Tough Troopers Crack Commie POW Rebellion
Koje Island Korea AP Tough U S paratroopers from the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team blazed a 2 hour battle to quell a Communist POW revolt at compound 76. One American and 31 prisoners were killed. 159 wounded. North Korean Col Lee Hak Woo captured. master plan to free 89,000 prisoners exposed.
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Koje Island
Korea
U.S
Compound 76
Ceata
U.S. Army
Koje
U.N
Angels From Hell
Haydon L. Boatner
Boatner
Compound 17
Boamer
187Th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
Lee Hak Woo
Lee
Speedy Approval For Peace Pact Seen By Senators
Secretary Acheson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging rapid approval of two Western Germany peace documents linking Berlin to Western defense and a North Atlantic Treaty protocol. McCloy accompanies Acheson as the panel plans swift action to back treaty ratifications.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Germany
Free World Defense
United States
Germany
John J. McCloy
Britain
France
Connally
D - Tex
Senate
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
White House
Truman
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Sen
Kem
R-Mo
House
Eisenhower Pursues Southern Bloc In Delegates Talks
Eisenhower makes a face to face bid for Southern GOP delegation votes meeting Alabama Georgia and North Carolina groups while continuing timetable conferences. He cites modern war requiring economic and diplomatic leadership and notes Taft leads in eleven southern states with many uncommitted votes.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Delaware
Eisenhower
White House
South
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Southwest
Taft
Chicago
Ted
Four Odessa youths rounded up after fracas with police
Four Odessa youths were jailed after a late night clash with two officers in east Odessa. Joe B. Simpson 17 Joy D. Reynolds 23 Lee M. Reynolds 18 and Clarence J. Ramsey 17 were charged with disturbance and resisting arrest with one biting officer Clark's finger. Simp son fined 60 Ramsey 50 and released. Reynolds brothers each fined 100 and jailed.
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Odessa
East Odessa
Joe B. Simpson
Buchanan
Joy D. Reynolds
N. Amburgey
Lee M. Reynolds
Clarence J. Ramsey
N. Adams
Ben R. Jenkins
Leo W. Clark
Jenkins
N. Grant
Sgt
Clark
Simpson
Ramsey
Reynolds
Sgt. Jenkins
Lady Godiva Caught Driving Nude in Midland
A warm night chase on the Midland highway ends with a nude woman driving a car and a shirtless man passenger. The pair, who claimed marriage and residence in Brownfield, were jailed after officers dressed the woman and the man and charged her with speeding while he faced a drunken driving count.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Brownfield
Del Rio Man 72 Warns Odessa as Rough Town
Juan Yura, 72, was assaulted by two Latin-Americans in an Odessa alley on Magnolia Street around 11 p.m. He suffered rib and head injuries, and $12 was stolen. He told deputies he was warned Odessa is rough, a claim he now believes.
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del Rio
Juan Yura
Magnolia Street
George Bosley
Yura
Justice of Peace Thomas Murphy’s Court
Odessa
School officials say moustache disrupts classes
Anthony Valda a 16 year old student at Christopher Columbus School wore a week s growth beard to classes. He said he grew the whiskers for Johnson City s 60th birthday celebration next month. Principal James H Galvin ordered him to shave but he kept a goatee and may continue with the mustache. He was suspended indefinitely as officials say such actions disrupt classes.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Anthony Valda
Christopher Columbus
Johnson City
James H. Galvin
Anthony
Schol
Austin Man Named Pampa City Manager
B. H. Cruce, assistant to the Austin city manager, was named city manager of Pampa today. He succeeds Dick G. Pepin who resigned last month to lead Odessa. Cruce will report to Pampa by June 30.
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B. H. Cruce
Austin
Pampa
Dick G. Pepin
Odessa
Cruce
Community Sets Polio Cleanup Campaign in MOULTON
MOULTON Texas June 10 a polio cleanup drive united about 760 residents in Lavaca and Fayette counties to stem a polio outbreak that has claimed four lives. Dr C T Dufner noted 26 cases in the area with Schulenberg nearby. Farmers and merchants met to learn prevention methods and promise a thorough sanitizing effort followed by a town wide spraying to kill fly breeding spots.
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Moulton
Tex
Lavaca County
Fayette County
C. T. Dufner
Halletsville
Schulenberg
State Health Department
Austin
Duffner
Coast Guard Hunts Missing Man Near Galveston Bay
A Coast Guard cutter and Texas City police resumed the search for Arnold Nelson a 42 year old Houston man who vanished after a fishing trip Sunday. rescuers earlier dragged part of Galveston bay near Texas City where Nelson was seen in a row boat adrift with a broken or cut anchor line.
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Texas City
Coast Guard
Arnold Nelson
Houston
Galveston Bay
Nelson
Browns Replace Hornsby with Marty Marion as Manager
St. Louis Browns president Bill Veeck announced on Tuesday that Rogers Hornsby was removed as manager and will be replaced by Marty Marion.
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Boston
Bill Veeck
St. Louis Browns
Rogers Hornsby
Manaeer
Marty Marion
Suspect Sought In Vengeance Lawyer Slaying
Locust Grove Oklahoma June 10 reports flood state police headquarters as citizens seek the hottest suspect in county attorney Tack Burris slaying. Six bootleggers named in a memo found in Burris office are questioned. Harold M Woodruff, cousin of Burris widow, is the prime suspect sought.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Oklahoma
Tack Burris
Burris
Sid Wilson
State Crime Bureau
Wilson
Mayes County
Tulsa
Missouri
Arkansas
Harold M. Woodruff
Jay
Ralph Willcutt
Woodruff
Willcutt
Tax Bureau Head Cleared in Income Tax Case
SAN FRANCISCO AP James G Smyth once ousted from the Internal Revenue Bureau was acquitted by a Federal Court jury on three charges of backdating 1945 income tax returns to defraud the government. Two other ousted collectors Delaney and Finnegan were convicted earlier. A later indictment against Smyth remains unresolved while another action awaits disposal.
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San Francisco
Jamesg. Smyth
Internal Revenue Bureau’s
Dennis W. Delaney
Boston
James P. Finnegan
St. Louis
Smyth
California
Alger Fee
Fee
Plane lands with 108 aboard including 65 British war bride children
A Stratocruiser bringing 108 passengers, 65 children of British war brides, 42 brides, and one father landed from New York near London. Frank Braun of Philadelphia, with his wife and two children, traveled to visit Mrs Braun’s parents. Braun stood the long flight because every seat held a mother and baby.
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London
New York
Frank Braun
Philadelphia
Actress Helen Walker Seeks Divorce After Two-Year Marriage
Hollywood June 10 Helen Walker told Judge Thurmond Clarke her husband Edward N Du Domaine resented her career and forced her to drop friends and give up screen contracts, ending their two year marriage.
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Hollywood
Helen Walker
Forrier
Edward N. du Domaine
Thurmond Clarke
MacArthur Named GOP Keynoter for Convention
Gen Douglas MacArthur was named keynoter for the Republican National Convention opening in Chicago on July 7 in a voice vote by the Arrangements Committee. The decision reflects Taft supporters and MacArthur is understood to accept.
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MacArthur
GOP
Chicago
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
William Mylander
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Texas City Blast Not U S Fault
The U S fifth circuit court of appeals ruled the federal government not responsible for the 1947 Texas City disaster that killed 560. The court overturned a Houston judge’s April 1950 ruling that the government was negligent in the ammonium nitrate unloading catastrophe involving the Grandcamp and the High Flyer.
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New Orleans
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas City
Appeals Court
U. S
T. M. Kennerly
Houston
Tex
Circuit Court
Grandcamp
High Flyer
Realtors Split On Law Change
The real estate industry divided over a Federal Reserve loosened down payment rules effective Wednesday. Veterans pay no down payment on homes under 7000 dollars while non veterans must still place five percent. Some see sales rising, others fear limited impact and tighter restraint if needed.
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Federal Reserve Board
Z. L. Majors
Dallas Real Estate Board
Montgomery
Ala
Marines In Korea To Get Ice Cream This Summer
Units of the First Marine Division on the Korean front lines will receive ice cream three times weekly this summer. The Marine Corps announced the program using insulated bags, first employed last winter for hot rations.
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Washington
Marine
Korea
Marine Corps
Nation's Largest Paper Boosts Weekday Price
The New York Daily News will raise its weekday price from 3 cents to 4 cents starting June 16 due to higher newsprint and production costs. The 5 cent price outside city limits remains unchanged.
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New York
New York Daily News
News
Truman asks Congress to authorize government seizure of steel mills
President Truman urged quick passage of legislation to let the government take over and run the steel plants amid the eight day old steelworkers strike. He argued it would restore production, ensure fair treatment, and push both sides toward a settlement through bargaining while avoiding Taft Hartley tools.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate House
CIO
United
Himo
Supreme Court
Great Court
Lawmakers Split Over Steel Seizure Power After Taft-Hartley Debate
Washington lawmakers debated President Truman’s call to seize the steel industry. The Senate Republican policy committee opposed emergency seizure powers until Taft-Hartley is invoked, while Sen. Byrd and others pressed for a Taft-Hartley injunction. Senate action could come tonight as debates continue on wage price control amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
McFarland
Ariz
Congress
Minister Urges Spiritual Fight for the South
Rev. John F. Anderson Jr. of Dallas urged Presbyterian Southern delegates at the 92nd General Assembly to wage a spiritual fight for the South to rise. The assembly approved a group life insurance plan for ministers and full-time staff, offering up to 4,000 dollars per person. A. H. Burton of Paris, Texas, opposed the measure, warning social security benefits resemble a socialist nanny state and federal meddling.
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Charleston
W. Va
John F. Anderson Jr
Dallas
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church Southern
Anderson
First Presbyterian Church
A. H. Burton
Paris
Tex
Secret Lines Tie Communists and Huks Over Manila Links
Philippine Defense Secretary J Ramon Magsaysay disclosed secret communications smuggled via air routes to Manila and San Francisco, linking Reds with Huk guerrillas. Intercepts were found on planes from Hong Kong and Europe, with airline cooperation under study as he travels to Washington for talks.
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Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
Manila
San Francisco
Reds
Hong Kong
Europe
Cooperatin
Defense
Washington
el Paso
Texas
Gyles Merrill
Magsaysay
Blast Level Milan Building Kills 11
An explosion in Milan flattening a three story apartment building in the industrial outskirts killed 11 people and injured five. Eyewitnesses saw a large flame erupt from the basement at dawn. Authorities believe a gas plant in the basement blew up.
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Milan
Italy
Graham Speaks at Motion Picture Organizations Luncheon
Rev Billy Graham headlines a luncheon with theater managers and executives at a Dallas meeting of the Council of Motion Pictures Organizations. He is the main speaker at the event dated June 10.
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Dallas
Billy Graham
Council of Motion Pictures Organizations
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