Refugee Airman Delivers Second MIG Prize to Allies
An unnamed refugee pilot crashed a Soviet MIG 15 on Bornholm, claiming it as a newer model than the March 5 recovery. He cited friendship with Lt. Franciszek Jarecki, who now seeks U.S. citizenship to join the Air Force. The plane was inspected and returned to Poland amid speculation of Westward flight plans.
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Bornholm
Denmark
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Sland
Franciszek Jarecki
Jarecki
MI6
United States
U.S. Air Force
Poland
Slupsk Air Base
AFL Eyes Break With Republican Regime
The AFL executive council met amid grumbling over Republican policy and debate on the Taft Hartley act. President Meany critiqued Congress and pledged to push a liberal pro‑labor program for 1954 while signaling friction with the Eisenhower administration over leadership and social security debates.
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American Federation of Labor
AFL
Congress
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
AFL Council
New York Crime Commission
George Meany
Chicago
Meany
Eisenhower
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Hand to Hand Fight Repels Red Assaults
UN infantrymen with knives bayonets grenades and rifle butts repelled a Red assault at Outpost Yoke Western Korea. The 25 minute battle left over 200 Chinese killed and 130 wounded with 45 killed likely. Allied air strikes destroyed supply areas and vehicles across North Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
Cer
T-Bone Hill
U. S
North Korea
Bairoko Dam
Haeju
Four Unidentified Planes Bombard Bridge on Western Front
The Eighth Army reports four unidentified planes attacked a bridge on a main Western Front route, killing nine UN soldiers and wounding 91. The nationality of the planes remains unknown and an investigation is underway.
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Seoul
Eighth Army
New Flood Endangers Louisiana Coastline
Baton Rouge La rising Gulf waters threaten coastal lowlands as streams north of the area push floodwaters toward the Gulf. About 15000 people have evacuated from their homes in a 100 million dollar flood event. Weather forecasts warn of south winds and high tides raising risk of additional inundation.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Naguib Warns of Suez Fight
Cairo Premier Maj General Mohamed Naguib urged Egyptians Tuesday to prepare for a death or life fight to drive British troops from the Suez Canal zone. He warned the battle would be hard and called for training to endure hunger and deprivation. He said Egypt’s rights must be taken by force, not given.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
Suez Canal Zone
Naguib
Senate kills emergency curbs measure in grave crisis
Washington report states the Senate rejected a proposal to empower the President to impose economic controls for 90 days during a grave national emergency. The vote reflects lawmakers’ hesitation about giving sweeping emergency powers.
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Senate
Washington
Church Council Forms 15member Committee to Watch Congress
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U S A named a 15member Committee on the Maintenance of American Freedom to monitor congressional actions and other developments seen as threatening religious liberty. The panel, announced by President William C. Martin, includes Rt. Rev. Knox Sherrill as its first president, and reflects church concerns about communism infiltrating church life.
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Chicago
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Congress
United States
William C. Martin
Dallas
Tex
Martin
Council
New York City
Knox Sherrill
Episcopal Church
Sherrill
Chained women barricade to block eviction at Parkchester
In New York a crowd of over 50 blocked an eviction at a Parkchester housing development three room apartment. Six women began a lock and chain sitdown at Metropolitan Life offices in the Bronx to protest the eviction. Members of the Parkchester Committee To End Discrimination set up the barricade and chained themselves to chairs for nine hours.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Parkchester
Bronx
Metropolita
Jet B47 feats reveal polar crossing and long distance flight
The Air Force announced several milestones with B47 jet bombers. A nonstopping six B47 formation crossed the Atlantic, two planes flew from Limestone Maine to Fairford England in five hours 38 minutes, and a B47 refueled in mid air to fly over twelve thousand miles. The polar crossing by jet was achieved by a Boeing Stratojet over a year ago.
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Air Force
North Pole
Atlantic
Fairford
England
Limestone
United States
Polar
Fright Aids TB Treatment Emerges From Seattle Study
Seattle physicians report startling cases where fear induced by accidents improved tuberculosis treatment at Firland Sanitarium. Adrenal gland involvement suspected as researchers Edmund R. Clarke Daniel W. Zahn and Thomas H. Holmes present preliminary findings to the National Tuberculosis Association.
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Los Angeles
National Tuberculosis Association
Seattle
Edmund R. Clarke
Daniel W. Zahn
Thomas H. Holmes
Firland Sanitarium
Knowland calls halt to UN membership if China joins
Sen. Knowland of California proposes resigning the United States from the United Nations should Communist China become a member. He introduced resolutions in the Senate on Tuesday demanding withdrawal if China gains UN admission.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
China
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Eisenhower defends Air Force heavy defense spending plan
President Eisenhower spoke on national radio promising to allocate 60 cents of every defense dollar to air power. He described a middle way program aimed at steady growth and security, while Republicans praised the plan and Democrats criticized the cuts from 143 wings to 120.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Truman
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate ‘Armed Services Committee
Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Pearl Harbor
Bitter Row Seen Over the Appeal
Washington AP reports Congress faces a quick, bitter battle over President Eisenhower’s request to extend the excess profits tax on corporations for six months. He proposed four other tax steps, resisted immediate tax cuts, and urged continued high revenues to keep the dollar sound amid danger.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Steinhouse
Allied Truce Talks Move Amid Silent Tokyo Reports
UN sources in Tokyo were silent on plans to reopen ocean truce talks Monday while Red Peiping radio criticized Washington for delaying the talks. Reports circulated that the UN might modify last week’s Panmunjom proposal to handle about 48,500 prisoners refusing to return to communism. No confirmation came from Gen. Mark Clark’s headquarters where Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. has led daily conferences since talks recessed Saturday.
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Tokyo
Red Peiping
Washington
Panmunjom
Mark Clark
William K. Harrison Jr
Child Strangles in Folding Chair Near Bed
James Lewis Schneider, five months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Schneider, died of strangulation Tuesday when his head became caught in panels of a folding chair placed near his bed to prevent him from falling out.
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Columbus, O
James ‘Lewis Schneider
Howard D. Schneider
Kidnap Suspect Held After Missing Girl Found
New York police recovered a year old girl and a two year old boy abducted from Washington. A suspect, Barbara G24 of Tulare California, admitted kidnapping both children and was taken into custody after a tip from a man who grew suspicious. The baby Diane Bradford was found unharmed. The boy Clifton Eugene Bradford was found in the Central Park Zoo and identified by his father Clifton Bradford Sr. The father had reported the kids missing and connected photos in newspapers. Deputy Chief Inspector James B Leggett said the suspect has a complex attachment to her missing child.
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New York
Washington
Barbara G24
Tulare
Calif
Diane Bradford
Clifton Eugene Bradford
Central Park Zoo
Clifton Eugene Bradford Sr
Bradford
James B. Leggett
Atomic Dust Settles Over Nevada Towns
The Army and the Atomic Energy Commission plan a nuclear shell firing from a 280mm cannon next Monday following a spring blast sequence. Radiation from the drifting cloud contaminated about 100 vehicles in Utah and Nevada but was deemed not hazardous. Vehicles were stopped at checkpoints in Alamo Mesquite Glendale and North Las Vegas with similar reports across California towns up to 400 miles away.
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Las Vegas
Army
Atomic Energy Commission
Utah
Nevada
AEC
Alamo
Mesquite
Glendale
St. George
Cedar City
California
Proving Grounds
Mayer Warns of New French Cabinet Fall
Paris Premier Rene Mayer threatened a new cabinet crisis unless the National Assembly grants authority to cut administrative expenses by decree. He demanded a confidence vote, and the Assembly recessed after his speech with a vote set for Thursday.
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Paris
Rene Mayer
France
National Assembly
Bankers Association Elects Edison Hobstetter President
Edison Hobstetter of Pomeroy National Bank was elected president of the Ohio Bankers Association at the Columbus convention and will assume duties July 1. He has been vice president and a director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, representing bankers from 12 counties. The association has over 900 member offices and total resources exceeding eight billion dollars.
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Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
Ohio Bankers Association
Hobstetter
Columbus
Bankers
Aten Shain
Farmers Bank & Savings Co
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Council of Administration
Ohio
Taft Presses Reducing Defense Budget
Senate majority leader Taft voiced disappointment at Eisenhower's view that annual spending could not drop below 50 billion dollars for defense and foreign aid. He warned such levels could lead to a 72 billion dollar budget and inevitable taxes or deficits. He suggested studying whether 40 billion could suffice for security.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Senate
Columbus Woman Kidnapped and Assaulted During Car Ride
A 24 year old Columbus woman was kidnapped by two men early Tuesday and assaulted during a two hour car ride. She was robbed of her wrist watch and money and finally dumped about six blocks from her home in Clintonville after being abducted as she walked home along a residential street.
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Columbus
Clintonville
Swing Quits Voice Assails Budget Cuts
New York radio commentator Raymond Swing resigns as political analyst for the Voice of America. He accuses the agency of slander and says the State Department fails to stand by its staff. He blames budget cuts for rendering the Voice relatively impotent.
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New York
Raymond Swing
The
Voice of America
State Department
Navarre Arrives to Command French Union Forces
General Henri Navarre arrives in Hanoi to take command of the French Union’s armed forces in Indochina. He faces the task of unifying operations and directing counterinsurgency efforts amid mounting tensions in the region.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Henri Navarre
Eisenhower Outlines Tax Program Delayed Proposals
President Eisenhower outlined a tax program in a nationwide radio address. Key points include delaying personal income tax cut, keeping excess profits tax for six more months, postponing corporate tax cuts and excise tax reductions, and delaying social security payroll tax increases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hig
Congress
House
Taft urges rethink of farm programs and surpluses
Senator Taft called for a complete reconsideration of the farm program by the Eisenhower administration. He warned Ohio farmers that government holdings could rise from three to six billion dollars, and urged eliminating these enormous surpluses despite potential political unpalatability.
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Washington
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Senate
Aft
Twins in Nova Scotia Heal After Troubled Birth
In Inverness Nova Scotia a 19 year old Canadian girl gave birth to Siamese twins joined at the torso. Ronald Ritchie from Children's Hospital Halifax reported the smaller twin improved after doctors warned he was not doing well. The twins are the first children of Max and Mrs Wyrwas, a 26 year old garage mechanic and his wife.
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Inverness
N. S
Ronald Ritchie
Children’s Hospital
Halifax
Max Wyrwas
Ritchie
Red Inquiry Rescheduled by House Un-American Activities
The House Un American Activities Subcommittee postponed Columbus hearings to June 17 and 19 after key witnesses were unavailable. Chairman Scherer of Ohio said the delays allow further investigation into the Dryron Darling case, a physicist fired from Ohio State University for refusing to answer if he was a Communist.
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Washington
House UN- American Activities Subcommittee
Columbus
Ohio
Scherer
Dryron
Darling
Ohio State University
Full
Un-American Activities Committee
Money Stolen From Thornville Man Totals 75 Pounds
Elvin Hamm reports 75 pounds of money missing from Thornville on Monday. The loss consists of 1000 in silver dollars and small change. The coins included a stash saved by Virginia children Carolyn 9 and Charles 8 who hoped to buy a pony.
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Thornville
Elvin Hamm
Carolyn
Charles
Hamm
Senate Vote On Four Year State Terms Proposal
The Ohio Senate faces a vote on a constitutional amendment allowing four year terms for state officials including legislators. The measure needs 20 votes. Sen. Ross Pepple says he has enough support. The Rules Committee had blocked a floor vote for two months.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Senate
Ross Pepple
R-Allen
Senate Rules Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Rules Committee
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Republican State Committee
Ciles A. Mosher
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