POWs Freed as 90 Americans Prepare Return Saturday
Panmunjom report says 90 Americans will be released Saturday joining 256 South Koreans, 35 Turks and 25 British. Some POWs reportedly chose to stay with Communists amid clashes on Kos Island and charges of instigating against the peace.
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Kose Island
Reds
Little Robin Coffee
Mrs
Jeanne Coffee
Long Beach
Calif
Sgt
Robert J. Coffee
Panmunjom
Little Robin
Mrs. Coffee
Communists Hint Not All POWs Will Be Returned
Peiping Radio in Tokyo quoted Peoples Daily as saying 12 753 Allied POWs held by Reds may not all be returned. It claimed 2 000 Red prisoners are hidden from repatriation and criticized U N Command for not clarifying the discrepancy. General Clark noted as many as 3 000 may be withheld.
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U.N
Tokyo
Peiping
United Nations
Peoples Daily
Chinese Communist Party
U.N Command
U.N.C
Washington
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Reds
U N delivers civilian internees from MUNSAN to Reds
United Nations Command announced it will transport its first batch of civilian internees, including 1,800 North Koreans, 473 North Korean women, 600 Chinese, one Chinese woman, and 23 children, to Communist forces. The internees include nurses, helpers, and camp followers captured during the 1950 collapse of the North Korean army. Many women remain bitterly anti United Nations.
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United Nations Command
Reds
United Nations
Ferguson Sees Senate Ratifying Korea Defense Pact
Senator Ferguson predicts the Senate will approve a South Korea mutual defense pact, aligning it with existing Philippines and Japan agreements. He cited Korea's strategic orbit and noted the pact follows lines set by Dulles and Rhee. Ferguson spoke during a radio interview after becoming Republican Policy Committee chair.
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Washington
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
South Korea
America
Pacific
Philippines
Japan
Ferguson
Korea
State Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Republican Policy Committee
Forest arsonist Patton sentenced after deadly blaze
Willows California UP report states Stanford P. Patton admitted setting a forest fire that killed 15 people. He received a two to 20 year prison term.
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Willows
Calif
U.P
Stanford P. Patton
North Korean Officials Sentenced in Purge Trial
London Moscow Radio reports 10 top North Korean officials were sentenced to death for alleged armed rebellion and plots with the United States. Two others jailed. former Justice Minister Lee Sung Yop led the list. Rhee Won Cho and Pak Hong Wong among those named. Continued on page 2.
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London
Moscow
United States
North Korean
Supreme Court
Red
Lee Sung Yop
Cho Yun Nyong
Pak Hong Wong
Rhee Won Cho
Korean Communist Party
Pyongyang Radio
Tokyo
Fri
Heat peaks at 91 in Mining City as record warmth returns
In Butte the temperature climbed to 91 Friday, the warmest since July 30 and the hottest August reading in at least two years. Humidity rises on Saturday with a forecast high near 88 as weather records are packed away ahead of bureau relocation.
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Butte
Weather Bureau
West Berlin police crush 900 Reds at food centers
West Berlin police and water cannon raided rioters as 900 Communist demonstrators attacked American food relief points in the French and American sectors. Fourteen rioters were arrested, clashes spread to Neukolln and Kreuzberg, while authorities defend the two million package aid program amid East German orchestrated aggression.
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West Berlin
Berlin
U.S
Prinzen Allee
Neukoelln
Kruezberg
Germany
Eisenhower authorizes $491 million in military construction projects
President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing $491,595,930 in Army Navy and Air Force development at home and abroad. The act provides $133,671,000 Army $87,011,130 Navy $269,509,000 Air Force and $1,404,800 for Alaskan communications. Projects include air field improvements and new programs funded from existing funds. In US totals Pueblo Ordnance Depot Colorado $563,000 and Great Falls Air Force Base Montana $425,000 for airfield pavements maintenance and storage.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Pueblo Ordnance Depot
Colo
Great Falls Air Force Base
Mont
Weather outlook for Butte and state Saturday briefing
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Butte with Saturday afternoon cloudiness and a high near 85 to 95 across western regions. Temperatures rise to 88 Saturday with 50 at night, and Friday's period shows a 51 minimum. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms are possible east of the Divide with drier, fair conditions Sunday.
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Divide
Forest Fire Spotted in Pintlar Primitive Area
Fred Currie reports a 12 acre fire in the Pintlar primitive area of Deer Lodge National Forest is under control as 15 firefighters respond and smokejumpers may be deployed later Saturday. The Pintlar region lies southwest of Anaconda.
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Pintlar
Deer Lodge National Forest
Fred Currie
Butte
Anaconda
Currie
Eisenhowers to Fly to Denver for Weeks Vacation
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will depart at noon Saturday for a flying trip to Denver and several weeks of vacation as announced by the White House.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
Denver
White House
Bank Bandit Steals $5,480 in Seattle Heist
A lone gunman robbed Magnolia State Bank in Seattle on Friday and fled with $5,480. Police searched the area for a suspect described as a heavy-set man wearing a dark coat. The FBI was notified as the case continued.
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Seattle
U.P
Magnolia State Bank
Eisenhower Signs Refugee Bill Opening Door to Immigrants
President Eisenhower signs a refugee bill allowing 214000 new immigrants over three years to enter the United States. The act targets those fleeing Communist countries and includes special categories, with strict screening and added visas for Germans, Italians, Greeks, Dutch, and others.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
America
Congress
House
Senate
Germany
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Watkins
Russia
Austria
North Atlantic Treaty Nations
Sweden
Iran
Free Territory
Trieste
British Isles
Chiang Kai-shek
One of two prison escapees surrenders in Deer Lodge
One of two escapees from the Montana State Prison, 25 year old Donald William Baumann, turned himself in at Deer Lodge Friday while the second fugitive, Frank Donald Thiefault, remained at large. Baumann began a seven year term for larceny in 1951. Thiefault, 20, was jailed for grand larceny from Malta in 1952. The pair fled Thursday after stealing clothes and a car, traveling through Helena to Great Falls and Fort Benton. The abandoned car was found near Fort Benton. Thiefault is described as wearing khaki dungarees with a gold shirt.
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Montana State Prison
Deer Lodge
Butte
Donald William Baumann
Gray
Baumann
Frank Donald Thiefault
United Press
Fort Benton
F. O. Burrell
Thiefault
Helena
Great Falls
Jack Bradley
Malta
Spectacular Crash Draws Onlookers Near Sous Bend
Elsie Noggles of Roseburg Oregon emerged nude from a wrecked car that overturned on the highway at about 70 miles an hour. A $25 fine for drunkenness was suspended.
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Soush Bend
Wash
U.P
Elsie Noggles
Roseburg
Ore
Pact pledges U.S. aid to South Korea in new Korean War crisis
Dulles and Rhee announce a mutual security pact allowing U.S. bases in South Korea and UN Command to respond to any renewed invasion. The accord, signed after four days of talks, includes postwar talks and potential unilateral Korea unification if the political conference fails.
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Seoul
Dulles
Pyun Yung Tai
United States
South Korea
Syngthan_ Rhee
Rhee
United Nations Command
Robert T. Stevens
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
Maxwell D. Taylor
8Th Army
Korea
Washington
Reds
Eisenhower links peace desire to firm stance against aggression
President Eisenhower framed U S policy as a balance between peace and deterrence in Korea and beyond He urged concrete aid to Indochina Iran and Southeast Asia to secure resources and allies He argued joint defense and self interest must back collective security to win broad support including in the Kremlin diet
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Eisenhower
America
Korea
Indochina
Iran
United States
India
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Seattle
Kremlin
United States of America
Veterans aboard Gen. M. M. Patrick bound for Seattle port
About 817 passengers including several hundred Korean War veterans travel aboard the Navy transport Gen. M. M. Patrick set to dock at the Seattle port of embarkation at 8 30 a m Monday.
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Seattle
U.P
Navy
Gen. M. M. Patrick
African King with 415 Wives Highlighted in Notice
An old Want-Ads style ad extols a 19th century Congo ruler with 415 wives as a curiosity and pivots to selling items and renting space. It promotes Want-Ads as a path to income and jobs with a sample garage listing at 000 W Galena as a result.
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Plenty
Congo
5451
Galena
Britain and Canada Hedge on Pact Over Korea Threat
The 16 Allied nations in Korea signed a pledge to act quickly against any new Red attack but Britain and Canada hedged. Ottawa and London spokesmen said actions would depend on circumstances and cautioned against committing to strike Red China in advance.
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United Nations
Korea
Britain
Canada
Foreign Office
China
Ottawa
Red China
Strike cripples France as walkouts shut public services
About two million workers in France halted trains, post, telephones, and utilities, crippling tourism during peak season. Unions from Socialist to Catholic joined in a nationwide protest against potential public payroll cuts as ministers debated solutions.
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Paris
France
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
President Signs Batch of 36 Bills With Vetoes Two
Eisenhower signed 36 bills into law as he prepared to depart for a Colorado vacation. He vetoed two minor measures and moves included substantial funding for civil defense and Korea reconstruction, plus extensions to the reciprocal trade program and a 491 million dollar military-base construction package. The package also covers food aid, offshore leases, FDA plant inspections, submarine loans to Turkey, and tax exemptions for enlisted personnel in combat zones.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Colorado
Congress
Voice of America
U.S. Civil Defense
South Korea
US Food and Drug Administration
U.S
Turkey
Fire destroys Igloo Frozen Food facility in Sacramento
Sacramento fire department responded to a general alarm Friday at the Igloo Frozen Food Company. Nine depots of door to door ice cream trucks and four refrigeration units were wiped out in the blaze but no ice cream melted according to officials.
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Sacramento
U.P
Sacramento Fire Department
Igloo Frozen Food Company
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