North Korean towns warned to evacuate as raids loom
The UN and U S forces report air superiority in Korea with Sabre jets destroying four MIGs and damaging six more in four dogfights. Civilians in 78 North Korean towns housing military installations are urged to evacuate before raids. Ground fighting remains light while air operations target front-line areas.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Air Force
Glenn P. Barcus
Radio
Washington
Navy
Yellow Sea
Japan
Yonan
Haeju
Iowa police hunt two parolees in double abduction case
Bernard Zornes 27 of Des Moines and Oscar Wayne Helton 24 of Anamosa are sought after two men abducted Cedar Rapids cab driver George D. Rusk Jr. and Marengo trucker Will Haden then released them. Rusk described the leader as armed with a .45 and calling his partner Bernie.
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Cedar Rapids, la. Y
Cedar Rapids
Bernard Zornes
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Iowa
Marengo
Frank Hinkacek
Anamosa Reformatory
Oscar Wayne Helton
George D. Rusk Jr
Marshall County
Harry W. Jennings
Rusk
le Grand
Will Hadenfelt
Davis Feed and Supply Co
Bernie
Four Die in Florida Plane Crash at Miami Airport
A troubled C-45 twin engine plane dived 200 feet at Miami International airport killing all aboard. Victims include pilot Capt. Robert E. Smith 29 Miami co pilot John Goodman 26 Vincennes Ind and two Orlando Florida youths Thomas Slaughter 15 and Glenn Slaughter 13. Smith and Goodman were Resort Air Lines pilots and the boys were sons of another Resort Air Lines pilot Dixie Walker.
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Miami
Fla
Miami International Airport
Robert E. Smith
John Goodman
Vincennes
Ind
Thomas Slaughter
Glenn
Orlando
Smith
Goodman
Resort Air Lines, Inc
Resort Air Lines
Dixie Walker
Buffalo Woman Questioned in Davenport Shooting
Dorothy Stubbs 21 of Buffalo Iowa remained under questioning after a 10 year old boy Eugene Doss was wounded by shotgun pellets in Davenport. Doss was treated and released. Stubbs says she did not know the gun was loaded and aimed to scare him after he used bad language. Sheriff Wildman planned to file a charge of going armed with intent.
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Davenport
Dorothy Stubbs
Buffalo
Eugene Doss
Cecil Doss
Pete Wildman
Stubbs
Eugene
Wildman
Miss Stubbs
Chain reaction accident wounds Newburgh corporal in Korea
Corporal Raul M Menzer of Newburgh New York was treated for a shoulder wound after a Communist mortar shell exploded near a frontline bunker. The blast triggered a discharged rifle from a suspended rack that struck an iron ceiling support, sending a sliver into his shoulder. Skepticism over his wound was noted but the incident is confirmed as the cause.
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Korea
Raul M. Menzer
Newburgh
N. Y
Menzer
South Solid in Polls as Stevenson Seeks Wins
Top Democratic leaders predicted the South remains solid for Stevenson despite Dixie discontent. Eisenhower tours California while Stevenson lines up White House talks and two key appointments. Missouri, Michigan, and Kansas primaries draw attention as Negro vote influence looms in strategizing.
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Associated Press
South
Dixie
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Russell Long
Louisiana
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Stevenson
White House
Missouri
Truman
Michigan
Kansas
Brannan
Clark Clifford
Richard Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell-Kefauver
J. E
Buck) Taylor
U. S
Taylor
Stuart Symington
Taylor-Symington
Democratic Party
Pendergast
Thomas F. Callanan
Iowa Youth Suffocates In Corn Bin
Maurice Thompson, 17, of Onawa Iowa, suffocated Monday in a large corn storage bin while helping remove corn from PMA bins at Rodney in northern Monona County.
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Onawa
Maurice Thompson
Ute
Rodney
Monona County
PMA
Medal of Honor Hero Accused in Virginia Hoax Case
A young mother says a staged suicide attempt on a sixth floor ledge was a publicity hoax to aid Maynard H. Smith a World War II hero running for Virginia governor. Smith and Roland Bennett face charges for faking the death attempt tied to Smiths campaign plans.
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Washington
Ernestine Lucille Whomble
Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith
Virginia
Clark King
Smith
Roland Bennett
Bennett
Whombie
Hollywood
YWCA
Texas Bus Toll Remains Mystery
Two Greyhound buses collided and burned near Waco Texas killing at least 28 people and injuring 25. Authorities work to identify charred remains as Greyhound officials and Texas DPS investigate the cause. Drivers Milton Merry Herring age 24 and B E Billy Malone age 23 were among the dead.
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Waco
Tex
Greyhound
Here
Greyhound Lines
Texas Department of Public Safety
Milton Merry Herring
B. E. Billy Malone
Texas
Herring
Malone
Burned Toast Baffles Scientists at UNM Institute
Albuquerque reports that UNM meteorite researchers tested a mass of black porous material sent by a Macon Georgia teacher who claimed it landed on her sidewalk in liquid form. Dr Lincoln La Paz and his team examined it with Geiger counters and microscopes before Mrs La Paz sniffed and declared the verdict that burned toast explains the mystery.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Macon
Lincoln la Paz
Institute of Meteoritics
Call Flood Talks At Council Bluffs
A Wednesday meeting in Council Bluffs aims to urge Army engineers to add five feet to the Missouri River levees guarding the city. The drive, led by the Nonpareil with the Chamber of Commerce, invites Brig. Gen. W. E. Potter Col. Henry Hoeffer Sen. Guy M. Gillette Rep. Ben F. Jensen and Sen. B. B. Hickenlooper.
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Council Bluffs
Ila
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Potter
Missouri River Division
Henry Hoeffer
Heinz Executive Dies of Heart Attack at 45
Herbert H. Beadle, 45, production manager at H. J. Heinz Co., died of a heart attack at his home 1615 Mulberry avenue while on a ladder. EMS units spent nearly 90 minutes attempting revival. coroner Dr. William Catalona ruled death. Beadle, a Muscatine native, leaves wife Laura McCarty and four children, active in church and fraternal orders. funeral Thursday at Fairbanks Home for Funerals with burial at Grenwood cemetery.
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Herbert H. Beadle
Muscatine
H. J. Heinz Co
Mulberry Avenue
Beadle
William Catalona
J. H
Lyte Shirkey Beadle
Illinois City
Laura McCarty
First Methodist Church
Masonic Order
The
Elks Lodge
Joel
Michael
Sandra
Anita
Robert Leu
Jessie Mewes
Fairbanks Home
Claude W. Cooper
Grenewood Cemetery
Journal Staffer Injured in Denver
Miss Margaret Griffith national advertising manager of The Muscatine Journal suffered a fracture of the pelvis and left leg when struck by a car in Denver Colorado on Monday afternoon. She is a patient at Mercy hospital in Denver and resides at 212 West Eleventh Street. She had traveled from Muscatine with Miss Clara Maxson for a two week Colorado vacation.
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Margaret Griffith
Muscatine Journal
Denver
Colo
Miss Griffith
Mercy Hospital
West Eleventh Street
Clara Maxson
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
Colorado
Guerrillas Attack Polls Near Pusan in S Korea Election
Police killed six guerrillas and wounded 10 of a 40 member band that attacked a polling place about 70 miles west of Pusan in South Korea's first direct presidential and vice presidential election. Home Minister Kim Tai Sun said the guerrillas fled, leaving a sub machine gun and 300 cartridges.
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Pusan
Korea
Here
South Korea
Kim Tai Sun
Muscatine County Nears Budget of 1 149 300 for 1953
Muscatine County adopts a proposed 1953 budget of 1 149 300, with 640 800 to be raised by taxation and a tax rate of 20.37 per 1 000 assessed value. A public hearing is set for August 25, and several funds gain or lose money, including road maintenance up to 288 600 and emergency funds up 4 500.
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Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
COUR
Cerca Daws Wong Hinds
Dawesseedes
Arnall Expected To Resign Soon
Washington report states Governor Ellis Arnall likely to resign to President Truman on Wednesday. A source says he plans to return to Georgia by September 1 to resume private law practice after leaving government service.
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Arnall
Washington
Ellis Arnall
Truman
Georgia
Five Day Forecast With Temperatures and Rain
The five day outlook shows temperatures near normal in the south and slightly below normal in the north. Normal highs are 84 north 87 south with lows of 60 north 65 south. Expect mild conditions Wednesday cooler Thursday and a warming trend into the weekend. Rainfall totals 1 to 2 inches from showers Wednesday through Friday.
Lewis Serves Notice of Pact End Sept 30
Washington AP The United Mine Workers plan to end current contracts by September 30 prompting potential nationwide soft coal mine shutdowns. John L. Lewis notified leaders of the Southern Coal Producers Association and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association that 60 days’ notice is required.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mine Workers Union
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Harry M. Moses
Moses
Moody Group
Indiana
Far West
Philip Murray
CIO
Sioux City Polio Cases Near 400
Polio cases in the Sioux City area approach 400 with 11 new hospital admissions Monday bringing total to 398. Iowa City University hospitals exceed 100 with 12 more admissions. Des Moines adds nine cases for 134 since June 30. Council Bluffs reports two new hospitalizations bringing 1952 total to 35.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Crash Scrambles Eggs For lowan-But Good
Vernon Thomas, 32, of Charles City Iowa, was driving a tractor trailer hauling eggs when he braked for a rough patch of pavement. The truck skidded and overturned in Amsterdam New York area. Thomas was not injured but his cargo was destroyed.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Vernon Thomas
Charles City
Thomas
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