Dulles Warns of Retaliation If POWs Withheld
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would likely take reciprocal measures if American prisoners of war are withheld in violation of armistice terms. He spoke with President Eisenhower at his vacation spot after flying from South Korea where he met with President Syngman Rhee and observed exchanges of POWs at Freedom Village.
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Denver
State Dulles
Eisenhower
United States
Ee Ws
Ean Dulles
Rhee
Kora
Korea
Uie 5
Freedom Village
United Nations
Hat Matter Alles
Maxwell Tay
Dax
Dulles
U. S
Cpt
Purvis Webster
Britain to press for Red China admission to UN
Britain on August 10 formally notified the United States it will press for admission of Red China to the United Nations if the Korean peace conference succeeds. Selwyn Lloyd was instructed to convey the position in New York ahead of the UN assembly on Korea Week. Officials warn that hopes for a Korean settlement may be jeopardized by the mutual defense treaty reached in Seoul between Dulles and Rhee.
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London
Britain
United States
China
United Nations
Selwyn Lioyd
Linvd
New York
Korea
Seoul
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Ssngman Rhee
Waitress Dies in Shooting Near Tulsa Oklahoma
A waitress died and a man was seriously wounded in a shooting near U.S. 66 two miles from the highway. Both victims had no identifying papers. Mrs Mildred Amos, who lived in the Tulsa rooming house with the dead woman, provided several letters from a man who called himself Ellis and left for California after the incident.
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Terday
Tulsa
Okla
Mildred Amos
Breeds Wolfe
U.S
M. Taylor
Amos
California
Ellis
Frank Noel Reunited With Wife In Japan
A 48-year-old cameraman Strode, released from a Korea evacuation flight, was reunited with his wife in Japan. Tears filled Mrs Noel’s eyes as he embraced her and urged her to come home after months apart.
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Frank Noel
Japan
Warung
Korea
Noel
Neel
United States
Earthquake Hits Ithaca Island in Greece
A tremor struck Ithaca in western Greece causing two deaths, about twenty injuries, and the collapse of around 200 houses. Officials report widespread damage and ongoing aftershocks.
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Athens
Ithaca
Alveses
Greece
Sheriff Defends Release Of Inmate Gray For Two Hours
Sheriff Earnest Broughton disclosed William Aften Gray 44 an aggravated assault convict serving two years was briefly absent from the county jail on Saturday night. He said Gray returned to jail by 1 a.m. after a two hour release to be with his wife and denied any improper action by deputies.
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Earnest Broughton
William Aften Gray
Gray
Broughton
Tam
Medici Center Hospital
M. BE. Locker
Jaash-Ross Tool Company
George Kelton
Board of Pardons and Paroles
100 Officers Take Part In Manhunt
At least 100 officers mobilized in a major search across Harris and Galveston counties after State Patrolman John Connors was disarmed by burglars near LaMarque. A couple was captured near Morgan's Point, the Illinois car used by the burglars recovered, and a target island near Boarber's Cut was scouted as dawn broke. The Tharp Lumber Co. safe was battered but contents remained secure.
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Houston
Harris
Galveston
John Connors
Texas City
Tharp Lumber Co
LaMarque
Morgan's Point
Boarber’s Cut
Morgan’s Point
Indians Die in Korea Ambulance Unit Losses
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament two Indians died in the Korean fighting one from shrapnel and tone from illness eighteen were injured. The ambulance unit was India's sole contribution to UN forces in Korea and cost the government $90 300.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
United Nations
Korea
Returnee accounts recount atrocity tales in Korea
American veterans described mass killings and brutal conditions at Camp No. 5 Pyoktong and other camps. John Williams Jr. spoke of starving comrades, Elmer Owers recalled 2500 deaths in Camp No. 5, and Cpl. Joseph Morgan cited ice torture after using a propaganda paper as a sanitary item.
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Pfc
Elmer Owers
Clitwood
Pyoktong
Boot Hill
Owers
Cpl
Joseph Morgan
Cornersville
Ind
Thiy
Yorktown Bank Robbery Ends With Fled Suspects
A bank in Yorktown 65 miles southeast of here was robbed Sunday by two men. One bald and one with curly hair flashed a badge and claimed Fort Worth ties. They fled with about 311 dollars in cash and silver, tying up the bookkeeper Laverne Briger who said he worked early due to cotton harvest activity before the suspects escaped toward San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Yorktown
Here
Laverne Briger
Beokeeper
First National Bank of
Fort Worth
Brieger
Union Chief Attacks Plunder Pattern Of Administration
AFL Plumbers Union leader Peter Schoemann denounces a pattern of plunder in the Eisenhower era aimed at undermining hard won laws. He cites cuts to minimum wage unemployment compensation public power housing and social security while noting labor fights on state anti union laws and in Washington against a business dominated administration.
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Washington
Durkin
AFL Plumbers
Eisenhower
Peter Schoemann
Schoemann
Congress
Demands For Drought Relief Probe Pressed
W Floyd Deacon, Grapevine feed dealer and former Texas Feed Manufacturers Assn president, urged Congress or the Production and Marketing Administration to investigate drought relief abuses. He charged some West Texas ranchers bought relief cottonseed at 35 a ton and resold for 45, claiming the wealthiest ranchers gain most. State officials denied known abuses. inspectors urged accuracy and records checks in distributing feed across drought areas.
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Associated Press
Texas Feed Manufacturers Assn
W. Floyd Deacon
U. S
Wingate Lucas
Dtex
Grapevine
Deacon
Lucas
Congress
Production and Marketing Administration
Texas
Midwest
West Texas
D. R. Crowley
San Antonio
Crowly
Bexar i
Alaska
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
Metcalfe
John C. White
Claude McCan
Victoria
McCan
White
U. S. Agriculture Department
Kennan predicts revolution in Soviet orbit
Former ambassador George Kennan told a seminar that revolution in the Soviet orbit is likely and warned against U S interference which could backfire by uniting the Communists He said Soviet power is strained and will suffer from its own flaws while noting a shift toward realism in Asia and criticizing Eisenhower policy.
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Washington
George Kennan
United States
Kennan
Moscow
Russia
Asia
Eisenhower
Efforts Renewed To Cause Terror In East Germany
In Berlin Aug 10 the Soviets conduct spot checks for identity cards to terrorize East Germans seeking Eisenhower food packages. Police use fire hoses on crowds at railroad stations as they try to reach trains to Berlin. West Berlin restarts the food program Aug 26 after an initial phase ends Aug 15. Special squads target workers to enforce identity card requirements.
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Berlin
Soviet Zone
Eisenhower
West Berlin
West
Mountain Capital Patrolled After Abdullah Arrest
In Srinagar Kashmir armed police and Indian troops patrolled the tense capital today after the arrest of deposed Premier Abdullah and 30 other government and political leaders. Abdullah remained under house arrest and was accused of collusion with foreign powers to seek Kashmir independence.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Mohammed Abdullah
Abdullah
Pakistan
India
U S Sees No H Bomb Crisis From Soviet Claim
Washington officials say Russia s H bomb boast does not alter U S defense plans. The administration plans no crisis program of bomb shelters or dispersed defense, citing lingering doubts about Malenkov s claim and existing A bombs and long range planes. President Eisenhower left for a Colorado vacation as experts caution against overreaction.
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Washington
Russia
U. S
Eisenhower
North American
Georgiy Malenkov
United States
Malenkov
Congres
James H. Duff
R-Pa
Klaus Fuchs
Bruno Pontecorvo
Reds
Texans Freed in Sixth Korean War Prisoner Exchange
Kermit Soldier and six other Texans were freed Sunday night in the sixth Korean war prisoner exchange. Additional Texans released earlier by the Communists traveled from Japan to the United States by air Monday morning. Released were Pfc. James M. Connally Cpl. Walter R. Williams Cpl. Billy J. Campbell Pfc. Billy A. Brown Cpl. Billy J. Smith Cpl. Gene L. Roberts Cpl. Billie W. Jones. Relatives expressed relief as families received the news and praised the outcome.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
James M. Connally
High
Lamar County
Walter R. Williams
Alleyton
Colorado County
Billy J. Campbell
Loraine
Billy A. Brown
Houston
Billy J. Smith
Dallas
Gene L. Roberts
Leakey
Billie W. Jones
Martin B. Jones
Kermit
Heat Wave Grips Permian Basin and Texas Panhandle
The Permian Basin baked under 100 plus temperatures with Odessa hitting 102. Dallas recorded 91 after a Sunday high of 108 Saturday while Co tuttla led the state at 109. A Sunday thunderstorm dropped small rains in Dallas and Lake Dallas as temperatures cooled slightly into Monday morning.
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Permian
Mercury S
Odessa
Dallas-Fort Worth
Lufkin
Childress
Dallas
Lake Dallas
Pilot Point
Gainesville
South
Texas
North
Panhandle
Cotulla
Austin
San Antonio
Missing Texas City housewife and three children
Loretta Oliphant a 20 year old housewife and her three young children disappeared on a trip to an ice cream shop leaving husband Paul Oliphant to report them missing to police. Authorities across the nation were alerted to locate the family as fears of foul play grew.
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Texas City
O. C. Beard
Loretta Oliphant
Paul Oliphant
Oliphant
Bidault and Adenauer Discuss Friction Over Global Questions
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault had lunch with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. German officials said there would be a short dispersion of international political questions.
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BOMP
Georges Bidault
Konrad Adenauer
Haymes Postpones Washington Trip
Hollywood Aug. 10 Crooner Dick Haymes faces possible deportation to Argentina over a Honolulu visit to Rita Hayworth. He postponed plans to go to Washington to plead his case. Attorney Robert Eaton said Sen Pat McCarran and AG Herbert Brownell Jr. were unavailable, but a meeting with McCarran or Brownell could still occur during their vacations.
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Hollywood
Dick Haymes
Argentina
Honolulu
Rita Hayworth
Washington
Robert Eaton
Pat McCarran
Herbert Brownell Jr
Haymes
McCarran
Nevada
Eaton
Brownell
U.S. Population Reaches 160 Million Milestone
Washington reports America’s 160 millionth resident as a ten foot machine in the Commerce Department logs a net gain of one person every 12 seconds. The device counts births every 8 seconds and deaths every 21 seconds, alongside immigration and emigration.
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Washington
America
Commerce Department
Suit Withdrawn in NLRB Action Against Texas Labor Laws
Austin August 10 The National Labor Relations Board withdrew its suit against Attorney General John Ben Shepperd seeking to halt enforcement of certain Texas labor laws.
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Austin
National Labor Relations Board
John Ben Shepperd
Texas
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Billy
O. W. Brown
Odessa Johnson
Booker T. Johnson
Lucille Holland
The
Texarkana Gazette
Arkansas
Texarkana
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Adenauer
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Hamilton
Ohio
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