Taft Leaves Floor Duties as Hip Condition Worsens
Senator Taft of Ohio disclosed his hip ailment is serious and gave up day to day Senate Republican floor leadership. Senator Knowland of California assumes acting floor leader while Taft retains title but rests from floor duties. doctors described a bone lesion needing X rays and Cortisone as treatment proceeds.
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Ireland
William Howard Taft III
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Truce Negotiation Ends Final Form Of Draft Started
Panmunjom AP United Nations and Communist truce negotiators handed staff officers the task of drafting a final armistice. A cease fire seemed likely within a week but South Korea's opposition and street demonstrations clouded the outlook.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Annauaa Switeacla
Ohio Senate Votes Huge Expenditure
In Columbus the Ohio Senate approved a next two year state budget totaling 841 million dollars, 10 million above Gov. Lausche’s proposal. The move favors schools and local governments, with education subsidy as a focal point amid ongoing budget battles.
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Auto Turns On Track Derailed 16 to 20 Freight Cars
An automobile driver failed to observe conditions on Ohio 23 south of Piketon and struck a Norfolk and Western freight train on a track in Waverly. The collision derailed 16 to 20 freight cars and injured at least two people, with Russell Wright, 30, of Chillicothe cited as the driver.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Piketon
Ike Takes Off For Talk But Eyes Korean Truce
President Eisenhower flew from Washington for five days of speeches and a vacation. He will visit Minneapolis North Dakota South Dakota New Hampshire and New York for addresses while staying closely in touch with Korea truce talks. The tour includes a stop at the Minneapolis convention of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce and a trip to the Black Hills area for fishing memory of Calvin Coolidge.
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National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Father of Eight Dies In Chair For Slaying
Huntsville Texas Jack Farmer 54 was electrocuted early today for shooting his second wife after his eight children and first wife left a funeral home vigil. He smiled, spoke of a good fight, and died at 12 07 am. He claimed drunken stupor and asked to be remembered as a good man and father.
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Reid
Annie Farmer
Cleanup Work Gets Underway In Cleveland
Tornado hit Cleveland killing eight and damaging 30 homes with 400 more damaged. Emergency declared on the west side ended as main streets opened. Gov Lausche inspected damage with officials. damage estimates ranged up to 5 million dollars, with officials noting cleanup costs around 30 thousand.
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Agor Thomas A. Burke
West Side
Frank J. Lausche
Bowling Green
Near St
John J. Carney
Samuel F. David
Wood County Declared Disaster Area After Tornado
More than 30 Red Cross workers continued aid in Wood County today after a tornado Monday night killed eight people and injured 24, with about one million dollars in property damage. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation declared Wood County a disaster area, allowing residents to apply for loans.
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Change Seen Finally In Rhee Views Change Seen
TOKYO AP top UN officials operate on the theory that South Korea’s President Syngman Rhee will agree to truce terms, but warn of a calculated risk. They note Switzerland’s refusal to serve on the prisoner exchange neutrality panel may pressure ROK to line up. General Clark and advisers believe all but one Rhee demand has been met. Rhee says he will not honor a truce while Korea is not unified and a Chinese Communist soldier remains. On to the Yalu.
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India
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
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ROK
Mark Clark
Korea
Policy aims to press for cease-fire with South Korea
Congressional leaders pressed a tight policy today hoping U S persuasion will win over South Korean objections to a cease fire. Senator McCarran stood alone in backing Seoul's view that truce terms are unsatisfactory and the war should continue.
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U.S
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Korea War Peace Talks Do Not Expect Unforced March
Officials say U N Command will not move toward Yalu to force Korea’s unification. Free elections remain a core democratic principle guiding the war, with the UNC prepared to accept Communist victory in elections but opposed to implanting the Rhee regime by force or allowing a Communist invasion of the South.
British Writer Denies He Is Red
Cedric Belfrage the British editor of National Guardian denies being a Communist in a sworn federal court statement. He says he has not engaged in Communist activity or espionage and seeks bail as his deportation case proceeds. Belfrage has been at Ellis Island since May 15 while facing removal.
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Edward Weinfeld
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National Guardian
Ellis Island
Jet Ace Joins Elite List With Eleventh MIG Down
Seoul reports Major James W. Jabara of Wichita Kansas America's first jet ace shot down two MIGs boosting his score to eleven and becoming the sixth double jet ace of the Korean War on his 97th mission. Lt Fred L. Hughes of Akron also credited with a probable MIG downing as Thunderjet and Sabre bombers strike two Red airfields. Skirmishes brief along muddy front with patrols preventing surprise attack.
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James W. Jabara
Wichita
Kan
America
Jabara
Korea
Fred L. Hughes
Akron
North Korea
No Man's Land
U S Abandons Hope Of Ending Oil Dispute With Britain
The United States has largely ceased trying to mediate the oil dispute between Iran and Great Britain after two years as an honest broker. Iran blocks Western oil since 1951, Britain resists nationalization moves, and U S envoy Henderson returns home while Washington awaits new concessions or moves from Iran's prime minister.
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Tehran
Michigan Tornado Toll Tops in Flint Beecher Area
After dawn improved the grim search for victims in Michigan and Ohio tornado zones. The Flint Beecher district bore the worst hit with 111 dead and extensive property destruction. Officials estimated total damage above 10 million dollars as crews cleared streets with heavy guard presence and National Guardsmen on duty.
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Lester J. Maitland
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249 Tornadoes Recorded Across Nation This Year
The Weather Bureau reports 249 tornadoes nationwide so far this year, possibly a record for 35 years of counts. Deaths total 352 through last Monday, with unofficial estimates adding 75 or more. Tornadoes strike nationwide, most in the Central Plains and plateaus east of the Rockies.
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Indiana
Illinois
Milton L. Blanc
Nevada
Union
Great Central Plains
Rocky Mountains
TORNADO KILLS DOZENS AS GUARDS PATROL WORCESTER AREAS
National Guardsmen patrolled rubble strewn Worcester County towns after a deadly tornado killed at least 85 people and caused up to 50 million dollars in damage. Rescue teams dug through debris through the night as authorities warned the toll could rise and morgues reported unidentified bodies. The storm struck Central Massachusetts during supper hour, leaving scenes compared to wartime devastation across a 30 minute path.
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Fuly
Japan
Tornado claims infant as searchers scour area
Ruth Oslund described running outside with her two week old daughter when the tornado struck in Holden Massachusetts. The infant was swept away by the wind as more than 150 men searched the area for hours but could not locate the child.
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Ruth Oslund
Tornado Devastates Worcester Area With Heavy Casualties
A violent tornado claimed 139 lives and injured about 1000 while causing 15 million dollars in property damage. The core struck Worcester and nearby towns, with effects felt across roughly 40 square miles from Pittsfield Massachusetts to Exeter New Hampshire. Worcester reported about 55 dead and 400 injured as homes were lifted from foundations and tossed yards away. Vehicles were hurled up to 1530 feet and debris blown as far as five miles. A large housing development in Nesego was leveled, two Holden developments damaged, and a Norton Company five million dollar building was affected.
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Baseball Bill advances in Senate Commerce Committee
Bulletins from Washington report the Senate Commerce Committee approving a baseball bill allowing telecasts of games without regard to antitrust laws. Also noted are Jimmy Clark's 66 at Oakmont in the national open qualifiers, the Stegaholm rescue and Bradley's return from England with one engine dead.
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Jimmy Clark
Laguna Beach
Calif
Oakmont Country Club
Omar Bradley
England
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