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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1953
Page
1
United Nations and Communist negotiators reportedly agreed on a cease fire line to split forces in Korea after an armistice. The line is said to be based on the current battle line and was set during Panmunjom talks under secrecy. State Department offered no comment or details.
Reports from Panmunjom indicate a cease fire line near agreement with armistice possibly by June 25. Despite heavy fighting along the Eastern and Central Fronts, including touch and go clashes and large artillery barrages, officials suggest the latest Red offensive has not altered overall positions enough to derail talks.
Justice Douglas grants a temporary stay for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg amid government push for full-court review. Attorney General Brownell calls the action unprecedented as Congress debates impeachment and the court weighs whether the 1946 Atomic Energy Act or the Espionage Act governs the case.
Fifty thousand rioters revolted against Red rule in East Berlin as Soviet troops backed by tanks and armored cars opened fire. Martial law was declared, the Red flag was burned, and officials were mauled as the crowd dispersed with unknown casualties. Otto Nuschke arrived in the West during the turmoil.
U S Steel Corp boosted carbon, alloy, and stainless steel prices by about four dollars per ton, the first increase since last summer's strike. The move, likely echoed by rivals, follows an eight-cent hourly wage rise for 170,000 CIO United Steelworkers and may raise consumer prices on a wide range of steel-made goods.
A House Un American Activities subcommittee opens hearings in Columbus with Bella Dodd as the first witness. The session aims to give Dr. Byron Darling another chance to respond to questions he refused in Washington. The hearing centers on Darling and his wife, Barbara Darling, while other witnesses are not yet listed.
President Eisenhower said the State Department may burn books that openly promote Communism and that no one in government should aid actions harming the United States. He declined to link the remarks to Senator McCarthy and defended free access to explain Communism while criticizing dispersal of anti US material abroad. He also outlined notes to South Korea’s President and commented on Korea War objectives and East Berlin riots. He proposed a new system for distributing security information across agencies.
In New Orleans a waterspout formed on the Mississippi for about ten blocks and vanished in under ten minutes during a heavy thunder shower. The event caused many to fear a tornado as a funneled column rose three fourths of a mile wide. Weather officials attributed the updraft to a warm surface air layer meeting a cooler upper layer. No damage occurred.
Forestville Maryland witnesses credit Captain Francis T Evans of Washington DC with steering a disabled F86 away from a school yard before the craft exploded. The crash near the school left wreckage over 200 yards and killed Evans, with Andrews Air Force Base citing a hydraulic system failure.
A two year old girl from Philadelphia died after dashing into a truck on Ohio 40 near Harmony. Police report the incident occurred Tuesday as the child wandered into the roadway. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.
The CIO National Maritime Union returns to no contract no work stance as federal mediators seek to avert a creeping tieup affecting about half the nation's merchant fleet. NMU president Curran authorized a work stoppage while wage and working condition disputes linger, with pay rise demands ranging from 5 to 7 percent for passenger and dry cargo ships and 25 percent for tankers.
The Army reports 16 U S military personnel injured in the Inchon air raid Tuesday night with no American deaths. Four Korean civilians died and 21 were injured. Bombs hit the Inchon fuel area destroying over a million gallons of fuel. Firefighters were among those hurt or exhausted while fighting the blazes. Fifteen small Communist planes conducted the largest Red air attack on the Seoul area.
A Lao air disaster left 27 people dead when a Southeast Asia Dakota airliner crashed in a violent storm. Search planes reported wreckage with no signs of movement among those aboard. The Civil Nationalized Airlines plane disappeared after taking off in the storm.
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