Yanks Repulse South Koreans at Wolmi Island Clash
Civil disturbances on Wolmi Island led to a second day of clashes as three hundred veteran demonstrators near the neutral nations truce team compound were repulsed by tear gas and water hoses. U.S. guards and National Police kept the site secure as Rioters from Seoul stormed toward the billets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inchon
Korea
Wolmi Island
Neutral Nations Truce Supervision Team
Wren Ee
Seoul
U. S
U.S. Army
Wolmi de Island
Maon
Dulles Urges South Koreans Patience Over Silent Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles urged patience in South Korea to avoid violent action against truce supervisors, affirming U S resolve to protect team members including Communist Czechs and Poles. He rejected unification by force and warned against atomic war, amid protests and injuries to American soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gls
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Korea
Tokyo
Republic of Korea
Sxngman Rhee
LD. White
Eighth Army
ROK
Sohn Won IL
Dulles
South Korea
United States
Syngman Rhee
Honest man returns found payroll in South Africa
Karl Beinecke found a black bag containing a $7,000 payroll on a roadside in Johannesburg and returned it to a local building firm. The firm praised his honesty and awarded him five shillings as a reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Karl Beinecke
War crimes trial reveals frozen burial of Korean POWs
Witnesses describe Sgt James Gallagher allegedly ordering deaths of American prisoners in North Korea. Undertaker William Stevenson testified bodies could not be buried due to frozen ground and tools, so sand was swept over the corpses after a brutal confinement in the Yalu camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Korea
William C. Stevenson
Bandy
James C.gallagher
Brooklyn
Gallacher
Stevenson
Yalu
Lloyd W. Pate
Augusta
Gallagher
Pate
Cletus Nordin
Tulsa
Okla
James J. Jenkins
Nordin
North Korea
President Extends Defense Production and SBA Acts
President Eisenhower signed extensions for the Defense Production Act and the Small Business Administration act. The Defense Production Act remains in force for one year with priorities for military and atomic contracts and limits ships and planes visiting Red China. The SBA loan revolving fund rises from 150 million to 175 million dollars and the single firm loan cap grows from 150 thousand to 250 thousand dollars. the measures extend for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisephower Tuesder
Red China
Main Street resurfacing advances in Oshkosh council
Oshkosh Common Council committees approve asphalt resurfacing from Algoma Boulevard to the bridge and consider extending to Pearl Street. Estimated cost about 42000 with bond funds possibly covering Main and High Streets portions. Financing decisions left to council. library heating and storm sewer planning also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Algoma
Main Street
Algoma Boulevard
Common Council
Finance and Public Works
Sewage Commission, Water Board
Wisconsin Public Services Corporation
High Street
Pearl Street
Monument Square
iPearl
Leo Niemuth
Israul
Auler, Dreger,Wiley & Wertsch
Oshkosh
Ray C. Dempsey
The
Sewage Commission
State Commission
Ivar van Akkeren
Connie Spins Toward Carolina As Storm Nears
Hurricane Connie slowed to a near halt 225 miles offshore before looping in a 125 mph wind ring. Coastal residents fled inland as roads clogged. forecasters warned Connie could strike the Carolina coast and then New England, with past parallel to 1954's Carol. Waves and winds battered beaches from North Carolina to Wrightsville as evacuations continued.
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Cape Hatteras
X.C
Connie
U.S
Carolina
Miami
Gordon Dunn
Dean
Carol
New England
South Carolina
Wilmington
N.C
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
W. S. Hunt
Atlantic Beach
Wrightsville Beach
Warns of Dread Runaway Reactor at Atomic Conference
California physicist Edward Teller warned at the Atoms-for-Peace conference in Geneva of a potential runaway nuclear reactor disaster that could evacuate cities and contaminate watersheds. J D Dietrich of Argonne described staged experiments showing inherent safety in small water cooled reactors, while British and Soviet scientists echoed safety concerns and urged plant siting away from populated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
California
Byworld Today
Edward ‘Teller
Ofhhe University of California
J. D. Dietrich
U.S. Argonne National Laboratories
Teller
Rogers McCullough
Atomic Energy Commission
Mark Wills
University of California
McCullough
Ranaway
Bog
Teller - McCullough - Wills
Argonne National Laboratories
United States
Los Alamos
Oak Ridge
Britain
W. G. Marley
Hoover Home Dedicated As National Shrine
Former President Herbert Hoover marks his 81st birthday with ceremonies dedicating his boyhood home in Newberg Oregon as a national shrine. The 1884 Wil lamette Valley residence, restored by the Herbert Hoover Foundation and Oregon historian Dr Burt Brown Baker, will be dedicated with Interior Secretary Douglas McKay introducing Hoover.
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Newberg
Ore
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Minthorn
Hhis
Lauren
Daughers
Hoover
Williamette Valley
Eisenhower to appoint Sigurd Anderson to FTC
The White House announced President Eisenhower will nominate former South Dakota Governor Sigurd Anderson as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, adding a new appointee to the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Sigurd Anderson
South Dakota
Federal Trade Commission
Genghis Khan First to Use Gunpowder as Weapon
A historic claim credits Genghis Khan as the first to use gunpowder in warfare during his 1215 conquest of China. The text shifts to modern “Classified Acts” and a promotional line urging readers to call a number for a phone taker service.
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Genghis Khan
China
Mayor vetoes park cutoff and zone change
Mayor Ernest R. Siewert announced vetoes of two Council measures, one directing opening of the Menominee Park cutoff near Hazel Street and another a zoning change. He argued the park board holds primary jurisdiction over the roadway dispute and opposed transferring it to the board of public works. The park board has contended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee Park
Hazel Street
Ernest R. Siewert
Board of Public Works
Lake Boulevard
Park Board
Board ‘of Public Works
Jap Cabinet Approves Defense Build Up Plan
Tokyo reports the defense council approved a provisional three year plan to grow Japan's armed forces. The program aims for an 180,000 man ground force and a total tri service strength of 200,000 by the close of fiscal year 1932, reducing American troop presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Cabinet Defense Council
Three Prisoners Escape From Wisconsin Work Crew
Statewide alert issued for three Wisconsin State Prison escapees who fled in a stolen station wagon from the central generating plant during a work detail. Arthur Villalobos Rodeo California 28 forgery and statutory rape. Calvin Van Fleet 27 Wausau Wisconsin 149 terms car theft and assault. James De popol eto 31 Altoona Pennsylvania 1953 armed robbery terms.
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Waupun
Wis
Wisconsin State Prison
Central Generating Plant
Big Prison
Central State Hospital
State Welfare Department
Arthur Villalobos
Rodeo
Calif
Milwaukee
Calvin van Fleet
Wausau
James Deppoleto
Altoona
Eastway
Laos and United States Elevate Embassies amid Communist Pressure
The United States and Laos announced raising Washington and Vientiane missions to embassy level to deter Communist pressure and reassure Lao leaders. The move signals closer ties as Laos, with ten million people, faces Pathet Lao forces backed by Viet Minh troops and potential spillover from Communist China and North Vietnam.
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Washington
United States
Laos
State Department
Vientiane
U.S
State Departments
Free World
China
North Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Red Group
Red Viet Minh
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
Freed Fliers Return Home After Long Captivity
Two C54 transports carrying 14 airmen freed from Communist captivity sped toward home across the Pacific. The groups, linked to General MacArthur’s unit, left Tachikawa and head to Travis Air Force Base after a Hawaii layover. At Hickam Field they spoke of freedom and saluting the flag, with travel plans to reunite with families and resume normal life.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Tachikawa Air Base
Hawaii
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
John Knox Arnold Jr
John, Vandi
Elmer F. Liewellin
Harry M. Benjamin Jr
John W. Thompson
Hickam Air Force Base
Royal Hawaiian
Thevil
Chis
Hickam Field
Travis
San Francisco
Schmidt
America
Una
Air Force
Dillon woman sues swimsuit maker over see-through fabric
Claudia Hamilton of Dillon South Carolina attracted a large beach crowd while swimming at Charleston. She sued a bathing suit manufacturer for 20000 dollars after discovering the suit became semi transparent when wet.
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Charleston
Claudia Hamilton
Miss Hamilton
Dillon
S.C
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ROK Vets
Panmunjom
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Rhee
Tura
Witness
Ald
Herbert Pitz
Library Board
Pitz
Water Board
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Redlegs
William Stratton
Illinois
Gov
Joe Foss
Marine Flier
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
J. Brackentee
Utah
Storm
M. Frey
Harwell Laboratories
Jap Council
Little
William H. Baumer
Wallace L. Brown
John W. Buck
Howard W. Brown
Steven BE. Kiba
Daniel C. Schmidt
Honolulu
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