Dems Attack Budget Cuts On Military Air Power
Rep. Price calls Eisenhower budget an invitation for attack and urges Defense Secretary Wilson to prove defense remains the priority. Democratic senators Russell and Maybank vow to oppose air force cuts, seeking MSA reductions instead. Vandenberg reports he attended a National Security Council meeting where cuts were endorsed.
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Assail Wilson
Washington
Rep
Price
D-Ill
Eisenhower
Defense Wilson
Senate Democrats
Sen Russell
D-Ga
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Appropriations Committee
Mutual Security Administration
MSA
Avia
Tion
Armed Services Committee
House
Bureau of the Budget
Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Naval Aviation
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
South America
National Security Council
Vandenberg
Sen. Russell
Congress
Russell
Hatchet Slayer Leaps to Death on Broadway Roof
New York police report a jobless musician named Joseph Dura 40 leapt from a six story roof on Broadway at 184th Street after fatally attacking his wife with a hatchet in front of about 250 bystanders. His teenage daughter witnessed the mother’s killing and pleaded with him to stop as he fled onto the roof then killed himself ten days after hospital treatment at Bellevue for psychiatric evaluation following a quarrel with Wanda Dura.
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Broadway
184Th Street
Joseph Dura
Bellevue Ospital
Sellers
Wanda
Welfare Dept. Vote Slated In Ohio Legislature
The Ohio Senate votes on creating a new state department of mental hygiene and correction, separating it from the welfare department. Sponsored by Sen. Charles R. Mosher the measure argues the welfare department is too large to manage its penal and mental hygiene duties effectively. passage would remove most functions except social and public assistance administration.
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Ohio Senate
State Department
Charles R. Mosher
R-Lorain
Senate
House
Frank J. Lausche
Welfare Department
Government payroll trimmed by 21 700 in April
Washington reports a further 21 700 federal workers cut in April bringing the May 1 total to 2 506 600. Most reductions were in armed services civilians and the Economic Stabilization Agency as that bureau winds down. Seasonal gains in Agriculture payroll offset part of the decline.
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Civil Service Commission
Armed Services
Economic Stabilization Agency
Economic Controls Bureau
Agriculture Department
Soviet rejects Western bid to reopen Austria talks
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob Malik in a letter to Premier Eisenhower rejected the May 11 invitation to resume discussions on an Austrian independence treaty. He said talks should occur via diplomatic channels and that Deputy Foreign Ministers meetings are not a permanent four power body, urging the Big Four Council to convene.
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Soviet Union
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Jacob Malik
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Washington
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Austria
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USA
Great Britain
U S Demands Red Diplomat Leave Country
The United States orders the immediate departure of Communist Romanian diplomat Christache Zambezi. He allegedly tried to coerce naturalized American V C Georgescu into spying for Romania by offering the welfare of Georgescu’s two sons Constantin and Peter in exchange for collaboration. Georgescu reported the proposition to authorities.
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United States
State Department
Christache Zambezi
Legation First
V. C. Georgescu
New York
Waterfront scandals prompt New York grand jury probe
Attorney General Browder orders a New York grand jury investigation of waterfront crime. U S Attorney J Ed ward Lumbard will present FBI gathered evidence from months of inquiry on crime along the New York New Jersey waterfront. Browder calls the waterfront situation shocking evils.
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Browner
New York
U. S
J. Edward Lumbard
New York City
FBI
New York-New Jersey
Brownell
New York State Crime Commission
Tides Carry Flood Threat at Cameron Louisiana
Lake Charles residents fear another surge as Gulf tides push water through Cameron on the Calcasieu River. Weather officials caution water may rise over doorsteps tonight while Cameron remains dry for now.
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Here
Gulf of Mexico
Cameron
Calcasieu River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Air Temps Rise and Rain Possible
Five day outlook for Ohio shows near normal temperatures in the northeast and about 24 degrees above normal central and southwest. Normal highs 76 to 81 and lows 54 to 56. Cooler Wednesday then warm again by Friday and Saturday with possible cooler spell Sunday. Scattered thundershowers expected Friday or Saturday totaling 0.1 to 0.3 inches.
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Ohio
Cambridge Protest Over Hospital Prober Tactics
Cambridge residents including two ministers and two women presented a 1400 name petition to Lt. Gov. Brown criticizing committee tactics as Senator Ralph Humphrey prepared to report findings on Cambridge State Hospital. The petition defended staff, food, and care while alleging limited cross examination by officials.
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Columbus
Ralph Humphrey
Ashtabula
Ohio Senate
Cambri State Hospital
Cambridge
John W. Brown
Humphrey
Body Found Submerged In Hocking River
The body of a man tentatively identified as George Goins 68 of Plantsville was found partially submerged in the Hocking River behind Riverside Drive. Police expect coroner Dr John H Elias to identify after removal from the river. Goins had been missing since May 10. relatives were notified and burial arrangements were being made.
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Plantsville
Hocking River
Riverside Drive
John H. Elias
Athens County
Glouster
Goins
Joseph B. Grogan
Mr. Goins
Grogan
Jim Davis
Benson Davis
Davis
W. Union St
Athens
Ford Revises Wages and Hikes Pension Pay
Ford Motor Company ends its five year contract with the CIO United Auto Workers by doubling pension payments to as high as 137.50 per month. Ford secured a halt to the cripple strike at its plant in the process.
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Ford Motor Company
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
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UAW
Aton, O. Forge
Chrysler
Spy Probers Renew Quiz on Wartime Soviet Links
Washington The Senate internal security subcommittee questioned two former officials Nathan Witt secretary of the National Labor Relations Board in 1944 45 and John Abt special assistant to the attorney general in 1937 38. Miss Elizabeth Bentley a self described former Soviet spy courier testified before the panel.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
John Abt
Elizabeth Bentley
Red Party Chairman Granted Trial Stay
William Z. Foster, chairman of the American Communist party, won an indefinite stay from trial on charges of conspiracy to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the government. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan granted the continuance after a court physician cited Foster’s bad heart.
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New York
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
Sylvester J. Ryan
Foster
Ryan
Actress Diana Lynn files divorce suit in Santa Monica
Diana Lynn, an actress, has filed for divorce in Santa Monica against John Lindsay, an architect. The case seeks dissolution of marriage and related relief.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Diana Lynn
John, Lindsay
Yank Pilots Rip Twelve Enemy Jets
U S Sabre jets shot down 12 MIGs and damaged another to boost monthly kills to 51. Maj. James Jabara and Maj. Jack E Mass each claimed two MIGs, raising their totals to nine and ? respectively. Night bombers destroyed trucks and a railroad bridge. B29s hit a troop area north of Hamhung.
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Seoul
U.S
North Korea
James Jabara
Wichita
Kan
Korea
Jack E. Mass
Red Bank
N. J
Hamhung
Ford Plant Struggle Ends With Possible Immediate Settlement
The Ford Motor Co. forge plant in Canton, Ohio, faced a 36 day strike with 1460 idle workers. The CIO United Auto Workers pledged immediate settlement in Detroit in exchange for an improved contract, with Ford saying production could resume as soon as tonight after worker approval.
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Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Ford
Morse Loses Posts After Senate Committee Fight
Senator Morse formerly of Indiana who split from the Republican party in 1952 failed to regain his former committee seats. The Senate rejected his bid 56 to 19, leaving him assigned to public works and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Sen
Morse
Ind-ore
Senate
GOP
Labor
Armed Services
Public Works
District of Columbia
Rio Grande Signs Oliver for 3 Years
Rio Grande College basketball coach Newt Oliver signed a three year contract to lead the team. Oliver previously coached at Upper Sandusky and Wellsville High Schools and Rio Grande College, with a career record of 89 wins and 15 losses. The 39 straight victories last season led the nation.
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Newt Oliver
Rio Grande College
Cage
Oliver
Upper Sandusky
Wellsville
Ex-Paratrooper Falls Eleven Floors in Chicago
Thomas Grace Jr., 27, a pipefitter apprentice and former World War II paratrooper, fell 11 stories from a building under construction in Chicago after the drill handle came off. He suffered a broken rib but joked about surviving, saying, I must have forgotten my parachute. He twisted his body to protect his head during the fall.
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Chicago
Thomas Grace, Jr
Grace
Skelton
Court Rejects Rosenbergs Third Appeal for Execution
The Supreme Court refused to hear Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for the third time. The couple, convicted of wartime conspiracy to pass atomic secrets to Russia, faced execution scheduled for the week of March 9. The court vacated a stay of execution and a new time may be set after possible clemency or cooperation.
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Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Eisenhower
Justice Department
Russia
High Court
U.S. Circuit Court
New York
U. S
Irving R. Kaufman
Godfrey Postpones Scheduled Hip Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital officials said radio star Arthur Godfrey will be discharged soon after hip surgery performed 11 days ago. Dr Dean A Clark noted the planned left hip operation was postponed. Godfrey sustained multiple fractures of both hips in a 1931 auto crash.
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Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Arthur Godfrey
Dean A. Clark
Godfrey
Cannon Shot Sets Nuclear Shell Record At Nevada Test
In Las Vegas observers hailed a 280 millimeter gun fired nuclear shell as a landmark in defense research. The atom bomb like blast occurred seven miles away over Frenchman Flat in Nevada Proving Grounds, toppling trees and flipping railroad cars with no injuries.
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Fiat
Nev
Atomic Proving Ground
Las Vegas
America
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada Proving Grounds
Frenchman Flat
Ex-Treasury Head Linked In Tax Case
Rep Kean states former Treasury Secretary John W Snyder used undue influence for a favorable tax ruling regarding a liquor executive. Snyder defends his public service while the House Ways and Means subcommittee prepares testimony on a second tax case and plans to probe larger cases, without forcing Snyder to testify.
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Washington
Rep
Kean
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
House Ways and Means
Storms May Ease Major Heat Wave in Ohio
The weatherman says Ohioans will swelter again as the first major heat wave continues. Near record temperatures were recorded in many cities Monday. Some relief is in sight tonight with the prospect of thunderstorms.
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Columbus
Ohio Lawmaker Urges Dismissal Of Health Chief
Rep. Bow of Ohio seeks removal of Dr. John D. Porterfield accusing him of misrepresentation over maternal and child health funding. Bow cites state and local spending totals for health programs and condemns Gov Lausche for budget cuts to health requests.
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Ohio
Raps Lausche
Washington
Bow
John D. Porterfield
Porterfield
Spokesmen For
House
Children’s Bureau
Frank J. Lausche
Open Break Denied in UN Rhee Truce Dispute
South Korean officials disclosed a secret Allied truce plan giving the UN General Assembly final say on handling war prisoners who refuse repatriation. Rhee, Choi Duk Shin, and Seoul officials reportedly opposed the plan, with Cabinet denying any open break with the United Nations.
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United Nations General Assembly
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South Korea
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Tokyo
Red China
United Nations
General Assembly
Peiping
Red
Moscow
ROK
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Choi Duk Shin
Choi
Rhee
Karl Hong Kee
Navy Leaders Trade Posts
Adm. William M. Fechteler will leave as chief of naval operations to become commander in chief Allied forces in Southern Europe. Adm. Robert B. Carney will take over as U. S. naval chief. Gen. Matthew Ridgway announces Fechteler’s transfer and Ridgway is named army chief of staff to serve this summer. The moves follow Eisenhower’s plan to form a new Joint Chiefs of Staff with multinational approval.
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William M. Fechteler
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Fechteler
White House
Matthew B. Ridgway
North Atlantic Defense Forces
Ridgway
Carney
U. S. Naval
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Southern Europe
U. S
Great Britain
France
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Bid Made To Save Poison-Milk Slayer
Defense attorneys filed a notice to appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court over Mrs. Davie Dean's death sentence for the poison death of her elderly farm husband. The appeal targets questions of law and seeks leave to proceed with the appeal.
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Davie Dean Fro
Ray Bradford
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court
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