Truman Offer Gets Approval Of Mossadegh
Iran accepted President Truman’s plan to send adviser Averell Harriman to Tehran to discuss the oil crisis. Premier Mossadegh praised the aim and welcomed Harriman, with Tehran to hand the reply to U.S. Ambassador Grady later. A National Oil Board spokesman said Iran had no objection to talks within the law.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Mohammed Mossadegh
United States
Averell Harriman
Mossadegh
U.S
Henry F. Grady
Iranian National Oil Board
Washington
Harriman
Tran
White House
Taylor
Partridge
Olmsted
Matin Daftari
Oil Nationalization Board
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Daftari
Bajlis
Britain
International Court of Justice
The
Hague
World Court
Grady
Custody Fight Over Billy Whiteside Reaches Court
In Los Angeles Ruth Elizabeth Whiteside seeks custody of Billy 13 as he flees between mother and father Robert Whiteside. A contempt petition was filed after the boy repeatedly ran away, despite an earlier ruling granting custody to the mother.
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Ruth Elizabeth Whiteside
Billy
Los Angeles
Robert Whiteside
Associated Press
Chandler Launches Shake-Up Of Police Chandler
Mayor Saul Johnson and Chandler City Council asked the resignation of the six man police force to end dissension and allow new chief Bob Womack to select officers. Womack will take over Sunday after resigning from the Arizona Highway Patrol. Roy Wolfe and five patrolmen were named to resign. Womack will have hiring and firing power and may rehire present officers, with salaries rising under the new budget.
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Gazette
Chandler
Saul Johnson
Bob Womack
Womack
Arizona Highway Patrol
Roy Wolfe
Wolfe
Arthur Best
Keenan Ritchey
Carroll Bollinger
Joe Love
A. J. Hunt
Johnson
Bollinger
Hugh Falbey
Heavy Rains Swell Raging Kansas Rivers
Floods threaten towns across Kansas after all night rain. Manhattan swamped with 65 sheltered by Red Cross as Kansas and Blue rivers rose. Barnard reported 7.75 inches of rain and isolation by telephone. Vermilion in Illinois receded while Streator faced no drinking water.
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Kans
Kansas
Red Cross
Blue
Topeka
Barnard
Republican River
Nebraska
Illinois
Vermillion
Streator
Man slain on crowded street as bystanders ignore plea
In Washington on July 11 AP reports Donald C. Beatty of Salisbury North Carolina a Black man cried for help as a knife-wielding pursuer stabbed him on a busy downtown street. Beatty ran shouting for aid before collapsing.
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Washington
Donald C. Beatty
Salisbury
N. C
Knife-killer fatally stabs Beatty in New York Ave crowd
Witnesses describe a man with a two-inch jackknife stabbing Beatty as he ducked behind a truck on New York Ave near 10th Street. Police booked Frank Williams, 32, of Salisbury, holding him for coroner’s inquest. motive not yet found.
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New York Ave
10Th Street
N.Y
Beatty
Frank Williams
Salisbury
Better Feeling Enters Talks in Korea Ceasefire Progress
The U N briefing officer said cease-fire talks in Kaesong are on track and closer to an armistice, with less tension and a businesslike pace. Allied delegates avoid political issues, while Nam Il is noted as the dominant, dynamic North Korean negotiator. Discussions focus on agenda order and what items to take up next.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
George Ruhlen
Las Cruces
N. Mex
Red
Kaesong
Arleigh A. Burke
U. N
Ruhlen
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
White House denies plan to change secretary of state
The White House said President Truman has no plan to replace the secretary of state. Press secretary Joseph Short dismissed Chicago Tribune reports that Governor Dewey of New York would succeed Acheson.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Joseph Short
Chicago Tribune
Dewey
New York
Acheson
Amendments Weaken Food Price Control Bill in House
Washington July 11 The House coalition of Southern Democrats and Republicans moved to weaken price wage and rent controls and to kill meat slaughter quotas, signaling collapse of the administration’s control program. Rep Brent Spence warned the bill may be riddled as the coalition pushed amendments 200 to 112. The move threatens to unleash black markets and unsafe market distortions.
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Washington
House
Brent Spence
Coalition
Spence
Michael
Flagstaff to Receive Natural Gas Tonight in Arizona
Flagstaff gains natural gas service tonight with deliveries beginning after ceremonies at the Coconino County Courthouse. Williams will have gas tomorrow, Winslow Friday, and Holbrook likely Saturday as El Paso Natural Gas completes a line from the San Juan basin. The federal court decision in Washington cleared rights of way, enabling Southern Union Gas to start delivering gas once lines into homes are completed.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
Willis Lea
Southern Union Gas Co
Coconino County
Williams
Winslow
Holbrook
Lea
el Paso Natural Gas Co
San Juan
New Mexico
San Francisco Bay Area
Washington
el Paso
Southern Union
Interior Department
Tucson Brothers Missing After Private Plane Flight
An air search is underway for Carl and Dale Sexton of Tucson who disappeared on a private Luscombe flight from Tucson to Abilene. They took off at 5 am June 30 and have not been heard from. Air Force and Civil Air Patrol units are coordinating a search along the Tucson to Albuquerque route.
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Albuquerque
N. Mex
Tucson
Ariz
Abilene
Kans
Carl
Dale Sexton
Air Force Search and Rescue Service
March Field
Calif
Civil Air Patrol
New Mexico
CAP
Sexton Brothers
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service surveyed leaders and figures from military, government, and sport. Rear Adm. Arleigh Burke described cease-fire talks as fair but unpredictable. Sen. Estes Kefauver warned against shaping foreign policy by racketeers or Stalin. Mrs. Ray Robinson forecast her husband would regain the world middleweight title after his upset defeat.
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U.N
Kaesong
Arleigh H. Burke
Washington
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tenn
United States
Stalin
London
Ray Robinson
Accidental Shot Wounds Woman Near Ajo
Mrs Lucile Warsham Russell 32 is recovering from a accidental gunshot wound in Arizona An Arizona deputy sheriff says she was in a car driven by Jack Gray when Gray stopped to inspect his ranch 27 miles south of Ajo The pistol found in the glove compartment fired injuring her shoulder.
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AJO
Lucile Warsham Russell
Ben Kennedy
Russell
Jack Gray
Gray
Here
Helicopter air taxi permit signed for Los Angeles area
Washington July 11 The Civil Aeronautics Board granted Los Angeles Airways a permit to operate helicopter air taxi service in the Los Angeles area. This marks the CAB's first such authorization.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Los Angeles Airways
Los Angeles Area
Bisbee Rain Smashes Temps and Pauses Copper Kings
Light rain fell in Bisbee and nearby areas with a two hour power outage in Bisbee Lowell and Warren. Thunderstorms were forecast for Cochise County while temperatures dipped slightly at night in Phoenix and other cities. The Bisbee Douglas Copper Kings Las Vegas game was postponed due to the weather. Telephones stayed in service during the outage.
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Douglas
Cochise County
Lowell
Warren
United States Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Prescott
Air Jets Battle Over Korea Tops Longest Aerial Fight Record
In Korea 34 minutes of dogfighting saw 34 F-86 Sabres clash with 30 MIG-15s above the Yalu border. Capt. Milton E. Nelson claimed a fourth MIG down, joining Capt. James Jabara as top MIG killer. Ground forces pressed commando patrols while bombers hit an ammunition plant. one MIG damaged. General Van Fleet warned of possible heavy Communist offensives and prepared U N troops for any advance.
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Eighth Army
Korea
James Jabara
United Nations
North Korea
Yalu
Manchurian
U. S
James A. van Fleet
U. N
Korean
Jail For Reds Asked During Bail Hearing
New York, July 11. The government moved to jail 17 leaders of the U S Communist Party pending motions to revoke Civil Rights Congress bail and raise total bail to 876000. Judge Leibell referred the motions to Judge Ryan for decision. Irving Saypol asked to remand.
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New York
U.S
Communist Party
Civil Rights Congress
Vincent L. Leibell
Sylvester J. Ryan
Irving H. Saypol
Seventeen Communists face bail moves in federal case
Judge Leibell sent motions to Judge Ryan, who monitors the Civil Rights Congress bail fund that has posted over 500000 for Communist linked leaders. Eight alleged conspirators are fugitives. Saypol said three CRC trustees refused to name fund depositors and floated the notion funds might originate abroad.
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Leibell
Ryan
Civil Rights Congress
CRC
Saypol
U S Bushes Africa Bases Progress Report
General Hoyt Vandenberg, just back from an inspection, says U S air base construction in North Africa is proceeding at amazing speed. He notes rapid labor by military engineers and civilians, and mentions bases will operate medium bombers targeting Russia from the region. In England, he observed British jet plane progress and expressed tremendous impression.
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Washington
Hoyt Vandenberg
United States
North Africa
Vandenberg
England
Reds Say 3 Ships Sunk Off Korean Coast
Tokyo July 11 AP reports a North Korean radio broadcast claiming three allied ships were sunk by Red gunfire off the west Korean coast. No independent allied confirmation available.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
Casualties in Korean War Rise to 78726 in Defense Report
The Defense Department reports a total of 78,726 American battle casualties in Korea. The figure adds 616 to last week and breaks down to 13,176 deaths, 53,412 wounded, 158 prisoners, 10,644 missing, and 1,336 missing who have been found.
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Washington
Defense Department
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