Breakdown To Lest Reds Good Faith Breaks Down At Kaesong
U N advance camp near Kaesong Korea reports cease fire talks stalled after North Korean forces barred allied free press nine miles south of Kaesong. VAdm C Turner Joy delivered ultimatum to Gen Nam Il as Ridgway and Robertson conferred with Joy. Negotiations paused pending Red reply amid claims of progress prior to breakdown.
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U.N
Kaesong
Korea
United Nations Command
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United States Navy
Nam Il
Admiral Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Washington
Joy
Nam II
Sir Horace Robertson
Japan
Sir Horace
Seoul
Gas Explosion Destroys Jet Engine Plant in Indianapolis
A gas explosion and fire at a General Motors defense plant in Indianapolis wrecked the tightly guarded jet engine experimental building. Seven of eight crew members on duty were killed. Maj. Harold E. Wilber said the blast was accidental. The Allison Division plant housed test cells for overflow from Main Experimental Plant 2.
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Indianapolis
Ind
General Motors Corp
Harold E. Wilber
Air Force
Allison Division
GMC
United States Forms Pacific Defense Pact With Australia and New Zealand
The State Department announced a three way mutual defense pact among the United States Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific The ceremony to record the agreement was planned for the afternoon Ambassadors Dulles Spender and Berendsen will attend The pact links to a broader World War II settlement and Japan peace treaty provisions and mirrors the North Atlantic alliance in guarding Australia and New Zealand against attack
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Washington
State Department
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
John Foster Dulles
Percy Spender
Carl Berendsen
Britain
Japan
Explosion at jet engine test plant destroys 20 cells
Names of the dead were withheld until relatives were notified. Carl Gartner, 33, chief of plant guards, was burned seriously and taken to a hospital. Wilber blamed gas vapor for the blast and said there was no sabotage, calling it an industrial accident. The explosion occurred in a windowless test cell area where jet engines are tested for Air Force contracts. Fire was extinguished in two hours. Twenty test cells were destroyed. each 20 to 50 feet, with concrete partitions. The blast shook the building eight miles away, wrecking interiors while only 12 inch exterior walls remained. Air Force and military police from two camps surrounded the plant. newsmen were barred and photographers’ plates confiscated.
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Carl Gartner
Wilber
Air Force
Major Cities Under Water Floods Sweep Kansas and Missouri
Flood waters from the Kansas River and tributaries inundate eastern and central Kansas and parts of Missouri, leaving seven dead and eight missing. Kansas City area industry, bridges, and town centers suffer, with Topeka and Lawrence among heavily flooded cities. Army estimates damage at least 85 million dollars as river crests approach.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Missouri
Fort Leonard Wood
Wood
Kansas River
Neosho
Marais Des Cygnes
Cottonwood
Kansas City
North Topeka
Oakland
Lawrence
Kansas University
Manhattan
Abilene
North Lawrence
The
State University
Press Representation Row Halts Kaesong Talks in Korea
In Munsan Korea on July 12 AP reports a break in Korean War cease-fire talks over press representation. Journalists and the army clashed on entry to Kaesong with a convoy of 20 reporters blocked by Communists until a conference settled the issue.
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Jim Becker Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
United Nations Command
United Nations
Reds Resist New U N Attack On Korea Front
U N forces faced stubborn Communist resistance on the east central front near Kumsong as Allied troops probing southeast of Kumsong engaged heavily with unknown enemy numbers. Reds used semi and automatic weapons and mortars as action continued late afternoon with light contacts along much of the front and U N naval units bombed the east coast.
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U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Kumsomg
Kumsong
Hunt for 2 Brothers in second day search
Tucson AP report on Carl and Dale Sexton missing since June 30 after taking off in a twin seat plane. Civil Air Patrol planes scoured the region between Tucson and Albuquerque, with a Fourth Air Rescue Squadron ship from March Air Force Base operating from Davis-Monthan. About 700 miles of rugged terrain between Tucson and Silver City was searched yesterday without locating any wreckage.
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Tucson
Carl
Dale Sexton
Civil Air Patrol
Here
Albuquerque
N. Mex
March Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Silver Springs
Sextons
Truman Seeks 7 Percent Pay Hike for Federal Workers
President Truman asked Congress to approve a seven percent across the board raise for postal and civil service employees to attract and retain skilled staff. He urged equal percentage increases to avoid disproportionate cuts for middle and upper grades, and proposed eliminating the two lowest grades for substitute postal workers to allow Grade 3 hiring. He noted inequities in supervisory pay should be removed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Olin D. Johnston
S.C
Murray
Tenn
Tute
Labor Chiefs Demand Firm Price Curbs
AFL President William Green told congressional leaders that labor will not accept wage ceilings without effective price control. James Carey CIO backed the stance as a strategy session to salvage the anti inflation plan with figures Green Carey Wilson and Anderson present at Capitol Hill backing a strong program.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Green
Capitol Hill
House
Truman
James Carey
CIO
Labor Movement
Carey
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
T. W. Anderson
Railway Union Executives Association
Doomed Train Killer Seeks Insanity Plea
Harold T. Lantz, 28, awaiting execution for the 1950 strangling of Ada C. Park aboard a train near Douglas, plans an insanity-based appeal. His Bisbee attorney says action is planned and may involve a sanity hearing or a clemency review by the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles. Dr. Bruce Hart reported Lantz sane but with the mentality of a 6 to 7 year old child, a finding the attorney questions.
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Lantz
Dr. Hart
Cochise County
Ada C. Park
Grinnell
Iowa
Phoenix
Walter Hofmann
Fred O. Wilson
Tomlinson
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports New York memories from Volodymyr Holubin the 250 000th DP to enter the United States saying the greatest gift of our lives was the chance to become citizens of America Earl Bunting of the National Association of Manufacturers replies to Charles E Wilson defending wage and price controls warning opponents linked to enemies of America have aroused loyal Americans Hillings California Republican says best chance for world peace is to deter Russian aggression or face World War Three and the destruction of Russia
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International News
New York
Volodymyr Holubin
U.S
America
Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
Washington
Rep
Hillings
Calif
Russia
Plane Wreck Kills 8 in French West Africa
A French army transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Gao airport in French West Africa. Eight people were killed and nine injured, according to the French news agency.
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Paris
Gao
French West Africa
Rain forecast ends Phoenix drought as dust whips through
Rain is forecast for portions of Arizona this afternoon and tonight but not Phoenix. Forecasters expect scattered showers in eastern areas with cooler temps, while the western half stays mostly clear. Downtown Phoenix hit 103 earlier, Sky Harbor 105, with dust and wind from the South Mountains and up to 18 mph.
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Phoenix
Pinal Mountains
United States Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Tucson
Douglas
South Mountains
Chandler
Flagstaff
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