Secret talks between Clark and Harrison on Korean truce
In Tokyo Gen Mark W Clark and Lt Gen William K Harrison held secret sessions on new Allied command strategy to end the Korean war stalemate. Ambassador Robert D Murphy joined the discussions at Pershing Heights as Harrison plans further talks before Panmunjom resumption. Harrison avoided comments on the deadlock and stressed a soldier's stance.
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William K. Harrison
United Nation Command
Robert D. Murphy
U.S
Japan
Clark
Supreme Commander
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Harrison
Murphy
Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Reds threaten clergy with death in East Germany
BERLIN UP fast German Communists warned clergy they face death by guillotine if they oppose the Red regime in the Soviet zone. Neues Deutschland called churchmen subversive and said the death law would punish clergy propagandizing for war and spreading hatred on western orders. At least 50 East German clergy have been arrested with many sentenced to up to 12 years.
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Neues Deutschland
East Germany
West
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Weather Summary Southern California Coastal Valleys May 18 1953
Mostly clear tonight and Tuesday with low clouds and fog in lower portions early Tuesday morning. Highs reach 77 today, 74 Sunday, 58 Saturday. lows 45, 47, 46. Rain 0.04 inches this period. season total 13.03, last year 21.60. Jimmy Cub i comments on adjectives and flowers lingering longer due to lack of hot days.
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California
Sixth Tornado Strikes Louisiana Amid Gulf Coast Alert
The sixth tornado in three days hit Louisiana as the Weather Bureau warned of more twisters along the Gulf Coast from Brownsville Texas to Biloxi Mississippi. The cyclone struck Cherie Winchie between Oaidtaie and Elgabeti in Southwest Louisiana early today, seriously injuring a woman and demolishing seven homes along with other buildings.
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Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Tex
Biloxi
Miss
Cherie-Winchie J
Oaidtaie
Elgabeti
Lousiana
Undercover Agents Target Reds on California Colleges
SAN FRANCISCO. Under cover security agents worked on every major California college and university for a year to remove Communists. Richard E. Combs testified that about 100 faculty members have been removed since last June and at least as many have been denied jobs due to Communist Party ties. An agent analyzes courses and, with the committee's approval, informs the college president to compel discharge.
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Califoria
Richard E. Combs
State UN- American Activities Committee
Senate
Combs
FBI
Navy
State Un-Amercan Activities Committee
Jif
Communist Party
Lourses
Freedom plane to be returned to Czech officials
Berlin dispatch reports the United States plans to return the so called Freedom plane used by anti-Communist Czechoslovaks to West Germany after negotiations. The plane, flown from West Germany, will be handed to Czech representatives and inspected by Czech authorities at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin.
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Berlin
United States
Freedom
West Germany
Associated Press
Wiliam Oatis
Czech National Airlines
Tempelhof
Benson Advises Chastity At East Carolina College
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson told 316 senior coeds and 2,000 in the baccalaureate audience at East Carolina College to keep pre-marital relations chaste for future marriages. He called purity life giving and unchastity deadly.
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Greenville
N.C
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
East Carolina College
Ridgway Warns Europe Short Of Air Power
General Ridgway told Congress that Allied Europe remains gravely short of air power and supplies. He urged $5.8 billion in foreign aid, warning even after NATO goals the defense shortfall could invite reversals early in an attack. He called for more escorts, minesweepers, stronger reserves, and continuous supply to all forces.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ridgway
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Army
United States
NATO
Ralph Flanders
Eisenhower
Hubert H .Humphrey
House
Agriculture Department
Benson
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Senate
George E. Armstrong
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
ABA
Mexican General Held In Bomb Plot
Federal agents arrested Brig. Gen. Hermengildo Carrillo at a Guadalajara ranch on charges of complicity in a plan to use a time bomb on an airliner to collect life insurance. The device exploded at Mazatlan airport, killing three employees, though it was not loaded onto the plane. Carrillo allegedly helped fund the bomb. Earlier arrests included former Col. Jose A. Del Valle and Ramon A. Salaman who planned to net about $98,600 in insurance for Del Valle’s family.
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Hermengildo Carrillo
Guadalajara
Mazatlan
Carrillo
Army
Jose A. del Valle
Ramon A. Salaman
del Valle
Hinshaw Says U S Has Enough A Bombs for War
Rep. Carl Hinshaw of California on a radio television program stated the United States already maintains far more atomic bombs than would be needed to wage a full scale war with Russia. He claimed knowledge of the stockpile without giving figures. External experts estimate the arsenal exceeds 1500 bombs.
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Washington
Carl Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Rep Merlin Hull Dies at 82 Oldest U S House Member
LA CROSSE Wisconsin UP Rep Merlin Hull aged 82 who served Wisconsin's ninth district since 1928 died of bronchial pneumonia complex. Funeral set for Wednesday at Black River Falls Methodist Church where he lived. Survived by widow four children two granddaughters and a sister.
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Hull
Lutheran Hospital
Wisconsin
Walter Kohler
Congress
Jackson County
Sechlerville
Wis
Perry
Stockton, Calif
Leland Lamb
Milwaukee
Effie Hull
Washington, BD. C
Merriam Off Critical List After Auto Accident
Long Beach California former governor Frank F. Merriam, 87, is off the critical list and recovering nicely after injuries from a May 10 automobile crash. He was hospitalized with six broken ribs and a fractured collarbone as the California newspaper publishers association voiced deep regret and affection for him as a friend.
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Long Beach
Frank F. Merriam
California
Merriam
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Survivor recounts air crash that killed 19 near Waskom Texas
The lone survivor, Mrs. Hazel Cox of Panama City Florida, said the Delta Chicago and Southern DC 3 hit an air pocket, woke during a shuddering descent, and saw flames before crashing six miles west of Waskom on the Louisiana Texas border. The craft en route from Dallas to Atlanta exploded in a heavy storm, killing pilot co pilot hostess 16 passengers including a two month old baby. Civil Aeronautics Authority and Board investigate. Cox survived with injuries and was hospitalized in Marshall Texas.
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Delta- Chicago and
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Hazel Cox
Panama City
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Texas
Louisiana-Texas
Dallas
Atlanta
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Civil Aeronautics Board
Marshall
Shreveport
Arthur Godfrey Shows Continued Recovery After Hip Surgery
Boston UP reports television and radio star Arthur Godfrey continues to improve after the first of two operations on his injured hips. A Phillips House bulletin at Massachusetts General hospital says his clinical chart is within normal. His right leg remains in traction with a five pound weight. the Friday operation aimed to correct both hips injured in a Washington DC automobile accident 22 years ago.
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Arthur Godfrey
Phillips House of Massachusetts General Hospital
Godfrey
Washington, D., C
Body Dug Up In Notting Hill Strangler Case
Scotland Yard diggers exhumed Mrs. Bergie Evans at a Kensington cemetery on testimony by John Christie the Notting Hill strangler. Defense sought to inspect hair from victims to support insanity claims as Christie’s case hinges on disputed testimony about Evans and the 1949 London murder.
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Scotland Yard
Bergie Evans
John Christie
Notting Hill
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Evans
Christie
Timothy Evans
Oatis Reunites With Wife After 22 Months
William Oatis, AP correspondent held 22 months in Czechoslovakia, flew home to his wife in New York. He planned to study trial records before speaking further, saying he did not want to discuss his confession yet. He described the espionage trial as complex and noted limited contact with news while imprisoned.
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Associated Press
Laurabelle
New York Today
Czechoslovakia
Prague
New York
Uatis
Pankrac
Oatis
St. Paul, Minn
Gatis
Marion
Indl
Europe
United States
Eisenhower Returns to White House After Williamsburg Cruise
President Eisenhower arrived at the White House after a four day farewell cruise aboard the Williamsburg docking at Alexandria Virginia. He planned a tax speech delivery at 10 30 P M EDT and met with Gen Omar Bradley. The trip included stops at Annapolis and Williamsburg and some golf. He ordered the ship moth balled to mark it as needless luxury.
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Eisenhower
White House
Williamsburg
Alexandria
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Wiliam and Mary College
Lynde D. McCormick
Norfolk
Atomic Test Postponed Again
LAS VEGAS AP The jinx nuclear shot in the current series was postponed 24 hours due to wind conditions. It marked the third 24 hour delay and fourth postponement for the tower detonation at Yucca Flat proving grounds, 65 miles northwest of here. The AEC said wind conditions would have spread radioactivity into populated areas, delaying the blast until tomorrow morning PDT.
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Las Vegas
Yucca Flat Proving Grounds
Here
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Romulo Faces Test On Nomination Tonight
In Manila Carlos Romulo faces a key test as the Liberal Party 21 member executive committee meets to finalize plans for the May 24 national convention Romulo plans to challenge President Elpidio Quirino who says he intends to seek reelection.
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Manila
Carlos Romulo
Liberal Party
Romulo
Elpidio Quirino
Capt McConnell Becomes First Triple Jet Ace
SEOUL Korea UP Sabre jet pilots downed 12 MIG 15s today Capt Joseph McConnell claimed three more to reach 16 total and become the first triple jet ace He surpassed Capt Manuel Fernandez who had 14 and later Fernandez was retired from flight status On the ground Outpost Horseshoe saw fierce fighting as Chinese infantry pressed South Korean defenders Eighth Army reported the 31st ace Lt Col George S Ruddel and Capt Harvey Jensen each downed a MIG during the engagement
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Korea
Sabre
Air Force
McConnell
Manuel Fernandez
Fernandez
Bach
Miami Fla
Horseshoe
East Central
Eighth Army
George S. Ruddelt
Eugene
Ore
Harvey Jensen
Tacoma
Wash
Senate Group Ready For New Tidelands Fight
Washington (UP) The Senate Interior committee opened the second installment of tidelands legislation as President Eisenhower prepared to sign the first bill granting coastal states title to offshore lands out to historic boundaries. The second measure, passed by the House, would create the legal framework for federal leases on the continental shelf, extending up to 150 miles offshore in places. Senator Kem criticized leasing provisions as insufficient, noting they omit sulphur and other mineral production despite potential offshore resources.
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Senate Interior Committee
Hisenhower
Senate
Texas
Florida
White House
White Woase
House
Seabotttom Ledge
James P. Kem
R. Mo
Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston Detail
Boston game details record Garver and Ginsberg led by Buchan Hudson Kennedy and White in an American League scoring summary.
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Boston
Garver
Ginsberg
Buchan
Hudson
Kennedy
White
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