Allies Plan to Delay Korea Debate at UN
At the United Nations in New York Britain and the United States move to throttle further Korean discussion in the General Assembly Political Committee until after the peace conference begins. Canadian Foreign Secretary Lester Pearson notes Korea fights only under UN action and rejects unification aims.
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United Nations N. Y
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U. N. General Assembly
Korea
United Nations
U. N
United Nations, N. Y
Britain
United States
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
China
India
Steering Committee
General Assembly
U. S
Assembly
Soviet Union
Bankers End Meeting Backing Freer Trade and Fiscal Policy
About 6,000 bankers at the American Bankers Association 79th annual convention in Atlantic City endorse freer trade and flexible monetary policy. Everett D. M. Reese elected ABA president for 1954 55. next convention set for Oct 27 28. Humphrey discusses debt management and tax-cut timing while forecasting no disaster from a stock decline.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve-Treasury
American Bankers Association
Everett D. M. Reese
Newark
Ohio
Atlantic City
N. J
Akers
W. Randolph Burgess
Treasury
Humphrey
Woman and Gangster Gang Face San Quentin Gas Chamber
Los Angeles presages the gas chamber for Barbara Graham John A Santo and Ernett Perkins after a first degree murder conviction in the beating and garroting of 62 year old Mabel Monahan in Burbank. No clemency recommended and sentencing set for Friday.
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Los Angeles
San Quentin
Barbara Graham
John A. Santo
Ernett Perkins
Monahan
Burbank
Graham
California
Esthel Spinelli
Louise Peete
Santo
Las Vega
Luther Scherer
Perkins
Guard Young
Chester
Nevada City
Calif
Ed Hanson
Nevada County
End of a record hot dry summer brings relief across the nation
The 1953 summer across the eastern half of the United States ended with relief as heat and drought eased. Record heat persisted in many cities from the Rockies to the Atlantic, millions faced crop and livestock losses, and heat prostration cases rose while several fatalities were attributed to the heat. The cool autumn arrival followed frosts in some areas signaling the end of an exceptionally hot season.
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Weather Bureau
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
New England
South
California
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Dean returns from Red captivity as a modest hero
P Maj Gen William F Dean arrives at Travis Air Force Base after three years as a prisoner of war. He downplays hero status saying he is “just a dog-faced soldier” while recalling Taejon defense and sharing a warm reunion with his wife Mildred as cameras flash.
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Skip Learo
Travis
Air Force
Basf
Calif
William F. Dean
Rocky Marciano
San Francisco
Dean
Taejon
Japan
Korea
Mildred
Beria May Take Saucers' Place
Madrid paper ABC reported Laurenty Beria parachuted into Spain several days ago and may replace the flying saucers. Police officials denied the report as unofficially laughable, with no confirmation.
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Beria
Madrid
Spain
ABC Today
Laurenty Beria
U S Seek Speed Record Push Against British Mark
The United States aims to beat Britain's world jet speed record of 727.6 mph. The Times reports tentative plans for a Salton Sea or Edwards AFB test with a Douglas F4D Skyray next Tuesday. Lt. Col. Pete Everest at Edwards tests an F100 Super Sabre and may announce unofficial speeds if they surpass the English record set by Neville Duke on Sept 7.
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Los Angeles
United States
Britain
the Times
Navy
Salton Sea
Edwards Air Force Base
California
The
Times
Pete Everest
Edwards Afb Flight Test Center
RAF
Neville Duke
Envoy Yang Arrives in Seoul for Talks with Rhee
South Korea's ambassador to the United States Dr You Chan Yang arrived in Seoul from Washington to confer with President Syngman Rhee on current diplomatic matters.
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Seoul
South Korea
United States
You Chan Yang
Washington
Syngman Rhee
Reds Hand Indians 23 Gls Today
The U.N. Command handed over the last of about 22 600 prisoners who renounced communism to neutral Indian troops. Allies refuse UN observers for the return of 359 uncooperative soldiers, including 23 Americans and 335 South Koreans, at the buffer zone.
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Seoul
U.N
Red
CFI
India
U.S. Air Force
Japan
S. E. Anderson
US. 5Th Air Force
Korea
South Korea
Veteran-Laden Plane Makes Crash Landing over Montana
A C46 twin-engine Caribbean- American Airlines plane caught fire and made a belly landing in Miles City Montana. All 7 crew members and 37 Korean veterans aboard escaped unharmed with no panic reported. Passengers evacuated through three open hatches after the engine fire began midair.
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Miles City
Mont.p
Pasenger
Associated Press
Kansas City
Minnick
Wabash Ind
Sacred Heart School
Cost of living index hits new high and raises rail wages
The government cost of living index climbs to 115 percent of the 1947-49 average, triggering a three-cent hourly wage raise for 1.3 million rail workers starting next month. Beef and veal prices rise six percent while rents gain 1.1 percent as Fed rent controls wind down.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO Auto
Eisenhower to Seek Taft Hartley Changes In January
President Eisenhower told the AFL he views the Taft Hartley Act as sound but will ask Congress to fix several defects at the opening of the January session. He praised the act as a substantial gain for labor management relations and said Durkin's input was valuable though Durkin resigned over the dispute. AFL chief Meany backed Durkin, praising his integrity as delegates cheered for a pledged agreement to carry out any deals.
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ST. Louis
Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor
Nixon
White House
Martin Durkin
Durkin
AFL
Congress
Capitol Hill
George Meany
Meany
Unions Call Nationwide Strike Across Italy Over Pay
In Rome AP unions including Communist and non Communist groups call a 24 hour strike starting midnight for higher wages and safety. Industrial confederation values cost at 800 million dollars to meet demands while leaders vow to defend bread and liberty. Pro Communist papers claim over six million workers will join.
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Rome
Italian Confederation of Industry
Red North Korea figure reported to have fled to Japan
Seoul reports say Park Hun Yung the ousted North Korean foreign minister was spirited to safety in Japan. A U S Army spokesman in Tokyo denies knowledge of his location while a ROK police intel officer claims the move was engineered by American officers and planned as early as last January.
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Seoul
Park Hun Yung
Red
North
Nam Il
Park
South Korea
U. S
North Korea
America
United States
Three Blasts Hit Ludidol Chemical Plant in Tonawanda NY
Three explosions and a fire at the Ludidol Chemical plant near Tonawanda, NY caused multiple casualties. Buffalo area hospitals reported seven to eight injured with others arriving. Police warned of fatalities as flames spread toward nearby homes.
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Tonawanda
N. Y
Buffalo
Kenmore Mercy Hospital
Tonawanda Town
Digestive gas linked to jet pilot performance in Korea
Air Force researchers report that pilots fed a non gas forming high protein diet showed 4.2 times as many success claims against enemy planes than crews on regular mess hall meals. The study notes cramps at high altitude and says gas expansion under pressure could hinder control, with diet designed to reduce digestive issues.
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Washington
Air Force
Korea
Frederick J. Hinman
Mary C. Horak
Air University Quarterly Review
Mess Hall
Quiet Would-Be Minister Confesses Murder of College Sweetheart
Roy Roger Schinagle Jr. of Mayfield Heights confessed to killing Cynthia Pfeil, a 19 year old from White Plains, in central Ohio. He described a brutal chain of events from Delaware to a secluded woods near Upper Sandusky and signed a nine page statement. The case links red slippers from Lazars Shoe Store in White Plains to Pfeil's identity as Schinagle's girlfriend.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Wyandot County
Roy Roger Schinagle Jr
Mayfield Heights
Ao Pfeil
White Plains
Delaware
Schinagle
Cleveland
Cynthia
Dean McAllister
Ohio Wesleyan University
McAllister
Harold Roth
Schinagie
New York
Ohio Woods
Prima Footwear Co
Columbus
Lazars Shoe Store
Cynthia Pfiel
Robert W. Pfeil
Calvin Swartz
Robert Hoffman
Fair Tonight Warmth Prepares Miami Valley for Fall
Weather reports from Vandalia forecast fair and warmer conditions tonight in the Miami Valley with a chilly start of 46 degrees. Tomorrow looks cloudy and warmer with a chance of rain and a long range forecast for Friday hints at more cloudiness and warmth. Ohiowide AP data suggests fair, not as cool tonight with lows around 38 to 45 and Thursday mainly cloudy and warmer. Middletown recorded a 70 degree high yesterday at 3 45 p.m. and a 44 degree low at 6 p.m.
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Sumner
Miami Valley
Vandalia
Ohio
Associated Press
Middletown
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