Khrushchev Says Soviet Missiles Soon To Hit World
Nikita Khrushchev told a Birmingham luncheon that the Soviet Union will soon have guided missiles carrying an H bomb and that Russia has exploded an H bomb from an airplane. He claimed the U S was just now planning such tests and warned against fists at Russians as anti-Communist demonstrators heckled him outside city hall.
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Birmingham
England
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Chamber of Commerce
Russia
U.S
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Bulganin
Kremlin
Eden
London
R. A. Butler
Enage
Moscow
Latvia
Car Found in Mexico Hunt Missing Pair
FBI and Mexican authorities search for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Biddle Page who vanished 50 miles south of Mexico City after their car was found in Cuernavaca. Dorothy Page, 29, and her husband, scion of a Philadelphia family, left their son Christopher, 3, with Mrs. George H. Whitney before a Mexican tour.
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Boston
FBI
Walter Biddle Page
Mexico City
George H. Whitney
Christopher
Cuernavaca
Mexico
Page
Westport
Conn
Philadelphia
New York
Bonwit Teller
Europe
Madrid
Reds Queen Meet at Teal Johnson To Turn Part of Air Time Over to 1952 Ike
London report says Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle lasted nearly an hour. Protesters march through London while gifts to royal family are exchanged and a political appeal for Eisenhower’s 1952 campaign airs on television.
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Queen
Teal Johnson
Ike
London
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Elizabeth II
Windsor Castle
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Margaret
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Anne
Czech Defense Chief Cepicka Purged Amid Purge Move
An East Berlin informant reports Czech Defense Minister General Alexej Cepicka, 45, has been purged and placed under house arrest after Moscow linked anti Stalin moves. His wife Marta Cepicka, daughter of Gottwald, is dismissed. Top army officials tied to Cepicka face removal and portraits reportedly vanish from mil HQ. The Czech Communist Party central committee moves to purge the secret service and other Stalin-era loyalists.
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Berlin
INS
East Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Alexej Cepicka
Cepicka
Moscow
Marta
Gottwald
Defense Ministry
Czech Communist Party
Secret Service
Stalin
Bride Fears Prompt Cancelled Wedding at Angelus Temple
The ceremony for Robert Inglis, 24, and June Wilson, 19, was called off after the bride failed to appear. Organ and guests waited as the bride, described as scared, stayed home in bed and the Rev. James Inglis prepared to officiate.
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Los Angeles
James Inglis
Robert
June Wilson
Angelus Temple
Indette
Gunfire Near Matsu Between Ships in 50 Minute Duel
Taipei dispatch reports Chinese Communist gunboats and Nationalist patrol vessels exchanging fire in a 50 minute duel about 15 miles west of the Matsu islands. The clash involved multiple vessels and occurred near the Taiwan Strait.
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Matsu
Taipei
Nationallist
Matsu Islands
Johnson to Deliver Democratic Reply Speech Tonight
Senator Johnson will speak at 9 p.m. on radio and TV networks, delivering the Democratic reply to President Eisenhower after his farm bill veto. Johnson will address farmer problems and city interests, while commenting on past campaigns and price supports without naming certain opponents.
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Johnson
Eisenhower
General Eisenhower
Benson
Abc-Tv
Nbc-Tv
Harriman Vetoes Bill on Drinking
Governor Averell Harriman vetoed a measure that would have required bartenders to serve only to those not intoxicated by changing or to and. The current law bans service to persons actually or apparently intoxicated. An AP dispatch mistakenly said Harriman signed the bill.
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Albany
N.Y
Averell Harriman
Associated Press
Harriman
Too Considerate For Own Good
Tokyo reports Sadakichi Kato who confessed to a crime he did not commit and spent about two years in prison says he lied to avoid embarrassing the police, outlining his motive in a Monday statement.
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Tokyo
Sadakichi Kato
Iowan Woman Seeks Return From Canada After Year Away
Laura Kudart widow of Otto Kudart, killed in a 1954 ditch cave-in near Runnells Iowa, has lived in Canada for about a year while her children seek permission for her to return. Her sons Walter and Robert Kudart live in Blakesburg, with daughters Mrs. Robert Eapy in Denver, Mrs. Paul Runnells in Ottumwa, and Mrs. Gerald Brandt in Grand River. Otto Kudart was brother to Art Kudart, Mt. Vernon mayor.
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Blakesburg
Canada
Iowa
Laura Kudart
Otto Kudart
Runnells
Walter
Robrt Kudart
Robert Eapy Denver
Paul Runnells
Ottumwa
Gerald Brandt
Grand River
Art Kudart
Mt. Vernon
Hunt Called Off For Pollock, Wife
The Civil Air Patrol has called off its search for Broadway producer Gordon Pollock and his wife. They were last heard from April 15 when their single engine plane over Lake Erie radioed for help amid engine trouble. Pollock was a former University of Iowa student.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Civil Air Patrol
Gordon Pollock
Pollocks
Lrom
Lake Erie
Pollock
University of Iowa
Jury of 7 Men 5 Women Is Chosen To Try Graham
A jury of seven men and five women is selected to try John Gilbert Graham, 24, for the murder of his mother Daisie King. Prosecutors rely largely on circumstantial evidence while defense argues for a fair trial amid Colorado’s distinctive law.
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Graham
INS
John Gilbert Graham
Daisie King
Colorado
John J. Gibbons
Jack Graham
United Air Lines
Denver
Parker State of Mind Compared to Combat Conditions
University of California psychiatrist Dr. Douglas M. Kelley testified that the mental state behind Darrel F. Parker’s false confession resembled military combat trauma. Kelley described Parker as in a psychotic, reactive, depressive state and said the confession showed parrotlike repetition and a lack of hostil aggression, supporting Parker’s defense in the first degree murder trial for Nancy Parker.
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Lincoln, Neb
University of California
Darrel F. Parker
Douglas M. Kelley
Kelley
Lincoln City Forester
Nancy
Parker
Mayor Bus Driver Clash Over Cedar Rapids Service Cuts
In Cedar Rapids a dispute over bus service cuts heated a city council meeting as Bus Driver Mike Slaman and union vice president led complaints about the changes that began last Sunday. Mayor Jim Meaghan said council action was not required and urged written complaints to trigger hearings.
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Mike Slaman
Cedar Rapids City Lines
Jim Meaghan
Meaghan
Panied Slaman
Slaman
Drivers’ Union
Stanley Jasudowicz
Slamani
Supreme Court bans intrastate bus segregation
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a Richmond circuit court ruling, banning racial segregation on intrastate buses. The move echoes 10 year old interstate ban and ICC actions, potentially striking down Montgomery Alabama and similar municipal laws enforcing segregated seating.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richmond
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court Upholds Picketing Ban For Oath Refusal
The court ruled 7 to 1 that a union may lose right to picket for not filing non Communist affidavits under Taft Hartley. The decision reversed Louisiana high court on District 50 of United Mine Workers. Justice Burton said law mentions obligation not a requirement and NLRB services. A San Diego college faculty firing case for defying disclosure was denied review.
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Supreme Court
Monay
Burton
National Labor Relations Board
Justice Harlan
Spess
Justice Frankfurter
San Diego
California Board of Education
Dulles Urges Expanded NATO Role Beyond Military Pact
Secretary of State Dulles called for broadening NATO beyond a military alliance to include economic development and greater independence for Western nations. He urged unity in the Free World against Soviet aims and signaled NATO reforms would be discussed at the Paris ministerial council on May 4.
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New York
State Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dulles
Associated Press
Washington
George C. Marshall
Harvard University
Marshall
U.S
Free World
Paris
Russia
Soviet designer touts turboprop for 170 seats
A N Tupolev announced in London that the Soviet Union is building a turboprop passenger plane seating 170, larger than the Bristol Britannia. He said it should fly by next spring after viewing the Britannia at London airport and called the Britannia "a very fine machine."
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London
INS
A. N. Tupolev
Tupolev
Bulgania
Khrushchev
Youthful Cyclist Logs Seven Miles On Tricycle
CHICAGO UP Police used four extra squad cars to chase down a washer a wayward driver. They trapped him after a two hour search. Richard Sie vers, 4, started from home on a tricycle and rode seven miles before being caught.
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Chicago
Richard Sievers
Eisenhower to Vote in Gettysburg Primary
President Eisenhower will travel to Gettysburg on Tuesday to cast a ballot in the Pennsylvania presidential preference primary against Adlai Stevenson. The White House said it was uncertain if Mrs. Eisenhower would accompany him. The couple own a farm near Gettysburg and are legal Pennsylvania residents, formerly New York residents in 1952.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Stevenson
White House
New York
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