U S alert on red germ warfare claims and Korean front
Reports from Washington and Seoul describe U S biowarfare experts denying evidence of bacteriological weapons in Korea. Gen Van Fleet promotes readiness of the Eighth Army while front action increases with patrols and air strikes across the Western Front and Chorwon Yonchon area.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U.S
Eighth Army
United Nations Fighting Machine
van Fleet
United Nations
Nam II
Panmunjom
Red Army
United Nations Command
Kose Island
U.N
Chorwon
Yonchon
Pukhan River
London
Reds Send Note To Clark On Armistice Talks
In Munsan Korea on June 9 North Korean General Kim Il Sung and Chinese General Peng Teh-hua i signed a multi page letter to UN commander General Mark Clark. The note was handed to Allied liaison Col James C Murray at Panmunjom during a three day recess caused by Major General William K Harrison. Harrison refused to reconvene without written specific proposals on prisoner exchanges. The Reds had accused the Allies of mistreatment of captured soldiers and Harrison condemned Red propaganda.
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Munsan
Korea
Mark Clark
United Nations
Far East
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh Huai
Manila
James C. Murray
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
U. N
Harrison
Reds
E.S.T
Arson Suspect Airola Bailed On $1,000 Bond
Clinton, Ind. June 9 John Anthony Airola college student arrested June 5 on arson charges in Universal Ind for a January 24 1951 house and shed fire. He was released in Newport this morning on $1,000 bond. The shed and home of Mrs Eliza Hicks were destroyed. property owned by Mrs Pearl Black.
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Clinton
Ind
John Anthony Airola
Universal
Newport
Eliza Hicks
Pearl Black
Weather Summary For Fair And Cooler Day
Fair and cooler conditions expected with a.m. readings around 68. Noon near 68, 2 p.m. around 7? and sunset at 8:16. Sunrise at 5:23. River stage currently 5.4 feet and falling.
Local Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Indiana
Local conditions show yesterday's high at 9 degrees and a low of 67 with 0.29 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions tonight, fair and pleasant Tuesday in Terre Haute. Indiana outlook: cooler tonight with scattered thundershowers in extreme south, then fair and pleasant Tuesday. temperatures range from 50 to 64 tonight and 80s to mid 80s Tuesday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Indiana GOP fights over Eisenhower rift widens
In Indianapolis on June 9 the Indiana Republican Party showed deep resentments after a state convention. Leland L. Smith nominated Thomas E. Bath for national committeeman, while 14 of 22 committee members backed Ralph W. Gates. Cecil Harden and Bath accused the reappointment of Gates as a fix, with plans to invite Indiana’s 32 delegates to Detroit for talks with Eisenhower.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Republican
Leland L. Smith
Thomas E. Bath
South Bend
Indiana National Republican
Ralph W. Gates
Bath
Cecil Harden
Covington
Indiana
Detroit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ralph F. Gates
Columbia City
Gates
Harden
Logansport
Indi
Japan and India sign peace treaty in Tokyo
June 9 Tokyo reports that Japan and India concluded a peace treaty. The accord waives reparations claims against Japan.
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India
Tokyo
Japan
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
15 Killed in Korea in Defense Department Casualty List
Washington reports 130 additional Korea battle casualties as Defense Department releases list 581 naming 15 killed 106 wounded and nine injured in combat area accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Uranium Discovers Reported in Black Forest Mountains
Bonn authorities received notice that substantial uranium fields have been discovered in the Black Forest Mountains. Sources said the notification came Monday and involved the West German government.
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Bonn
Germany
Black Forest Mountains
Johnson City Twins Fifth Pair Born to Couple
Mrs. Frank Alquette gave birth to twins Jack and Jill in Johnson City Tennessee on June 9 marking her fifth set of twins. The 35 year old mother and her husband, married 15 years, already have 16 children.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Frank Alquette
Jack
Jill
Alquette
Repatriation of Jap Prisoners Is Soviet Propaganda
TOKYO June 9 The Foreign Office dismissed a report that Russia would repatriate 182,000 Japanese prisoners if Japan makes a separate peace as Soviet propaganda. The message, from Hong Kong via a Japanese MP, claimed the plan and cited Tass figures. A Foreign Office spokesman said the claim is untrue and noted Russia would not hesitate to offer large numbers if Japan abandons the U S Japan Security Pact.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Hong Kong
Tomi Kora
Peiping
China
Komakichi Matsuoka
Soviet Union
Tass
Storms Chased Heat Wave With Fatal Storms Across Regions
Storms and rain across the eastern half of the nation end the hot spell. At least eight deaths were reported from wind, electrical, and rain storms in Illinois and Erie Pennsylvania. Heavy rain affected Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ohio as cooler air moved southeastward. Continued on pages 2 and 11.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Illinois
Erie
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lower
Great Lakes
New York
Indiana
Missouri
Paoli Tragedy: Parolee Faces Lie Detector Test
Paoli Indiana June 9 State police planned a lie detector test today on a reformatory parolee whose 14 year old girlfriend Mary Pierson was found dead Sunday beneath a 100 foot high Monon Railroad trestle. Autopsy by county coroner Dr Ivan A Clarke showed a burst lung with no bruises or broken bones. Rees 23 of Paoli said they were with another youth Saturday night and that Mary fell while crossing the trestle. Rees was paroled last year from Pendleton Reformatory after serving two years of a 10 year robbery sentence.
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Paoli
Ind
Mary Pierson
Monon
Donald Rees
Ivan A. Clarke
Orange County
Rees
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
U N Asks Rhee to Ease Crisis in Korea
The United Nations urged South Korea to halt political squabbling and ease tension. It handed a proposal to President Syngman Rhee calling to lift martial law in Pusan, release 11 assemblymen implicated in conspiracy, and settle the feud over presidential election power and a two house Congress.
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Pusan
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Syngman Rhee
U.N. Commission On Unification and Rehabilitation of
Rhee
Assembly
Landslide kills four in Aosta Valley near Swiss border
Aosta Italy June 9 four persons were killed when a landslide struck the Bionaz Valley near the Swiss border. The disaster threatened a flood and prompted emergency response from local authorities and rescue crews.
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Aosta
Italy
Bionaz
Labor Peace Plan Emerges in Steel Strike Talks
Washington June 9 An agreement perhaps two years to mid 1954 looms in the steel strike as negotiators for the industry and the United Steelworkers Union near a compromise offering about 22 cents an hour in raises and benefits. President Truman urged Senate restraint while a crucial mid afternoon White House meeting was described as likely to yield a yes or no, with a union shop probable for all workers. The deal could extend peace in the industry and follow a trend toward long term pacts with auto makers already on five year terms.
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Washington
C.so. Steelworkers
Truman
Senate
White House
Philip Murray
John R. Steelman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Allis-Chalmers Negotiations Resume After Strike
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company resumed negotiations Monday afternoon at Hotel Deming with 340 employees of United Automobile Workers Local 1164 who walked out May 7 at the East Wabash pilot plant. Federal and state conciliators participated to end the work stoppage as air force demands for jet engine compressors add urgency. At the prior session Arthur Ingles reported some progress toward a contract.
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Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Hotel Deming
East Wabash Avenue
Air Force
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
Arthur Ingles
Government relaxes down payment rules for new homes
The Federal Reserve Board announced a program easing down payments for new houses built since October 1950. Five percent will be required for homes under $7,000, 40 percent for $25,000 or more, and a sliding scale between 10 and 40 percent for intermediate prices. Time limits for mortgage credits remain unchanged. Continued on Page 2, Column 35.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Fasting preacher Ivie dies after vow of prayer
The Rev. J. J. Ivie, 57, a long time Assembly of God minister from Cherryville Missouri, died after fasting since he vowed not to eat until God’s will was answered. He refused medical aid, saying he sought no world salvation but had warned his family of possible legal action and death. Ivie had voiced concerns about communism in two recordings.
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Cherryville
Ozarks
J. J. Ivie
Assembly of God Church
St. Louis
Ivie
Phantom sniper roams Illinois highways amid false reports
The phantom gunman, alleged to have shot at motorists over two weeks, sparked a statewide hunt as police logged ten shooting attempts. Reports on Sunday were mix of genuine and thrill seeker misreports, with two men arrested near Lincoln released as harmless revelers. Continued on page 2.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Elgin
Frank Pazdiora
Lilly Lake
Highway 120
Volo
Pazdiora
Thoroucly
Lincoln
Bernard Buracher
Chenoa
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United States
Pyongyang
George N. Craig
Craig
Brazil
Kenneth Bennett
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Clark
U. S. Weather Bureau
G.O.P
Eisenhower
Ho-Hum
Harry G. Ross, Jr
Joseph Adams, Jr
Charles Joseph Britton
Robert Henry Lavely
Lee Edward Barnes
Curtis Ernest Caton
Robert Richard Gehring
Jack Lee Rogers
Don
Ald Eugene Moffitt
Jack Bruce Bindley
Earl Cecil Selvin
John Keith Kester
Mark Wilbur Ballard
Clifford Francis McDaniel
Leon Waldo Pennington
Don George Vrabel
Jon John Vrabel
Frank Lane Hutchinson
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