Chinese Push New Attacks On UN Lines
Chinese forces renew pressure on Finger Ridge in Eastern Korea as two regiments about 5,600 men assault Allied positions facing the 38th Parallel. South Korea's President Syngman Rhee visits the East Central Front with General Maxwell Taylor to review defense amid heavy bombardment and air strikes.
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Seoul
Finger Ridge
Korea
38Th Parallel
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
East Central Front
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
Christmas Hill
Pukhan River
Anchor Hill
Roks
William Barnard
Yalu River
Fifth Air Force
Rosenbergs Lose Bid for Stay as Supreme Court Refuses Review
Attorneys for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg return to the Supreme Court Building to seek a stay of execution set for Thursday night after the court again declined to review the case. Justice Douglas and the justices split 7-2 on whether to hear the petition, with dissents from Justices Black and Frankfurter.
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Washington
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Supreme Court
Douglas
Eisenhower
John F. Finerty
Rosenbergs
Finerty
New York
Sing Sing
Honore
Vinson
Thei
Reed
Burton
Clark
Minton
Frankfurter
Jackson
Black
Communists threaten Seoul with harsher tactics say reporters
Allan Winnington of the London Daily Worker and Wilfred Burchett of L Humanite report that the Communists along the East Central Front vow to teach the ROKs a lesson and disapprove of pro South Korea street cries to go north in Seoul.
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Panmunjom
Roks
Allan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Wilfred Burchett
Paris L'Humanite
Seoul
Dulles Urges Broad Far East Talks Post Korean Armistice
Secretary of State Dulles revived talk of a broad Far East settlement with Communist powers after Korea’s armistice. He said the postarmistice UN conference could address Indochina’s Vietminh, while stressing the aim to unify Korea with South Korea on the UN side. congressional leaders applauded but warned against a high price to gain Chinese Communist support.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
United Nations
Eiserhower
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Korea
Indochina
U. N
South Korea
Germany
Austria
H. Alexander Smith
Smith
Isenhower
Peiping
Sen. McCarran
D-New
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Inchon
U.S
Prisoner of War Command
House Clears Trade Bill To Senate
The administration backed Reciprocal Trade Act extension won 363 votes in the House. A Senate hearing was promised with little trouble, while a dispute over expanding the Tariff Commission to seven members loomed. Democrats labeled the expansion a partisan tilt toward tariffs. A 17 person commission would also study trade issues and propose solutions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Wheat Gift Unopposed in Senate Vote to Pakistan
Washington reports no opposition as the Senate considers a bill urged by the President to ship one million tons of wheat to famine struck Pakistan. The aid is valued at about 100 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Senhower
Pakistan
Eisenhower Book Burning Speech Sparks McCarran Critique
Senator McCarran denounced Eisenhower’s Dartmouth address as a pitiful thing while accusing him of ignorance on the issue of removing or censoring Communist books from libraries overseas and in schools. The clash centers on government censorship and who decides what Americans may read.
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Nist
Mundt
Conant
Harvard University
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Harvard
U. S
Apore
Sydney
Australia
Dulles
Official Ready To Testify in McCarthy Probe
M Clucas information officer at the U S consulate in Munich said he is ready to testify before Sen McCarthy's investigations subcommittee in Washington. McCarthy instructed an aide to bring him to a public hearing after Clucas' name surfaced in a Senate hearing. Clucas called the charge unfair and noted he is a twin to Kaghan.
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Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Committee
Commu
Munich
Germany
Lowell
M. Clucas
U. S
Joseph McCarthy
Washington
Clucas
Senate
Appropriations Committee
James ®. Conant
Theodore Kaghan
Kaghan
The
High Commission
No Contract But Sailors Still Work
New York AP report on NMU wage talks and contract expiration. Despite no contract no work stance, waterfront activity continued as negotiations with Atlantic and Gulf coast operators and tanker lines stalled before and after midnight. mediators urged a status quo pending a new session, while Curran warned officers and workers that without a signed contract sailors would continue work without a bargaining agreement.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
Gulf Coast
NMU
Joseph Curran
Curran
Union
Boston
Chicago
Great Lakes
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Clark Invited To Tell Of Role In Fraud Probe
Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, former attorney general, received an invitation to testify before a House judiciary subcommittee probing the Justice Department. The committee weighed dates for his appearance, proposing next Thursday or Friday or the following Monday.
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Clark
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Namie
Keating
R-Ny
Expert Caster Saves Friend From Drowning
James Elis Thomas survived after Hugh Garrett used a fly rod to snag his clothing and pull him ashore from a 20 foot fall into Bluestone Dam’s weir. Garrett then performed artificial respiration, and Thomas revived. He remained in hospital with a fractured left leg and other injuries.
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Thomas
Armistice talks near as Panmunjom session set
Top truce negotiators prepare for a decisive Panmunjom session with negotiations aimed at a rapid Korea armistice while renewed Chinese pressure on the front and prisoner exchange plans are developed by U N and staff officers. Dulles cautions the process remains uncertain amid a major Communist offensive risk.
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U. N
U. S
Time May Delay Postage Rate Increase Action
Congress may delay action on a planned postal rate hike as time and politics push decisions into next year. Postmaster General Summerfield plans a formal request this week to raise all mail rates by October 1 to cover a half billion dollar deficit. House leaders warn hearings will be lengthy and adjournment deadlines complicate passage this year.
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Washington
Summerfield
House
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
White House
House Post Office Committee
Martin
Rees
R-Kan
Congress
Reds Bomb Kimpo Field and Inchon in major air raid
Communist planes bombed Kimpo Airfield and Inchon port, triggering huge fires visible for miles. The Fifth Air Force reported an undetermined number of bombs dropped in the largest raid on Seoul's environs during the war, with fires raging at the fuel dump.
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Okinawa
Eighth Army
New Jersey
Aeavons
Seoul
Kimpoo
Inchon
Fifth Air Force
Baby Survives Costa Rican Airliner Crash
Eight people including a 9 month old survived a Costa Rican airliner crash near San Ramon. Twelve aboard. survivors report a passenger named Fred Harding, 55, injured with a leg wound. Harding is a Pearsall, Texas native who lived in Yucca Valley, California, and owns farm property near San Isidro.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
San Ramon
Here
San Isidro
Fred Harding
U. S
Harding
Pearsall
Tex
Yucca Valley
Calif
Gasoline Tanker Argus Catches Fire in Vancouver Harbor
The 2,000 ton Canadian tanker Argus loaded with 18 000 gallons of high octane gasoline caught fire in Vancouver harbor. The crew abandoned ship and it was towed to midstream. Two sizable explosions followed about an hour later. Ten men were injured as flames raged in the engine room.
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Vancouver
B. C
Argus
Vancouver Harbor
Seven Die As Chilean Plane Explosion At Copiapo
A Chilean airliner owned by Linea Aerea Nacional exploded and crashed at Copiapo Airport killing four passengers and three crew members. All victims were Chileans as the plane attempted an emergency landing 425 miles north of Santiago.
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Santiago
Chilea
Copiapo
Linea Aerea Nacional
Seego
Electric Jolt Fatal on High Steel Tower in Sugar Grove
Andrew Kuhnash 51 of Cambridge died after being struck by 69000 volts while working atop an 80a steel tower in Sugar Grove. The incident occurred Monday and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Lancaster
Andrew Kuhnash
Cambridge
Sugarrove
Prison Riot At New Mexico State Penitentiary
Convicts seized hospital, took guards hostage for 742 hours demanding Warden Tahash's removal. Tahash armed from outside, shot ringleaders Gossett and Benevidez as state police stormed the hospital and cell blocks, ending the riot with guards freed.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Ralph Tahash
Tahash
Edwin L. Mechem
Homer Lee Gossett
Gossett
Juan Griego
Hos Tahash
J. C. Perez
Gra
Ticket By The Yard
The MERICURITY and Mexican Airlines reports a Chicago passenger, William A Miller, bought a ticket three yards long for a Carib bean and Latin American tour of 37 cities. The ticket cost 137000 pesos, about 15820 dollars, marking a promotional business trip.
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Mericurity
Mexican Airlines
Chicago
Caribbean
Central
South America
William A. Miller
Indians Find Scouts After Five-Day Ordeal
Two Explorer Scouts Bud McIntire and Phil Crowley were found alive after five days lost in Nakai Canyon in Southern Utah. They were helped out by Navajo guide Neskie Yazzi and were later taken to a hospital near Kayenta Arizona for rest and treatment. Their families from Des Moines Iowa prepared to reunite with them.
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Window Rock
Ariz. P
Nakai Canyon
Utah
Des Moines
Bud McIntire
K. H. McIntire
Phil Crowley
James Crowley
Canyon
Arizona
John Fat
Neskie Yazzi
Crowley
Phil
San Juan
Yazzi
Mesa
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D-Nev
McCarran
Internal Security Subcommittee
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
America
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
James B.conant
Friend
By Robert B. Tuckman
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India
Reds
Kimpo Field
McIntire
Kayenta
Ariz
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