Rosenberg Case Weighs Death Penalty Fate At Supreme Court
In a rare special session the Supreme Court considers overruling Justice Douglas to allow the Rosenbergs to be executed tonight. Arguments focus on whether the 1946 atomic energy act supersedes the 1917 Espionage Act under which the couple was convicted.
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German Executed for His Part In Berlin Uprising
Berlin reports say a West Berlin resident linked to a foreign intelligence service was executed for organizing provocations in the Soviet sector during the uprising. Martial law spread to Potsdam and Babelsberg as rioting and deaths were reported, with figures of 16 and higher mentioned in conflicting accounts.
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Rosenbergs Await Supreme Court Ruling At Sing Sing
OSSINING N Y Julius and Ethel Rosenberg awaited a Supreme Court ruling at a special session that could halt their execution. Warden Denno said a Stay Order from Justice Douglas remained in effect until formal government orders end it. The couple, celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary, saw each other briefly at Sing Sing through a heavy wire as guards monitored their last day.
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Draft of Truce in Korea Held Ready for Signing
MUNSAN The draft of a Korean truce was completed today but could be derailed by President Syngman Rhee’s defiance of allies. He ordered the release of 25,000 anti Red prisoners of war and opened gates at four POW camps in the morning darkness.
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Propaganda Loudspeakers Claim Korea Truce Signed
In Seoul front line areas loudspeakers broadcast a claim that a truce was signed and the war in Korea is over, a statement used for Red propaganda and heard widely by troops and civilians.
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Armistice text nears completion amid prisoner exchange rush
U N officials report rapid finalization of the armistice while both sides rush preparations to swap thousands of prisoners. Rhee’s move could delay the return of about 13 000 U N prisoners held by the Reds. Tokyo sources say delays are possible but the armistice should not be wrecked. Staff officers completed final touches by noon and translators began work on the document.
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ROKs Regain Frontline Positions Amid Fierce North Korea Fighting
In early morning combat near Christmas Hill and Finger Ridge in East Central Korea, 400 Chinese troops pushed South Korean forces from heights, but the ROKs retook the positions by noon amid heavy fighting. U.S. Sabre pilots claimed four MIGs destroyed and four damaged along the Yalu. Greek troops repelled a sharp Outpost Harry thrust Thursday.
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Doodlebug Train to Make Final Run July 18
The Doodlebug gasoline powered passenger train linking Zanesville and Parkersburg will make its last trip on July 18. Public utilities commission ordered the service discontinued over the 58 mile route.
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Anti-Red Prisoners To Enlist In U.N. Army
In a dramatic move the U N Command announced immediate steps to enlist about 25 000 anti Red prisoners into its army as Korea’s truce terms hang in the balance The development left allied leaders unsettled and sent shock waves through diplomatic circles in Columbus Ohio professor Byron T Darling refused to answer questions about Communist ties invoking the Fifth Amendment before a congressional committee two former undercover agents were expected to testify Bernice Baldwin and Richard OHair named as possible witnesses
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Prisoners Break From Allied Camp Near Inchon
Four hundred anti Communist North Korean prisoners escaped an Allied camp near Inchon after a bloody clash with U S Marine guards. The gun battle followed a rush by Marines to replace South Korean guards and came as 25 600 other inmates had already broken from four camps in South Korea last Wednesday.
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Inchon
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Rhee rejects June armistice terms in Seoul plea to Eisenhower
In Seoul a trusted source says Rhee flatly refused President Eisenhower’s June 6 appeal to accept the armistice. Rhee warned that South Korea would perish under the truce terms. Prisoners fled four camps as guards turned away, with some Americans attempting and failing to stop the exodus.
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Mass prisoner escapes prompt disarray in Korea
Amid chaotic discharges, about 25,000 prisoners slipped away by dawn as U N troops recaptured 971. South Korean guards largely stood by while some American soldiers opened fire. Lt. Gen. Won Young Duk warned stern action against any arrest attempts. Rhee urged civilians to shelter the escapees as radio pleas spread.
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Airlines Trim Zanesville Flights Amid New Schedule
Lake Central Airlines will reduce its seven daily flights at Zanesville to four effective July 1. The cut removes the 7:00 a.m. Youngstown service and the 10:00 p.m. Youngstown to Indianapolis leg, while promising improved connections. The new pattern adds 8:04 a.m. westbound Youngstown to Columbus and onward to Dayton Cincinnati Chicago and Cleveland. 9:50 a.m. Columbus to Pittsburgh with links to New York and Washington. 7:15 p.m. Pittsburgh to Columbus to Dayton Cincinnati Chicago and Cleveland. and 7:36 p.m. Pittsburgh inbound with Columbus connections to Chicago and Cincinnati, destination Youngstown.
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Log Captain Refuses to Move, Coast Guard Intervenes
In Long Beach California the captain of a log impeded a freighter in mid channel between San Pedro and Terminal Island. Edward Gutman thirty two, a transient, claimed captaincy and shouted I am the captain of this log. Gutman was arrested on a drunkenness count as the log was beached and the cutter was sent.
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Real Estate Tax Collection Starts in 1952
Real estate tax collection for the second half of 1952 began today with a July 1 deadline to pay without penalty. County Treasurer Charles R. Downing announced totals of 1,171,762.54, up from 1,012,196.40 a year earlier. Downing will collect in New Concord and Dresden banks for local property taxes.
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Dresden
Soviet Union Allows Four Russian Wives of Americans to Leave
Moscow informed U S Ambassador Bohlen that four more Russian wives of Americans living in Moscow will be permitted to depart for the United States. The move follows prior approvals and signals easing travel restrictions between the two nations.
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Charles. E. Bohlen
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Explosions Wreck Alaskan Seaport
ANCHORAGE Alaska fire and blasts destroyed millions of dollars worth of military facilities at Whittier and damaged three warehouses two docks and other buildings within hours. Reports from Seward hinted ammunition blasts while two unofficial causes cited a forest fire and a warehouse boiler explosion. Three people injured in the boiler blast and a yardmaster casualty suspected. port facilities were declared unusable by Alaska Defense Command officials.
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