Atom Chiefs Hint Major Advances
Washington reports hint at major progress in atomic energy after White House talks with leaders including Oppenheimer. Officials suggest advances may touch hydrogen bomb and peacetime uses, while Pentagon and Air Force push for defense funding amid Soviet gains. Public confirmation restrained, fueling speculation on nuclear program milestones.
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Penagon
House
Truman
AEC
Senate House
Forrestal Super Carrier to Be Laid July 14 at Newport News
Washington announced the 59,000 ton Forrestal will have its keel laid July 14 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. The Navy says the warship will be the longest in the world and is designed for heavier faster jet aircraft with strong air and surface defenses.
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Forrestal
Robert Lovet
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dundock Company
Virginia
Navy
Sully
Hesburgh Named Notre Dame President After Cavanaugh
Fr Theodore Hesburgh named executive vice president at Notre Dame, succeeding Rev John J. Cavanaugh whose term ends. Hesburgh, son of Mr and Mrs Theodor Hesburgh, graduated from Most Holy Rosary High School in 1935 and entered the Holy Cross seminary.
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Most Holy Rosart High School
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Taft Hits Can't Win Argument in Chicago Speech
Senator Robert A Taft rejected the belief that he cannot win in November as a misstatement by some delegates. He said at a news conference in Washington that he has disposed of every other argument against his nomination and that the only effective claim against him is the "can't carry the state" charge.
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Taft Defends Modified Union Shop Policy During Campaign
Taft asserts support for a modified union shop and criticizes labor force plans at Pittsburgh Steel Co. as delegates debate Taft’s domestic stance and Eisenhower’s alignment. He advocates congressional action on postwar boundaries and criticizes permanent European borders while urging party unity ahead of the convention.
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United Steelworkers
Baskin
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Pittsburgh Steel Co
Free Korean Legislators in Standoff at Meeting Hall
National police cleared a crowd outside the Korean National Assembly after 600 demonstrators demanded the assembly bow to President Syngman Rhee or dissolve. Members, including a woman, were blocked from exits as police intervened to keep order. Foreign observers entered the hall during the incident as tensions rose.
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Cabines
Seven Dead in Auto Crash North of Pocahontas
Seven people died in a two vehicle collision five miles north of Pocahontas on Highway 67 early today. Three others were seriously injured, police reported. The crash occurred near ATK, with authorities continuing to investigate the cause.
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Today’s Features and Page Imagery Note
A brief reader guide lists sections and page numbers for features, amusements, letters, bridge, financials, classifieds, deaths, social news, editorials, sports, and pictures with today’s page references. This index directs readers to page 4 for Amusements, 13 for Bridge and Financial, 6 for Deaths, 9-10 for Sports, and 16 for Today’s Pictures.
Coal Shaft Blast Kills Four Miners in Pa Mine
Four miners were killed and seven injured in a blast at Lehigh Navigation Coal Co in Laxnsford Pa. The explosion struck shaft No 6 about 1200 feet underground during the last shift before a nationwide miners holiday. Cause not immediately known.
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Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
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Tward
Arson Suspect Sought After String of Fires
Authorities linked a single arsonist to nine fires in the area over three weeks causing about $500,000 in damage. The latest blaze was contained last night before major damage occurred as investigators pursued clues and traced evidence across sites.
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Leroy
Talest
Lattimore Receives US Apology Over Travel Stop
The State Department apologized to Owen Lattimore and revoked the travel stop against the Johns Hopkins professor. Indictment of travel agency executive Harry McDrees Jarvinen is reported in Seattle. officials dispute the confidential report tied to his case.
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Seattle
Tax Collector Quits After Probe
WICHITA Kan 43 N A Parsons deputy collector of Internal revenue at Leavanwerth Kan has tendered his resignation following an investigation of alleged indiscretions in performance of duty. Collector Lynn Brodrick said the resignation has been forwarded to Internal Revenue Commissioner John B Dunlap in Washington for action. He added the Kansas collector was not permitted by Treasury regulations to supply details at this time.
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N. A. Parsons
Internal Revenue
Leavanwerth
Lynn Brodrick
Brodrick
Parsons
John B. Dunlap
Washington
Kansas
Treasury
Korea Repulses Chinese Attacks on Front Lines
Reports indicate Chinese forces launched three assaults on Korean positions along the western front. U S Fifth Air Force planes attacked switchyards and hydroelectric plants at Changjin and nearby sites in a week of shelling. In Brooklyn, a sniper killed a 23 year old rabbinical student near McCarran Park, with detectives searching for a shooter or stray bullet.
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London
McCarran Park
Greenpoint
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Battle reports from Manchuria and Baldy hill action
Fragmentary dispatch notes ongoing conflict in Manchuria and the North Area with the Changin Page 2 column ending. Western front centers on Hill Baldy as reinforcements of Chinese forces appear.
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Legion convention to stress seriousness at New York meet
The American Legion announced Aug 23 2 convention plans with gadgets like water pies and electric canes on the out of order list. Officials cited international tension and national elections. A large parade on Aug 28 will feature 100000 marchers and 800 bands, marking the Legion's first event in New York since 1947.
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American Legion
Legion
Senate-House compromise extends wage-price controls amid Korean War recalls
In a marathon session the Senate House conferees approved a month extension of wage price controls due to expire Monday. The plan preserves administration aims while watering down some House provisions. It would recall reservists with equal rights, and prevent automatic discharge of women in the reserves who become mothers. The measure includes veterans in combat zones receiving special deferment against recall.
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Ig Aoine
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Conference
Aid Slicers Hack at Bill in House Session
The House held a special Saturday session amid anti administration moves to trim President Truman’s foreign aid bill. Lawmakers eyed slicing at least 200 million from the mutual security program and debated broader changes to price controls and housing regulations, with actions looming on uniforms and grocery subsidies.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Taber
R-N. 3
Columb
Federal Reserve Board
Child Falls From ad Story Window
A child fell from a window at a home as the family watched, with hospital reports noting injuries. The incident occurred amid a Congress session discussing wage and price controls and military funding cuts. The story links the accident to broader budget and policy changes discussed during the day.
Red Bear Roast Planned for Salem Fourth of July
In Salem New Hampshire Roy Morrill announces Spicket Masome Lodge will roast a large bear skin stuffed with hay on a second-foot bonfire for July 4. He notes last year they hung an effigy of Stalin and this year aim to roast the bear mascot.
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Salem
N. H
Roy Morrill
Joe Stalin
Mar- Till
Wage Stabilization Board Authority Questioned
Fragment from a newspaper notes the Wage Stabilization Board could lose power to recommend on union management matters. The text references a conclusion on page 2 column 5, indicating ongoing coverage of the board’s authority and potential policy shifts.
Ideal Weekend Forecast Promises Mild Weather and Fishing
The weatherman Andres P Keller begins a three week vacation and plans fishing at Fick Creek near Saranac. Forecast calls for cloudy skies today tonight and tomorrow with no rain and mild temperatures around 62 tonight. Tomorrow high expected to reach ideal for clambakes golf and picnics as farmers note two and a half inches of rain in June.
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U.S
Andres P. Keller
Fick Creek
Saranacase
Bride's Quip Sparks Offbeat Parlor Gaffe
A bride of a few weeks greeted her husband with a joke about change and plans. A neighbor claimed the conversation hinted at adding water to dehydrated creatures, yielding a peculiar, lightly humorous domestic moment.
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