Conference Deadlocks On Three Issues
In Geneva on June 10 AP reports British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden warned the nine nation Indochina conference that failure looms if East and West do not reconcile on three issues. He argued the supervisory commission’s veto power must be removed and proposed a five Asian power commission. Eden tied the Laos and Cambodia cases to broader failure and likened Vietminh actions to Hitler’s invasion.
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Anthony Eden
Nine Party
Eden
V. M
Indochina
Supervisory Commission
Laos
Cambodia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Burma
Indonesia
Viet Nam
Hitler
Ransom Paid After Phoenix Kidnapping of Industrialist Wife
The 23-year-old wife of Herbert Smith, wealthy Phoenix industrialist, was abducted yesterday and returned unharmed after her husband paid 75 000 dollars in ransom. Police reported the abductor fled, and authorities coordinated with notes and a bouquet delivered ransom instruction to Apache Junction.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Evelyn Ann Smith
Herbert Smith
Smith Pipe and Steel Co
Charles Thomas
Apache Junction
15 State Conference on Segregation Reaches No Conclusion
A five hour meeting of nine governors from 15 states in Richmond Virginia failed to reach any decision on school segregation following the Supreme Court ruling. Governors acknowledged state discretion but warned the issue remains unresolved with some states charting plans to circumvent the decision.
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Supreme Court
Florida
Charley Johns
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Gov Stanley
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
South
Stanley
James F. Byrnes
Hugh White
Herman Talmage
Sooree
Soere Persons
Kennon
William C. Marland
West Ge
Navy airman arraigned in WAVE murder near Point Lookout
Carl W. Strickland 21, a Rocky Mount N C based Navy airman, was to be arraigned in Leonardtown Md on murder charges for the rape slaying of Irene Marion Canole a WAVE stationed at Patuxent NAS The battered body was found half submerged on a beach near Point Lookout Police say Strickland was with the WAVE the night before her death but claims he left her with another man and did not kill her He faces arraignment before Circuit Judge John D Digges at 8 30 a m EST and will be remanded to the custody of the court later this week
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Point Lookout
Nie
Bouns
Caalastye
Strickland
John D. Digges
Perfect Crime Killer Eats Regular Last Meal
Baltimore report on George Edward Grammer awaiting execution after choosing regular prison fare over a special last meal. The 37-year-old former New York office manager faced the gallows for a 1952 murder attempt framed as a car crash. Witnesses stood outside as he prepared for death.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
WLC
New York
Maryland
Grammer
French Abandon Red River Post
Vietminh forces overran a Vietnamese post near Phat Diem and pressured other sites as French units withdraw from thinly manned positions west of Hanoi. A garrison of about 160 at Halyen near Hung Yen repelled two Vietminh assaults before evacuating and destroying the brick and mud outpost on the Boamboo Canal.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Ae River
Phat Diem
Phony
Halyen
Hune Yen
Boamboo Canal
Hung Yen
Four Iraqi Butchers Detained During Elections
Four men armed with butchers knives were arrested by Iraqi police during yesterday's parliamentary elections in Baghdad. All were later released after investigators confirmed they were local butchers.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Eisenhower Urges Unity for Farm and Foreign Policy
President Eisenhower appealed for national unity behind his legislative program. He urged Congress to enact flexible farm price supports and a strong economy while warning against distractions from McCarthy hearings. He framed a potent anti communism package and forthright foreign policy within a broader political fusion effort. The broadcast preceded a National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee district meeting at a hotel with about 500 guests. We Want Ike.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Ike
Taft-Hartley
Senate
Queen Elizabeth Rides Proudly In Color Trooping
The Queen rides sidesaddle on a chestnut horse in scarlet during the Color Trooping parade marking her official birthday. The Coldstream Guards march past as the 28th birthday celebration unfolds in June for weather.
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London
Coldstream Guards
Queen Elizabeth
Dust Explosion Kills Five at St Louis Plant
A blast at Wilson- Keith Pharmaceutical Co in South St Louis killed five workers and injured 34. Fire leveled the two story plant, debris scattered, with 17 employees on site. Fire officials and police investigated while damage was placed at about 225000 dollars.
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ST. Louis
South St. Louis
Wilson- Keith Pharmaceutical Co
Robert Kelch
Drug Company
Walter H. Kammann
Ray Exendine
Robert Hill
House overrides committee to fund Labor and Welfare
The House appropriated 1,970,378,761 for Labor and Welfare for the new fiscal year, surpassing the President and committee by about 5.1 million and 21.4 million respectively. The measure funds cancer and mental health research institutes, states grants for vocational rehabilitation, and boosts hospital construction funding by 10 million under Public Health Service supervision. The bill moves to the Senate.
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Appropriations Committee
House
Labor and Welfare
Senate
Public Health Service
Eisenhower Warns U.S. Faces World Communism Threat
President Eisenhower told reporters that world communism confronts America with a broad, deep threat likely to endure for decades. He urged a balanced approach combining a strong military with economic, intellectual, and spiritual resilience, and noted concern over educated Americans’ sympathy for communism. He paused on Indochina and Europe as he said no immediate plan to seek congressionally sanctioned intervention.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Colleges Feel Resurgence Of Spiritual Learning
A broad movement aims to reinstate Christian ideals in colleges across the United States. Dr. Kenneth Irving Brown notes renewed religious emphasis as Protestant-related schools convene at Denison University for a national convocation involving about 1,200 college officials.
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New York
Kenneth Irving Brown
St. Louis
Dr. Brown
Brown
Danforth Foundation
National Council of Churches
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
Ronald Wells
Educa
Solon Backs Resolution to Ban Future TV Hearings
In Washington Rep Dwight P Rogers of Florida introduced a concurrent resolution to ban televising congressional hearings. He labeled the McCarthy Army inquiry a circus and said eliminating TV would shorten hearings that began April 22. The plan requires approval from House and Senate but not the President.
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Washington
House
Dwight P. Rogers
D-Fla
Senate
Rogers
McCarthy Army
Still Wedded To Tariff Policy Stays Firm
President Eisenhower defended his tariff program at a June press conference. He backed legislation to raise the Export-Import Bank lending authority to 5 billion dollars and confirmed no retreat from a three year extension and revision of the reciprocal trade act. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a one year extension as talks continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Probers Vote to End Hearings on McCarthy Inquiry
Washington June 10 Republicans on the McCarthy Army investigating committee voted 4 to 3 to wind up televised hearings after cross examination of Sen. McCarthy and aides Roy M. Cohn and Francis P. Carr. Democrats urged more witnesses, including Clark Clifford and Pvt. G. David Schine, but the GOP prevailed with no target date set for concluding the inquiry now in its eighth week.
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McCarthy Army Investigating Committee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Eisenhower
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Clark Clifford
Truman
Kirke Lawton
Fr. Monmouth
N. J
G. David Schine
GOP
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Mundt Rsd Aid
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Army Stevens
Miles Reber
Subcommittee
Pvt. G. David Schine
Schine
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