Truman Friends Say President Satisfied Over MacArthur Ouster
Washington observers say President Truman believes he won the MacArthur ouster battle. Testimony at Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations hearings on May 3 1951 supported Truman’s limited war approach in Korea despite ongoing policy disputes.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
MacArthur
Korea
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Douglas MacArthur
Mr. Truman
Pacific
Patrick J. Hurley
Roosevelt
Hurley
Green
D-Ri
Red China
Manchuria
U.S
United Nations
United States asks for more UN aid in Korea
U S officials urge the United Nations to dispatch additional forces to Korea amid Chinese Communist pressure and ongoing aggression. President Truman noted no new peace moves, while the U N continues to evaluate troop and material needs as the conflict nears its first anniversary.
Enemy Drops ist Fire Bombs But Do Little Damage
AP dispatch reports heavy air battles over North Korea with United Nations forces clashing with Soviet backed jets. Fifth Air Force claims 11 Red planes shot down this week, 17 damaged, and 29 losses overall as large ground actions unfold near the Yalu and Chorwon. American Sabre jets engage MiGs near Manchuria with several aircraft confirmed down or damaged. Night bombardment by U.S. warships and ground fire supports allied troops along the eastern front as air and ground operations intensify.
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North Korea
U.S
Manchuria
Yalu
Manchurian
Far East
U. N?ines
Chorwon
Western ‘Front
U.N
Impo
Seoul
Woene
Shooting Star ‘Ers
Sinuiju
Hursday
U. S
Toledo
Saddle theft case turns on horse’s affection
Melvin Spurline, 20, admitted taking a saddle but denied horse theft. Officers testified he walked with the saddle as a horse trotted beside him. The judge dismissed the horse stealing charge and set July 18 for hearing probation and sentence on the saddle theft charge.
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Los Angeles
Melvin Spurline
Spurline
Spurtine
Mohican style haircuts sweep Los Angeles youths
Mothers protest Mohican trims as boys, including Leon 12, return from barber shops with two inch center hair and a pointed rear. Barbers report rising business as the fad spreads, sparked by a comic book character and priced at 1.25 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Clara Kwalwasser
Leon
James Fenimore Cooper
Kildeer Nest Delays $100 Million Lakewood Park Project
A kildeer appears to nest near four exes amid earthmoving for a Lakewood Park shopping district, prompting a three foot buffer bird sanctuary. Project manager Henry Hesse hopes the hen hatches soon and residential crews avoid eviction.
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Los Angeles
Lakewood Park
Henry Hesse
Wrong Kind of Card in New Jersey Visit
Daniel A Fernandez formerly of Buenos Aires visited relatives in New Jersey seeking work. He was directed to city hall and went to Room 402 then mistakenly to Room 204, filling out a selective service form. He later notes he prefers the 13th Infantry Regiment and remarks on the confusing procedure.
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WKYU
Daniel A. Fernandez
Buenos Aires
New Jersey
Fernandez
Pic
Fernand
13Th Infantry Regiment
Weather outlook with scattered showers and warm humid trend
Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms expected this evening and Saturday afternoon and evening. Continued warm and humid conditions with lows 60 to 65 tonight. West View forecast June 23 to 27 shows near normal temperatures around 73 with little daily change. Warmer early next week with showers over the weekend and again mid week amounting to roughly two-thirds to three-fourths inch. Local river stages near normal with clear or near normal conditions in Greenbrier and Bluestone Reserve areas.
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West View
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reserve
Area Soldiers Missing in Action and Returned to Control
Casualty List 334 from the Department of Defense shows two area soldiers missing in action. Sgt. Gordon H Woods of Powellton and Pfc. Carlos B Ferguson of Aider son are unaccounted. Two others have been returned to military control. Wounded include Set Emory L Boggs, Bob White, Pvt William R Grose, Cpl Homer Stamper, and MMe James A Talbert. Cpl Ronald L Wilson is injured with notification at Soak Creek.
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Department of Defense
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Alfred E. Woods
Powellton
Carlos B. Ferguson
Martha M. Ferguson
Aiderson
William L. Burgess
Edmond
Burgess
Fayetteville
Cecil FE. Jennings
Malcolm H
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Beckley
Emory L. Boggs
Olive D. Boggs
Bob White
William R. Grose
Phillip Grose
Homer Stamper
Smithers
James A. Talbert
George S. Talbert
Mabscott
Ronald L. Wilson
Dewey Wilson
Soulsville
Soak Creek
Probers May Act Against Taciturn Vice Witnesses
The U S Senate crime committee may seek contempt citations against former Miami Sheriff Jimmy Sullivan and Leo Accardo while considering perjury charges against Harry Voller the former publisher of the Morning Mail The panel aims to probe Florida narcotics traffic and discussed whether to subpoena Gov Fuller Warren who has refused invitations to testify The chairman noted possible grand jury implications on Sullivan and Accardo and questioned potential commitments to gamblers in 1948 campaigns
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
U.S. Senate Crime Committee
Florida
Herbert O'Conor
D-Md
Jimmy Sullivan
Leo Accardo
Capone
Downey
Rice
Harry Voller
Morning Mail
Miami Beach
Sullivan
Accarda
Veiler
Accardo
Dallas L. Carroll
Accardo’s
Thei
Carroll
T. Rice
Fuller Warren
O’conor
British Workers in Iran Prepare For Hasty Exit
In Tehran British employees of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company face a forced choice as Iran presses for nationalization. About 3,000 AIOC staff are urged to decide within a week whether to stay under the nationalized National Oil Company with equal pay and privileges. Premier Mossadegh wins strong support from deputies amid the crisis.
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Middle East
Nicosia
Cyprus
British Parachute Brigade
Associated Press
Tehran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AEC
Drake
AIOC
Great
Abadan
National Oil
Hossein Fatimi i
ALOC
Mohammed Mossadegh
ALO
Death Rides the Air Lanes in Global Crash Toll
A Pan American World Airways jet with about 40 aboard was overdue from Johannesburg to New York, last stopping in Accra and Dakar before expected landfall at Roberts Field. French and Liberian search efforts mounted as the fate of the missing crew remains uncertain.
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Associated Press
Dakar
French West Africa
Airways 1
Johannesburg
New York City
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Liberia
Accra
Gold Coast
Seattle
Whidbey Island Oval Air Station
San Antonio
Tex
Randolph Air Force Base
Carl B. McDaniel
Randolph
Missing Nurse Returns After Disappearance in Smoky Mountains
GATLINBURG Tenn Bryan Lorimer a nurse from Jewish Hospital Cincinnati walked back to civilization after two weeks missing in the Great Smoky Mountains. She was hospitalized in Sevierville Tenn. Doctors and park rangers voiced surprise at her good condition though she has yet to tell her story.
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Associated Press
Gatlinburg, Tenn
Bryan Feline Lorimer
Great Smoky Mountains
Jewish Hospital
Cincinnati
Seiverville
Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Four peace talks collapse after 16 weeks
Western powers told the Soviet Union there was no point in continuing sixteen weeks of deputy talks on a Big Four conference agenda. They favored a government level meeting if Russia attends, but deadlock persisted over placing the North Atlantic Treaty and U.S. overseas bases on the agenda. Soviet Deputy Andrei Gromyko reacted with confusion as Britain’s Ernest Davies signaled the talks were over.
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Associated Press
Paris
Britain
France
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
West
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
Ernest Davies
Unattended iron starts $2,000 fire at Roark home
A sleeping Mrs. Zela Roark on Old Mt Hope Road left an iron on, starting a fire that damaged the residence by $2,000. Neighbors alerted, flames spread from ironing board to rooms. a second call at 6 12 p m reported roof wiring blaze, but the fire was stopped before major damage.
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Zela
Roark
Mt. Hope Road
Bernard Martin
Giant Air Testing Lab Planned in Tennessee
The AEDC near Tullahoma Tennessee will test and develop aircraft jet engines and missiles in a three unit facility. Construction costs 157.3 million dollars with power from TVA and a 12 mile Elk River reservoir creating 100 million gallons per minute. Full operation targeted for 1954 under the Air Force and Engineers.
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Giant Air Testing
Tennessee
Associated Press
Tullahoma. Tenn
Power of America
Air Force
Unis
Korea
Truman
Henry H. Arnold
Arnold Engineering Development Center
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Washington
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Gas Dynamics Unit
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Corps OF Engineers
Elk River
Appeal Road Case In Criminal Court
Testimony heard in the trial of Ezra F. Brown appealing a Beckley driving while drunk charge. Three local officers testified seeing Brown at the scene on Prince Street in May. Officers provided traffic control notes and Brown was arrested after bypassing them. police reported finding a liquor house on the truck floorboard.
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Ezra F. Brown
Beckley
Brown
Forrest
Prince Street
Joseph Bettina Dies at 71 in Raleigh County
Joseph A. Bettina age 71 of 306 Temple Street died at 2 a.m. in a local hospital after a several week illness. Born in Italy, he had lived in Raleigh County 29 years and worked with Bettina Construction Company. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by wife Maria, son Sergio, daughter Bruna, and niece Mrs. Jose Canellas. Active pallbearers listed.
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Temple Street
Bettina
Italy
Raleigh County
Bettina Construction Company
St Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Caffee
John .Halpin
Sunset Memorial Park
Maria J. Bettina
Sergio H. Bettina
Bruna Bettina
Jose Canellas
Deroit, Mich
Billy Whitney
Raymond Foster
Pinoy Feraldo
Marco Cipollat
John E. Lily
Leo Vecillio
Officials Named For Turtle Derby By Beckley Jaycees
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce announces officials for Saturday Turtle Derby. James Kes singer serves as starter, Al Beane as Head Turtle Snapper, Earl Carter and Bill Houchins as judges. 200 terrapins entered, ten heats of 20. 19 heat winners advance to final. Free admission at 7 p.m. in the Recreation Building. A dunk tank intermission features four Jaycees presidents as volunteers.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
James Kessinger
al Beane
Earl Carter
Bill Houchins
The
Jaycees
Benny McManus
Dave Abrams
Hulette Smith
Bill Laren
West Virginia utility seeks fifth postwar rate increase
The Chesap eaker and Potomac Telephone Co applied for a fifth postwar rate increase with the Public Service Commission. The filing follows a settlement with the CIO Communications Workers of America granting wage increases totaling about 1 200 000 dollars per year.
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Charleston
Chesaspeaker and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
CIO Communications Workers of America
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