Korean War Casualty Toll Surpasses Three Million
United Nations figures and Pentagon tallies show more than three million deaths and losses in the Korean War. U N side casualties total 1 474 269 with Korea 1 312 836 United States 144 173 and 15 allies 17 260. Pentagon counts Communist casualties 1 420 000 with 120 000 prisoners.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Republic of Korea
United States
U.N
Pentagon
Washington
Defense Department
Department
New England
Turkey
U.S. Troop Cut Talks Stir French Approval of EDC
Paris reacts to U.S. hints of reducing ground forces in Europe as France pushes for early EDC parliamentary approval. Washington cites new weapons making long term force cuts possible while officials deny immediate troop reductions.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
European Defense Community
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Paris
United States
Wilson
Army Tucks In Soldiers For Winter In Korea 1953
The piece describes freezing Korea winter conditions in 1953 and how soldiers are sheltered. It notes heated hobby shops, stoves per tent, fuel stockpiles, and arctic gear as troops await potential redeployment or line duty. Engineers also build jumbo Quonset huts for leisure and services on the front.
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George McArthur
Seoule
Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Joe
Division
Ohio Forest Fire Crisis Declared a State Emergency
Columbus officials report 300 forest fires in Ohio this fall with some reaching 100 acres. Emergency order bans fires in 55 state parks and all wildlife refuges and near 150000 acres of state forests. Fort Ancient and Fort St. Clair closures follow due to fire hazard.
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Columbus
Ohio
James D. Wells
Wells
O. A. Alderman
Division of Forestry
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Fort Ancient
Warren County
Fort St. Clair
Eaton
Disaster in Calabria Death Toll Near a Hundred
Rescue workers comb wrecked villages in Reggio Calabria and surrounding areas as floods from torrential rains threaten more downpours. Fifty three dead confirmed in the region with many missing or injured, damage measured in the billions of lire.
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Reggio Calabria
Italy
Ionian Sea
Churchill poised to call troops over oil truck strike
London reports the five day wildcat strike by 2600 oil truck drivers risking full traffic paralysis. Churchill threatens to deploy soldiers to run oil trucks and depots if workers do not return, as nonunion staff firing and a weekly 10 shilling raise demand fuel the dispute.
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London
Churchill
Transport and General Workers’ Confederation
Winston Wins Solid Faith Vote
In London the government survived a confidence vote over its suppression of British Guiana leftists and suspension of the colony's constitution. The Commons rejected a Labor amendment 294 to 256 and endorsed the government's policy. Cheddi Jagan watched from the gallery as Oliver Lyttelton and Clement Attlee sparred over the action and local red influence.
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London
Churchill
British Guiana
House of Commons
House
Cheddi Jagan
Spectator
Oliver Lyttelton
Lyttelton
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Seven Illegally Imprisoned Men Freed in Brockton
Seven men released after Supreme Court Judge Felix Forte ruled their commitments illegal and without hearings. Elmer Bridges, jailed from age 10 on a truancy charge later judged mistaken identity, was among them after 41 years of incarceration. Defective delinquents designation noted. terms were indefinite.
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Brockton
Mass
Superior Court
Felix Forte
Forte
Elmer Bridges
Bridges
Tewksbury
Swedish Plane Shot Down Rumor Amid Syrian Reports
Reports from Beirut claimed a Swedish plane was shot down over Syria with blame directed at the Israeli air force. An Israeli official denied the story, stating there was no truth whatever to the account.
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London
Lebanon
Syria
Beirut
Israel
Kremlin Orders Big Increase In Consumer Goods Output
The Soviet Council of Ministers and Central Committee decree orders a 72 percent rise in consumer goods output by end of 1956. It calls for 40,000 new stores and 11,000 new dining halls, better public service, and training to improve consumer access. It also sets steep percentage increases for meat, butter, furniture, clothing, sewing machines, radios, TVs, and home appliances, with measures against shoddy goods and old stock.
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Richard Kasischke
Moscow
Malenkov
Soviet Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Central Committee
Rain Returns to West Texas Drought Area Heavy Showers Hit Plains
Torrential rain drenched the South Plains from dawn to night, easing drought worries. Runoff flooded two small towns Spur and Dickens and spurred evacuations while rain spread from Lamesa to Plainview and into the Panhandle and north Texas, with Falcon Dam receiving renewed water inflow.
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Spur
Dickens
Lubbock
Great South Plains
New Mexico
Lamesa
Plainview
Panhandle
Texas
South Texas
Rio Grande
Great Reservoir
Falcon Dam
Eisenhower
Sane Halloween On Tap In Middleton
In Middleton plans for a safe Halloween include a costume parade and dance to guide younger fun into non destructive channels. Sunday's Journal promises coverage with photos and a feature on local schools and a sorority convention planned for the area. Lt Col Ralph Pearson’s profile also appears in the issue.
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Middletown
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
United Nations Command
Munsan
United Nations Repatriation Commission
Ralph Pearson
Two Teens Admit Derailing Freight Train in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio two juvenile suspects aged 15 and 13 confessed to derailing a New York Central freight train causing a 500000 loss. They admitted planning to blow a dam on Big Walnut Creek with dynamite and had escaped from a juvenile research bureau.
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Columbus
Ohio
Big Walnut Creek
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Koreans Vow Mass Breakout Forces Attendance Debate
AP dispatch from Panmunjom reports stalled efforts to coax anti-Communist Korean War prisoners to attend explanation sessions. North Korea delays reply until next week amid Commission tensions as India seeks peaceful resolution.
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Panmunjom
Red
Neutral Nations
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
India
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
One Bundle Budget Weighs Defense and Aid Plan
A proposed one package budget would combine U S national defense and foreign military aid requests. Senators Mundt and Smith called the plan interesting and useful while cautioning foreign aid scrutiny. Administration officials said the idea is under serious consideration to secure congressional approval and emphasize interlinked U S and Western Europe defenses.
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Washington
Sen. Mundt
RSC
U. S
Mundt
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Europe
America
300 Hunters Trapped By Snow Storm
Sheridan Wyoming Gov Rogers ordered the National Guard the state Air Rescue Service and the state game and fish department to search for 300 or more hunters trapped by a blizzard in the Big Horn National Forest near the Wyoming Montana line Four foot drifts blocked highways and hunters abandoned cars as the storm abated and some began to trek out of the mountains.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Rugged Op National Forest
Wyoming-Montana
C. J. Rogers
National Guard
State Air Rescue Service
State Game and Fish Department
Big Horn Forest
Forest Service
Gas explosion hurls man from bathtub in Midwest City
A gas blast in an eight room duplex near Oklahoma City overturned the building and injured six members of two families. Witness Jack Cricker, 21, said the blast hurled him from the bathtub into the front yard.
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Oklahoma City
Midwest City
Jack Cricker
La Rosa Defends Side After Godfrey Firing Story
Julius La Rosa speaks publicly amid the Godfrey firing fallout. He says Godfrey called the departure a swan song and questions the implied humility concept. CBS contract hurdles remain as negotiations and offers are weighed.
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Julius la Rosa
Godfrey
Herb Altschull
Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Brooklyn
la Rosa
Asian nations council proposed in U S outreach
Sen Knowtl of California urged forming an international council of free Asian nations to coordinate resources defense and manpower. The Senate majority leader back from a Far East fact finding tour said the United States should sponsor economic and military alliances with Asiatic nations addressing security and industry. He spoke to the California Manufacturers Assn.
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Los Angeles
Sen
Knowtland
Calif
International Council of Free Asian Nations
Senate
Far East
United States
California
Miami Valley Weather Outlook and Ohio Forecast
Cloudy skies cover the Miami Valley tonight with cooler temperatures expected Saturday. Highs in the 80s today in Kentucky with mostly cloudy and cooler conditions and northerly winds Saturday. Central readings include Middle Town at 83 degrees yesterday 3 PM and 54 at 1 AM. today’s low 48 at 6 AM. The AP five day Ohio forecast predicts near normal temperatures from Saturday to Wednesday with light rain possible Monday or Tuesday. Normal lows 41 highs 59 north 64 south.
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Miami Valley
Kentucky
Middletown
Associated Press
Ohio
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