Four Soviet spied executed by parachute claim
Moscow reports four spies of Ukrainian or Russian origin were dropped into the Ukraine on April 26 from an unmarked four motor plane. They allegedly admitted to espionage orders from the American Intelligence Service and were executed after trial. The communique details their equipment, forged papers, and a prior World War II collaboration with German invaders. No U S comment available.
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Romania
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Bonn Rejects Direct Talks On Red Trade
West Germany declined a Soviet proposal for direct trade talks even after Allied approval. Berlin said any dealings with Moscow must go through the United Nations Economic Commission in Switzerland, not directly, following a Geneva conference bid by Russia and Romania.
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Anglo-Iranian Loses Oil Suit In Japanese Court
In Tokyo a Japanese District Court rejected Anglo-Iranian Oil Companys bid for an injunction to stop sale of 18,000 tons of Iranian oil bought by Idemitsu Kosan. Judge Kitamura ruled Iran's oil nationalization law valid and the oil produced after the law took effect. The company claimed foreigners were seized without compensation.
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Cubans jail politician after TV interview
Havana police arrested former senator Pelayo Cuero Navarro, leader of the Orthodox Party, after he told the program Before the Press that Cubans could oust Batista only by using arms. The incident followed a televised panel interview with newsmen pressing questions.
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Storm damages tanker at Valparaiso port in Chile
A Shell Mexicana oil tanker numbered 43 snapped its moorings in a violent wind and rain storm at Valparaiso port and began breaking up on rocks offshore. No injuries or deaths were reported.
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GOP Leaders Seek Eisenhower Help in Air Force Cuts
Republican leaders plan to seek President Eisenhower’s explanation to the public as Congress debates a five billion dollar slash in Air Force funding. Senate critics question Defense Secretary Wilson’s handling of the cuts, while Republicans push for layman terms and timing to show the impact on future budgets.
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Norris Poulson Wins Los Angeles Mayoral Race
Congress member Norris Poulson defeats Mayor Fletcher Bowron to become LA's 18th mayor. Poulson, 57, wins 53.2 percent of 540,340 votes, taking office July 1 at $18,000 yearly. Bowron concedes after a heated campaign amid housing debates and Times clashes.
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Lawyer Renews Bids To Rescue Two Rosenbergs
In New York Defense counsel Emanuel H. Bloch filed in federal court an application to vacate the death sentences of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. He argued the sentences were illegal and that the maximum penalty should have been no more than 20 years. A stay of execution was sought pending a Court of Appeals decision after a hearing set for Monday. The move followed the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene and Chief Justice Vinson’s denial of a stay.
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Prisoner of War shot dead during escape near Pusan
The U N Prisoner of War Command reported a Communist POW was shot and killed Sunday while attempting to escape from a stockade near Pusan, Korea.
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Coronation Pace Increasing Commonwealth Chiefs Honor Queen
Elizabeth II met 750 Commonwealth parliament representatives at Westminster Hall in a historic luncheon as 52 parliaments pledged to support her reign. The queen spoke from the palace where the mother of parliaments sits, stressed common parliamentary government, and awaited coronation at Westminster Abbey amid crowding, police, and broadcast plans.
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Rhee Opposes Forced Repatriation and Maps Own Truce Plan
South Korea denounces the new Allied truce as dishonorable and surrendering. A nine man assembly delegation will press Lt Gen Harrison at Munsan to scrap the plan, insisting North Korean prisoners be freed in South Korea. Britain and India endorse the U N plan amid international discussion.
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Red Charge Sabotage In Truce Zone at Panmunjom
Communist liaison officers alleged two South Koreans dressed as Reds were found inside the Panmunjom neutral zone early today armed with Soviet type submachine guns. They accused a violation of the zone and lodged a protest. UN Command will investigate as officials noted talks on armistice remain recessed until Monday.
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Tennessean’s parole theft case lands in Elyria court
A 19 year old Tennessee man named Crawford Casebolt faced Common Pleas Judge D A Cook after offering a parade of excuses for auto theft. He admitted stealing a car in Lorain to report to his parole officer in Tennessee, was arrested in Portsmouth, Ohio for reckless driving, and the judge sentenced him to Obie Penitentiary.
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UN In Agreement But Undercurrent Rising At Home
President Eisenhower reaffirmed that the United States and its allies in Korea will not force prisoners of war to be repatriated. While UN unity existed on that point, South Korea voiced sharp dissent to the latest truce proposals and some members of Congress criticized the current course of events at home.
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MIGs Missing As UN Planes Bomb North Korea
North Korean air defenses offered little resistance as American Sabre jets claimed 51 Red MIGs shot down this month. Eight B29s bombed targets near Ongjin while carrier planes hit Wonsan as Navy ships and the New Jersey attacked. Allies pressed for a unified Korea and a truce plan amid tense talks with the UN and Seoul officials expressed dissatisfaction with the terms.
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Israelis in cabinet crisis as four ministers quit
Four ministers from the General Zionist party have resigned, weakening Ben Gurion's cabinet amid a push to shift police oversight to Interior and move foreign and finance ministries' economic sections to Commerce and Industry. They also demand nonpolitical education in state schools, reacting to May Day displays and the international labor song.
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Mrs Davie Dean Granted Stay by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Mrs Davie Dean a 54 year old Clermont County woman convict ed of poisoning her husband Hawkins 68 The court has not set a hearing date and no briefs have been filed on the pending appeal The first district court of appeals affirmed her conviction last week and her attorneys filed a petition to stay another appeal.
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Two Dayton Children Drown In River Tragedy
Swollen Miami River near Dayton claimed two young lives and left two others missing after four children waded at the Wolf Creek junction. Delores Ritchie, 10, and Robert Edwards, Jr., 8, were found dead, Ella Mae Ritchie, 11, and an unnamed boy, 12, remained missing as rescue crews searched the river. Firemen could not revive the dead, and onlookers stood in silence along Sunrise Avenue bridge during the mass drowning incident.
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Taft warns U.N. in Korea and urges possible withdrawal
In a surprise foreign policy speech in Cincinnati Senator Taft said the United States might forget the United Nations over Korea and urged negotiating a truce. He warned that failure could prompt allies to know the U.S. would withdraw from further peace talks.
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Eisenhower urges UN unity as Taft questions Korean War role
President Eisenhower stressed American and Allied support for United Nations principles in Korean armistice talks while Senator Taft warned that the United Nations might be ignored in the war. White House press secretary Hagerty refused to elaborate on the President's position.
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Taft urges general China talks and Korea unification
Ohio Senator Taft argues for a broad China negotiation including Korea unification under free Koreans and a pledge against Southeast Asia expansion. He warns against sending US soldiers to Asia, questions UN effectiveness, and favors a free hand in the East while defending Western Europe against Soviet aggression.
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Tass Deputy Named To High UN Position
Tass deputy director named assistant secretary general at the United Nations to oversee Security Council affairs. The post, typically held by a Russian under an informal power balance, marks the first Soviet citizen to hold a secretariat berth.
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