Dien Bien Phu Bombarded Amid Standoff By Vietminh
Vietminh bombardment battered Dien Bien Phu as French defenders clung to a shrinking perimeter. Paris said attackers failed to break through and a third mass assault was anticipated while U S Air Force airlifted reinforcements and Lt Gen O Daniel arrived to discuss the crisis with Gen Cogny.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Christian de Castries
U.S. Air Force
France
Bali High
John W. O’daniel
U.S
Saigon
Rene Cogny
First Defense: Bowditch Urges Stronger Schools
Richard L Bowditch president of the U S Chamber of Commerce called for a stronger school system saying nothing must hamper freedom of inquiry. In his keynote at the national business group's annual meeting opening today he called education America first line of defense against communism and urged more money for better schools and teachers.
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Washington
Richard L. Bowditch
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Business Group
Bowditch
America
Boston
Patrolman Walter Means Killed in Ohio Crash
In Columbus a Shelby police patrolman Walter Means aged 25 and partner John C Nothacker 42 were killed when their cruiser collided with Nothacker’s car during a chase of a suspected drunken driver. Seven others died in Ohio accidents over the weekend.
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Columbus
Walter Means
Shelby
John C. Nothacker
Means
Northacker
Ohio
Want Ad Brings Quick Sale of Dining Room Suite
A brief MESSENGER WANT AD reading $50 WILL BUY & price walnetining suite upholstered led to a prompt transaction between Kasler of Glouster and a buyer from Amesville. The ad promotes quick, economical buying and selling with simple steps to place an ad by dialing 31242.
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Kasler
Glouster Way
Mr. Kasler
Amesville
Messenger
Menger
Dia
McCarthy Aides Claim Double Cross in Hearings
Washington testimony reveals two McCarthy aides visited Stevens in November and accused him of double crossing after a press conference denying current espionage at Ft. Monmouth. Stevens said Cohn and Carr pressed him as the subcommittee pursued the Army inquiry amid party disputes.
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Washington
Secreat of the
Army
Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Senate
Wisconsin
Pentagon
Subcommittee
Ray Jenkins
Roy Cohn
Francis Carr
Cohn
Jenkins
Sen. McCarthy
Steven
N.J
Carr
H. Struve Hensel
Defense
Hensel
T In Wer
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. Dirksen
R-Il
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt G. David Schine
Kenneth E. Belieu
Defense Budget: House Panel Proposes 28.7 Billion
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 28 680 706 500 for defense for the upcoming fiscal year with 7 615 523 000 for the Army 9 705 818 500 for the Navy and 10 819 310 000 for the Air Force. The panel cut about 541 million dollars from Eisenhower's request with additional savings from bookkeeping, while total available funds rise to about 76.9 billion including prior year allocations. An extra 1 050 000 000 in carryover funds was rescinded.
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Washington
Defense Department
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Navy
Air Force
House
Armed Services
Army
National Security Training Commission
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Interservice
Two Ohio University Students Hurt in Culvert Crash
Two Ohio University students were critically injured when their car veered and struck a concrete culvert on Route 33 near Nelsonville at about 5 30 am. Gary L Whitacre 17 of Chesterhill and Robert Rightmire Hall 19 of Marietta sustained severe injuries and were taken to Mount St Hospital. Authorities said Whitacre may have dozed at the wheel and the car was demolished after striking the culvert end.
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Nelsonville
Ohio University
Dorr Run
Route 33
Gary L. Whitacre
Chesterhill
Whitacre
Asahitacre
Hall
Humorist Gillilan Dies at 84 in Virginia Hospital
Strickland Gillilan, East Jackson County native and creator of Finnigan sayings, died yesterday in Warrenton Virginia at age 84 after a long illness. A former Richmond Palladium newspaperman and Ohio University attendee, he remained active as a writer and speaker before breaking a hip years ago. Funeral services set for Washington on Wednesday.
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Strickland Gillilan
Jackson County
Agin
Agin Finnigan
Warrenton
Gillilan
Ohio University
Richmond
Ind
Daily Palladium
Finnigin
Gillan
Washington
Lewis M. Gillilan
Lizzie McVay
Anna Pearl McVay
Hebardville
St. Louis Blonde Crowned Mrs. America 1955
Wanda Jennings of St. Louis, a tall blue eyed blonde, was crowned Mrs. America 1955 Saturday night after the judges chose her from 49 entrants. Mrs. Terrell of Charleston West Virginia finished third.
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Ormond Bea Fia
Wanda Jen
St. Louis
America
Jennings
Terrell
Charleston
W.va
Ohio high school model legislature ends three day session
Columbus reports Ohio’s model legislature, a group of high school students, concluded its three day session yesterday, completing learning exercises in government mechanics.
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Columbus
Ohio
Governors In Capital Meet To Discuss Indochina Taxes
Washington state and territorial governors gather for three day closed briefings on Indochina subversives taxes and other issues. President Eisenhower holds an initial White House dinner with the governors as the conference originated a year ago. Reporters are barred from sessions.
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Washington
Indochina
Eisenhower
White House
Frank Bane
Nixon
McArthur High Girls Chorus Earns Excellent Rating
The McArthur High School girls chorus received an excellent rating in a contest sponsored by the Ohio Music Education Association on Saturday in Columbus.
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Columbus
McArthur High School Girls
Ohio Music Education Association
Atomic defense drill uses 9000 paratroops in tests
Nine thousand paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division joined a massive airborne exercise at three Carolina bases to simulate seizing an airhead for the 37th Infantry at Camp Polk. The operation included Geiger counters, chemical patches, and a simulated atomic airburst to clear obstacles and speed drops.
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Ft, Bragg
N. C
Rhineland
Carolina Air Force
82Nd Airborne Division
37Th Infantry
Camp Polk
Historic Conference Opens at Geneva With Big Four Split
Top diplomats from 19 nations gather at the Palace of Nations as Korea and Indochina peace loom. The session faces a major split over Red China’s status while Prince Wan chairs the opening and Dulles arrives among expectations and tensions.
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Asia
Narathip Pongpraphan Wan Waithyakon
Thailand
Assembly
Council Chamber
United Nations
Palace of Nations
Korea
Indochina
Conf
Prince Narathip
Vyacheslavy M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Britain
Anthony Eden
China
Prince Wan
John Foster Dulles
Kremlin
Peiping
United States
South Africa
France
Georges Bidault
Paris
Dien Bien Phu
Bao Dai
Bidault
Reds
Soviets
Hail Peppers North Texas
Severe weather struck the northern United States with baseball sized hail in the Texas Panhandle and Texas Tulia. A hailstone fractured a forehead requiring seven stitches after smashing a windshield, while storms flooded highways and dropped up to 1.32 inches in Kansas and 0.65 inches around Amarillo.
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United States
Tulia
Tex
Amarillo
Russell
Kansas
Girl To Be Quizzed About Fatal Shooting
XENIA Ohio Green County Sheriff Clarence E Stewart planned to question 15 year old Beverly Ferguson a Spring Valley High freshman in the fatal shooting of her teen boyfriend Jan Emery Gruber 17 stepson of Harold and FE Hill He died yesterday on the way to Green County Hospital Officers initially could not question Ferguson who had been dating Gruber since February in his Bowerville home.
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Xenia
Ohio
Green County
Clarence E. Stewart
Jan Emery Gruber
Harold FE. Hill
Xenie
Spring Valley High School
Green County Hospital
Beverly Ferguson
Gruber
Bowersville
Train Wreck in Port Washington Causes $1.5 Million Loss
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed 35 of 85 cars at Port Washington, Ohio, causing estimated damage of 1.5 million dollars. The wreck blocked tracks for over 24 hours and forced rerouting of trains via the eastern division through Canton.
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New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Port Washington
State Highway Patrol
PRR
Panhandle
Canton
Mrs Roosevelt Calls For World Understanding to Lead
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt urged Americans to grasp global realities during a convocation at Ohio University Memorial Auditorium. She cited UN General Assembly service and travels through the Near East and Europe, detailing India famine questions and wheat delays as examples of the need for broader understanding to guide leadership.
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University’s Memorial Auditorium
Dave White
Athens
Pittsburgh
John C. Baker
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
United Nations General Assembly
Near
Middle East
Europe
India
U. S
Russia
Rita Hayworth Faces Neglect Case Upon Florida Vacation Return
Actress Rita Hayworth arrived back in White Plains with her two daughters to contend neglect charges filed by the Westchester County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Hayworth and husband Dick Haymes were described as upset as Prince Aly Khan, Yasmin’s father, prepared to travel to New York. Aly Khan had not commented on the petition.
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White Plains
N. Y
Rita Hayworth
Florida
Dick Haymes
Miss Hayworth
Haymes
Dorothy Chambers
Aly
Yaamin
Aga Khan
Atty
Bartley Crum
Newsman Found Dead In Ohio Car Near Mother's Farm
Neil Shaw a 51 year old veteran newsman was found dead yesterday in his car at his mother Mrs Roy McCreight’s farm home in Wapakoneta Ohio. Coroner R H Schaefers ruled death by his own action.
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Wapakoneta
Ohio
Neil Shaw
Roy McCreight
R. H. Schaefers
Plain Dealer Endorses Lender for Senator
The Cleveland Plain Dealer endorsed Rep. George H. Bender for the Republican nomination to the US Senate. It noted Saxbe’s national affairs experience is slight compared to Bender’s and urged voters to select Bender over Saxbe.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
George H. Bender
US Senate
Bender
Post
William Saxbe
Saxbe
Quake Strikes 150 Mile West Coast Area Causing Minor Damage
A strong quake jolted a 150 mile coastal zone with minor damage in towns including Hollister Gilroy and Watsonville. An estimated 5.2 intensity was recorded by UC seismographs with lunch 500 panicked at a dog show. one 16 year old girl injured.
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Watsonville
Calif
California
Here
Fairgrounds
University of California Seismograph
Ohio
San Francisco
Bay Area
Berkeley
Kern County
Novelist Joseph Hergesheimer Dies at 74 in New Jersey
Joseph Hergesheimer, the prolific novelist known for The Three Black Pennies, Gold and Iron, and Java Head, died at Mercy Hospital in Sea Isle City New Jersey at age 74 after a brief illness. He began as an art student and shifted to writing after a chance encounter with a woman novelist. Regularly productive from 1914 to 1934 he published about 20 novels.
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Sea Isle City
N. J
Joseph Hergesheimer
Diay
Mercy Hospital
Java
Kennedy and Lawford wed in simple family ceremony
Patricia Kennedy and Peter Lawford tied the knot in a quiet Saturday wedding attended by family. The couple, part of prominent circles, held a low key ceremony reflecting their private wishes.
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New York
Patricia Kennedy
America
Peter Lawford
Nobbleman
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Gilroy
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