Ten Seized As Hostages In Pen Riot
In Santa Fe New Mexico Prison rioters armed with meat cleavers and knives seized Deputy Warden Ralph Tahash and nine guards. They demanded the firing of Tahash and six guards. Gov Mechem and officials arrived as the riot began around 8 am MST while police were called in to reinforce the guards.
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New Mexico Penitentiary
Ralph Tahash
Morris Abram
Tahash
Edwin L. Mechem
Abram
Homer Lee Gossett
Houdini
Joel Roach
Thousands March for Rosenbergs at White House and Court
Leaders urging clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg pressed last-ditch efforts at the White House and the Supreme Court as thousands gathered with placards. The protests reflected broad public demand to halt their execution for alleged atomic espionage.
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Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Atom
White House
Supreme Court
Démonawe
Supreme Court Refuses Stay On Rosenberg Executions
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and declined for the fourth time to review their trial. The case has drawn worldwide attention as the condemned couple faces execution.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel’ Rosenberg
Rosenbergs face potential stay on execution appeal
The Rosenbergs and their brown eyed sons Michael and Robert are the focus as the Supreme Court weighs a stay on the execution set for three days hence. If denied, they face Sing Sing’s electric chair unless clemency is granted. Emmanuel Bloch, their attorney, vows further appeals if stay is denied.
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Robert
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Sing Sing
Rosenbergs
Emmanuel H. Bloch
Judge Takes Case From JP's Court
Judge Dennis J. Ryan of Cincinnati Common Pleas removed a reckless driving case from Justice of the Peace Howard Friedrich due to bias concerns from shared court fees. Prosecutor C. Watson Hover predicted many similar transfers to Common Pleas Court as Thomas Dixon Smith of Portsmouth awaits trial. Ryan will preside later, citing prejudice grounds and bias in the JP's handling of the case.
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Ryan
Play Fields Open Five Days Weekly
Zanesville opens 10 playgrounds for the season under Harold Dillon supervision. Locations include McIntire park and Westview Monroe Sheridan McKinley Garfield Madison Wilson Grant and Lincoln schools. Open 10 am to 8 30 pm daily except Saturday and Sunday with programs for boys of all ages. Wayne Ashbaugh supervises all centers and George Viereboom directs inter playground activities.
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Madison
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Lincoln
Yall
Wayne Ashbaugh
Swith
George Vierebome
Three-Lane Plan For Y Bridge Lift Span
County officials propose converting the 32 foot wide lift span over the canal at Main street into three eight foot lanes by painting lines. Bids for the rehabilitation project open June 23 with state funding for steel superstructure and lift mechanism and local funds for other work.
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Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Bugle Calls Fail To Disturb Robins at Vancouver Barracks
A mother robin raises a family atop the Vancouver barracks provost marshal's loudspeaker. She and her two week old babies stay unruffled as 13 bugle calls blast through the loud speaker daily, undisturbed by the signal.
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Vancouver, Wash
Robin
Vancouver Barracks
Queen Reviews Massed Ships Off Spithead
Queen Elizabeth II on the royal yacht Surprise watched a 21 gun salute from Vanguard and 11 lines of warships as 16 foreign navies joined Britain in Portsmouth harbor for the coronation naval review. The Duke of Edinburgh wore an admiral's uniform and the fleet planned a fly-past and fireworks tonight.
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Flemming Nomination Sent to Senate for ODM Director
President Eisenhower sent to the Senate the nomination of Arthur S. Flemming to be director of the Office of Defense Mobilization. The title matches the reorganization bill, replacing his former title director of defense mobilization.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of
Defense Mobilization
Flemming
Youth from Gratis Killed in Lebanon Car Crash
Gerald B. Collinsworth aged 19 of Gratis was killed today when the automobile he rode in crashed into a tree in Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Gerald B. Collinsworth
Gratis
Indians Trade Four to Tigers
Cleveland completes a four for four swap sending Ray Boone and four pitchers to Detroit for Art Houtteman Bill Wight Joe Ginsberg and Owen Friend The Indians also sent Steve Gromek Al Aber and Dick Weik to Detroit in a straight player trade Boone had batted .241 this season and was benched for George Strickland The deal lands as Cleveland faced a four game skid to the Yankees on deadline day
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Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Ray Boone
Art Houtteman
Bill Wight
Joe Ginsberg
Owen Friend
Indians
Tigers
Tribe
Steve Gromek
al Aber
Dick Weik
Houtteman
Southpaw Wight
Boone
George Strickland
New York Yankees
Licking Co Woman Killed Near Newark
Mrs. James Snedden a 31 year old resident near Jacksontown died in an automobile crash while driving her three children to Bible school in Newark. Coroner said a heart attack likely caused it on State Route 16 a mile and a half south of Newark. The car hit a guard rail and plunged down a six foot embankment. The children escaped unharmed.
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Jacksontown
Newark
Licking County
M. H. Kohler
GOP on Spot Over Tax Cut Says Reed
Rep Daniel A Reed predicts Democrats could win back Congress in 1954 if taxes are not cut this year He says tax cuts were a main pledge of GOP lawmakers and the President Eisenhower disputes a any immediate tax cut stance He notes the pledge remains central to the campaign rhetoric and GOP strategy
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Reed
Washington
House Speaker Hints Fast Vote on Excess Profits Tax
Speaker Martin of Massachusetts said the House likely will vote on extending the excess profits tax and indicated leaders may bypass the Ways and Means Committee if needed to move the legislation.
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Washington
House
Martin
Mass
Wills and Means Committee
Reed opposes extending excess profits tax and tax cut delay
Reed blocks extending the excess profits tax and delaying a 10 percent individual tax cut, arguing it should expire as scheduled. House Speaker Martin says most GOP members favor extending the levy, while committee hearings on broad tax revision begin, including a proposed deduction for working mothers hiring child care.
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House
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Reed
Martin
Feed
High Court Reverses Bridges Conviction
The Supreme Court reversed the perjury conspiracy conviction of Harry Bridges, ordering the indictment against Bridges dismissed. Bridges, an Australian-born west coast union leader, had been convicted for lying at a 1945 naturalization hearing about being a Communist, sentenced to five years in prison, and had his citizenship revoked.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry Bridges
High
Bridges
United States
Fires Kill 24 in Weekend Blaze Across Egypt Villages
Weekend fires across seven Egyptian villages kill 24 people injure 67 and destroy 668 houses. Authorities report spread of blazes across multiple districts prompting widespread evacuations and emergency response efforts.
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Cairo
Egypt
Truce Nears as Korea Armistice Talks Progress
Signs of a quick truce in Korea grew today as Allied and Communist forces pressed in the eastern sector and staff officers drafted terms for a 244 mile buffer zone and prisoner exchange. Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor warned troops to remain ready to fight if needed as main delegates convene after recess.
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Munsan
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.N
Eighth Army
Timken Boosts Pay Of 4 000 Workers
Timken Roller Bearing Co. in Canton Ohio grants a 5 percent voluntary pay raise to 4 000 non union salaried and day rate staff. The firm requests a meeting with CIO United Steelworkers for a wage increase for its 14 000 production workers. About 39 employees at the Zanesville plant will get the raise.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
CIO United Steelworkers
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U. S. Steel Corp
Harvey Bratton Harper Dies After Pedestrian Car Crash
Harvey Bratton Harper aged 89 of Hamden died after being struck by a car while walking along Ohio 75 near McArthur today. The crash occurred this afternoon and police are investigating the incident.
Warm Weather Forecast Expands Across Regions
Forecasters predict a warm trend after a cold snap with highs near 75 expected tonight and tomorrow. Yesterday's high reached 75 at the municipal airport before a cool air mass dropped temperatures, while the Southern Great Plains and lower Mississippi Valley saw 100s and 110s at several locations. Thunderstorms roared north of the heat zone across the Dakotas to Nebraska and northern Kansas, with Atlantic coast rains in Georgia and South Carolina.
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Zanesville Man Fatally Injured in Kentucky Crash
Sherman Godby 42 of 224 Van Buren street died Saturday night at Davis County Hospital Owensboro Ky from injuries from a Tuesday automobile crash near Owensboro. He was en route to Alabama hitchhiking when the driver lost control and hit a bridge. Godby, a native of West Virginia, had lived in Zanesville 27 years. Surviving: father John. son Elmer Eugene in Germany. five brothers Orin Gerald Ernest Charles Merle. two sisters Goldie Reed and Joan Sheline. Body to be taken to Putnam chapel funeral home.
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Davis County Hospital
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Alabama
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John
Henry Street
Elmer Eugene Godby
Germany
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Sam) Godby
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Ernest
Norwich
Charles
Elm Street
Merle K. Godby
Korea
Goldie Reed
Joan Sheline
Putnam Chapel
Mader-Peoples Funeral Home
Taft Resting Well in New York Hospital
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio was described in good condition at New York Hospital as tests and hip ailment treatment continued. A hospital bulletin said he was undergoing X ray treatments and that no visitors were allowed.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York Hospital
Allies Struggle as Red Offensive Roars Across Front
Thirty thousand Communist forces smashed Allied lines across a 40 mile front in heavy trench fighting. Two South Korean divisions buckled under fresh Chinese assaults while U S and Korean troops mounted counterattacks at Anchor Hill Christmas Hill and near the Iron Triangle. Generals warned the looming armistice would not end the war and urged readiness for continued combat.
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Uner
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U. S
Pukhan
Hwachon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
Anchor Hill
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Iron Triangle
Harry
East Central
Envoy to Belgrade Named by Soviets
Moscow named Vasily Valkov ambassador to Belgrade for the first time since 1948. Belgrade would not confirm the Belgrade appointee, and Tito cautioned that exchanging ambassadors does not normalize or improve relations, noting the long-standing chilly ties.
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