Allied air raids hit North Korean power plants
Allied fighter bombers attacked North Korea last night targeting two large Changjin generating stations and a plant at Fusen, with additional damage reported at a third Changjin site. US infantry claimed two Chinese battalions driven from hills on the Western Front, while Fifth Air Force called the raid a mopping up operation despite high plane involvement and widespread destruction.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
USN
Fifth Air Force
Changjin
Chosin
Air Force
Fusen
UN Truce Team Walks Out In Panmunjom Clash
Allied truce negotiators walked out on protesting Communists for the third time in a month. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. declared a three day recess and left the armistice tent as Communist leader Nam II demanded another meeting. The U.N. spokesman quoted Nam’s voice as nearing a scream and Harrison described Nam as visibly agitated.
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Munsan
Korea
William K. Harrison Jr
Panmunjom
Harrison
Nam II
A. U.N
Nam
Defense Dept Identifies 32 Korean War Casualties
The Defense Department released a list naming 32 casualties from the Korean War. It reports nine killed, 20 wounded, one missing and two injured.
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Washington .Or
Defense Department
Houston Named Site For Polio Test
Houston and Harris County have been selected for testing a potential polio prevention method. About 35,000 children ages one to six will receive injections of a blood fraction, with half also receiving a gelatin substitute as a control. Results are not expected until early 1953, with eight clinics to administer the injections.
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Houston
Harris County
William McDowell Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
Texas
Frevo
Utah
Hammon
Polio Cases Rise Nationwide With Texas Leading
The U S Public Health Service reports 421 new polio cases last week, 146 in Texas. Houston sees a drop in incidence while Dallas reports space and staffing strains at Parkland Hospital as 16th Houston death and 77 total Parkland polio patients in Dallas/Dallas county rise.
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Odessa
Texas
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
California
Ohio
New York
Iowa
Houston
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Harris County
Beverly Elsworth
Hedgecroft Clinic
Parkland
Fire damages Pasadena refinery pressure still unit
A spectacular fire at Crown Central Petroleum in Pasadena yesterday damaged a pressure still unit. Officials estimate possible losses up to 50000 dollars.
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Houston
Crown Central Petroleum Co
Pasadena
Congress Overrides Immigration Veto
Congress overrode President Truman's veto on the McCarran-Walter immigration bill. Senate at 7 to 26 and House 278 to 133 approved, codifying immigration and naturalization laws. Critics labeled the bill un-American while supporters claimed needed reform amid clashes over ethnic origins and foreign policy.
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Washington
Congress
McCarran
Senate
House
Truman
Sen. Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Lehman
Philippines
Yugoslav airliner hijacked by three mechanics returns home
A Yugoslav airliner hijacked by three mechanics seeking asylum landed near Perugia Italy after running low on fuel. The trio Vilim Inkrit Bogdan Zigic and Josip Tirik, all fleeing Yugoslavia, planned their escape for three months and hoped to reach the United States. The other 19 passengers and five crew left the plane, expressing desire to return to Communist Yugoslavia. Edward Kljun of the Yugoslav Embassy observed the departure but provided no comment.
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Foligno
Italy
United States
Vilim Inkrit
Bogdan Zigic
Josip Tirik
Zagreb
Pola
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Inkrit
Bologna
Perugia
Edward Kljun
Rome
Pecos Faces Water Shortage Until New Wells Completed
Pecos residents were urged to conserve water as three new wells are to be connected in 10 to 15 days pending delivery of 16 inch pipe. Water Superintendent John Oglesby said current capacity is 2,963,000 gallons daily with 576,000 gallons of hard water and noted one day demand reached 2,919,000 gallons.
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Pecos
John Hogan
John Oglesby
Oglesby
Cold Front Eases Heat Wave In Parts Of East
Cool air swept across the Great Lakes into Indiana Illinois and Ohio dropping temperatures up to 20 degrees. Yet the hot spell persisted in the East and South with multiple cities recording record highs and 44 deaths from heat related causes.
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Canada
Canadian
Plains
Great Lakes
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
New England
New York State
Atlantic Coast
Middle Mississippi
Central Plains States
Gulf States
New Engand
Middle Atlantic
Lock Haven
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York City
Koje Island POW Screening Ends After Turbulent Process
More than 47 000 prisoners of war on Koje Island were screened without incident sources said Brig Gen Haydon Boamer noted the end of a massive administrative task as 10 000 inmates remaining were cleared Friday UN officials called the camp a model after the earlier Feb 18 resistance the screening asked inmates if they wished to be repatriated after the war but results were not announced.
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Seoul
Korea
Koje Island
Haydon L. Boamer
Eighth Army
Koje
Jericho May Be Oldest City Found
British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon says Jericho in the Holy Land may be the oldest city with evidence to date. Excavations show a walled Neolithic city, suggesting Jericho predates other known early urban centers and began before 10,000 B C.
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Jericho
London
Holy Land
Kathleen Kenyon
British School of Archeology
Jerusalem
Four Coal Miners Killed In Blast At Caretta Mine
A gas accumulation exploded after a light bulb dropped igniting a flame in Olga Coal Co.'s Caretta Mine shaft. Four miners died from the blast and a fifth was seriously injured.
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Caretta
W. VA
Olga Coal Co
Second Mutiny Hits Kentucky Prison Breaks Motives
The Kentucky state prison faced a second mutiny within 24 hours as about 30 inmates raided the commissary. Guards with submachine guns forced surrender, no injuries reported, while yesterday’s uprising wounded eight prisoners and a guard. Governor Wetherby warned of National Guard help.
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Eddyville
Jess Buchanan
W. E. Watson
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Lawrence W. Wetherby
National Guard
Kentucky
Buchanan
Paul B. Jaggers
Jaggers
Benny Rayborn
Louisville
Fred McChesney
Walter Stephen
Earl Henderson
Odessa achieves record tax collection rate for 1951
Odessa reports 94.8 percent of 1951 taxes collected totaling $702,376.25, the highest ever. The city will extend collection until Sept. 30 before starting 1952 taxes, with overdue penalties rising from 7.5 to 11 percent on July 1.
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Odessa
Falcon Dam Praised as Monument to Friendship and Peace
John R. Steelman, Truman's assistant, told the International Lions Convention in Mexico City that the Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande symbolizes U S Mexican cooperation. He said the dam represents high Lions ideals and the era's potential for peace and unity.
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Mexico City
Truman
International Lions Convention
Rio Grande
John R. Steelman
Defense Mobilization
U.S
Mexico
Steelman
Crenshaw Desertion Case Draws FBI Attention
Wilbur Crenshaw, a 46 year old farm worker who deserted the Army nine years ago due to dislike of a lieutenant, remained in jail here today awaiting pickup by the FBI.
Big Three Polish Final Western Germany Unity Talks
In London on June 27 the United States Britain and France trimmed a draft Western reply to Russia. Acheson Eden and Schuman reviewed the line by line draft for a possible four power talks on a unified Germany. They planned to resume discussions after lunch with Churchill and aim to press Russia to reveal its real intent. Western diplomats fear Moscow seeks delay to derail German rearmament and Western integration.
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London
Russia
U. S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Churchill
Downing Street
Foreign Office
Germany
Acheson
Railway Grants Odessa Fire and Police $1000 Each
The Texas and Pacific Railway Co. gave Odessa police and fire departments $1000 checks for aiding in the tank car blaze. Fire Chief Charlie Meadows and Police Chief J. J. Heaton received the gifts, to be placed in relief funds managed by the departments.
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Texas and Pacific Railway Co
Odessa
Charlie Meadows
J. J. (Cubby) Heaton
W. C. Foster
Big Spring
T&p
A. C.lacroix
Dick Pepin
Pepin
Solons Race to Time on New Controls Law
Washington June 27 AP conferees from Senate and House scoured a compromise economic controls bill as wage price and rent curbs near midnight Monday. House and Senate bills diverge on keeping or ending price and wage controls and rent limits, with Truman’s stance and steel strike unresolved.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Truman
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
WSB
Suspects jailed in slaying of Mayes County attorney
State crime bureau agents arrested several suspects at seven Afton area locations in the ambush slaying of Mayes County Attorney Jack Burris near Locust Grove. The pickup linked to the escape was found in Miami and three shotguns were sent for ballistics tests.
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Payor
Okla
State Crime Bureau
Mayes County
Jack Burris
George Howard Wilson
Afton
Ottawa County
Wilson
Bivins
Miami
Crime Laboratory
Burris
Locust Grove
Grand Lake
Latin Lover Re-Enacts Slaying
Jose Romero re-enacted the killing of dancing teacher Irene Thompson in a hotel room, showing the struggle for a cord and a neck wound from a bottle. Police questioned the plausibility of the re-enactment, noting the details seemed convenient.
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ST. Louis
Pomlice
Jose Romero
Romero
Irene Thompson
Thompson
Kute
Postmaster General Seeks Parcel Post Rate Increase
Washington June 27 Postmaster General Donaldson asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant another general advance in parcel post rates. The petition did not specify the amount of the proposed increase.
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Washington
Donaldson
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
Heat wave fuels chaos as cities reel from scorching heat
The heat wave disrupts daily life across cities. In Detroit nearly 24,000 auto workers idle amid strikes. in New York a door swells shut trapping a resident. a Niagara Falls mother and son die from lightning while washing a car.
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Detroit
Niagara Falls
Ocie Mae Bryant
James
Heat records as 103 degree Richmond day moves bids on snow plows
The temperature hit 103 degrees in Richmond yesterday while State Highway Department officials kept busy studying bids on snow plows.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Three Year Old Dies in Weymouth Electric Accident
Three year old Linda Pekkanen of Weymouth Massachusetts died after her body became wedged between a short circuited floor lamp and a metal radiator while she played near wiring.
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Linda Pekkanen F
Weymouth
Mass
Monkey Drives Tilt Car Crash in Joliet
George Eleff took his year old pet monkey Sam along for a cooling off ride. The monkey leaped onto the steering wheel, causing a crash into a Joliet railroad viaduct. Eleff admitted the error in judgment and was fined $10 for disorderly conduct by Police Magistrate Jackson.
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George Eleff
Sam
Elleff
Joliet
Eleff
Jackson
Traffic cops in St. Louis cite heat weary pedestrians
Police in St. Louis report pedestrians moving slowly in the heat as officers manage traffic flow and safety. The scene highlights extreme temperatures affecting street movement and public safety measures during peak heat.
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St. Louis
Thief Seeks Ice Skates Stolen From Car in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police pursued a thief who stole a pair of ice skates from a woman's car. The owner planned to visit a Michigan resort with an indoor ice rink.
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Indianapolis
Michigan
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