Bundestag Approves West German Rearmament Pacts
West Germany's Bundestag backed a four power rearmament package joining 400000 troops to NATO and WEU, with Saar sovereignty linked to Europeanization. The vote echoed across allied capitals as France Italy and others weigh final ratification and timing.
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Germany
Bundestag
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Bonn Republic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West European Military Union
NATO
French
Pierre Mendes-France
Council of the Republic
Edgar Faure
Italy
Nationalists to Return to Wartime Basis in Formosa
Formosa's Kuomintang leadership plans a wartime revival with a cabinet reshuffle to be decided at tomorrow's Central Committee meeting. Chiang Kai-shek's cabinet convenes to address the financial crisis and discuss export boosts and possible currency regulation changes amid a weakened Formosan dollar after Tachens withdrawal.
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Formosa
China
Central Committee
The
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
U.S
Tachen Islands
Here
Jordan King Hussein Engaged to Dina Teacher Cousin
Amman society buzzes as King Hussein becomes betrothed to Dina, his cousin and school teacher. The engagement, long in the making, excites many and marks a notable royal union.
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Amman
Jordan
Jordan Society
Hussein
Dina
Grand Meadow OKs 6 Classrooms After AG Opinion
Contracts for a six room addition to the Grand Meadow school were signed after an attorney general opinion blocked including an activity room. The base bid plus alternates totaled 164,687 dollars. The board planned a 10,000 dollar transfer from the general fund but AG says funds cannot be moved between accounts or exceed the levy. Construction to begin soon with some rooms ready in fall. high school gym to serve grade students in meantime.
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Grand Meadow
Board of Education
Supt. C. T. Holland
Dist. 77
Charles E. Houston
Holland
Donald Rambun
Rochester
Gordon Electric
Austin and Albert Lea
Bunge Fraud Charges Dropped In Grain Case
The Justice Department dropped grain fraud charges against five individuals tied to Bunge Corp citing insufficient evidence and no other considerations. Senator Thye released a memo by Warren Olney III outlining the reasons for dismissal. The indictment stemmed from a Senate inquiry into mixing imported Canadian grain with US wheat for shipments subsidized under the wheat agreement.
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Washington
Justice Department
Bunge Corp
Sen. Thye
R-Minn
Asst
Warren Olney III
Minneapolis
Department of Justice
Thye
United States
Thye and Sons
Young
R-Nd
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
Corporation
E. H. Thornton Sr
Galveston
Tex
Robert F. Straub
Andre Herschler
Simon Kern
Walton F. Mulloy
Dulles Tours Southeast Asia After Laos Visit
Secretary of State Dulles carried a whirlwind Southeast Asia tour visiting Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam. In Vientiane he reassured officials about Manila Pact deterrence while Laos weighs SEATO plans and training with Thai officers. Burmese spokesman said talks eased regional tensions.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Vientiane
Tiao Savang Vatthana
Pacific
China
France
Red
Pathet Laos
Phong Saly
Sam Neua
SEATO
Geneva
Bangkok
U. S
Rangoon
U Nu
Personal Property Tax Deadline and Penalty Rules
County Treasurer C C Terry says 4 30 p m is deadline for personal property taxes with mail postmarks by midnight allowed. An 8 percent penalty applies to delinquent bills beginning Tuesday. If unpaid today, taxpayers may pay half the tax if total is ten dollars or more by midnight with balance due by July 1. Many taxpayers still unpaid at noon.
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C. C. Terry
Terry
Little Folks May Be Hurt by Tax Cuts
Senate and House conferees settled on a flat 50 percent pay raise for members, boosting pay to 22500 a year. Treasury Secretary Humphrey warned a $20 per person tax cut could boost inflation and hurt small taxpayers, opposing a compromise plan to delay and extend rates.
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Washington
Senate
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democrats
Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Civil War Veteran Albert Woolson Doing Fine in Duluth
Albert Woolson, 108, last of the Civil War boys in blue, was hospitalized in Duluth with lung congestion after a Friday admission. Nurses report he is eating well and enjoying an occasional cigar as he rests.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Hatoyama Democrats win Japan's big election
In Tokyo Ichiro Hatoyama's Liberal Democratic Party swept to a near 2-1 victory over the Liberal party, securing 184 of 467 seats as corruption charges hurt the Liberals. The Communist Party won 2 seats as the Diet prepares to reconvene with Hatoyama likely to be reappointed prime minister.
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Ichiro Hatoyama
Japan
Democratic Party
Tokyo
Democrats
House of Representatives
Liberal Party
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberals
Right Socialists
Farmer-Laborites
Diet
Taketora Ogata
Misujiro Ishii
Yoshida
Burmese Premier Seeks U.S. Talks on Prisoners with China
Burmese Prime Minister U Nu says Chou En Lai is willing to host an unofficial U.S. mission to discuss imprisoned American airmen and U.S. Peiping tensions. Dulles is aware. Nu would not reveal Peiping’s reaction. The case involves 13 Americans jailed on spy charges including B29 crew survivors and four downed jet pilots from Korea.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Nu
Chou En-Lai
U.S
United States
Peiping
Chou
Dulles
Bangkok
Laos
Saigon
Manila
Colombo
U.N. General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Reds
China
State Department
Mammarskjo'd
U.N
North Korea
Emer F. Llewelyn
Missoula
Mont
Howard Brown
St. Paul
Minn
Harry M. Benjamin Jr
Worthington
Girl, 4, Burned Attempting to Smoke Cigar
A four year old girl from St Paul was hospitalized with second degree burns after her nightgown caught fire while she tried to light a discarded cigar butt. Her mother also suffered minor burns in the effort to beat out the flames.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Sharon Ann Kortz
Vernon Kurtz
Fairmont
Minneapolis
Old Dutch Foods
Reynold C. Malmquist
U S envoy Henry Byroade arrives in Cairo to assume post
Henry A. Byroade aged 41, former Army general and assistant secretary of state, arrived in Cairo as the new United States ambassador to Egypt. He succeeds Jefferson Caffery, who retired.
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Cairo
Egypt
Henry A. Byroade
U.S
Jefferson Caffery
Blast Injures Men in Mill City Bakery
Explosion and fire in the basement of the Emrich Baking Co. plant in Minneapolis seriously burned a maintenance engineer and a receiving clerk. Harvey Hanson, 42, the engineer, and Philip Oberg were in fair condition at Northwestern Hospital.
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Minneapolis
Emrich Baking Co
Northwestern Hospital
Harvey Hanson
Philip Oberg
Minnesota moves toward constitutional convention
The Minnesota Legislature advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to submit the question of calling a convention to revise the state constitution to voters in 1956. The House approved the bill 20 to 1, with Senate action expected. two thirds in both houses are required. Proponents say the public should decide, with Gov Freeman urging action.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
House General Legislation Committee
Senate
Gov. Freeman
Leonard Lindquist
Brooklyn Center
A. I. Johnson
Benson
Fred Cina
Aurora
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Whirlwind
By Jack Bell
Malcolm Bersohn
New York City
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Yonkers
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