Truce talks at Panmunjom hit snags amid deadlock
In Panmunjom Monday the United Nations rejected a Communist plan for prisoner repatriation as unacceptable. Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison said restart of talks would be needed and warned the Reds to negotiate in good faith. The gate to freedom for sick and wounded Allied prisoners remained closed as the two sides exchanged criticisms and assessed each other’s proposals.
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William K. Harrison
Panmunjom
Harrison
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Nam
Poe Ee
Seville
Spain
Portillo
Mark Clark
New Federal Job Security Plan Outlined
The Eisenhower administration will implement a new loyalty and security test system for federal employees effective May 27. Attorney General Brownell outlined the executive order at a White House briefing, replacing the Truman era loyalty tests with a broader security standard for sensitive positions across all agencies and establishing hearings and agency head appeals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Brownell
G.O.P
Truma
Court
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
Students Strike For Daylight Time In Waterloo
More than 200 Waterloo high school students skipped classes to protest the Waterloo school board decision to remain on standard time while the city observes Daylight Saving Time. They marched with placards arguing farmers push for cows and early milking schedules, and cited better after school work under daylight time.
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Waterloo
Otis Lutz
Marcelus Hartmann
Philbrick Named Officer Witness in Army Court Martial
Four prospective witnesses were disclosed including FBI undercover agent Herbert Philbrick as the army begins a case to prove Lt. Sheppard Thierman is a Communist. Attorney Emmanuel Bloch revealed the list during the court martial at Fort Devens Maas.
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Fort Devens
Maas
UPJ
FBI
Herbert Philbrick
Emmanuel Bloch
Shepperd Thierman
McCarthy Plans Free Weekly Question and Answer Column
Senator McCarthy announced a free weekly Q and A column for weekly newspapers due to a large number of requests. He told reporters in Washington that the service would answer readers questions on policy and current events.
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Washington
McCarthy
Hiss Loses New High Court Plea
Alger Hiss former State Department official nicknamed the Man of the Century lost a second Supreme Court appeal for a new trial He remains jailed at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary serving a five year sentence The court ruled without opinion two justices did not participate and the case had prior ties to Felix Frankfurter and Stanley F Reed as witnesses.
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Tom C. Clark
Hiss
Felix Frankfurter
Stanley F. Reed
Ohio Admission Resolution Sets 1803 Entry Date
The house territory subcommittee approved a resolution to ratify Ohio’s statehood admission. Rep. Bender notes Congress set an 1902 enabling act but overlooked entry. the resolution fixes March 1, 1803 as the date Ohio begins state government.
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Washington
House Territory
Ohio
Bender
Congress
Solons Pass Bill Opening Relief Rolls
Iowa senate and house agree to publish relief rolls records with quarterly filings by county social welfare boards. Access requires a signed statement prohibiting use for commercial or political purposes. The measure includes a $7.32 million yearly appropriation with separate funds for dependent children and old age assistance.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Board of Social Welfare
George O'Malley
Ralph Zastrew
Charles City
County Board of Social Welfare
Tom Dailey
Burlington
Democrat
Incourae
G I Says Fellow Captives Squealed on Escape Plans
In Tokyo a repatriated U S corporal and a sergeant told reporters of life in North Korean prison camps after Panmunjom release. Purvis said captives tipped off Chinese about escape plans. Steinke described mistreatment during amputations. Todd noted 17 of 185 inmates studied communism and received candy and cigarettes.
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U.S
Army Hospital
Panmunjom
Harry E. Purvis
York
S.C
Pic
Fred Steinke
West
Allis
Wis
Steinke
Reds
Lester R. Todd
Alliance
Med
Purvis
Yalu River
Korea
Hoone
Cedar Rapids Council Probes Rent Control Status
Cedar Rapids city council seeks clarity on rent control after reports from Washington. Mayor Milo Sedlacek says control may have ended with the removal of a critical defense housing area tag, but officials await official word from Washington and plan to wire for confirmation if no reply within 24 hours.
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Cedar Rapids
W.garberson
Washington
Cedar - Henle
Dulles Returns to U S Warns End of Handouts
Secretary of State Dulles arrived back in Washington after a NATO Paris meeting calling it successful and realistic. He told reporters the United States will end aid to individual governments and focus on strengthening Atlantic Pact defenses with military supplies and equipment for Western European armed forces. Dulles pledged increased Indo China aid to France.
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INS
Dulles
North Atlantic Council
Paris
Eisenhower
Congress
Europe
Stassen
Treasury
Humphrey
U. S
NATO
Defense
Wilson
U.S
Nnions
Eisenhower Plans Joint Economic Policy Commission
The president and GOP leaders agreed to establish a joint commission to study foreign economic policy and international trade. It would survey the field and propose long range extensions to trade programs, with three members from each chamber and three appointed by the President.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
G.O.P
White House
Senate
G.C.P
Taft
House
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Denver
Pacific Coast
Congress
Rawlins
Wyo
Drive Planned On High Cost Arms Plants
Deputy Secretary of Defense Roger M. Kyes outlined a plan to weed out high cost arms plants to keep the United States strong in peace and war. He said some facilities will stop production or switch to standby, retaining low cost producers and preserving essential defense industries. He criticized the Truman administration and urged streamlined management to build a leaner national security system.
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Washington
Roger M. Kyes
Eisenhower
U. S
Kyes
Truman
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Defense
D Department
Bul Eyes
Jerse Wilson
Europe
Wilson
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
UN offers 100000 for first Communist MIG defector
Tokyo report says the UN Far Eastern Command pledges a $100,000 reward to the first Communist pilot who flies a MIG-15 or other Russian jet to allied lines. Subsequent defectors would get $50,000. The plan, part of a psychological warfare campaign, outlines routes via Paengyong and Bimbo air base and aims to study the aircraft for technical knowledge and morale effects.
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Tokyo
Far Eastern Command
Air Force
North Korea
Oly
Paengyong
Bimpo
Neoul
Second Group of Dead Hogs Found Near Mt. Vernon
In Linn county north of Mt. Vernon a second batch of 13 dead hogs was found in a roadside ditch. Veterinarians suggested the carcasses were disposed of to avoid quarantine, with the hogs showing advanced decomposition after a blow to the head. The animals ranged from 40 to 80 pounds and included several breeds.
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Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Jim Smith
W. IG. Stoner
Linn Township
Maurice Minor
Smith
Guy Jones
State Department of Agriculture
Floyd Bierce
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Poland
Former Marquette gridder held after St Louis bank bust
Glenn Chernick, 23, ex Marquette football player, was arrested in Chicago on a federal hold as a suspect in the St. Louis bank robbery attempt. One bandit killed himself. two robbers wounded. a fourth man fled. Chernick had been wounded last February during a separate alleged burglary incident.
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Chicago
Glenn Chernick
Marquette University
St.Louis
Chernick
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Central Groceries Cooperative, ‘Inc
Industry Urges Trade Act Revisions for U S Industry Protection
O R Strackbein chairman of the National Labor Management Council on sorden trade policy urged Congress to revise the Trade Act to strengthen protection for American industry. He said Congress should reassert authority over foreign trade and tariff decisions without rewriting tariffs, and to shield the Tariff Commission from executive overreach.
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Washington
Congress
O. R. Strackbein
National Labor Management Council
Comina
Fire disaster deaths rise as Haber plant toll climbs
The Haber Corporation factory fire in Chicago on April 16 raised the death toll to 35 with the latest report noting Juan Rodrigues among the deceased.
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Haber Corporation
Peonay
Juan Rodrigues
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