Dulles Urges Huge Foreign Aid Fund to Halt Red Domination
Secretary of State Dulles urged Congress to authorize 314 billion dollars for foreign aid over the next year to deter Soviet expansion. He argued isolation cannot ensure security and called for a mutual security program to strengthen the free world with allied support. He warned of Communist China aiding the Vietminh and the broader Indochina threat, while noting Congress will review foreign aid before any new appropriations.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Foreign Relations Committee
Wiley
South Korea
Free World
Senate Committee
Senate
China
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Viet Minh Crush Rebels in Two Hanoi Area Sieges
In Indochina, a 3,000 strong Vietminh force overwhelmed 1,000 Vietnamese troops and Catholic militiamen at a Quan Phung seminary near Hanoi after a seven hour last stand. Cho Noi defense post fell as Vietminh push toward Haiphong Hanoi lifeline.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Quanphunga
Cho Noi
Haiphong- Hanoi
Harold G Hoffman Former New Jersey Governor Found Dead
Harold G. Hoffman, 58, former New Jersey governor, was found dead in his New York City apartment. He likely died of a heart attack after a period of heart ailment treatment and prior suspension from employment for alleged irregularities in supplies and equipment purchases.
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New York
Harold Giles Hoffman
New Jersey
New York City
Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Stern
Huge Blast at Institute Carbide Plant Injures 52
A massive explosion at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals plant in Institute near Charleston injures 52 and causes extensive property damage. The blast, felt across a 15 mile radius, originated from a railroad tank car and damaged homes and businesses while knocking out power. No fatalities reported.
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Institute Carbide
Charleston
Here
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Institute
Kanawha Valley
Mat
South Charleston
St. Albans
Institute and
Dunbar
Delbert Simmons
Roxalana Road
Wss
Simmons
Kanawha River
Watt Powell Baseball Park
Kanawha
Air National Guard
Huntington
Rup Institute
Populour Kanaw
Ex-WAC Goes Home 2200 Miles With Horse And Dog
Katheryn Elliots, 33, a former WAC corporal, leaves Ft. Lee for Malta Montana riding her horse Brenda and traveling with a small mongrel named Pipeline. She plans about 20 miles daily, avoids big cities, stops at motels or campsites, and aims to reach Rhinelander Wisconsin before returning for the horse in warm weather.
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Katheryn Elliots
Brenda
M Liot
Petersburg
Malta
Mont
Rhinelander
Wis
WAC
Culpeper
Front Royal
U. S. 522
Greensburg
Wisconsin
Miss Elliot
A 'S Academy
Ft. Lee
Eglin Field
Fla
Andrews AF Base
Pipeline
Senate and House Invite Heroine Nurse Guest of Honor
The Senate and House unanimously invited the heroic French nurse of Dien Bien Phu,ppe de Galard, to visit the United States as guest of honor in a joint resolution congratulating her and requesting her earliest convenience for arrival.
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Senate
House
Washington
Dien Bien Phu
Ppe de Galard Aeereane
Releveto & Com
Labor Market Areas Listed
The government adds 16 major and 15 minor labor market areas to the list of those with substantial labor surplus. The report notes a seasonal uptick in outdoor work and some factory losses, with about half the areas expecting job gains through mid July. It moves Chicago Lan caster and Norfolk Portmouth to moderate surplus and designates 31 smaller areas as having unemployment above 12 percent, listing Cumberland Maryland and several West Virginia towns among them.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Bristol- Johnson City
Esport
Tenn
Cumberland
Stone Gap- Appalachia
Y. W. Va
Logan
W. Va
Morgantown
Point Pleasant
W.va
Ronceverte-White Sulphur Springs
Welch
Pikesville
Williamson
W_ Va
Atomic age vacancy bill approved by Senate
The Senate approved 70 to 1 a constitutional amendment to empower governors to fill House vacancies during national emergencies. The measure aims to address risks from mass destruction weapons, allowing vacancies to be filled when the President proclaims violence or disaster raises vacancies beyond 145.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Stennis
D-Miss
Sen
Knowland
Calif
House
Weekend Relief Expected From Cool West Virginia Weather
West Virginia towns faced their second coldest June 4 on record yet the forecast predicts sunny skies and a gradual warm up through the weekend. Martinsburg hit 75 while other spots ranged 56 to 60 with recent lows near those values as meteorologist Leroy Stone forecast five days near normal at 68 to 69 degrees and limited rainfall under half an inch, with possible showers by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Leroy Stone
Adlai Welcomes Stiffening Attitude in McCarthy Row
Adlai E Stevenson praised the administration for a stiffer stance in the Army McCarthy controversy. He declined to detail his views but said he expects Democratic victory in the fall elections. He spoke at LaGuardia and planned to address a Columbia bicentennial conference.
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New York
Adlai E Stevenson
LaGuardia
Illinois
Columbia University
America
Stevenson
Lebron Described as Leader in House Shooting
Reporters describe Lolita Lebron as the ringleader of the March 1 shooting in the House gallery. Testimony from wounded and uninjured lawmakers recounts the attack and Lebron and three Puerto Rican nationalists are on trial for assault with intent to kill.
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Lolita Lebron
Washington
House of Representatives
Louis E. Graham
R-Pa
Ord Davis
Dean Davis
Mich
Jensen
Fallon
New York City
FHA Bans Luxury Items From Loan Insurance List
The FHA declared 26 luxury items ineligible for loan insurance, including barbecue pits tennis courts venetian blinds and television antennas. Acting FHA Commissioner Norman P Mason announced a public hearing for June 14 to address charges against Burton C Bovard PHA general counsel who refused to resign after on going probes into home purchase abuses and high pressure sales schemes.
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Washington
Thevernment
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Norman P. Mason
Mason
Burton C. Bovard
PHA
Bovard
Sanaa
Ava Gardner Plans Nevada Residence For Divorce
Ava Gardner plans to move to Lake Tahoe Nevada within weeks to establish a Nevada residence for divorce from Frank Sinatra Sidatra. MGM said no definite departure date. The Nevada six week residence rule applies. The couple wed in 1951 and Sinatra declined comment on the split.
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Hollywood
Ava Gardner
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Frank Sidatra
MGM
Nevada
Europe
Sinatra
Transcript controversy swells as Senate hears calls
Televised hearings feature verbatim records and edited expletives as McCarthy Symington and Stevens face off over Zwicker probes. The afternoon session includes calls between Stevens and aides, with Symington backing Clifford as a top Democrat lawyer while defending his role to curb abuse of generals.
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Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Symington
Simcett
Senate
Sen. Jackson
D - Wash
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Cohn
Wisconsin
Mundt
Asc
Eisenhower
Rogers
Ralph E. Zwicker
Zwicki
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Army
Stevens-Symington
Clifford
Clark Clifford
Truman
Subcommittee
Symington Stevens
Welfare Bill Goes To House Almost Intact
The Appropriations Committee cut less than one percent from President Eisenhower’s welfare and labor budget request. The panel approved 1,948,946,011 for the coming year and rebuked Mrs. Oveta Hobby over a chart room expense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Labor and Welfare
House
Appropriations Committee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Welfare
Oscar Ewing
Busbey
Ill
Hobby
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Eweing
Federal Security Agency
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Senate
Welfare Department
Jail Ex-Convict In Two Slayings
In Suffolk Virginia a 49 year old ex convict released four months ago is jailed on charges for the shotgun deaths of Marion Phillips and her son Buck 21. Stephenson fled officers but was captured after leaping into a ditch and he admits the double slaying.
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Suffolk
State Penitentiary
Lindsay Stephenson
Marion Phillips
Buck
Stephenson
Hurley Jones
Nansemond County
Buckpure
Five High School Boys Die by Hanging in 10 Days
Two more teen deaths raise the local count to five in the last 10 days. Albert Clarence Small Jr and Ian Mervis, both 15, were found dead in their bedrooms in separate parts of the area.
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Los Angeles
Albert Clarence Small Jr
Ian Mervis
Eeach
Archbishop Cushing backs McCarthy stand amid controversy
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston said the McCarthy Army controversy may yield a lot of good and that McCarthy is not dividing the country or the Catholic Church. He spoke after visiting the White House with National Council of Catholic Nurses officials and noted broad public interest in televised hearings.
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Washington
Richard J. Cushing
Boston
Sen. McCarthy
White House
National Council of Catholic Nurses
Cushing
Senate
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Flanders
Mc.Carthy
Francis C. Spellman
New York
McCarthy
Bernard J. Sheil
Chicago
Recall drive for Sen. McCarthy stalls in Wisconsin
Sauk City editors say 25 000 more signatures needed by Saturday midnight to sustain the Joe Must Go recall drive against Sen. McCarthy. Leaders admit slim chances as petitions remain with circulators. law requires a complex 60 day window and state and federal checks before any election.
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Sauk City
Wis
Sen. Mearthy
R-Wis
Leroy Gore
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Chhecking
U.S
Atty
Vernon Thomson
United States Senate
Fred R. Zimmerman
Sen. McCarthy
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