B-29s Blast Rail Hub North of Pyongyang in Air Offensive
Across the front, B-29s blast a key junction at Sariwon, 35 miles south of Pyongyang, and 42 miles north of Kaesong as talks near renewal. Flooding hits Tucson and Miami. light damage in Prescott area. Weather targets drought areas with scattered showers expected.
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Kaesong
Phoenix
Tucson
Miami
Prescott
McNary
Arizona
Iran Harriman oil talks snag over wage of ownership plan
Tehran July 24 AP negotiations between W Averell Harriman and Iranian officials hit a snag over how to end the British Iranian oil feud. Both sides proposed steps toward Iranian government ownership and a British-backed operating company to market oil while Iranian control of production would be maintained. Britain said new proposals were not wholly discouraging. Also at Williams Air Base an F 80 jet collided with a T 33 trainer 30 miles north. pilot fate unknown and no parachute reported. trainer sustained minor damage.
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Reds Hint Firm Stand On Troops
Moscow radio on Tuesday night broadcast a report citing Kaesong talks where Communist negotiators reportedly insisted on withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea as essential for security and independence and world peace. The U S Army in Tokyo monitored the Russian version of the Korean Central News Agency report stating Kaesong representatives firmly demand a final solution.
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Kaesong
Korea
U. S
Korean Central News Agency
Fighter bombers hit Red convoy and Kangdong yard
U S Fifth Air Force said Red attempts to move supplies to shelters were thwarted by fighter bombers breaking through cloud cover to strike. Shooting Star jets damaged and destroyed twenty rail cars at Kangdong Railroad marshaling yard in central Korea. tempo of ground and air action rose as Kaesong talks paused. North Korean battalion elements repelled UN attacks for the third day on the eastern front.
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Parade To Feature Mesa Fete Marks Pioneer Days
Mesa July 24 The three day Mormon Pioneer festival reaches its final day with a 5 p.m. parade led by Williams Field band along Main Street Center Street to Mesa High School stadium. State officials, mayors, church leaders and floats join the procession. Floats will be judged on the east field with refreshments, a sports program, and a concert to close. Sunrise services at the Arizona Temple opened the celebration.
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Main Street
Center Street
Mesa High School
Phoenix
Mesa
Maricopa
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ward
Stake
Mezona
Arizona Temple
District Councilmen Petitions Filed in Phoenix Move
Backers of a plan to elect Phoenix city councilmen from districts filed petitions with 3 549 signatures toward a November special charter election. The measure could shift control over city management and hiring, removing a 1948 anti political control section.
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Phoenix
Hal Mitchell
W. Washington
Dan E. Garvey
Council
Eric Duskin
Seventh Ave
A. J. Beaty
16Th St
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OPS Plans New Control Over Meats
OPS plans a meat allocation program to control meat after the packing house, routing from slaughterer to processor and possibly to large chain stores. It will not cover smaller markets or consumer-level rationing. The plan seeks to identify a slaughterer’s traditional customers and require continued service, though penalties for non-compliance are being defined after Congress removed slaughter quotas.
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Noted Figures Comment On Korea War And Peace
International News Service reports AFL president William Green calling the Korean War a minor phase of a global freedom struggle. General Eisenhower notes a military HQ in peace to preserve peace. Historian Durant urges not to fear today’s war alarms, comparing to ancestors.
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AFL
Paris
Eisenhower
Will Durant
Indian Squad Joins Forest Blaze Battle
A 50-member Indian firefighting squad arrives from Arizona to aid a fast-moving forest fire near Lake Arrowhead California. They join 400 local firefighters plus crews from Sequoia and Angelus national parks on a two-mile front. the blaze has burned about 5,000 acres and threatened 70 homes briefly. Winds up to 30 mph push flames north toward the desert, but homes remain safe unless winds shift.
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Angelus
Sharp Quakes Hit Bay Area
Two sharp earthquakes struck the San Francisco Bay area with residents fearing an atom bomb. The first at 7:26 p.m. centered likely in North Berkeley or Albany, and a stronger second at 8:04 p.m. was felt eight miles away as houses rocked lights swayed and dishes rattled.
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Labor Talks Deadlocked in Migrant Treaty Stalemate
In Mexico City on July 24, AP reports negotiations for a new U S Mexican bracero treaty have hit a deadlock. An expected signing tomorrow is postponed at least 24 hours to Thursday, delaying the agreement.
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New Jordan Regent Says Nation United
Emir Naif regent of Jordan denies rifts with Crown Prince Talal and says the family remains united after King Abdullah's assassination. He prays for Talal to recover and return to succession, noting no demonstrations or conflicts and praising his father’s leadership and the Jordanian people.
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British Lincoln Aries flies over North Pole to Alaska
The air ministry reports a Lincoln Aries long range bomber has crossed from Iceland over the North Pole toward Fairbanks Alaska. The non stop flight covers 3 558 miles in 17 hours with a planned landing at Eielson Field. The mission is part of Arctic training from the RAF college at Manby.
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North Pole
Fairbanks
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U. S. Air Force
Eielson Field
Fire crews quell downtown Omaha drugstore blaze
Firemen battled a basement fire in a large downtown Omaha drugstore for three hours last night before bringing it under control. No injuries were reported and the cause was under investigation by city fire officials.
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Tucson
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Sixth Avenue
Omaha
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Fields Back in Court Over Contempt in Communist Probe
Frederick Vanderbilt Fields, heir to the Vanderbilt fortune and trustee of the Civil Rights Congress bail fund, is brought before a federal judge on contempt charges. He refused to answer grand jury questions without counsel, prompting Judge McGohey to halt further hearing. The probe centers on bail bonds posted for four fugitive Communist suspects and the grand jury's flight inquiry.
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Angel
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U. S
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John F. X. McGohey
Saypol
Death toll in Japanese POW camps rises in white paper
Tokyo July 24 AP the foreign office said today more than 234000 Japanese captured in World War II have died in prisoner of war camps in Communist territory. It added in a white paper that 28797 others are missing. The document said 77637 Japanese POWs are alive in Communist Siberia South Sakhalin Island and the Kuriles North Korea Manchuria and Kwangtung Province in China.
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Foreign Office
Siberia
Sakhalin Island
Kuriles
North Korea
Manchuria
Kwangtung Province
China
Police Seek Phoenician Missing Since July 4
A 73 year old Phoenix woman, Alice Kirkpatrick, disappeared July 4 after starting a Greyhound trip to Trion Georgia. She carried a round trip ticket and over 500 dollars pinned to her dress lining. Her friend Maude Krouskop drove her to the depot but did not wait to see her board as the bus ran late. The sheriff at Trion reports she has not reached her destination though her baggage did. Local officials and Greyhound report no ticket use and no record of her on the bus.
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Trion
Alice Kirkpatrick
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Maude Krouskop
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