Ridgway Authorized as Talks Open on Korea Armistice
General Ridgway has full authority to handle the Communist armistice proposal with talks set near Kaesong possibly July 10 to 15. U N officials anticipate consultation with Washington, while terms under consideration include a 20 mile buffer zone and international inspection of forces. Senators Connally Mundt Wiley urged cautious optimism about pursuing peace talks amid broader regional concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
State Department
Connally
D.-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wiley
T.wisc
Indo-China
Burma
Mundt
United States
Tokyo
Westbrook Pegler Attacks Marshall Women on Security Act
Westbrook Pegler denounces Marshall Texas housewives who met at Mrs. Furrh’s home to resist the baby-sitters’ social security act. He mocks their wealth and status, laments Southern women’s politics, and compares them to powerful labor leaders while recalling CIO riots and public tolerance for New York workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall, Tex
William K. Furrh
Victory Drive
Marshall
Shreveport
Vicksburg
White House
Hyde Park
Morgenthaus
Roosevelts
Marshall Field
Averell Harriman
Furrhs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
CIO
Michigan
Ohio
Tex
Bond Election Tuesday In Monroe Fire Facilities Upgrade
Monroe property owners vote Tuesday on issuing 650000 in bonds to fund fire-fighting facility improvements. Polls open 7 am to 6 pm as citizens, city officials, and the League of Women Voters advocate the measure despite no clear request from the fire department. The National Board of Fire Underwriters warns insurance rate increases if protection is not expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Citizens Committee
City Commission Council
League of Women Voters
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Berserk Sniper Shot by Police in Springfield
Ray Waterfield a 39 year old hotel resident and truck driver fired on motorists from the Horn hotel roof in downtown Springfield for about an hour before police using rifles revolvers fear gas and machineguns wounded him. He was taken to St Johns Hospital where officials said he would recover. Police found nine rifles and several revolvers on the rooftop arsenal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Ray Waterfield
Horn Hotel
Waterfield
St. John’s Hospital
Willard Kelley
Illnois Light Company
Mrs Sharman Seriously Hurt In Jeep Accident
Mrs Sue Sharman district circulation manager of the News Star World was seriously injured on the Loop road near midnight when a jeep rolled over repeatedly as it slipped off the blacktop. She was not believed to be struck by another vehicle and was taken to St Francis Sanitarium with a broken pelvis fractured leg and several broken ribs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Sharman
News Star—World
Loop Road
St. Francis Sanitarium
Building Permits Reported for June by City Inspector Awl
City Building Inspector Samuel H. Awl announced 34 building permits issued in June 1951 totaling $156,002. The batch included 13 dwelling units valued at $104,946, non dwelling items $17,600, and 12 alterations totaling $33,456. Six buildings were moved and one building was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Awl
Awl
Siamese Loyalists Conquer Rebels in Bangkok Uprising
Bangkok buries dead and treats the wounded as peace returns after a Thai naval faction failing to overthrow Premier Pibulsonggram. Two rebel admirals surrender while others flee in civilian clothes. Pibulsonggram was kidnapped then freed, suspectedly by a naval patrol, and later escorted to his office. No Americans were injured though embassies endured shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
P. Pibulsonggram
Pibulsonggram
Government House
Thonburi
Manila
Oatis Admits Spy Role In Prague Trial
William N. Oatis AP chief in Prague testifies he was an espionage agent before a Communist Czechoslovak court. Observers note his pale, strained appearance and careful testimony as he faces long detention since April 23. The case echoes past confessions amid harsh interrogations and broad anti espionage laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan de Luce
Frankfurt
Germany
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
SecreteBha BG Fe
Hepuring
Amerticaan Olicais
Oatis
Taft Urges Unleashing Chiang Troops on China
Senator Taft urges taking the wraps off Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist forces on Formosa despite Korea cease-fire talks. He calls on Senate members on the MacArthur ouster inquiry to endorse using Nationalist troops against Communist China, with Senator Cain aiding the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Taft
Ohio
United States
Formosa
Korea
China
Senate
Douglas Mac-Arthur
MacArthur
Chiang Kai Shek
Ohioan
Cain
R-Wash
Believe Plane Fell Suddenly in Colorado Tragedy
Investigators believe United Airlines DC6 flight 610 with 50 aboard crashed without warning in the Rockies during its San Francisco to Chicago run after a pilot strike. The fuselage broke apart, bodies moved to a makeshift morgue in a National Guard armory as officials probe the unknown cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Appleby
Los Altos
Calif
Rockies
Fort Collins
Colo
Chicago
San Francisco
Colorado
United Air Lines
Crystal Mountain
National Guard
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Salt Lake City
Denver
Rural Electrification Administration
George W. Haggard
Washington, D. C
Wright Air Base
Dayton
Ohio
James R. Appleby
Cheyenne
Wyo
Two Children Abandoned At New Orleans Bus Station
Two blond, blue eyed children were left at the Greyhound Bus Station on Canal Street. A woman aged about 25 left them with Mrs. May Styles who later notified police. The kids aged about two and one half, and 14 months, were taken to St. Vincent's infant asylum. A brown paper bag with clothes accompanied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Greyhound
Canal Street
May Styles
North Korea Urges Soldiers On Despite Cease Fire Talks
North Korea announced through Pyongyang radio that its forces would keep fighting while awaiting news of a potential armistice. The Reds claimed victory and urged front line troops to continue fighting, while accepting UN cease-fire talks and proposing a Kaesong meeting July 10 to 15. General Ridgway had suggested meeting aboard the Jutlandia off Wonsan, with date to be set if the Reds agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen Clements
Tokyo
Red Korea
Pyongyang
United Nations
Peiping
Reds
U. N
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
Jutlandia
Wonsan
Ridgway
Telegraphers Keep Working Seeks Wage Boost Settlement
About 35 000 Western Union employees suspended a planned strike to vote on accepting a 17 cent per hour wage increase. The offer includes a 13 cent raise from July 1 and four cents after September 1, with 8 000 messengers getting immediate boosts of seven and a half cents and a further increase on September 1, pending wage stabilization board approval. The vote is being held outside New York City after a tentative settlement in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
A. F. L. Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union
New York City
New York
J. R. Mandelbaum
J. L. Wilcox
Four Convicted Reds Fail To Surrender For Jail
In New York on July 2, only seven of eleven top convicted Communists appeared in federal court as they faced surrender to begin prison terms of three to five years for conspiracy to overthrow the U S government. Those missing were Henry Winston Robert G Thompson Gus Hall and Gilbert Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Winston
Robert G. Thompson
Gus Hall
Gilbert Green
Sylvester J. Ryan
U.S. Supreme Court
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Fishermen Attacked by Jumping Bass in Bayou DeLaird Tale
Leon G Sugar and Raymond Potter report a bizarre incident on a Sunday fishing trip near Northeast Louisiana State College. They claim a school of large bass slapped them and two fish weighing about three pounds forced themselves into the boat injuring Raymond’s arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon G. Sugar
Raymond Potter
Monroe
Burlington
Wis
Liars Club
Leon
Raymond
Bayou DeLaird
Louisiana State College
Edgewater Gardens
Monroe Wholesale Drug Company
Mrs Madison dies in Bastrop Louisiana
Bastrop July 2 Special Mrs H Flood Madison Sr aged 82 prominent Bastrop resident died at 4 45 am Monday in Baptist General Hospital after a 10 day illness Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 30 am at First Baptist Church Bastrop with Rev Richard Lubbock Dr O M Anderson and Rev Frank Perersons officiating Interment in Bastrop cemetery under Robinson Funeral Home Pallbearers named John Madison Smith George H Goodwin S Alvin Leopold W B Files W L Mattison Sampson Snyder Duke Shack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
H. Flood Madison Sr
Baptist General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Richard Lubbock
O. M. Anderson
Frank Peresons
Robinson Funeral Home
John Madison Smith
George H. Goodwin
S. Alvin Leopold
W. B. Files
W. P. Douglas
W. L. Mattison
Sampson Snyder
Duke Shack
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West
U.S
Westbrook
Pegler
Mrs. Sharman
United Air Lines DC
Denver Post
Dean Conger
REA
Fort Collins, Colo
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
Vogeler
Czechoslovakia
Republic
A. P
North Korea
Madison
Charles Green
Scranton
Charlie
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