Senator Johnson presses Wilson to end defense program confusion
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson urged Secretary of Defense Wilson to step in and end the confusion over the national defense program. He said committees will seek the true story on Russia's air threat and urged coordination so the right hand knows what the left is doing. Johnson criticized misleading statements by officials and called for clarification to inform the public and Congress.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Wilson
Senate
Congressional
Russia
United States
People
Congress
Aviation Week
Pentagon
Symington
D-Mo
West
Eisenhower
Thomas S. Power
Boston
Power
Woodbury M. Burgess
Detroit
Burgess
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Air Force
Talbott
Armed Services and Appropriations Committee
There Are Faster Fighters Air Record Won’t Last
Los Angeles flier 1st Lt. John M. Conroy of the California Air National Guard held a coast to coast to coast sprint in a Sabrejet titled the California Boomerang. He covered 5085 miles in 11 hours 26 minutes 33 seconds, averaging about 445 mph, shaving Mantz’s 1947 record on the east leg while the west leg trailed Scott’s 1948 mark. He aims to show National Guard combat potential and plans to return to civilian life building swimming pools.
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John M. Conroy
California Air National Guard
Lindbergh
Paris
Conroy
New York
California
Ing
Paul Mantz
Air Force
Robert D. Scott
National Guard
Newcomer Survives Bear Attack While Treeing
Grand Marais Minnesota A newcomer Truman Engersol 22 moved here from Minneapolis a week ago was chased up a poplar by a black bear that had just treeed her three cubs Engersol spent about an hour in the tree while the bear climbed four times to seize his boots and injure his foot with six stitches He fled to his car and drove for treatment planning to return for his fishing gear armed with a rifle and to continue fishing away from the attack site.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Truman Engersol
North Woods
Flying Service
Engersol
Black Bear
Minneapolis
Engersoll
PTA official urges frank facts on communism and sex in schools
Mrs Newton P Leonard of Providence tells the National Congress of Parents and Teachers convention that school work must present the facts about communism and sex to nurture reasonably informed youths. She warns against indoctrination and urges guided practice to help children think for themselves. Delegates consider whether state PTA groups have politicized actions and note tensions over universal military training and the United Nations.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers Today
Newton P. Leonard
Providence
R. 1
Leonard
PTA
United Nations
Graham Preaches Before Queen at Windsor Chapel
American evangelist Billy Graham drew royal attention with a 25 minute sermon at Windsor private chapel after being invited by Queen Elizabeth. He and his wife dined with the queen and the duke of Edinburgh, noting the queen’s charm. Graham wrapped seven weeks of UK meetings with a Wembley Stadium sermon before 90,000 in London.
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Billy Graham
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Queen Elizabeth
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Duke of Edinburgh
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Graham
Scotland
Wembley Stadium
UAW Votes Strike Against Cincinnati Ford
UAW Local 863 members in Cincinnati vote to strike if national negotiations fail when the current contract ends June 1. International representative William Lemaster notes the majority supported strike action as tensions rise ahead of expiry.
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Cincinnati
William Lemaster
Uaw-Cio International
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Mountaineers Search For Airliner Wreckage
Two groups of climbers moved toward the burned wreckage of an East African Airways airliner seen yesterday near Kilimanjaro. The craft carried 16 passengers and four crew members believed dead after disappearing on Wednesday.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
East African Airways
Solon Promises Probe of Terrific Waste
Washington reports Chairman McClellan of Arkansas says the Senate Investigations subcommittee will study reports of terrific waste in the armed forces after finishing its graft in military spending inquiry.
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Solon
Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jet crashes at Chincoteague claim airman death
Lt. Eugene F. Roesner USNR died when his F-9FY jet crashed on return from the Armed Forces Day show in Columbus Saturday night.
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Chincoteague
Eugene F. Roesner
Columbus
NAACP vowing legal fight over Mississippi voting law
NAACP leader Roy Wilkins pledged a court battle after the death of Rev. George Lee, a civil rights leader, amid claims of a racial hatred atmosphere and possible foul play. Lee died in a car crash with buckshot traces noted by FBI lab, as Negro leaders say he urged registration in Humphreys County where blacks outnumber whites.
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Miss
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
George Lee
Wilkins
New York
Lee
FBI
Humphreys County
Dock Strike Hits 4 Ports Across Britain
In London Manchester Hull and the Liverpool Birkenhead area more than a third of dockers walked out in an interunion dispute threatening export trade on the eve of the May 26 general election. About 69 000 dockers are employed. At least 80 ships were idle or undermanned as NASDU seeks full recognition as a bargaining agent with port employers.
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Manchester
Hull
Liverpool-Birkenhead
National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union
NASDU
Public Interest Crowded British Tory Win Seen
Predictions of a Conservative victory mounted as Britain's quiet election campaign heads to its final days. Public focus is on the Epsom Derby and looming port and rail strikes. The Amalgamated Stevedore and Workers Union plans port-wide walkouts, while locomotive engineers threaten a nationwide action. Public polls hint at a Tory majority, with Labour officials wary of unions and voter fatigue. The Sunday Times predicts a 34 seat gain, narrowing the margin from the current 17-seat lead.
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Manchester
Hull
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Labor Party
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House of Commons
Speculation Mounting as Auto Talks Enter Final Week
Detroit reports mounting speculation over GM UAW talks as a thrift plan counterproposal emerges. Du Pont plans a stock purchase match for workers and savings bonds. Ford and GM press union talks with a Memorial Day deadline looming. locals back a strike for a guaranteed wage.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
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General Motors
United States
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Conant Affirms Allied Presence in Berlin Until Peaceful German Reunification
U S Ambassador James B Conant told Rhine land Palatinate legislators that Western allies will remain in divided Berlin until it again becomes the capital of a Germany reunited in peace and freedom. He cited the Friday four power meeting and noted Soviet reluctance to relieve tension while stressing the need to preserve Berlin's economic health.
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Germany
U. S
James B. Conant
Berlin
Conant
Rhineland-Palatinate
Maiz
Canton escape from Stork County jail prompts manhunt
Three men fled the Stork County jail honor camp at Navarre last night and vanished into the surrounding area. Police mounted a manhunt as authorities investigated the break for potential accomplices and safety concerns.
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Canton
Stork County
Navarre West
Columbia U Students Clash With Parade Crowd
Columbia University students hurled torn paper and water from three dormitory windows as a Knights Templar parade passed Amsterdam Avenue. Proctor Walter R. Mohr and aides restored order amid finals tensions.
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New York
Columbia University
Knights Templar
Amsterdam Avenue
Walter R. Mohr
Iran's anti Baha i action climaxes with destruction of temple dome
TEHRAN Iran Gen Teimour Bakhtiar military governor of Tehran ordered the dome of the Haziratul Goddes temple destroyed. Forty engineers began the work Sunday and expect two weeks to complete it. The move caps a long campaign against Baha ism led by Mullah M Fal safi who appealed to the Shah to ban the faith and convert the temple into a mosque. A Baha i source denied the allegations noting the sects nondestructive stance and dissolution of its nine member directing committee. The Baha i faith traces to the Bab and Baha u llah with adherents in Iran and North America.
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Tehran
Iran
Teimour Bakhtiar
Haziratulghodes
Mullah
Mohammed Taghi Falsafi
Assadullah Alam
Falsafi
Salk Polio Vaccine Program Faces Key Government Meeting
Washington officials and vaccine makers convene to decide whether to clear existing Salk vaccine supplies or require further testing. Surgeon General Scheele will decide soon after health service inspectors review manufacturing and testing. Jonas Salk cannot attend. Senate and House committees push for potential federal controls and funding for child vaccination before schools close.
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Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Health Service
Jonas E. Salk
Seven Killed On Highways Weekend Raises Alarm
Ohio saw seven traffic deaths over the weekend with drownings and a private plane crash adding to losses. State Highway Safety Director A C Felty warned the Memorial Day weekend could see deaths triple unless drivers change attitudes. He noted a prior weekend tally of 20 and last year’s Memorial Day total of 22 deaths.
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Ohio
Highway Safety
A. C. Felty
Felty
Truckers Enter Fifth Day of West Strike Lockout
Trucking operations across the West halt as the fifth day of a strike lockout leaves more than 100,000 workers affected, including about 28,000 drivers. Management and union officials see little chance of immediate conciliation as three firms are struck and an industry wide shutdown is ordered across 11 Western states.
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Los Angeles
Sheppard Case Pleas Considered by Court
The court of appeals began reviewing pleas of Dr Samuel Sheppard, convicted osteopath, in a second degree murder case. Appeals address new evidence and legal errors from the common pleas trial.
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Sheppard
Cleveland
Court of Appeals
Samuel Sheppard
Common Pleas
Sheppara
Menon Sees Possible Peace with Chou En Lai in Peiping
V K Krishna Menon reports Chou En Lai displayed friendliness during his 11 day Peiping mission. India expects exploratory talks with China and the U S on Far Eastern questions. Menon notes readiness to discuss all topics including imprisoned American fliers.
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Formosa
Peiping
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Far East
Red Capital
Chou En-lai
Nehru
Menon
Chou
United States
New Delhi
Foreign Ministry
Korea
Memorial for Ace of Aces Richard Bong Honored in Poplar Wis
After a decade, Poplar opens a memorial for Maj. Richard Ira Bong the nation’s ace of aces. A classroom addition to the town’s $115000 gymnasium-auditorium school houses 40 medals and the Medal of Honor. A P-38 stands in the yard as Gen George Kenney says Bong’s ace record will stand for all time.
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Poplar
Wis
Richard Ira Bong
Bong
Burbank
Calif
Hiroshima
Carl
George Kenney
Pacific
Geneva Flood Fears After 12 Inch Rainfall
A Geneva Alabama community was flooded by a 12 inch downpour Sunday causing heavy damage to about half the town’s businesses and many homes. Mayor Wilbur Pridgen said the three streams overflowed cresting about 4 am and have since drained from buildings and streets. Winds eased as skies cleared, reducing fears of further downpours that could surge the dike system.
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Alabama
Wilbur Pridgen
Geneva
Pridgen
Dakotas
Plains
Appalachian
Veto Defeat Seen on Postal Pay Bill Chance
Washington House Majority Leader McCormack said there is a good chance the House will override President Eisenhower's veto of the postal pay hike if given a vote. Eisenhower rejected an 8.6 percent average raise for about 500,000 postal workers as too costly and unfair to some groups. The veto's fate rests on Senate votes Tuesday with supporters claiming enough to uphold it. failure would send the measure to the House for final action.
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Eisenhower
Hill
D-Ala
Priest
D-Tenn
House Commerce Committee
National Foundation For
Washington
House
McCormack
Dmass
Senate
Ohio Polio Total Reaches 45 as New Cases Reported
Columbus health director Dr Ralph E Dwork said five more polio cases were reported in Ohio last week bringing the year total to 45. None of the new patients had received Salkvac ne inoculation and five cases were reported in the same week last year.
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Columbus
Ralph E. Dwork
Ohio
Dwork
Director appointed to Chicago regional HEW office
The Department of Health Education and Welfare named Melville H. Hosch as director of its Chicago regional office covering Ohio Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin. Hosch takes over oversight of health and welfare programs across five midwest states.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Melville H. Hosch
Chicago
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Presbyterians Vote On Two Contested Issues
LOS ANGELES Pres byterians vote today on ordaining women as ministers and on criticizing Roman Catholics for Marian cults, as the 167th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States resumes sessions through Wednesday. The Permanent Commission on Interchurch Relations submitted the statement to 880 delegates from 2,658,903 church members.
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Los Angeles
167Th
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Presbyterians’ Permanent ‘Commission On Interchurch Relations
Assembly
Somerset Priest Said Jailed in Red China
A German priest arriving in Hong Kong says three American priests were jailed in Fukien Province last year. Father Ludwig Heitfield, 54, from Bochum, spent 22 months in Foochow and says the priests were in the same prison but he could not see them. Identified as Fathers Frederick A. Gordon of Somerset Ohio, J. G. Joyce of Clinton Massachusetts, and J. E. Hyde of Lowell Massachusetts. They had been under house arrest for at least two years before imprisonment.
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Red China
Fukien
Ludwig Heitfield
Bochum
Foochow
Frederick A. Gordon
Somerset
Ohio
J. G. Joyce
Clinton
Mass
J. E. Hyde
Lowell
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