United States Proposes Equal Army Cuts If Russia Also Reduces
United States delegate Harold E. Stassen told the United Nations Disarmament sub committee that Washington is ready to trim its armed forces to 24 percent of their current size, about 2.42 million men, if the Soviet Union matches the cut. He indicated two further substantial reductions could follow, tied to political conditions, while noting U S forces are about 2.8 million strong and Russia reportedly around 3 million active personnel after its January cut. The plan assumes China’s size would also be limited to the same level, though it was not addressed in the session. The discussion touched on stopping nuclear tests and on international inspectors.
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London
United States
Soviet Russia
U. S
Harold E. Stassen
United Nations Disarmament Sub-Committee
Stassen
Germany
Eey
Soviet Union
Ussr
Russia
Great Britain
France
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Eisenhower
United Nations
Gate City Laborer Drowns In Holston
A 31 year old Gate City laborer Edward Johnson drowned while fishing in the Holston River near Hilton, Virginia. Kingsport life saving crew recovered his body from about 12 feet of water after he vanished while wading and casting.
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Hiltons
Gate City
Edward Johnson
Holston River
Scott County
Kingsport
Tenn
Johnson
New York farmer kills wife and parents then takes own life
In Canton New York on June 20 Richard Cota 27 killed his estranged wife Janet 24 and her parents with a 30-06 rifle after an argument in the Duval home. Police say he fled in a car, later found abandoned twelve miles away, and committed suicide in woods near the vehicle. Their two children and a doctor were injured.
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Canton
N.Y
Richard Cota
New York
Cota
Janet
Clifton Duvall Sr
Duvals
Cotas
Martha
Stephen
Cot
Schaeffer
Long Separation Ends For Huntington Man and Sister
Huntington man Jack Burnett reunited with his sister Marjorie Montecon after a two year separation spanning infancy. Burnett traced her through Galesburg and the Philippines to Torrevega Spain where she lived with Manuel Montecon and their four children. Their search spanned decades and involved court house adoption papers and a abandoned property in Galesburg.
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Huntington
New York
Marjorie Montecon
Spain
Jack Burdett
Huntington Publishing Co
Burnett
Galesburg
Philippines
Torrevega
Ira Earl
Violet Patrick Burnett
Jack
Marjorie
Oscar Franden
U. S. Engineers
Tak
Franden
Bacolod City
Manuel Montecon
Hoae
U.S. seeks Girard held for trial in Japan
The government asks the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling and allow the transfer of Army Specialist 3C William S. Girard to Japan for trial on manslaughter charges. Justice officials say an early ruling is imperative to meet commitments to Japan and avoid delay.
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Washington
Supreme Court
3.C. Williams. Girard
U. S. District Court
Justice Department
High Court
Atty. Gen. Brownell
Swedish teen returns from romance with teddy bear and no husband
Christina Wennerstrom, 16, and a Swedish Embassy liaison drove 18 days to Washington for a proposed marriage that did not happen due to age. Police cited them for speeding in Pennsylvania as her father, an air attache, returned to Sweden. The girl and her mother flew home with a bear, amid diplomatic and legal questions about the union.
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Washington
Christina Wennerstrom
Senate
Christina
Williamsport
Hugo Lindgren
Pennsylvania
Williams
Sweden
Col
Stig Wennerstrom
Lindgren
Young Williams
Ndgren
Huw Williams
Parls Church
Baker's Cross Denies Charges
Washington June 20 James G Cross union president denies approving substandard wage agreements with Zion Industries official whose father loaned him 97000 He admits borrowing 57066 in 1955 and 40000 last year The Senate Rackets Committee ends its inquiry into Cross alleged abuse of office and use of union funds to finance a relationship with a convict Los Angeles prostitute Workers denounce the Zion contract as substandard and a betrayal The committee will issue a report later.
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Washington
Bakers Union
James G. Cross
Cross
Los Angeles
Senate
Byrd Warns Nation Over Its Finances
Democratic senators pressed Treasury Secretary Humphrey at Senate hearings on money policy accusing the government of a fiscal mess and vulnerability to a slump. Byrd demanded specifics about debt, taxes, and the dollar value while Kerr questioned the Treasury’s note sale.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Treasury
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Ne Financial
Kerr
Okla
Wall Street Journal
Summerfield To Get More Funds
The House appropriations committee voted to grant the Post Office Department 89 percent of Summerfield’s requested extra funding. Summerfield had sought 14.942 million more for transportation and 2 million for facilities, with risks of reduced service if denied. The panel proposed possible cuts and efficiency measures, including limiting Saturday deliveries and suspending certain money order sales, plus charging for third class bulk mail on a zone basis.
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Washington
House Trons Committee
Post Office Department
Summerfield
Lion
Tornado Kills 6 In North Dakota
A North Dakota tornado ripped through Pargo killing at least six and injuring many as it destroyed a 5 by 20 block area. Police said the toll could rise and hospitals reported numerous emergency admissions with staff overwhelmed.
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North Dakota
Pargo
N.D
Ee Gee
Olson
St. John’s
St. Luke's
No More Trials For Mrs. Smith
Pentagon lawyers say no court can order new trials for two service wives convicted by courts martial of murder but freed by a Supreme Court ruling. Mrs. Dorothy Krueger Smith killed her Army colonel husband in Japan with a hunting knife, and Mrs. Clarice B. Covert killed her Air Force sergeant husband in England with an ax. Courts had jurisdiction abroad, but the high court decision undermines the original trial law. Mrs. Smith was freed from Alderson Federal Woman’s Reformatory after 40 years. Mrs. Covert had been freed by a Supreme Court decision on June 10.
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McGarraghy
Justice Department
Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Justice
Code
MacGarraghy
Executive
U. S
Japan
Ya Isa
Naka Sakai
Washington
Pentagon
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Courastee
Clarice B. Covert
Air Force
England
Smith
Walter Krueger
Federal Women's Reformatory
Alderson
W. Va
Covert Free
Covert
UN to modernize forces in Korea with jet atomic-capable planes
The United Nations command announced plans to send updated equipment including jet warplanes capable of carrying atomic bombs to South Korea. It stressed ground forces would not receive atomic weapons and defended the move as restoring balance for defensive purposes amid truce violations.
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Washington
United Nations Command
South Korea
U.N. High Command
Rights Backers Win Preliminary Round In Battle
The Senate voted to bypass the Judiciary Committee and move civil rights legislation to the Senate calendar in a dramatic night session. Backers claim a big preliminary victory against months of Southern opposition and bottling of the bill by Dixie senators.
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Senate
Washington
Chamber
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dixie
Senate votes to calendar civil rights bill amid filibuster fears
The Senate narrowly overrided Russell's point of order and moved the civil rights bill onto the calendar. Support came from 34 Republicans and 11 Democrats, while 34 Democrats and five Republicans favored sending it to the Judiciary Committee. A Knowland procedural move aimed to bypass the committee, sparking a storm over Rule 14 and postwar policy.
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Senate
Russell
Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
South
U.N. Panel Brands Soviet Actions in Hungary Uprising
A United Nations investigating committee accuses the Soviet Union of indiscriminate slaughters of women and children in Hungary during the October–November revolt, deportations, wholesale executions, and a puppet government under Janos Kadár. Moscow denounces the charge as Western propaganda. the uprising drew 2,500 to 3,000 deaths.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N
Soviet Union
Janos Kadar
Moscow
Hungary
York
Geneva
Rome
Vien
London
Thirteen Die In Oil Tanker Collision At Sea
A collision yesterday in fog between the 15,000 tonne tanker Stony Point and the Greek freighter Ioannis left thirteen dead. The incident involved the Ioannis, identified by the French Maritime Service as a tanker.
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Stony Point
Break-In Pair Linked to Dozen WV Theft Cases
Investigators said they compiled a list of break-ins spanning at least 10 West Virginia counties. Mrs. Macel Dennison and John E. McKown faced charges after a highway chase and crash near Elkins. Authorities tie the pair to thefts at schools, a construction site, and a Walkersville High School, with a repurposed station wagon recovered from a Craigsville lot.
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Maxwell
Eee Grant
Tucker
Coeton
Gilmer
Nicholas
Keer Upshur
Tov
Dennison
McKown
Nicholas County
Walkersville High School
Foma County
P Today
Davis
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