Allied troops reach artillery range near Chorwon Korea
In Korea Allied forces pressed toward Chorwon within artillery range as 6,000 Chinese blocked attempts to reach the Red triangle from the east. Front dispatches say U N infantry pushed along the Yonchon Chorwon highway, narrowing the gap to a prize Communist city.
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Tokyo
Chorwon
Red “Iron Triangle
Korea
United Nations
U.N. West
Central Front
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Yonchon-Ghorwon
U.N
Yonchon
Hwachon
Acheson Says Allies Vetoed Air Pursuit Beyond Yalu Fall
Secretary of State Acheson testified before Senate committees that Allied powers vetoed an American plan for limited air penetration into Manchuria last November. He described a two to three minute air incursion as the proposed action and said the allies refused to authorize it. The remarks relate to discussions during hearings on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's ouster.
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Yalu
Washington
State Acheson
United Nations
Ncnul Ia
United States
Manchuria
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Douglas MacArthur
Noted Figures Comment On Yalta And Princess Margaret
International News Service reports Secretary of State Acheson noting Russia could have taken more at Yalta. Princess Margaret Rose compliments Margaret Truman on beauty, and Truman replies Margaret Rose is as beautiful as her photos.
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International News Service
Washington
State Acheson
Yalta
London
Margaret Truman
Princess Margaret Rose
Bar Owners Fight Charge of Gambling
The Shamrock Bar co owners William G. Griffiths and Grant Godfrey pleaded innocent to gambling charges in Gila County Superior Court and requested a jury trial. The amended information accuses Griffiths of operating a blackjack game near the bar and Godfrey of permitting poker and a craps or blackjack game on the premises. A separate gambling conduct case against Robie Van Zant was dismissed for lack of evidence.
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GLOBE
Shamrock
Claypool
William G. Griffiths
Grant Godfrey
Luke Fritz
Miami Community Presbyterian Church
Gila County
Fritz
Robie van Zant
Harold Beelar
Cc. C. Faires
Griffiths
Godfrey
Parties Agree After Walkout Over 10 Percent Raises
In St Louis on June 5 the Communications Workers of America won up to a 10 percent pay raise after a brief strike that disrupted telephone service for parts of six states. Agreement came 20 minutes after a strike call affecting about 51,000 members. Some Oklahoma workers struck longer before cancellation. At Denver, CWA District 8 pressured Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph amid talks with possible strike before June 10. Lonergan said the raise complies with federal limits and 11 contract changes were dropped or revised by Southwestern Bell.
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CIO Communications
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma
Illinois
Texas
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Denver
Communications Workers of America District 8
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
Frank P. Lonergan
CWA
District 6
Lonergan
Southwestern
Truman Drops Kansas Trip
President Truman cancels plans to attend the 35th Division reunion in Topeka Kansas due to press of official business in Washington. He regrets missing the first World War I unit reunion he has missed since becoming president. Truman captained Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery in World War I.
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Washington
Truman
35Th Division
Topeka
Kans
Joseph Short
129Th Field Artillery
Swells Wreck Coast Pier in Long Beach
Ocean swells described as the biggest in a decade today wreck Finger Pier, a 100 foot extension of Rainbow Pier in Long Beach California. The damage follows offshore groundswell that battered the coast and wrecked the structure during daytime activity.
Bulgarian spies sentenced in Sofia Tito espionage case
In Sofia a Bulgarian district court sentenced one man to death and two others to long terms in prison for membership in the Tito espionage agency in Bulgaria, according to Rude Pravo.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sofia
Tito
Bulgaria
Rude Pravo
Three Planes Collide In Air Near Dayton
DAYTON Ohio June 5 Three air force fighter planes collided twenty miles south of Dayton today. At least two persons were reported dead and rescue efforts continued.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Fliers And Planes Ready To Hurl A Bomb If Russia Strikes
Washington report says Rep. Clarence Cannon announced U S air crews are on standby with orders to drop atom bombs on Russia within 36 hours of any Soviet attack in Europe. He said crews selected, planes ready, and weapons would be used if Russia begins hostilities, regardless of conventional warfare. He added hopes for peace if no attack occurs this year.
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Russia
Washington
INS
United States
Europe
Clarence Cannon
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Missouri
Soviet Union
Korea
Tollett Of 10 Most Wanted Captured In Gunfight
The FBI announced the capture of Henry Clay Tollett also known as Lewis Bashan, a top ten fugitive who escaped McNeil Island in 1949. In a 6:15 a m gun battle near Redding California he was wounded and jailed after exchanging fire with a California highway patrolman. Authorities identified him after fingerprint tests confirmed his identity.
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Washington
FBI Today
Henry Clay Tollett
Redding
Calif
Tollett
McNeil Island
Wash.) Federal Penitentiary
Ically
California
Lewis Bashan
FBI
Phoenix Gazette
INS
Rex Wilson Fletcher
Shasta County
Oregon
Tacoma
Wash
Jury Hears Cohen Life Complicated
Los Angeles reports on the second day of the Mickey Cohen trial. Federal charges allege income tax evasion tied to Cohen and his wife Lavonne, with testimony detailing Cohen financing via loans from prominent figures and a pattern of borrowed funds. Witness Lloyd G. Speer described Cohen’s statements and a January 1950 meeting outlining loans and expenditures.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Maison
SLO
Hollywood
Lavonne
Kefauver Committee
Cohen
Lloyd G. Speer
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Speer
Jake Coplin
San Francisco
Arthur Seltzer
New York
Harold Brown
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
California
Ace Hudkins
Harry
Sam Rothman
Coplin
Amuck Filipino slashes 11 in crowded market attack
A 22 year old Filipino went amuck in a crowded Manila market stabbing 11 people before he was subdued. One victim, a woman, was reported near death. The incident occurred today and prompted police intervention as bystanders fled the scene.
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Manila
Four Killed As C-119 Explodes Over Tennessee Farm
Four air crew and hitchhiker victims die when a C-119 supercarrier exploded during a rainstorm and crashed near Jackson Tennessee. Capt Kenneth W Christenson and 1st Lt Stanley L Michelson identified among the dead. pilot Captain Russell D Brewington survived after ejecting. Survivors include S/Sgt Elmer Horvath and Sgt Joseph W Diondo.
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Tenn
Air Force
Here
Sewart Air Force Base
Smyrna
Kenneth W. Christenson
Watertown
Mass
Stanley L. Michelson
Nashville
Information Office
Russell D. Brewington
Nashville, Tenn
Elmer Horvath
Toledo
Ohio
Joseph W. Diondo
Buffalo
N. Y
Jury Selection Begins in Riverside Murder Trial
Air Force Sgt. Lawrence Walker 20 goes on trial for the desert slayings of Richard and Doris Cook 18 parents of an eight month old boy found playing near the slain father. Walker denies the killings but says his car sideswiped the Cook vehicle. Four attorneys including two for the NAACP will defend. Judge Waite expects at least two days to seat a jury.
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Riverside
Calif
Air Force
Lawrence Walker
Desert
Richard
Doris Cook
Walker
Cook
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Russell S. Waite
29 Leave Here For Opening Of Girls State
Twenty nine high school juniors depart Phoenix for Girls State in Tucson aboard a chartered Greyhound bus, joining about 120 peers statewide to learn how city county and state government function through a simulated setup at the University of Arizona. AMINA KHAN 16 Tolleson voices aims to promote good citizenship as the group prepares for a new governor inauguration by Governor Pyle.
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Phoenix
Donna Gulzow
Greyhound
Tempe
Mesa
Chandler
Amina Khan
Tolleson
University of Arizona
Pyle
Cherry Tsutsumida
North Phoenix High School
Jolane Stieg
Girls State
Golden State Limited Collides With Cattle Truck In California
At Puente California the Southern Pacific Golden State Limited struck a cattle truck at a crossing going 65 mph. Twenty three steers died and carcasses lay along the tracks for a half mile. The truck driver Price D. McIntosh 39 Phoenix Arizona was not hurt. The train separated the trailer from the cab.
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Puente
Calif
Southern Pacific
Golden State Limited
Price D. McIntosh
Phoenix
Ariz
Chicago
McIntosh
Project Comes Up For Vote In Senate
The Senate considers a bill to authorize the $788 million Central Arizona Irrigation and Power Project with 30 minute debates per amendment and two hours on the amended bill. Arizona and California clash over water rights for 1,200,000 acre feet for irrigation and power near Bridge Canyon.
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Arizona
Senate
Supreme Court
California
Colorado
Bridge Canyon
McFarland
Hayden
Knowland
Nixon
Malone
Nev
Reclamation Bureau
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