Korean GI Bill Becomes Law
Washington veterans from Korea gain same readjustment benefits as World War II veterans under a new GI Bill of Rights signed by President Truman. The law costs about 1 billion annually and offers education, training, loan guarantees, mustering-out pay, and unemployment compensation with eligibility rules, dates, and caps detailed for various service scenarios.
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Truman
Witlon
Alaska
Army
Air Force
Navy
Mossadegh Resigns as Iran Premier Amid Power Dispute
Tehran reports Mossadegh steps down after Parliament balked at granting him six months of absolute decree powers. Shah asks Majlis to select a new head, while Mossadegh, said to be ill in bed, indicated willingness to be reappointed.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mossadeph
Majlis
Huseein Ala
Mossadegh
Senate
Mays
Mosscadesh
Wisconsin Republicans unite behind Eisenhower bid
Gov Kohler announces top state GOP leaders back Eisenhower and RNC chair Summerfield will invite Madison industrialist Thomas Coleman to join the national campaign. The move follows a Taft faction defeat and signals unified support for Eisenhower with Renk leading Wisconsin Eisenhower clubs.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Kohler
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Coleman
Eisenhower
Coleman
Madison
Sen. Taft
U. S. Senate
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
Wayne Hood
la Crosse
GOP
Henry Ringling
Baraboo
Renk
Hood
Ringling
Tait
Taft
Repubiican
Summertiea
Michigan
National
Eisenhower Organization
Summerfield
Flint. Mich
Tremors Report Rattle Corner of Tennessee
A quake event rattled Dyersburg area with three shocks near Ipsok Sinanju and Pusang, about 20 minutes apart. Residents felt earth movement late yesterday but no damage reports or official casualties were documented. Local authorities noted no camp locations or map clues confirmed.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Ipsok
Sinanju
Pusang
Simtju
Tennessee
Car Torn in Two Kills Three Teens Near Pewaukee Wisconsin
A Milwaukee area car collision near the junction of Highway F and County Trunk K left three teens dead and a fourth critically injured. The victims were Susan Fein 18 Jane Pumpian 27 Kenneth Schnoll 17 and Harry Jankowitz 18 was hospitalized in critical condition. The car belonged to Harry Jankowitz's father.
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Pewaukee
Wis
Milwaukee
Seat
Susan Fein
Jane Pumpian
Kenneth Schnoll
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Harry Jankowitz
Jankowit
State Colleges See Enrollment Increase in Wisconsin
McPhee reported 1,88 students completed courses at the colleges and 39 percent were Lat. Nine Wisconsin state colleges forecast a fall enrollment rise with a starting salary of 2706 dollars. The Board of College Regents discussed building projects including Eau Claire and a new ROTC unit, while nursing education plans sought fall enrollment boosts. Adele Stahl noted rising inquiries from prospective students about nursing, and the state nursing board aims for scholarships to support high school graduates.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Eugene R. McPhee
Board of College Regents
Eau
Birls
McPhee
Stevens Point
Adele G. Stahl
Eau Claire
State Nursing Board
Wiscont
Miss Stahl
McIntyre
W. D. Melnurse
Intyre
E. S. Karrmann
Platie
A Ville
Whitewater
Milwaukee
Lito
Iras Move General Dean To New Camp
The Communists say they moved Maj. Gen. William F. Dean from a POW camp in Pyongyang to another camp in North Korea. The U.N. Command pressed for an accounting of 1,851 missing soldiers and asked for answers on Dean and other captives as Panmunjom negotiations continued.
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U. S
William F. Dean
Pyongyang
North Korea
United Nations Command
Panmuniom
Chicago
Richard B. ‘Russell
Georgia
Truman
Russell
Mona
Dean
U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
U.N
Berkeley
Calif
Reds
Panmunjor
Nam I
Pfc
Een Mitchell
2Nd Infantry Division
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
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Northerners and Negroes Press for Clear Civil Rights Stand
Northern Democrats and Negro spokesmen urged platform writers to adopt a strong civil rights plank to avoid losing votes in November. NY and Americans for Democratic Action leaders warned a weak plank could depress Black turnout, while Rep. Emanuel Celler pressed for clear federal action on employment discrimination and McCarthyism. Powell urged a forthright stand, chiding Republicans for fence-sitting on civil rights.
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Truman
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Stanley Gewirtz
Americans For Democratic Action
Chicago
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Americans For ‘Democratic Action
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Celler
Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Fraps Gop
New Yorker
Powell
Republican Party
Navy Reports Skyrocket Reaches 1238 MPH Speed Mark
LOS ANGELES The D558-2 Skyrocket sets a new speed record at 1,238 miles per hour as Navy test pilot Janky achieves the feat. The article highlights the aircraft as the era’s fastest, noting the pilot’s role in the record flight.
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Navy
Los Angeles
Free World
Janky
Bridgeman
Spower
Vset
FBI
U. S. Army
Capis
Oral Anderson
Albert Stevens
Rapid City
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Truman Had Very Good Night Says Aides Report
Aides stated President Truman enjoyed a "very good night" and planned to return to the White House by Saturday after hospital tests for a mild virus. Bridgeman reported rocket flights reaching speeds near 750 mph and altitudes around 79,500 feet with the Skyrocket prototype from Edwards Air Force Base.
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Bill Bridgeman
Pital
Dan A. Kim-ja
Bridgeman
Joseph Short
Truman
Great
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Navy
Congress
Heart Attack Proves Fatal For Mrs. Hoan
Milwaukee. Mrs Gladys Hoan Democratic national committeewoman from Wisconsin died last night after a heart attack at her home. She was about 30 and a former Soc—
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Milwaukee
Gladys Hoan
Wisconsin
Boston Man Admits Killing At Columbia U
Boston man Bayard Peaks confessed to the Columbia University campus killing of Eileen Fahey a New York bookkeeper. He admitted firing multiple shots after entering the Society office and fled, later waiving extradition to face New York authorities.
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Francis Wilson
Back Bay
Eileen Fahey
New York
Columbia University
Miss Fahey
American Physical Society
Korea
Wilson
Bayard Peaks
Peaks
Northwestern University
Society
Tala Wilson
Mis
S Pahey
Miss Fehes
Ai Force
Manne Pic
Ronald Lee
iNew York City
United States
Miss Fathey
George A. Loares
Wil Poe
Dis Lanel Attornes
Frank S. Hogan
Mystery Dog Guards Abandoned Mine Shaft in Joplin
In Joplin Missouri a Collie endures beside an empty mine shaft for 18 days while volunteers and the Joplin Humane Society drain the flooded shaft using a diesel pump that broke down. A spectator count reaches about 100 daily as the dog awaits a possible master and guards the opening.
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Joplin. Mo
Joplin Humane Society
Tulsa
Okla
The
Humane Society
R. B. Roger
Big UN Air Strike Hits Pyongyang Sariwon and Hwangju
The Far East Air Forces reported about 1000 Communist military installations destroyed or damaged in the largest Korean War air strike to date. Targets included a communications center, transport and repair areas, and factories producing munitions and steel.
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Pyongrang
Sariwon
Hwangju
Peking Radio
United Nations
Pyongyang
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