U N Bolsters Truce Patrols in Gaza Strip
United Nations plans to reinforce the Israeli Egyptian cease fire with new observer posts and mobile patrols along the Gaza border. Dag Hammarskjold meets with Israeli Premier Ben-Gurion as Jordan signals cautious support while warning against diverting the Jordan River.
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U.N
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
U. N
Gaza
Truce Supervision
Israel
Egypt
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Ben-Gurion
Jordan
Samir Rifai
Amman
Austin Mayor protests snub over Traffic Safety Award
Mayor Baldy Hansen filed a protest with Gov. Orville Freeman after Hibbing and Albert Lea won the Traffic Safety Award in the 10 000 to 100 000 population class while Austin ranked first for cities with no fatalities. He cited 24 years without a fatal accident and stressed Austin’s safety record. Freeman will investigate and call back.
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Austin
Baldy Hansen
Orville Freeman
Hansen
Hibbing
Albert Lea
Guv Freeman
Minnesota
Freeman
Minneapolis
Eisenhower to give five or six TV campaign speeches
Republican national chairman Leonard W. Hall said after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower that the chief executive will likely deliver five or six television speeches this fall, with some outside Washington. He added the campaign will start around Sept. 15 and emphasize peace and prosperity.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
White House
Delegates Honor Sen Alben Barkley With Silent Prayer
In Minneapolis delegates to the Methodist general conference observed a minute of silent prayer for Senator Alben Barkley who died on Monday.
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Minneapolis
Methodist General Conference
Alben Barkley
GOP Leaders to Press for the Soil Bank
President Eisenhower and Republican leaders, after a weekly meeting, agreed to push for approval of a soil bank plan to pay farmers about a half billion dollars this year. The House Agriculture Committee had approved a soil bank bill but rejected the administration's advance payments proposal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
House
GOP
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Winona Man Killed in Grain Elevator Accident
Elmer Fischer, 58, of Winona a grain elevator employee for Gerstenberg and Co, died when his jacket caught on a rotating shaft. Officials say he slipped while sweeping grain near the shaft and was pulled into the machinery, being hurled against the shaft housing.
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Winona
Minn
Elmer Fischer
Gerstenberg and Co
Fischer
Duluth Man Dies From Bus Strike Injuries
Adolph Dahl, 52, of Duluth, died in a hospital from injuries after being struck by a car as he left a bus. Driver John Bolander, 60, also of Duluth, was charged with drunk driving.
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Duluth
Minn
Adolph Dahl
John Bolander
Life Saving Drugs Seen Affordable Despite High Prices
Minnesota druggists heard that today's prescriptions, though sometimes expensive at first, are low in long term cost due to rapid recovery. David D. Stiles cited national survey data showing an average price of 2.51 dollars with a model price of 1.25. He noted miracles cost more upfront but fall as use expands, citing penicillin from 1943 to under a cent per unit in bulk.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
David D. Stiles
Chicago
Ill
Stiles
Howard R. Johnson
St. Paul
Barkley Dies During Mock Convention Speech
Senator Alben W Barkley collapsed and died on the Washington and Lee University platform during a mock Democratic National Convention event in Lexington Virginia. He was 78, heart attack suspected. ambulance staff attended as Dr. Robert Munger arrived seven minutes later. Burial planned in Paducah Kentucky with services in Foundry Methodist Church.
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Sen
Alben W. Barkley
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Barkley
Francis P. Gaines
University
Gaines
Alben W Barkley
Kentucky
United States
Robert Munger
Foundry Methodist Church
Washington
Frederick Brown Harris
Senate
Paducah
Barkley Dies. Capitol Mourns as Half Staff Flag Falls
The Senate dies to the shock of Capitol observers as Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky collapses during a convention speech. Capitol Policeman James L. Goodall lowers the flag to half staff atop the Senate Office Building. President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon voiced grief, praising Barkley’s long service from House member to Senate majority leader and vice president. Barkley had long sought the presidency in 1952 but remained a central Democratic figure.
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Congress
Majority Senate
Doremus Gymnasium
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Mrs. Barkley
Rep
Burr
Capitol
James L. Goodall
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Washington
House of Representatives
Eisenhower
United States
Nixon
Stassen Sees Progress in Arms Talks
Harold Stassen in London said there has been important progress in disarmament talks among the United States United Kingdom Soviet Union and other nations. He cautioned that areas of disagreement remain larger than the areas of agreement. He cited a recent low ebb caused by Bulganin and Khrushchev’s London news conference.
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London
Harold Stassen
East
Stassen
U. N
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Bulganin
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
Israeli intercept lands Dakota over Negev
An American Dakota type foreign plane was intercepted by Israeli aircraft over the southern Negev Desert and directed to land at Lydda, according to an Israeli military spokesman.
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Jerusalem
Negev Desert
Lydda
Barkley Heart Attack Rumor Circulates Before 1952 Election
The Detroit News reported it learned Sen. Barkley suffered a heart attack shortly before the 1952 election with Dr. Paul Dudley White among his physicians. Washington aides denied any heart attack occurred in 1952.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Sen. Barkley
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Washington
May Day Around the World Reports and Moscow Parade
Abstract of international May Day observations with Pope Pius XII urging workers to Christ, Chiang Kai-shek addressing Nationalist workers, Mao Zedong and Peiping Red marchers, and Moscow’s 42 minute parade showing Lenin portraits and Bulganin Khrushchev leadership.
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Pope Pius XII
Tokyo
St. Peter's
Milan
Italy
Iron Curtain
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Red China
Peiping
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping Radio
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Lenin
Presidium
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Red
Freeman Regrets Connelly Acquittal
Gov. Freeman expressed regret over Judge Rensch directing the acquittal of former Teamsters organizer Gerald P. Connelly in the St. Paul bombing case. The case centers on dynamiting a union official’s home, with associates Harvey and Heid facing possible further prosecution in Minneapolis.
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ST. Paul
Teamster
Gerald P. Connelly
Gov. Freeman
Twin Cities
Connelly
Robert V. Rensch
Rensch
Diane Harvey
U.S. Demands Poland Halt Refugee Repatriation Pressure
The State Department delivered a strong note to Poland's Ambassador Spasowski accusing Polish officials of pressuring Iron Curtain refugees in the United States to return home. The U.S. rejected coercive tactics and insisted on voluntary repatriation while defending diplomatic contact with nationals. Immigration officials were ordered to watch for coercion targeting refugees.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Red
Poland
Romuald Spasowski
Spasowski
U. S
Soviet Union
United Nations
Viktor Solovyev
New York
Solovyev
Joseph Swing
Iron Curtain
Quads Born to Dallas Mother
Four baby girls were born to Mr and Mrs G A Hunter at Methodist Hospital in Dallas late last night and early today. The first weighed 3 pounds 4 ounces and was born at 11:44 p.m. The second 2 pounds 11 ounces, born three minutes later. The third weighed 3 pounds 3 ounces ten minutes after that, and the fourth at 12:05 a.m. All were placed in incubators and both parents were reported pleased.
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Dallas
G. A. Hunter
Methodist Hospital
Parents Innocent in Death of Baby
Virginia Minn district court jury acquits Mr and Mrs Henning Naslund of Hibbing on neglect charges tied to the 18 day old infant death on January 17. Judge Archer said a guilty finding must show wilful negligence under law.
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Virginia
Minn
Henning Naslund
Hibbing
William J. Archer
Court Martial Sought for Marine Sergeant in Swim Class Tragedy
Marine Corps recommends court martial for Staff Sgt Matthew McKeon of Worcester Massachusetts after he led recruits into a South Carolina swamp while intoxicated. Six recruits died as rescue efforts failed, with penalties considered from one month to 16 years. McKeon claimed the march taught discipline. General Randolph McCall Pate announced command changes and a Marine inquiry finding no authority for punitive action against platoon members.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Matthew McKeon
South Carolina
Worcester
Mass
McKeon
Secretary of the Navy
Randolph McCall Pate
House Armed Services Committee
J. C. Burger
Parris Island
S. C
Camp Lejevene
N.C
Pate
Navy
Judge Advocate General
Thomas
Poling Underway in District of Columbia and Alabama
Voters in Alabama and the District of Columbia cast ballots in primaries as Democratic contenders vie for the national post of committeeman amid racial and states rights tensions. Gov. James E. Folsom, C. W. McKay Jr., and Roy D. McCord seek the committeeman seat while the district weighs delegate selections to the national convention. Senator Hill faces John Trommelin, with Kefauver active in Florida as he criticizes Eisenhower foreign policy in broadcasts.
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Alabama
District of Columbia
James E. Folsom
C. W. McKay Jr
Roy D. McCord
Gadsden
Folsom
McKay
Supreme Court
U.S
Sen
Hill
John “Rommelin
Adi Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Florida
Eisenhower
Pensacola
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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