Geneva Talks Recessed in Bid for Civilians Release
Geneva discussions stalled with no date set for decision on freeing 40 American civilians held by Peiping. Johnson and Wang Ping Nan spoke for an hour but offered no progress as both sides prepared to meet again Monday. Rumors persisted of a possible release, while talks on Chinese students awaited a formula to save face.
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U. S
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Peipingate
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ILS
Dickison To Get Raise In Bexar County
Bexar County tax assessor collector P. E. Dickison will receive a salary raise but the exact amount remains to be decided by the commissioners court. A state legislature action allows increases from 2100 to 2000 dollars with retroactive effect from June 1, while Dickison’s current annual pay stands at 10,400 dollars, equal to the sheriff and district attorney.
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Commssioners Court
Benton Davies
Qttorney
Commissioners Court
Dickison
No Decision As Freed Airman’s Wife Weighs Return
Unal Schmidt’s wife says she has not decided whether to stay with husband Alford Fine or return to Schmidt, after Schmidt and other American airmen were freed from captivity in China. She remarried five weeks before Schmidt’s capture, had a child with Schmidt, and planned to meet him on his return but remains torn between Fine and Schmidt. A separate brief notes West German union officials flying to the United States to study production methods.
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Calif
Unal Schmidt
Dan
Alford Fine
Daniel Schmidt
Fine
Una
Schmidt
Danieliba
Mexico
Airmani
Setugidt
Union Junket Cprankfurt
U. S
Dulles See Facing Red Pitfalls Amid Pressure
Washington August 4 Rep Richards DS C says the Communist offensive pressures Secretary of State Dulles to compromise or be destroyed The foreign affairs chair warns resistence will not waiver and calls for firm sta nd by Eisenhower admin praise from Mansfield on Dulles and Eisenhower for requesting special authority to back Formosa Sparkman credits the president and party support for foreign policy boldness in stance against Communist China
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Congress
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Nist
Formosa
Communist
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Gations
Bison
Howe
U.S
Sen. George
Georgia
High Drama In PW Trial
Washington August 4 A dramatic court session featured former Air Force pilot John J. Gaston testifying as the sixth government witness in the Erwin case. Gaston alleged disloyal statements to PWs at Pyortong camp and asked to address the court after his testimony, while Erwin's wife watched. Gaston expressed hope for acquittal for Erwin, citing his wife and children.
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Wash
Korea
Prefferson D. Erwin
Air Force
John Ji. Gaston
Calhoun City
Erwin
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Gaston
Pws
Pyortong
James C. Williams
San Antonio
Saif Ervin
Truman
Aronps
Knec
Perons Party Rejects Truce Bid From Opponents
BUENOS AIRES Aug 4 The Peronista party rejected terms for a political truce proposed by President Peron and called the opposition demands insolent and unacceptable. Opponents had pressed for sweeping government measures amid a long state of internal disruption and suspended constitutional guarantees.
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Peronista Party
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Ors
U Met
Action Urged On Missing GIs
Senator Knowland labeled the refusal of the Chinese Communists to account for 470 missing American soldiers as a violation of the Korean armistice. He urged raising the issue at Geneva and pressing for a full accounting, as Defense Dept. notes 47 remain unaccounted for and Beijing has refused to explain.
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Freed U S Airmen Get Joyous Manila Welcome
Eleven American airmen freed after ten months in Red China arrived at Clark Field Manila en route home. Col John Knox Arnold led the group and spoke of their capture near North Korea in 1953. They were met by a jubilant crowd, underwent medical exams, and planned further processing in Yokohama before joining families in the United States. The released flyers listed sentences of up to ten years for several, with varying terms noted for each and a few cited as wounded or imprisoned in harsh conditions.
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Baumer
Yrars
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Liewellyn
Wallace I, Brown
Lcnks
Strikers Reject Kohler Offer Unanimously, Wis. Plant
In Sheboygan Local 833 CIO United Auto Workers voted unanimously against Kohler Co. proposal to end a month-old strike at the plumbing ware plant. Officials said the plan would set aside 40 of 2060 strikers and grant unconditional surcease.
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Wis
CNS
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kohler Co
Wife Reacts To FBI Arrest Of Husband In Bank Robbery
Mrs Harold George Wand a Lackland secretary said she is terribly shocked by her husband’s arrest after he was charged in a Cook & Neill bank robbery at Galt Ma The husband was arrested at a Mt Moriah Ma roadblock in a panel truck where FBI agents found four pillow cases stuffed with money His wife said she knew nothing of the 3 year 8 month sentence and described him as an honorable man She added she does not know what to do about their future and is unsure about standing by him
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Lackland
Hay
Cook & Eneill
Galt
Wood
Mt. Moriah
FBI
Tpark
Trenton
Kansas
Chicago marks 125th anniversary of nation’s longest city
Rediscovered fragment shows Chicago celebrated its 125th anniversary in a brief Aug 4 dispatch. The item notes the aging city and refers to the landmark milestone, with sparse details and no full context available.
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