All Star Game Faces Rain Delay at Shibe Park
Philadelphia reports rain looming over the 20th Major League Baseball All Star Game at Shibe Park. Curt Simmons will start for the National League against Vic Raschi of the American League, with 32,000 fans expected. Weather forecast calls for a warm, cloudy afternoon as teams weigh pitching choices amid injuries.
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Mexican Vote Riots in Mexico City Claim Fourth Life
Riots in Mexico City leave four dead and hundreds arrested as soldiers and police patrol streets. Roads into the capital were blocked while estimates of injuries range from 65 to 200, with 400 arrests reported. Police withheld details on casualties.
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Labatt Kidnap Figure John Labatt Dies at 72
Port Stanlex Ontario reports brewer John S. Labatt aged 72 died after a heart attack. He was the target of Canada’s famed 1933 kidnapping near Sarnia where ransomed for 150000 dollars. he was released after three days. Three men later served prison terms.
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Today's Feathures and the GOP Rule Change
General MacArthur's keynote speech fell flat amid the GOP convention rule change adopted hours earlier. Marquis Childs analyzes the development as part of today's editorial outlook.
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Eisenhower Nomination Hopes Lifted by First Convention Fight
Victory for Eisenhower forces in the rules wrangle boosts GOP hopes for a July nomination. The outcome provides a psychological lift for Ike supporters while striking a blow to the Republican National Committee and its liberal-leaning allies in the convention preliminaries.
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Federal court sentencing in Albany for tax and embezzlement cases
In U S District Court Judge James T. Foley sentenced Bernard E Klock a Syracuse Trust Company bookkeeper to probation after guilty pleas in two counts. Ray L Baldwin former cashier of First National Bank of Sherrill received probation following embezzlement allegations totaling about 140000 over 23 years. Aleger E Davison used car dealer pleaded guilty to evading 1936 and 1947 income taxes and was fined 4006 with two years probation, while prison terms on both counts were suspended. Klock already faces two prior Syracuse Trust convictions and awaits further outcomes on page 7.
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Government Firing Thousands of Workers Across Agencies
Washington reports sharp budget cuts by the 82d Congress hitting six economic stabilization agencies hardest. Officials estimate more than 9,000 jobs could be cut within 30 days from agencies including the Economic Stabilization Agency and Wage Stabilization Boards. State Department staffing also faces reductions though not by immediate firings.
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Russell Named as First Nominee for Democratic Convention
Alabama Senator Lister Hill says Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia will get the first nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention. Hill, who chairs Alabama’s delegation, notes Alabama will yield to Georgia so Russell’s name can be placed in nomination.
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Pinay Wins Confidence Vote in French Cabinet
Premier Antoine Pinay secured a confidence vote in the French House on the last major issue before the summer recess. The victory assures his continuation in the government and sets the stage for policy ahead of the break.
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Newark Officer Fined for Driving Without License
Police man James D. Maxwell aged 25 was fined $15 and costs for driving his police car without an operator s license. The incident occurred in Newark Ohio and the punishment followed standard deristany procedures.
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UN Repulses Major Chinese Tank Attack on Korean Front
Fourteen Chinese tanks supported a probing assault against UN positions on the central Korean front. About 200 Chinese troops were driven back in a one hour clash that ended in hand to hand fighting. Allied forces reported 38 Communist dead with an estimated 30 more killed. The Nam River valley near Kum Song saw heavy shelling with 1,570 rounds. UN troops repelled efforts to take a hill using automatic weapons artillery mortars and a flame thrower.
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MacArthur keystone address stirs GOP at Chicago convention
General Douglas MacArthur roused Republicans at the Chicago nominating fight with a 57 minute keynote denouncing the Democratic Party as led toward socialism and urging a nonpartisan push to defeat the Truman administration. He named no candidates but attacked containment policy and urged broader air power.
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Heat Relief Promised Amid Cooler Five Day Outlook
Forecaster predicts a cool mass will lower today’s high from 95 to 65 degrees tonight with a comfortable 78 tomorrow. Showers will be spotty, offering little farming relief, and temperatures are expected to stay below normal through Thursday.
Truman Wins Final Fight With Congress
President Truman scored a victory in his last major clash with Congress as the 82nd Congress adjourned after approving $2.8988 billion for atomic plants and equipment for fiscal 1953. The measure funds all new AEC projects for the next year, aiding passage of a $11.739 billion catchall bill with foreign aid and military construction money, closing a key legislative chapter.
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Eisenhower Urges Unity to Beat Democrats in November
General Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Republican harmony at a breakfast with the 26 vote Missouri delegation and called for kicking the Democrats so far back it would take 20 years to recover. He also met the Alabama delegation after the session, as the campaign tempered optimism for an early ballot nomination.
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Robert A. Taft
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C.D. Adkins
Reds Reject Compromise Over Korean War Prisoners
PANMUNJOM Korea UP Radio Peiping says Communists rejected a UN face-saving formula to end the truce deadlock on repatriation of war prisoners. The broadcast violates last Friday’s secrecy agreement. The UN did not protest. The sides met under a 48 minute blackout and set another session for 11 AM tomorrow with an objective note from a UN spokesman.
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Mossadegh Rejects Reappointment Amid Senate Impasse
In Tehran informed sources report Mohammed Mossadegh refused a royal decree reappointing him as premier. The Senate delayed a confidence vote after postponing reappointment pending Mossadegh forming a new government and presenting a program.
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Heat Slows Trains As Rails Expand In Extreme Heat
Heat to extreme levels slows trains and halts traffic as rails expand. Fire crews cool steel to size in Fissa, while train crews report delays caused by the heat and expanded tracks.
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Fissa
Taft Campaign Aims for Second Ballot Victory
Senator Robert A Taft claims strength after early delegate contests and insists his 548 supporters form a hard core for a second ballot push. He argues Eisenhower forces cannot reach the 638 delegates needed, with Taft and manager David S Ingalls asserting momentum as the convention credentials committee looms.
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Californians Will Meet Three Presidential Candidates
California's 70 vote Republican delegation plans meetings with three rival candidates as open caucus sessions begin. Sen. Robert Taft Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Harold Stassen will appear. Warren negotiates delegate release if nomination seems unlikely.
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Vancouver couple fined for noisy dispute over anniversary
David Anderson aged 39 and his estranged wife Jean aged 35 were fined 3.75 after neighbors complained of a violent argument Saturday night that kept residents awake. Anderson said they were celebrating their wedding anniversary.
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Chuckle: salesman, farmer debate bicycle cow utility
A city salesman tries selling a bicycle to a farmer. The farmer argues a cow would be more useful, while the salesman jokes about how riding a cow would look funnier. The farmer quips about milking a bicycle being even sillier.
Taft Eisenhower Clash Reaches Key Point at GOP Convention
At Chicago’s Convention Hall the credentials committee seats the pro Taft Florida delegation as 93 disputed seats across seven states battle toward a final decision. Taft and Eisenhower vie for 1,206 delegates while MacArthur criticizes Truman and both candidates woo delegates in hotel meetings.
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Republican National Convention Gets Half Front Page
Mainichi dedicates half its front to Chicago convention coverage. A political commentator calls the campaign an accumulation of foolishness.
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Tokyo
Mainichi
Chicago
California Delegation Bids for Warren and Eisenhower Unity
The California delegation pledged to support Warren while both sides wooed him and Taft Stassen. Warren invited Tait and Stassen to meet with the delegation as Eisenhower plans talks. The platform committee aims to deliver the draft to the convention soon, possibly Thursday, as 93 convention seats remain contested.
200 Chinese Lost As Sampans Sink
A squall before a approaching typhoon capsized 20 fishing sampans in Macau. About 200 Chinese drowned with only 10 survivors reported.
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Hong Kong
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Republican National Convention Tonight Program
Official program for tonight at the Republican National Convention. Sessions begin at 9 30 P M E D T with a temporary chairman and the introduction of permanent chairman Rep Joseph W Martin Jr of Massachusetts. Addresses by Martin Hoover Pyle and others.
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McKeldin Plans to Launch Ike Nominating Speech
Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin works at the Republican convention to craft a speech backing Dwight Eisenhower for president. Some Maryland delegates express concern over his strong leadership as the delegation votes 19 to 1 amid murmurs of a squeeze.
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New York Delegates Shift Support at Republican Convention
Two New York City delegates to the Republican National Convention switch from backing Senator Robert A. Taft to Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidential nomination.
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New York City
Rober A. Tait
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elephant loses his lorgnette at GOP convention satire
Wilbur Peeble writes from Chicago about a frenzied Republican convention scene. He jokes that the elephant has lost its lorgnette while delegates clash, with parades and campaign buttons symbolizing internal party tensions amid a chaotic scene. He notes rival factions accuse each other of crimes including cannibalism as delegates debate.
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