Britain expels two Soviet air attaches after espionage claim
Britain disclosed it caught two Soviet air attaches Maj. Ivan Pugshev and Maj. Andrei Gudkov and gave them 10 days to leave. The foreign office said their activities did not relate to atomic energy, and the case followed other Cold War spy incidents.
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Foreign Office
Pugshev
Gudkov
Britain
Petrov
Australia
Khokhlov
Germany
Pavel Kuznetsov
Stolen Dog Reported by Baytown Resident
Mrs L N McDowell of 218 East Lobit reports her 20 month old son’s pet dog missing from the McDowell yard. The black half chihuahua half manchester dog is described as tiny with tan features and white teeth.
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L. N. McDowell
East Lobit
McDowell Yard
Chihushua
Manchester
Limit On McCarthy's Hearing Still Sought
Washington May 8 UPI Republicans plan a new attempt Monday to end the Army McCarthy hearings by putting Sen Joseph R McCarthy on the witness stand Sen Everett M Dirksen says he will propose a plan to shorten the hearings Dirksen would have McCarthy testify and be cross examined as the final witness in the inquiry The hearings have run 12 days and are in recess until Monday Subcommittee counsel and staff directors might not testify under the plan McCarthy has called the hearing a red minnow circus and said he would stop when cross examination of Stevens is completed but only if the plan is approved He resisted an immediate halt unless cross examination proceeds in detail
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Everett M. Dirksen
R-La
Dirksen
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Ray M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Army
G. David Schine
Schine
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Wisconsin Republican
Robert T. Stevens
Milwaukee
Sub
George M Humphrey
Arthur W. Radford
Joint
Childs of Sinii
Dulles
Fridaught
United Siates
Indo-China
U.S
Southeast Asia
United States
Congress
Republicans Abandon Taft Hartley Revisions Spotlight
Congress roundup reports Republican leaders virtually abandon Taft Hartley revisions this session after the Senate sent the administration bill back to labor committee 50 to 42. Senate Democrats unite to recommit, with three Republicans and Sen Morse. House actions stalled. St Lawrence Seaway bill expected for signature next week.
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Senate Democrats
Wayne Morse Ore
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence
Congressior
Sen Congress
Three Elderly Women Die In Houston Nursing Home Fire
A fire in a two story Alabama Rest Home nursing facility killed three elderly women on Friday. The victims, Mrs Mary Weazel Anémie Seelhurst and Mrs Emma Glass all died in one room as they tried to escape. Three other patients were burned minor and hospitalized. Operator Mrs C L Williams said no rooms were on the second floor and neighbor N M Nathan said the blaze consumed the house like paper.
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Houston, May
Justice of the Peace
W.C. Ragan
Mary Weazel
Anenie Seelhurst
Emma
Houston
Alabama
C. L. Williams
N.M. Nathan
Cie
Spirit Of Robert E. Lee Students Act To Stop Vandalism
Spirit of Robert E. Lee students held three separate Friday meetings led by class officers to address vandalism. Over 40 students spoke, with confessions and pledges that conduct unbecoming of Robert E. Lee students is finished. Junior class president J W Gander praised the earnest effort as faculty lauded the students' seriousness.
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Robert E. Lee
Robert B. Lee
J. W. Gander
Paris marks VE Day as Dien Bien Phu shadows praise
French crowds boo government leaders at Arch of Triumph and in Paris as bombs strike Nice offices of a Communist paper and party headquarters. Police report two home made bombs with little damage and a flour box detonation fear. The ninth anniversary of VE Day becomes a sombre tribute to Dien Bien Phu defenders and 11,000 troops.
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Paris
Dieu Bien
Phu
Nice
Joseph Lanier
Rene Pleven
Germany
Ie Patrie
Communist Party
Champs Elysee
Pleven
Arch of Triumph
Laniel
Dien Bien Phu
Europe
Indo- China
France
Free World
Tragic Campfire Accident Injures Monroe Teen
A .22 bullet from a campfire injured 16 year old Jimmy Arri of Monroe in Roseland port during an all night camping trip. He lost sight in his right eye and was taken to San Jacinto Memorial hospital for surgery. His parents are Mr and Mrs Edward Stewert of 112 Fant Francis.
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Jimmy Ari
Monroe
Roseland Port
Jimmy
Sinting
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Edward Stewert
Fant Francis
Refinery Experts Schedule Papers at Midyear Institute
Four members of the Baytown Refinery group will present papers at the Midyear Refinery Institute in Houston next week. Ed Gann will discuss Non Metal Analysis of Micro Quantities of Solids by the Emission Spectrum. J B Anderson will speak on Effective Montreal of Stores Operations. G Atkins and G W Wilson will panel Fractionation-Ba uiomes tas for Refinery Feed Stock Thursday afternoon. J W Baldridge, former worker with the Oklahoma Indians, will be guest speaker at a Baptist Student Union meeting in Lee College Sunday.
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Baytown
Houston
Ed. Gann
J.B. Anderson
General Storecooper
Montreal
G. Atkins
G. Wi. Wilson
J. W. Baldridge
Warkie
The
Oklahoma Indians
Pam
Lee College
Imlage
Baytown Area Prepares for Major Salk Polio Vaccination Test
In Baytown, La Porte, and Cronhy, over 600 second graders will receive the Salk polio vaccine as part of a large field trial. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis notes the vaccine does not cause polio or disease and has been tested in thousands of children. The program marks a 16 year research climax and includes three tests per vaccine batch before distribution.
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Baytown
la Porte
Cronhy
The
Nations Foundation For
Waytown
National Foundation For
University of Pittsburgh Laboratory
Br Donag B. Salk
La Porte City Attorney Not Reappointed by Commission
La Porte city leaders failed to reappoint city attorney J Cade and city judge John Eckhardt in a regular meeting. A successor for Cade was not named while Mayor Burgin appointed Charlie Norris as city judge. The commission debated appointing John Kilbler as special counsel to handle a suit against a South Houston distributor, with legal opinions split on his eligibility for the city attorney role.
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la Porte
Johnella Boxnton
J. Cade
la Porte City
John Eckhardt
Cade
M.D. Burgin
Charlie Norris
John Kilbler
Commission
Kibler
Rigby
Milbler
South Houston
He Dd
Kitler
Ik Die Rigby
Wkitbler
Ney Li Porte
Security Chiefs Meet to Plot Asia Action
President Eisenhower convened the National Security Council in an extraordinary session after Dien Bien Phu as Indo China crisis looms. Top aides including Nixon Dulles Wilson Rand Flemming Tuttle Radford attended while Dulles warned that US forces could join Indo China if Geneva fails under a broader security umbrella.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Indo- China
Free Nations
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Informarits
Southeast Asia
Richard M. Nixon
John Foster Dulles
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
William R. Rand
Arthur S. Flemming
Treasury
Elbert P. Tuttle
Secretary of Treasury
East And West Begin Indo China Peace Talks In Geneva
Western powers and the Soviet Union agreed to open Indo Chinese peace talks at 4 pm Geneva time after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The United States Britain and France sought Soviet approval for the starting hour with Molotov and Edan consulting on procedural questions. Rebel delegates welcomed the prospect of a ceasefire while Western officials warned that fragile safeguards were needed to protect troops and territory.
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Edward M. Kohry
Geneva
East
Indo-China
Dien Bien Phu
Suggsted
Vyacheslav M. Molotey
Mans
Anthony Edan
Palace of Nations
Xperia
United States
Britain
France
Dier Rienen
Georges Bidault
IndoChina
Airmen's Bodies Recovered After Cerro de la Banqueta Crash
Ciudad Victoria reports three Navy ambulances carried bodies from a Gulf of Mexico patrol bomber crash on Cerro de la Banqueta. The aircraft struck the hill during a routine patrol, tearing engines from the fuselage and igniting a fire that burned three miles long. Navy and Mexican officials coordinated transport toward Brownsville while awaiting word on remaining personnel.
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Ciudad Victoria
Aeri
Horacio Teran
Tamaulipas
Cerro de la Banqueta
Navy
Bedias
United
Paws Nias
Gulf of Mexico
Teran
Brownsville
Tex
Ar Grande
United States
Rev Pierce Honored by Texas Christian University
The Rev Lee C. Pierce former Baytown minister now pastor of First Christian Church of Jackson Miss. will receive an honorary degree at TCU during the dedication of its new religious center. Ceremonies begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with faculty leaders and delegations from sister institutions in regalia.
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Lee C. Pierce
Baytown
First Christian Church of
Jackson
Misa
South
Southwest
Texas Christian University
TCU
Piers
First Christan Church
Bay Town
M. E., Sadier
Fall of Dien Bien Phu Amid Hopeless Charge
May 8 report from Paris and Hanoi says French holdouts at Dien Bien Phu launched a last hopeless charge as the fortress fell to overwhelming Communist forces. Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries surrendered after 58 days as Peiping and Hanoi radio claimed major French and allied casualties.
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Louis
Guilbert Hanos
Dien’ Bien Phu
Legicnnaires
Riday
Downy Hill
Wet Minh
Birgh
Fio
Red
Meation de Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Peiping
Ching
Ger
Henri Navarre
Indo-China
RadioTells Final Story Of Capture
Radio dispatches from Hanoi outline the final moments of Dien Bien Phu as Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries's position falls. The report notes radiotelephone exchanges with French headquarters and places the event in May near the end of the siege, signaling a turning point in Indochina conflict.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Christian de Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Fis
Roma and Gen Cogny Face Grave Viet Fight in Indochina
De Castries reports being in the midst of heavy fighting with Viet Minh forces described as everywhere. He says the situation is very grave and the combat is chaotic, with the end approaching as Swedish and other Allied positions engage in northern Indochina.
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Roma
de Castries
Rene Cogny
Thdo
China
Sweden
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