Bombs Smash Rashin Port Near Soviet Border
Eight Army dispatch from Korea reports a mass air raid on Rashin Korea by 35 Superfortress bombers escorted by Panther fighters. Over 300 tons of bombs struck targets including a locomotive repair yard and roundhouse, with no Soviet interference observed. Ground fighting around Bloody Ridge continued as North Korean forces counterattacked.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Siberian
Rashin
Vladivostok
Japan
Okinawa
Sinuiju
Manchurian
Manchuria
Senate finance panel trims tax bill to about eight hundred million
Washington Aug 25 AP The senate finance committee pared roughly 800 million dollars from the house tax measure in a preliminary vote and will continue work on personal income corporate and excise levies. They favored a November 1 start date and set a December 31 1953 expiration while dropping a 20 percent withholding on dividends and reducing capital gains boosts.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
George
D. Ga
Finance Committee
Fierce Winds Strike Mexican Pacific Coast Storm Reaches 65 MPH
A tropical storm roared up Mexico's Pacific coast with 65 mph winds, forcing flight cancellations and shelter for ships. The center was 50 miles southwest of Manzanillo at 4 am moving northwest along the coast. Acapulco airport reported dangerous winds and rains grounding aerial navigation as residents prepared to flee. Three Mexico City planes had landed in Acapulco yesterday. outgoing flights were canceled as winds rose.
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Mexico City
Pacific
Mexico
Manzanillo
Acapulco
Ridgway Rebukes Reds and Eyes Kaesong Talks
Gen. Matthew Ridgway issued a blistering message to top North Korean and Chinese Red commanders in Korea rejecting their Kaesong neutrality charge as a malicious fabrication. He said he is ready to resume armistice talks if the Communists are, and he left the next move to them while the UN delegation waits at Munsan.
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U.N
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Kaesong
United Nations
Ridgway
Kum Il Sung
Peng Teh- Huai
Red
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Munsan
Noted Jurist Succumbs in Havana at 86
Havana Cuba August 25 AP Dr Antonio Sanchez de Bustam ente 86 noted international jurist and former member of the World Court at The Hague died last night of a heart ailment.
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Havana
Cuba
Antonio Sanchez de Bustamente
World Court
the Hague
Air Cooler Unit Found Cause Of Girls Death Verdict
A coroner's jury ruled carbon monoxide from a faulty refrigerated air conditioning system caused the deaths of Gloria Fewster and Muriel Overton, two Denver Girl Scout leaders found dead at J. E. Redmond's home. Two others recovered after exposure. testimony spanned 14 witnesses and site inspections.
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Gloria Fewster
Muriel Overton
Denver
Colo
J. E. Redmond
W. North View
Mary Koerner
E. Osborn
Virginia Santander
Tempe
Good Samaritan Hospital
Redmond
American Radiator
Standard Sanitary Corp
E. Jefferson
Glendale Sheet Metal Co
Glendale
Kendall Smith
Fishing Contest Brings Big Prizes for Kids at Encanto Park
The Eighth Annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Children's Fishing Contest offers more than 300 in prizes for boys and girls ages 6 to 13. It runs Labor Day at Encanto Park Lagoon with sunrise start and prizes for top fish in each age group plus a family prize. Prizes donated by Phoenix merchants include free refreshments and a chance for all entrants to win.
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Dick Fowler
Phoenix
Dad
FBI Investigates Cause Of United DC 6B Crash
FBI and Civil Aeronautics Board opened investigations into the DC-6B crash near Oakland as searchers recovered bodies from a hillside site. Pilot N W Hedden radioed landing approach before the plane disintegrated, with 50 on board including six crew and 44 passengers. Relatives arrived, fingerprint crews aided identification, and officials pursued saboteur or navigation error theories.
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Oakland
Calif
FBI
Civil Aeronautics
United
Here
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ralph A. Reed
United Air Lines
Boston
N. W. Hedden
Redawood City
Washington
India rejects attendence at San Francisco treaty talks
London reports that India declined to attend the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco. The foreign office said it was disappointed by India's decision.
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London
Foreign Office
India
San Francisco
Mediation Efforts Continue As Mine Strike Deadline Looms
Federal mediators renewed talks to avert a nationwide copper strike set to begin next Monday. Kennecott, Phelps Dodge, Anaconda, and AMAX plants would be affected. The union seeks a 17 cent hourly wage rise and other gains, with defense production at risk.
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Washington
Kennecott Copper Co
Independent Mine, Mill, and Smelters Workers Union
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge Corp
Anaconda
American Smelting and Refining Co
AFL
Salt Lake City
Douglas Negotiations Remain Deadlocked
In Douglas and nearby towns union and company officials labored into the night to avert a strike set for Monday against Phelps Dodge and other nonferrous metals firms. Twelve Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union negotiators from Bisbee Morenci and Douglas joined the talks led by Federal Mediator Earl J. Ruddy. Negotiations resumed this morning and were to continue to the last moment if needed.
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Douglas
Phelps Dodge
Earl J. Ruddy
Ruddy
Bisbee
Morenci
Two Paratroopers Hurt In Fort Bragg Exercise
At Fort Bragg North Carolina August 25 two men suffered possible serious injuries among 2660 paratroopers in a mass jump for a joint army air force war game. Names not disclosed immediately. Two other men had leg fractures and others were bruised. Medical officers called the casualty rate surprisingly low as the 82nd Airborne Division prepared to support U.S. forces in the southern pine games against aggressor forces.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
82Nd Airborne Division
U.S
Quebec Scar Dwarfs Arizona Meteor Crater in Size
The National Geographic Society reports Chubb Crater in northwest Quebec as the largest meteoric scar on earth. Dr. Victor Ben Meen led an expedition that measured the crater at 1350 feet deep with a two mile rim, doubling the size of Arizona's Canyon Diablo Crater.
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Washington
Chubb Crater
Quebec
National Geographic Society
Society
Victor Ben Meen
Toronto
Hudson and
Ungava Bays
Meen
Arizona
Canyon Diablo
Pyle to Study New Evidence in Lane Case
Governor Howard Pyle will study new ballistics evidence this weekend that may merit leniency for Charles S. Lane Jr scheduled to die in the gas chamber for murder. Lane, 31, was convicted of killing his ex-wife Mary Alice in Phoenix in 1948.
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Howard Pyle
Charles S. Lane Jr
William H. Chester
Lane
Phoenix
Mary Alice
Maricopa County
Full Probe Ordered in RFC Boyle Loan Case
The Senate investigations subcommittee ordered a full inquiry into Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to American Lithford Corp of St. Louis and any ties to William M Boyle Jr. hearings will begin likely in September with Boyle possibly called as a witness. The probe aims to establish facts and clarify the situation without prejudging the case.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American Litheford Corporation of
St. Louis
William M. Boyle Jr
Hoey
N.C
Nixon
Calif
Subcommittee
Boyle
Congress
Capehart
Ind
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Fire at filling station injures two men in gas rack blast
At 9 15 am explosions ripped through a service station on First Ave at Fillmore. Winthrop Flanery aged 23 and Douglas Reed aged 29 suffered burns. The grease room and kitchen of the Post Office Restaurant were damaged. Fire spread to the roof. two cars were badly damaged. The station is owned by L R Wallace and the restaurant by Gus Relos.
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Clyde M. Mills
Kennecott
Salt Lake City
Mills
Phoenix
First Ave
Fillmore
N. First Ave
Winthrop Flanery
20Th Street
Henshaw
Douglas Reed
W. Clarendon
Memorial Hospital
Flanery
Reed
Jim Flanery
S. 20Th Dr
Ethel Shaddock
E. Country Club
Winthrop
Young Flanery
Kenneth Jones
S. 20Th St
L. R. Wallace
W. Glenrosa
Gus Relos
Wilshire
Burglars Take $500 From Mesa News Stand
Burglars fled after stealing about $500 from Ernie Menhennet's News Stand at 46 West Main plus $250 worth of merchandise. They pried tin sheeting from the rear to enter and exit through the same hole, leaving $5 inside and $15 outside. Missing items included four guns cigaret lighters and Indian jewelry valued at $250.
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Menhennet
CARE Head Geoffrey Baldwin Dies in Rome Fall
Geoffrey P. Baldwin aged 60, retired U.S. brigadier general and director general of CARE in Rome, fell or jumped to his death from the sixth floor of an office building. Baldwin, from Battle Creek, Michigan, led the relief organization CARE Co operative for American Remittances to Europe.
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Rome
Geoffrey P. Baldwin
U.S
Baldwin
Battle Creek
Mich
Care—Co
Europe
Noted figures comment on space, politics and culture
International News Service quotes Dr. Andrew C. Ivy on spacefrontiers, Bob Hope praising a hotel clerk, and Mrs India Edwards denouncing anti-government attacks as Nazi-like and Stalin-serving. The remarks span science, entertainment and political critique.
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International
Andrew C. Ivy
University of Illinois
Earth
India Edwards
Stalin
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Parole Board
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Mesa
Bob Hope
Art Cameron
Bing Crosby
Cameron
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