McCarthy Attacks Army Charge During Congressional Hearing
Senator McCarthy denounces an Army charge as a lie and demands withdrawal words while the inquiry continues. Ray Jenkins warns McCarthy about impropriety as Stevens defends the chronology and fears leaks. McCarthy demands Brownell’s appearance to justify blocking FBI data on security risks at Ft Monmouth.
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Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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Carroll Arms Hotel
Francis P. Carr
McCarthy Committee
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Schine
Joseph Alsop
New York Herald Tribune
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J. Edgar Hoover
Atty
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Hoover
Army
Army “Loyalty Board
Dien Bien Phu Falls as French Defenses Collapse
Paris AP reported Dien Bien Phu fallen with Premier Laniel saying the northwest Innochina fortress was submerged. Isabelle fortress held three miles south as Brig Gen Christian de Castries prepared to fire on his own post if rebels breached the last lines. Genevieve de Galard Terraube, a decorated nurse, may have perished with the garrison.
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Dien Bien Phu
Joseph Laniel
Isabelle
Christian de Castries
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Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Laniel
National Assembly
He Neuven Giap
Indochina
Foreign
West Ready To Start Talks on Indochina
Western powers plan Indochina peace talks with a rotating chair between Eden and Mostov. China’s Huang Hua demands inclusion of Laos Cambodia and other states, while the Vietminh ally bloc and Vietminh deem regimes phantom. France confirms continued negotiation stance as Dien Bien Phu falls, signaling a seven year war near end.
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Indochina
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Mostov
W. D. Allen
Andrei Gromyko
Red China
Huang Hua
Laos
Cambodia
India
Indonesia
Burma
Russia
Thailand
United States
France
J Lanier
National Assembly
Paris
Laniel
Dien Bien Phu
Asia
Employment Up 260,000 Since March
The government reported a drop in unemployment of 260,000 in April marking the first decline since October. Employment rose by 498,000 from March to April, increasing from 60,100,000 to 60,598,000 as unemployment stood at 3,465,000.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Secretary of Commerce
William M. Spencer Dies at Pt. Pleasant
William Mark Spencer 84 died at relatives home 9 Walnut St Pt Pleasant at 5 a m today Funeral services set for Sunday 2 p m at Church of God Rev George Osler to officiate Friends may call at 9 Walnut St after 10 a m Saturday
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Point Pleasant
William Mark Spencer
Carl Simpkins
Walnut St
Church of God
George Osler
Simpkins
Bliss Calls Meeting of Ohio Republican Leaders
Republican State Chairman Ray C. Bliss has called a meeting of newly elected members of the party central and executive committees for May 17 in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ray C. Bliss
House OKs St. Lawrence Seaway Channel Plan
The House approved a 27-foot deep channel in the St. Lawrence River at International Rapids, signaling a long path to full benefits. The bill, supporting a joint U. S. Canada project, heads to the Senate for concurrence before reaching President Eisenhower. Ottawa offered cautious enthusiasm.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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International Rapids
St. Lawrence River
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Michigan
Great Lakes
Senate
Eisenhower
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Canada
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Superior
Lakes
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Erie
Toledo
Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Ohio lawmakers split on St Lawrence Seaway bill
In Washington voting for passage were Ohio Democrats Feighan Kirwan Polk Secrest and Republicans Ayres Bender Betts Frances Bolton Oliver Bolton Bow Brown Clevenger Hess Jenkins McCulloch McGregor Schenck Scherer and Vorys. Democrats Hays and Crosser opposed the bill. Rep. Reams voted for the measure. Rep. Weichel was not listed.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ohio
Feighan
Kirwan
Polk
Secrest
Ayres
Bender
Betts
Frances Bolton
Oliver Bolton
Bow
Brown
Clevenger
Hess
Jenkins
McCulloch
McGregor
Schenck
Scherer
Vorys
Hays
Crosser
Reams
Rep
Weichel
Lausche navigation panel to draft Ohio sea way plan
The executive committee of Gov. Frank Lausche’s Navigation and Harbors Committee will meet May 19 to draft an Ohio navigation program for the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Committee On Navigation and
Ohio
St. Lawrence Seaway
Forbes Publisher Dies at 74 in New York
For bes, publisher of the business magazine bearing his name and author of financial books, died yesterday in New York. He was 74.
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Forbes
New York
B. C. Forbes
San Francisco kidnappers sentenced to death at San Quentin
Two former private detectives Harold Jackson and Joseph Lear were condemned to death under California's Little Lindbergh Law for abducting Leonard Moskovitz a real estate broker who was held 61 hours before police rescued him no ransom was paid. The jury rejected leniency and the men faced the gas chamber as the verdicts were announced.
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San Quentin
Prinagenn
Dapper
Harold Jackson
Mhild Joseph Lear
California
Leonard Moskovitz
Moskovitz
Jackson
Pal
Lear
Democrats Call for Action to Avert Cold War Crisis
Washington Democrats rally 1,500 guests at a $100 dinner pledging action to prevent a hot war, denouncing the McCarthy-Pentagon row and Indochina reversals. Attendees include Truman, Johnson, Rayburn, Stevenson. Acheson and Dean Truman receive ovations.
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Indochina
Washington
Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
House
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Dean Acheson
Steel Union States 1954 Contract Aims
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers outline a four point program for 1954 contract negotiations with the steel industry. The plan seeks a guaranteed annual wage a pay raise improved insurance and pension plans and better contract terms on seniority holidays vacations overtime severance pay and local working conditions.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Candidate Shot Self After Primary Defeat
Winston W. Hill, 45, of Washington Court House, was in fair condition at Mt. Carmel Hospital with a bullet wound to the left lung in what police called a personal safety related incident. Hill, a former Columbus attorney and Washington Court House city manager, was defeated Tuesday in the Republican primary for state senator from the 5th and 6th District.
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Columbus
Winston W. Hill
Washington Court House
Mt. Carmel
Washington Courtouse
Hill
Middleport Woman Mary Craig Dies After Illness
Middleport resident Miss Mary Craig, 84, died Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Craig after months of illness. Daughter of Samuel and Armenia Connor Craig she is survived by brothers Harry Meigs County Commissioner and William S of Hicksville and several nieces and nephews. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home Pomeroy. Burial Ravenswood.
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Middleport
Mary Craig
Harry Craig
Samuel
Armenia Connor Craig
Harry
Meigs County
William S
Hicksville
Ewing
Pomeroy
Ravenswood
Insurance Killing Charged to Mother
Police hold Mrs. Marion Harrell of Columbus for the strangling of her three month old son to collect 490 dollars in insurance money. The infant’s father Sylvester, 33, is not detained. Authorities said charges would be filed today.
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Columbus
Marion Harrell
Sylvester
Jones Elected To Committee
B Lewis Jones secured a sixth two year term as 10th district GOP state central committee member. The Gallia County schools superintendent campaigns from a farm between Rio Grande and Centerville and led Athens, Hocking, and other counties with strong margins over Wayne Ward while vowing a Republican sweep this fall.
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GOP
State Central Committee
B. Lewis Jones
Jones
Gallia County
Rio Grande
Centerville
Vinton County
Athens County
Wayne Ward
Ward
Athens
Hocking
Gallia
Jackson
Fairfield
Meigs
Lawrence
Mechem Names Solon To State Commission
Columbus Ohio Senator C Stanley Mechem chair of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission announces the appointment of Senator Fred L Hoffman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Donald H Wolf in the state commission.
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Mechem
Solon
Columbus
Stanley Mechem
Athens
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Fred L. Hoffman
Hamilton
Donald H. Wolf
Identity Sought After Woman Found Dead in Columbus Lake
Authorities seek to identify a woman about 25 found in a small lake behind a Columbus factory. Coroner Robert Evans said the description matches that of a Columbus state inmate reported missing since January.
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Columbus
Robert Evans
Columbus State
Dulles Outlines Plans for Anti-Red Coalition in Asia
Secretary of State Dulles unveils a two stage drive to unite Southeast Asian powers against communism. A first multinational military staff conference could draft a provisional security framework with five to twelve nations, with Britain aboard. He plans radio TV remarks tonight on Indochina and Korea, stressing a united front despite delays.
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Dulles
Southeast Asia
Churchill
United Action
Indochina
Geneva
ABC TV
NBC
CBS
Mutual Radio Networks
CBS TV
One
NBC TV
Eisenhower
Water Rates Termed High
An attorney examiner for the state utilities commission studied complaints that Brewer Heights Water Co. charges excessively high rates. Examiner Lewis Witherspoon held a hearing on filings by B. W. Menke and others. He will file recommendations to the commission. Brewer Heights is near Chillicothe and incorporated last September with about 130 customers, many added after August 1952. the company operated before incorporation.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Brewer Heights Water Co
Lewis Witherspoon
B. W. Menke
Witherspoon
A Heights
Chillicothe
Tractor plow accident claims Delaware man
Delaware 63 year old Devner Clark was killed when the tractor he was driving struck by flying plows pinned him against the steering wheel.
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Delaware
Devner Clark
Ohio Bank Holdup Nets 12000 to 15000 in Cash
MASSILLON Ohio Two men robbed the Exchange Bank Co at Canal Fulton nine miles north of here taking an estimated 12000 to 15000 dollars from drawers and a vault. They forced manager Paul Blank two clerks and a customer to lie on the floor and used a German luger and a snub-nosed revolver. Police reported four men in a gold Buick seen nearby and road blocks were set across the area.
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Massillon
Ohio
Exchange Bank Co
Canal Fulton
Paul Blank
Blank
Two Day Strike Ends At Kyger Creek Plant
Huntington West Virginia P H Dillon business agent for local 3% of the AFL Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union said a two day strike at the Kyger Creek power plant north of Gallipolis ended today. The teamsters quit work in protest of the firing of a fellow member and all craft unionists engaged in construction of the big power plant respected their picket lines. Dillon said the dismissed unionist was re employed.
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H. P. Dillon
AFL Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Kyger Creek
Gallipelia
Teamsters
Dillon
Cincinnati Mayor Waldvogel Dies After Illness
Cincinnati mayor Edward N. Waldvogel, who began in politics in 1992 by defeating late U S Senator Taft for the state Senate, died early today at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 59. He had been ill since January from jaundice linked to a severely inflamed liver.
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Edward N. Waldvogel
U. S
Robert A. Taft
State Senate
Good Samaritan Hospital
Waldvogel
Ohio
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