Millikin Sights GOP Foreign Policy Peace
Senator Eugene Millikin of Colorado predicts the Republican platform committee will craft a foreign policy plank acceptable to Taft and Eisenhower factions. Taft is more confident than Eisenhower about reaching agreement as Millikin outlines subcommittees and Dulles advisory input amid policy disagreements and debates on collective security and European aid. Senator Alexander Wiley weighed in, arguing airpower alone cannot stop Russian aggression.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Millikin
GOP
National Platform Committee
Chicago
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Platform Committee
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Wiley
Senate
Socialists Lead in Netherlands Win for 1948 style party surge
The Netherlands parliament elections gave Socialists three new seats and a large vote total as Dutch voters filled the 100-seat lower house. Labor and Catholics each won 30 seats with Labor leading by votes. Catholics and Communists shed seats, signaling a hung parliament and possible coalition.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Netherland
Willem Drees
Juliana
Drees
Labor
Harriman Attacks Taft-Hartley Law in Oregon Talk
Averell Harriman told Oregon Democrats the Taft-Hartley Labor Law was conceived and passed vindictively and would be unfair to steel workers amid the present steel strike. He spoke to 12 delegates to the national convention, attended a luncheon, then briefed several Oregon cities, urging federal action on civil rights and more state responsibility.
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Portland
Ore
Averell Harriman
Oregon
Democrats
Californian Collects Indian War Weapons
In Pasadena California Captain A G Sylvester a Spanish American War veteran began collecting Indian instruments of war early firearms and relics from his Illinois boyhood He credits uncles with Indian lore One uncle partnered with Buffalo Bill Cody another fought with General Custer His Indian pottery may be the oldest shown at the Southwest Museum and many weapons came from San Miguel Island off the southern California coast
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Pasadena
Calif
A.G. Sylvester
Illinois
Buffalo Bill Cody
Custer
Sylvester
Southwest Museum
San Miguel Island
California
Gamma Globulin Shots Against Polio Seen As Temporary Aid
A. P. science writer notes gamma globulin shots may prevent polio paralysis for three to six weeks, requiring repeats during epidemics. Passive immunity from donated antibodies differs from vaccines, which offer long lasting protection. G G could help control outbreaks while vaccines remain unavailable.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Reporter
New York
Point Four Housing in Iran Demonstration Models
MAMAZAN Iran Work has begun on demonstration models of community housing under an agreement between Point Four and the Iranian Ministry of the Interior. The project is part of Point Four's $150,000 program to construct rehabilitate and equip low cost housing as demonstration models in community centers.
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Mamazan
Iran
Point Four
Ministry of the Interior
Man Wins British Sewing Contest
London report from the National Needle Arts Bureau says Harry Leonard a 49 year old health inspector won the national sewing contest with a blue suit crafted in 330 hours of spare time earning the 140 dollar prize.
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London
National Needle Arts Bureau
Harry Leonard
Pop Concerts at St Paul to Open July 8
St Pauls Auditorium will launch the 16th annual Pop Concert ice entertainment season on July 8, with concerts every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday through August 30. Civic groups organize the event and 100 plus skaters from across the country train for the ice revues featuring Tales from the Vienna Woods conducted by Herman Herz and with Stanley Judson returning for his 12th season as ice revue director.
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St. Paul
St. Paul’s
Civic Opera Chorus
Vienna Woods
Herman Herz
Duluth Symphony Orchestra
South African Broadcasting System
Stanley Judson
London
Eng
Britain builds 85 ton bridge tester vehicle unique in world
Britain has built an 85-ton testing vehicle named Ossa upon Pelion after the Greek mountains. It carries a 35 foot long 50 ton concrete block that can be moved to vary weight on the bogey wheels from 20 to 90 tons, enabling precise bridge-load testing.
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London
Britain
Ossa
Pelion
Mundt proposes weed control bill for federal land
Senator Mundt of South Dakota introduces a measure to establish federal authority over noxious weed control on federal lands. The bill outlines mechanisms for identification, management, and eradication programs to protect ecosystems and agricultural interests.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
Wide Spaces Stir Dependence in West Says Boyle
HAL BOYLE notes Western views on Korea unite with a longing for space and autonomy. He recalls New Mexico zoning limiting homesteads, contrasts neighborly aid in wide spaces with crowded cities, and reflects on the resilient Indian salesman and the improved role of Native American soldiers in the U S war effort.
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New Mexico
West
Brooklyn
Mexico
Middlesbrough Chaplain Mobilizes Sailors To Meet Local Girls
In Middlesbrough the Rev Cyril Kettle, 35, leads a Mission of Seamen program to pair sailors with local churchgoing girls. He says the effort offers wholesome evening companionship and has fostered friendships and marriages, with cooperation among churches to supply volunteers.
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Middlesbrough
England
Cyril Kettle
Mission of Seamen
Kettle
Mr. Kettle
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Mystery of an Overseas Military Cemetery Buried Hero Count
A terse note questions why an overseas military cemetery lacks any Indian buried among its heroes. It reflects on battlefield steadfastness and unyielding courage in combat, pondering the reasons behind the absence of Indian personnel in the graveyard.
Directs Home Group in New Church Department
LeRoy Mrs. Wilbur Volkart was appointed to direct the newly organized home department for the church at a meeting of the Baptist Sunday School officers and teachers Monday evening at the home of George Sumnicht. Mrs. Herman Dick gave the opening prayer and Mrs. D. F. Mahoney led in devotions.
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LeRoy
Wilbur Volkart
Baptist
George Sumnicht
Herman Dick
D. F. Mahoney
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