Eisenhower says Indochina aid aimed to avoid war
President Eisenhower told reporters every government move on Indochina aid is calculated to keep the United States from a hot war. He said the United States would not be drawn into a large conflict and that American technicians in Indochina would not fight and are to be withdrawn by June 15. Senator Stennis urged immediate recall to prevent involvement, while Senator Byrd called the step risky. Continued discussion with Congress was promised.
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Senhower
Indochina
United States
America
Eisenhower
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Ity
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Vietminh Rebels Reported Near Luang Prabang Laos
Fifteen hundred Vietminh rebels were reported within a dozen miles of Luang Prabang as French forces said they were mainly gathering supplies. They claimed 12,000 invaders remained about 50 miles north around Nam Bac after a 120 mile advance, with an assault possibly next week.
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Laos
Saigon
Indochina
Luang Prabang
Lao
Nam Bac
Hanoi
Sisavang Vong
Weeks Blocks Soviet Farm Goods Trade Policy
Secretary of Commerce Weeks announced the government will not allow sale of government stocks or surplus farm products to Russia or its satellites. Applications to sell privately owned non strategic farm products to the Soviet bloc may get favorable consideration. Trade with Russia and Communist allies requires licensing division approval.
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Washington
Weeks
Russia
Soviet Bloc
Commerce Department
Bureau of Foreign Trade
Police Find Suspect in Poet Killing
Police announce Harold Weinberg admitted shooting Max Bodenheim and his wife Ruth Fagan. Weinberg, 25, was captured in a basement at 311 East 21st Street after fleeing the scene in a squalid East Side room. He has not yet been questioned about the stabbing of Fagan.
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New York
Harold Weinberg
Max Bodenheim
Weinberg
Bodenheim
Ruth Fagan
Edward J. Drum Jr
East 21St St
Cy Goll
Harry Feigman
Greenwich Village
Hartley Case Sheriff Dies in Overwork Related to Disappearance
Sheriff Ivan Wright of La Crosse County Wisconsin died at 56 after overwork on the Evelyn Hartley disappearance. Coroner Dr. George Reay cited heart ailment aggravated by case work. immediate causes were heart attack and virus pneumonia. Wright had filled an unexpired term after Roy Sampson’s 1952 death and won election the following November. He had led the county highway patrol for a decade.
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George Reay
la Crosse County
Wright
Roy Sampson
Sampson
Weather Turns Cooler Across The Midwest
Dallas Mercury notes a dip in temperatures with Austin seeing a mild day. Thermometer readings hit 34 at noon and 29 in the morning. Forecasters expect colder, cloudy conditions tonight with forecasts of 10 to 15 above and a high near 10 to 20 tomorrow. Cold air from Canada moves into border states, with widespread Midwest drops anticipated.
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Austin
Herald
Canada
Midwest
Rhee Determined to Reopen War
President Syngman Rhee told Associated Press interviewer Relman Morin that he is determined to renew military action against Chinese forces in North Korea and may act without American support. He warned time is running out and dismissed peace talks as futile, criticizing U S policy and urging decisive action to avoid presumed perishing.
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Relman Morin
Associated Press
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Seoul
Morin
Far East
Japan
Korea
Tokyo
Paris
Washington
North Korea
McCarthy Critique Sparks Clash Outside Los Angeles Church
About 4 000 people heckled Senator McCarthy after his remarks on Communist influence. Police intervened as Jerger, identified as a critic and speaker host, faced rocks and a tire iron threat while crowd members hurled dirt. Jerger sought safety as officers escorted him away.
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Los Angeles
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
First Congregational Church
Wilbur Joseph Jerger
Jerger
Democratic
Socialist Party
Congress
California
Freedom Club of the Church
Madison, Wis
John J. McCloy
U. S
Germany
McCloy
America
Washington
White House
Eisenhower urges end to extreme partisan rhetoric
President Eisenhower urged officials to avoid extreme partisanship in criticizing Democrats and said the Republican National Committee should show similar tolerance. He noted some of his program would require Democratic support to pass Congress and condemned Democratic charges linking Democrats to treasonable activities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Times
Congress
House
Rayburn
Texas
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Executive Department
James C. Hagerty
GOP
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ill
Sen
McCarthy
Los Angeles
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Eisenhower backs increased federal road spending proposal
President Eisenhower endorsed a plan to raise federal highway aid from 575 million to 800 million with state and local matching. Representative McGregor introduced the measure in Congress proposing 64 million a year for federal road work and delaying a planned half cent per gallon gasoline tax cut.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep
McGregor
Ohio
House Roads Committee
Des Moines Atty. Gen Hoegh seeks GOP governor nomination
Atty. Gen. Leo A. Hoegh, 45, of Chariton announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He is the seventh to seek the nomination. Dwight G. Rider, Fort Dodge attorney and president of the State Board of Education, might join. he would decide by Thursday or Friday.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hoegh
Chariton
Dwight G. Rider
Fort Dodge
State Board of Education
Soviet propose Europe wide non aggression pact
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov outlined a 50 year European security treaty to bind all nations including East and West Germany and Bonn to mutual defense and non aggression. The plan would annul the North Atlantic Alliance and seek U N Security Council involvement for observers from the United States and China.
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Russia
Europe
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Bonn
V. M. Molotov
East
West Germany
Molotov
United Nations
Moscow
European Defense Community
Soviet Union
Edc Molotov
Red China
U.N. Security Council
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Peiping
U.N
Germany
West
Kremlin
United States Front
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