ROK
Eighth Army
U. S
Manchurian Frontier
Suiho
Kentuckian Shot As He Leaves Auto
D. F. Walker, 57, Calettsburg liquor store owner tied to Kentucky FBI slot machine probe, was shot by a gunman from a moving car near his home. He died hours later in hospital after a shotgun wound to the abdomen. he said he did not know who shot him.
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Catlettsburg
D. F. Walker
Calettsburg
FBI
Kentucky
Walker
Armistice Terms Yet To Be Signed At Panmunjom
Armistice terms outline a signed document at Panmunjom by Gen. Mark Clark and North Korean and Chinese commanders. Hostilities halt 12 hours after signing, with troop and equipment withdrawals from a 2 kilometer buffer and a five member mixed armistice commission.
When Do We Go Home GI Question Surges For Troops
News of a settlement on the prisoner of war issue brings surprise and joy to Allied troops in Seoul. Soldiers express eagerness to go home but acknowledge peace may take months or years. Marines and other units recall watching Panmunjom while hopes faded.
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William C. Barnard
Seoul
Cpl
Carl H. Hudson
Detroit
Roger F. Bennett
Toledo
Bennett
Louis Salomons
Franklin Square
N. Y
Pfe
D. D. Ivie
Meeker
Colo
Panmunjom
Steelworkers Wage Talks Near Agreement
Pittsburgh session tightens as CIO United Steelworkers convene top policy makers to approve a general wage increase. Bargaining on the union demand has run since May 1 with the next session slated for Tuesday morning.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
South Korea vows to press on with war despite Armistice talks
President Syngman Rhee and Cabinet reject an immediate truce terms urged by the United Nations. Rhee tells AP he will ignore an armistice, warns against violence, and plans to mobilize widespread demonstrations as Panmunjom negotiators edge toward a prisoner exchange before a ceasefire. Public orders urge vigilance against dissidents while the opposition in the Assembly promises all-out protests beginning Tuesday.
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Seoul
South Korea
Eisenhower
U. N
Republic
Syngman Rhee
Associated Press
Fred Waters
Orean
National Assembly
Panmunjom
Rhee
Waters
Pusan
U.N
Korea
United Nation
United Nations
Liberal Party
National Assembly Crisis Committee
Erment
Red
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Canada
Ben Limb
Trygve Lie
Oslo
Norway
Far East
Foreign Office
New
Coe Silent On Arms Smuggling Hearings In Washington
Former IMF secretary Frank Coe refused to answer senators about discussing arms smuggling to Central America during a Mexico trip. Senator McCarthy announced tightened U S borders to Coe and said gun airlift evidence to Panama linked to South American revolutionaries. Coe invoked self incrimination and remained under subpoena after brief questioning.
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Washington
Frank Coe
International Monetary Fund
Mexico
Central America
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
U. S
Coe
Texas
Panama
Subcommittee
Monetary Fund
Armistice Ahead as Korea Truce Talks Resume
Prisoner exchange agreement clears a key hurdle and anti armistice protests rise in South Korea. Rhee warns for public attention while U.N. and Communist negotiators prepare for a possible armistice meeting.
Knowland urges Korea to face facts on truce terms
Senator Knowland challenges President Rhee to accept truce terms after Senate briefing by Secretary Dulles. Officials say POW agreement boosts hopes for a UN peace move in Korea though South Korea has pledged to ignore a cease fire. State Dept comments hinge on Clark reports with no White House reaction yet.
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Washington
Knowland
R-Calif
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Dulles
State Partment
State Department
Mark Clark
U. N
White House
You Chan Yang
UN Officials Respond Cautiously To Armistice News
United Nations diplomats greeted news of a Korean armistice with caution as the 60 nation assembly prepared to discuss next steps after a cease fire. Dag Hammarskjold planned to travel to New York from Stockholm while Lester Pearson prepared to reconvene the body once formal word arrived.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
South Korea
Harwvaiie
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Dag Hammarskjold
Stockholm
New York
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Bill Weith
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Russia
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