Testimony highlights at Korea war inquiry hearing
The Senate joint inquiry into MacArthur's dismissal and Korea war policy heard from key figures including Marshall, Acheson, Wedemeyer, and Johnson. Russell said no word from MacArthur on testifying again and indicated possible majority and minority views in final findings. Republicans criticized State Department influence on the war while Cain’s stance may shape a minority report.
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Macarthur
Senate Armed Services and
Truman Administration
Defense Marshall
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Acheson
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S
China
Lou Johnson
Defense
Russell
Torlay
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Cain R-Wash
Hurley
Barr
Badger
Cain
Acheson
Senate
Taft Seen Set For '52 Campaign Launch
Maine Republican leader Ralph Masterman says an indication exists that Senator Taft may open a Republican presidential campaign on August 22 with a lobster dinner in Rockland. Taft has not confirmed his plans or 1982 campaign aims.
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Bar Harbor
UPI
Maine
Ralph ¢. Masterman
Taft
Ohio
Rockland
Masterman
Brewster
Six Die as 3-Car Pileup in Tampa Area
TAMPA Fla UP six persons were killed and nine injured when a jeep station wagon trying to pass a vehicle collided head on with a passenger car and sparked a three car pileup. The dead include Donald B Ecker 48 and his son Donald 4 of Tampa George Alien Robbins Jr 46 of Millville Mass Patricia McRae 14 Sandra Whiteside 14 and Thomas E Peppers 21 all of St Petersburg Fla.
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Tampa
Fla
Donald B. Ecker
Donald, Jr
George Alien Robbins
U.S. Casualties Up in Korea with New Totals
The Defense Department identified 32 more Korea casualties. The new list shows 67 killed, 366 wounded, 79 missing in action, three prisoners of war, one death from injuries and 16 injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Death Toll Climbs at Montreal Infirmary Fire
Montreals Grey Nuns accountant Annette Desilets listed 39 dead at the Lire hospital and Cunegonde orphanage and old folks home after Friday’s fire. The tally reflected bodies, missing reports, and morgue counts, with 36 named and identified.
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Montreal
Annette Desilets
Grey Nuns Order
Sis
Cunegonde
Coveney A. EB
Clement
Grey Nuns
War Hero Handrich Receives Medal of Honor
S Sgt Melvin O Handrich a Purple Heart veteran of World War II is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for killing more than 72 Communist troops in Korea before his death He was the 22nd Army Medal of Honor recipient in the Korean War The award will be presented to his father Walter Handrich by Gen Omar Bradley at a Pentagon ceremony with his mother in attendance.
Boy Jumps Go On Fourth Of July Killed
Seven-year-old Kenneth Starrett sought a cap pistol for independence day. While his parents were busy on the Forest City farm he rummaged closets and drawers found his father’s revolver. The gun fired hitting him in the head. He died at St Francis Hospital a few hours later.
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Peoria
Kenneth Starrett
Forest City
St. Francis Hospital
Educational Testing Service Corrects Draft Exam Batch
In Princeon New Jersey the Educational Testing Service began correcting the second batch of draft or diploma examinations. The Selective Service tests in a series of four were taken by over 300 000 college students across the nation on Saturday designated to help draft boards decide if a man should be drafted or stay in school. The three hour test covered 150 questions and was held in 1 036 centers.
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Princeon
N. J
Educational Testing Service Today
Selective Service
Desigica
De Gaulle strength dominates new French Assembly results
French voters delivered 3,564,833 De Gaulle aligned votes, 20.84 percent, reshaping the new Assembly. De Gaulle allies debate governing by a coalition, as Radicals and others edge toward a majority while Socialists and Communists suffer losses. notable officials like Maurice Thorez and Robert Schuman return amid a high-stakes balance of power.
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de Gaullists
de Gaulle
Set
France
U.S
Britain
de Gaullist
Jean Paul Palewiski
RPP
Socialist
Pamminists
Pierre Koenig
Germany
Assembly
Robert Schuman
Paris
S Wolkers
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
Jacques Duclos
Marcel Cachin
The
Thorez
Jean
Sytem
Mine Blamed After Destroyer Walke Blows Up Off Korea
A wartime bulletin states the destroyer Walke sank after an explosion off Korea on June 12, causing 26 deaths. The report attributes the loss to a mine and cites ASHINGTON INS as the source of the determination.
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Ashington
INS
Desi
U. S
Walke
Korea
Dope Traffic Focus of Maryland Lexington Hearings
Dope traffic poses a crime wave, Senator says. The crime committee probes the narcotics problem, calling for improved legislation and enforcement. He cites executive hearings in Maryland and at a Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington to address dope distribution and use, stressing women’s rising involvement and the need for decisive action.
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O'Conor
Ciamant
Ps Qome
Maryland
Public Health Service Hospital
Lexington
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