Farm Plan Is Facing House Fight
President Eisenhower and aides rally support for a flexible farm plan as House debate looms. Vice President Nixon and Secretary Benson say the current high supports are unfair and will press Congress to amend the farm law. Senate panel backs another year of rigid parity props, while the House moves to act first.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
House
Capitol
Senate Agriculture Committee
French Lose Strong Point In Viet Nam
Saigon reports the French abandon a central Viet Nam strong point at An Khe after two days of Vietminh ambushes. French forces suffered serious losses and withdrew to Pleiku, with scattered operations continuing as Navarre acknowledges the central campaign failed.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
Indochina
An Khe
China Sea
Pleiku
Khe
Henri Navarre
Korean Relief Group to Halt Operations July 1
American Relief for Korea Inc formed in April 1951 announces funds exhausted and operations will stop July 1. It shipped 24,484,130 pounds of clothing, about 65 percent of all clothing sent to Korea from the free world. After closing, relief donations will be handled by 13 member agencies.
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New York
American Relief For Korea, Inc
Free World
ARK
Korea
Missing Man Found Former Gallia Resident
George Jenkins 76 formerly of 810 Fourth Avenue Gallipolis was found in Chicago after being missing since May 14. Chief Chester Leaper said Jenkins was unconscious in a Chicago hospital then regained consciousness on Monday. A daughter lives in Chicago.
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Gallipolis
George Jenkins
Fourth Avenue
Chicago
Chester Leaper
Leaper
Gallia County
Jenkins
430 Are Expected To Die on Roads Over 4th Holiday
The National Safety Council warned the upcoming July 4 weekend could bring the worst traffic crisis in history with about 430 fatalities. It forecasts over 40 million cars on U.S. highways and urges drivers to exercise extra caution to prevent wrecks.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Resignation of Guatemalan Junta Prompts Power Shift
The Guatemalan regime led by Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz resigns amid rebel pressure from Col. Castillo Armas. Jose A. Sanchez and Alfred H. Monzon quit the junta. Monzon now heads the new ruling group. Insurgent air strikes and a capital roundup of communists accompany the upheaval.
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el Salvador
Radio Today
Col
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Arbenz Guzman
Col. Castillo Armas
Enrique Diaz
Jose A. Sanchez
Arbenz
Alfred H. Monzon
Jose Luis Salazar
Maurice Dubois
Carlos Diaz
Diaz
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Communist Party
Honduras
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Guatemala City
Truckers Plan US Tax Talk At Governor Conference
Ohio Trucking Association will accompany Gov. Lausche to a Lake George conference to present trucking’s view on the axle-mile tax. Association President C. E. Williams said the governor plans to sell the tax to other states.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Trucking Association
Association
C. E. Williams
Lake George
N. Y
College Hires Editor For Publicity Director
Wilmington College appoints E A Whiteker editor and publisher of the West Liberty Banner as public relations director. Whiteker, a Wilmington alumnus, replaces Paul W Young who resigned, per president Samuel D Marble.
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Ohio
E.A. Whiteker
West Liberty Banner
Logan County
Wilmington College
Whiteker
Paul W. Young
Samuel D. Marble
Constitution Put in Safe at National Archives
Vice President Nixon said the Constitution the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence would be protected even if an atom bomb hit Washington. He spoke at the National Archives Building upon accepting a working model of a 50 ton safe and display case from Mosler Safe Co of Hamilton Ohio, presented by Edwin H Mosler Jr for Ohio.
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Washington
Nixon
National Archives
People of
Ohio
Edwin H. Mosler Jr
The
Mosler Safe Co
Hamilton, Ohio
Bridge Expert Named In Suit for Divorce
Newfane Vermont report says Mrs Doroty Culbertson granted uncontested divorce from famed bridge expert husband for intolerable severity. The court gave custody of their 20 month old son Alexander and settled support and property out of court.
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Ely Culbertson
Windham Court
Dorothy Baehne
Culbertson
Alexander
Ohio Adopts Standard License Plates In 1956
State highway safety chief U. S. Felty says Ohio will join a national drive for uniform plate size and luminous numerals. Beginning in 1956 all Ohio plates will be 6 by 12 inches, with the exception of 100 and 1000 reservation plates.
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Ohio
U. S. Felty
State Highway Safety Department
Formosa United States Defense Pact Reported
The Taipeh United Daily News claims Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. James A. Van Fleet tentatively agreed on a mutual defense pact linking Nationalist China and the United States. It would allow attacks on Red China by the Nationalists and bind the U S to protect offshore bases Quemoy and the Tachens. The pact was sent to Washington for final approval.
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Washington
Total solar eclipse graces dawn with partial views
An eclipse will be visible at dawn across a broad belt from Nebraska to Michigan with varying sun coverage in major cities. Observers are warned against looking directly at the sun and urged to use proper eye protection for all viewers, especially children.
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Tallahassee
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Steel Industry CIO Nearing New Agreement
Pittsburgh reports say a tentative contract with U S Steel Corp may be reached prompting ready action by the United Steelworkers executive board. A package increase cited ranges from about 8 to 12 cents per hour with 600000 members affected.
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Pittsu Post-Gazette
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Ber
Guilty Plea in Strip Tease Dancer Case
Marga ret Catherine Bain a 25 year old former stripper pleads guilty in Cleveland to abandoning her five week old son whose body was found under a hotel bed last April The court delayed sentencing until August 3 after Bain testified the infant died when she accidentally slipped and crushed his head against a window sill She had been arrested in Dedham Massachusetts on a bad check charge.
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Margaret Catherine Bain
Miss Bain
Dedham
Mass
Edward F. Feighan
Stevenson urges Democrats run on GOP mess theme
Adlai F. Stevenson told a Springfield audience that Democrats should adopt the Republican slogan that there is a mess in Washington and that it is time for a change. He charged the Republican administration is hopelessly torn and unable to govern. He said never have so many been promised so much and waited so long for so little.
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Springfield
Ill
Washington
Adlai F. Stevenson
Stevens
Movie Stars Are Wed In Quiet Ceremony
Haver and Fred MacMurray quietly wed in a double-ring civil ceremony at the Ojai Valley Inn near Ojai California ending a widely publicized Hollywood romance. The pair slipped away from the film capital for the private nuptials.
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Ojai, Calif
Haver
Fred MacMurray
Hollywood
Ojai Valley Inn
Five Day Forecast Sees Seasonal Warmth Then Cooling Trend
The five day outlook projects temperatures near normal with highs from 82 to 87 and lows around 61 to 64. Temperatures rise Wednesday and Thursday then drop Friday and Saturday before warming Sunday. No rain is expected aside from scattered thundershowers Thursday or Friday, bringing about a tenth to a half inch at most.
POW Conduct Probe Set At Scott Air Force Base
Seven Air Force officers and one enlisted man will face a board of inquiry around July 8 at Scott Air Force Base. They are charged with false germ warfare confessions or related misconduct while suspected of communist imprisonment. Names and specific charges were withheld. The inquiry is not a court-martial and follows earlier clearance failures by a separate five-general board.
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Scott Air Force Base
Air Force
Washington
Fumigation Bees Trigger Roof Blast in Randas Calif
Fire Marshal A W Hunt reports a citizen John L Harris fumigating bees in a chimney caused an explosion when a gasoline soaked rag dropped from the roof to glowing coals. The blast hurled bees and bricks into the living room. Mrs Harris and Harris escaped injury. Damage estimated at $1000. bees moved on.
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John L. Harris
Harris
Dynamite Blast Damaged Car in Washington NC
Police said two sticks of dynamite placed under a car hood caused extensive damage yesterday in Washington North Carolina. The blast shattered the vehicle front end and nearby windows, dug a deep hole, and hurled motor parts about 25 feet. Suspects unknown, and 17 year old Jibe Key slept through it in the back seat.
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Washington, N. C
Susie Key
Stevens Praises Civilian Aides At National Meeting
Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens lauded his civilian aides for making a major contribution to greater understanding of Army activities. The gathering in Leavenworth, Kansas included forty six civilian advisers from across the states.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Secretary of the Army
Robert T. Stevens
St. Leavenworth
Flooding Deepens on Rio Grande Border Cities
In Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo floodwaters from the Rio Grande threaten the business district as a 40 foot crest nears. Across the border, sandbagging stalls and mass evacuations continue while Ozona reports 14 dead from flash floods. IWBC warns of uncertain further rises. Debris and damage spread along bridges and highways.
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Tex
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
Smet
U. S.-Mexico
Texas
Ozona
International Boundary and Water Commission
Truman’s Condition Improves Yet Remains Troubling
Kansas City report notes Truman’s improvement from surgery on June 20 but doctors warn about adverse reactions to antibiotics. The former president remains seriously ill with fatigue and requires specialized bacteriological studies and treatment at Research Hospital.
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Kansas City
Truman
Wallace’ Graham
Reverend John Timothy Stone Died Sunday at Age 86
The Rev. Dr. John Timothy Stone longtime former moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the USA has died Sunday in Chicago at age 86. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Chicago
John Timonthy Stone
The
Presbyterian Church In the USA
Mercy Not Recommended By Jury for Wise-Slayer
Logan jurors convict Benjamin E. Meyer of first degree murder for the Feb 15 slaying of his wife Velvia. The all-male, three-woman jury returned the verdict with no mercy recommendation after about four and a half hours deliberation. Meyer faces the electric chair unless a new trial is granted. sentencing will follow a defense motion.
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Benjamin E. Meyer
Velvia
Meyer
Hocking County
Ohio Penitentiary
Harley Meyer
Thelma Keyes
N. M. Brown
Edward M. Eberst
Brown
Miss Keyes
A. J. Waldron
Fret Murray
Murray
James 8
Peterson
Lancaster
Phil A. Henderson
State Grants To Vet Units Held Illegal
Columbus judge ruled veterans organization funding unconstitutional ending a decade long General Assembly practice. The Common Pleas Court halted the second half of grants totaling 265 858 dollars to eight groups including the American Legion Disabled American Veterans AMVETS Ohio Rainbow Division AEF Veterans Assn United Spanish War Veterans 37th Division AEF Veterans Assn and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Ohio
James FE. Kinnison
Common Pleas
General Assembly
Kinnison
Jackson County
The
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Amvets
AEF Veterans Asen
Ohio Rainbow Division
United Spanish War Veterans
37Th Division
AEF Veterans Assn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gallipolis Man Named To OVIC Official Post
Truman A. Morris of Gallipolis was elected first vice president of the Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council in Ceredo W Va. Clarence Feil of Ironton was named president with Hugh Stillman Huntington as second vice president Don Baker Huntington and John Wood Ashland Ky as treasurer. The next COVID meeting will be in September in Catlettsburg Ky.
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Ceredo
W. Va
Truman A. Morris
Gallipolis
Carroll elected president of NEA department
Lucille Carroll of Wooster Ohio was elected president of the department of classroom teachers of the National Education Association yesterday.
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New York
Lucille Carroll
Wooster
Ohio
Department of
National Education Association
Reynolds wins $175,000 libel verdict against Pegler
Arthur Reynolds wins a $175,000 cash award in a federal libel suit against Westbrook Pegler and Hearst entities over a 1949 column. The jury also awards Reynolds one dollar for damages to earnings and reputation, calling the column defamatory as Judge Weinfeld urged.
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New York
Arthur Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
U. S
Reynolds
Pegler-Hearst
J Entertainment
Edward Weinfeld
City Council Repeals 101-Year-Old Blue Law
Columbus council votes 6 to 1 to repeal the century old blue law barring Sunday grocery sales. One member, Joseph R. Jones, calls the action a repeal of the law of God.
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Columbus
Joseph R. Jones
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