Eisenhower rejects appeasement trap at Big Four talks
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles framed the Big Four summit as a path to peaceful international agreements. They warned against overoptimism and warned that a neutralized eastern Europe is possible but must include armed Austria. They noted West Germany's NATO inclusion as a major diplomatic gain and stressed strength and moral standards in facing Soviet behavior. Senator Knowland and Congressman Bridges questioned potential outcomes of the talks.
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Knowland
California
Bridges
Senate Gop Policy Commission
Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
West
Austria
Switzerland
Dulles
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
West Germany
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Britain
France
George
State Foreign Relations Committee
Peron Pushes Plan to End Catholic State Church
Argentina’s government moves to report a bill ending Catholicism as the state church while bishops plead for public school religious instruction. A constitutional amendment would be needed to sever church and state. Police said six more priests were arrested as Peron accuses clerics of undermining his regime.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Congress
Peron
Segregation Climax Near Ends in High Court Ruling
Chief Justice Warren said the Supreme Court will rule before the summer recess on how and when to end segregation of white and Negro pupils in public schools. He noted the court remains current with its growing workload and that decisions in argued cases will be announced before adjournment. The justices have heard arguments on the decree form to carry out their May 17 1954 ruling and tentatively set May 31 as opinion day.
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Washington
Warren
Supreme Court
American Law Institute
Largest NYC budget approved by city council
The New York City Council approved a record budget totaling 1,782,335,683 dollars, the largest in city history, marking a major fiscal milestone for the metropolis.
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New York
New York City
How to Make Money in a Hurry Classified Ads
Quick guide to using Messenger Classified Ads to sell unused items and buy needed ones. To place an ad call 31242. Fifteen words for three times costs 1.20 dollars.
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Messenger
Eisenhower backs Hobby amid Salk vaccine row
President says Secretary Hobby has run the Salk polio vaccine program effectively despite senator Morse calling for her removal. He notes her wartime service with the Women's Army Corps and mentions possible personal resignation. He also comments on vaccine supply and summer inoculations for first and second graders. He discusses a potential Big Four summit and defends U S air power excellence.
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Eisenhower
Secof Welfare
Hobby
Morse
Dore
Women's Army Corps
Tional Foundation
Georgi Zhukov
Russia
Zhukov
Berlin
United States
Mental Health Patch Job Attacked in Ohio Budget Talk
Ohio’s mental hygiene chief Dr. Porterfield urged a constitutional amendment to authorize a 120 million dollar bond issue to expand and rehabilitate mental institutions. The plan, funded by a one cent per pack cigarette tax, seeks to serve 36 000 patients but would require a three fifths vote and voter approval. No action was taken.
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Columbus
Ohio
John D. Porterfield
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Senate Finance Committee
Deddens
Porterfield
Dad Disputes Child Legality in Boston Court
Clarence Merriam of Springfield contests paternity of daughter Carol Ann claiming he was jailed for drunkenness during the period she was conceived. Florence Merriam testifies he often returned home at night from Berkshire County Jail. The judge suggests a grand jury probe into Merriam’s jail escape claim.
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Boston
Clarence Merriam
Springfield
Carol Ann
Florence Merriam
George W. Roberts
Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Merriam
Roberts
Smoking Train Foils Man in Suicide Attempt
Auburn Maine report states 55 year old Fred Cloutier attempted to jump from a bridge. a locomotive’s smoke and a passing train prevented self harm but he struck the riverbank and broke several bones while descending a ladder. He told police he heard voices calling him bad names.
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Auburn
Androscoggin River
Fred Cloutier
Cloutier
English siblings face trial for family mistreatment charges
Geoffrey Walter Hughes and his sister Marjorie, once separated in childhood and later married, stand trial in HEREFORD on family mistreatment counts. They allegedly knew they were related when wed. bond was set, no pleas entered, with a baby on the way in the marriage.
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Hereford
England
Geoffrey Walter Hughes
Marjorie
Geoffrey
E. C. Jones
Jones
Hughes
Stanham
Las Vegas Mail Robbery Foiled by Informant Tip
Dozens of police postal inspectors and deputies rounded up a gang near the Las Vegas post office after an informer warned of a planned mail robbery. A half million dollars in gambling casino money was set for dispatch to San Francisco but the plan collapsed before transfer to the railroad. Five arrested including a Las Vegas officer. weapons and masks seized. the load was to be moved by police car to the railroad.
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Las Vegas
Nev
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank
Let the Barn Burn Woman Faces Jail Over Party Line
Mary L. Kayes of Rhinebeck New York 43 was found guilty of refusing to yield a country telephone party line to a volunteer fireman reporting a brush fire on January 21. The court set sentencing for May 24 and ordered bail at $500.
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Poughkeepsie
Mary L. Kayes
Rhinebeck
N. Y
John R. Schwartz
Kayes
Hart Stanbery of Pomeroy Dies at 76
Hart Stanbery 76, longtime Pomeroy resident and former president of Pomeroy National Bank, died at his Lasley Street home. Born April 29, 1879, he practiced law in Cincinnati before returning to Pomeroy in 1906 and later led the bank until 1941. Funeral set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. at his home.
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Pomeroy
Cincinnati
John McQuigg
Stanbery
Pomeroy Gun Club
Meigs County Fish and Game Association
Philemon B. Stanbery
Louise
Cecilia
Henry
University Head Sees Seaway Expansion Needed
Dr. Harlan Hatcher, president of the University of Michigan and a Great Lakes authority, warned at the Propeller Club that the new St. Lawrence Seaway must be enlarged within 25 years to sustain growth. He noted the Soo Canal system has expanded five times since its 100 year opening, illustrating a pattern of widening.
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Cleveland
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Harlan Hatcher
Hatcher
University of Michigan
Propeller Club
Soo Canal
Red Troops To Move Out of Austria Soon
Vienna reports Soviet occupation forces to begin withdrawal without wait for ratification of the Austrian state treaty. Soviet commanders in several towns have ordered police HQs closed within a day or two, signaling an impending troop pullback.
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Red
Austria
Vienna
Russia
Boy 12 Genius Prefers Advanced Studies Over Regular School
Cleveland reports 12-year-old John Francis Schivell, a Maple Heights eighth grader, scores perfectly in language development and memory tests. Psychologists say his intelligence far exceeds standard tests and public schools, with a goal to become a research scientist. His father works as a factory layout inspector.
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Cleveland
John Francis Schivell
John
Maple Heights
Kent State University
Stanford-Binet
Department of Psychology
Western Reserve University
Corinne F. Baker
Albert Einstein
Baker
Frost Covers Part of Ohio
Light to moderate frost was reported across northern and central Ohio as temperatures fell to the low to mid 30s. There were no reports of extensive frost damage. Zanesville logged 31 degrees, Findlay and Mansfield 37, Cleveland Toledo and Columbus 39, Cincinnati 40, with high pressure over the southern Great Lakes and a slow warmup ahead.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hamley Run
Athens
Zanesville
Weather Bureau
Findlay
Mansfield
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Great Lakes
Fire truck brakes fail crush man during rural alarm
A fire truck responding to a rural alarm last night ran brakes and crushed a man against a parked pickup in the driveway. Sheriff's deputies said the truck failed to stop at the scene.
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Springfield
Army Nike sites aim to calm nerves near missiles
The Army outlined a billion dollar program to install Nike anti aircraft missiles near communities including a new site at Lorton Virginia. Officials acknowledged local land issues and stressed the system will be as safe as a gas station and integrated with civilian life as police and fire departments.
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Army
Nike
Washington
Lorton
Gilman C. Mudgett
Army Information
R. R. Hendrix
Washington- Baltimore
Hendrix
Fort Meade
Ike Reserve Plan Faces House Fight But Likely Passes
The administration's plan to build up military reserves is expected to pass the House intact despite opposition. Rep Brooks leads supporters aiming for few amendments, with key provisions for recall of reservists failing drills and a new teen volunteer program to train up to one million teens over four years.
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Brooks
D-La
House
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Barden Dnc
Iron Curtain Holding Many Of Lutherans
Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of the United Lutheran Church in America told the Ohio Synod in Newark that a greater part of Lutherans lie behind the Iron Curtain than any other Christian group. He outlined four paradoxes facing the church amid ecumenism, division, wound and growth. Earlier, the Ohio Synod approved 16 candidates for ordination and announced new minister assignments.
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Newark
United Lutheran Church In America
Franklin Clark Fry
Ohio
Fry
World Lutheran Church
Ohio Synod
Hyena on the Loose Aboard Chicago Rail Car
A 100 pound hyena escaped its cage in a railroad baggage car en route to Lincoln Park Zoo. The animal devoured a crate of frozen fish as Railway Express staff blocked the car. Workers from the Anti Cruelty Society captured the hyena with a rope at Dearborn Station and prepared it for transfer to the zoo.
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Chicago
Ar’'s-Cruelty Society
Lincoln Park Zoo
Dearborn Station
Anti- Cruelty Society
Zoo
Longstreth Wins GOP Mayoral Nomination in Philly
W Thacher Longstreth, a 34 year old advertising executive and former naval intelligence officer, won the four sided Republican mayoralty nomination battle in Philadelphia. He will face Democrat Richardson Dilworth in November in his first bid for public office.
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Philadelphia
W. Thacher
Longstreth
Naval Intelligence
Richardson Dilworth
Ohio Senate Bans Closed Local Government Meetings
The Ohio Senate approved and sent to the House a bill barring closed meetings by any local government board or agency, extending a two year ban that ended state boards and agencies’ closed sessions.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Portsmouth Man Dies After Plant Burns
William Henry Pennwitt age 60 of Portsmouth died after burns suffered December 8 at the Detroit Steel Corp plant in Portsmouth. He had been employed there when the fatal incident occurred.
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Portsmouth
Detroit Steel Corp
William Henry Pennwitt
Children Die In the Box In East St Louis
Two three year old children were found unconscious and died after being trapped in an abandoned ice box in a neighbor’s garage. Authorities say they were inside the two by two foot food compartment for more than 30 minutes before the door slammed shut. Police will seek warrants against the owner for violating a city ordinance that bans abandoning ice boxes or refrigerators accessible to children unless doors are removed.
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East ST. Louis
Christian Welfare Hospital
Ben
Eleven Dutch Seamen Escape Sinking Freighter
Eleven Dutch seamen leaped clear of a sinking freighter as May gales lashed the English Channel and North Sea. Dozens of small craft sheltered in channel ports while the liner Queen Mary docked twelve hours late after an all night delay at anchor.
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London
English Channel
North Sea
Channel
New York
United States Opposes Global Plan to Catch Runaway Husbands
The UN Economic and Social Council approved a push for a world conference to create machinery to track men who abandon families and flee abroad. The United States voted against the proposal.
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U.S
United Nations
N. Y
UN Economic and Social Council
United States
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