Gls Ready To Defend India Force
American alert troops with tanks and flamethrowers positioned southward in PANMUNJOM as India calls for aid to hold back South Korean threats to attack Indian guards at the POW compounds. The United States promised precautions and warned Seoul that the UN Command would resist any effort to free prisoners or assault Indian troops.
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Panmunjom
U. S. State Department
India
State Department
South Korea
U. N
Korea
Tito Warns Italy of Aggression Over Trieste Zone A
Belgrade Yugoslavia President Tito declares that entry of Italian forces into Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste is an act of aggression. He says Yugoslavia will defend its rights with armed force if necessary and proposes a dual autonomous arrangement for Zone B and Trieste city under Balkan or Italian sovereignty.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Trieste
Leskovak
Lito
United Nations
Zone B
Britain
United States
Zone A
Italy
Free Territory of
Free
Europe
South Korea Expresses Regret Over Nehru’s Criticism
Seoul’s foreign office voiced deep regret and concern after Indian Prime Minister Nehru called the Korea government irresponsible. Acting Foreign Minister Chung W. Cho said Korea did not attack India and would uphold POW rights under armistice terms and the Geneva Convention.
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Seoul
Nehru
Republic of Korea
Chung W. Cho
POW Repatriation Talks Begin As Panmunjom Camp Nears Opening
Allied engineers rush to complete a facility near Panmunjom for POW interviews with North Korean and Chinese soldiers who refuse repatriation. The camp should open Monday morning as 359 former Allied POWs including 23 Americans and 1 Briton remain undecided. Four North Koreans who changed their minds were handed to the Communists.
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Panmunjom
U. N. Command
Reds
U. N
UNC
National China Celebrates Its Independence Day
Taipei Formosa reports Nationalist China marking double tenth independence with a flag ceremony. The 52nd Army and units march before Chiang Kai-shek and foreign officials as American jets fly overhead. Pentagon officers Maj. Gen. Lanahen and Wayne E. Richards watch. A 100000-strong crowd cheers Chiang and Maj. Gen. William C. Chase at a rally outside Nationalist HQ.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Pentagon
F. H. Lanahen
Wayne E. Richards
Philadelphia Orchestra returns to CBS radio in January
The famed Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy will resume its hour long radio symphonic programs after a four year absence. Harl McDonald, orchestra manager, said the series will end May 1 and be aired weekly on a sustaining basis by the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Harl McDonald
Columbia Broadcasting System
Florida Flood Dangers Rise as Tropical Storm Hazel Rages
The eighth tropical storm of the season cut across Florida with 45 55 mph winds and heavy rain, flooding roads and prompting warnings. Senator George Smathers urged President Eisenhower that Florida faced its worst flood condition in 50 years as 16 major highways were underwater.
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Orlando
George Smathers
D-Fla
Eisenhower
Florida
Hazel
Brunswick
Florida Peninsula
Georgia
Carolina
Mayport
Fla
Sweetgum
Pressure Mounts on Lausche to Name Taft Successor
A prominent Republican, Paul M. Herbert, asks the Ohio Supreme Court to order Gov. Frank Lausche to appoint a new U.S. senator to fill the Taft vacancy. Lausche says he will act in a reasonable time before Congress convenes next January, while noting Herbert’s suit may delay the process for political reasons.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Robert A. Taft
State Supreme Court
Lausche
Paul M. Herbert
Herbert
Congress
Taft
Lauscher
United States
Paul Herbert
John W. Bricker
Ohio Republican
Witnesses Talk in Philadelphia Cop Scandal Probe
Philadelphia district attorney Richard Dilworth confirms two more witnesses are speaking in the citys graft investigation. He cites protection concerns for informants as reasons not to identify them. Reports note one witness alleges three policemen offered $500 to stay in the numbers racket after arrest. Six more patrolmen were questioned, some named by ex-convict Harry Lowry who sparked the probe.
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Philadelphia
Dist
Atty
Richardson Dilworth
Dilworth
Thomas J. Gibbons
Harry Lowry
Kansas City probes Greenlease kidnapping details progress
Federal and local investigators push a methodical review of all aspects of the Greenlease kidnap slaying as Hall and Heady await transfer to Kansas City from St. Louis. They seek to resolve inconsistencies in accounts, locate $300,000, and verify claims about accomplice Thomas Marsh.
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Kansas City
Greenlease
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Bobby Greenlease
St. Louis
FBI
Bobby
Robert C. Greenlease
Hall
Thomas Marsh
Marsh
Heady
St. Joseph
British Guiana Calm Under British Crackdown On Communists
British troops and ships keep Georgetown quiet as London ousts six ministers and suspends the colony's constitution amid fears of a Communist coup. The U S backs Britain, says the action safeguards Western Hemisphere security, while PPP leaders deny Communism.
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Guiana
U.S
Britain
Georgetown
British Guiana
London
Washington
U. S. State Department
U. S
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Alfred Savage
Cheddi Jagan
Moscow
People’s Progressive Party
Jagan
Janet Rosenberg
Tain
Laborite Daily Herald
Colonial Ministry
Football Stand Falls Hurts Thirteen at Shattuck Game
A bleacher collapse at Woodward Shattuck high school football game injured thirteen people. Officials blame a group of teenagers jumping. The seven row high 60 yard long section once seated about 800 fans, overcrowding cited. Play resumed after victims were treated.
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Shattuck
Okla
W. E. Gorley
Suspect in Turnpike Slayings Linked to German Pistol
In Harrisburg police test a German pistol linked to the July killing of trucker John K. Shepard near Lisbon Ohio and the broader hunt for 25-year-old John Wesley Wable described as highly dangerous. The weapon was sent from Cleveland for ballistics comparison as investigators pursue Wable in the Turnpike murders.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
David E. Kerr
Ohio
John Wesley Wable
John K. Shepard
Lisbon
Wable
Uniontown
Dist
Atty
Fred L. Brothers
Charles R. Welch
Grindstone
Kerr
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Lester B. Woodward
Col. C. M. Wilhelm
Shepard
Jury Finds Hitchhiking Killer Guilty in Ohio
A 26 year old soldier from Dorchester Mass was convicted of second degree murder for killing a motorist after a hitchhiking incident near Columbus Ohio. The jury deliberated five hours before sentencing him to life in the Ohio Penitentiary. He testified the shooting was accidental and claimed the victim made advances.
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St. John
Crossland
Harding
Columbus
Nixon heads to New Zealand on Pacific sales trip
Vice President Nixon departs Honolulu for a 4700 mile flight to Canton Island then Ohakea New Zealand for a four day stay to promote U S policies to free nations of the Pacific and Orient after a Maui county fair stopover.
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Honolulu
Nixon
New Zealand
U. S
Pacific
Hawaiian
Maui Island
Canton Island
Ohakea
Wellington
Cab Driver Tipped Police: Greenlease Kidnap Case Ties to Hall
John Hager, a 39 year old Ace Cab driver, small time contact with Carl Hall known as Steve led to Hall’s arrest for the Bobby Greenlease kidnap slaying. Hager earned rewards totaling $2,500 plus union and company payouts. He described driving Hall to bars, handling suitcases with ransom money, and witnessing Hall’s erratic behavior before police captured him.
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ST. Louis
Charley
Carl Austin Hall
John Hager
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Hager
Steve
Louis Shoulders
Hall
FBI
Globe-Dem
Ocrat
Ted Schafers
AFL Teamsters Union
Ace Cab Co
Teamsters
Dave Beck
John
O'Day
Schafers
Laniel Faces Farm Protests and Possible Assembly Debate
Paris AP Premier Joseph Laniel's right center government, after recent gains against left wing critics of its economic program, faces farm protests as 300000 southern farmers plan Monday highway barricades to press for higher livestock prices and marketing reforms. Peasant deputies may seek a debate when the National Assembly convenes Tuesday. The government survived parliamentary attacks as it pushed its economic and labor agenda aimed at ending last August strikes.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Peasant Party
Lanier
National Assembly
Assembly
Shower Of Meteorites Not Flashy
In Albuquerque the Giacobini comet meteor shower disappointed overall. Dr. Lincoln la Paz of Mexico University notes 1953 returns were better and the peak rate reached about 25 meteorites per hour with a few bright blue fire balls and one that cast a shadow.
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Albuquerque
Cosmos
Earth
Giacobini
Lincoln la Paz
Mexico University
Institute of Meteoritics
Wstern
Giacobinian
Pacific Ocean
Weather Outlook: Fair and Mild Across Miami Valley
Forecasters say Miami Valley will see fair tonight and fair and mild tomorrow. Ohio outlook calls for mostly fair today with highs 70 to 76, clear to partly cloudy tonight, and a warmer Sunday. Yesterday's high reached 73 in Middle Town. the low dipped to 39 this morning. A tropical storm moved northeast along the Atlantic coast bringing light rain to parts of Virginia through Florida.
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Miami Valley
Pess
Ohio
Middletown
Armco
Virginia
Florida
Atlantic
Florida Peninsula
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Bailey Scrimpshire
Decatur
Ill
National China
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Gulf of Mexico
Punta Gorda
Vero Beach
Pike
Sandy O’day
Sandy
Bonnie Heady
Shoulders
Laniel
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