Algerian Rebels Spurn De Gaulle Peace Plea in Eastern Algeria
Rebel spokesmen abroad reject De Gaulle's bid for unity and vow to continue fighting. De Gaulle, cheered in Constantine and Bone, urged Moslems to join 10 million Frenchmen, while FLN leaders said no ceasefire unless independence is recognized. Rebels in Tunisia echoed resolve to persist as French garrisons hold eastern Algeria.
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Bone
Algeria
de Gaulle
Constantine
FLN
North
Africa
Tunisia
Paria
French Revolutionary Junta
Paris
Pierre Pilimini
Linger Dies In Chair For Murder At Weston
Eugene Henry Linger, 31, died in the West Virginia State Penitentiary electric chair after a late afternoon execution. Gov. Underwood considered clemency. Linger was condemned for the 1957 Weston murder of William H. White, who was robbed of about $3,000 and shot. The last kitchen was prepared by Warden Donivan Adams as chaplain Lt. Morris Eads conducted prayers.
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Moundsville
Eugene Henry Linger
State Penitentiary
Morris Eads
Salvation Army
Tingar
St. Eads
Linger
Weston
Underwood
Eads
Death Row
Death House
Donivan Adams
Adams
William H. White
Little
White
Charleston
Singer
Molon
Robert Lee Hopkins
Kanawha County
House Rejects Army Cut as Defense Bill Passes
The House rebuffed Eisenhower’s bid to cut Army manpower by 30,000 and approved a record peacetime defense bill of 38.4 billion dollars. The bill funds the Army at 2.55 million personnel, Navy and Air Force boosts, and stronger Marine Corps, National Guard, and Reserve components, with the total exceeding the administration request by 212 million.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Marine Corps, National Guard and Reserve
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Secretary of Defense
Union Girl Crowned Dairy Princess in Bluefield Pageant
Patty Leach, 17, Union milk maid and daughter of Harvey Leach, was crowned Dairy Princess by Phyllis White nack. She will represent Area Six in the State Dairy Princess Contest at Parkersburg June 8-9, winning a $100 prize and an all expenses paid trip.
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Patty Leach
Phyllis Whitenack
Area Six
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Union
Appalachian Power Co
Karl E. Weiler
Peery Blackwell
Union High School
Greenbrier
Harvey Leach
Guernsey
Pat
Marshall College
Ann
West Virginia
Union Dairy
Area Dairy
Business leaders call tax cuts against recession
A group of fourteen top executives told Senate Finance Committee they favor tax cuts as an anti recession tool over public works. They caution against inflation and say it is impossible to smooth all economic fluctuations. Leaders include J M Symes of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Philip Sporn of American Gas & Electric with others like James Leftwich Sears Roebuck and R G Rincliffe Philadelphia Electric. Some advocated contingent tax relief but opinions vary.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
J. M. Symes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philip Sporn
American Gas & Electric Co
Senate Committee
James T. Leftwich
F. W. Woolworth Co
H. J. Livingston
First National Bank of Chicago
F. F. McConnell
Sears, Roebuck & Co
R. G. Rincliffe
Philadelphia Electric Co
James §. Rockefeller
First National City Bank of New York
C. R. Smith
American Airlines
Sporn
Symes
William R. Odell
International Harvester Co
Pilot Trainee Dies After Martinsburg Airport Crash
Edwin Henderson, 3 year old pilot trainee, died in Martinsburg Hospital from injuries sustained in a Martinsburg Municipal Airport crash. Capital investigators from CAA and Capital probed the cause as two other injured men, Capt. James B. Kinne and Ray Tompkins, both of Virginia, remained out of danger.
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Martinsburg Hospital
Martinsburg
Edwin Henderson
Henderson
Stillwater
Minn
CAA
Capital
James B. Kinne
Sterling
Ray Tompkins
Fairfax
German Unification Topic Raised in US West Germany Talks
In Washington on Thursday the United States and West Germany agreed that the issue of German unification should not be excluded from any potential political talks or negotiations. Both governments stressed that the topic could be part of future discussions as they seek peaceful and gradual steps toward a unified Germany.
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Washington
United States
West Germany
Strauss Quits AEC Position
Washington AP Lewis L Strauss resigned as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission effective June 3, the end of his term. He will take a new post as presidential assistant in charge of promoting the atoms for peace program. White House secretary Hagerty said a successor will be named soon and noted Strauss also resigns from the commission.
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Washington (Ap
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Pisenhow
Eisenhower
Sons
Hagerty
White House
Wia
Commission
Wounded Marine Shows Improvement After Club Incident
James Wiley, 22, of Athens, wounded by a pistol blast in a Bluewell club fracas, was listed in improving condition Thursday night at Bluefield Sanitarium. The weapon discharged during a fight when operator Sam Lavine struck patron Donald Turner, 25, with the gun. Lavine remains free on $6,000 bond pending grand jury consideration on a maiming charge.
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James
Wiley
Athens
Bluewell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Sam Lavine
Lavine
Donald H. Turner
Bluefield
Mercer County Grand Jury
Both Parties Clash Over Foreign Aid Satellite Powers
President Eisenhower faces bipartisan pressure amid debate on including authority to use foreign aid for satellite nations in the foreign aid bill. Sen. Kennedy backs the plan to loosen Moscow's grip, while Sen. Knowland and others urge separate legislation and oppose tacking it onto the bill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
William F. Knowland
Calif
Senate
Kennedy
Knowland
Theodore F. Green
D-Ri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Green
Moscow
Russia
China
North Korea
White House
Yugoslavia
Poland
U. S
Sen
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Congress
Tornadoes devastate four Wisconsin counties killing 30
Triplet tornadoes swept four northwestern Wisconsin counties Wednesday night killing 30 and injuring 350. Colfax bore the brunt with 12 dead and 100 homes damaged. Gov. Vernon Thomson declared a disaster area and mobilized National Guard units as rescue and relief work began.
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Menomonie
Wis
Wisconsin
Vernon Thomson
Joseph Rigney
Madison
Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Colfax
Gov. Thomson
National Guard
Minnesota
Osceola
Knapp
Flareups Hit UAW Big Three Truce
Serious disruptions hit the UAW Big Three as a no contract truce faltered. Chrysler reported 25 to 37 workers were sent home at the Dodge main plant in Detroit area while Pittsburgh area actions involved about 200 steward disciplinary layoffs. UAW moved to restore GM operations and pledged the issue was local, not part of GM negotiations.
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UAW
Detroit
Automotive Big Three
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler
West Mifflin
Pittsburgh
Walter P. Reuther
Dodge
Gale Leas
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Sidney Yoho
Yoho
Upshur Trial
Upshur
Supreme Court
Dairy Princess
C. Harold Amick
Food and Dairy Division
John Butak
Chippewa Falls
Butak
Irene
William
Lillian
AEC
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Wilson
Thorp
Rice Lake
Stanley
Boyd
Eau Claire
Wausau
W. T. Everson
Commerce
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