Solons Brace to Defeat Defense Ban on Quemoy Matsu
Senators George and Knowland forecast Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejection of Sen Morse's resolution opposing U S defense of Quemoy and Matsu. They cite prior defeats and warn against undermining Formosa policy, urging unity and rejecting a UN trusteeship.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China Coast
Quemoy
Matsu
Morse
D-Ore
Congress
U. S
TI Am
Pgeorge
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Combined Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Formosa
Esenhower
Far East
Oregon
Asia
Eisenhower
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Pescadores
United Nations
Reds Glimpse Softening in Formosa Urges Besieged Clash
London dispatch notes a drop in Peiping propaganda on Formosa and Chiang Kai-shek. Monitors report fewer references to liberation and war preparations, hinting at possible behind the scenes efforts by Britain and Russia to curb escalation. Diplomats suggest talks on Formosa settlement may be under way.
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Peiping
Formosa
Red China
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
Britain
Russia
Chou En-la
Peiping Radio Today
China
Soviet Union
Chiang Kai-shek Gang
Pei- Ping
Editor Scores Lawmakers as 89 Character Mobbers
Pulitzer winner Hodding Carter calls Mississippi lawmakers who condemned him “89 character mobbers.” TheHouse voted 89 to 19 in favor of the resolution. the Senate adjourned without action. Carter says the Look magazine article on Citizens Councils is truthful, while critics call it false and baseless. He vows to stand by his editorial and thanks the 19 who opposed the measure.
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Miss
Hodding Carter
Mississippi House of Enarties
Carter
Ciizens
Senate
Look Magazine
Greenville Delta
House of Representatives
Walter Sillers
Bek Windham
Prentiss
Windham
Joel Blass
Stone County
Citizens Councils
Eva Marie Saint Delivers Son After Best Supporting Win
New York April 2 Eva Marie Saint wife of television director Jeffrey Hayden gave birth to a son at Mount Sinai Hospital. The actress had just won the 1954 best supporting actress Oscar for On the Waterfront sharing the spotlight with best actor Marlon Brando.
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New York
Eva Marie Saint
Mount Sinai Hospital
Jeffrey Hayden
Marlon Brando
Miss Saint
MacArthur Documents On Yalta May Be Made Public
The Defense Department will decide whether to release a 10 year old MacArthur papers set including messages on Japan war aims and Russia entry. Whitney defended MacArthur against claims he urged Russian aid, while newspapers urged disclosure.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Department
Russia
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
Washington Post
Times Herald
Whitney
State Department
Yalta
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Path cleared for Chinese to leave United States
Washington reports 76 Chinese students join 56 Americans in exchange hopes. State Department says most students will return to Red China or elsewhere with U.S. funds for travel home, ending June 30. Additional cases under review. no direct deal with Beijing.
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Washington
United States
Red China
State Department
China
United Nations
U.S
State Department Presse
Henry Suydam
United Sates
Dulles
Illinois Mourns Col. McCormick
Illinois flies flags at half staff for Col. Robert R. McCormick editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune who died at 74. Funeral services are set for Monday at his Cantigny home near Wheaton with memorials Tuesday at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago broadcast by WGN. Burial at Cantigny.
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Illinois
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Leo M. Boyle
Illinois National Guard
William G. Stratton
McCormick
National Guard
Mexico
1St Infantry
Catigny
Wheaton
Fourth Presbyterian Church
WGN
The
Tribune
TV and comics blamed for U.S. scientist shortage
Dr. Robert K. E. Wilson warned at an American Chemical Society meeting that television and lurid science fiction distract bright youths from constructive work, slowing the pipeline of scientists and engineers. He blamed education systems for stalling gifted students and limiting math training, risking economic and national security.
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A. P
Cincinnati
Robert KE. Wilson
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
American Chemical Society
Wilson
Attorneys Seek New Trial in Dr Sheppard Case
Defense files a 366 page appeal arguing Dr Samuel Sheppard was wrongly convicted of second degree murder. They contend a left handed intruder killed Marilyn during a sex attack and cite criminologist Dr Paul Kirk's study supporting the alternative theory. Oral hearings set for May 23.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppard
Common Pleas Court
Bay Village
Berkeley
Calif
Paul L. Kirk
University of California
William J. Corrigan
Kirk
Susan Hayes
Aner
Corrigan
Dr. Kirk
Michigan Precinct Worker May Know More Than Voters
In Lansing on April 27 officials listed workers for Michigan's state election. One precinct worker stands out with the name Crystal Ball who may know more than voters about the process.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Crystal Ball
Churchill Plans Sicily Vacation
Prime Minister Churchill will depart for a Sicily vacation on April 12 and spend time in Catania and Siracusa at Villa Politi after resigning the premiership. A Downing St spokesman denied delaying the trip due to illness of Viscount Bridport and said Easter weekend will be in London.
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Churchill
Sicily
All Britain
Downing St
Viscount Bridport
Fane
Catania
City
Duite
Siracusa
Villa Politi
Ministry To Study 690 Carat Diamond Found in Venezuela
Venezuelan reports say a 690 carat diamond from the southwest jungle will be brought to Caracas for examination by the Ministry of Mines. Early estimates suggest poor quality and value as low as a few thousand dollars, though initial rankings put it near the famous 1934 Janker stone with higher potential.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Caracag
Ministry of Mines
Ciudad Bolivar
South Africa
Chicago Mayoral Race Tests Democrats in Biggest Contest
Chicago voters face a tight mayoral race between Democrat Richard J. Daley and Republican Robert B. Merriam. About 1.3 million of 1.946 million registered voters expected to cast ballots as party loyalty looms over the 1955 contest with national implications.
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Chicago
William G. Stratton
Merriam
Sen
Douglas
Dirksen
Witness To Family Slayings Left Blinded By Head Shot
A 49 year old farm wife Mamie Duncan survived a brutal slaying that killed her husband Goebel 51 their son Raymond 21 and daughter in law Elizabeth Duncan 20. She is blinded by a head wound and may never recall the crime or identify the killer. Investigators report no new leads.
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Hendderson
Mamie Duncan
Charles Kissinger
Kissinger
Government Officers Train With Firearms in Colombo
In Colombo on April 2 government officers from public utility services begin firearm training after a period of recess and industrial unrest including bombings. The railway security service leads the first training rounds at the ranges.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Railway Security Service
Mindanao Quake Death Toll Rises to 327 in Devastation
Officials fear bodies will rise further as the Mindanao earthquake devastates the Lake Lanao region. 327 confirmed dead, 254 injured, over 10 900 homeless, with extensive crop and property damage. President Magsaysay toured hardest hit areas as Red Cross and U.S. aid moved in.
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Dansalan
Mindanao
Philippines
T. Linch
Lanao
Linch
Lake Lanao
Mindianao
Charles R. Burrows
U.S
Manila
Magsaysay
United States
Clark Air Force Base
Luzon
Arturo Alcaraz
Iligan
Testers To Fire Atomic Sky Blast Over Yucca Flat
U S atomic testers plan a high altitude air burst above 30 000 feet near Yucca Flat tomorrow as part of an antiaircraft device test. The event involves about 40 Air Force planes with no troops, and will be observed by four senators and 44 members of the House.
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Las Vegas
Joint Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
AEC
Defense Department
Vete Eran
Yucca
House of Representatives
President Eisenhower Plays Golf at Gettysburg
President Eisenhower played golf at Gettysburg today near Civil War cannon fire that echoed from 92 years ago. He described his round as his worst in a long time and quipped that being in Washington would be worse.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
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