Yugoslavs Retain Independence As Russ Parley Ends
Belgrade Yugoslavia June 2 Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union signed a declaration of principles but Tito maintained independence. Khrushchev left empty handed after talks in Belgrade amid cautious U. S. comment and a vague joint statement on Formosa Taiwan and European security.
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Washington
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Red China
Peiping
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Euare
United Nations
China
U. N
Molotov and Italian Envoy Meet at Embassy Reception
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and Italian Ambassador Distefano held talks at the Italian Embassy in Moscow during a reception marking the ninth anniversary of the Italian republic. They discussed improving relations and reducing global tensions in a one hour discussion. Molotov's first visit to the embassy since Distefano arrived three years ago.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Mario Distefano
Molotov
Distefano
Bluefield Plans Citywide Vacation Sales Event
Twenty six members of the Bluefield Chamber Retail Trade Division approved plans for a city-wide sale named Vacation Sales Days to be held this month. The event aims to be the biggest in Bluefield with a large variety of values, details to be announced later by division chairman Max Kammer.
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Kammer
Jury Gets Russell Fraud Case Today
Abingdon Virginia June 2 The second of the Russell county vote fraud conspiracy cases goes to a federal district court jury of eight men and four women with testimony from more than a dozen witnesses. Four Russell men all Democrats face charges of conspiring to violate election laws in the 1952 general election.
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Federal District Court
Russell
Luther Compton
Honaker
Conley Trigg Pields
Lebanon
Kirby Smith
Compton
William F. Deel
Honaker Farmer
Ex-Gl Driver Drowns After Truck Plunges Into Pond
Alderson West Virginia June 2 a 22 year old Army veteran Marcus Edward Wickline recently discharged seven days ago drove a truck that left the road rolled eight times broke a guard rail and plunged into a farm pond firemen pulled him from the submerged vehicle and attempted artificial respiration but he died at the scene.
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Alderson
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Marcus Ediward Wickline
Ford reportedly offers job security fund amid UAW wage plan
Detroit June 2 Ford Motor Co. reportedly accepts in principle the UAW demand for year round pay while workers are out of work. A proposed 55 million dollar three year fund would supplement state unemployment, with Ford and UAW negotiating in secret as GM also faces the same demand.
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Ford Motor Co
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Ford
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The
Detroit News
Walter P. Reuther
Museum Folk Deny Labels As Stuffy
Washington June 2 500 museum keepers at the American Association of Museums annual convention defend a lively image. James Whitehead of Staten Island says the public still views museums as dusty and old fashioned, while Coggeshall notes museums now invite children and broaden venues beyond traditional displays.
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James Whitehead
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Americanum of Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge
Arthur Sones
Natural Museum
Coggeshall
Yale Museum
Reunion for fliers from Korea ends long wait in Honolulu
Four U S fliers released from Chinese captivity return to Hawaii with families flown from the mainland. Lt Col Edwin Heller Capt Harold Fischer Lt Lyle Cameron and Lt Roland Parks embraced loved ones at Hickam Air Force Base as cameras rolled and Hawaii orchids were exchanged amid tears and joy.
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U. S
China
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln, Neb
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Hong Kong
Hawaii
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Heller
Judith
Fischer
Harold E. Fischer Sr
Pather
225 Car Repairmen Re-Employed By B&O
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ordered the re-employment of 225 car repairmen at five repair centers across four states. Fifty were recalled immediately at Keyser West Virginia and Lorain Ohio, fifty at East Salamanca New York, fifty at Painesville Ohio, and twenty five at Glenwood. Through February the railroad said a total of 2,400 men are now in service.
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East Salamanca
N. Y
Painesville
Glenwood
U N Secretary Pledges More Aid for POWs After Aviator Release
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold expressed optimism over China releasing four American airmen and vowed to pursue freedom for the remaining 11 prisoners. He declined to credit any one government and noted Indian diplomat V K Krishna Menon would meet him June 9 at the United Nations.
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Dae Hammarskjold
Red China
Peiping
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Marshjold
Chou En-lai
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Chou
Government of
Menon
U.N
Reds Reported Freeing Top German Scientists
A June 2 Washington report in American Aviation Magazine claims Soviet Russia released many captive German scientists including most of about 200 V2 rocket experts. It says the move shows Moscow is self sufficient in aviation science with no more work for top German experts. It also notes Russia loaned some of its aviation specialists to lecture on jet design in East Germany.
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Soviet
Russia
Aviation Industry
East Germany
Huntington Man Named To Head TV Committee
Huntington news director Nick Basso was named chairman of the Freedom of Information Committee of the Radio Television News Directors Association. The appointment came from KRNT Des Moines president Russ Van Dyke on the recommendation of Ted Koop the retiring OI Committee chairman and former National Press Club president. Koop is CBS Washington DC news director.
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Nick Basso
Weaz & TV
Freedom of Information
Radio-Television News Directors Assn
Basso
Russ van Dyke
KRNT
Des Moines
Ted Koop
National Press Club
Koop
Washington, D. C
CBS
Senate Forwards 1953 Foreign Aid Bill Amid Senate Vote
The Senate approved the full 3.53 billion dollar foreign aid package for fiscal year starting July 1 by a 59 to 18 vote. The bill authorizes 1.595 billion in direct military aid and 200 million for a Free Asia development fund, with total funds set after further House action.
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Dworshak
R-Idaho
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Idaho
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Foreign Relations Committee
Rascal Percy Loses Appeal On Pen Term
Rascal Percy William Herman known as the runaway bridegroom lost an appeal to reduce his eight year sentence in the federal case. He had been convicted in October of stealing about 300000 in cash and jewels from his bride Mrs. Dyell Prather Havens and taking the haul across state lines toward New York with plans to rendezvous with another woman.
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Herman
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Leavenworth Penitentiary
James R. Moore
U. S
Sterling Hutcheson
Dyell Prather Havens
Palm Beach
Pla
Stafford County
New York
Coal-Steel Conference Deadlock In Europe
In Messina Sicily six foreign ministers of the European coal steel community were deadlocked over plans for a common European market and a new pool for transport power and atomic energy.
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Europe
Messina
Sicily
European Coal-Steel Community
Virginia Teens Focus On Driving Safety At Conference
At the 21st Annual Virginia Safety Association meeting in Richmond Arlington student Miss Mary Lee Hill urged peer influence over lectures. Gov. Stanley urged a safety crusade and highlighted anti reckless driving. Awards were given to local editors and safety leaders. 1,500 attendees prepare for a banquet address by Jennings Randolph.
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Mary Lee Hill
Washington-Lee High School
Virginia Safety Assn
Stanley
Thomas Bryan
Randall W. Everett Jr
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Virginia
Orn County Virginian
James F. Tyndall
Jeeter County News
Walter Bishop
Frank Watkins
WSVS
Crewe
Josephus A. Schaefer
Sostamuma Safety Council
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Two States Predict School Bond Fund Invalid By Mixing
Alabama seeks more legal aid to fight segregation suits after the Supreme Court ban on school integration. Virginia voids a million dollar Hanover County school bond issue. Prince Edward County vows no public schools while races stay separate. Summerton board omits operating costs from its budget.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
Virginia
Atty
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Prince Edward County
Virginia Group
Summerton
Board of Education
Iy Ove Edward
Edward A. Carter
Farmville
Garland Gray
Thomas B. Stanley
Commission On Public Education
Richmond
David Mays
Capitol
Gray
Bazile
Virginia Court Rules Hanover Bond Issue Illegal
Circuit Judge Leon Bazile enjoined Hanover County from issuing or using a one million dollar school construction bond approved July 14 1953. The ruling targets school bonds in counties with segregated education following Brown v Topeka. State officials and local supervisors weigh impact on other Virginia bond issues and delayed school budgets.
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Virginia
Supreme Court
Circuit
Leon Bazile
Hanover County
Samuel W. Shelton
Brown
Board of Education of
Topeka
Irene Court
State Dept. of Education
FBI Chief Defends Use of Informants in Justice Drive
J Edgar Hoover declares confidential informants essential to convict the guilty and clear the innocent. He argues for protecting informants and cites their value in uncovering facts, noting the need to rely on those with access to critical information.
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PBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Supreme Court
Congressional
Harvey Matusow
FBI
India Again To Seek U S Red China Talks
London reports a new Indian initiative to convene U S and Red China for talks on Formosa. Special ambassador V K Krishna Menon plans to meet Prime Minister Eden with British backing, after leaving Communist China May 21 following talks with Mao and Chou.
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London
United States
Red
Mediation Sessions Set for Bus Strike
Mediation sessions for the eight weeks old walkout of 7M Atlantis Greyhound Corp drivers begin Monday at 2 p.m. at the Daniel Boone hotel in Charleston. Federal mediators Wright and Young urge both sides to avoid public charges to save time, with union Division 1493 of the APL Motor Coach Employes Union involved.
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Atlantis Greyhound Corp
Daniel Boone Hotel
Joseph C. Wright
G. Harry Young
Federal Mediation Service
Wright
Young
Atlantic
District of Columbia
House Group Approves Postal Workers Raise
The House Post Office Committee approved a average 8 percent pay rise for about 500000 postal workers retroactive to March 1, with at least 6 percent for all. The bill costs an estimated 164 million dollars yearly and awaits House passage before Senate approval. Leaders expect President Eisenhower to sign. The panel also moved to hearings on a Civil Service raise bill for about one million workers.
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