Three more Red POW riots kill and wound on Koje Island
On April 10 Red prisoners on Koje Island rioted, killing four Korean guards and three North Korean prisoners while wounding 57 Reds. U.S. and South Korean authorities delayed release amid censorship debates. Guards and POWs battled near Compound 95 as Brig. Gen. Dodd ordered unarmed troops to restore order.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations Command
Jorden
Jack J. McGuire
Koje
Japan
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
McGire
Probes of Koje Row Stall On Tap
Senate Armed Services Committee presses for more details on Koje Island incidents. Army officials disclose demotions and reprimands for Brig. Gen. Fran cis T. Dodd and Brig. Gen. Paul F. Yount while Gen. J. Lawton Collins and Gen. Mark Clark address law and order on Koje. Dodd and Colson await new assignments as the inquiry continues.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Koje Island
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Army
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Charles Colson
Mark Clark
Tokyo
Pentagon
Pace
J. Lawton Collins
Colson
Paul F. Yount
Pusan
Nares Kofe Island
Dodds
Clark
Far Eastern
Koje
Senate Committee
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Man feeds two Marines deadly poison in bar encounter
Richard McAlister, 22, held on $100000 bond for poisoning two Marines from Camp Pendleton with bichloride of mercury after a bar gathering. The victims Pfc Keith Loran and Pfc Loren Ticknor, both 22, are in Corona Naval Hospital in critical condition. Police say McAlister planned suicide with 150 bichloride tablets.
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Los Angeles
Richard McAlister
Pfc
Keith Loran
Loren Ticknor
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Corona Naval Hospital
Herman Zander
McAlister
Army
Zander
Tunisian chiefs freed from exile by French authorities
Former premier Mohammed Chenik and three cabinet ministers, ousted by the French and sent to Southern Tunisia, were granted complete freedom last night after earlier provisional releases this month.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Mohammed Chenik
Drivers Settle Albers Walkout Ends Cincinnati Strike
In Cincinnati the 28 Albers supermarkets plan to reopen today after a short strike ended. About fifty drivers and mechanics walked out Thursday over a new contract and set up picket lines, with around 700 clerks and meatcutters not crossing, forcing store closures.
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Cincinnati
Girl Saved From Death In Cavern Near Canon City
Donna Zarnowski a 17 year old Burns Kansas high school student suffered severe injuries after a 200 foot fall into a bottomless cave near Canon City Colorado She rode with 18 Burns students on a Colorado tour She fell along a ridge struck rock and was pinned by falling rock at a ledge Police and firemen aided by classmates spent two hours freeing her A preliminary exam found a broken leg and possible crushed pelvis bone
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Canon City
Colo
Donna Zarnowski
Burns
Kan
Colorado
Lightning Strike Fire Kills Ten In Cherokee Family Tragedy
Ten Cherokee Indians including nine children die in a pre dawn blaze touched off by a lightning bolt. A three room hut burned in minutes as witnesses described it exploding into flames. Runaway Scott, his wife Dorothy about 30, and four children perished. Eunice Scott, wife of Dorothy’s brother, survived with remaining child Edward.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Dorothy Scott
Eunice Scott
Scott
Edward
Ohioan Dies In Crash In Auburn Alabama
A car collision near Auburn Alabama Friday killed Bruce Clair Parkinson a sailor from Zanesville Ohio. Two other sailors and a Marine in Parkinsons car were injured in the crash.
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Auburn
Ala
Bruce Clair Parkinson
Zanesville
Giant cactus falls crushing Tucson child to death
In Tucson Arizona a 22 foot tall cactus weighing over a ton toppled on five year old Cindy Lauther as she played near her home in the mountains. Deputies say the exact cause is unknown but the tragedy was swiftly followed by rescue efforts and the child's death at the hospital.
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Tucson
Ariz
Cindy Lauther
Garnet Lauther
Tucson Mountains
Sheriff's Deputies
Sheriff's
Cindy
Tommy
Noted Writer Fulton Oursler Dies At 59
New York reports the death of Fulton Oursler a 59 year old author of The Greatest Story Ever Told and former newspaperman. He died today in his hotel apartment of a heart attack. Born Charles Fulton Oursler in Baltimore on January 22 1893 he later used Fulton Oursler for writing.
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New York
Fulton Oursler
Oursler
Charles Fulton Oursler
Baltimore
Plan To End Grain Quiz Faces Hight
The Senate Agricultural Committee wrapped a three day hearing with Agriculture Secretary Brannan and plans a vote next week on whether to extend its two month probe. Debate centers on a possible halt to the investigation amid calls for fuller inquiry into irregularities in the government grain storage program and actions by former department staffer Cowart.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Brannan
Ellender
D-La
Sen. Kem
R-Mo
Sen. Aiken
R-Vt
General Accounting Office
Wulfi
GAO
Congress
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Jack I. Cowart
Agriculture Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Daniel L. O'Connor
Cowart
O’connor
Texas
Paris Riots Target Ridgway Ahead of Atlantic Pact Move
Five police were injured and 186 people arrested in Communist led clashes in Paris last night. Demonstrators at St Lazare station shouted Ridgway slogans and attacked an American car as crowds gathered in Boulogne district to hear speakers denounce Gen. Ridgway before his arrival to replace Gen. Eisenhower as Atlantic Pact commander.
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Paris
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Lazare
Ridgway
Boulogne
Negotiators Take It Easy in Korean War Truce Talks
In Munsan Korea the Allied truce team relaxed with travel, horseshoes, and volleyball while hoping North Korea eases its prison stance. The U N delegation proposed a three day recess and Gen Nam II unexpectedly accepted. Allies insist their April 28 final proposal offered 70 000 prisoners. Nam seeks 169 000 internees.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Nam II
William P. Nuckols
Nam
French Objections Delay Big Three German Peace Talks
French objections delayed three power talks in Bonn on completing the Allied West German peace contract. Robert Schuman relayed Paris views on strengthening a British American guarantee linked to the European Defense Community before signing. The talks, also tied to plans for a 400,000 German presence in a 1 million man European force, continued amid broader East West tensions.
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Brack Curry
Bonn
Germany
France
Robert Schuman
Paris
West Germany
European Defense Community
EDC
Schuman
Britain
Anthony Eden
America
Dean Acheson
Pact aims to unify six Western European armies
Paris reports the proposed treaty to merge the armies of West Germany France Italy Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg into a single defense force over fifty years. The pact scheduled for signing in Paris would place more than a million troops under a North Atlantic Command.
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Paris
West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
France Raises Demands to Back European Army Pact
Paris reports the French cabinet will approve the European army treaty only if key conditions are met. Informants hint demands include U S and Britain pledging aid, preventing German rearmament from breaking the alliance, and immediate attention to France’s Indo China costs. The pact would fuse about 400000 Germans into a one million strong European force with a nine member Commissariat.
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Paris
United States
Britain
Germany
France
Europe
Indochina
Robert Schuman
Bonn
Schuman
Quints To Finish High School Work
The Dionne quintuplets will graduate next Wednesday in the playroom at their Callander home. They will turn 18 and join nine other girls in a ceremony before Villa Notre Dame closes. Papa Oliva Dionne said they will attend a girls' college next year and have not chosen a path yet.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne
Villa Notre Dame
Papa Oliva Dionne
Scientist Weinberg Faces Perjury Trial in Red Spy Case
Former University of Minnesota physicist known as Scientist X is charged by a federal grand jury with three counts of perjury for lying about Communist party membership attendance at a Red party meeting and knowledge of Steve Nelson. He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
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Joseph W. Weinberg
Communist Party
Warren Rogers Jr
Washington
Red
Minneapolis
Weinberg
U.S
C. C. Lundquist
Lundquist
D.C
House Un-American Activities Committee
University of Minnesota
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Frankfurt Bulletin Warns of Germany Russia Road Closures
Bulletin reports Russia closed three roads between East and West Germany and ordered two more closures planned for Sunday as it presses Bonn's alliance with the West. The move signals a menacing drive in ongoing tensions.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Russia
Bonn Republic
Violence marks final day of Italian election drive
In Rome and across Italy final campaigning ended with clashes and arrests. Rodolfo Graziani spoke to 100000 supporters in the Colosseum while De Gasperi warned that fascist and monarchist votes threaten democracy. Nenni urged moderation toward the church.
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Rome
Italy
Naples
Colosseum
Rodolfo Graziani
Mussolini
Alcide de Gasperi
Piazza del Popolo
Christian Democrat
Pietro Nenni
Trieste
Sicily
Sardinia
Upper House Next Scene Of Struggle
The House cut President Truman's foreign aid request for next year from 7.9 to 6.1626 billion dollars, with a 245 to 110 roll call. Taft backers sought further cuts to 726 million in Europe and the Far East, overriding Eisenhower proposals. Speaker Rayburn warned that reducing allied defense hurts security as Harriman and Kenney warn of losses without aid. The measure heads to the Senate for debate with 6.9 billion in the works, conference talks to follow. Democratic Southern Democrats aided GOP control during key votes.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Far East
Foreign Affairs Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Rayburn
Russia
United States
W. Averell Harriman
W. John Kenney
The
Mutual Security Administration
UN Loses Week War in Skies Over Korea
Seoul report says the U.N. suffered heavy air losses as Fifth Air Force logs a grim week with 12 Communist kills to four American, MIGs gaining a 5-4 edge in dogfights. U.N. pilots destroyed 460 buildings and damaged 163 near Pyongyang, signaling rising Communist air power.
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John Randolph
Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
U.N
Pyongyang
U.S
Mother Of Baby Killed By Rats Faces Charges
Assistant Prosecutor David Arbaugh filed a neglect charge against Mrs. Jean Gieseman over her infant daughter’s fatal rat bite. She, a widow, will appear in Juvenile Court today or Monday in Mansfield.
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Associated Press
William Jorden
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Monroney
Special
Compound 95
By Edwin B. Harkinson
U.S. First Corps
Yount
Albers
Clifford L. Daubin
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Daubin
Port Compress Company
Corpus Christi
O'Connor
Free Europe
London
Adenauer
West
Iron Curtain
Berlin
Moscow
Atom Scientist Charged
By Preston Grover
West Europe
West Point
Annapolis
Commissariat
Bulletin
Graziani
Russell Brines
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