Seoul braces for Eisenhower visit amid heavy security
Armored cars patrol Seoul and Marines with fixed bayonets guard key offices as President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower's arrival remains secret. Jeeps with machine guns patrol 8th Army HQ and Chosen Hotel while police screen civilians and orders seek to remove 10,000 prostitutes from the city.
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Seoul
U.S
Dwight D. Fisenhower
8Th Army
5Th Air Fore
Secret Service
Ketovch
Eisenhower
Reds Charge POW Camps Damaged in UN Air Raids
North Korea's Nam alleged U.N. planes bombed Prisoner Camp No. 9 at Sunchon and Camp No. 11 at Kangdong, wounding three U.N. soldiers and four inmates. He provided timings of the raids and claimed 32 Communist prisoners were wounded on Koje Island in violation of international law.
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Sunchon
U.N
Kangdong
Tsai Cheng Wen
Kandong
Reds
Nam
Koje Island
Actors Guild Begins TV Strike Across Nation
About 2700 Screen Actors Guild members walked out at midnight in a nationwide strike against filmed TV commercials. They seek higher wages and stricter reuse terms, plus extra pay when a commercial is reused. The walkout draws support from several allied unions and firms have been asked to avoid employing SAG performers until a settlement.
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Hollywood
Screen Actors: Guild
New York
Guild
SAG
Walter Pidgeon
American
Flight Engineers Strike Grounded Eastern Constellation Planes
Flight engineers at Eastern Airlines began a 6 am strike over a new wage deal, grounding Constellation flights on domestic routes between New York and Puerto Rico. About 160 engineers were affected as talks had continued for four months over a pay formula tied to hours, speed, and aircraft gross weight.
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AFL
Eastern Airlines
Constellation
Puerto Rico
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