Eisenhower Presents Moral Peace Vision at Republican Gatherings
President Eisenhower asserted America will meet half way for a just peace while upholding moral standards and rights for all, including Korean prisoners entitled to asylum. Secretary Dulles criticized Soviet intransigence on postwar Austria and urged a sincere, proactive foreign policy beyond reacting to others.
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Eisenhower
America
Korea
United States
John Foster Dulles
United Nations Command
Dulles
Soviet Russia
Austria
Astor
Waldorf-Astoria
AEC Explodes Eighth Atom Test Device at Nevada Proving Grounds
A flash illuminated the daylight as an eighth atomic test device was detonated at 10 30 a m EST at the Nevada Proving Grounds. Elaborate preparations for blast effect data on facilities were arranged but details on affected sites were not immediately released. A transplanted pine forest railroad trestles vehicles and structures were described as part of the test area.
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Nevada Proving Grounds
AEC
Red Purge Signals New Crisis in Soviet Unity Drive
The May push by Premier Malenkov aims to consolidate control and stifle dissent across the Soviet Union. Articles stress unity, condemn bourgeois nationalism and cosmopolitanism, and call unmasking of imperialist agents while praising joint work on major projects.
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Georgi M. Malenkov
Communist Party
Soviet
Home Front
Stalin
Ukraine
Russia
Baltic States
Central Asia
Truck Axle-Mile Tax Proposal Emerges in Ohio
Gov. Lausche and minority Democrats indicate support for a weight distance truck tax with Republican branding. The plan taxes heavy trucks with three or more axles by axle count and miles traveled, proposed by Rep. Roger Cloud as a public affairs committee recommendation.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
GOP
Blue Ribbon
Triangle Flight Set For State Air Show
People in Zanesville and Lancaster will view an Armed Forces Day air show pass over Columbus during the city celebration on May 16. Rep. Secrest announced that military aircraft will conduct a triangle flight over the three cities after he asked the defense secretary to authorize the plan.
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Washington
Zanesville
Lancaster
Columbus
Rep
Secrest
D-Ohio
Secretary of Defense
Taft Warns of Higher Spending on Aid and Military Budgets
Senator Taft argues that current military and foreign aid plans could push Eisenhower era spending above Truman era last year. He warns a July 1 1954 start may show a five billion dollar deficit versus a balanced budget if the high outlays persist.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Truman
Congressional
Taft
Senate
Escape from Weston State Hospital Nine Fugitives Recaptured Near Weston
West Virginia police report all nine inmates who escaped the Weston State Hospital criminal insane ward were recaptured within ten miles of the facility. The last to surrender was Frank E. Brown, 27, who said he was cold and hungry and ready to turn himself in. They overpowered attendants and used an enslaved guard as a hostage before escaping through an electrically controlled front door.
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Weston State Hospital
Frank E. Brown
Gilbert Lowther
Wellston
John L. Robinson
Ohio
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Freedom Flight
U.S
Robinson
W. Champ Riley
Four Election Violation Cases Dismissed in Court
Four indictments from a special grand jury in POINT PLEASANT were dismissed in Circuit Court on the grounds the prosecution could not prove the alleged voting frauds and irregularities. Defendants include Ernest Hesson and L D Bechtle with Bechtle an election officer. a related felony case remains scheduled for May 8 naming Finley Cremeans.
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Circuit Court
Ernest Hesson
L. D. Bechtle
State Road Commission
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C. J. Hyer
Cution
Bechtle
Raymond F. Musgrave
William Bardin
Finley Cremeans
Fate of MSA at stake as business teams split on aid
Washington reports reveal 55 business leaders split over U S foreign aid management. Some teams urge full State Department control and abolish the MSA, others want the MSA kept with minor changes, and others favor integration with embassy staffs abroad. Stassen prepared to release separate and consolidated reports amid congressional criticism.
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U. S
Britain
Germany
Italy
State Department
France
Turkey
Denmark
MSA
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Party Leader Denies Split in County Chairs Amid Plans
Columbus Ohio Democratic chairman Eugene H Hartnett said an independent meeting of county chairmen planned for summer would do little. He saw no harm but doubted it would satisfy the group. Gosney of Columbiana County hinted at a split by proposing a statewide gathering.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eugene H. Hanhart
Columbiana
Don. R. Gosney
Gosney
Budget May Curtail Air Force Expansion
Washington reports a military budget recommendation may slow the Air Force 143 wing plan. The Pentagon seeks to trim about 2.4 billion from the 46 billion military package proposed by the Truman administration, sending the revised proposal to President Eisenhower and the Budget Bureau.
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Air Force
Pentagon
Truman
Eisenhower
Budget Bureau
Warm Temperatures Forecast for Ohio
Warm temperatures across Ohio are expected Saturday through Wednesday, averaging three to six degrees above normal. Normal highs range from 66 to 73 with lows around 47 to 50. A warmer weekend gives way to cooler conditions Monday and Tuesday as showers may bring 0.5 to 1 inch of moisture.
OU Game Postponed By Rain To Offer Doubleheader
The Ohio University baseball game with the University of Cincinnati was postponed today due to rain. A doubleheader will be scheduled at OU Ball Park on Saturday.
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Ohio University
University of Cincinnati
Unidentified man collapses on Second Ave business district
An unidentified man collapsed on Second Ave in the Gallipolis business district this morning and was taken to Holzer Hospital unconscious.
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Gallipolis
Second Ave
Holzer Hospital
Jet sets record as Canberra climbs to new altitude
A British twin jet Canberra bomber soars to 63,668 feet, surpassing the air raft altitude record by 4,222 feet in a high profile aviation advancement.
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London
Swim Star's Father Charged With Daughter's Death
Miami police say autopsy found Kathy Tongay died from a ruptured intestine after a blow. Det. Charles Sapp announced a second degree murder warrant for Tongay, who had been acquitted in 1949 of mistreatment charges involving his daughter Kathy.
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Miami
Fla
Russell Tongay
Kathy
Charles A. Sapp
Miami Homicide Bureau
Coast
Tongay
Sapp
Three Muskingum heirs challenge Ohio probate ruling
In Columbus three heirs to the Dennis R. Kelly estate filed an affidavit of prejudice against Probate Judge C. P. McClelland. The document alleges the judge approved excessive fees to his son's law firm and a guardian in the case. The filers are Raymond C. Micklethwaite Chester A. Micklethwaite and Hazel Melick of Roseville.
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Columbus, O
Muskingum County
Columbus
C. P. McClelland
Raymond C. Micklethwaite
Chester A. Micklethwaite
Hazel Melick
Roseville
Dennis R. Kelly
Rejection of Korean Armistice Plan Seen
AP reports that PANMUNJOM negotiators await Washington guidance on how to respond to a new eight point Korean armistice proposal. The plan requests a five nation Neutral Nation Repatriation Commission to hold 48,500 prisoners who refuse to return to communism and outlines staged explanations and post armistice decisions.
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Washington
Reds
Korea
Eisenhower
India
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
Gang Fight Stopped Before It Started Near Salem
Lisbon and Salem high school students were summoned to juvenile court after a planned clash between the Dukes Club of Salem High and the Bumper Jumpers of Lisbon High, halted four miles south of Salem on Ohio 588. Police detained and questioned 55 youths before releasing them. The truce broke over a row at a house party hosted by a Salem girl.
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Salem
Dukes Club
Salem High
Lisbon High
Ohio
Ike and St. Laurent Talk Seaway Plan Likely Move Ahead
Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent says Canada will proceed with the St. Lawrence Seaway without U S participation if Washington delays. He spoke after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower and has another appointment today.
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Washington
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Louis St. Laurent
U. S
St. Laurent
Eisenhower
White House
Escaped POW Surrenders After Seven Year Pursuit
An escaped German prisoner of war, Harry Girth, 27, who built an Atlantic City interior decorating business, surrendered in New York after his photo appeared in Collier’s with a girl named Judy Florentine. Captured near St Lo, France, he escaped Fort Dix in 1946 just before repatriation.
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FBI
Husky
Harry Girth
Germany
Fort Dix
N. J
Girth
Atlantic City
Judy Florentine
Collier's Magazine
United States
Lucy
George
George DeWitt
St. Lo
France
Europe
Navy Air and Naval Bombardments Hit Red Ports in Korea
U S Sabre jets clash with MIG15s over Northwest Korea as 10 Sabres battle 16 MIGs. Carrier aircraft and three warships strike two key communist port areas on Korea’s East Coast. Ground action near the Central Front remains quiet. Marines and Corsairs bomb targets in Haeju Chunghwa Hungnam area.
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U.S
Theavy
Korea
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Eighth Army
Yalu River
Marine Corsairs
Haeju
Chunghwa
Valley Forge
Hungnam
Senate Group Okays Treaty Under Attack
Sen. Taft of Ohio said he is undecided on backing a NATO treaty allowing U S soldiers abroad to be tried in foreign civil courts for non military offenses. The Foreign Relations Committee backed the measure, though a final vote was not announced. Sen. Bricker accused top Republican officials of misrepresentations.
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Sen
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Bricker
U. S
NATO
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Langer
R-N.d
Bricker
Republican Department
Interior orders 10 percent bureau staff cut
The Department of the Interior ordered an economy cut of over 10 percent by June 30 in the reclamation bureau. About 132 to 132 were to be cut from 12 000 to 13 000 employees. Assistant Secretary Fred Randahl disclosed the figures to reporters Thursday. This is Secretary McKay's first major personnel reduction since taking office in January.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Reclamation Bureau
Fred G. Randah
Britishers Challenge Unconquered Everest
Reports from Kathmandu say a British expedition led by Col John Hunt has reached the 21 000 foot level on Everest and awaits better weather. The party has established the fourth of the eight camps planned for the ascent of the 29 002 foot peak, the world’s highest.
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Nepal
Mount
Everest
John Hunt
Cardell Given Stiff Sentence
The Akron man lashed by judge for a hotel room assault robbery and cabbie beating pled guilty to multiple crimes. Donald J. Cardell 24 of Pittsburgh faces seven to 62 years prison for the liquor agent attack and related offenses. He was also sentenced to one to25 years and one to seven years for additional thefts and assault.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fred RK. Riggin
Akron
Donald J. Cardell
Pittsburgh
Common Pleas
Joseph H. Silbert
Vernon Thomas
Sally S. Stevens
Cardelli
Mansfield
California
Vinton Men Resign Voting Board Posts
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown announced the resignations of James O Leary Zaleski and H R Morrison as Democratic members of the Vinton County Board of Elections effective May 31. He said state highway department civil service employment conflicts with their election board membership under state law.
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Columbus, CO
Ted W. Brown
James O'Leary
Zaleski
H. R. Morrison
McArthur
Vinton County Board of Elections
Brown
State Highway Department
Civil Service
Elections Board
Reds Stack Deck GOP Scions Say
Rep. Short argues new Korea truce proposals forestall peace by using a Trojan horse plan. He says India is not neutral and Dulles will reject the scheme while Congress weighs Indochina aid. Vorys and Knowland echo concerns about a stacked commission with Poland and Czechoslovakia. State Dept says France’s note is not final.
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Short
R-Mo
Korea
Eisenhower
France
United Nations
Indochina
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
India
Czechoslovakia
House Armed Services Committee
Dulles
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Red Invasion Nearing End
Hanoi Vietnam 4 The end of the Communist invasion of Laos without a major battle and few casualties seems near. Vietminh forces who overran one third of Indochina during a 25 day march are withdrawing toward the Black and Upper Red Rivers in northwestern Indochina. Non military sources report Vietminh divisions have withdrawn two divisions from the invasion force.
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Indochina
Laos
Vietminh
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Red
Man slain mother-in-law killer sentenced in Ohio case
Kunkler, 38, was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his mother-in-law Lulu B. Gould, 60, in her Lancaster home last January. He faces a 1 to 20 year sentence.
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Lancaster
$100000 Offer For Uncollected Red Jet
Washington reports the United States still has not received a Soviet MIG15 offered for surrender with asylum for the pilot. Gen. Mark Clark’s $100,000 incentive remains unclaimed as Air Force officials say no MIG has been surrendered yet.
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Washington
U. S
Mark Clark
Air Force
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