Guatemalan War On As Attackers Strike 4 Points
Anti-Communist invasion forces attacked Guatemala by land sea and air aiming to overthrow the Arbenz regime. Castilo Armas exiled faction claimed strikes on San Jose, Guatemala City, Puerto Barrios, Zacapa, Retalhuleu and other targets with reports of uprisings and bombardments.
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Zacapa
Retalhuleu
Amados Chinchillas
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Col. Castillo
Forces of Liberation
Pacific Coast
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Atrol
Retalane
Roberto Alvarado Fuentes
Mexico City
Guillermo Tortello
Nic Toriello
Pacific
Somoza
Liberation
Mendes-France Appeals for National Support in Indochina Peace Bid
Paris reports Premier Pierre Mendes-France urging unity and moral support as he seeks to form a new cabinet and pursue peace negotiations in Indochina within a month. He won confirmation in a 419 to 47 vote with 154 abstentions, facing socialist and MRP hesitations over cabinet roles.
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Indochina
Pierre Mendes- France
Mendes-France
Geneva
Indochin
United States
Air Force
Germany
National Assembly
Senators Set Public Hearing On Housing Scandal
The Senate Banking Committee will begin hearings June 28 led by Chairman Capehart to probe alleged windfall profits in postwar housing. William F. McKenna, housing scandal sleuth, will testify, with about 40 builders expected to be questioned behind closed doors amid investigations by the IRS and Justice Department.
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Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
William F. McKenna
Eisenhower
Federal Housing Administration
McKenna
Albert M. Cole
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Soviet Delegate Protests Working of Exminister
At the United Nations Security Council Semyon K. Tsarapkin waved a New York Times photo of a former Yugoslav cabinet minister sorting laundry in Chicago. He criticized what he called the American way of life and disposal of ministers. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. defended the minister’s integrity and denied any crime in honest work. The Times image depicted Stankos Music, a 67 year old former Yugoslav judge and cabinet minister, and the minister told Chicago adults that the United States has given him shelter and bread plus love.
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Semyon K. Tsarapkin
New York Times
Security Council Today
Chicago
Tsarapkin
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Lodge
Fox
Times
Stankos Music
Royal close call at Ascot as wire nearly topples queen
At Ascot on June 18 Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh narrowly avoided danger when a blown telephone wire hung low over the course. The royal party, including Windsor Castle visitors, ducked as the wire swept near their heads. The incident prompted cheers later as Landau won the Rous Memorial with Sir Gordon Richards aboard.
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England
Izabeth IT
Duke of Edinburgh
Elizaveth
Asco
Moore
Aic
D. Perkins
Windsor Castle
Landau
Gordon Richards
Defense chief unveils plan for three million reserve pool
QUANTICO VA June 18 The Defense Department man power chief John M Hannah outlined a plan to draft men into the reserves creating a three million man pool of trained fighters. The scheme would apply to Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force units with two reserve categories and a four month active duty period followed by seven years eight months of training. Legislation would be pursued to enforce unit training and the plan envisions continuing selective service indefinitely.
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Defense Department
John M. Hannah
Congress
Hannah
White House
National Security Council
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Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Five U S Air Force Technicians Vanish Near Tourane Beach
Five American Air Force technicians from Tourane base disappeared after driving off in a French carrier truck toward an off limits beach. Vietnamese villagers saw them with Senegalese prisoners near Faifor, amid Vietminh controlled coast. An Air Force inquiry began as French patrols scouted the area. no trace of the men or the vehicle was found.
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Indochina
U.S
China Sea
Tourane
Faifor
Washington
John W. O’daniel
Armed Forces
Air Force
French Foreign Legion
French Premier Faces Communist Demands at Geneva
At the Indochina talks in Geneva Pierre Mendes France faces a demand by Chou En Lai and Pham Van Dong for all foreign troops to withdraw in any armistice. They insist on simultaneous pullout of French forces, citing Laos and Cambodia as resistant phantom regimes. Walter S Robertson noted Chou’s speech was imprecise.
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France
Pierre Mendes- France
Indochina
Red
China
Chou En-lai
Pham van Dong
Dong
Laos
Cambodia
Chou
Walter S. Robertson
U. S
United States
Dewey Weighing Political Future With No Comment
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey said he is weighing his future political course and will not comment for a while on reports he will not seek a fourth term. He plans a Monday Albany meeting with Republican state chairman Dean P. Taylor and cited personal and family considerations. He denies political or financial factors drive his thinking.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Dean P. Taylor
Dewey
Eisenhower bids for new French defense cooperation
President Eisenhower sent a letter to French Premier Pierre Mendes France urging quick talks on forming a united defense against Communist forces in Indochina and urging ratification of the European Defense Community while time remains. He offered close cooperation and suggested informal meetings with French leaders, signaling a shift to broader U.S. engagement with the new regime in Paris.
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Germany
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MRPP
Mendes-France
MRP
Washington
Eisenhower
Indochina
Rene Coty
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Anthony Eden
Pierre Mendes- France
Paris
Joseph Laniel
Soviet Veto Blocks Thai Peace Patrol Request
The Soviet Union vetoed Thailand's U N peace patrol appeal for Indochina, the 59th Security Council veto. U S delegate Lodge condemned the move, while Dulles urged General Assembly action. Britain France Thailand joined the vote. Lebanon abstained.
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Britain
France
Thailand
General Assembly
United States
China
Denmark
Colombia
Brazil
Turkey
New Zealand
Tsarapkin
Lebanon
McCarthy Defends Staff as Democrats Urge House Cleaning
Washington reports three Democrats in the McCarthy Army dispute urged a Senate Investigations subcommittee staff shakeup. McCarthy called the charge a smear and warned that Democrats aim to immobilize the panel. Mundt outlined plans for Monday's meeting and a potential multiple report outcome.
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Karl Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
U. S. Army
McCarthy
Tom Prewitt
Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Army
Carroll Youths To Get Court Review
Two Carroll County farm youths, Lawree Tilton aged 18 and Grover Newman aged 23, were granted a review by the State Supreme Court after a governor stay of execution halted their planned electric chair deaths. The case sparked calls for a juvenile background study and potential commutation to life imprisonment.
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Richmond
State Supreme Court
Carroll County
Lawree I. Tilton
Grover Willie Newman
Stanley
Virginia
Tilton
Newman
Virginia Council of Juvenile Court Judges
J. L. Tompkins
Hillsville
Tompkins
Omnibus Tax Revision Bill Cleared for Senate Floor
The Senate Finance Committee voted to send a $1.477 billion omnibus tax revision bill to the Senate floor with no recorded opposition. It increases first year reductions for corporations and individuals and keeps allowances for exemptions and new deductions, while signaling floor amendments to cut individual income taxes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Democratic Committee
Eee
House
Millikin
R-Cole
George
D-Ga
Kerr
Dokla
Frear
D-Del
Airman Dies in Traffic Crash in Washington
An auto struck a utility pole at a downtown intersection killing Airman 3, Duane Anderson, 20, of Washington. Driver Gilbert Delbert McKahan, 22, was injured and treated, later charged with driving under the influence liquor and involuntary manslaughter.
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Washington
Duane Anderson
Far East
Gilbert Delbert McKahan
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