Polish Pilot Delivers MIG Gift To Allies On Bornholm
A Polish pilot crash landed a Soviet built MIG-15 on Bornholm Denmark, delivering the jet to Allied hands. The pilot, likely linked to Lt. Franciszek Jarecki of Slupsk, remained silent on asylum while Western aviation experts inspected the craft at Almegaard training camp near Roenne. Eyewitnesses described the landing after circling Roenne for 75 minutes, with the damaged wing minor and the pilot unharmed.
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Slupsk
Poland
Borni
Roenne
Almegaard
Danish Defense
Air Force
Copenhagen
Air
UN Mums Plans For Truce In Korea Talks Drift
Reports from Tokyo say the UN may revise last week’s Panmunjom proposal to address 48,500 prisoners who refuse to be repatriated. If talks collapse, up to 34,000 North Koreans might be freed as civilians. The plan could set a time limit for Communist acceptance and seek a postwar political conference on POWs within a defined period.
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U. N
Red Peiping
Washington
U.N
Panmunjom
Mark Clark
William K. Harrison Jr
New York
Peiping
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Chiang Kai-shek
China
POW Shot for Disobeying Orders at Koje and Pongam
At Koje Island near Pusan two North Koreans refused to halt as ordered. One was fatally shot after warnings failed. On Pongam Island an eight man anti-Communist civilian work detail was stoned by another civilian detail. Guards fired after two warnings. two civilians were wounded, one seriously.
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Pusan
Korea
U. N. Prisoner of War Command
Koje Island
Pongam Island
Knowland urges U S exit if Communist China joins UN
Senator Knowland of California called for the United States to quit the United Nations if Communist China is admitted. He introduced resolutions in the Senate yesterday demanding U S withdrawal if Red China becomes a member.
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Knowland
Washington
United States
United Nations
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Senate
Senators Reject Standby Controls Under DPA Reform
Washington lawmakers kill a 90 day standby control proposal. Senate passes a stripped Defense Production Act version 45 to 41 and sends it to the House. The President did not request the freeze power, though he indicated acceptance.
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Washington
Senate
House
Winnipeg cashier given suspended sentence for theft
A 31-year-old Winnipeg cashier named Louis Wiggin ton pleaded guilty to stealing over $160,000 from his employer. He can stay out of jail if he repays $2,000 now and $10 monthly, completing restitution around 98. He received a five-year suspended sentence and is father to two children.
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Winnipeg
Louis Wigginton
AFL Looms Toward Break With Eisenhower Administration
The AFL faces a possible open split with the Eisenhower administration as its Executive Council convenes to discuss politics, pending labor-law changes, and the ILA tainted by crime probes. George Meany criticizes Congress and urges a liberal pro-labor agenda while questioning White House leadership.
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Norman Walker
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Eisenhower
AFL
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
AFL Council
New York Crime Commission
George Meany
Chicago
Tides Increase Flood Threat Across Louisiana Coast
Louisiana coastal lowlands face a rising flood crisis from the Gulf of Mexico as streams push water toward the coast. Evacuations reach 15,000, with crop damage pegged at 100 million dollars and tens of thousands more in losses to highways and private property. Four Air Force cargo planes airlift tents and supplies to flood victims as weather forecasters warn of extreme danger if tides rise.
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Crowley
Mermentau
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Esterwood
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Texas
Mississippi
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Carswell Afb
Ft. Worth
Tex
Dave Pearce
MIGs Stay Home Reds Raid Outpost
Western Korea clash at Outpost Yoke near T-Bone Hill left more than 200 Red soldiers dead from a 25 minute fight. An Eighth Army briefing listed 45 Chinese killed and 33 probably killed with about 130 wounded. Allied Sabre jets and fighter bombers pressed strikes while a small Red force attacked near the Hook but withdrew.
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North Korea
Eighth Army
Éaid
Kidnaped Baby Girl Found Safe In New York
In New York a dancer from Miami faces a kidnapping charge for taking two children from Washington to New York after a beer party. Barbara Lee Grimm is accused as the mother figure with a troubled past. The year old girl Diane Bradford and 2% year old Clifton Eugene Bradford were located safe. the boy had wandered to Central Park and the girl was with a stranger. Bradford Sr. identified the boy and traveled to New York after photos circulated. The suspect claimed she blacked out after drinking and woke on a train in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Frank S. Hogan
Barbara Lee Grimm
Tulare
Calif
Central Park
Hogan
Miami
Diane Bradford
Clifton Eugene Bradford
Central Park Zoo
Clifton Eugene Bradford Sr
Bradford
Philadelphia
Analyst resigns from VOA amid claims of crippled agency
New York radio commentator Raymond Swing resigns as political analyst for the Voice of America alleging the agency is crippled by slanderous attacks on its integrity and accusing the State Department of spineless failure to stand by its staff. He says budget cuts have reduced the Voice to relative impotence.
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New York
Raymond Swing
Voice of America
State Department
Voice
Swing
Filipinos Approve Three Amity Treaties
Manila reports the Philippine Senate approved amity treaties with India Cuba and the Dominican Republic. With only two days left before adjournment the chamber is not expected to ratify the Japanese Peace Treaty signed in 1951.
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Philippine Senate
India
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Senate
Eager Politician Draws Curtain In Primary Incident
Evelyn Rice stood ready to vote when a hand reached under the curtain and pulled levers. Charles Travis, 41, was arrested for alleged illegal assistance in a polling booth and held on $500 bail for the grand jury.
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Philadelphia
Evelyn Rice
Asst
Leon Katy
Charles Travis
Travis
Mayer Threatens Cabinet Crisis Over Decree Powers
Paris premier Rene Mayer warned of a cabinet crisis if the National Assembly does not grant his government authority to cut administrative expenses by decree. He delivered the demand in a confidence vote speech, with the Assembly recessing and a vote scheduled for tomorrow.
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Paris
Rene Mayer
France
National Assembly
Expensive Party At Berkeley Fraternity Brings Fine
The Berkeley Sigma fraternity faced a bill of about $1,000 for flowers from unauthorized garden sources for a last chance party. The University faculty committee and the Interfraternity Council imposed restitution and eight months of social probation.
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Berkeley
Calif
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
University of California Faculty Committee
Interfraternity Council
Committeemen Oppose Any Extension
AP report says a majority of Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee oppose extending the excess profits tax as urged by President Eisenhower. Some wavering hints surfaced, but the group remains largely against six more months of the tax set to expire in six weeks, while Democrats are expected to back the President’s plan amid House efforts to advance extensions and tax cuts.
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House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
GOP
GOP House
Russia
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Taft criticizes Eisenhower on defense and aid limits
Senator Taft of Ohio said he was very much disappointed by President Eisenhower's conclusions that the United States cannot spend less than 50 billion dollars yearly on defense and foreign aid. He spoke at a breakfast with Ohio farmers, as Senate majority leader.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Senate
Truman
Police Batter Barricade To Evict Negro Family
New York city marshal and six aides battered down a Parkchester unit door to evict a Negro family and others who blocked the eviction. Six women and a seventh protester chained themselves to chairs in the Metropolitan Life office, but left after six hours of endurance.
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New York
William Goldstone
Michael Decatur
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Parkchester
Bronx
Mands
Frank Lowe
Metropolitan
Lowe
Sophie Decatur
Michael
Negro
Alfred B. Carp
Eisenhower outlines tax program in radio address
The plan keeps the 10 percent personal income tax cut blocked for now with House members weighing a July 1 date. It proposes six more months of the excess profits tax on business, defers a planned 5 point cut in corporate taxes and sales taxes, suspends the 1 to 2 percent social security payroll tax rise, and delays other tax reductions slated for next April.
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Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
House
House votes to cut farm conservation payments
Washington The House approved a 55 million dollar reduction in the authorization for agriculture conservation payments on the 1954 crop, trimming the amount recommended by the appropriation committee.
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Washington
House Today
Appropriation Committee For Agriculture Conservation
Jury Deliberating Poison Charges In Love Triangle Case
LOS ANGELES A jury resumes deliberations today in the trial of Richard La Force a 19 year old science student charged with two counts of attempted murder and two of poisoning food or drink for Robert Hayden 19 husband of the woman La Force allegedly loved He testified of intimate relations with Mrs Jeyee Hayden she denied the testimony The panel was fluctuating after a four hour session last night as deliberations continued
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Los Angeles
Richard la Force
la Force
Robert Hayden
Jeyee Hayden
Eisenhower Defends Expanded Air Budget in National Address
President Eisenhower announced a defense plan allocating 60 cents of every defense dollar to air power, insisting the middle way program emphasizes steady growth and efficiency. He argued the aim is a long term, secure air defense rather than rapid, short term gains.
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Eisenhower
White House
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