U S Announces Return Path for POWs Who Stayed With Reds
The United States will arrange the return home for 21 former POWs who stayed in Communist China after the Korean War but now wish to come back. They will face U.S. laws and military justice for any wrongful acts. transfers will be via U.S. consular authorities and federal review upon arrival. Relatives report Cpl Otho G. Bell of Olympia Washington and Cpl Lewie W. Griggs of Jacksonville Tennessee now seek to return, with six others also expressing hope to leave Red China in the future.
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White House
State, Defense and Justice Departments
United States
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State Department
U.S
Cpl
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Lewie W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tenn
Red China
Detroit Tries Television for Traffic Control
Detroit will start a two week test using two television cameras on the John C. Lodge and Edsel Ford expressways to study how well TV traffic monitoring can speed emergency responses, ease bottlenecks, and guide possible permanent use. Officials will measure visibility, needed camera coverage, and cost.
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Detroit
Truck Car Collision Fatal to Iowa Man
WINTERSET Iowa Carl Christensen 33 of near Winterset was killed when his car collided with a truck on Highway 169 six miles north of Winterset. Sheriff Rex Rouse said Christensen a night shift employee at the Firestone plant in Des Moines was en route home from work and apparently dozed at the wheel. Mrs Alma Carter 30 of Stewartsville Missouri driver of the truck was unhurt.
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Iowa
Carl Christensen
Highway 169
Rex Rouse
Christensen
Firestone
Des Moines
Alma Carter
Stewartsville
Cow Keepers in Southeast Pakistan Link Prosperity to Herds
In southeast Pakistan, residents often keep cows as a sign of prosperity even though they rarely use the animals for meat milk or hides.
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Pakistan
West Plans for Big Four Talks Unite Western Front
The West begins unified strategy for the San Francisco talks with Dulles, Macmillan, Pinay and Adenauer joining the Western group. Molotov travels to the summit in Geneva, while British and French delegates arrive for the first sessions in New York and the Waldorf Astoria meeting.
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West Germany
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V. M. Molotov
Switzerland
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Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
Molotov
Wave Hill
Bronx
Britain
U. N
Pierson Dixon
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Strike Eases in Singapore As Taxi Cabs Return
In Singapore the strike eased as about 2,000 taxi cabs returned to streets while government trucks ferried children to school. Trade unions denounced walkouts, calling the disruption unwarranted as authorities held six labor leaders jailed under emergency rules. About 17,000 workers joined the call, far below the predicted 70,000.
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Trade Union Federation
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Court Dismisses Assault Charges Against Youths
In Cedar Rapids Iowa Superior Court Judge Benesh ordered dismissal of assault and battery charges against University of Iowa students Duane Tolson Bill Bosith and James Martinkus after defense attorney produced wrong suspects for the May 1 Skyway Inn fight A fourth student John Oakley was fined 25 dollars and costs the attorney plans to appeal.
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Wisconsin
Devastation Ignored in Civil Defense Drill
In a Sacramento civil defense test a warning claimed an atom bomb had devastated Long Beach. An official said the scenario did not include that attack and they had other bombs to worry about, so they ignored the alert.
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Sacramento
Calif
11Th Naval District
Long Beach
Radford urges limits on indefinite Yugoslavia aid
Adm. Arthur W. Radford told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that U.S. arms aid to Yugoslavia should not continue indefinitely without clearer assurances of Yugoslav stance in emergencies. He urged continuing aid next year while warning against a showdown timing, with implications for the planned Big Four conference.
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Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U.S
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Radford
Eisenhower
Queen Mary Cancels New York Sailings Amid Seamen Strike
Britain's wildcat seamen strike halts the 81,000 ton Queen Mary in Southampton forcing passengers to disembark and seek alternative transport to New York. 120 crew members walked off with 500 others. Cunard cites scab labor and crew dissension as causes while the Mauretania and other liners face disruption. 1,100 travelers, including 50 D'Oyly Carte performers, adjust plans as Cunard arranges trains and airline bookings. The seamen's union refuses to approve the action citing wage and hours demands.
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England
Britain
New York
Cunard
D’oyly Carte Opera Company
United States
Canada
Helen Keller Receives Honorary Doctorate in Berlin
West Berlin's Free University awards Helen Keller an honorary Doctorate of Medicine, marking a symbolic recognition of her humanitarian work and advocacy. The ceremony highlights Keller's global influence and the university's esteem for her advocacy for disability rights.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Free University
Helen Keller
Doan’s Pills Offer Relief From Backache And Irritation
Nagging backache headaches or muscular pains may come from exertion stress or poor health. Doan’s Pills relieve pain ease bladder irritation and mildly diurese through the kidneys. If backache keeps you awake try Doan’s for relief millions have trusted for over 60 years.
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Austin City Board of Review to Meet on June 27 1955
Notice from the City of Austin Minnesota that the Board of Review will convene at 10:00 a m in the City Clerk's office to review and correct 1955 assessments. Aggrieved residents must appear to show cause. Complaints about others' assessments require prior notice to the affected party or their agent. June 8 1955.
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Austin
Mower County
State of
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