Stevenson Leaves Race Wide Open
Chicago and national delegates monitor Adlai Stevenson as he resists draft pressure, keeping the Democratic nominating race unsettled. Russell Kefauver Kerr Barkley Harriman lead or hope for ballots. Truman remains out but could be drafted if balloting drags into late rounds.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Illinois
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Johnson
Russell
Truman
Pat
Ester Kefauver
Tennessee
Alben W. Barkley
Averell Harriman
Oklahoma
Sullivan
Frank E. McKinney
Weather note for Southern California inland and valleys
Mostly clear inland through Wednesday with coastal cloudiness extending inland over coastal valleys tonight and Wednesday. Thunderstorms cluster over Owens Valley mountains. Cooler tomorrow afternoon in coastal and intermediate valleys. July 15 1952 peaks 84 lows 56. year ago highs 96 lows 64. Local commentary mentions fog reaching Coltan and hot humidity in Redlands. Smith and Jones exchange a joke about job security.
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California
Owens Valley
Jimmy Cub
Coltan
Redlands
Cook
Jimmy
Leonard Leest
Orange Street
Paterson
N. J
Smith
U S orders Russia to halt propaganda in America
The United States demanded Russia stop all propaganda on American soil and ordered Amerika, the Russian language magazine, halted. The State Department cited obstructionist measures to narrow Amerika’s circulation and said Russia may resume publication under free distribution rules with access for American diplomats. Senator Mundt endorsed reciprocal treatment as essential.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Kremlin
Voices of America
State Department
Amerika
Department
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Communists Arrested by Japanese Police in Nationwide Crackdown
Tokyo reports Forty seven Communists arrested amid minor disturbances marking the movement's 30th anniversary. Police feared uprisings after May Day riots, with 260 meetings scheduled and up to one hundred thousand expected to attend. Raids occurred in Ashigawa, Kyoto, Beppu, and other cities as authorities closed meetings and searched for weapons.
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Tokyo
CPH
Japan
Communist Party
Osaka
Kyoto
Kyo-go
Ashigawa
Hokkaido
Beppu
Kyushu
Scientist Not Victim Of Foul Play Say Police
Pasadena authorities rejected kidnapping by foreign agents theory about Albert Clark Reed a California Institute of Technology aeronautical researcher who disappeared July 7. Police said a hoax phone call claiming Reed was being held for information likely caused his worried wife and noted Reed had recently faced financial pressures.
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Pasadena
Florence Reed
Albert Clark Reed
Reed
California Institute of Technology
Stanley Decker
Polay
Churchill slams Red Dean over Korea germ warfare claim
In the Commons Churchill accuses the Very Rev Hewlett Johnson of making anti Allied charges after his China visit. He rejects a special tribunal as unneeded while Queen Elizabeth II holds the power to act. Attorney general says insufficient treason evidence exists against the dean.
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London
Winston Churchill
Red Dean
Canterbury
Korea
Hewlett Johnson
Gambling Debts Linked to Pyramid Suicide in Cairo
Leon Capelli, 24, an oil company worker, leaped from the 42 foot Great Pyramid of Giza after leaving a note blaming mounting gambling debts. He fell to the ground and suffered a fractured skull, the first recorded death by self inflicted leap from the ancient structure.
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Cairo
Giza
Leon Capelli
Capelli
Man Falls More Than Mile Vows To Conquer Mountain
MT Shasta tale of Dan O Neill and C Carl Miller as they near the summit. O Neill, a 34 year old San Francisco mail clerk, slid head first down ice and rock for about a mile at 40 mph before stopping on a slope. He sought treatment for a bruised hip and second and third degree burns on arms and hands.
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MT. Shasta
Calif
Upian Athletic Mail
MT Shasta
Dan O'Neill
San Francisco
C. Carl Miller
Oakland
O'Neill
Miller
West Lodge
O Neill
Allied Bombers Hit Pyongyang Area Targets In Korea
Allied fighter bombers attacked a locomotive repair shop and a cement factory near Pyongyang as part of a broader strike against North Korean targets. The engagement caused a large fire and multiple explosions. Additional strikes targeted front line positions, bunkers, gun positions, and supply depots, with significant enemy casualties reported.
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Seoul
Pyongyang
Tokyo
U. S. Army
J. Lawton Collins
Red
Kosong
United Nations
Chorwon
U.N
Satae
Far East
U. N
Destroyer Southerland Hit Four Times Off Korea Coast
The destroyer Southerland took four hits from Communist shore batteries off Korea's east coast in a 24 minute action. Eight enlisted men suffered minor injuries. The ship silenced five of seven emplacements and fired over 200 five inch rounds before returning to action three hours later. No wounded were from California or Arizona.
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Washington
Southerland
Korea
Navy
California
Arizona
Out Of State Cars Hit High Inflow To California
The Automobile Club of Southern California reports 79,501 out-of-state cars entered California in the first six months, carrying 1,763,475 passengers. This is 14 percent above last year’s six-month high. June alone saw 172,537 cars, a state record for a single month.
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Los Angeles
California
Automobile Club of
Southern California
Eisenhower Plans Short Colorado Fishing Trip After Visit
Dwight D. Eisenhower prepares to take a brief vacation in Colorado. He aims to escape the heat and start a fishing trip after arriving in Denver with Mamie. Hagerty says he will spend Friday cleaning up odds and ends before heading out with his rod and tackle.
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Denver
Colo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Colorado
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hopes For Early Settlement Of Dock Strike Rise
In San Francisco the West Coast 48 day maritime strike neared potential settlement as Alaska Steamship Co. signed with the Sailors Union of the Pacific and negotiations resumed between union and management. The agreement includes a full 5 percent wage rise plus extra pay for Saturday work and fringe benefits. Joint talks with coast ship owners began, led by Pacific Maritime Association and SUP, with federal conciliator Omar Hoskins noting progress while jurisdiction over loading ship stores on the West Coast remained a sticking point between SUP and ILWU.
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San Francisco
Ior
Tose Tday
One Steamship Company
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Alaska Steamship Co
Alaska
Harry Lundeberg
SUP
Alaska Steamship
Sea
Pacific Maritime Assm
Mrangement Group
Omar Hoskins
International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen's Union
Ind
Egypt Premier Seeks British Evacuation and Unity
Cairo Egypts new premier Hussein Sirry Pasha stated the main plank of his platform is the evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone and the union of Egypt and Sudan under King Farouk. He pledged continuous martial law as needed and warned against threats to public security. He also promised free elections and efforts to ease Egypts financial woes.
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Cairo
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Farouk
Kefauver aide accuses Kerr backer of delegate bribes
In Chicago, Gael Sullivan charged an unidentified Kerr backer pressed Southern California delegates to switch from Kefauver after the first ballot. John Anson Ford said the bribery included tickets worth over 1700 dollars and offered cash to others to join a switch, as Kefauver delegates head to Chicago.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Robert S. Kerr
California
Kefauver
Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Sullivan
Kerr
Ford
Los Angeles
John Anson Ford
Tennessean
Barstow
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Negotiators Fail To Reach Accord On Steel Dispute
Pittsburgh AP reports that representatives of the steel industry and the CIO United Steelworkers failed to settle the 44 day walkout involving 590000 basic steel workers after a two hour summit. Philip Murray and Joseph Larkin led talks while Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman considered further word. Key issues were the union shop clause and wage structure revisions for 23000 iron ore workers.
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Pittsburgh
Steel
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Joseph Larkit
Bethlehem Steel
Defense
John R. Steelman
Murray
Steelman
Larkin
Bethlehem
John M. Morse
USW
Arthur Goldberg
Polar Bears Escape Plot Foiled At Highland Park Zoo
Officials at Highland Park zoo in Pittsburgh thwarted an escape plot by polar bears as they dug a tunnel from their rock-bound enclosure. One bear reportedly dug while the others circled to mask the project amid extreme heat.
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Pittsburgh
Highland Park Zoo
New Speed Queen of Seas SS United States Honored
New York reports the SS United States completes a round trip Atlantic speed run, earning blue ribbon marks for eastbound and westbound records. Commodore Harry Manning commands the $73 million liner as it docks amid bands, fog, and celebratory brooms on its homeward arrival.
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United States
New York
Atlantic
Hudson River
Commodore Harry Manning
Ambrosa
Hner
Big Development in Truce Talks Near
In Panmunjom the two day recess in Korean truce negotiations sparked speculation of a major breakthrough. Communists requested the break to refer to higher authorities in Pyongyang and Peiping on a UN proposal to break the deadlock over prisoner repatriation. Talks resume at 1 am tomorrow amid a news blackout.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Pyongyang
Peiping
Adm Fechteler to Arrive in Formosa for War Games
Admiral William M. Fechteler, chief of U S naval operations, will arrive in Formosa on July 20 for a two day visit amid awareness of war games staged by the Chinese Nationalists during his Far East tour.
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Fechteler
Formosa
Taiper
William M. Fechteler
U.S. Naval Operations
Far East
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U.S
Soviet Information Bulletin
Soviet Union
Moscow
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Destroyer
Heather Everts
Lynwood
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Mamie
Brown Palace
John Doud
Kerr Backer
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