Five Republican Senators Decline Reelection in 1950s Shuffle
Five GOP senators announce they will not seek another term in the Senate. Known as reluctant to run, they include Knowland of California, Flanders of New Jersey, Martin of Pennsylvania, Smith of New Jersey, and Jenner of Indiana. Meade Alcorn’s remark on GOP prospects colors the retirements as potentially reshaping 23 seats, with newcomers expected to heat up contests in both parties.
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Meade Alcorn
Senate
Knowland
California
Flanders
McCarthy
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
William Jenner
Indiana
Son of Mihailovic claims Yugoslav resistance endures
Branko Mihailovic reports ongoing underground resistance to Tito in Yugoslavia while his father’s loyalists faced execution and exile. The dispatch notes secretive networks, border crossing by night, and worries for his mother and sister as anti communist factions in Belgrade brace for future upheaval.
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Branko Mihailovic
Belgrade
Tito
Associated Press
Paris
Mihailovic
Winston Churchill
Peter
United States
Branko
Moscow
Stalin
Budapest
Public Response to Recession Draws Vigorous Support
Industrialists bankers and the public rally to counter the recession with revived programs. Federal Reserve presidents urge targeted public works that are already started or ready to go, warning against slow plans that arrive too late and risk inflation.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Unified plan to lift economy toward normalcy faces doubts
Economists cannot pinpoint remedies or recession duration making inflationary measures risky if a turn comes soon. Officials, industry, and buyers are contributing to recovery while time will tell if united plans achieve the target.
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United
Good News From Teens Counteracts Crime Reports
A newspaper column highlights positive teenage acts amid grim FBI 1957 crime figures. Carnegie Hero Fund awards honor 18 youths for bravery, including several teenagers, with eleven medals awarded and stories of young courage offsetting violent headlines.
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FBI
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Moon Prominence Sparks Voices for Scientific Space Program
The passage cites James H. Doolittle urging a measured Moon exploration plan with scientific data gathering before human missions. It notes experts favor cautious study via instruments and space ships to avoid contamination. The piece also jokes about highway funds and reports a Russian claim Earth may be older than five billion years.
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Moon
Washington
House Space Committee
James H. Doolittle
Ambulance Drivers Seek Rules To Protect Emergencies
A Boston Globe feature reports an injured boy nearly died when motorists delayed an ambulance. Sixty Massachusetts services plan to push laws allowing prosecutions for blocking routes and to adopt an ethics code ensuring sirens and lights are used only in emergencies. The piece stresses drivers must yield to ambulances to save lives.
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Boston Globe
Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Nash
Stock Market Faces Mixed Signals as Earnings Slump Erupts
The article notes first quarter earnings drops by 80 percent for a major equipment maker, a steel firm delaying a division, and oil profits squeezed by costs, with stocks fluctuating. It cites Dow Jones trends, reasons experts offer, and a Dean Witter compilation showing long term gains from systematic investing through past crises, arguing market optimism amid inflation fears and a looming boom.
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Dow-Jones
Therby
Dean Witter & Co
McKinley
Jin
Legal experts challenge Supreme Court power and pose curb bills
Ray Tucker reports two eminent legal authorities, Learned Hand and Edward Corwin, critique Supreme Court authority and back congressional curbs. Hand accuses justices of acting as a third legislative chamber, while Corwin says the Court overstepped its competence. Both critiques align with bills advancing in the Senate to curb the Court despite Eisenhower supporters.
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Supreme Court
Tirdee Tee Dtte Manuis
Judge Hand
Warren
Congress
Corwin
Capitol Hill
UN Chief Hammarskjold Faces Soviet Tension Amid Arctic Debate
AP analysts weigh Dag Hammarskjold's stance on Arctic inspection and U S backed positions. Russians object to his public support of the United States while he aims to keep relations with major powers friendly. Observers caution he may face pushback or a tricky jam. The parallel with Trygve Lie's past resignation is noted as a warning.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
United States
Hammarskjold
Arctic
Unandes
Trygve Lie
South Korea
Lie
Harmmarskjold
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Dulles
Interna
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower salutes Goodwill training for the handicapped
President Eisenhower opened National Goodwill Week by praising Goodwill Industries plan to train handicapped people in nearly 500 cities. He noted the program provides work opportunities for the disabled to earn their way through repair and resale in Goodwill stores. He will attend the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped meeting next Thursday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Goodwill Industries
United States
Ameri Ca, Inc
Goodwill
President's Committee On
Attitude Shifts Over Summit Talks Worry Washington
Overseas Outlook notes the Soviet Union pivots from plea for a Big Four meeting to a hard line, accusing Western leaders of fear and deception. It traces two years of competitive co existence rhetoric, NATO diplomacy, and Moscow’s demand for parity with Czechoslovakia and Poland, signaling a potential drag toward a forced summit.
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Kremlin
West
Washington
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Zhukov
Khrushchev
Paris
NATO
Lodge critiques US language teaching amid diplomacy aim
Hartford May 4 AP Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, speaking French, decried US schools for weak foreign language programs compared with Soviet schools. He urged language study as essential to diplomacy and peace, noting few US students study Russian and that many high schools skip foreign language entirely.
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Hartford
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
Lodge
Foreign Service
New York
L' Union Saint - Jean - Baptiste D'Amerique
Soviet Union
Lodger
U S Lifts Veil At Atom Conference In Geneva
The United States plans to unveil hitherto secret nuclear reactor equipment at the second World Atoms for Peace conference opening September 1 in Geneva. A 30,000 square foot American exhibit will display full size reactors as secrecy still surrounds many exhibit details. American engineers aim to make energy from reactors visibly apparent at the 1958 exhibit despite prior disappointment at the 1955 conference.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Palace of Nations
United Nations
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