Communists halt Allied push on eastern Korea gains
In eastern Korea the reinforced Reds stopped a four day old UN offensive and retook two hills north of Yanggu. They rushed up to 3,200-man battalions in dawn counterattacks, driving South Koreans from the heights by night. Farther east the front held under bombardment while the US battleship New Jersey began shelling targets near Kansong and Kosong.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Reds
U.N
Yanggu
Kansong
New Jersey
Kosong
Civil Defense Funds Slashed 88 Per Cent
Washington August 21 1950 The Republican economy drive on a Truman proposed supplemental bill cut Civil Defense funds by 88 percent reducing the allocation from 535 million to 65 255 million As Russia’s atom bomb program raised alarms the house refused to restore the cut despite pleas from Rep Melvin Price and Rep Henry M Jackson of the atomic committee The bill totals 1 5 billion for several federal agencies and moves to the senate
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Washington
INS
Truman
Russia
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Melvin Price
Tit
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Congressional Atomic Commmittee
Rainfall Concluded With Weather Watch For North Region
Rainfall ended from Page One forecast with a slow rising trend. Wind velocity reached 28 miles per hour at Phoenix Bureau Station, gusts up to 45 mph at the airport. Minor wind damage reported. power failures in several areas. Showers fell at Douglas Flagstaff Grand Canyon west of Salome and Tucson. Tucson recorded .16 inch. Prescott Payson moisture minimal. Phoenix highs 104 to 77 downtown and 103 to 76 at the airport. Other ranges included Flagstaff 80 to 47 Grand Canyon 84 to 54 and Yuma 109 to 79.
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Phoenix
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Yuma
Cool Air From Canada Brings Texas Heat Relief
A Canadian cool front moved into Texas today offering relief from the heat as showers and clouds eased weekend heat. Across the nation, storms tracked east from the upper Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley, with another band spanning Missouri to Colorado and New Mexico.
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Canada
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Two Year Old Hurt In Two Car Crash
Anthony A. Standish Jr. two years old of Route 1 received facial cuts after a two car collision at Central and Woodward yesterday afternoon. Police said the sedans were driven by the boy’s father, a car rental firm operator, and Raymond Lloyd of 1803 W Osborn.
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Anthony A. Standish Jr
Route 1
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Central and
Woodward
Raymond Lloyd
W. Osborn
Army Issues Jet Air Crash Victim List
The army released a partial list of dead with next of kin from a jet plane crash that killed 13. Names include Pvt. George W. Poole and Pvt. Robert W. Poole of New Jersey, Brookyn, New York, North Bergen, Conn residents, and Air Force casualties Capt. William Rauh of Seattle and Maj. Theodore Deakyne of Levittown, New York.
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Fort DIX
N. J
Army
George W. Poole
Hazel Poole
Camden
Robert W. Poole
Augustus O. Williams
Augustus Williams
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Vellucci
Cosmg Vellucci
New York City
Clifford W. Nachbaur
Florence Nachbaur
North Bergen
Clifford R. Pierce
Rilla Pierce
North Franklin
AIR Force
William Rauh
Emma
Seattle
Wash
Theodore Deakyne
Jocelyn
Levittown
New Rotation Plan To Cut Time In Korea
U S Army headquarters in Heidelberg announced a new troop rotation plan aiming to reduce overseas duty from four years to a three year term. The plan, starting around November 1, would be phased in progressively until a normal three year rotation is in place after June 1952, subject to replacement availability.
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Korea
Heidelberg
Germany
U. S. Army
United States
Ayres Declared Elected in Ohio House Race
The U S House unanimously adopted a resolution declaring Representative Ayres of Ohio the duly elected representative for the 14th district. Former Democrat Walter B Huber of Akron had contested the result, but the committee ruled the election valid despite his claims.
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Washington
House
Ayres
Ohio
Walter B. Huber
Akron
Huber
House Committee
Map Makers Ahead Of Peacemakers By Merrill Swedland
Indianapolis Aug 21 AP map publishers like George F. Cram Co say they are busier than in 200 years as 28 major postwar changes hit world maps. They note occupations and treaties shape names and boundaries from Manchukuo to Kaliningrad and Korea, with patrons seeking up-to-date globes and maps as peace talks stall.
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Merrill Swedland
Indianapolis
George F. Cram Co
Cram
E. A. Peterson
Manchukuo
Manchuria
China
Poland
Russia
Kaliningrad
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Baltic States
Tannu Tuva
Central Asia
Mongolia
Peterson
Cram’s
Loren Douthit
Korea
Single Candidate Seeks Top 20 30 Clubs Office
George Graziadio of Inglewood California remained the sole candidate for international president of the 20 30 clubs at the 25th annual convention in Tucson August 21. Graziadio, 34, currently serves as vice president of the international.
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Tucson
George Graziadio
Inglewood
Calif
Graziadio
the International
Nam Says North Korea A Soviet Sphere At Union Meet
U N spokesman Brig Gen William Nuchols says General Nam from North Korea is likely instructed by Kim Il Sung and possibly China’s Peiping, with Nam tied to the Soviet sphere and Maoist leadership guiding Beijing. delegates at a convention wear ornate shirts as committees study resolutions for Thursday ballot. Gov. Howard Pyle of Arizona decries moral decay seen in West Point, sports scandals, and government, urging delegates to explore Arizona to gauge the state.
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William Nuchols
U. N
Nam
Russia
Nuchols
Kim Il Sung
Kim
Union
Mexico
Australia
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Santa Rita Hotel
West Point
Nehru Victory as Congress Confirms Support
In New Delhi on August 21 the Congress Party parliamentary bloc gave Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru overwhelming backing in the parliament over his authority dispute with the party executive.
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New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Jawaharlal Nehru
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Rep. Ayres
State Department
Japan
Central
Europe
Nickols
Peiping
Mao Tze-tung
Nuckols
Nehru
Sundrella Mfg. CO
Ave
Hunter Green
Gray
E. van Buren
Bishop Paint & Glass Co
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