Red Trick In Maneuver To Free Turncoats
Hong Kong authorities accuse Chinese officials of a propaganda move to obtain transit permits for three turncoat Americans. The permits would allow entry as undocumented aliens, with immediate transfer to U.S. authorities, while Peiping’s plans remain unclear. The three men Lewis W. Griggs O G Bell and William A. Cowart were to cross into British Hong Kong today but departure was postponed.
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Hong Kong
Red China
U. S
Peiping
Red Cross Society
United States
Peiping Radio
Canton
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
O. G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Free World
Youths Admit Sending SOS In Boat Hoax
Nassau County police said two youths admitted sending an SOS from a vessel that triggered a coast guard search of the Atlantic, a $50,000 effort that began early Thursday. The youths faced inquiries after the hoax.
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Woodmere
N.Y
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Nassau County
Airlift Begins as GlobeMasters Arrive in Japan
Three C-124 Globemasters land at Ashiya Air Base ahead of 43 planes in a mass airlift moving 7 000 troops between Japan and the United States. The 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team arrives in Japan while 3 000 men of the 187th Airborne RCT shift to Fort Bragg amid a 46 hour flight.
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Ashiya Air Base
Japan
United States
America
Tokyo
Gregory E. Loucks
Okland
Calif
508Th Airborn
187Th Airborn Rct
Pacific
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Man Electrocuted at River Products Quarry Near Coralville
Eugene Arthur Gilson aged 40 from Coralville was electrocuted about 6 45 am while at work at the River Products quarry north of Coralville Indications point to him throwing a switch when the fatal shock occurred and the switch may have been wet at the time
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Iowa City
Eugene Arthur Gilson
Coralville
River Products
Gilson
Woman Robbed on Loop Elevated Train in Chicago
Miss Sally Carney, 23, a University of Chicago secretary, said a man with a knife threatened her on a Loop bound elevated train and took her purse containing $50. Six passengers, including two women, alighted at the 47th Street station. the others remained aboard.
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Chicago
Sally Carney
University of Chicago
Buford Installs as NEA President for One Year
John Lester Buford, superintendent of Mount Vernon Illinois schools, was installed as president of the National Education Association for a one year term on Friday night.
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Chicago
John Lester Buford
Mount Vernon
Ill
National Education Assn
Youths hoax sea distress signal from Long Island boat
A 17 year old and a companion admitted beaming a fake Mayday to show a “real radio works.” They burgled the St. Joseph radio shack near East Rockaway and face federal charges after a coast guard search for the fictional Blue Star, with 21 aboard, costing $50,000. Heavily damaged lines show the hoax prompted a multiagency search.
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Mer
Thomas Maldona
East Rockaway
N.Y
St. Joseph
George Teen
Gestmaide
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Blue Star
Barnegat
Coast Guard
William Herivede
Valley Stream
Long Island
Maldona
Radio Shack
Nancy Moran
Woodmere
U.S. Coast Guard
Scientists urge end to war in Russell led manifesto appeal
Albert Einstein and eight other eminent scientists joined Bertrand Russell in drawing up a manifesto urging world leaders to end war to prevent nuclear catastrophe. Russell disclosed the wording at a news conference attended by about 200, noting Einstein signed a day before his death. The three page statement called on governments to seek peaceful dispute resolution and warned of mankind’s possible destruction in future wars. Other signers included P W Bridgeman and H J Muller among eight scientists who joined Russell in the effort.
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London
Albert Einstein
Bertrand Russell
Russell
Einstein
United States
Niels Bohr
Bohr
Red China
Iran
U. S
Geneva
Suspect Sought in Death of 8 Year Old Mary Manzo
Chicago police hunt a scarfaced Negro, about 45 with graying hair, in connection with the kidnapping and death of 8 year old Mary Manzo on the South Side. Relatives report a man accosted Mary and her cousin Margie Lugo near their home and near a theater, prompting warnings to run. Mary’s body was found under a viaduct with signs of assault. tox reports pending.
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Manchester
N. H
Patricia Johnson
Walter Bourque Jr
Conrad Danais
Bourque
Patricia
Danais
Francis J. McGranaghan
Alex Hould
William Kelley
McGranaghan
Chicago
Mary Manzo
Manzo
South Side
Mary
Margie Lugo 8
Margie
Margies
Rose Lugo
Rose
Maria Lugo
Enrique Manzo
Enrique
Rain and cool air bring relief across Iowa
Violent storms swept across Iowa with thunder lightning and strong winds as a cool front moved in bringing relief from heat. Rain damaged structures, caused power outages and toppled trees while temperatures dropped from 100 to the upper 60s.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Marengo
Spencer
Burlington
Des Moines
St. Catherine’s
Cedar Rapids
Metropolitan Supply Co
Oskaloosa
Fred Zimmerman
Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Lamont
Sioux City
Ottumwa
Spencer Trace
Davenport Trace
Waterloo
Burlington Trace
Report 3 Dead In Flash Floods In Lancaster Ky
Officers waited for waters to recede to verify reports that three people may have drowned in flash floods. Sheriff L C Daniel said high water blocked entry to hardest hit sections Friday to investigate. Two unidentified children were found near two houses and two automobiles.
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Lancaster
L. C. Daniel
Pay Hike Settles Strike at Smelter
In Galveston Texas a three week old strike at North America’s only tin smelter near Texas City ends after the CIO union and company agree on a 10 cent hourly wage increase retroactive to May 31. The plant, government aided during wartime, is now run by a private firm with Congress recently approving more operating funds.
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Galveston
Tex
North America
Texas City
Congress
CIO Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Acom
University of Texas to Admit Negroes in 1956
The University of Texas regents announced they will admit Black students starting in the fall of 1956, with earlier admission considered if conditions allow, noting the campus is currently overcrowded.
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University of Texas
Austin
Tex
University of T Regents
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Crawford
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