Woman Escapes Death As Truck Overturns At Engle's Corner
A truck carrying 50 820 pounds of sheet steel overturned at the Ohio routes 4 and 73 junction in Engle's Corner. Mrs Ethel Bobbitt 30 of 5100 Liberty Fairfield Rd was pinned in her car for almost an hour but survived with shock and abrasions. Driver Myron J Homier 20 of Defiance and Harry Miller 4 of Trenton escaped with minor injuries. Homier was fined 50 dollars for reckless operation. Fire crews and bystanders freed the trapped drivers as the steel load partly crushed Mrs Bobbitt s car and spread across a nearby yard. The accident prompted warnings of potential flames as crews used extinguishers and cutting torches.
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Harry Miller
Trenton
Miller
Ethel Bobbitt
Ohio
Liberty - Fairfield Rd
Bobbitt
Middletown Hospital
Miami St
Myron J. Homier
Detroit
Newport
Frank South
Squire E. J. Jackson
Homier
Homer
Eisenhower Withdraws Lyon Nomination Amid Pension Disclosure
President Eisenhower faced embarrassment as the Lyon nomination to head the Bureau of Mines faltered after disclosures that Lyon receives a $5,000 annual pension from Anaconda Copper and opposes the federal mine safety law. Interior Secretary McKay urged withdrawal amid questions on background checks and whether Lyon was properly vetted by the White House. Senator Watkins acknowledged the error and supported withdrawal, noting Lyon himself agreed.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Tom Lyon
Bureau of Mines
White House
Secretary of the Interior
McKay
Lyon
Senate
Mines Bureau
Interior Department
Secre
Tmnt
GOP Leaders Push For Excess Profits Tax Extension
House leaders press to extend the six month excess profits tax amid a rules fight. Speaker Martin and Majority Leader Halleck push for a floor vote while Ways and Means chairman Reed and allies resist citing moral concerns and revenue needs.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
House
Martin
R-Mass
House Rules Committee
Eisenhower
Ways and Means
Daniel Reed
R-Ny
Reed
Leo Allen
Rules Committee
Joseph W. Martin
Halleck
R-Ind
Drought in Southwest Declared Worst in History
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson heads to Texas amid a drought crisis described as the longest and most widespread in history. He will attend the American Cotton Congress in Lubbock to see conditions firsthand as farmers and ranchers report multi‑million dollar losses. County drought committees plan to meet him, with Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana hit hardest as pastures fail and crops suffer.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Texas
Southwest
Benson
Lubbo
Lubbock
Louis Merrill
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisi
Ana
Merrill
J. Cappleman
State Farmers Home Administration
Wichita Falls
North Texas Plains
Dangerous Directions Endangers Child in Firecracker Incident
In Richmond California Linda Bledsoe six found a July 4 torpedo and risked injury from fragments. A child warned her it would explode if dropped on the sidewalk. The device detonated injuring her face and right eye. doctors fear possible loss of sight.
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Richmond
Calif
Linda Bledsoe
Chinese Reds Launch 11000-Man Drive on Korean Front
Chinese Communists unleashed an estimated 11 000 man assault on the Korean front, throwing a division into an attack near Seoul as talks in Seoul weighed armistice prospects. The push hit both the Western Front west of Yonchon and the East Central Front near Capitol Hill, with artillery and mortar barrages backing the attacks.
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Korea
Yonchon
U. S
East Central
Litlle Nori-Kelly Hill
Panmunjom
Eighth Army
Capitol Hill
Nnline
Red Germans Prepare East Berlin Rally After Suppressed Rebellion
TOM REEDY reports East Berlin authorities plan another mass rally in Mitte Friedrichshain and Kopenick to back regime promises. Soviet Maj. Gen. Diobrova approved the gathering as Communist authorities threaten punishment for uprisings while reporting 29 executions and one hard-labor life sentence, including Kurt Unbehauen of Gera.
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Tom Reedy
Berlin
East Germany
East Berlin
Mitte
Friedrichshain
Kopenick
P. T. Diobrova
Red Army
East Zone
Kurt Unbehauen
Gera
Official Ends Patronage Deal Fire On By Eisenhower Aide
Washington reports Josiah Marvel Jr. head of the International Claims Commission is dismissed after refusing to resign from a $15 000 yearly post. He denounces the move as a patronage deal and blames the administration for political motives.
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Josiah Marvel Jr
International Claims Commission
Eisenhower
Advom Ne
Air Force ordered to repatriate sergeant in murder case
Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff ordered the Air Force to bring back former Sgt. Robert W. Toth from Korea for a murder charge to be tried by court martial. In Ohio, a North American F-86F Sabre Jet crashed near Buckeye Lake killing pilot William J. Flavin, 33, of Westerville.
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Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Air Force
Robert W. Toth
Korea
Lancaster, C. — P
Buckeye Lake
William J. Flavin
Westerville
Showdown on Armistice Reported Near
A U S representative arrives in Seoul with an urgent message urging a quick truce on Allied terms. Walter Robertson will meet President Syngman Rhee in a crucial face to face talk likely to test South Korea’s stance with the United States. Robertson aims to align Rhee with a peace that preserves a free united Korea and ends division.
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Sam Summerlin
SEOUL
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
U. S. State Department
Far East
Walter & Robertson
Rhee
South Korea
United States
Robertson
North
Washington
U. N
Korea
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U.N
U. S
Ellis O. Briggs
Tembing
38Th Parallel
Clark
Heat Wave Grips State With 90 Degree Start
Forecasters statewide predict a scorcher with Middletown reaching 90 by 10 AM. Scattered showers and thunder showers are due this evening and tomorrow, cooling temps to bearable levels. Armco East Gate hit 101 at 4:30 PM. a 24 hour low of 72 at 6 AM. In Kentucky, highs around 95 to 100 with west areas cooler Friday and lingering thunderstorms tonight.
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Middletown
Armco
Kentucky
Rhee calls for armed stand as crowd backs demands
President Syngman Rhee addressed half a million in Seoul on the war anniversary urging a resumption of fighting if talks fail within 90 days, a mutual U S security pact, and a Chinese and UN troop withdrawal. He warned of action if denied and praised the U S military effort amid demonstrations across the peninsula.
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Syngman Rhee
Monsel
Redas Aia
South Korea
Pusan
Song Bong
Eisenhower
Rhees
Capitol
Rhee
South Cam
United Nations
Beca
Rnch U. N
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