Major U S Air Strikes Destroy North Korean Power Plants
Air Force and Navy pilots teamed up to hit four of five hydroelectric stations in eastern North Korea. Reports say the Suiho plant near the Yalu River was reduced to junk. Patrols along the battle line continued with casualties and warnings of further targets after Monday’s big raid.
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Seoul, Korea
Air Force
Navy
Korea
Changjin Becetgut
Songchon River
Yalu
Air Torce
U. S. Eighth Army
Cherwon
Washington
Panminjom
Suiho
Manchuria
Changjin
Iongchon River
North Korea
United Nations
Red Attack Warning and Lattimore Report Debunked
The article reports urgent calls to bolster U S coastal and air defenses against a Soviet atomic attack with Coast Guard requests for nine million dollars to build boats and base construction funds. It also notes FBI findings that a Lattimore trip story was a fabrication and that the State Department halted his departure as investigators probed the report.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Coast Guard
Merlin O'neill
House Appropriations Committee
O'Neill
U.S
E. V. Huggins
Air Force
Tald
House
Hugugins
Russia
Eleven Airmen Die as B 50 Bomber Crashes at Mildenhall
A U S Air Force B 50 bomber with 11 crew aboard crashed minutes after takeoff from Mildenhall England near Bryant May Bottom. Police said there were no survivors and the plane, on a routine training flight, burned near the farmhouse. Names of the crew were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Mildenhall
England
Suffolk
Bryant May Bottom
Air Force
Prince Men Hurt When Car Turns Over at Forest Festival
Two Prince men Prince Lawrence Burdette and Howard Taylor were hospitalized at Raleigh General for injuries after their car crashed near Mill Creek Road and Route 19 during the Mountain State Keyser Forest Festival. Elkins Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senator Robert D. (Tex) will crown Queen at the event, an employee of Silvia XI said. Phillip K. Har mess, associate director general of Mill Creek Road, commented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Lawrence Burdette
Howard Taylor
Raleigh General Hospital
Rayburn
Elkins
Sam Raynightsburn
D-Texas
Silvia XI
Mountain State Keyser Funeral Home
Phillip K. Har
Mill Creek Road
Route 19
Rule on Disputed Vote Explained By Judges
The State Supreme Court ordered Wayne County to return uncounted Effie Precinct ballots to election officers. Judge Haymond says county commissioners do not have power to redo the original vote count. Judge Lovins dissented. The Effie Precinct board had ruled May 13 that votes exceeded five member capacity, sealing the ballot box and handing it to the county clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Wayne County Court
Effie
Frank C. Haymond
W. T. Lovins
Election Board
Iand
Jit
Wayne County
Supreme Court
County Court
Haymond
Clifford Hatten
Effie Precinct
Ja Dearige
Virginia Weather and County Court Ballot Hickup
Cloudy warm weather with scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday in Virginia and the mountains. Highs near 86 yesterday, lows around 22 in some spots. In Wayne County West Virginia, a county election dispute ended with a Supreme Court order restoring the ballot count and clarifying that canvassers cannot tally until returns exist. Sheriff race among close contests saw ballot issues in Effie Precinct.
Miners to Get Vacation Pay and Election Fraud Reward
A Beckley group offered a $100 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions for election law violations in Raleigh County during the May 1952 primary. C. E. Strand was convicted, drawing renewed interest in the anonymous fund while Ronnie Cook Jr., the key state's witness, faced questions about his knowledge of the reward at the time of his testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Strand
Tabor
Beckley
Stroud
Raleigh County
Ronnie Cook, Jr
Harper Road
Raleaghy County
Iere
Cook
Beckley College
United Mine Workers of America
Raleigh
Murder Hearing Sorrow Death Not Sought by State
The State waived the death penalty as trial began today for Mrs Treava Mae Williams 25 Lilly 1 week Brook on an indictment for murder in the fatal stabbing of her husband Frank Williams 27 Negri killed around midnight Oct 20 1951 The prosecutor did not ask any penalty for the jury if found guilty The defense contends it was justified homicide claiming she stabbed during beating Police testified she surrendered and admitted stabbing with a switch bladeknife The case featured testimonies from officers Williams family and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treava Mae Wiliams
Lilly
Weet Brook
Frank Williams
Negri
Norman Knapp
Harry Capehart
Welch
W. A. Thornhill
Frank Willams
Lt &Ballard
D. V. Lilly
Armed Services
Lawrence Williams
Nata Williams
L. F. Armstead
Leota Slide
James Wood
Beckley
Ballpark Owners Win Injunction On Toledo Franchise Transfer
In Toledo, W Wayne Swayne Field Co owner of the Mud Hens won a temporary injunction to block transfer of the franchise to Charleston West Virginia. The move involves Detroit American League ties and a five year contract through 1953 at 12000 dollars yearly with specified transfer limits. Judge Thomas J. O Connor adjourned without a hearing date as Menendez was reportedly out of town.
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Toledo
Swayne Field Co
Charleston
W. Va
Common Pleas
Danny Menendez
West Virginia
AL E. Reuben
Burben
Menendez
Detroit
Toledo Athletic Co
American Association
I Thomas J. O'Connor
Ban On Color TV Lifted By NPR
Washington The government lifted its ban on manufacture of color television sets for home and theater use. The National Production Authority issued an order permitting production by firms that can prove color TV will not obstruct defense output. Administrator Henry H. Fowler said few home TV makers will qualify as most are in defense work.
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Washington
National Production Authority
ONSPA
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Stock Market Reacts To Color TV Ban Lift
In New York trading, radio television stocks rose as the government ended its ban on color television production. Radio Corp and CBS shares advanced with color systems now perfected. Other TV makers followed higher, while United Cigar-Whelan and Standard Gas and Electric showed gains. Lower activity seen in U S Steel Chrysler Santa Fe and Gulf Oil as market shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iime
Radio Corp
Columbia Broadcasting System
United Cigar-Whelan
Standard Gas and Electric
Goodrich
Philoc
Zenith
Admiral, Corp
Baltimore and Ohio
Standard Oil
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Gulf Oil
Big Creek Man Charged With Murders in Logan
Everett Frye, 30, of Big Creek, held in Logan County jail on murder charges for slayings at Peck's Mill on June 15. He was arraigned, waived to the grand jury, and linked to the deaths of Mrs. Violette Lucinda White, Melvin Baisden, and Ervin Schoolcraft. Separate report notes a hunting accident near Mill Creek killed 11 year old Albert Lee Hammond when a rifle discharged while hunting ground squirrels.
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Ervin Schoolcraft
Frye
Elkins
Albert Lee Hammond
F. W. Armstrong
Albert
Hammond
Mill Creek
Huntington Chesapeake Battle Over Freeing Ohio River Bridge
A Cabell County Circuit Court ins truction suit filed by Sol J. Ayman, Huntington theater operator, seeks to delay freeing the Huntington Chesapeake Ohio River toll bridge. Chesapeake residents oppose delay, planning action to restrict bridge use via Ashland and Pt. Pleasant ordinances. July 1 set for freeing the span with July 18 for hearings. tolls may fund other public improvements if trucks shift routes.
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Huntington P
Huntington- Chesapeake, C
Chesapeake
Sol J. Ayman
Cabell Coun Ity
Hyman
Huntington Theater
Wiliam &. Curry
Ashland
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Seattle
James Brady
Cabell County
jMan
Vivian
John W. Hereford
Curry
Huntington
Huttington
Labor Leaders Protest Korea Bombings in Commons
London Labor Party leaders condemned the Yalu River plant attacks, arguing they could widen Korea hostilities. Churchill defended the bombings as aimed at weakening the enemy war potential and noted allied rights for representations. Attlee warned the strikes destroy key Manchurian establishments. In West Virginia, two Bluefield men admitted kidnapping Alberta Wimbarger in Virginia and were jailed. Page man Richard Warren faces statutory rape charges in Bradley County. East Beckley’s William Sweeny is charged with absence without leave from Ft Belvoir. Mabscott’s N E Sweattie jailed for disturbing the peace at Mabscott Hill.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Yalu River
Korea
Churchill
Ted
Manchuria
Clement Attlee
Man_ehuria
Bluefield
Raleigh
William O. Meredith
James P. Haynes
Alberta
Alice Wimbarger
Tazewell County
Ben Moore
Richard Warren
Page
Bradley
J. E. Mays
Warren
William R. Sweeny
East Beckley
Ft. Belvoir
Okey Mills
N. E. Sweatie
Mabscott
Mabscott Hill
65 Die In Jap Typhoon Destruction Hits Japan
A powerful typhoon battered Japan's four main islands leaving at least 65 dead and many more missing or injured. The Coast Guard reported 55 fishing boats with 234 crew unaccounted for as homes and communities suffered widespread damage and rainfall.
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Tokyo
Japan
Japanese
Coast Guard
Weirton Steel Co Grants 16 Cent Wage Hike
About 13,000 steelworkers in the independent Steelworkers Union receive a 16 cent hourly raise after peaceful negotiations with Weirton Steel Co. A new contract covers workers at Weirton and Steubenville plants.
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Weirton
W. Va
Weirton Steel Co
Independent Steelworkers Union
Weirton Steed
Weirton and Steubenville
Polio at Critical Stage In Texas
Governor Shivers urges Texans to mobilize as polio rises across the state. National Foundation says Texas increase is higher than national average. Fifteen new Houston cases set a city record, about 200 cases in Harris County. Memorial Hospital Corpus Christi treated 101 this year, 38 last year. San Antonio reports 58 cases and eight deaths. Dallas Parkland capacity tight as out of county cases rise. Fort Worth tallies 39 cases. Waco reports two new cases bringing its count to 26.
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Austin
Tex
Allan Shivers
National Foundation For
New York
Texas
Houston
Harris
Foundation
Gr .Foard Meeinnes
National Foundation
Memorial Hospital
Corpus. Christi
San Antonio
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
West Virginia Briefs Highlight Local Death and Development
Mrs. Waller KE Connell Sr of Charleston, widow of Kanawha Drug Co founder, dies in Columbus. survivors include daughter Mrs. George W Bloom and son Ellison S Connell of Charleston. Logan fatality report cites Clarence Adams 24 of Verdunville after his car overturned near Dingess. William G Lins seeks court permission to reopen Wheeling Downs. July 2 hearing set in District Federal Court. Cabell County Hospital bonds approved totaling three million dollars to be issued next October. Judges Watkins and Meredith attend U S Fourth Judicial Circuit conference in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Charleston
Waller KE. Connell
Kanawha Drug Co
George W. Bloom
Columbus
Connell
W. E.rudy Connell
Charleston Gazette
Ellison S. Connell
Logan
Clarence Adams
Verdunville
Dingess
Mingy County
G. T. Davis
Fairmont
William G. Lins
Wheeling Downs
Harry E. Watkins
Lias
Huntington
Cabell County General Hospital
Northern District Federal Court
J. Harper Meredith
Marion County
Asheville
N. C
U. S
Fourth Judicial Circuits
Two Years Of War In Korea Aims For Peace Not Victory
Two years of brutal conflict since North Korea invaded South Korea have left the peninsula in ruins and a stalemate along the 38th parallel. More than two million casualties and over ten million civilians displaced mark the war, with UN and Chinese forces deeply involved. Casualties include 419,456 UN troops, 109,971 Americans, and 1,623,404 Chinese and North Korean forces. Armistice talks at Panmunjom have produced little progress as combat lines hold along a diagonal northeast line.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Panmunjom
Prisoner Release Plan Irks Enemies in Koje Island Talks
In MUNSAN Korea Communist truce negotiators warned the United Nations that continued screening of prisoners on Koje Island may extend the Korean War North Korean Gen Namil said this. Maj Gen William K Harrison said the right to freedom cannot be bartered and that individuals must choose. About 43000 prisoners on Koje are being questioned to learn if they want to go home.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Koje Island
Namil
William K. Harrison
Koje
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Lattimore
FBI
Washington U9
Washington Post
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Customs
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Senate
Post
Central Intelligence Agency
Michael J. McDermott
Virginia
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Betlepoint
Greenbrier
Ige
van Hunter
Referk
NPR
Big Creek
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