China demands crackdown on Rhee prisoner release
In Panmunjom talks the Communist high command attacked President Syngman Rhee for releasing 26 000 anti red prisoners and pressed for recapture. They questioned U N authority over the South Korean government and army and hinted at a separate armistice without South Korea. Lt Col Milton Herr said the Reds proposed a separate truce with no South Korea signatory.
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Munsan
U. N. Command
Syngman Rhee
Panmunjom
Rhee
South Ko
Rea
United Nations Command
Peiping Radio
Red
Kaesong
U. N
Mark W. Clark
High Command
Korea
South Korea
Milton Herr
Reds
Ace Tells Of Red Letters In Honor Stop
Tallahassee crowd hears Capt Manuel Fernandez America's second ranking Korean jet ace report he has received threatening letters about his kill record He says the writers are Communist sympathizers not religious fanatics The letters were sent to his mother and turned over to the FBI Fernandez 28 lives in Miami with 125 Korea missions and 14% enemy planes shot down receives state meritorious service citation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Manuel Fernandez
America
Fernandez
Amarillo Murder Trial Moves to Colorado City
Joseph Lucas 20, AWOL airman, and George Robertson 21, Amarillo plumber, face murder charges as trial shifts to Colorado City from Amarillo for the slaying of Victor Smith and the cab driver Harry Gibbs. Robertson convicted previously. Lucas defense says no appeal. Judge cited press influence on jurors as reason for move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado City
Joseph Lucas
Amarillo
Lucas
Amarillo Air Force Base
George Robertson
Robertson
Vernon
Victor Smith
Harry Gibbs
12 Year Old Girl Gives Birth to Daughter at Perrin AFB
Durant Oklahoma June 20 The 12 year old wife of an airman stationed at Perrin AFB Texas has given birth to a daughter weighing six pounds 11 ounces The mother is Mary Kendrick of Durant whose mother Mrs Cleo Kendrick resides here The girl eloped June 25 1952 and married Sergio Tristan at Sherman Texas She gave her age as 17 Mrs Tristan was reported in good condition at the Perrin base hospital after cesarean birth of the child
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant, Okla
Perrin Afb, Tex
Mary Kendrick
Durant
Cleo Kendrick
Sergio Tristan
Sherman Tex
Tristan
Perrin Base Hospital
South Koreans Help More To Escape Prison
More than 600 anti Communist Korean prisoners escaped from two Allied stockades overnight with aid from South Korean Army tanks and trucks. The POW Command said 420 prisoners fled Sang-mudai camp as U S troops used tear gas without success. Escapes mount a crisis for the United Nations and the Korea government amid truce negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
U. N
United Nations
Syngman Rhee
Sang-mudai
Korea
U. S
Italians Brace for Political Crisis After Election
Rome reports a strained Italian political scene with center parties split over a 16 seat Chamber and 13 seat Senate majority. Observers warn of multiple government falls within a year unless a stable middle‑of‑the‑road coalition forms as Parliament convenes.
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Rome
Italy
U. S
Clare Boothe Luce
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
France
Britain
Vernon to hear murder trial of Walter Whitaker Jr
Walter Whitaker Jr. 20, a former Air Force cadet, goes on trial in Vernon for the January strangling of Joyce Fern White, 18, from Lubbock. He led officers to a prairie grave and helped dig up the nude body found January 28 nine miles west of Lubbock. The venue change, 200 jurors, and 26 witnesses are noted, with defense attorney Burton Burks and special prosecutor George Dupree on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
Lubbock
Joyce
Reese Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Lena White
Prayer meeting brings about 200 at high school
About 200 persons attended the prayer meeting at the high school gym last night. The event was sponsored by the Snyder Ministerial Alliance, an group composed of members from most city churches.
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High School
Snyder Ministerial Alliance
Rosenbergs Funeral Today Amid Anticipated Protests
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg lie in state in a Brooklyn chapel under guard as police plan for demonstrations. The couple, executed for conspiracy to share atom bomb secrets, are to be buried on Long Island after services led by Maurice Erstling.
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Watson Sims
New York
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Russia
Sophie Rosenberg
Maurice Erstling
Cantors Association of New York
Wellwood Ceme
Tery
Farmingdale
Long Island
N. Y
Supreme Court
National Committee To Secure Justice
Rosenberg
White House
Emanuel H. Bloch
Washington
Rosenbergs
Michael
Robert
Bernard Bach
Toms River
N. J
Bach
Justice Department
Bloch
Riots Crush in East Germany as Communist Rule Quakes
Berlin reports describe massive East German unrest with strikes, arson, and rioting across the Soviet zone. Communist security forces arrested thousands, while battles in East Berlin saw tanks and police quell the revolt. leaders claim major industries halted and production damaged.
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Berlin
East Germany
Hitler
Oder
Elbe
U. S. High Commission
Rudolph Kass
Cedarhurst
N. Y
East Berlin
Free University
West Berlin
ADN
Leuna
Halle
Red
Buna
Ernst Thaelmann
Krupp
Magdeburg
Karl Gross
Neptune
Baltic
Rostock
Warnow-Werft
Warnemuende
Rathenow
Zeiss Optical
Jena
Leipzig
East Zone
Furstenberg-Oder
Calbe
Brandenburg
Hennigsdorf
Reichsbahn
Rathnow
Zwickau
Russians to Increase Spending on Missiles, Defense Panels Say
U S defense leaders expect over a billion dollars to be spent on guided missiles in the coming year as the three services push advanced weapons. Col J L Zoeckler testified that the Soviets seized German missile experts and may have equal surprise capability, noting two main purposes for guided missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
U. S
Soviet
Russia
Col
J. L. Zoeckler
Air Force
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Two Die Eight Hurt In Wreck Near Roby
Two people died and eight were injured when a tire blew out, sending a car into an embankment thirteen miles east of Roby Texas. Victims included Mrs Minnie Boatman sixty three of Cisco and Margaret McGough twelve, daughter of Sgt and Mrs Darries McGough of Sandia Proving Ground New Mexico. The sergeant thirty six and his wife the driver were among the injured.
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Roby
Tex
West Texas
Minnie Boatman
Cisco
Margaret McGough
Darries McGough
Sandia Proving Ground
N. M
Temperatures Hit 106 As 21st Day Above Hundred
Yesterday's high reached 106, the hottest since last Sunday, per observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn. Friday posted 102, keeping a run of 21 days with highs at or above 100 in the last 30 days. The year’s high remains 110 set on May 22, with daily readings consistently over 100 since June except for one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Strayhorn
City Adopts Reduced Watering Hours And Limited Car Washes
In a special session the council passed a second ordinance tightening watering rules to 5 to 8 pm on designated days for each facing orientation and restricting commercial car washes to Saturdays 8 am to 6 pm. Home washing allowed during watering hours. The measure reduces weekly watering to 12 hours and commercial washes to one day weekly. City officials cited storage limits and drought concerns, with enforcement via tickets.
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B. J. Shelley
Shelley
Towle Place
Laney
Ge Capae
Eauagh
Col
J. W. Spence
E. V. Spence
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Snyder
W. W. Park
Reds Use Rosenberg Execution As Cold War Propaganda
Washington reports American officials countering Communist efforts to turn Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s execution into a propaganda weapon. Since their July 1950 arrest for atomic espionage, denials and cries from the Communist press and radio have framed the case as a cause celebre in the global clash of ideologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Russia
Sing Sing
Couple and Children Perish in Car Train Wreck Near Winnsboro
A Dallas couple and their two young sons died when their car struck a Louisiana and Arkansas freight train six miles northeast of Winnsboro. The parents were Jo Bannister and his wife, ages about 25 and 5 and 7. Roy Curtiss notes the driver swerved 100 yards to avoid the collision. Forrest Cunningham Jr. helped pull victims from the burning sedan but sustained burn injuries.
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Winnsboro
Dallas
Louisiana & Arkansas
Here
Jo Bannister
Mt. Vernon
Roy Curtiss
Bannister
Forrest Cunningham Jr
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