East Berlin Riots Trigger Martial Law and Bloodshed
Rioters amounting to about fifty thousand clashed with Soviet forces in East Berlin prompting a martial law declaration. Tanks and troops fired on crowds while officials reported at least one death and several injuries. Otto Nuschke defected to the West amid the unrest and the authorities plan curfews and bans on public gatherings.
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Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Wedding Has Handy Bible Gaffe in Texas Church
The Rev. John Shanks serving Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas substituted at a wedding using a book he mistook for a Bible. He delivered the ceremony from memory, then realized he had pronounced the couple after reading from The Funeral Encyclopedia.
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John Shanks
Cliff Temple Baptist Church
Hanks
Wheeler to push impeach Justice Douglas over Rosenberg stay
Representative Wheeler vows to introduce a bill within an hour to impeach Supreme Court Justice Douglas who granted a stay of execution to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The House reacted with cheers and applause to the statement.
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Wheeler
D.-Ga
House
Supreme Court
Douglas
Atom
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Big Investigative Guns Target New Mexico Prison Riot
A New Mexico State Prison riot left two convicts dead and 21 guards hostage. Rep. Hugh Horne will head a legislative probe into prison administration, with focus on how inmates captured staff and how Homer Gossett could initiate the breakout amid aging rules and overcrowding. Federal warnings of trouble at San Quentin surface in the inquiry.
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Hugh Horne
Albuquerque
Joint Legislative Prison Investigating Committee
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Santa Fe
Mechem
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Morris Abram
L. C. White
White
State Prison Board
Douglas Rigg
San Quentin
Legislative Committee
Homer Lee Gossett
Adolfo Benevidez
State Penitentiary
Gossett
Rigg
Joint Committee
Weather Summary Reading At Three Hour Intervals
United States Weather Bureau readings show temperatures from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today with highs reaching 101 and 96 forecast for today. Precipitation totals include 0.02 inches in the 24 hours ending 11 a m today and month to date 0.32 inches. Normal highs and lows for the date are 92 and 63. Sunrise 4 50, sunset 7 08, day length 14 3 hours. Forecast calls for heavy clouds at times today and tomorrow with local showers or thunderstorms and little temperature change.
Hospital Transfer Nears Completion at Ft Stanton
State Welfare Director Alva Simpson said Ft Stanton Hospital transfer from the U S Public Health Service to the state should be complete by July 1. Terms were set with John Turner for inventory transfer. Some staff may leave for higher civil service salaries while others stay under state merit system.
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Alva Simpson
Ft. Stanton Hospital
U. S. Public Health Service
Simpson
John S. Turner
U. S. Health Service
Ft. Worth
Tex
Lawrence Waterman
Welfare Department
Federal
U. S
El Paso Gas Seeks Removal Of Disability Suit To Federal Court
El Paso Natural Gas Co petitions to transfer a San Juan County workmen's compensation case filed June 3 by Tony F. Rivas, a pipeline employee, who alleges total disability from work. The move asks the federal district court to hear the claim.
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San Juan County
Tony F. Rivas
el Paso
Unclaimed tax refund surprise in paper notice
An Albuquerque resident eyed his name in a newspaper list of unclaimed refunds but found his wife had already claimed the notice, reading the paper ahead of him.
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Albuquerque
ICC approves 36 percent rise in parcel post rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized a 36 percent increase in parcel post zone rates to take effect on a date set by the Post Office Department. The move is expected to raise about 150 million dollars in annual parcel handling charges, with further boosts planned for catalogs and similar printed matter. The ICC postponed decisions on these additional proposals, noting some ideas emerged after hearings on zone rates. Federal law authorizes ICC rate changes, with Congress able to override by statute.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Parcel Post
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Laos Jungle Crash Believed Fatal to 27
A Lao tian passenger plane carrying 27 persons crashed into the Laos jungle yesterday. Search planes reported no movement near the wreckage. The Dakota aircraft, owned by the Laos Civil Nationalized Airlines Company, apparently went down during a violent storm.
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Indochina
Laos
Laos Civil Nationalized Airlines Company
Convention Ends Albuquerque election of Mizell president
The Southwestern Photo-Engravers Association closed its convention in Albuquerque with W. Leonard Mizell of Little Rock Arkansas elected president. Tulsa and Galveston were chosen as the sites for the 1954 convention.
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Southwestern Photo-Engravers Association
W. Leonard Mizell
Little Rock
Ark
Tulsa
Galveston
Baseball Scoreboard Summary From An Early League Game
The report lists National League action with Pittsburgh and Chicago tied after regulation and playing extra innings. Players Face Bowman Hetki Atwell Church Lown Garagiola are noted among the active lineup mentions.
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Chicago
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Bowman
Hetki
Atwell
Church
Lown
Garagiola
Eisenhower backs book burning by State Department
President Eisenhower said it is all right with him if the State Department burns books that appeal to the Communist way of life. He protected the department from personal blame and spoke at a news conference. He did not confirm if his remarks referred to Senator McCarthy and noted he sent a letter to President Syngman Rhee explaining why the U S entered the Korean War and current objectives.
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Eisenhower
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United States
Dartmouth College
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R-Wis
U. S. Information Program
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee
Inchon Bombing Injures 16 U.S. Personnel In Korea
The Army reported 16 U.S. servicemen wounded in the Inchon air raid Tuesday night with no American fatalities. Four Korean civilians died and 21 were injured as bombs hit the fuel storage area destroying over one million gallons. Firefighters were among the casualties.
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Inchon
Korea
U. S
Inchan
Seoul
Douglas halts Rosenberg execution as court weighs action
Justice William O. Douglas blocked the planned Rosenberg executions, prompting government requests for a full court summer session to overturn the move. Department lawyers urged speeding the process toward carrying out the death sentences at the 10 p.m. EST appointed hour, signaling an extraordinary night session might be needed to review the unprecedented decision.
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William O. Douglas
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Justice Department
Brownell
Douglas
Construction Workers Walk Off Jobs Here
In Roswell a union picket stood by the Mountain States Telephone annex as eight workers remained on site and another picket protested nearby over a wage dispute with a 20 cent per hour raise for carpenters and 15 cents for five other crafts. A second walkout occurred at 102 South Garden where Pecos Construction is building a warehouse for S. W. Lodewick, with nine or ten workers leaving at 9 30 a.m. The strike follows a deal arranged by state unions with the Associated General Contractors on the higher pay scale, prompting contractor concerns over a $5 000 cost rise.
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Wheeling Steel Corp
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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
North Richardson
American Federation of Labor
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S. W. Lodewick
Valley Oil
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Micky) Sumner
Sumner and Molesworth
South Ohio
Mountain States
Sumner
Office of
F. A. Randeau
United Carpenters and Joiners of America
Oklahoma Truckers Die in West of Ruidoso Crash
Two Oklahoma City truckers died in a crash west of Ruidoso. Victims were Lawrence V. Latham and James A. Whitaker in the same truck. Jerome M. Jungen of Sioux City Iowa drove the other truck and escaped injury. The collision on the wrong side of the road raised the 1953 traffic toll to 156.
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Oklahoma City
Ruidoso
Lawrence V. Latham
James A. Whitaker
A. B. Munsey
Jerome M. Jungen
Sioux City
Jungen
Munsey
Contract Awarded For Building of School at Raton
A new St. Patrick's parochial school in Raton will be built by Foster Construction Co of Santa Fe on a cost plus basis with a $159,613 maximum bid. Architect Leo J. Walgamood said the firm negotiated the contract, which aims to finish the brick faced, modern exterior school by October and includes an all purpose room, kindergarten room, kitchen, boiler room, and toilets.
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Santa FE
St. Patrick's
Raton
Foster Construction Co
Edwin V. Byrne
Leo J. Walgamood
Foster Construction
Los Angeles County Medical Association Bans Communist Members
The Los Angeles County Medical Association adopted a resolution prohibiting Communist Party members from hold within the association. The move reflects the era's loyalty standards and political scrutiny affecting professional groups.
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Los Angeles
The
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Communist Party
Guerrillas surrender leaders in Colombia conflict
Colombia's new military government announces the voluntary surrender of six guerrilla leaders who had opposed the Conservative regime of deposed President Laureano Gómez.
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Bogota
Colombia
Laureano Gomez
Fighting Dies on War Front After Ceasefire Report
Reports from the Korean front say fighting faded early in the day after a cease-fire line was reported. Communist battalions attacked East Central positions as South Korean troops regrouped and held steady at Finger Ridge and M1 Ridge amid rain and air raids. Sixteen Americans were injured and civilian casualties rose as a major Red drive continued near Inchon and the western flank.
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Seoul
Korea
Finger Ridge
M1 Ridge
Inchon
Supreme Court Grants Indefinite Stay for Rosenbergs
Justice Douglas issued an indefinite stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, sending the case back to New York district court to resolve whether the Atomic Energy Act supersedes espionage laws. He noted the need to act within the law and to protect the country from spies while ensuring a thorough legal ruling. The Rosenbergs, in Sing Sing’s death house, were slated for the electric chair at 10 p.m. EST.
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Supreme Court
Douglas
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Ossining
N.Y
United States
U.S. District Court
New York
Wilfred L. Denne
Rosenberg
Irving R. Kaufman
Fyke Farmer
Nashville
Tenn
Daniel G. Marshell
Los Angeles
Calif
District Court
Court of Appeals
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Car I Got I Travel
Ken Reynolds writes a light column about travel quirks and road trip mishaps. He riffs on car culture, packing habits, and small adventures that spark later plans.
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