Shakeup Sought in State Dept
Senator Mundt leads Republican demand for a broad reshuffle of top State Department policy makers. He cites lingering Acheson and Truman era officials and says a face to face clash may come when Secretary Dulles testifies on foreign policy and budget.
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Ferguson
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House Appropriations
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Western
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Far East
Donald B. Lourie
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Truman
Yank Sabres Down MIGs as Korean War contacts continue
Allied Sabres destroyed seven MIGs and probably another amid clear skies on the 155 mile front. The battleship New Jersey returned to action joining 75 Navy aircraft and the cruiser Los Angeles to strike Chongjin and its communications center. Maj. James P. Hagerstrom of Tyler Texas increased his MIG destruction total to six and a half in a dogfight. Fifth Air Force planes hit supply and personnel facilities in Northwest Korea and supported frontline combat.
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Texas
al- Hed
New Jersey
Chongjin
Korea
Los Angeles
James P. Hagerstrom
Tyler
Tex
Allied Units Stage Dress Rehearsal for POW Exchange
Allied soldiers and Marines held a dress rehearsal detailing the exchange of Korean War prisoners near Panmunjom and Munsan. The drill simulated delivery of Red prisoners and reception of Allied POWs moving to Freedom Village for treatment along a nine mile route.
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Korea
United Nations
Maxwell D.taylor
Eighth Army
Panrauniom
Greece
Freedom Village
Panmunjom
Knowland proposes UN test on Russian peace moves
Sen Knowland with Taft and Wiley urges the United Nations to test Moscow by demanding free elections to unite Korea. He questions Kremlin sincerity and warns the free world must stay vigilant while Russians seek time to stockpile atomic weapons.
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Calif
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Korea
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Ohio
Wiley
Wis
Kremlin
San Francisco
California State Dental Association
Koea
Senate Eves Busy Week On Capitol Hill
Washington report notes both houses face long sessions and frequent Saturday meetings as they push through noncontroversial bills and debate a wage price rent control measure. Taft and Knowland signal continued tough scrutiny of Soviet peace overtures and U.N. elections in Korea.
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Taft
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Joseph W Martin
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Galvin seeks to reverse withdrawal from Nelsonville mayor race
Nelsonville Mayor Paul Galvin filed with the Athens County Board of Elections to cancel his withdrawal from the May primary. He had exited the race on April 6 after joining Logan Clay Products, and Ohio law prevented appointing a Democratic successor, leaving Republican Earl Hilleary unopposed.
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Nelsonville
Paul Galvin
Athens
Richt Killed In Accidents Over Weekend
Ohio weekend deaths report multiple accidents. Richard W. Dix 19 died in a collision on Ohio 163 west of Oak Harbor. Ada Garner 47 burned to death in Granville. Robert J. Zoller 42 accidentally shot with a hunting shotgun near Springfield. Ralph H. Carpenter 31 fatally fell under a train in Columbus. Mrs Sarah Hill 85 burned when kerosene flame exploded in Greenfield.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Richard W. Dix
Oak Harbor
Ada Garner
Granville
Robert J. Zoller
Springfield
Ralph H. Carpenter
Columbus
Sarah Hill
Greenfield
Woman Slain In Gun Fight Outside Weirton Club
Weirton West Virginia police and Hancock County officials report a fatal shooting in front of a Weirton nightclub after hours. Witnesses say Lucille Patrick of Steubenville fired a revolver at three people, killing Betty Douglas of Weirton and wounding two men. Patrick is held without charge pending a coroner inquest. Russell, co owner of the club, was noted in the investigation.
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W. Va
Lucille Patrick
Steubenville
Hancock County
Ruth Cox Turner
Patrick
New Cumberland
Betty Douglas
Turner
Russell
Police Seize Ohio Slaver In Cleveland Murder Case
Homicide detectives charged 60 year old Peter Falletta with first degree murder for the shooting of his wife Antelina 96 at their Cleveland home. He was sedated after capture by shotgun wielding officers and admitted to throwing the gun over a hill. Detectives say he wounded his daughter Sarah 16 when she tried to call police after the Friday shooting.
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Peter Falletta
St. Alexis Hospital
Antelina
Sarah
Five Marines Die In Plane Wreckage Near Silver City
Five Marines died in a flaming wreckage of a medium torpedo bomber near Silver City North Carolina on Sunday night. The pilot and another officer parachuted and survived. The plane was on the final leg of a round trip training flight between Cherry Point Marine Station and Glenview Naval Air Station.
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Glenview, Ii
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Mystery Man Balks at Quiz On Tax Fraud
Henry W Grunewald refused to reveal details of twenty years as confidential secretary to a wealthy insurance broker. He said the information was not pertinent to a Ways and Means subcommittee probe into political influence on IRS tax cases. Grunewald, nicknamed the Silent Dutchman for past refusals, faces contempt of Congress charges after earlier testimony refusals. He said he did not want to talk in open session but was overruled by subcommittee chair Kean. He traced his life from arriving in 1906 to work as a Justice Department investigator and later for Henry W Marsh assisting with confidential tasks.
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Henry W. Grunewald
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Eastern Insurance Wroker
Anniversary of FDR Death Commemorated at Hyde Park
Former President Truman sent a wreath for the eighth anniversary of Franklin D Roosevelt's death. The wreath was placed on the President's grave Sunday by his widow during ceremonies commemorating the anniversary. About 300 persons gathered for the rites despite rain as Truman vacationed in Hawaii.
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Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hawaii
Family of Six Dies in Rural New York Fire
A Woodbourne Correctional Institution guard and his wife and four young sons perished when their frame house burned in Ellenville New York. Vaughn Decker 30 died trying to rescue Mary 27 Richard 5 Stephen 4 Carey 3 and Vaughn 8 months. Decker was found clothed on the living room floor, likely overcome by smoke as he attempted to reach his sleeping family after finishing a night shift.
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Woodbourne Correctional Institution
Here
Vaughn Decker
Mary
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Stephen
Carey
Vaughn
Decker
Hoover backs Eisenhower clean up in Washington
Former President Herbert C. Hoover praised President Eisenhower for vigor and reforms to eliminate waste in Washington during a Cleveland visit for the Case Institute of Technology anniversary. Hoover said Ike is moving on reorganization and doing a remarkable job.
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Cleveland
Herbert C. Hoover
Eisenhower
Hoover
Washington
Case Institute of Technology
Rattlesnake hunt opens season in Waynoka Oklahoma
About 180 hunters gathered around Waynoka to harvest rattlesnakes, bringing back over a thousand alive as Oklahoma marks the start of its rattlesnake season. The creatures are later sold for 30 cents a pound to Arthur Jones of Slidell, Louisiana, who supplies antivenom makers.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Waynoka Group
Arthur Jones
Slidell, la
Byrd Warns of Low Munitions Levels in Nation
Senator Byrd said ammunition supplies in the United States are dangerously depleted though current stocks in the Far East and Korea may be adequate. He cited two years to deliver orders after the Korean outbreak and urged a overhaul of Army ordnance as Pentagon witnesses faced a Senate subcommittee on shell shortages.
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North Korea
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Sen
Byrd
D-Va
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Byrdan
Pentagon
Senate
E. L. Ford
Ordnance
W. B. Pal
G. H. Decker
Army
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Beer Douse Fire At West Virginia Drive-In
In Intington West Virginia four officers cooled a blaze at a drive in restaurant with 32 percent beer their found stacks of beer cases under a counter and radioed for help. Firefighters arrived as the fire was nearly out.
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Intington
W. Va
Riots Suppress at Minnesota State Prison
Officials at Stillwater State Prison kept a quiet watch as demonstrations by dis gruntled inmates diminished to a few shouts. Over 800 prisoners remained in cells for a third day while breakfast marked the sixth meal missed since the rebellion began Saturday. A candy and fruit haul from the commissary helped many, with Waren Edwin T Swenson citing a minority under 100 caus ing most of the noise and damage in two cell blocks.
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Stillwater
Minn
Minnesota State Prison
Edwin T. Swenson
Columbus Restaurant Explosion Injures Seven
An explosion in a Columbus restaurant on Saturday injures seven people, none seriously. One woman suffered a heart attack. An official of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. said the blast resulted from a patron lighting a cigarette in the washroom, igniting gas from a leaking line.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Canton Bombing Hits Gambler’s Home. Wife Safe
Authorities investigated the bombing of the home of Steven Vardolas a 32 year old Canton gambler. His wife Anna was inside the house when the blast occurred on Sunday.
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Canton
Steven Vardolas
Anna
Stark County reports first polio death of year
Canton Ohio authorities confirm the first polio death of the year, a four year old girl Darla K White of Minerva who died Sunday after contracting the illness.
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Stark County
Darla K. White
Minerva
Strike Idles Ford Plants Nationwide
Ford Motor Co shut 18 plants including Ford Mercury and Lincoln facilities as 2,200 workers walked out in a Monroe Michigan area action. Company says total idle could reach 75,000 as parts run short. UAW walkout began April 1 over deadlock and may resume today affecting wheels coils and chrome parts.
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Auto Strikes Kill Three Boys in Willoughby
A car sideswiped a vehicle in Willoughby Two Saturday, knocking down a power pole and three mail boxes before striking three boys. The victims were Peter Ly e Allen and Daniel A. Jack.
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Peter Lye Alien
Deaniel A. Jack
Ohio Publisher Views Soviet Visit on TV Tour
James L. Wick of Niles who led a group visiting Moscow said the Russian people are convinced their leaders will not take them to war and that any war would come from other quarters. He hopes the Soviet government may relax policies to allow more American visits. Wick spoke on a network television news program.
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James L. Wick
Niles
Moscow
Wick
Pro-Russian Rally Seen in Chicago Amid Police Action
In Chicago Sunday afternoon about 1500 protesters gathered for a Roosevelt Stalin seminar sponsored by the Chicago Council of American-Soviet Societies. Twenty five police squads dispersed the crowd as reserves arrived. A banner read For international friendship. Eisenhower and Malen spoke through Alex J. Zabrosky, spokesman for the Friends of the anti-Bolshevik Black Nations, noted as underground supporters in Iron Curtain countries.
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Former Sheriff James Moloney Dies After 60 Years in Service
PAINESVILLE Ohio James Moloney longtime Lake County lawman died after a stroke at 87 He began as a deputy marshal in Willoughby on October 22 1887 later served as marshal and became sheriff of Lake County in 1949 reportedly the nation s oldest sheriffs at retirement.
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James Moloney
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Jim Moloney
Willoughby
Lake County
University Head Foils Abduction Attempt in Gulfport
St Petersburg Florida weekend invasion ends with lecturer and former university president firing at a man who tried to abduct his daughter. The assailant, Joe Ciani, 46, wounded in the chest and shoulder, is in serious condition. Ciani’s actions accidentally wounded Mrs Katherine Shaw, 58, in the hand as sheriff Sid Saunders reports.
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Hogee
Gulfport
Joe Ciani
Rice
Clani
Rlco
Katherine Shaw
Sid Saunders
Mrs. Shaw
Ciani
Budget Curbs Study Opens
Roswell Magill said the government would have 102 billion dollars to spend next year even if no more funds were added due to a backlog of funds. He supported a proposal to cap federal spending at the level of anticipated revenues.
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Uments Senn
Jeasu
Roswell Magill
Magill
Eisenhower Heads to Augusta for Vacation and Speech
President Eisenhower flies to Augusta Georgia for a week long vacation of golf and work on a major foreign policy speech. A small White House staff accompanies him. He will interrupt the trip Thursday to address a lunch meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The speech will be broadcast nationwide on television and radio. The theme centers on foreign policy with possible specifics on testing Soviet peace overtures.
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Eisenhower
Augusta
White House
Augusta National Golf
Bison Hewer
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Face Valle
Soviet Union
Western Hemisphere
Anti-Cancer Clues Found
Denver report outlines secret actions of sex hormones on women's breasts ages 20 to 40 that may trigger cancers by age 35 to 60. Dr. Robert Huseby of the University of Colorado identifies mouse evidence supporting hormone-based treatments and long-range cancer prevention, shared during a two-week American Cancer Society tour.
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Denver
American Cancer Society
Robert Huseby
University of Colorado School of Medicine
North American cuts hourly wage rate for 44600 workers
Los Angeles report: North American Aviation Corp says it will reduce hourly wages by 3 cents starting April 27 for about 44 600 employees under a cost of living escalator clause in their contract. The cut follows a decline in living costs shown by the U S Labor Department consumer price index.
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North American Aviation Corp
Consumers Price Index
U. S. Labor Department
Jap Boat Rammed Near Yokohama Sinks Two Missing
In hazy conditions six miles east of Yokohama the U S freighter American Mail collided with a Japanese fishing boat. The fishing boat sank. two crewmen are missing. The American Mail, undamaged, rescued eight of the ten Japanese crew.
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Yokohama
Caribbean airliner crash death toll reaches thirteen in Jamaica sea
Kingston Jamaica 14 percent Rescue workers have completed the recovery of the bodies of all thirteen victims from the Caribbean airliner that crashed into the sea off Jamaica Friday.
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Jamaica
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