East Germans Breach Red Blockade in Berlin
East Germans defied the Soviet blockade with 60,000 from five Russian occupied provinces and 70,000 from East Berlin joining protests. Desertions in the Soviet Zone reached a daily record of 51, raising the yearly total to 2,606 as Otto Nitschke rejected Western food aid as a humiliation while praising Soviet deliveries.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
People’s Police
Otto Grotewohl
Otto Nitschke
United States
German Democratic Republic
Nuschke
East Germany
Nitschke
No Clues Found in Search for Michigan Youth
MISSOULA A search for Roger P. Chandler an 18 year old from Ann Arbor Michigan continues with airplanes boats 75 trained woodsmen and bloodhounds. He disappeared Sunday afternoon from a blister rust control camp in Idaho's Kaniksu National Forest after leaving with a group for Priest Lake and later venturing on an independent exploration. Foresters said the remote pack train camp lacked communications complicating the effort. George Talbot Corvallis with Joy the bloodhound faced difficulty tracking amid numerous ground tracks by searchers.
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Missoula
Roger P. Chandler
Kaniksu National Forest
Idaho
Forest Service
Chandler
Ann Arbor
Mich
Priest Lake
George Talbot
Corvallis
Joy
Stolen City Taxi Recovered Minutes Later
A taxicab stolen from in front of a stand on East Park was found within five minutes a block east on Park. The recovery was by Rapid Robert Russell and Lightnin Lars Larsen of the Butte police. The taxi was abandoned.
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East Park
Park
Robert Russell
Lightnin
Lars Larsen
Butte
Man linked to murder sought after gunshot wounds
Adolph Zimmer 46 of Neche North Dakota sought for questioning in his wife’s slaying near Williston North Dakota last Monday. He was treated in Butte that night for gunshot wounds claimed as personal safety related and arrested in Salt Lake City Thursday night. Zimmer admitted the killing and theft of nearly $2,000 from his father. Police identified Zimmer as Eric Black, the alias used during hospital treatment in Butte.
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Adolph Zimmer
Neche
N. D
Williston
Butte
Salt Lake City
Ernett Sullivan
Sullivan
Zimmer
Havre
St. James Hospital
Eric Black
Black
Fargo
North Dakota
Montana
Bob Russell
Lars Larsen
B. J. Riley
Montana State Penitentiary
Deer Lodge
Riley
St. James
Hope Fades for 14 Airmen Missing in North Atlantic
Thirteen American airmen remain missing after a RB36 bomber crashed during a training flight off Ireland and Iceland area. Four crew found alive, five bodies recovered from 15 foot seas. search continues with 25 U S Air Force planes from British bases braving foul weather.
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London
North Atlantic
Iceland
Ireland
England
Travis Field
Calif
U.S. Air Force
Butte Montana Weather Forecast For Friday And Weekend
Fair weather dominates across Butte and surrounding Montana regions with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms mainly in mountains. Friday highs reach mid to upper 80s, cooler by Saturday. Northwest areas expect similar fair conditions with localized thundershowers.
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Divide
Governors Oppose U.N Probe Proposal at Governors Conference
At the 45th Governors Conference in Seattle, 41 governors condemned a plan for a U N inquiry by an American commission. Gov J Bracken Lee cast the sole vote for charter changes to defend national honor. Dan Thornton was elected chairman as many governors opposed the anti U N resolution.
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Seattle
Governors’ Conference
United Nations
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
U.N
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Thornton
Allan Shivers
Texas
Lee
U. S
U. N
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Molasses Monikers and Want Ads Sell Fast
A quirky note explains a Japanese suitor calling his girl honey as molasses to show sweetness while urging readers to use Want Ads for quick profits. An ad writer is offered by phone, and a reader reports an equity claim on a 1946 Jeep with 4 wheel drive and cab materials.
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Equity
JEEP
Tropical Hornbill Triggers Wall Street Panic and Feathery Standoff
A Rufous Hornbill roosted atop the New York Weather Bureau tower in the financial district causing a brief market stir. Workers pursued the bird with a net as it shifted winds from light variable to northwest and then glided away toward Battery Park.
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New York
U.P
Suez
Wall St
New York Weather Bureau
Financial District
American Society For the Prevention of
Joseph Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Rufous
National City Bank
Battery Park
Brooklyn Battery
Sugar Deration Likely in September as Prices Rise
Britain plans likely sugar deration in September while prices for cooking fats and butter climb. The food ministry says increases are needed to keep government food subsidies at about 220 million pounds during the current financial year, with most rises affecting milk.
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London
Britain
Food Ministry
Dick Haymes Arrested for Deportation Over Hawaii Stay
Crooner Dick Haymes, 34, was arrested on a deportation charge for illegal re entry after a Hawaii stay with Rita Hayworth while filming Miss Sadie Thompson. He posted 500 dollar bail and faces a hearing in about two weeks with possible appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
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Los Angeles
Dick Haymes
Argentina
Hawaii
Rita Hayworth
U.S
Haymes
Honolulu
Miss Hayworth
Sadie Thompson
Islands
MacCarran
United States
U.S. Immigration Service
West Skeptical About Russian Military Budget Analysis
AP News Analyst J. M. Roberts Jr. notes Western officials doubt the Soviet budget reflects actual military strength. They warn of hidden spending, with military funds masked in education and cultural categories, and point to a late budget and a doubled item in war-capital construction. Public opinion signs are seen as a shift from Stalin era.
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West
J. M. Roberts JR
Moscow
U.S
Congress
United States
Russia
Stalin
President Admits Administration Faces Problems
President Eisenhower told the nation that the administration remains committed to six month goals but has not conquered all problems. He warned of ongoing trials and hazards ahead while outlining actions by Congress and the need to cut deficits, control the budget, and strengthen foreign policy including the Korean truce.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Asia
State of the Union
U.S
Two Inmates Escape From Montana State Prison Farm
Two convicts fled from the Montana State Prison farm six miles west of Deer Lodge on Thursday afternoon. Authorities in Western Montana launched a wide search with city county and state officers on the case. The escapees were identified as Donald William Baumann, 25, serving seven years for forgery, and Frank Donald Thiefault, 20, serving five years for grand larceny. Baumann was committed from Great Falls on February 6, 1951, and Thiefault from Malta on October 24, 1952. Both are described as 5 feet 10 inches, with Baumann weighing 170 pounds and Thiefault 152 pounds. Baumann has brown eyes and brown hair, Thiefault has brown eyes and black hair.
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Montana
Deer Lodge
Butte
Donald William Baumann
Frank Donald Thiefault
Baumann
Great Falls
Thiefault
Malta
90 More Yank POWs Due to Be in Next Contingent
Americans and other Allied prisoners arrive at Panmunjom in a third day exchange as 81 U S POWs join 25 Brits 250 South Koreans and others for shipment to Freedom Village at Munsan. Koreans and Chinese go back to communism amid crowded camps and demonstrations.
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Freedom Village
International
Dave Cicero
International Radiophoto
Panmunjom
Munsan
U.N. Prisoner of War Command
Koje Island
One North Korean Killed as POWs Riot on Koje Isle
United Nations guards used rifle fire and gas to quell three riots by about 12 000 North Korean prisoners on Koje Island. One prisoner was killed and four wounded in the first clash. guards reported no injuries. Rioters chanted threw rocks and attacked a guard with a board before the siege ended.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
U.N. Prisoner of War Command
U.N
Marines Korea Duty Extended to Fourteen Months
General Lemuel Shepherd Jr. announced that Marine Corps tours in Korea will run 14 months with the policy taking effect by next March. He said 16 month tours could be adopted if extension proves necessary, aligning with Army plans for a 16 month rotation next fall.
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Washington
U.P
Lemuel Shepherd Jr
Marine Corps
Korea
Shepherd
Army
Clark backs using any weapon if Koreas break truce
Gen. Mark W. Clark told a Pentagon news conference that if the Korean armistice is broken he would favor using any and every weapon. He cited 2,000 to 3,000 more American POWs and thousands more South Koreans held beyond agreed terms. He heads to Tokyo to wind down duty before October retirement.
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Clark
Washington
Mark W. Clark
Korea
Far East
Pentagon
United Nations Command
Chinese Manchuria
Red China
Tokyo
Military Armistice Commission
Unification Talks Between Dulles and Rhee Continue In Seoul
Secretary of State Dulles and President Rhee held a second meeting on Korea unification in Seoul with a fourth session possible in the afternoon. They reportedly reached at least a mutual security pact and discussed U.S. economic aid for South Korea. Rhee warned that he may renew war if unity is not pursued by force if necessary, while Dulles urged peaceful means.
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Seoul
Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Korea
United States
South Korea
U.S. Senate
U.S
Rhee
Passport Issued for Bundy Despite McCarthy Objections
The State Department announced it will grant a passport to William P Bundy CIA employee despite Sen Joseph McCarthy objections. Undersecretary Laurie said the action enables Bundy to take a vacation and return in time for subcommittee questioning. Bundy is son in law of former Secretary Acheson and has funded defense for Alger Hiss.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
William P. Bundy
Central Intelligence Agency
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
D. & Laurie
McCarthy
Bund
Laurie
Bundy
United States
Dean Acheson
Alger Hiss
No Montanans Freed Reported in Korea Dispatches
No Montanans were listed as freed by the Communists in press dispatches from Korea on Thursday night.
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Korea
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Michigan
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