Bus Driver's Fatal Shooting Triggers Citywide Strike
In Chattanooga a bus driver Walter Crownover shot Milton Sims dead after Sims complained about being passed by. Crownover was fired and a five day bus strike by 205 drivers and 80 shopworkers followed in sympathy, as the union and company debate conduct and penalties.
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Milton B Sims
Ernest
Walter R. Crownover
Crownover
Sims
Canning Crownover
Division 1212
Chattanooga News-Free Press
Allies Hold Truce Talk Initiative in Korea Talks
U N delegates announce the Allies have taken the initiative in Korean cease fire discussions at Kaesong. VAdm C Turner Joy indicates the topic of foreign troop withdrawals will be set aside for now to push talks on agreed items, risking renewed wrangling if the Reds resist.
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Adm. C. Turner Joy
U. N
Reds
Joy
Korea
Chennault Says Korea Truce Is U.S. Setback
General Claire Chennault warned the Korea truce would be a U S defeat not peace. He said a Kaesong settlement signals Communist gains and will allow expansion toward Formosa Indo China Burma Tibet and Hong Kong, with South Koreans resisting the armistice.
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Chennault
Korea
U. S
Asia
Claire Chennault
Hotel Frances
Kaesong
Formosa
Indo-China
Burma
Tibet
Hong Kong
Europe Still Needs Power in West Defense Aided
A Senate tour across Europe reports Western Europe lacks adequate defenses against a possible Russian attack. The group views the administration's 8.5 billion dollar foreign military and economic aid plan more favorably than before. Senator Hickenlooper says Ike calls the full program essential and urges rapid production of guns and planes to build 60 defense divisions. Hearings on the aid program start Thursday with Acheson as first witness, Marshall to follow.
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Washington
Europe
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Eisenhower
Connally
D. - Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Acheson
Marshall
Need for More Men in Armed Forces Debate Grows
Senators pressed for more information on President Truman’s view that the 3.5 million man goal may be insufficient to deter Soviet aggression. Senator Morse urged boosts in manpower and equipment, while Sparkman supported possible expansion beyond 3.5 million as talks in Korea continued. A joint committee planned to reconcile wage and price control bills before the current law expires.
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Washington
Truman
Morse
R.-Ore
Oregon
Russia
Congress
Korea
Senate-House
Senate
House
Senator Sparkman
Ala
Former School Leader Martin Luther Peacock Dies
Martin Luther Peacock Jr aged 66 died in Monroe hospital. He was a Ward Nine resident, former Ouachita Parish School Board member, and long time Sunday school superintendent at Watson Union Chapel Church of God. He is survived by his wife Mary, eight children, a brother, a sister, and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Mulhearn Funeral Home.
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Martin Luther Peacock
Monroe Hospital
Ouachita Parish
Watson Union Chapel Church of God
Mary Peacock
F. C. Wilson
Little Rock
Ark
G. E. Rutledge
West Monroe
Glen Adams
Monroe
Evelyn Peacock
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Peacock Home
Allied defense idea study plan gains cautious U S support
United States officials review a weekend proposal to fuse the armies and finances of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and western Germany into a single five nation defense structure for NATO. Some officers see it as a potential core for Europe’s common defense while awaiting full commitment and funding details. Eisenhower must navigate NATO politics as diplomats weigh this plan.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
United States
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Eisenhower
Adm Sherman Leaves Italy on Final Flight Home
Naples Italy July 24 A four engined U S navy transport took off from Naples airport carrying the body of Admiral Forrest P Sherman on his last flight home The 54 year old admiral youngest to lead the navy’s top job died after two heart attacks in a Naples hotel room He had toured Atlantic pact nations and met Franco about U S bases in Spain The funeral cortege proceeded from the Mount Olympus to Capo d Pin, with Italian guards band and motor police escort involved.
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Naples
Italy
U. S. Navy
Forrest P. Sherman
Mediterranean
Washington
Navy
Capodichino
Mount Olympus
U.S
Spain
Robert B. Carney
Sherman
Durant Calls World Turmoil Normal Despite Alarms
Will Durant, back from Europe aboard the liner Independence, says today’s world situation is normal times and a snafu as it has always been. He advises Americans not to worry about alarmist prophecies of wars.
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New York
Will Durant
Durant
Europe
Cougar Not Dangerous Just Playful in Portland
In Portland a 100 pound cougar named Chili, kept by J Kendall Hockensmith, sparks debate after a dog attack. Police and zoo staff moved the cat to the zoo for observation as owner defends its tame nature. Neighbors doubt the claim and a state game commission inquiry follows over a bounty rule.
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Chili
Louis Miller
J. Kendall Hockensmith
State Game Commission
Whip Banned in Colorado Prison Riot Response
The state institution board banned the use of the whip in Colorado prisons after reviewing a riot in which six convicts participated and two guards were shot. The decision also left Warden Roy Best off charges for ordering the discipline.
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Colorado
Denver
State Institution Board
Roy Best
Drunkenness Blamed on Achein Teeth in Maryland Court
Cumberland, Md July 24 The defendant on a 15th drunk charge this year blamed his problem on two achin jaw teeth. He told Magistrate J Milton Dick that whiskey was his best pain killer. The magistrate sentenced six months in jail but suspended it if the man has the teeth pulled.
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Cumberland
J. Milton Dick
Indo-China Reds Visiting Peiping
A Chinese Red radio report from Peiping says an Indo-China Communist delegation led by Hoang Quoc Viet arrived in Peiping to strengthen ties with China and Vietnam. The broadcast notes meetings with senior Chinese officials and 700 officials present.
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Peiping
San Francisco
Chinese Red Radio
Indo- China
China
Vietnam
Associated Press
Hoang Quoc Viet
National United Front
Bao Dai
Korea
Indo-China
Defense Ministry
Red Regime
LSU Caribbean program underway with 229 service men enrolled
Baton Rouge Louisiana July 24 The Carib bean program at Louisiana State University is underway with 229 service men enrolled extension Director J W Brouillette said today History courses for college credit are being offered at five Panama Canal Zone bases including Fort Amador Fort Kobbe Fort Clayton Fort Gulick and Albrook Air Force Base Summer classes are being attended by officers and enlisted men at these bases
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
J. W. Brouillette
Red Radio Demands Withdrawal Of Troops From Korea
U N truce negotiators return to Kaesong for a yes or no on an armistice agenda. Pyongyang radio says the answer will be no. U N delegates insist talks omit any discussion of withdrawing foreign troops from Korea.
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Robert B. Tuckman
U. N
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Peiping
United States
Powell Faces New Charges In Abduction Case
John Henry Powell 21 of Monroe is jailed in Minden on aggravated assault and abduction charges. He allegedly kidnapped his estranged wife at gunpoint from her father’s home, then drove toward Homer Arkansas before being captured in Monroe. Powell’s brother was present but not charged.
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Minden
John Henry Powell
Egan Street
Monroe
J. D. Batton
Powell
Claude Carter
Homer
Florado
Ark
Hearings Set On Five Oil and Gas Field Applications
Judge S. L. Dig will conduct hearings August 9 on oil and gas field applications at Cafe on Hotel Virginia roof. Fields listed include New pay depth in Swartz Monroe area, Lisbon in Claiborne Parish, Bearcreek in Bienville, Ruston in Lincoln, and Cotton Valley via Mid-States Oil Co. U. S. 8th Army Korea report.
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S. L. Digby
Virginia
Duncan S. Cook
Monroe
Claiborne Parish
Sam Sklar
Bearcreek
Bienville Parish
Southern Natural Gas Corp
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Cotton Valley
Mid-States Oil Co
Unlawful to operate vehicle with disability per ordinance
A civic notice states it is unlawful for any person to use drive or operate a vehicle while suffering a disability infirmity or affliction that renders the operator unable to drive safely as defined in ordinance 2788 section 4.
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Pegler
Chattanooga
Nate Polowetzky
Whan Tha Tren
Aidan Bimnét Me
Lilsl
Matthew B. Ridgway
Louisiana
Petain
Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
Justice of Peace
Marly le Roi
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Gen. Eisenhower
Jules Moch
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Adm
Naval
Portland
Ore
City
Hockensmith
L. S. U. Caribbean
Missouri
Cramer
Phil Cramer
Freddy
Kansas
Red Radio
Communist “Korean Central Press
South Korea
LA. N
Matthew B
Ridgway
8Th Army
Kamsong
Iron Triangle
Yanggu
East Central Front
Kansong
Fifth Air Force
Kang - Dong
Charles A. Williams
Tulsa
Okla
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