Kidnapped Phoenix Woman Freed After $75000 Ransom
Arizona authorities tracked an armed kidnapper across the Superstition Mountains after Evelyn Ann Smith, 23, wife of a Phoenix steel executive, was seized and released following a $75,000 ransom. The abductor fled with the money as police, FBI and bloodhounds hunted through rugged terrain near Apache Junction and Florence Junction.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pinal County
Evelyn Ann Smith
Phoenix Pipe and Steel Company
Dutchman
Arizona Highway Patrol
Phoenix Police Department
FBI
Smith
Herbert
Arizona
Salt River
Apache Junction
Chevron
U S and Britain map plan to wind up Geneva talks
United States Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden held a long session in Geneva to map general procedure for ending the deadlocked Geneva conference. The plan follows their earlier discussions and precedes Eden's broader talks.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
Eden
U S Faces Crisis in Paris as Indochina Talks Lag
U S officials fear the French government crisis will slow Allied efforts in Southeast Asia while at Geneva debates continue. Western leaders expect to end the Korean phase by next Wednesday, with Molotov possible new talks as Eden considers ending Indochina discussions.
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Washington
U. S
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Paris
Indochina
Rec
V. M. Molotov
Smith
Eden
Georges Bidault
Bidault
National Assembly
Molotov
House Approves 76 River Projects for Federal Action
The House Public Works Committee approved 76 rivers and harbors projects totaling 109 million dollars in proposed federal construction authorization. The omnibus bill would authorize future work without immediate funding and lists Sheboygan Harbor Wisconsin at 217000 and Crooked Slough Winona Minnesota at 142000 among the projects.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Congress
Sheboygan Harbor
Wis
Crooked Slough
Winona
Minn
Painters Begin Walkout Here
About 30 workers from Local 1604 Painters Union AFL walked out at midnight across 17 Austin painting contractors. The strike targets a wage increase request, while fringe benefits and union recognition were settled. A meeting may occur today though none scheduled. Pickets endure near 90 degree heat.
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Austin
William LaDue
Austin Building Trades Council
AFL
Fred Miles
867
UAW
1604 Painters Union
LaDue
Son pulls capsized boat in Rainy Lake rescue
International Falls Minnesota. Jack Sweeney, 31, swam 150 yards to shore towing a capsized 14 foot boat with his 80 year old father clinging to its sides. He cut the rope on the anchor before the swim. The father, unable to swim, suffered shock and exposure but was otherwise unharmed.
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International Falls
Minn.m
Jack Sweeney
Rainy Lake
Sweney
High Court Rebukes Laxity in Minnesota School Merger
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the Cottonwood County school consolidation but censured officials for statutory violations in notice posting and pre election steps. The ruling stresses that consolidations should not be jeopardized by lax processes and notes violations occurred before the consolidation plan was approved by the education commissioner.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Cottonwood County
Leroy E. Matson
Justice Matson
Emma C. Sammons
Elvin Erickson
Flynn
Supreme Court
High Court
Erickson
Education Commissioner
Adams Former Navy Secretary Dies at 87 in Dover
Charles Francis Adams former secretary of the Navy died at his home in Dover Mass Thursday age 87 He served during the Hoover era was a lawyer by training later a banker He was a great great grandson of President John Adams His son Charles F Jr heads Raytheon Manufacturing Co He leaves a widow and a daughter Mrs Henry Sturgis Morgan
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Dover
Mass
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
Adams
Hoover
John Adams
United States
Charles F. Jr
Raytheon Manufacturing Co
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Minnesota to Graduate About 2500 at Memorial Stadium
President Morrill will deliver the main address and present diplomas as the University of Minnesota holds spring commencement exercises for about 2500 graduates at Memorial Stadium Saturday night.
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Minneapolis
Morrill
University of Minnesota
Memorial Stadium
Eisenhower vows steady fight to uproot subversion and unity push
President Eisenhower pledged to stay everlastingly at uprooting subversion and urged political fusion over fission. Speaking to Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee, he called for speedy Congress action on a potent package of anti communism measures as July adjournment nears. His address energized about 1,000 supporters and highlighted a push to win more votes in the November elections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Marty Snyder
Citizens Committee
Both Parties Claim Credit for Expanded Social Security
Washington reports both Republicans and Democrats claim credit for a sweeping social security liberalization plan headed for overwhelming congressional approval. The measure passed the House 355 to 8 and awaits Senate Finance Committee hearings. Eisenhower pressed the bill in a televised speech, saying broad coverage provides reasonable assurance against old age insecurity while his party leverages electoral advantage.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
GOP
Mexico to Join Study of Reds in Guatemala
Mexico ready to join hemispheric review of charges against Guatemala as Acting Foreign Minister Jose Gorostiza says the country agrees with the regional sentiment. The move follows efforts at an inter American conference to assess Red influence in Central America and Latin America amid Caracas discussions.
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Mexico
Guatemala
Mexico City
U. S
Americas
Reds
Jose Gorostiza
Panama Canal
Gorostiza
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Caracas
Argentina
Gen Ely to lead war against rebels in Indochina
In Hanoi Gen Paul Ely arrives as France's new Indo China chief to direct operations against Communist led rebels threatening the Red River Delta. Premier Buu Loc and cabinet draft a GI Bill of Rights to speed Vietnam's army to 500000 by year end amid draft resistance.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Paul Ely
France
Indo
China
Ely
Saigon
Prince Buu Loc
Dulles Warns Reds May Seek Western Pacific Push
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned Communist China might try to capture free world positions in the western Pacific to push the United States back to California. He told the San Francisco audience to keep hands off and said the U.S. would view such moves as a direct threat, potentially needing U.N. support or acting alone if necessary.
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San Francisco
John Foster Dulles
China
Western Pacific
United States
California
House Extends Time on Trade Agreements
The House voted a one year extension of the President's power to negotiate trade agreements with foreign nations. The measure, sending to the Senate, extends the authority to June 12, 1955, despite opposition arguing the program harms basic American industries.
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Washington
House
Senate
Britain Lets Several Thousand Goods Go to China
Britain tentatively authorized the sale to Communist China of thousands of items labeled nonstrategic. The Board of Trade Journal listed equipment such as light machinery medical supplies and scientific instruments along with manufacturing gear vehicles rubber goods plastics and food. Final licensing authority remains with the government.
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London
Britain
China
Official
Board of Trade Journal
Seven Die in Flash Floods Across Central and Southern Japan
Heavy rains and unseasonable frost leave seven dead as flash floods wash away crops in central and southern Japan. Rescuers search for victims and assess agricultural damage amid continued downpours.
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Tokyo
Japan
Army hearings collide over McCarthy testimony and Suspects
In Washington, Senator Flanders demanded McCarthy’s removal as chair unless he purges himself of contempt. The Army-McCarthy hearings featured cross examination hints of sworn contradictions about Maj. Gen. Lawton’s fate and Roy Cohn’s influence on Schine’s service, while Schine and Clifford were blocked from testifying by a party-line vote.
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Washington
Ray Jenkins
Sen. McCarthy
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
McCarthy
Flanders
Senate
Sen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mundt
Army
Stevens
Roy M. Cohn
G. David Schine
The
Waldorf
Schine
Cohn
Roy
Pvt. G. David Schine
Senate Investigations
Roy Cohn
Frank Carr
Clark Clifford
Truman
Democratic Committee
Sen. Mundt R.S
Clifford
Indonesian delegation to discuss Dutch union liquidation
The Dutch Foreign Ministry says a four man Indonesian delegation will arrive June 20 to negotiate the liquidation of their four year old loosely linked union with the Netherlands government.
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Hague
Netherlands
Dutch Foreign Ministry
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