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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
1
President Truman told reporters at his weekly news conference that he does not believe Russia could block the Japanese peace treaty in San Francisco next month. He indicated confidence as the treaty signing opens on September 4.
President says Russia's bid to block the Japanese peace treaty looks doomed and Philippine government will attend and sign. He may speak with Soviet envoy Gromyko and is willing for General MacArthur to address the conference, though MacArthur reportedly declined the invitation.
Cease-fire negotiators shift the stalled armistice talks to a four-man subcommittee to resolve the buffer zone location. The group will meet in Kaesong at 11 a.m. tomorrow with a news blackout, including two delegates per side as proposed by the Reds. The UN names Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes and others. the Communists name Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho and Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang, with one more to be named Friday.
The United States and the Philippines announced a mutual defense treaty to meet common dangers in event of an armed attack. The pact will be signed early next month likely at the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco. The agreement echoes existing US Philippines bases and military aid terms.
An explosion at Esso Standard Oil Co. naphtha treating plant in the Esso refinery near Baton Rouge caused a massive fire. Two people died and 13 were injured, with eight hospitalized and three in serious condition. Windows shattered across nearby areas as five to six storage tanks burned and railroad cars overturned. Plant officials could not determine the cause.
U S House Foreign Affairs Chairman Richards of South Carolina declares war with Russia not inevitable and urges support for a 7.85 billion foreign aid package. He says mutual security defenses will deter aggression, cautions against isolationism, and opposes further cuts beyond 651 million from the president’s 8.5 billion request.
Leslie Ferrell 46 of 1426 Lafayette listed first casualty among Civil Defense auxiliary policemen in line of duty. He slipped while descending from Industrial Linen Supply Co roof on Van Buren to shut off an overflowing water tank, suffering a broken arm and shoulder. Ferrell, an employee of The Arizona Republic, was treated at Memorial Hospital as partner Patrolman Britton Jones reported. Volunteers have aided regular officers in night patrols for three months during emergency service training.
Edwin Baldwin of Summit New Jersey told the Senate crime committee that Abner Zwillman and Joseph Rheinfeld led a Northern New Jersey bootlegging syndicate responsible for 40 percent of illicit liquor during Prohibition. Baldwin said the group obtained liquor from Canada and Europe and shipped money and gold abroad as a safety measure.
International News Service reports Gen Ridgway at U N base camp near Kaesong says the future holds fighting for tolerance and honor. David Sarnoff of RCA calls for exposing Iron Curtain publics to the truth about their governments.
Vermillion South Dakota August AP reports Dr. Donald Slaughter of the University of South Dakota Medical School disclosed two volunteer subjects died after a staff doctor picked up the wrong bottle during a painkiller experiment. One victim was Jack Clifford a 30 year old lab tech and the other Ardys Pearson 26 a secretary.
Light rains missed Phoenix while Tucson and several northern towns recorded showers. Sprinkles appeared at Douglas Winslow Prescott Payson and Flagstaff with widely scattered thundershowers forecast for the Valley and state. Highs reached 105 in Phoenix downtown and airport with lows near 81 to 83, other towns ranging from 64 to 82.
Jimmie Haggard of Mesa, 18, owner of 16 Guernsey cows and 15 head of young stock, is to be named star dairy farmer of Arizona at the Future Farmers of America awards program in Prescott. He will receive 100 from the national FFA Foundation, while rivals Garth Lamb of Gilbert and Lee Chatham of Scottsdale contend for top honors.
City police and FBI agents combined with air force intelligence to probe theft and resale of government property by two Williams AFB sergeants. They admitted stealing 700 sheets worth 1470 dollars from the base hospital and selling them to Bear den's Second Hand Store in Phoenix, where 300 sheets were later sold at 2.10 dollars each.
West Berlin police quickly moved to stop Communist efforts to stage new demonstrations in the Allied zones. Police rushed to the border as several thousand delegates to the Soviet Zone peace rally gathered at three points along the line, and the youths dispersed when authorities arrived with a strong display.
In Dover England a field of 20 swimmers opens the France to England Channel Swim Sweepstakes with three Egyptian leaders. Mareeh Hassan Hamad, 34, royal bodyguard, leads a group that includes Hassan Abd el Rehim and Sayeed el Araby as seven women swim toward Cap Gris Nez under near perfect conditions.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley was sworn in today for a second two year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The oath was administered by Maj. Gen. William E. Bergin in a brief ceremony in Bradley's Pentagon office.
The Defense Department announced the 1944 murder of OSS Major William V. Holohan by two American servicemen Aldo Icardi and Carl G. LoDolce with two Italians. Icardi plotted after a dispute over arms to partisans. LoDolce allegedly drew the two of spades for the shooting. The case faces no U.S. prosecution due to jurisdiction and the suspects are reportedly discharged. The Italian courts may try them.
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