Eisenhower Leaves Army to Enter Politics in Abilene Speech
Former General Dwight D. Eisenhower returns home to Abilene Kansas after 37 years in the Army to announce his bid for the Presidency. He holds a major address and a full dress press conference outlining threats to free government, calls for citizen action, and a plan to curb centralized government functions. He warns against entrenchment of one party and cites inflation disunity and heavy taxation as key issues.
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Wight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kans
Ike
America
Natal threatens exit as SA constitutional crisis sparks fear
Pro British Natal warned it may quit the union over perceived constitutional violations by Prime Minister Malan's nationalist government. Leaders warned civil conflict could follow, while Natal's council called for a new convention to reaffirm the 1910 constitution and consider independent status if Britain supports Natal's dominion path.
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South Africa
Natal
Union
Daniel F. Malan
High Court
Provincial Council of
Malan
Britain
Inglewood and Courtroom Campaigns Highlighted By Varying Tales
Sidelights report robberies at Inglewood Park cemetery where a night watchman was tied up and a safe opened after four hours, a Baltimore girl sues a dentist for 3000 over a slap and fear of dentists, while a Los Angeles TV trade magazine cites 852 major crimes shown to a million child viewers. Eisenhower urges budget control and attacks waste as California and South Dakota hold primaries with Kefauver scoring in the Democrats and Warren winning California delegates.
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Inglewood
Calif
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Eisenhower
Abilene
White House
California
South Dakota
Taft
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Banner Down and Crackdown on Koje Island Reds
On Koje Island the banner reading We Will Never Take Down Our Banner was removed by 40 U S infantrymen as part of a broader crackdown. New compounds were built for POWs while U S tanks and allied troops dislodged flags and slogans.
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Koje
Compound 66
U.N
Koje Island
U. S
Haydon Boamer
Kose
Boatner
U. S. Army
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
United Nations
North Korea
Russia
Harrison
Nam II
Red
Nam
In Short Predicted McCloy Warns on Soviet Threats
John J. McCloy says Soviet pressure to block West German accord with the democracies will peak this summer. Oscar Collazo murder conviction review denied by Supreme Court. he helped plot the 1950 White House attack that killed guard Leslie Cof. John Dewey, 92, reformer of education, championed learning by doing.
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John J. McCloy
U.S
Germany
Supreme Court
Oscar Collazo
Truman
White House
Leslie Coffelt
John Dewey
Dewey
Steelworkers Strike Looms After High Court Seizure Ruling
At Pittsburgh's J and L steel mill workers walk out as the Supreme Court voids the President's seizure of steel mills by a 6 to 3 vote. The shutdown threatens 300,000 tons daily, prompting mixed congressional reaction and talk of Taft Hartley actions and new legislation.
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Ree Walls
Jones and Laughlin
Pittsburgh
Walls
Leon Hart
J. and L
Hart
Supreme Court
Congress
Truman
Steel Industry
White House
Charles M. White
Republic Steel Corp
Hugo Black
Vinson
Patterns of Communist pressure threaten Western unity
Analysis by AP News features outlines a coordinated Communist campaign aimed at destabilizing Western alliances. It cites Soviet strategy to exploit rifts in Germany France and NATO allies while Korea and U.S. politics influence ratification of the Bonn peace contract and the European Defense Community.
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Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Bonn
Soviet Union
Atlantic Alliance
Germany
Korea
U.S
France
Capitol Hill rushes to approve European defense pacts
Administration aides present West German peace contract and European Defense Community agreement on the Senate floor. Secretary Dean Acheson witnessed the signing while senators predicted quick approval. The same session aimed to curb Wage Stabilization Board powers under the Defense Production Act amid foreign and labor dispute concerns.
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Capitol Hill
White House
Senate
Truman
Dean Acheson
U. S
Acheson
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
West Europe
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Major 1940s Political Events Across U S and Iowa
On Monday June 9 the American Medical Association meets in Chicago. Tuesday June 10 marks the eighty third anniversary of the first women’s suffrage law in the United States enacted in Wyoming in 1869. Friday June 13 sees the Connecticut Democratic Convention. Saturday June 14 General Eisenhower is scheduled to speak in Detroit. President Truman attends keel laying for the first atomic submarine in New London Connecticut.
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American Medical Association
Chicago
U.S
Wyoming
Gen. Eisenhower
Detroit
President Truman
New London
Conn
Acheson Defends West German Peace Pact
Secretary of State Dean Acheson asserts in a West German peace contract address that the arrangements are peaceful and aimed at alliance for peace. Bertrand Russell cautions that a single error could trigger another world war amid current tensions.
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Dean Acheson
Bertrand Russell
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Rhee
Korean National Assembly
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National Assembly
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