United States backs Vietnamese self rule while Bao Dai faces upheaval
Washington signaled support for Vietnam to decide its own government, backing Ngo Dinh Diem's legal authority and allowing Vietnamese leaders to choose their constitutional path. U S officials noted dissent over Bao Dai, who now faces diminishing power as Saigon's two congresses push for a Diem aligned government.
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Washington
INS
United States
Bao Dai
Lincoln White
Ngo Dinh Diem
White
U. S
Bao
Annam
French Riviera
Saigon
Diem
Nato Leaders Ready Agenda for West European Union
Paris May 6 foreign ministers from seven Western nations prepare a pivotal round of talks to strengthen Western cooperation addressing Germany Formosa and other Asia Pacific issues. They aim to activate the WEU including Britain France West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg and invite Moscow to a four power conference. The big three Dulles Macmillan and Pinay will discuss Far East problems with plans to admit West Germany to the WEU and, likely, Italy.
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Formosa
West Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Moscow
Austria
China
SEATO
America
John Foster Dulles
Britain
Harold Macmillan
France
Antoine Pinay
Macmillan
Italy
WEU
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Red China opium production cited at UN
Nationalist China told the United Nations Red China produces at least 2 500 tons of opium yearly and runs 50 mainland factories for narcotics, funding Communist activities and spreading corruption while narcotics traffic reaches the United States as far as St. Louis. An Anslinger warned the trade is growing worse.
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United Nations
INS
China
Red China
Peiping
Lawd
Warer Ansiinger
Peeret
H. R. Wei
U. N. Narcotics Commission
U. N. Permanent Central Opium Board
U. S
Harry J. Anslinger
Rail strikes turn deadly as violence flares in South
Nashville report details a posturing strike in the Louisville and Nashville system that left one worker dead in Tennessee and another wounded in Kentucky. The violence triggered a withdrawal of a union offer to arbitrate the 25,000-strong, 14-state dispute. Meanwhile Southern Bell workers rejected a CIO bid for full public arbitration, as unions push for negotiated settlements.
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Nashville, Tenn
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Tennessee
Kentucky
South
Southern Bell Telephone
CIO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell
George Leighty
Washington
L&n
Corbin
R. C. Parsons
Eisenhower
Gore
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Eisenhower Road Plan Rejected by Senate Panel
The Senate Public Works Committee rejected President Eisenhower's 10 year highway plan worth 101 billion dollars. The closed door vote was 4 to 0 as the panel seeks new roads legislation acceptable to both parties. The setback followed Congress' earlier move to scrap the farm price support program. Senator Gore noted the highway vote arose from a motion by Senator Edward Martin to substitute the Administration bill for the Democratic measure.
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Washington
INS
Senate Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Ito
Congress
House
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Edward Martin
R-Pa
Landlady shoots polio cripple to protect child
LANHAM May 6 Specialy A 50-year-old polio crippled man was seriously wounded when landlady Susie Anna Lane 65 shot him with a .12 caliber revolver to stop him from pursuing her granddaughter. John Christian an unemployed partial invalid was struck in the chest as he stood on the lawn of the house. He was taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston where officials said he is in fair condition. State Trooper W. J.
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Lanham
Putnam County
John Christian
Susie Anna Lane
Thomas Memorial Hospital
South Charleston
Ohio County Saturated On Property Valuation
Thomas F. Stafford analyzes Wheeling and Ohio County property assessments as the area nears a saturation point amid industrial legacy and aging infrastructure. He notes Wheeling's historic growth, dense population, limited growth space, and the broader Ohio Valley boom beyond county borders.
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Ohio County
Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio Valley
Olio County
Explosion Survey Bares Survival Data in Doom Town
Civil Defense crews study the atom wreckage of Doom Town Nevada after an explosion at least 35,000 tons of TNT, lifting mannequins from rubble and recording destruction to guide future protection. Harold Goodwin notes that shelters near the blast would have saved many if real. Photographers document the scene for science and safety planning.
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Charles Denton
Doom Town
Nev
INS
Civil Defense
Laon
Bennig Lly
Nevada
Harold Goodwin
Operaation Cue
Dooms
Nitro levy proposal fails in Mitre and Lattes votes
The county canvass shows Mitre voters 408 to 36 in favor of extending levy limits to the smaller community while Lattes residents reject the proposal 109 to 47. The issue was surveyed by the County Court here yesterday.
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Nitro
Sattes
Mitre
Lattes
Cleared in dual Clarksburg killings probe
Charleston brothers questioned about the shooting deaths of a prominent dentist wife and her maid near Clarksburg were tentatively cleared by state police. They claim they were in Detroit at the time and were later arrested in Montgomery on car theft charges.
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Charleston
Clarksburg
Nathan C. Reger
State Criminal Identification Bureau
Detroit
Mich
Montgomery
Kanawha County
Roger
Optimistic Boone No. West Virginia Coal Future Predicted
Jacksonville May 6 Prudential Insurance executive Carrol M Shanks predicts a bright economic future for West Virginia coal amid advances in chemicals plastics and coal derivatives He cites coal as the cheapest cleanest and most efficient fuel and notes the new 22 story Prudential office building on the St Johns River will serve a 10 state area including West Virginia
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the Gazette
Jacksonville
Fla
Shanks
Carrol M. Shanks
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
West Virginia
Ohio Valley
St. Johns River
Prudential
City Cops In Vice Case On Vacation
Two Charleston vice squad detectives, Robert J. Crouse and Warren Warwick, charged with breaking and entering and unlawful cohabitation, have taken vacation time while awaiting hearings before Justice of the Peace Arnold Williams. They led raids in Charleston. hearings set for next week. mayor says no dismissal decision yet.
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Copenhayer
Dets
Robert J. Crouse
Warren Warwick
Justice of the Peace
Arnold Williams
Clay
Crouse
Warwick
Kanawha City Glass Plant
James I
Washington Ave
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