Selassie Conquers Austin in Heavily Guarded Visit
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, drew about 2,000 spectators in Austin as his royal car parade passed along sidewalks. The Conquering Lion of Judah’s visit included a tour of the Geo. A. Hormel & Co. plant as workers watched from nearby.
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Austin
H. H. Corey
Hormel Company
Baldy Hansen
Arthur L. Swenson
Reinartz
Roope
L. S. Harbo
H. E. Rasmussen
Roy Anderson
Cc. C. Lill
Jay C. Hormel
Haile Selassie I
Ethiopia
Hormel Sales
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Hormel Co
John Ross
Jackson
Joseph Simonson
Peace Talks in Impasse at Indochina Conference
In Geneva the Indochina peace talks show no progress as Western powers and the Communists trade blame over a cease fire. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urges prompt narrowing of East West differences, while France faces a confidence vote affecting the talks. The nine party parley meets again amid a tense standstill.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
Indochina
Far
France
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
Red
China
Chou En-lai
U S Sees Gains in Releasing Prisoners
In Geneva private talks resumed between U S envoy U Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping nan on the release of about 83 Americans detained by the Peiping regime. The discussions also cover some Chinese students held for security reasons.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
Peiping
U. Alexis Johnson
U.S
Amassador
Czechoslovakia
Wang Ping-nan
Ence
China
Another French Delta Outpost Is Abandoned
Hanoi Vietminh forces attacked the Haiyen outpost in the Red River Delta and the 160 man garrison withdrew after repelling two assaults. The abandonment is part of a French campaign to concentrate defenses ahead of a potential large scale Communist offensive in the delta.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Haiyen
Hungyen
Census says U S population 161.97 million May 1
The Census Bureau reports the population including armed forces overseas reached about 161,969,000 on May 1, up 2,767,000 or 1.7 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Explosion Hits South St. Louis Plant. Many Trapped
A blast at Wilson Keith & Co pharmaceutical firm caused a fire that spread to a nearby laundry. Eighteen people were hospitalized and one body was found in the ruins. A local says as many as 40 employees may be trapped, with no death toll yet known.
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ST. Louis (P
South St. Louis
Wilson Keith & Co
France Faces Cabinet Crisis Threat to Geneva Conference
Paris Premier Joseph Laniel again demanded a confidence vote from the National Assembly. Deputies will cast ballots Saturday amid pessimism over Laniel's prospects after a narrow May 13 confidence win. Observers fear a lengthy cabinet crisis could jeopardize the Geneva conference, with few deputies eager to form a new government quickly.
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Paris
France
Geneva
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
Lanier
Dulles Urges U.N. Action on Indochina
Secretary of State Dulles urged the United Nations to act on Indochina despite Geneva peace talks. He called for a U.N. Security Council peace observation commission to Southeast Asia, saying knowledge has never hindered honest negotiations.
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Seattle
Wash
Dulles
United Nations
Indochina
Geneva
U.N. Security Council
Southeast Asia
School Board Secures Plymouth Avenue Site
The Austin School Board announced a $27 468 69 purchase for 10 acres south of Plymouth Avenue to host a future elementary school. The cemetery association agrees no more land will become cemetery use without board approval, except for a single mausoleum on a five acre northeast plot.
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School Board
Plymouth Avenue
Austin Cemetery Association
Board of Education
Second
Fourth Streets
The
Cemetery Association
James M. Tate
Austin Rt. 1
Fred Vogel
E. Water
Charles Mayer
Minnesota
Clifford Wolcott
Mower Drive
Richard Lockwood
Lois Erickson
Sumner
Angot Lotfield
Florida Man Admits Role in Murder Plot
Sheriff Pat Gordon said Willard Durden has made a thorough confession in three cases of conspiring to murder wealthy people for profit. Durden, an Orlando building contractor, and Emmet Donnelly, a Lake Wales attorney, were charged jointly with plotting to kill K. H. Gerlach 81, and Mrs Byrd T. Roach, both of Lake Wales, and Mrs Louise Clark Hawley of Orlando.
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Bartow
Fla
Pat Gordon
Willard Durden
Durden
Orlando
Emmet Donnelly
Lakes Wales
K. H. Gerlach
Byrd T. Roach
Lake Wales
Louise Clark Hawley
Heat and humidity grip eastern U S with scattered storms
A hot and muggy day affected the eastern half of the nation again, while cooler conditions persisted in the northern states from the Dakotas eastward. Fair to partly cloudy skies prevailed east of the region with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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Dakotas
McCarthy Pushes for Tariff Cuts and Army Probe Tangles
Sen. McCarthy, under oath in the Army hearings, claimed Stevens and Adams urged diversion into Navy and Air Force investigations. He said Adams offered to share Navy information with Roy Cohn and warned Stevens of job loss if the Army probe continued. McCarthy also recounts urging Stevens to oppose special Schine considerations at a Sept dinner.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Stevens
Army
John G. Adams
Air Force
Navy
McCarthy Subcommittee
McCarthy Army
G. David Schine
Adams
Pentagon
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
Schine
Waldorf Towers
New York City
Cohn
Joseph N. Welch
Welch
Frederick G. Fisher
Boston
Fisher
National Lawyers Guild
House
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Eisenhower Defends Trade Program and War Aids View
President Eisenhower said a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act does not abandon his tariff reduction plan. He warns against relying on military force alone to fight communism and supports broader allied energy information sharing. He favors aid to French Union forces in Indochina without starting a new war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means
Senate
United States
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Congress
U.S
New Delhi Faces Desert Heat With Limited Cooling Options
In New Delhi temperatures exceed 110 degrees daily as residents cope with scarce power andfans. Many rely on window coolers or desert coolers using moist reed mats, while others use water jars in sleeping rooms or khus khus mats at doors to cool air. Many sleepers seek parks and open spaces for rest after sunset.
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New Delhi
Delhi
Tornado Kills Iowa Farmer Near Rockwell City
A deadly tornado swept central and northern Iowa causing flash floods and damaging every building on the Paul Nicholson farm near Rockwell City where 23 year old William Nicholson was killed. The storm struck about 10:30 p.m. as his wife and child were elsewhere.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rockwell City
Paul Nicholson
Wiliam Nicholson
Young Nicholson
Lake City
Nicholson
Lloyd Prince
Nicholson Place
Prince
Jewell
Pocahontas
Webster City
Williams
Grundy Center
Navy Carrier Blast Toll Climbs to 103
The Bennington disaster death toll rose to 103 with Lt. Frank M. Wells dying at Newport Naval Hospital. Official hearings into the carrier explosions were recessed to June 17.
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Navy
Quonset Point
R.I
Bennington
Frank M. Wells
Dianna Wells
Puente
Calif
Newport Naval Hospital
Eisenhower to Make TV Radio Appeal for Legislative Program
President Eisenhower will deliver a half hour television radio address tonight at 8 p m EST to appeal for public backing of his legislative program. The speech targets a mass audience and will precede continuation on page 8 with more details.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Eisenhower
Austin
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