Local man held in 79 robberies
Secretary of State Dulles told Congress he foresees considerable reductions in foreign aid spending. Sen Byrd pressed for a firm figure on FY starting July 1 while Taft's camp seeks to keep MSA outlays below this year's level. The Administration seeks 5.828 billion in new authority as Byrd pushes for transparency, Truman’s spending guide cited as context.
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Washington
Dulles
Congress
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Mutual Security Administration
MSA
State Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Treasury
Truman
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Reds Refuse to Release Prisoners in Korean War Row
UN truce talks stall as Reds reject freeing 32,000 North Koreans who refuse repatriation after a ceasefire. Pakistan named as neutral custodian for 48,500 forced returnees, while Nam Tl calls the plan void. Harrison suggests immediate release of the 32,000 after a truce with civilian status in Korea.
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Panmunjom
U. N
Reds
Pakistan
Nam Tl
William K. Harrison Jr
Korea
Missing Air Force Trainer Is Sought
Nearly a score of American and British planes scoured the Austrian Alps for a U S Air Force trainer missing with two officers aboard. The AT6 vanished midmorning yesterday en route from Salzburg in the U S zone to Graz in the British zone. A colonel and a major were aboard.
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Vienna
Austria
Austrian Alps
Alps
Salzburg
U. S
Graz
Akron man killed in two car crash near Cleveland
Irving M Shaw, 35, of Akron, died early today in a two car collision on Ohio 1 near Cleveland. The accident occurred during the night, authorities said, with investigators assessing the scene for causes and possible charges. The victim was alone in his vehicle and transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Cleveland
Irving M Shaw
Akron
Ohio 1
Here
Ohio Lawyer Is Disbarred Permanently
Ohio Supreme Court disbarred Jerome A. Nevins, former Clark County prosecutor, reversing a prior five year suspension that expired last December. Nevins faced disbarment for misconduct in office unprofessional conduct and a crime involving moral turpitude after his bribery conviction tied to operations at the Silver Dollar gambling establishment in Clark County.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Jerome A. Nevins
Clark County
Common Pleas Court
Nevins
Clark County Bar Association
Clark Unty
Ohio Edison Linemen Electrocuted Near Youngstown
Three Ohio Edison Co linemen were electrocuted and two others seriously burned when a conduit they installed along a rural road contacted a 4 800 volt high tension line. The accident occurred at 1 p m about five miles north of Youngstown. Names were not yet released.
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Youngstown
Ohio Edison Co
38 Sick And Wounded POWs Due Home Today
HONOLULU A giant C97 Stratocruiser carries 38 sick and wounded American POWs home from Tokyo. The plane heads to Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco, due 11 a.m. today. The 38 left Hickam in two planes, 32 aboard the Stratocruiser, six litter patients.
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Honolulu
California
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Hickam Air Force Base
Tokyo
Americans Among Rescued After Ferry Disaster off Harwich
Nearly 500 people including Americans were rescued after the Duke of York ferry crashed near Harwich in the North Sea. The ship lost its bow after colliding with the Haiti Victory, a U S freighter. 436 passengers and 57 crew were saved, with 19 survivors rescued by the S S American. Brig Gen Hammond McDougal Monroe and his wife were among those saved. No fatalities reported among the hull incident, two wounds listed as serious. Survivors landed at Harwich and Dover.
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Harwich
England
U. S
British Railways
North Sea
Bremen
Duke of York
Germany
Hammond McDougal Monroe
Eureka
Calif
U. S. Army
7Th Corps
Monroe
S. S
Haiti
McCarthy Winds Up Inquiry Winds Up Inquiry
Senator McCarthy wrapped a televised windup of the subcommittee probe into Communist writings in U S libraries overseas. His clash with New York Post editor James Wechsler highlighted tensions as a stenographic record of meetings was prepared for release Friday. Wechsler said reprisals were sought for the paper's editorials, while McCarthy framed the questioning as an inquiry into a book used abroad. Harvey Matusow, a self styled former witness, was billed to testify.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
U. S
James Wechsler
New York Post
Wechsler
Nehru dismisses McCarthy subcommittee asserting stance
In Parliament Nehru said the McCarthy era probe carries no weight, shortly after a subcommittee report listed two Indian ships as trading with Red China in 1952. The remark and the report reflect Cold War tensions affecting India’s wartime and trading posture.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Parliament
Sen
Joseph McCarthy R-Wis
Senate
McCarthy probes Wechsler over library subversion claims
Communist testimony and McCarthy's accusation of a wartime cold war propaganda pattern are debated as Wechsler, long anti-Red, contests that the inquiry targets NY Post policies rather than his book. He notes the subcommittee has not proven any book appeared in libraries and plans ASNE review of press freedom concerns.
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McCarthy
U. S
Wechsler
New York Post
Subcommittee
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Two Seriously Injured In Camden Auto Crash
Arthur Pollack 23 Camden Route 2 and William Willeford 21 Camden Route 3 remained in serious condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after an auto wreck on North Main Street last night. Pollack had a fractured skull while Willeford suffered a possible spine fracture. The northbound car struck a tree, crossed 300 feet, toppled a utility pole and mailbox, and damaged Pollack's vehicle amid a rain shower.
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Arthur Pollack
Camden
William Willeford
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Pollack
Willeford
North Main Street
Writer-Director's Wife Testimony Sought In House Probe
New York AP. House unamerican activities hearings shift from Jerome Robbins Communist cell to testimony by Abe Burrows wife as Robbins earlier named eight figures tied to a theatrical group. Robbins listed Edward Chodorov Jerome Chodorov Lloyd Gough Madeline Lee Elliott Sullivan Lionel Berman Edna Ocko Lettie Stevens, saying Stevens recruited him. he noted Sullivan may be an actor and refused a Marxist lecture assignment.
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New York
House
Jerome Robbins
Abe Burrows
Robbins
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Harold H. Velde
R-Il
Burrows
Verge
Communist Party
Edward Chodorov
Jerome Chodorov
Sister Eileen
Lloyd Gough
Madeleine Lee
Elliott Sullivan
Kionel Berman
Edna Ocko
Thunderjets Bomb North Korea In Deep Air Mission
U S Thunderjets swept near the Yalu River and divebombed at least 17 targets in Kangge am area while Sabre fighters escorted for a deep penetration. Bombing hit supply buildings and rail lines, with no dam attack. quiet front with light patrols elsewhere.
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Seoul
U. S
Yalu River
North Korea
Kanggeam
Sabre
Reds
Air
Old Baldy
Korea
Susan
Sinanju
Air Force
Navy
Wonsan
Ohio House Offers 42 Percent Highway Plan Package
The Ohio House Republican leadership unveiled a highway financing package totaling 42 million dollars yearly. It includes an axle-mile tax on trucks, a penny rise in the gasoline and diesel tax, and a ballot- box proposal to authorize 750 million dollars in bonds for ten years of highway construction. The plan also suggests reallocating about 11 million dollars from the highway department’s motor vehicle license fees to local governments.
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Columbus
Ohio House
House Public Affairs Committee
House Highways Committee
Public Affairs Committee
Highway Department
Elizabeth the Queen serial pages reveal Crawford portrait
The Journal launches a daily serialization of Elizabeth the Queen by Marion Crawford. It promises intimate anecdotes from Buckingh am Palace, detailing Elizabeth II’s private life, romance, marriage, children, and first year on the throne, ahead of her coronation.
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Elizabeth I
Marion Crawford
Elizabeth the Queen
Buckingham Palace
Britain
Elizabeth
America
Africa
U S May Appeal To U N Over Invasion Of Laos
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States is consulting with allies on a possible U N appeal regarding the Communist led invasion of Laos and the wider Indochina crisis. He testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Laos attack is military aggression and could threaten neighboring Thailand if extended.
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U.S
U.N
Laos
Washington
Dulles
United States
United Nations
Wee Oa
Wuues Noowed Walt Trance
Vndgiland
Indochina
Southeast Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thailand
Ex Convict Captured In Indiana After Long Chase
A Middletown ex convict was arrested in Indiana early today by 31 plainclothes Indiana State Police officers during a school safe burglary. The capture ends a year and a half long pursuit. Loot included cameras rings scholar ship pins and toy scissors. Rhodus 43 of Route 73 north of the city near an overpass is jailed in New Castle Henry County awaiting questioning on Indiana and Ohio burglaries. He admitted 75 jobs but officers estimate nearer 130. Rhodus has a long criminal record and investigators from Pendleton and Connersville Posts tracked him from Gratis to Greenville Moorland and beyond.
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Middletown
Indiana
Charles Jack Rhodus
Rhodus
New Castle
Ind
Henry County
Ohio
Rhodes
Charles Epperson
Robert Dillon
John Petro
Frank Benz
Pendleton
Connerville
Indiana Police
Gratis
Greenville
Moorland
Forces sweep Luang Prabang area as Vietminh dodge clashes
In Laos, French and Laotian patrols moved in a wide arc around Luang Prabang but did not contact any Vietminh troops. Officials reported the front calm while supplies regroup and plan a possible attack on Luang Prabang or Vientiane, the capital.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Luang Prabang
Laos
Vientiane
Dulles Signals Thai Arms Aid May Expand to Thailand
Dulles told Ambassador Sarasin the United States would give most sympathetic consideration to Thailand’s request for expanded arms aid. He discussed Japan's precarious future, self supporting plans, and possible Southeast Asian trade, noting risk if aggression rises and implications for Japanese trade with the Communist mainland.
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Burma
Indonesia
Japan
Southeast Asia
U. S
Dulles
Pete Sarasin
Powered ship and plane program paused by defense
The Washington Post reports the Defense Department will suspend atomic powered aircraft and carrier development. Officials cited budget economy and delaying full rearmament, with a carrier project possibly pushed back two years though not canceled, and millions already spent.
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Washington
Washington Post
Defense Department
Defense Department Silent on Brainwash Idea
Washington reports the Defense Department will not discuss who conceived the plan to announce mental treatment for returned prisoners of war thought to have been influenced by Communist indoctrination. Pentagon officials refused to answer whether the military or other government branches pressured the program.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Legal Curbs On Imports Under Study
Washington reports a congressional debate on tighter tariffs and specific imports caps for lead zinc and oil. Some backers push general tariff limits while seeking concrete measures, as Rep Simpson seeks a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act with new restrictions. Secretaries McKay Benson Dulles Humphrey Weeks Stassen testifying as the process moves toward a study for policy action.
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Washington
Richard M. Simpson
R-Pa
McKay
House
Ways and Means Committee
Benson
Isenhower
Secretary of
State Dulles
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Commerce Weeks
Harold E. Stassen
Paroled Murderer Mrs Boland Released From Walla Walla
Mrs Doro Boland, 55, was released on parole from the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla after a 20 year sentence for second degree murder of her husband. She was previously paroled in 1952 and later asked to reenter, but the parole board urged her to stay away from the prison.
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Seattle
Dorothy Boland
Walla Walla
Boland
John Cranor
Washington
Cranor
Parole Board
The Strange Habits of Charles Rhodus Burglar Arrests
Indiana police discuss Charles Rhodus detained after 75 burglaries. Retown officers recall Rhodus from past arrests and gunfire incidents. Ex detective Jess Dennis, now private, recalls Rhodus well. Chief Joe Blackmore notes Rhodus kept in touch, sending Christmas cards to him and some officers.
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Charles Rhodus
Indiana
Retown
Rhodus
Jess Dennis
Dennis
Joe Blackmore
Police arrest suspect after raid at Middletown school area
Rhodes admitted to 75 burglaries after officers trapped him by swapping license plates on patrol cars. Police surrounded the building when he was seen hammering a safe. Detectives found 19 firearms, coins, jewelry, a bridal set, watches, tools, school scissors, pens, and a movie camera among the recovered property.
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Rhodes
Rhodus
Epperson
Dillon
Petro
John Fitzgerald
Middletown
Frank South
Soviet Policy Not Changed Says Communist Magazine
Vienna reports a Czech Communist weekly Literarni Noviny asserts there is no shift in Soviet foreign policy and dismisses Western claims of a new peace offensive as propaganda. The piece questions Western belief and repeats that the Soviet Union and allies have always pursued peace.
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Vienna
Austria
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Lways
Literarni Noviny
Power
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