ROKs Repel Chinese Assault on Eastern Front Outpost Crest
South Korean infantry with hand grenades rifles and machineguns repelled a three hour assault by nearly 200 Chinese at an Allied outpost on the Eastern Front southeast of Outpost Texas. U N patrols hit Red lines across the 155 mile front while air and naval strikes targeted troop concentrations and coastal defenses.
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Seoul
Roks
Texas
U.N
Eighth Army
North Korea
Sunchon
Central Korea
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Haeju Peninsula
Sinmak
Sukchon
Boxer
Chongjin
New Jersey
Yellow Sea
Chinnampo
Temperature Hits 190 or Over Three Consecutive Days
The report notes a heat spell with three consecutive days above 100 degrees, highest 102 on May 22, after a rise from 64 to 80 in five days. Dry conditions persisted with humidity around 3 percent and winds up to 37 mph in the afternoon.
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R. N. Galloway
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cadet Headley earns Blue and Silver Ribbon with Silver Star
Cadet Kenneth M. Headley son of Mr and Mrs J B Headley 1212 North Pennsylvania Ave Roswell has been awarded the Blue and Silver Ribbon with Silver Star for academic excellence at Admiral Farragut Academy St Petersburg Florida where he is attending school
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Kenneth M. Headley
J. B. Headley
North
Pennsylvania Ave
Roswell
Admiral Farragut Academy
St. Petersburg
Fla
Roswell Students Earn Bachelor Degrees at Oklahoma A&M
Three Roswell students Eugene Bell Dorothy Mae Goree and David White McGee received bachelor degrees from Oklahoma A&M College Stillwater in today's commencement exercises. They were among 1 278 seniors graduated today.
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Roswell
Eugene Bell
Dorothy MaeGoree
David White McGee
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Local Weather Bureau Daily Temperatures and Forecast
Reading at three hour intervals shows highs near 93 with a low around 59. No precipitation in 24 hours. Sunrise 4 52 Sunset 6 58 Length of day 14 1 hours. Forecast fair today tonight and tomorrow dry windy afternoons warmer today with a high near 100 and a low tonight around 62.
Queen Elizabeth II Learns From Grandfather Portrait Scene
A described moment shows the future queen, then Princess Elizabeth, with King George V as her grandfather in a 1934 wedding portrait. The scene evokes royal education, empire tales, and preparations for her eventual enthronement.
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Britain
Elizabeth
George V
Duke of Kent
Marina
England
Elizabeth II
Empire
Farangay
22 Teachers Recognized For Service At Chaves County Schools
Twenty two elementary teachers across six Chaves County schools are to receive Loyalty and Service medallions in five to 25 year plus categories. The first awards go to Berrendo eighth grade staff and Walker teachers with long service. list includes Ruth Bailey Louise O’Brien Louella Riemen Madgie Crane Lillian Hodges Martha Donaldson Ernestine Stockton Ruby Smith Ruth Lindhorst Medora A. Davis G H Melton Mattie Satcher Lucile Parker Curtis Clonts Laura Mae Deat.
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Walker Air Force Base
Chaves County
Carrol White
Ernestine Stockton
Berrendo
Laura Deaton
Walker
Wilma Murrell
Carrol
LFD
Ruth Bailey
Louise O’brien
Louella Riemen
Madgie Crane
Lillian Hodges
Martha Donaldson
Ruby Smith
East Grand Plains
Ruth Lindhorst
Medora A. Davis
G. H. Melton
Mattie Satcher
Mountain View
Lucile Parker
Curtis Clonts. Walker
Laura Mae Deat
Cameron Braces for Calcasieu Flood Threat
Louisiana coast town Cameron faces a rising flood as three swollen rivers head toward the Calcasieu area. Lake Charles endures Calcasieu River floodwaters with 15,000 homeless and $15 million in damage. Weather officials warn of three feet of water in Cameron streets within 48 hours and advise cattle protection. Local oil wells along the marsh are shielded by levees and could be shut off to limit damage.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Calcasieu
Air Force Base
Cameron
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lee Welch
Vincent and Welch, Inc
O. B. Carter
Calcasieu Lake
Sabine River
Texas-Louisiana
Calcasieu River
Mermentau
Gulf
Santa Fe Rancher Indicted for First Degree Murder
An indictment returned by the Davis County grand jury charges Walter M. Mayer 56 of Santa Fe New Mexico with premeditated murder in the May 2 shooting death of John C. Wisdom 51 a Des Moines livestock dealer and Bloomfield farm operator. Mayer surrendered voluntarily hours after the shooting claiming self defense.
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Bloomfield
Walter M. Mayer
Santa Fe
N. M
Davis County Grand Jury
Mayer
John C. Wisdom
Des Moines
Army to Commission William H. Ryan at Purdue
William Harter Ryan son of Mr and Mrs H A Ryan of 1108 North Richardson will receive a commission as second lieutenant in the army corps of engineers at Purdue University commencement exercises in Lafayette Indiana He will graduate with 159 other senior cadets in formal ceremonies.
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William Harter Ryan
Mgr
H. A. Ryan
North Richardson
Army Corps of Engineers
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Ryan
Truce talks recessed after secret parley over prisoner issue
Panmunjom talks resumed then recessed to June 1 amid secrecy as Allied leaders seek a decision on 48 500 prisoners not willing to return to Red rule. Gen Clark met President Rhee in Seoul while South Korea rejects a neutral commission to handle prisoners and hints at a new proposal.
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Choi Duk Shin
Choi
Munsan
South Korea
Mark Clark
U. N
Far East
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
United Nations Command
Washington
Milton Herr
Red
Panmunjom
Kaesong
William K. Harrison
Millikin backs air force cuts defense clash expected
Washington Senator Millikin asserts the proposed five billion dollar Air Force cut does not weaken U S air power and backs President Eisenhower s plan to reach 120 wings by mid 1955. He says the cut affects long term funding, not immediate buildup while Democrats and Republicans clash over defense policy and truce talks in Korea.
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Washington
Sen
Millikin
R-Cole
Eisenhower
Conference of All
U. S
Truman
Wilson
GOP
Korea
Congress
Panmunjom
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Hunt
Wyoming
Henry Jackson
Holland
Florida
Sen. Young
North Dakota
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Thye
R-Minn
Jackson
CBS
Rep
Yorty
Calif
Gen
Second Man Charged in Korean Air Base Murder
Airman 1st Class Thomas L. Kinder, 21, of Cleveland Tennessee, is flown to Korea to face charges in the 1952 murder of Bang Soon Kil on a Korean air base. Airman Toth, 21, of Pittsburgh, already jailed in Korea, is charged with premeditated murder and related offenses. a third officer is to be arrested. Kinder allegedly shot the Korean after Toth directed the attack following a pistol whipping on a guard duty incident.
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Seoul
Air Force
Korea
Thomas L. Kinder
Route 6
Cleveland
Tenn
Japan
Southeast Korea
Robert W. Toth
Pittsburgh
Taegu
Bang Soon Kil
Jerome L. Lowenberg
Fifth Air Force
Kinder
Toth
Tokyo
Anthony R. McGrath
U. S. Supreme Court
U.S
Lowenberg
U. S
Osceola
Wis
Toth Lowenberg
Ancient couple mark 75th wedding anniversary in Lead South Dakota
In Denver a 75th wedding anniversary celebration plans honor Mr. and Mrs. Pei O. A. Gashurst who wed in a log cabin in Lead, South Dakota, after the town's founding era. Gashurst, age 75, reports no aches or pains and looks toward his 100th birthday on August 21 as his wife, age 92, shares the milestone. Meanwhile in Las Vegas the Army fired the first atomic shell from a 280 mm gun, producing a distinctive cloud over a simulated target and conducted by a Ft. Sill crew via remote control.
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Pei O. A. Gashurst
Lead
S. D
Gashurst
Las Vegas
Nev
Colorado Seniors Visit Roswell on Caverns Trip
Two buses carrying 83 seniors from La Junta High School stop in Roswell for breakfast en route to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The 99 member graduating class funded the trip through two years of earnings from school activities. The group heads next to El Paso Juarez Albuquerque and Santa Fe before returning for Friday night commencement.
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Colorado
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Roswell
la Junta High School
la Junta
Carlsbad
el Paso
Juarez
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
George K. Funk
David Berg
Albert N. Phillips
Milton Booth
The
Arkansas Valley Journal
Four Cases Appear On Police Blotter
After a two day run with no cases the police blotter shows four cases today. Three men were fined totaling 40 for intoxication. One man charged with drunk and prowling had a 50 bond posted.
Evangelistic Services at Church of Christ
Evangelistic services begin Friday evening at the Church of Christ on Jefferson and Grand and will continue for at least 10 days. Evangelist Jimmie Shaw of Commodore Pa will preach.
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Church of Christ
Jefferson and
Grand
Jimmie Shaw
Commodore, Pa
Burmese Nationalist Troops Reluctant to Deploy to Formosa
A Central News Agency dispatch from Bangkok reports only a small portion of 12,000 Nationalist troops in Burma are willing to be sent to Formosa. The majority are said to refuse the transfer to the Nationalist island.
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Taipeh
Bangkok
Burma
Formosa
Police kill three Mau Mau terrorists in Nairobi clashes
Police report three Mau Mau terrorists killed in native section clashes in Nairobi. They also arrest a number of Kikuyu suspects including some women tied to the secret terror organization.
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Kenya
New York Beats Pirates Behind Strong Early Lead
In a National League game, New York built a big early margin 101 130 000 for six runs while Pittsburgh managed a runless start and only a late rally. Corwin Hiller and Noble worked the mound for the Mets, with Friend Pollet Hetki and Sandlock handling the Pirates.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Corwin
Hiller
Noble
Friend
Pollet
Hetki
Sandlock
Democrats Signal Thumbs Down on 1954 Convention
Senate and House elections loom as Democrats fray over a proposed 1954 national convention. Southern members oppose a convention fearing a revival of the civil rights dispute while many Northern and Western colleagues warn against a national platform and presidential nominating process. Senator Sparkman favors a conference over a full convention, and Indiana committeeman Paul M Butler argues a convention could update the 1952 platform.
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Washington
Senate
House
Stephen A. Mitchell
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Congress
Paul M. Butler
Indiana
Marine Held in Slaying Of Cowman At Bottom Of Well
A 19 year old Marine from Campbell California is held after a rancher Joseph Welford Cyr 30 is found shot dead at the bottom of a well on Cyr’s Lancaster California ranch. Autopsy scheduled. Lawman William Lawson confessed the fatal sequence claiming everything went black after Cyr threatened him. Lawson fled by car to Barstow then Los Angeles.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Lancaster
Joseph Welford Cyr
William Marion Lawson
Campbell
Pemae
Cyr
Lawson
Barstow
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Ontario
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Wis Tesoru
52Nd Field Artillery Group
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Okla
Nelson Bishop
Wayne McDorman
Ray Schaeffer
Long Beach
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L. M. Kinnman
Richard Rowan
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