Clark Wary In Moves On POWs
United Nations and United States commanders pressed for concrete terms on prisoner exchanges in Korea. General Mark Clark demanded a detailed exchange plan and a liaison group to set up the talks, while the UN urged formal, binding details of Chou En-lai’s proposal. Clark arrived in Korea just before delivering the letter.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Mark Clark
U. N
Far East
Susa
Eds
U.N
Reds
Red China
Chou En-lai
Chou
Clark
Panmunjom
Clark Ree
Korea
Sheriff Killer Convicted Jury Favors Mercy
Adams County jurors convict Charles Eikleberry Jr. on two counts of first degree murder in the shooting of Sheriff Ben K. Perry. The jury recommends mercy, avoiding the electric chair and imposing a life sentence. Eikleberry questions the fairness of the trial, while lawyer Edgar Hale says there will be no appeal. The panel, comprised of 10 men and 2 women, deliberated 4 hours 34 minutes across eight ballots.
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West Union
Adams County
Ben K. Perry
Common Pleas Court
Charles Eikleberry Jr
Eikleberry Ie
Edgar H. Hale
Portsmouth
Antioch
High School Burglary Strikes Lagrange High
Burglars pried open a rear window at Lagrange High School south of Elyria and escaped with 24 typewriters two electric roasters and four hams according to police.
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Elyria, O
Lagrange High School
Elyria
McCarthy Dulles face off over Red China trade ban
Senator McCarthy asked Secretary Dulles to meet to resolve a dispute over curbing Western trade with Red China. He claimed the subcommittee had achieved what the administration could not, amid clashes with Harold Stassen over Greek shipowners and state department authority. Vice President Nixon was briefed and reports suggested a presidential decision in McCarthy's favor may come, though no immediate action was promised.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Dulles
Eisenhower
Mutual Security
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Stas
Nixon
Capitol Hill
White House
National Security Council
State Department
Comene
Subcommittee
Dean Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Van Fleet Ends 38-Year Army Career in Retirement
Gen James A Van Fleet retires after 38 years of service amid an ammunition shortage debate. A 17 gun salute marks the ceremony at Ft Leslie McNair with plans for about 1000 marchers and participants from Ft Myer and Belvoir. Secretary Stevens notes no job exists for a general of Van Fleet rank and Eisenhower may not attend.
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Washington
James A. van Fleet
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Secretary of the Army
van Fleet
Stevens
Eisenhower
Ft. Leslie McNair
H He
White House
Ne Old Guard
Ft. Myer
Engineer School
Belvoir
Army
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ilong
Florida
Judge Upset As Clevelanders Reject Pay Claim
Cleveland judge Mary B Grossman blasted City Council over denying her salary claim and that of Judge Lillian Westropp after they forfeited part of their salaries in 1932 34. She lamented the council’s spending like $50 000 on gold leaf for the council chambers.
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Cleveland
Mary Mary B. Grossman
Financial Committee
Westropp
Grossman
Lillian Westropp
Dayton man found dead from gas fumes in room
Dayton, D. R. B- Walter C. Exkert, 53, was found dead in his room Monday by neighbors. Coroner Robert E. Zipf said he died from gas fumes from an unventilated heater.
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Dayton
Walter C. Exkert
Robert E. Zipf
Chou Offer Raises Hopes for Korean Peace at UN
At the United Nations in New York a cautious, urgent hope rose that Chou En-lai’s Peiping offer could end the Korean War. Critics warn no action is imminent while Canada’s Paul Martin and Indian spokesmen emphasize the proposal as a potential breakthrough toward a cease fire and prisoner repatriation agreement.
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United Nations
N. Y
Red
China
U. N. General Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Chou
Peiping
Korea
Canada
Paul Martin
Chou En-lai
U. N
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Vishinsky
New York
Moscow
Stalin
Georgi M. Malenkov
Russia
Georgi N. Zarubin
Battlefronts Quiet as Korea Fighting Diminishes
In Korea a handful of Communist patrols tested Allied lines on the 55 mile front after heavy clashes on the western end. An American bomber destroyed a 15 car Communist ammunition train on the East Coast. The Eighth Army said patrols were repelled on the Eastern Front and White Horse Mountain while Marines halted two Chinese stabbing attacks on Vegas Hill. Allied ground forces killed or wounded 3,694 Communists last week, the highest weekly toll in five months.
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Eighth Army
Punch Bowl
White Horse Mountain
Central
Korea
Bloody Vegas
Robert O. Self
Orlando
Fla
Old Baldy Hill
Outpost Vegas
U S Attorney Reviews Bramblett Payroll Matter
U S Attorney Charles M Irelan says aides study payroll handling for Rep Ernest K Bramblett California. He noted the issue was referred by the Department of Justice and may be sent to a grand jury. Bramblett declined to comment.
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Washington
U.S
Charles M. Irelan
Ernest K. Bramblett
Calif
Irelan
Department of Justice
Bramblett
Pedestrian 82 Killed After Auto Hit in Wellston Intersection
Wellston resident Frank Allen aged 82 died after being struck by an automobile at a city intersection on a Sunday. Police and investigators are examining the incident for causes and potential charges.
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Wellston
Frank Allen
Sundar
Eisenhower wins Senate approval on FSA to Education
The Senate approved the plan to turn the Federal Security Agency into a Cabinet Department of Health Education and Welfare. Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, head of the FSA, would lead the new department and earn 22500 dollars a year. The agency has 37000 employees and oversees social security health education and consumer programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Federal Security Agency
FSA
Cabinet Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Commerce and Labor Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Oveta Culp Hobby
Secre
Frances Perkins Reppe
Labor
Hobby
Food and Drug Administration
Oscar Ewing
Ewing
Eisenhower Pangress
Congress
House
Scotland Yard Captures Notting Hill Suspect in Strangling Case
Scotland Yard announced it had arrested John Reginald Christie, 55, linked by police to the Notting Hill stranglings of six, possibly seven women. He was stopped by a patrol and taken to a Putney police station for questioning as detectives began inquiries. Christie's wife was among the victims, and pathologists studied bones found in his former garden to confirm a seventh victim.
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London
Scotland Yard
John Reginald Christie
Notting Hill
Christie
Britain
Putney
Thorez Reported Set To Return To France
MOSCOW French Communist leader Maurice Thorez is reported to leave Moscow soon for Paris with a French Embassy official. He will be attended by a Soviet doctor and has been under medical treatment in Moscow since 1950.
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Moscow
Maurice Thorez
Paris
Rail Strike Shuts U S Steel Plants in Pittsburgh Area
About 4 500 Union Railroad Co workers struck halting U S Steel Corp plants in the Pittsburgh region. The strike affects nearly 50 000 workers dependent on the railroad for materials and shipments as mediation is sought to end the walkout.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Union Railroad Co
Big Steel
Brotherhood of Railroad
Union Railroad
BRT
U. S
First House Balloting On Tidelands Due Today
The House was to vote on a bill to settle ownership of submerged coastal lands and oil deposits, granting states title within historic boundaries. Debate centered on a proposed amendment to bar state severance taxes on oil and gas from the outer continental shelf and require Interior Department reimbursement. The Senate planned its own debate on submerged lands tomorrow.
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House
Tidelands
Washington
Supreme Court
U. S
Rep. On
Secretary of Interior
Keating
Rep
Willis
D-La
Senate
Communists In Italy Win EDC Delay
Rome Italy's Communist party led a general strike and riots over Italy's election law delaying ratification of the European Defense Community Treaty. Police clashed with demonstrators as arrests rose to about 2 000 with several hundred injured and one policeman killed in a Tuscany accident. Premier de Gasperi prepared cabinet action ahead of possible June 7 elections.
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Webb McKinley
Rome
Italy
Tuscany
Alcide de Gasperi
Senate
de Gasperi
Minnesotan Safe Bet To Win REA Post
Washington reports Lieutenant Governor Ancher Nelson of Minnesota appears a safe bet for confirmation as head of the Rural Electrification Administration. Nominated by President Eisenhower on Sen. Thye’s recommendation, Sen. Humphrey indicated today he is inclined to support the appointment.
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Washington
Ancher Nelson
Minnesota
Nats
Rural Electrification Administration
Eisenhower
Thye
R-Minn
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Lattimore Perjury Trial Postponed to October
U.S. District Judge Luther W. Youngdahl today agreed to postpone Owen Lattimore's perjury trial until October. He refused to move it out of Washington.
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Washington
U.S
Luther W. Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
GE Extends Health Benefits Amid Evendale Strike
GE extends health and life insurance for strikers for one month as talks resume. Union spokesmen from Local 647 CIO UAW and Local 912 IAM will meet mediators in Cincinnati area to seek a settlement after an 18 day jet engine center strike began March 13.
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Cincinnatip
General Electric Co
Strikig
Evendale
CIO
United Auto Workers
AFL International Association of Machinists
Nevada blast yields strongest jolt of spring series
An atomic blast at Yucca Flat 75 miles northwest jostled observers with two strong shocks and ongoing tremors. The device on a 300 foot tower triggered no mushroom cloud or visible shock wave at Yucca Flat, while troops were not involved this time and Air Force planes conducted maneuvers.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Proving Ground
Nevada Desert
AEC
Yucca Flat
Air Force
Proving Ground Area
First Land Based Atomic Plant Powers Submarine Propulsion
The Atomic Energy Commission announced the first land based working model of an atomic power plant for propulsion of submarines. The prototype at Arco Idaho has entered its first phase of operation and will progress toward full power as scientists achieve the criticality phase sustaining a chain reaction to drive the Navy’s future USS Nautilus.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Arco
Commission
Five Die in Iowa Shaft Mine Blast Near Lovilia
An explosion at the O'Brien Coal Co shaft mine near Lovilia Iowa killed five people on Monday. Three victims were men in an inspection party that entered the mine hours after the initial blast.
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Lovilia
O’brien Coal Co
Iowa
Step Toward Dickering With Soviets Predicted
Western diplomats in Moscow speculated that Britain and the United States may soon offer assurances of interest in recent conciliatory Soviet moves. British Ambassador Sir Alvary Gascoigne rushed to London for talks as Charles Bohlen nears Moscow within ten days carrying a possible message from Dulles or Eisenhower.
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Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
Washington
London
Peiping
U. N
Moscow
Vishinsky
Chou
Britain
Sir Alvary Gascoigne
Charles E. Bohlen
Bohlen
State Dulles
Eisenhower
U.S
Sir Alvary
Foreign Office
China
Berlin
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