April Plan of Asiatic Move Told
The Washington Post reported Eisenhower planned to ask Congress on April 26 for authority to intervene in Indo China, aiming to use 200 U S planes from carriers Essex Boxer and Philippine land bases plus air support to lift Dien Bien Phu. Britain opposed military action and the plan failed.
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Washington
INS
Washington Post and
Times-Herald
Eisenhower
Congress
Britain
Chalmers M. Roberts
U.S. Navy
Philippines
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Korea
Dulles
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Roberts
Paul Ely
U.S
Essex
Boxer
South China Sea
Churchill
Eden
Bidault
Henri Navarre
Unemployment Drops as May Adds Jobs and Labor Force Rises
The government reports May unemployment fell by 160 000 while employment rose by 521 000 as outdoor and farm work increased. The labor force grew in spring, explaining the disparity and signaling a leveling business decline.
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Washington
INS
Car in Wrong Lane Destroys Ten In Maryland Collision
Eight men and two women died in a head on crash when a car went into the wrong lane on a cresting hill. The other car burned with one man in the convertible killed. Robert E. Abell, 24, of Silver Spring, Md., drove the wrong way. All occupants perished.
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Robert E. Abell
Silver Spring
Light Iowa primary turnout across several cities
Spot checks show a light turnout in Des Moines Des Moines Davenport and other cities during forenoon voting in Monday's primary. County officials report the shift to daylight time may affect early voting with very low noon counts compared to two years ago.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Polk County
Harold E. Anderson
Scott County
W. F. Voss
Davenport
Voss
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Burlington
Five Speeders Lose Licenses
Cedar Rapids court fined and suspended licenses for five speeding defendants in municipal court. Judge James Patterson imposed 10-day suspensions on Schumaker, Ellis Boulevard NW. Alch, Old Marion road NE. Wilson, Eighth avenue SE. and Wims, Seventeenth street SW, with all paying $10. Carlton received a 15-day suspension and a $50 fine for reckless driving. Virgil Fritz was jailed 10 days for driving with a suspended license, a mandatory sentence under state law.
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Cedar Rapids
James Patterson
Robert Schumaker
Ellis Boulevard
Robert Alch
Old Marion Road
Harris Wilson
Eighth Avenue SE
Larry Wims
Seventeenth Street
Julian Carlton
Twelfth Avenue
Virgil Fritz
First Avenue NW
Wives Fall From Pier As Taxi Plunges Into Platform
Two navy wives rushing to meet husbands on a destroyer drove a taxicab off a Long Beach pier. The car plummeted four feet onto a concrete platform. Mrs. Vancy T. McFadden sustained back injuries and Mrs. Walter S. Croswell was bruised. The McFaddens’ baby girl and the driver escaped injury.
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Long Beach
Vancy T. McFadden
Walter S. Croswell
Mason Nominated For Housing Post
President Eisenhower sent to the Senate the nomination of Norman P. Mason for federal housing commissioner. Mason, a Republican lumberman from Chelmsford Massachusetts, has been acting FHA commissioner since the administration fired Guy O Hollyday of Towson Maryland.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Norman P. Mason
Mason
Chelmsford
Mass
FHA
Guy O. Hollyday
Towson, Md
Scouts Searched for Four in Blizzard Stranded in Rocky Mountain Park
A search is under way for four Boy Scouts and a leader missing after a sudden blizzard hit Rocky Mountain National Park. Roads were blocked and communications cut as the group, possibly hiking Flat Top Mountain, faced the storm.
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Estes Park
Colo
Ins
Rocky Mountain National
Boy Scouts
Flat Top Mountain
Gazette Photos Win Nine Awards In IPPA Contest
Gazette photographers claimed nine awards in the Iowa Press Photographers Association contest. The Graflex plaque went to The Gazette for the Ten Best photographs. Personal awards went to Merryman Melvor and Franks. In spot news Gazette photographers took the last three places with Merryman first and third, Melvor second.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa Press Photographers Association
Iowa City Sunday
Tom Merryman
Johnny Melvor
Carl Franks
Spot
Merryman
Melvor
Gra Flex Ten Best Award Highlights Local Photo Winners
McIvor led in sports while Franks earned thirds in personalities and salon. Merryman topped the pictorial class with a highway death scene and a western image. Graflex created the Ten Best to showcase news pictures reflecting a paper’s area, with entries from Mclvor Merryman Franks. The awards become permanent property of the photographers and The Gazette. Officers of the Photographers Association are Hough, Berg, Bliesener, Bogle, Franks, Swift, and Musser.
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McIvor
Franks
Merryman
Graflex, Inc
Graflex
Mclivor
Mclvor
Gazette
Time Magazine
The
A Press Photographers Association
Arthur N. Hough
Storm Lake
Cy Berg
Marshalltown
Ron Bliesener
Burlington
William C. Bogle
Iowa Falls
Carl Franks
Association
Howard Swift
Des Moines
Elwin Musser
Mason City
Police search yields sheriff badge from Sunday pickpocket
Waterbury Connecticut police scanned a Sunday pickpocket case and recovered a sheriff's badge among other items found during the search.
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Waterbury, Conn
Joe Must Go Club Falls Short In Recall Bid
SAUK CITY Wis AP The Joe Must Go Club said it failed to meet the 403 904 signature requirement to recall Sen McCarthy after a petition drive ended at midnight Saturday The club did not disclose how many signatures were collected but pledged to continue efforts and consider a future recall campaign.
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Sauk City
Wis
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Gas Rate Fixing By FPC Upheld
Supreme Court rules 5 to 3 the Federal Power Commission may fix rates charged by independent natural gas producers for interstate sales. The decision rejects appeals by Phillips Petroleum Texas and the FPC itself which argued lack of jurisdiction. Justice Minton’s majority states consumer protection under the Natural Gas Act was the primary aim.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Phillips Petroleum Company
State of Texas
FPC
Minton
Clark Burton
Douglas
I Jackson
Nehru Warns India On Possible War Within Weeks
New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru told state congress leaders that the world could learn within two to three weeks whether the nation faces war. He cautioned urgency amid rising tensions and global reaction to the dispute.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
Congress
Five Killed In Iowa Auto Accidents Weekend
Five people died in Iowa auto accidents over the weekend including Cpl. Jerome F. German Jr. and an infant son, with others from Des Moines Keokuk and St. Paul among the victims. The toll rose to 236 for the year, as details of crashes and funerals are reported.
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Iowa
Cpl
Jerome F. German, Jr
Masonville
Daniel Bussanmas
Phillip Bussanmas
Des Moines
Mary Louise Stanley
Keokuk
A. H. Greenberg
St. Paul
Minn
Discoverer of Solar Boat Relieved From Excavation Duty
Cairo AP Kamal El Mallakh 34 who uncovered a 5000 year old solar boat near the Cheops pyramid is removed from direct supervision of the excavation A five member commission including Mallakh will oversee the dig while Dr Abdel Moneim Abu Baker chairs the panel The move follows intra department feuding and aims to protect the wooden burial boat and investigate any finds while delaying road work around the pyramid.
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Cairo
Kamal el Mallakh
Cheops
Mustafa Amer
Department of Antiquities
Mallakh
Amer
Zaki Nour
Giza
Scientists Urge Eisenhower Review Oppenheimer Case
A10 scientists including federation officers urge President Eisenhower to study the security system that led to J. Robert Oppenheimer being suspended as a security risk by the AEC. They condemn the 2 1 finding and seek a board to balance secrecy with scientific freedom, praising hearing procedures while calling for policy reform. News notes Nichols denial to Oppenheimer's appeal and Chicago radar lab resignations linked to security charges.
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Darrell Garwood
Washington
INS
Eisenhower
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Federation of American Scientists
Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Rerouting of Highways 150 and 64 Considered
Cedar Rapids city council proposes rerouting highways 150 and 64 to ease traffic on First avenue NE. A viaduct block forces changes feeding 27 000 vehicles daily. 6 000 to 7 000 could be diverted. Proposals involve Mt. Vernon road for 150 and Eighth avenue to Tenth street SE for 64.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
State Highway Commission
E. A. Prochaska
William Kudina
Bill Remington
Prochaska
Sixth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Eighth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Tenth
Highway Commission
Iowa Primary Polls Close At Eight Tonight
Voters in Iowa head to the polls as casting ends at 8 p.m. Central Time tonight with results to be updated in tomorrow's Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Margulies Pleads No Defense in Tax Case
Davenport auto dealer George Margulies pleaded nolo contendere to three counts of income tax evasion. Judge William Riley set June 25 for sentencing, with a $2,000 bond. The plea covers 1948 1949 and 1950 evasion totals of 13675.06 9941.14 and 7678.74.
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DES Moines
George ‘Margulies
Davenport
William F. Riley
Margulies
Black Hawk Chevrolet Company
Auto
U.S
Roy L. Stephenson
Riley
McCarthy Hearings Reveal Schine and Stevens Talks
The McCarthy army hearings feature two transcript versions of a Oct. 21 call in which Stevens tells G. David Schine he cannot avoid basic training and that an after training assignment might be found. Schine later testifies about an Oct. 19 call. Stevens had urged no spectacle in questioning Major Gen. Partridge.
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Washington (Ap
Roy Cohn
Stevens
G. David Schine
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
David Schine
Army
Schine
McCarthy Army
Gotton
McCarthy-Stevens
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy Subcommittee
Cohn
Richard B. Partridge
Army Intelligence
John Lucas
Lucas
Subcommittee
Wilson
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Ray H. Jenkins
California
Robbers Take $30,000 From Copacabane Club Night Receipts
Two men robbed the Hotel Fourteen early Monday, bound two employees with baling wire, and stole about $30,000 in Copa Capiane night club receipts while missing an additional $20,000. The incident occurred in New York.
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New York
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Immaculate Conception
Bussanmas
Stanley
Greenberg
Hampton
Council Bluffs
Peper
New York Times
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Radar Laboratories
Blackhawk Chevrolet Company
Stephenson
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Pentagon
Copacabana Club
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