Armistice Talks Speed Up Amid War Front Pushes
Allied command agreed to an armistice meeting next week with Reds in Korea with Gen Ridgway proposing a preliminary talk for Thursday. Talks set for July 10, Kaesong preferred over a hospital ship. Front reports describe heavy artillery battles on the Chorwon area and a major airstrike on Pyongyang airfield by U S jets and B 29s.
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Tokyo
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations Commander In Chief
Ridgway
Kaesong
Peiping
38Th Parallel
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
U.N
Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyongyang Iron Triangle
Kim I] Sung
North Korea
Peng Tehhuai
China
All Arizona Ready For Grand Holiday
Arizona prepares for a grand Fourth of July celebration marking the 175th anniversary of independence with nationwide enthusiasm. From north pine country to south desert and from eastern mesas to western farmlands, residents await varied events across the 39 year history of this holiday. New York reports note four top U.S. Communists failing to surrender to begin prison terms, bonds forfeit, and ongoing federal actions as leaders go underground or flee.
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Esther Clark
Arizona
New York
U.S
Sylvester J. Ryan
Civil Rights Congress
Protests On Oatis Rejected In Washington
The Czech embassy rejected a protest by the American Newspaper Guild over the arrest of AP correspondent William Oatis as insulting. Jan Vinar refused to relay the protest, calling the guild's language outrageous. Harry Martin and the guild had delivered the resolution and letter at the embassy in Washington.
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Washington
American
Guild
Czechoslovakia
William Oatis
Harry Martin
CIO Union
Jan Vinar
Vinar
Martin
ANG
Pittsburgh
Oatis
Fireman Hugh Casey, former Dodgers pitcher, commits suicide
In Atlanta on July 3, 38 year old ex ace Hugh Casey shot himself in a downtown hotel after a telephone call with his estranged wife. Police found him in his room with a 16 gauge shotgun. his wife cited a New York paternity suit as a motive.
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Atlanta
Hugh Casey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Casey
Kathleen Casey
New York
Hilda Weissman
McNabby
McNabb
J. M. Bagwell
W. M. Mobley
Mobley
Bagwell
Jerome shooting of couple sparks investigation
Jerome police probe into a neighborhood dispute that left a couple hospitalized after a man Felix Maranda 45 admitted firing a pistol. County attorney David Palmer said assault with a deadly weapon charges are being drawn. The two families live within yards of each other and had argued for more than a year.
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Jerome
Felix Maranda
Everett G. Snoddy
Pablo Escobeda
Atty
David G. Palner
Maranda
Snoddy
Escobeda
Palmer
Cottonwood
Fourth of July Weather Outlook for Arizona and Phoenix
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts hot and dry conditions for Arizona with blue skies across the state. Cochise County may see evening thundershowers while Phoenix area highs reach about 106 degrees, slightly above yesterday’s high.
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Phoenix
Arizona
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cochise County
Valley of the Sunners
Terms For Korean Cease Fire Revealed By Pearson
Drew Pearson reports U N terms for Korea cease fire including a 20 mile demilitarized zone along the 38th parallel and a three mile naval buffer. War prisoners to be exchanged one for one and a U N supervised commission with access to all Korea. Malik scooped the plan by releasing it first.
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Washington
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Jacob Malik
South Korea
Ridgway
U. N
People’s Republic of China
38Th Parallel
Congressmen Warned U.S. Cannot Relax
Washington July 3 Two top administration officials warned Congress against easing defense programs amid Korea cease-fire talks. Wilson urged approval of $10 billion in new taxes, saying a truce would not reduce armament needs. Harriman argued against relaxing the expansion, stressing aims to deter world war and bolster allies.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Korea
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Finance Committee
W. Averell Harriman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wilson
Senate Committee
Truman
Soviet Union
House
Harriman
Kremlin
United Nations
Noted Figures Comment on Korea and Inflation
International News Service reports statements from W. Averell Harriman in Philadelphia saying the Kremlin regrets provoking America and Europe with its Korea attack. Senator Taft of Ohio counters that President Truman bears sole responsibility for inflation.
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International
Philadelphia
W. Averell Harriman
Kremlin
America
Europe
Korea
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Missouri River Rips Levee Threatening Farmland
Floods from the Missouri River broke a major levee near St. Charles Missouri submerging 1000 acres of farms and threatening 25000 more. Evacuations reached over 200 farm families while 80 homes stood at risk as floodwaters moved toward the Mississippi River.
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Missouri
ST. Charles
Cul du Sac
Coast Guard
Ivan Bratcher
Seanar
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Bratcher
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Ralston
Arkansas
U. S. District Office of the Corps of Engineers
Kansas City
Kansas
Truman Asks 41 Billions for New Military Installations
President Truman asked Congress to appropriate 4,535,212,308 to build new army, navy, and air installations nationwide. The Defense Department submitted the proposed projects two weeks earlier, with funds to be available in the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Defense Department
Alcohol risks for July Fourth driving warned
Local authorities and the National Safety Council urge holiday drivers to avoid alcohol as crowds flood highways. They warn of a terrible toll from July 4th auto accidents if drunken driving is added to the holiday dangers.
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National Safety Council
Oatis Testifies Denouncing Western Press and Diplomats
Associated Press correspondent William N. Oatis on trial for espionage denounced Western news colleagues and diplomats in Prague as spies. He named Russell Jones, Robert Bigio, Gaston Fournier and nine diplomats as having spied, including US Ambassador Ellis Briggs, and said Jones and Bigio gave espionage reports to American diplomats.
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Prague
William N. Oatis
United Press
Ivo Berounsky
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
Oatis
United Press Bureau
Russell Jones
Reuter
Robert Bigio
Gaston Fournier
United States
Ellis O. Briggs
Jones
Bigio
Fournier
Jan Stransky
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Vounee Ridgway
Okay
Bulletin
Pyongyang
U.S. Eighth Army
Nate Polowetzky
Moscow
Southwest
The
U.S. Attorney General’s Office
FBI
Henry Winston
Party
New York State
Robert Thompson
Illinois
Gilbert Greene
Gus Hall
U.S. Supreme Court
Thompson
Reid
James FE. Jackson
Sidney Stein
Steinberg
Fred Fine
William Marron
Wirephoto
Benjamin Davis Jr
Eugene Dennis
Dennis
Communist Party
Davis
New York City
Gordon McNabb
Drew Pearson
Malik
Republic and Gazette
Navy
Maize
Kans
Wichita
Arkansas River
Sky Marion
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