Marshall Urges Congress to Act On Military Aid
Secretary of Defense Marshall urged Congress to move quickly on foreign military aid as a crucial test of Mutual Security and Western Europe. He warned of a looming Communist buildup and warned the world picture requires sustained U S power and a multiyear aid program.
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Marshall
Congress
Washington
Defense Marshall
Free Nations
Korea
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
United States
America
Far East
U. S
Pacific
Free World
Western
Acheson
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Weather forecast for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Georgia will be mostly cloudy and cooler this afternoon with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Saturday looks partly cloudy and warmer with afternoon thundershowers. Northwest Florida coast region stays partly to mostly cloudy and warm this afternoon tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers and gentle to moderate southerly winds.
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Georgia
Florida
Eight Navy Men Die in PBM Crash Off Key West
In Florida straits near Key West a PBM patrol bomber crashed on takeoff from the Seaplane station. Eight crewmen were killed, one survived with a broken leg but died at naval hospital. Three officers and six enlisted men aboard. Identification to follow next of kin notification.
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Key West
Fla
Naval Hospital
Florida Straits
Key West Naval Seaplane Station
Naval Headquarters
Col James Mosteller Second Army Chemical Officer Dies
Col James Wilbur Mosteller Jr aged 49, second Army Chemical Officer, died at Fort Meade Army Hospital after several months illness. A 1925 West Point graduate from Rome Georgia, he served in World War II as a combat liaison officer with the Army Air Corps after duty in the chemical corps chief’s office.
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FT. Meade, Md
James Wilbur Mosteller, Jr
Army
Fort Meade Army Hospital
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Rome
Army Air Corps
Chemical Corps
Ridgway Told to Negotiate Cease Fire in Korea
The government issued Gen. Matthew Ridgway general instructions on negotiating a Korean cease fire. London sources say UN forces may back the move, with actions possible within hours as the front in Korea largely quieted.
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Ridgway
Washington
Matthew Ridgway
Korea
London
United Nations
Tokyo
38Th
North
South Korea
Congress
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Lovett
Truman
Joseph Short
U. N
Short
State Department
James A. van Fleet
Forrest P. Sherman
U. 8
Sherman
38Th Parallel
Eighth Army
Kaesong
Senate approves price control bill with curbs on rollbacks
The Senate passed a bill extending price wage and rent controls eight months while sharply limiting or banning new price rollbacks. The measure, 71 to 10, moves to the House which plans a 31 day stopgap extension. Debate centered on how far to curb future rollbacks and beef price adjustments amid inflation fears. U.S. Ambassador Grady pressed Mossadegh for oil concessions to avoid western flows from Abadan refinery.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Wserry
R-Neb
Senate Banking Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Wherry
Reduction of 236 on Georgia Old Age Pension rolls
State Welfare Director Alan Kemper reported a June drop of 236 in Georgia Old Age Pension recipients to 101,920. Total June payments reached $2,457,824, up $1,539 from May, with child aid at 48,469 recipients and $895,802 in payments.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alan Kemper
Kemper
Violent Weather Toll Across Midwest and South
The nation faced heavy damage from June storms, floods, droughts, and tornadoes. Kansas and Missouri bore the brunt with tens of millions in crop losses, while Oklahoma Nebraska Illinois Iowa Minnesota and Ohio also suffered, and Louisiana faced drought relief with rains. engineers weighed opening locks to flood the waterway.
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Mid-Continent
Kansas
Missouri
Midwest
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Tlllinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Ohio
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Fighting Near Standstill At Korean Front
War news from the Korean front reports limited ground action with a single hill northwest of Yonchon changing hands six times as UN forces withdrew. Air combat occurred with Mustangs countering Red jets and several jets being shot down. cease-fire talks loom amid cautious optimism from US officials.
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Yonchon
United Nations
Iron Triangle
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Korea
Peiping
China
Japan
U. S
Eighth Army
Clarence Rhee
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Washington
Ridgway
Talmadge Reappoints Culpepper to Board
Gov. Herman Talmadge reappointed George B. Culpepper Jr. of Fort Valley to the Board of Trustees of the State Employees Retirement Fund, announced in Atlanta on June 28. The appointment adds a new trustee to oversee retirement fund operations.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
George B. Culpepper, Jr
Fort Valley
The
State Employes Retirement Fund
Negro Leaders Split On Progress To End Segregation In Army
Atlanta June 29 AP Negro leaders clash over advances toward ending segregation in the army. One accuses two Georgia lawmakers of bullying the service while another cites Korean casualties “crucified on the altar of race.” Panel at NAACP convention notes policy of equal treatment, but dispute persists. Thurgood Marshall pins morale issues on white officers in the 24th Regiment in Korea.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Korea
National” “Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Truman
Richard
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Carl ‘Vinson
Mitchell
James Evans
Defense
George Marshall
Ncaap. Ig
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall
Fairfield Murders Highlight Gang Feud and Pennington Family
In Fairfield Illinois on June 29 a machine gun attack killed one man and severely wounded two Pennington brothers, leaders tied to the Shelton gang. Ex-convict Charlie Harris, rival to the Penningtons, is wanted for murder with a voluntary surrender expected. police suspect the shooting may be linked to a feud over honor and leadership within the gang alliance.
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Fairfield
Ill
Bhelsoai
Romin
Stakenthsten
Ose
Guy
Pénenington
Shelton Pennington
Bach
Charlie
Black Charlie) Harris
Shelton Brothers
Pennington
Sons
Ogle Pennington
Byrd's Challenge Wins Favor Across Deep South
Virginia Senator Harry Byrd calls for restoring the two thirds rule and repealing the Civil Rights plank at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Atlanta. Reactions vary across Southern governors and party leaders, some supporting the idea and others urging caution or indifference.
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Atlanta
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Dixie
South
Byrd
Truman
H. C. Sevier
Louisiana
Gordon Persons
Alabama
James B. Allen
James ‘Byrnes
South Carolina
William P. Baskin
Barkley Advocates Southern Unity With Democrats
Vice President Alben Barkley told a Atlanta audience that Civil Rights controversy will be worked out gradually and the South will stay in the Democratic Party. He praised Southern leaders for battling within the party and said a splinter party has no future.
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Atlanta
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Thomas Jefferson
Byrd
South
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Andrei Gromyko
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Grady
Tehran
Iran
Henry F. Grady
Mohammed Mossadegh
Adkual
Mossadegh
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Khorramshahr
National Oil Commission
AIOO
ATOC
Iranian National Oil Company
ATOO
Herbert Morrison
Talmadge
Culpepper
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