Twenty four saved in U S plane crash
Twenty four American airmen aboard a Flying Boxcar parachuted to safety after the plane crashed near the Mediterranean, six crew and passengers survived. Survivors were airlifted to Wheelus Air Base Hospital. Initial reports placed the crash six miles south of Tripoli.
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Esbaden
Germany
North Africa
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Helicopte Wheelus Air Base
Elus
Italy
Adine
Wheelus
James Sholty Luse
Mediterranean
Desert
Tripoli
Trand Malta
U.S Air Base
Wisconsin Firm CIO Sign New Contract After Walkout
The Wisconsin Telephone Co and the CIO Communications Workers of America representing about 7,000 employees signed a new contract after lengthy talks and a brief walkout. The agreement retroactive to July provides wage increases of 1.5 to 2.0 dollars per week for plan employees and 0 to 3 dollars weekly for 3,800 operators and clerical workers. The company estimates the deal will cost about 1.5 million additional wages and is pending a rate increase decision.
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Ilwaukee
Wisenn Telephone Co
Ciomunications Workers of
Amer
Athur B. le Fevre
Wisconsin
Sand
Reds Check Identity Cards Of Food Seekers
East Berlin spot checks on identity cards disrupted food parcel distribution as Soviet zone authorities pressured East Germans seeking Eisenhower supplied aid. Workers faced police action for missing cards, while West Berlin offices issued parcels per card presented. The campaign trimmed arrivals to under 100000 daily, with Bonn and West Berlin planning a broader second phase as Eisenhower’s food airlift proceeds.
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Germany
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
Bonn
Eisenhower
Eysenhowe
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary Features Showers and Warmer Temps
Considerable humidity and scattered showers across the northwest and entire state in Wisconsin with warmer conditions inland. Minnesota reports local showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday, warmer regions tonight, cooler west central Tuesday. Night lows around 61-68 in Wisconsin and 75-80 north, 80-85 south in Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Linnesota
Fox River
Menasha A
Imam
Shooting Stars to Illuminate Northeastern Sky Tonight
The Perseid meteor shower begins tonight as the Hayden Planetarium reports clear skies in the northeast. Dozens of shooting stars will be visible tonight and for the next four nights, best viewed after midnight from dark, unlit areas away from street lights.
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New York
Hayden Planetarum
Planetarium
U S Officials Say Russia H bomb Claim No Immediate Threat
Washington officials said Russia’s hydrogen bomb boast does not prompt major shifts in U S defense plans They reject a crisis program of shelters dispersal of cities or rapid defense expansion and regard Malenkov’s claim as possibly bluff noting no new Soviet tests since 1951 and existing A bomb and air power threats to U S cities
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Melvin Price
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Commission
Malenkov
Russia
Price
International Soundphoto
Washington
North American
George Malenkov
United States
Malenkot
Soviet Union
Police Patrol Boat Stolen and Wrecked in Worcester
Police patrol boat stolen from Worcester area during Sunday cruise on Lake Quinsigamond. Two youths reportedly steered the craft for about three hours before abandoning it on the lake bank after neighbors saw the police search a nearby field. An apple tree reportedly sheltered the discarded boat until it sped away.
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Worcester
Mass
Jan Lake Quinsigamond
First Shipload of Liberated Americans Will Sail Tuesday
Reds plan to use American turncoats in Red prison camps to spark a four year revolution in the United States. Prisoners say at least 124 Americans remain behind for training as potential leaders while others infiltrate released groups. Counter spies are deployed as more U.S. troops are repatriated amid Operation Big Switch.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.S
United States
Comitaunists
U. S
Reds
Cpl Purvis Webster
Camp No 5
Purvis
Cpl L F Mansfield
Hamilton O
Mansfield
China
Czechoslovaka
Donald K Staten
Newton
N. C
Freedom Village
Cpl
Jeni W DeWeese
Detroit
Lewis L Gordon
Webster City
Ioua
Nmber
United Nations
Voyage Home From Korea Exhange Arrives In Pacific Flight
The first wave of returnees leaves Inchon by Navy transport with about 325 Americans aboard and 17 ill ife in flight. The carrier will land near San Francisco around Tuesday noon and cross the Pacific in about two weeks reaching Seattle or San Francisco.
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Panmunjom
Inchon
U Jeate
Monda
Pacific
Travie Air Force Base
San Francisco
Seattle
Gareety Sundar
Reds
India
R. K Nehru
Nehru
Neutral Nations Advisory Commission
Pamimunjom
Wonderful Says Wisconsin Mother Of Freed Prisoner
Mrs Ida Elizabeth Meyers, mother of Sart Edwin R Meyers, reacts with joy at his release by the Communists in Korea. Meyers, 23, from a large Mevers family near Baraboo, enlisted in 1948, was captured in South Korea two years earlier, and is a member of Col. Gth Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
Dulles Hints U N Retaliation Over Prisoners
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said after meeting with President Eisenhower that the United Nations might take retaliatory steps against China and North Korea if all American prisoners are not returned. Dulles reported after a 70 minute session and said U N measures could follow reciprocal actions if prisoners remain with the Communists. He flew from Honolulu with Lodge and Robertson to brief the President.
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Denver
Cole
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
United Natons
Dulles
United States
Fis
Honolulu
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Napons
Walter 5S
Robertson
Washington
Maxwell Taylor
Eighth Army
Tax Revision Threatened By Budget Picture
Washington sources say a bleak budget outlook casts a pall over a promised tax revision program for next year. The House Ways and Means Committee nears the end of weeks of hearings as proposals shaping up would cost substantial revenue cuts and may conflict with the goal of a balanced budget.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
New Italian Leader Chooses Cabinet in Hurdle Fight
Rome reports new Italian premier Attico Preciant begins shaping a cabinet to win a confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies set for August 18. A 303 majority is hoped with CD, Liberal, and Republican support. Expected inclusions: at least one Liberal and one Republican. Selezionists tied to Saragat will be excluded.
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Rome
Attico Preciant
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Preciont
Christian Democrat
Alcide de Gasper
Giuseppe Saragat
Se 'Elists
Christian Democrats
de Gaspert
Saraga’ J
Piccioni
Parti Ment
Budget Director Urges Transportation Savings
Washington budget director Joseph M Dodge urged agencies to cut costs by using streetcars or taxicabs more and limiting federal autos and chauffeurs. He ordered all agencies to study auto and limousine expenses and report by October on reductions.
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Washington
Joseph M Dodge
Oction
Victory Seen For Liberal Party in Canadian Election
Voters across Canada marked ballots in a national election seen as a test of Louis St Laurent's Liberals as they seek another four years of power. The Progressive Conservative opposition faced slim chances, with Liberals already holding a strong seat lead. The 263 Commons seats were at stake, with Liberals and Conservatives competing in numerous districts as the campaign extended.
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Toronto
Canada
Louis St Laurent
Liberal Party
Tors? Party
5! Laurent
Lowe
House of Commons
Liberals
George Drew
Drew
St Laurent
W. L. Mackenzie Kings
Franklin D Roosevelt
White House
Vrime
Commons
St Laurent’s
Immell to Lead Units Of Reserve to McCoy
General Ralph Immell will command units of the Army Reserve's Rath Infant division at Camp McCoy Lindas for two weeks of field training. The assignment covers U.S. Army Reserve personnel engaging in drills and maneuvers to sharpen readiness and cohesion at the Wisconsin camp. Meantime detachments from nearby areas prepare to move in and set up camp facilities and logistics for the exercise.
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Immell
Camp Mccoy
Wix
Ralph Immell
Lumts
Rath
Army Reserve
Camp McCoy Lindas
48 Hours Of Dry Weather Brings Clear Skies Across State
The Associated Press reports a 48 hour stretch with no rainfall across Wisconsin as cool nights continued. Lows ranged from 35 at Spooner to 38 in Beloit and Rockford while highs reached the low 80s in many areas. Most of the nation faced moderate temperatures with scattered showers in the East.
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Spooner Phillips
Lone Roch Kenosha
Milwaukee Green
Madison Patn Fal'l
Beloit Rockford
Lone Rock Chill
Upper Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Grand Maras
Automatic Calculator Displays U S Population Milestone
Washington bureau notes the Commerce Department’s automatic population calculator hit 160 000 000 at 9:02 a m CST marking the event with a census clock ceremony. Census Director Robert W Burgess addressed about 200 reporters as lights and bells tracked births arrivals and departures in real time.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Robert W. Burgess
Beria Case Transferred to Soviet Supreme Court
Moscow report says the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union turned Lavrenti Beria's case over to the Supreme Court for prosecution. Beria, the former internal security minister and No 2 in Malenkov's government, was ousted and expelled from the Communist Party on July 1 for treason and being an enemy of the people. The order ratifying his removal and legal action was signed by Voroshilov and Pegov.
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Moscow
Supreme Council of the
Soviet Union
Lavrenti Bera
Supreme Court
Beria
Legel
Kiementin
Voroshilov
Presidium
Nikolai M Pegov
Beri
Georg: Malenkov
Communist
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Japan
Thomas D. Harrison
Cloves
Fukye
Tachiawa
Harrison
U.N
Russ Council
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