Wayward Youth Admits Slashing and Killing Girl
DETROIT AP Floyd Diamond, 16, admitted stabbing nine year old Kathleen McLaughlin and crushing her skull with a rock in a fit of passion. The body was found in icy pond near the McLaughlin home in Franklin Knolls. Police found blood soaked clothing. Diamond said the crime occurred during roughhouse play near skating ponds.
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Ley Pond
Detroit
Kathleen Mclaughlin
Franklin Knolls
Fred Ziem
Oakland County
Floyd Diamond
Wayne County
Marge Diamond
John J. McLaughlin
Ziem
Floyd
Pineau Seeks France’s 21st Postwar Premier Vote
Socialist Christian Pineau presented his proposed cabinet and platform to the national assembly in Paris and asked for confirmation as France’s postwar premier. He faced a difficult path with debates and possible delays. his victory depended on a majority of the 627-seat body, with reported backing around 280.
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Paris
Christian Pineau
National Assembly
France
Assembly
Pineau
Zero Visibility Blocks Airliner Crash Search
In RIETI Italy thick fog forced cancellation of a major air and helicopter search for a Belgian airliner missing since Sunday night with 29 aboard including four Americans. Police patrols extend across back country and mountain roads.
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Rieti
Italy
Court Studies Woman's Contempt Conviction
Ohio Supreme Court considers appeal of Mrs. Anna H. Morgan of Columbus from contempt conviction for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist connections.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Anna H. Morgan
Britain Eyes U S Guided Missile Purchase
Britain discusses buying the U S Army Corporal guided missile in preliminary talks. The surface to surface weapon, produced by Firestone and Gilfillan, could carry explosive or atomic warheads and reach speeds over 2000 mph with guidance to target tanks, troops, dumps, bridges, or rail yards.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
U.S. Army
Defense Department
Army
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Gilfillan Brothers, Inc
Ike's Tariff Bill Moves To Passage
President Eisenhower's tariff reform plan to extend the presidents power to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements moved toward House passage amid party maneuvering. Supporters claimed momentum despite protectionists threatening to water down the measure as they sought to limit amendments. The bill would extend for three years the authority to cut tariffs in exchange for foreign concessions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
House
Martin
R-Mass
Rayburn
D-Tex
Docrats
United States
Kansan eyed in FCC probe over Lamb testimony
Washington report notes Lowell Watson a 6 foot 6 Kansas dairy farmer summoned to the FCC hearing on Edward Lamb. Lamb a Toledo lawyer who runs the Erie Dispatch and radio TV stations denies Communist associations and seeks to renew WICU TV license in Erie.
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Washington
Kansas
Lowell Watson
Communications Commission
Edward Lamb
Lamb
Watson
Commission
Toledo
Ohio
Erie
Wicu-Tv
Ohio Sportsmen Hold First General Session
In Columbus the League of Ohio Sportsmen opens with a conference on water’s role in conserving and restoring fish and game stocks. The group will review wildlife and natural resources legislation before Ohio’s General Assembly. The convention runs through Sunday.
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Columbus
League of Hio
Ohio
General Assembly
Bardenma Mayor Ousted Amid Illegal Firing Claim
Scioto County prosecutor says village council of Bardenma illegally dismissed Mayor A Hoffer. He notes state statutes may be used to address the firing. Mayor Hoffer raised no objection as council President Roscow took over. Marshall S E Saulton initiated the dismissal alleging failure to hear criminal cases. Citizens had previously raised similar charges last November, which were dismissed in common pleas court.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
Bardenma
A. Hoffer
William H. Harsha, Jr
Hoffer
Roscow
Marshall S. E. Saulton
Daulton
Barden
Common Pleas Court
No New Farm Laws Rep Says Congress Won’t Act
Representative Harrison of Nebraska stated there is no chance Congress will enact a new agriculture law this year to restore rigid high level price supports for basic farm goods. Some members of the House Agriculture Committee echoed hesitation as Secretary Benson defended flexible price supports amid uncertain prospects.
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Washington
Harrison
Neb
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Malenkov Named Man in the Biggest Pickle
Georgi Malenkov, the Russian premier, is credited with defusing a major crisis and is hailed as Man in the Biggest Pickle by the National Pickle Packers Association. The label highlights his role in easing tensions during a high stakes political confrontation.
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Chicago
Georgi Malenkov
National Pickle Packers Association
Finding and storing facilities needed for surplus rain
Bryce Browning of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District urged Ohio at the Ohio Water Clinic Conference for more storage for surplus rain. He warned rising costs threaten irrigation access while noting current precipitation could meet needs if reservoirs and storage are expanded.
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Browning
Columbus
Philadelphia
Ohio
Bryce Browning
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
Ohio Water Clinic
Ohio State University
Cincinnati
Cleary
Alintive Gautier Thsat
Ohio River Valley
Formosa crisis may force Chinese military action
, The article reports rising American concern that Chinese Communist leaders may use force to seize Formosa or nearby islands. U.S. and British positions diverge on how to respond, with Dulles warning against appeasement and warning that any military action could trigger a broader war.
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Washington
Formosa
United States
Britain
Guy
Mateus
Rbc
Eisenhower
Fortra
Ae Kalahek
I Alands
Reda
Formon
Communista
Eisenhower Warns Republicans Against Linking Dems With Communists
President Eisenhower cautioned GOP leaders not to equate Democrats with Communists as the 1956 nominating convention in San Francisco looms Aug 20. He urged unity and warned against pursuing a hard line that swipes Democrats as enemies, citing foes like Senator McCarthy and others who paint Democrats as soft on communism.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
C. Wayland Brooks
Ilinois
1956
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Democrats
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Matusow Admits Lies At Hearings
Former investigator for the Ohio Un American Activities Commission admits he lied during testimony before the U S Senate Internal Security Subcommittee claiming about 500 Antioch College students supported communist activities. He now says his statements were incorrect and regrets misrepresenting the campus.
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Washington
Ohio UN- American Activities Commission
Antioch College
Angle Ohio
Harvey Mattnig
Antioch
Ceed
College
Three Tees
Liberal Arts College
Matusow
Comp
Communist Party
YPA
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Battle near Asuncion as Stroessner regime faces challenge
Reports from Buenos Aires describe heavily armed civilians fighting troops on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay, in a pitched clash Tuesday night in what is framed as an attempt to overthrow President Alfredo Stroessner's government.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Asuncion
Alfredo Stroessner
No War in Formosa Predicted by Navy Chief
Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas predicts no immediate war in the Formosa Strait, noting the Reds have faced the realities of sea power. He speaks on the 160th anniversary of the Navy and frames Formosa as part of a pattern in Communist conquests.
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New York
Charles S. Thomas
Formosa Strait
Thomas
Oe Ae Corps
United States
Army Tank Tangled With Parked Cars In Columbus
An M-41 light tank from the Army ROTC unit swerved to avoid a car and struck two more on a downtown street in Columbus. No injuries were reported as one car was demolished and the tank driver Sgt. John Haller continued to the Ohio State University campus after leaving the Columbus General Depot.
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Columbus
John Haller
Ohio State University
Columbus General Depot
University
Paratrooper Killed in Calgary Mass Drop
A Canadian parachute drop near Calgary, Alberta, resulted in one fatality and four injuries among paratroopers yesterday. Details specify a single trooper died and four were hurt during the exercise. The incident prompted an investigation by military authorities and local emergency responders.
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Calagary
Alta
Morse Joins Democrats to Run in 1956 Oregon
Eugene Oregon reports Len Wayne Morse a former Republican who became independent in 1952 will run as a Democrat in 1956. He changed registration at the county courthouse after arriving from Ashland. Democrats welcomed him with cheers at a rally as Morse noted he was elected in 1944 and 1950.
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Eugene
Ore
Len Wayne Morse
Oregon
Ashington
Morse
Poch
Never Was Spy Says Communist Prisoner
London report states Herman Field, a Cleveland architect imprisoned for five years in Communist Poland as a spy, declares he never acted as an agent. He left prison with little more knowledge of the Field case than when detained.
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London
Herman Field
Cleveland
Poland
Trade Union Demands Armament Vote Delay
The West German Trade Union Federation urged parliament to postpone rearma ment vote until new Big Four actions on Germany are completed.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Bechuet
West German
Trade Union Federation
Law Hopes To Convict Ex Deputy In Patterson Slaying
Prosecutors still haven t tied ex deputy Albert Fuller to the June 18 Phenix City murder of A L Patterson but pledge to place him at the scene before the trial ends. Fuller denies involvement and says he can prove he was elsewhere. Arch Ferrell and Si Garrett are also linked to the case as co defendants.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Fuller
A .L. Patterson
Fuller
Patterson
Phenix City
Alabama
Arch Ferrell
Si Garrett
Ferrell
Garrett
Relief fraud sentence for Mrs Hudson in Cleveland
Mrs Juv anita Hudson was sentenced to one to three years in the Sarynville Reformatory for relief fraud. Investigators say she received 3701 dollars in relief payments between Nov 18 1950 and Oct 1 1964 and hid her husband’s employment and her hotel maid job.
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Cleveland
Juvanita Hudson
Sarynville Reformatory
Stroller Rod Suffocates Five Month Old Baby
Corpus Christi Texas reports five month old Lance Edwin Donlevy died when his neck pressed against a metal stroller rod. Marks on the body show the infant could not lift his neck from the rod and the pressure cut off circulation and air through his vein and windpipe.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Lance Edwin Donlevy
C. C. Donlevy
Atomic Test Delayed Again In Weather Gap
LAS VEGAS New Had weather today delaying the 1956 atomic test opening. An air drop was chosen over a predawn tower shot. Troop maneuvers were canceled as officials plan the tower shot when radioactive fallout danger subsides.
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Las Vroak
New
Maryland County Authorities Charge 2 With Auto Theft
Maryland authorities charged Gary Lee McAlinden of Canton Ohio and Edward Rawson of Weirton West Virginia with auto theft. McAlinden admitted stealing a car in Baltimore last Friday and driving it to Canton, then stealing another in Akron and using Rawson to ship it to Hancock. Police said the pair took a third car near Frostburg, ran out of gas, and were arrested while hitchhiking in Frostburg.
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Cumberland
Seare
Gary Lee McAlinden
Canton
Ohio
Edward Rawson
Weirton
W Va
McAlinden
Baltimore
Akron
Rawson
Han
Hancock
Frostburg
Kathleen Cleveland Dies in Columbus After Illness
Mrs. Kath erine Cleveland grand niece of former President Grover Cleveland died yesterday at her Columbus home after more than a year of illness.
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Crandnifle Dia Columbus
Katherine Cleveland
Prt
Grover Cleveland
Nationalist Warships Suffer Heavy Losses in East China Sea
Chi nese Nationalist forces claim a major sea battle off Chekiang coast with 21 Communist vessels sunk. Reported casualties include eight landing crafts and several armed junks, as Nationalist warplanes and ships pursue the retreating Red convoy toward Talshan and Taishan Island.
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Taipei
Formona
East China Sea
Defense Ministry
Mont Wevere
Reda
Nationaliet
Red Flotila
Talshans
Chiang Kal-ahek
Chekiang Province
Fermoss
Nanchishan
Red Taishan
Wenchow Hay
Lu Tae
Talehan
Nandilahan
Mattu
Talshan i
Tachen Itlands
Heda
Tsland
Fed
Nationalietse
Quesnoy
Mateu
Hot radiator theft lands three men in jail
In Baltimore three men were jailed after stealing a radiator from a meat building. Police testified the unit was still heated and fresh from the pipes. Frank Johnson received W days, while Wallace Cleaven and Harry Thomas each drew one term, as Magistrate Howard Aaron remarked on stealing a hot radiator.
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Baltimore
Frank Johnson
Wallace Cleaven
Harry Thomas
Howard Aaron
Five Day Forecast Indicates Near Normal Temperatures
The forecast projects temperatures averaging near normal with 46 degrees in the south and 71 in the north. A warm trend for Saturday is followed by a colder Sunday with a mix of snow in some areas. Rain or snow is expected again Wednesday.
Dulles Seeks Nine-Nation Southeast Asia Defense Council
Secretary of State Dulles heads toward the Far East with a rough plan for an eight or nine nation military council to coordinate defenses against communism in Southeast Asia. The Bangkok conference aims to show regional sovereignty and mutual aid, with a Manila Pact working group drafting a non troop-holding military council.
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Far East
Manila
Pacific
Formosa
Indochina
Lace
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Asia
Bangkok
United States
Philippines
Pakistan
Thailand
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New Zealand
North Treaty Organization
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