Fresh Vietminh assault drives at Dien Bien Phu fortress
Thousands of Vietminh troops struck the Dien Bien Phu outpost in a massive attack from northwest and southeast as French forces counterattacked with tanks. Paris and Phnom Penh dispatches reported cross-border movements and ongoing fighting near the fortress in Indochina.
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Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
French Union
Paris
Laos
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Bank Robbery in Baltimore by Drapes trio
FBI and Baltimore police hunted three youths described as wearing drape haircuts and dark glasses who robbed a Provident Savings Bank branch. They held staff and customers at gunpoint and escaped with about $30,000 after an armored car delivery minutes earlier.
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FBI
East
Provident Savings Bank
Brinks
Two Youths Die In US 22 Crash Near Washington Court House
A car skidded on US 22 southeast of Washington Court House and struck a pole killing Charles Whaley Jr 19 of Good Hope and Harry Woods 21 of Rt 2 Washington Court House.
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Washington Court House
Here
Charles Whaley, Jr
Good Hope
Harry Woods
Rt. 2
PUC Studies End to Curbs On Gas Heat
Ohio utilities commission will issue an order on natural gas heating installations soon. At a hearing yesterday many Ohio gas companies urged removing most restrictions while some firms said they are not ready to serve all who want gas. Ohio Fuel Gas Co said it can serve 75,000 home gas applicants.
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Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Gas
Commission
Ray O. Martin
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Toledo Edison Co
National Gas & Oil Corp
Newark Consumers Gas Co
Ohio Fuel
Navy Jets Break Cross Country Speed Record
Three U S Navy jet pilots completed a cross country flight in under four hours setting a new record. Lt Cmdr Francis X Brady flew San Diego to New York in 3 hours 45 minutes 30 seconds, beating the Los Angeles to New York standard. Lt (j g) John C Barrow and Lt Wallace Rich also posted sub four hour times in the mission beginning in California and concluding in New York. Brady averaged about 645 miles per hour.
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Navy
Cmdr
Francis X. Brady
Virginia Beach
San Diego
Los Angeles
Floyd Bennett Fieldiay
J.g
John C. Barrow
Wallace Rich
Palo Alto
Calif
Brady
Crane Boom Falls Kills Two at Akron Chemical Plant
Akron officials report a crane boom collapse at the Columbia Southern Chemical plant in Barberton during a water tank installation. Riggers William Gebhardt and Ernest Hakenson, both of Akron, were killed or injured as the falling boom swept the top of the building. Stanley Dane, 25, of Barberton, was crushed to death.
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Ohio
Columbia Southern Chemical Corp
Barberton
James Crane
William Gebhardt
Ernest Hakenson
Gebhardt
Hakenson
Citizens’ Hospital
Stanley Dane
Masked Trip Robs Belmont Bank, Escapes in Car
Three gunmen wearing flesh-colored hood masks robbed the Cush ing Square branch of the Harvard Trust Co in Belmont. Bank manager Gordon B. Smith alerted police from the basement, but the robbers fled in a car before officers arrived.
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Mass
Cushing Square
Harvard Trust Co
Gordon B. Smith
Explosion at Richard L. Hearn Plant Rips Toronto Waterfront
A powerful blast struck the 67 million dollar Richard L. Hearn steam plant of the Ontario Hydro Commission on the Toronto waterfront on Thursday. The incident caused extensive damage to the generating facility and disrupted power supply in the area.
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Richard L. Hearn
Ontario Hydro Commission
General Vandenberg Seriously Ill at Walter Reed
Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg retired Air Force chief of staff is critically ill in Walter Reed Army Hospital. The Air Force says he is failing rapidly after months in care. Family members visit. private doctors who treated him in 1952 note cancer.
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Hoyt
Vandenberg
Air Force
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Union Deal To End Pier Row Snubbed
The New York New Jersey Waterfront Commission rejected a bid by the strikers led by the International Longshoremen's Association to end the walkout in exchange for amnesty for about 65 blackballed dockers. The ILA offered to have strikers return to work if work passes lifted, but the commission refused the terms and did not take action.
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New York-New Jersey
Waterfront Commission
ILA
Afl-Ila
Unions Hike Pay Demands in Ohio Strike
Five central Ohio AFL building trades unions entered a second day of strike as contracts expired. Unions pushed a 25 cent hourly rise, later halved, while the Columbus Building Trades Association and about 50 contractors refused wage increases. About 3,500 members are involved with roughly 95 percent out.
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Ohio
Ohio Afl Building Trades Unions
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Fred C. Hauck
Employers’ Association
Two Get Life Terms For Highway Slaying
In Middletown Ohio Harold L Burkhardt 18 of Rt 3 Camden and Richard E Nolan 22 of Middletown pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of Herschel L Sorrell 31 of West Middletown. They were sentenced to life as Sorrell was robbed on November 5 of his clothing beaten and abandoned on a highway and died later in a hospital.
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Richard E. Nolan
Herschel L. Sorrell
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Maple Festival Opens in Chardon County With Large Crowd Anticipated
Geauga County officials opened a three day Maple Festival in Chardon today predicting a record crowd of about 140 000. Organizers emphasize seasonal foods crafts and family activities across downtown venues and fairgrounds today through Sunday.
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Ohio
Geauga County
Beverly Hills Editor Jack Lait Dies at 172
Beverly Hills reported editor Jack Lait of the New York Daily Mirror legacy passed away on Thursday. His career spanned decades as a prominent newspaperman.
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Calif
Jack Lait
New York Daily Ae Sunday Mirror
Senate backs tandem Hawaii Alaska statehood plan
The Senate approved a unified bill admitting Hawaii and Alaska as states 57 to 28 despite House resistance. Alaska advocates hope President Eisenhower will drop objections. House Republicans oppose including Alaska and Rules Committee has held Alaska statehood for 10 months. Conference consideration remains uncertain with potential floor objections.
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Eisenhower
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
House Rules Committee
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R-Ore
Arabs Press UN Security Council for Action Over Jordan Killings
Arab delegates urged an urgent Security Council meeting to address border killings in Jordan. Lebanon on behalf of Jordan called for a hearing on the Nahalin raid where nine Arabs were killed. Jordan and Israel had separately pressed for immediate council action amid regional tensions.
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Pupils Told To Crawl Across Hot Asphalt
A 27 year old mathematics teacher at M4 grammar school was suspended during an investigation after he punished students by making them crawl on hands and knees across a hot asphalt basketball court at midday. Carroll Fogal, father of two, admitted responsibility for the act.
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Cleveland Police Fire 12 For House Of Prostitution
Twelve policemen including three captains and a lieutenant were fired on neglect of duty charges for failing to close a Prospect avenue house of prostitution. A lieutenant and four other patrolmen were suspended up to six months after a month long hearing led by Safety Director McCormick following the January raid on the Cremati house.
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Joe Cremati
Mac Cormick
W. Story
Elizabeth Swinnerton Ohio mother of the year dies at 80
Lancaster Ohio reported the death of Mrs Elizabeth B Swinnerton a former Ohio mother of the year in 1951. She died Thursday at age 80.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Elizabeth B. Swinnerton
House May Close Vote On Disputed Public Housing Bill
Republican leaders anticipate a tight House vote on a 226 page housing reform bill aiming to preserve President Eisenhower era public housing programs with authority for 35 000 new low rent units in the next fiscal year. The plan faces Dem criticisms of inadequacy and fears of rising veteran loan rates.
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Eisenhower
House
GOP
Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Shows Cooler Weekend Dip
The forecast calls for temperatures about 6 degrees below normal with highs around 56 to 65 and lows near 46 to 56. Tonight mild, then colder by Saturday and Sunday with subfreezing readings. Next week turns warmer Monday and Tuesday, with lighter showers changing to snow flurries Saturday and a mix of rain and snow late Monday or Tuesday.
Ohio Truck Unloading Racket Cited
Gov. Lausche moved to crack a truck unloading racket in Ohio after statewide warnings. He scheduled an April 20 meeting with state, county and city officials to discuss an Ohio law to stop roving bands forcing truckers to hire unneeded helpers who collect up to full day wages without work. At a Cleveland dock seven truckers paid 112 dollars in one day. Mayors and city managers from Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton Akron Columbus Youngstown and Toledo were invited. AFL teamsters union condemned the practice while defending traditional unloading rules.
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A. C. Feilty
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
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Cincinnati
Dayton
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Toledo
AFL
Youth Finds Ad Pays Off in Memphis Home Offer
Gene Ring 17 of Newbern Tenn will move in with Mr and Mrs Morey Evans at Spring Lake after selecting their home from more than 100 offers. He left school in December of the 10th grade and his parents are divorced. His aunt Mrs W W Hendrix of Memphis helped place the classified ad in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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Tenn
Gene Ring
Newhbern, Tenn
Morey Evans
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Ife
W. W. Hendrix
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Adlai Stevenson Campaign Visit To Target NC GOP Rep Jonas
In Charlotte Adlai E Stevenson campaigns to bolster a Democratic bid to unseat Republican U S Congressman Charles R Jonas. Party leaders hope Stevenson's appearance will rally support for a Democratic nominee in North Carolina's 10th District race.
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N. C
Adlai E. Stevenson
North Carolina
Stevenson
U.S
Charles Raper Jonas
New Chief Named For Loan Agency
Washington nomination reports Lawrence Ballard Robbins, former Chicago banker, to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He would replace Kenton R. Cravens who resigned as Congress orders RFC dissolved by June 3.
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Laurence Ballard Robbins
Chicago
Eisenhower
Reconstruction Finance Corp
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Kenton R. Cravens
Congress
RFC
Easy-to-Cash Checks Stolen From Bank Mail Truck
More than $100,000 in easy-to-cash dividend checks were stolen from an unlocked Central National Bank mail truck after the driver paused for coffee. Fred Colbert told patrols two canvas sacks of checks were taken at a bus station. Deputy Inspector Thomas A. Murphy said many checks were made out to individuals and could be forged to pass them. Merchants and tavern owners were warned to watch for the fraudulent checks issued by firms including McKay Machine Co Altamont Realty General Industries Cleveland Builders Supply Co and the 614 Superior Co. Stopping payment would cost several thousands of dollars, according to bank officials.
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Central National Bank
Fred Colbert
Thomas A. Murphy
McKay Machine Co
Altamont Realty
General Industries
Cleveland Builders Supply Co
614
Superior Co
Babe Zaharias Opens 1954 Cancer Drive at White House
Babe Didrikson Zaharias aided President Eisenhower in launching the 1954 cancer fund drive. She, a cancer survivor, demonstrated golf prowess after treatment as officials lit a 70 foot crusader sword in Times Square signaling the society’s $20 million fundraising goal.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Eisenhower
Babe
White House
Mrs. Eisenhower
New York
Times Square
American Cancer Society
Dead Man's Wife Sought in Portage Lakes Drowning
The body of 39 year old George Augustine was found in a spillway at Portage Lakes and identified later. Police sought his estranged wife Mary 31 who vanished Sunday night. A divorce suit pends and investigators consider her possible involvement in the drowning case.
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Akron
Ohio
George Augustine
Portage Lakes
Mary
Augustine
Cab Driver Slain In Fare Dispute In Springfield
Springfield police say a 28 year old airman and part time cab driver Robert W. Myers was shot and killed in an early morning fare dispute. Suspect Cosby 44 was arrested in connection with the shooting at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. No arrests confirmed.
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Springfield
Ohio
Robert W. Myers
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ponse Cosby
Panel Pick Tells Foes Not Biased in McCarthy Probe
Senators pressed Samuel P. Sears to reaffirm impartiality as special counsel in the McCarthy Army officials row. Len Potter urged a fresh statement after past praise for McCarthy, while Sears defended his neutrality and vowed a dispassionate, nonpartisan handling of the case.
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Washington
Samuel P. Sears
Lem McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Navy Probes Fatal Beating of Airman Beiter
A Navy inquiry investigates the death of Airman Gerald Bryce Beiter 19 after being struck with a Marine guard's nightstick during questioning about a shipyard disturbance. Beiter died 45 hours after brain clot surgery aboard the carrier Lake Champlain. His next of kin is Mrs Katherine Beiter of Newcomerstown Ohio.
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Portsmouth
Naval Board
Gerald Bryce Beiter
USN
Katherine Beiter
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Beiter
Lake Champlain
Naral
Smithers Resigns state Police Post
Trooper C. C. Smithers of the local state police detachment has resigned effective May 1 after six years with the force. He has been stationed here since May 15, 1951 and resigns to join an insurance firm headquartered in Cubana.
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CC. R. Smithers
Smithers
Cubana
Justice Jackson Treated for Mild Heart Attack
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson is undergoing treatment for a mild heart attack but is not currently in danger. The announcement notes his condition is stable as doctors monitor his recovery.
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Washington
Robert H. Jackson
The
Supreme Court
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