Churchill Urges Britons to Stop Nagging U S on Korean Talks
London May 18 Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain should not nag the United States over Korean truce negotiations at Panmunjom. He stressed U N leadership and noted Washington bears most of the burden while maintaining open channels with London.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
U. S
Panmunjom
United Nations
Britain
Washington
U. N
Schuman Plan Leader Optimistic On EU Federation Prospects
Jean Monnet, head of the Schuman plan, says he will report to President Eisenhower on Europe’s federation prospects when he visits Washington next month. He accepts Aachen’s Charlemagne Prize for promoting European unity and will discuss June talks with Dulles and U.S. officials.
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Luxembourg
Jean Monnet
France
Schuman
Eisenhower
United States of Europe
Washington
Free Nations of Europe
Europe
Mceanet
Aachen
Belly Dancer Samia Gama Plans Divorce from Abdullah King III
Cairo May 18 Shapely Egyptian belly dancer Samia Gama says she is not happy with Abdullah King III and intends to divorce the Texas playboy. She has not started divorce proceedings but says her mind is made up. King, now Muslim as Abdullah, is in Houston and plans to seek a private Cairo audience. He says he will not force her to live with him and notes she sent cables asking him not to come.
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Cairo
Egypt
Samia Gama
Sheppard
Abdullah
King III
Texas
Playboy
the Nile
Lamia
United States
King
Houston
Samia
Streets Turn Into Miniature Rivers In Bluefield Area
Heavy rain drenched Bluefield and surrounding counties as sewers flooded and debris washed into streets. Upstream towns reported rising creeks, evacuations near Grundy, and rock slides blocking Route 460. Weather forecasts warned of more showers and storms today and tomorrow.
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Bluefield
City Street Department
Tarwater
Haysi
Grundy
Federal Highway
Buchanan County
Tazewell
State Road Commission
Princeton
Mercer County
McDowell County
Welch
Gary
Giles County
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Private Eye Seeks Truth in Custody Fight
A Charleston private detective testified that several witnesses refused to testify against Bonnie Sue Stanley due to fear of bodily harm or home destruction. He recounted investigations into her moral standing for the custody battle over Sharon Ann Marhoffer, with ministers praising Bonnie Sue and a local man noting her fiery temper amid a fight at her brother's home. A baby tornado later caused heavy damage in Crescent Heights, Roanoke, with no injuries reported as roofs were ripped and lines Down.
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Phil Mangelsdorf
Charleston
Bonnie Sue Stanley
George S. Swain
Bonnie Sue
LeRoy Harvey
Marmet W. Va
Sharon Ann Marhoefer
Arthur J. Marhoffer
Meadville
Sharon Ann
Marhoefers
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Bonni Sue
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Swain
Jackson D. Altizer
James E. Adkins
Chesapeake
W. Va
G. F. Plybon
Marmet
Assembly of God
Plybon
Reynolds Memorial Methodist Church
Fred Davis
Davis
Art
Roanoke
Crescent Heights
Starkey
Ridgway Urges Continued Aid to Europe
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that billions must continue flowing to Europe despite Soviet strength. He warned that cutting NATO military funds would weaken U S defenses and risk serious reversals in a potential early attack, noting progress in Allied power but the air forces remain the weak link. He appeared publicly and then in private sessions after returning from Europe to discuss the aid program and current unspent military funds.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
Europe
Ridgway
House Foreign Affairs Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
Far East
Germany
English Channel
Foreign Affairs Committee
Oatis Reunites With Wife After Prague Imprisonment
New York May 18 Associated Press William N Oatis returned to his wife Laurabelle after more than two years in an Iron Curtain prison He was released from a Czech espionage sentence of ten years upon her letter appeal. At Idlewild Airport he spoke little answering few questions about possible U S agency ties while noting Czech laws differ from American rules He said injections used to build weight were not harmful and urged reviewing his trial record. Starzel AP general manager stressed confidence in Oatis integrity.
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New York
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Laurabelle
Idlewild
Oatis
U. S
State Department
Prague
Starzel
Laurabelle Oatis
William Oatis
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Man Found Hanging From Hillsville Pine Tree After Year
In Hillsville Virginia a 14 year old boy found a man believed dead over a year hanging from a pine tree. Identified as William Obie Sawyers 24 of Ivanhoe by his father and deputy sheriff. Medical examiner ruled suicide. man had escaped custody earlier. Police noted missing shoes and a gnawed belt, with squirrels nesting among remains about 20 feet up.
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Hillsville
William Obie Sawyers
Ivanhoe
Frank Sawyers
Wythe County
Sher
Iff
W. K. Stoneman
Carroll County
W. A. Porter
Sawyers
Maynard Vass
Bobby Davis
William Gardner
Administration Plans Huge Cuts in Atomic Program
Rep. W Sterling Cole said the Eisenhower administration proposes about a 30 percent cut in Truman era atomic energy funding next year, reducing roughly 480 million dollars while preserving weapons research. He noted possible postponement of reactor and aircraft carrier power plant construction, but research and development for those projects continues. The gaseous diffusion plant at Portsmouth Ohio is not being curtailed.
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Washington
W. Sterling Cole
Eisenhower
Truman
Cole
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Cola
Portsmouth
Ohio
N and W Loadings Hit New High For Year
Roanoke Va May 18 Norfolk and Western Railway coal loadings reached a new yearly high as N W headquarters reported a three week total of 49 035 cars surpassing the same period last year Daily figures shown include 2 804 on Monday 3 451 on Tuesday and 4 717 on Thursday with Friday incomplete in the fragment
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
Vinson to keynote Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson was named principal speaker for the 23rd annual Fourth Circuit Conference to be held June 25 27 in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson of the U S Supreme Court will speak along with Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr and Senators Kilgore Smith Butler and Johnston among about 300 delegates from West Virginia Maryland the Carolinas and Virginia.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Fred M. Vinson
Cir Se Conference
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
U. S
Bar Associations
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Willis Smith
North Carolina
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Fourth Circuit
Carolinas
Virginia
Men wear coats in heat for women's sake says Edson
Washington columnist Arthur Edson riffs on government attire in hot weather noting men cling to coats for women and fashion, while presidents Truman and Eisenhower are cited for clothing choices. He jokes about a shift toward lighter dress and a vest under heat.
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Washington
White House
Capitol
U. S
Mrs. T
Eisenhower
15 Year Old Black Boy Indicted for Raping Elderly Woman
Halifax County Circuit Court grand jury indicted a 15-year-old Black boy on charges of raping an 88-year-old white woman and robbing her at her Cody home on April 27. Patrick James Tucker of Cody admitted robbing the woman of about $80, concealing $64, and was arrested. Trial date set for later in the term.
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Halifax
Halifax County Circuit Court
Patrick James Tucker
Cody
C. T. Coates
Tucker
West Virginia Budget Unconstitutional, Court Rules
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously voided the 1953-55 budget, ruling it created a deficit and violated constitutional limits on changing budget items. The decision requires a new budget to be enacted by an early legislative session. Gov. Marland and the Board of Public Works win a major setback amid the 42-page ruling.
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Supreme Court
Charleston
West Virginia Supreme Court
Marland
Board of Public Works
Gov. Marland
Morgantown
James B. Riley
W. T. Lovins
Chauncey Browning
General Revenue Fund
Riley
West Virginia
Nation faces shortage of scientists and professionals
President Eisenhower was told the nation will face a growing shortage of scientists engineers doctors and teachers unless youths are educated to their fullest. The National Manpower Council urged government leadership and a cooperative effort among government industry education and professional groups to meet manpower needs. The 263 page report notes only half of capable individuals enter college and two-fifths fail to graduate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Manpower Council
Ford Foundation
Columbia University
U. S
Council
James F. Zellerbach
San Francisco
Columbia
Truce Talks To Resume At Panmunjom
Truce negotiations in Korea poised to restart at Panmunjom after a three day recess. Lt Gen William K Harrison Jr leads Allied bargaining with London expressing concern over prisoner exchanges and political pressure. Talks to resume at 11 am local time with Washington and Tokyo discussions ongoing as Communist broadcasts shape public mood.
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Munsan Korea
Panmunjom
U. N
William K. Harrison Jr
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Far East
Washington
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
U. S
Canada
India
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