UN Drive Crunches Into Main Red Lines
Allied troops in driving rain pressed toward North Korea’s main Red defense, repelling fierce counterattacks as they push along the sawtooth front from Yonchon to Kansong. Chinese fortifications near Chorwon and Kumhwa held, while UN forces gambled on advancing through the red line triangle to control highway networks.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
Yonchon
Kansong
Chorwan
Kumhwa
Pyonggang
Chorwen
Yongpyong
38Th Parallel
Hwachon
Local Girl Scouts Win Highest Service Awards
Two local Girl Scouts, Joanne Ricci and Ruth Storer, received the senior service emblem at a rally in the Junior High School auditorium. The event honored meritorious service across Brownie and intermediate troops with multiple awards presented by troop leaders, commissioners, and district officials.
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Ruth Storer
Jeff
Joanne Ricci
Portamouth Herald
Anthony Vinciguerra
Frank J. Massey
Nancy Bierce
June Fogg
Barbara Coffin
Jean Maskwa
Margaret
Nation’s Big Guns Primed for Battle Over Price Controls
Washington AP reports a broad coalition from business, labor, and government pressing Congress to extend the Defense Production Act beyond June 30 to maintain price controls. Reuther calls for equal sacrifice and wage stabilization within a broader plan, while Wilson of mobilization dismisses the prospect of America facing a total war, calling it unlikely.
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Washington
Congress
Teuman
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
CYO
House
Trueman
Reuther
New York
Charles E. Wilson
America
New York University Bacclaureate Services
Wilson
York Men Hurt In Boat Mishap
Two well known York Harbor residents were badly burned when their 42 foot cabin cruiser exploded and sank off Belmar New Jersey. John W Adie 46 a stock broker and Charles Stedman 53 a mill official were reported in good condition at Fitkin Memorial hospital Belmar. Their wives were rescued unharmed. The engine allegedly failed off New Jersey and exploded when a hatch was opened for repairs. The couples left Fort Lauderdale May 14. Stedman also has a Providence home and Adie a Boston residence.
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York Harbor
Belmar
N. J
John W. Adie
York Street
Charles Stedman
Harmon Park
Fitkin Memorial Hospital
Fort Laudesdale
Adie
New Jersey
Fort Lauderdale
Stedman
Providence
Boston
Big Four to Meet PARIS in Washington Conference
AP reports Russia agreed to join a Foreign Ministers conference with Western powers in Washington on July 23 to discuss the North Atlantic pact and United States bases overseas. The negotiations hinge on Russia's conditions and allied security commitments.
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Paris
Russia
Washington
Acheson cites Yalta timing on Russia war entry
Secretary Acheson told Senate hearings that the United States did not know if it had an atomic bomb when Yalta signed in 1945 to bring Russia into the war against Japan. He cited expectations that Russia would enter three months after Europe’s end to help defeat Japan, and noted China aid dynamics with Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Communists amid postwar shifts.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Yalta
Russia
Japan
Orient
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Henry A. Wallace
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
China
Manchuria
Far Eastern
Pacific
Achesot
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Stalin
Far East
Anglo Iranian Oil Crisis Talks Offer From AIOC
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company offered to send representatives to Tehran for full and frank talks on the oil crisis with Iran’s government. Deputy Premier Fatemi called the move an acceptance of Iran’s takeover, while the company reserved its legal rights. British officials maintained their high level negotiation stance and Hague Court move. The U.S. praised the development as a hopeful step toward a fair solution.
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Tehran
Iran
Trent
Hussein Fatemi
AIOC
London
Britain
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Fatemi
Raymond Houle Found After All Night Posse Search
An all night search by state police and local volunteers ended at dawn when 11 year old Raymond Houle emerged from underbrush near Paul Edwards camp one mile off Route 107 in Raymond. He had been missing since 4 pm Saturday while selling church picnic tags with companions. He appeared exhausted with scratches after being found by Paul Edwards at about 10:30 am. The youth said nothing beyond blueberry picking.
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Raymond
George Harold Houle
Reginald Houle
Nis Town
Paul Edwards
Route
Manchester
Young Houle
Jerry Wilbur
Delma Dudley
George Wallace
Romeo Levesque
Onway Lake
Levesque
Po- Nee
Six Persons Flee $100000 Fire In Ogunquit Resort Hotel
A blaze ripped through the Colonial Inn in Ogunquit causing $100000 damage. One man injured while six others, including three children, escaped with the West family wading through smoke to flee the hotel. Fire crews from Wells, York and nearby towns contained the flames as spectators gathered.
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Big Ogunquit Resort
Ogunquit
Leroy Weir
Pass-A Grille
Flo
Edward Chadbourne
Saco
West
Sachem Hotel
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Tre
Wells Corner
Wells Beach
York
Fewer Nickels Parking Receipts Dip in July Total
City Treasurer Joseph P. Marden announced parking meter receipts for July totaled 3,101.44 dollars, down from 3,391.40 dollars in May 1950. The shortfall amounts to nearly 300 dollars less than May’s figure.
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Joseph P. Marden
Supreme Court Upholds Conspiracy Conviction of 11 Communists
The Supreme Court today upheld the conspiracy conviction of America's 11 top Communists. Chief Justice Vinson delivered the majority decision, holding that the Red Leaders intended to overthrow the government of the United States as speedily as circumstances would permit.
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Waashington
Supreme Court
America
Vinson
United States
Two Brunswick Men Cleared in Slaying Probe
In Brunswick Maine two men cleared of suspicion in the murder of 24 year old Shirley Murray Coglen. Police broadened a manhunt for sex offenders while questions remain about the red scarf strangling near the college town. The victim was found in a tulip garden near a main street last Tuesday after being allegedly slain.
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Brunswick, Me
Paller
Brunswick
Milford
Bengor
Shirley Murray-Coglen
College Town
Cold Stream Pond
Missionaries Arrests Reported in China
Chinese authorities arrested 14 American and European Catholic missionaries in Hong Kong according to Communist dispatches cited by AP yesterday. The incident highlights ongoing tensions between Beijing and foreign religious workers amid broad wartime reporting.
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Kong Kong
Why Do Soldiers Wear Uniforms in War Tales
A Pentagon contact reveals seven reasons uniforms help soldiers beyond disguise. The piece cites protection, comfort, durability, and unity echoing George Washington’s view to reduce provincial distinctions. The tale ends with a child’s playful punchline about uniforms versus underwear.
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Washington
Kerry
Sol
Pentagon
Quartermaster Corps
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Janice Edwards
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Ruth Sprague
Jane Dow
Betty Eldredge
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Pauline Na
Donna Casterl
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Joyce Gilman
Susan Gilbert
Marion Jones
Jane Smith
Mary Kelohner
Claire Pasternak
Nancy Mathieu
Harry F. Downing
Patricia Call
Linda Tucker
Juliette Low
James M. Culberson
Jane Campbell
Priscilla McCaffery
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U. S
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Lee
Truman
Mossadegh
Siar
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Tran
Raymond Youngster
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Epping
Rollinsford Brothers
Exeter Hospital
State Price
Fred D. Moody
Wesley Moody
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Brewitt
Fred
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Willard C. Montgomery
Portsmouth
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Government Street
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Kearsargeway
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