Permanent Peace Plan Under Study
Washington reports a possible long term Korea peace outline with a north south dividing line near the peninsula waist about 80 miles north of current lines. An armistice would apply to the present line while a political conference could decide foreign force withdrawal and a broader settlement. Eisenhower said U.S. troops may stay in the region for a long time possibly including Japan.
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Washington
Korea
North
South Korea
Manchuria
Siberia
China
Russia
North Korea
Reds
Eisenhower
Japan
ODM Accepts Wilson View On Arms Cuts
Washington officials report defense secretary Wilson’s proposals to cut expansion spending on munitions plants and shift toward weapons production. ODM favors a broad mobilization base and standby plants, while aides say Eisenhower will personally decide mobilization policy and spending. ODM backs some of Wilson’s ideas and sees possible reconciliation with its plans.
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Washington
Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Eisenhower
Seek Renewal Of Reciprocal Trade Act
The Eisenhower administration seeks a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act beyond its June 12 expiry as it crafts new foreign commerce and tariff policies. President Truman families legacy from Roosevelt and Truman administrations backs the extension. Rep. Richard Simpson leads a bill to extend with curbs on presidential tariff cuts in trade pacts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Richard Simpson
R-Pa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ex Cabinet Minister Jailed for Conspiracy
Former Indonesian cabinet minister Sultan Hamid II of West Borneo received a ten year sentence for masterminding an attempted armed overthrow by ordering Capt. R P P Turk Westerling to attack a cabinet meeting on January 24 1950 and kill three top Indonesian leaders. The plan failed to materialize.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sultan Hamid II
West Borneo
R. P. P. Turk Westerling
Government pays Ohio World War II claims total
The War Claims Commission reports that the government has paid 2,221,589 dollars to settle 6,570 World War II claims filed by Ohioans.
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Washington
War Claims Commission
Sneak Vote Rally Highlights Ohio School Subsidy Fight
Ohio Senate panel backs a school subsidy bill 38 million above Gov Lausche budget amid a GOP revolt and a clash with the Ohio Education Association. Three Republican rebels join two Democrats to push 272 million CFA plan, signaling a tense budget battle and possible floor clash.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Ohio Education Association
Senate Education Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Oakley C. Colling
Lawrence
Ross Peppie
Allen
Robert Pollock
Stark
Collins
Len Charlies
A. Mosher
Lorain
Mosher
House
OEA
Ohio Turnpike Probe Sought By Senate Committee
The Senate Finance Committee debated authorizing an investigation into alleged administration, chicanery, and rigged specifications by the Ohio Turnpike Commission. Sen. Fred W. Danner urged a six member Senate House inquiry group, with another hearing slated by Chairman Tom W. Moorehead.
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Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Fred W. Danner
R-Summit
Senate House Group
Finance Committee
Tom W. Moorehead
R-Muskingum
Bullets Hit Dresden Wool Mill Manager’s Home
General Manager Arthur Shook of the Dresden Woolen Mill reported four bullets struck his Dresden residence Monday night. Three rifle rounds lodged in the side of the house and one struck the bed footboard. No injuries were reported.
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Zanesville
Dresden
Arthur Shook
Adenauer seeks U.S. aid to handle refugee flood
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer pressed for American financial help to house refugees from East Germany amid a flood of new arrivals into Western Berlin. He discussed with U S officials including Secretary Dulles and Stassen, seeking backing for large housing projects and pressuring for free elections and the return of about 300,000 WWII era prisoners.
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Adenauer
U.S
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Dulles
Stassen
West
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Ike To Stand Firm On Military Cuts In Budget Fight
Washington reports say President Eisenhower urged Congress to ignore military lobbyists as he pushes for four billion dollars in cuts to defense outlays to balance the budget. A senator noted Ike believes military pressure seeks to block reductions from the 46 billion Truman era program for the year starting July 1.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
Truman
AEC to End Federal Monopoly on Atomic Power
The New York Times reports the Atomic Energy Commission will propose to Congress that federal control over atomic materials end, enabling privately financed competition for power development. The move, expected with President Eisenhower and the National Security Council, aims to open commercial atomic energy capacity.
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New York
New York Times
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Washington Dispatch
W. H. Lawrence
Congress
Young Doctor Risks Life as Human Guinea Pig
Dr Lloyd Koritz, 26 and an interne at Cook County Hospital, received Walter Reed Society honors for two years of risky medical experiments. He endured hanging unconscious from a telephone pole, 11 hours unconscious, and a 20 day course of eating a pound of raw liver daily to study liver metabolism.
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Chicago
Lioyd T. Koritz
University of Illinois Medical School
Walter Reed Society
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Koritz
Cook County Hospital
Lovett Faces Ammo Shortage Inquiry in Senate Hearing
Senate armed services subcommittee seeks views from former Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett and assistant W. J. McNeil on ammunition shortages blamed for American troops in Korea. Testimony proceeds despite Panmunjom talks easing war prospects.
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Washington
Panmunjom
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Robert A. Lovett
W. J McNeil
Lovett
McNeil
Senate
Industrialist urges curb on union monopoly power
John A. Stephens of U.S. Steel asks Congress to apply antitrust laws to labor unions to restrain monopoly power. He testified that government must have means to curb power when national health and safety are threatened, noting unions are currently exempt from antitrust laws.
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Washington
John A. Stephens
Industrial Relations Vce
U.S. Steel
Oday
Congress
Wilson Donates GM Shares for Detroit Hospital Heart Research
Detroit hospital officials disclosed receipt of about 100000 dollars in General Motors common stock from Secretary of Defense C. E. Wilson. The income from the fund will fund heart research. Wilson had earlier announced he would dispose of his GM stock to meet a Senate request to qualify for his government post.
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Detroit
Harver Hospital
General Motors
Defense
C. E. Wilson
Wilson
G. M
Senate
Dean Appeal Set In Cincinnati Murder Case
The appeal of Mrs. Davie Dean, sentenced to death for poisoning her husband, is scheduled to be heard in Batavia, Agri, with court action expected in the near term.
Reds Offer Return of 600 Allied POWs
The United States prepared to oppose Soviet amendments at the UN about disarmament. The General Assembly would vote on Russian changes to a draft resolution guiding the Disarmament Commission. A Western clash over terminology and timeframes for arms cuts and weapon bans arose amid hopes for negotiation.
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REDS
United Nations
N.Y
United States
General Assembly
Nissans
Vishinsky
Reds Demand Recount in POW Exchange Talks
In Munsan Korea the Communists propose releasing about 600 disabled prisoners of war, including 150 Americans. The UN negotiator Daniel calls their figures incredibly small and seeks a complete revised text of the draft. The two sides continued sessions with staff officers tasked to work out administrative details. The Communist offer includes about 460 South Koreans and the rest a mix of Americans and other UN soldiers.
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RED
Lee Seng Cho
Panmunjom
Korea
Cho
Red Peace Team
Munsan
Niy
Sina
Daniel
Reigin
Comuniste
Lee Sang Cho
New Amen
Chinese Reds Air To Split Allied Lines In Korea
Chinese Reds attacked Western and Central Korea but Marine patrols and Belgian infantry pushed them back. Fifth Air Force reports 130 Red trucks destroyed and three rail bridges plus a radio station at Haeju bombed. Texas Hill on the Central Front changed hands four times Tuesday.
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Seoul
Korea
Haeju
Fifth Air Force
Bunker Hill
Eighth Army
Texas Hill
Casualty Toll Rises Sharply in Korea
The Defense Department reports 1039 additional Korean war casualties in the week, the largest rise since November 12. The total American killed wounded and missing climbs to 132,967, with 1st Marine Division adding 554 casualties and 5 of 183 killed or died of wounds. Army losses rise 440, driven by Seventh Division actions around Old Baldy and adjacent heights.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
1St Marine Division
Old Baldy
Jurors Visit Murder Scene as Trial Opens
A 12 member jury sits for the first degree murder trial of Mary Agnes Ruff a 34 year old farm wife accused of shooting her husband Daniel on January 15 The panel planned to view the farmhouse where the incident occurred as Mrs Ruff entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity
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Circleville
Mary Agnes Ruff
Berlin refugee surge exceeds two thousand in week
About 9000 refugees escaped from Soviet occupied East Berlin into West Berlin in the first week of April. Officials reported on Tuesday night that 2145 arrivals occurred in one day, more than twice the average daily influx.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Taft Predicts Eisenhower Will Seek 1956 Term
Sen. Robert Taft predicted President Eisenhower will run again in 1956 and be re elected. Taft said time and party pressure will guide Eisenhower, noting he has made light remarks but will decide when the time comes to avoid a party split and ensure victory.
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Taft
Washington
Robert Taft
Eisenhower
Senate
Praca
Darling Hits Bevis Action Across National Debate
A fragmented OCR piece reports Darling condemning Bevis action, warning of a potent menace to constitutional rights. It notes grave concern for the nation and leagues, urging attention to the broader implications for the country.
Ohio Farmer Dies After Shooting. Suspect Held
Sheriff Marks says he will confer with the prosecutor on possible murder charges against 24-year-old William Jester for shooting 84-year-old farmer Schuyler Slager last week in Chillicothe. Slager died Tuesday night in a Columbus hospital.
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Chillicothe
Samuel M. Marks
William Jester
Schuyler Slager
Slager
Columbus
GM Cuts Wages as Cost of Living Drops
General Motors announced wage reductions under its five year contract with the United Auto Workers. The action trims wages by one cent and affects a large number of workers as the company cites declining living costs for the cut.
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General Motors
G. M
United Auto Workers
Pact
Train Derails At Conneaut In NY Central Incident
A derailment occurred near Conneaut on the New York Central rails with nineteen cars off the tracks beside the depot. A brakeman from Erie, D Eppler, was the sole injury, treated for a minor back issue. The derailment followed a past collision four miles away that killed twenty one persons on March 27.
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Onneaut
New York Central Railroad
Foneoigg
D. §& Eppler
Erie
Conneaut
Democrats win big in St Louis mayoral race
In St Louis, Raymond R. Tucker defeated Republican Carl G. Stifel by a wide margin. Unofficial results show Tucker 143,640 to 82,207, giving Democrats a strong city hall grip aided by Adlai Stevenson’s national support. Tucker, 56, is a Washington University professor on leave.
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ST. Louis
Raymond KR. Tucker
Carl G. Stifel
St. Lews
Tucker
Stifel
Neering
Washington University
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Ohio Guard Artillery Officers Challenge Combat Pay Denial
Maj James C. Snedeker and Capt William A. Porterfield from the 987th Field Artillery Battalion protest to the Veterans Administration over denied combat pay. They supplied a history of unit action in Korea in 1950 and 1952, referencing Army units for comparison. Rep Bow (R-Ohio) pressed the issue, urging reconsideration of the denial.
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Ashington
Ohio National Guard
Payroll cuts slated at Dayton Air Base
The Alpha command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will trim civilian payrolls on May 31. An AMC spokesman said 1,586 of 1,367 civilians face elimination nationwide as dismissal notices have already been issued.
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Wright-Pattern Air Force Base
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AMC
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