French Oppose Plans of Wilson on Vietnam War Aid
Indochina dispatch reports U S Defense Secretary Wilson and French army chief Gen Paul Ely clashed over sending an American mission to train the Vietnamese army. French leaders and Gen Navarre insist Americans should not direct the war and should not alter mission powers. Veteran Lt Gen John W O Daniel heads the mission with focus on supplying weapons. training troop support remains disputed.
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Saigon
Indochina
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Henri Navarre
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Korea
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Oid
Washington
Damage Suits Filed in Erie County Court
In Erie, two damage suits arose from traffic incidents. Plaintiffs seek 7 338 dollars for injuries when a car struck a reportedly uncovered manhole at 12th and Hillborn with Fry Construction named among defendants. A separate settlement approved covers a two truck collision involving Louis Grieza Jr. and Loblaw's.
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Charlene Sisson
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Loblaw
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Louis Grieza Jr
Store Strike Settled with 8 14 Cent Hourly Increase
Four Pittsburgh furniture stores and AFL Geneva Teamsters reach a three year contract ending a 114 day strike. Drivers see an 8.14 cent hourly raise to 2.22 dollars by February 15 under a wage reopening clause next November. Sears Roebuck uses outside firm. Welfare program terms not disclosed.
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Uuck
AFL
Geneva Teamsters Union
Hahn Furniture Co
Spears, Reuben, Ohringer
May-Stern Co
Sears Roebuck
Aho
Boots
Doctor Roy K Marshall pleads no defense in postal obscenity case
Dr Roy K Marshall once popularizing physics and astronomy for TV pleaded no defense to charges of sending obscene letters through the mails to five teenage girls. He appeared before Federal District Judge Thomas J Clary with a frown as the indictment was read. Nearby Bikini Island rock formations showed no radioactivity from 1946 atomic tests, according to the National Geographic Society.
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Philadelphia
Roy K. Marshall
Thomas J. Clary
Bikini Island
National Geographic Society
Fear of Depositors Becomes Awful Truth
Auditor reports a 76000 deficit at the Merchants Exchange after banker Royall Reynolds vanished. A official said personal property would likely be used to cover losses while Reynolds, freed for the audit, returned to jail amid embezzlement warrants. Georgia once vast in cotton now trims its land.
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Royall Reynolds
Merchants Exchange
Reynolds
Exchange
Pittsburgh Mayor opposes 10 PM curfew for youths
Mayor David J. Lawrence says a curfew is not the solution to juvenile delinquency. He comments on Judge Harry M. Montgomery's push for a 10 p.m. curfew for under 16s in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A separate note mentions diving ducks with third eyelids usable as underwater lenses.
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Pittsburgh
David J. Lawrence
Harry M. Montgomery
Allegheny County
Red China's Mao Returns To Public Life After Absence
Mao Tse-tung, 60, was reported back in circulation presiding over Peiping meeting of a special government committee to draft a national constitution. It followed his absence since December and after missing February Central Committee talks, fueling world speculation. London notes Sir Nelson King Johnson, 62, the British weather chief who stood down after guiding D-Day forecasts, died in hospital.
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RED China
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Mao Tze-tung
Communist New China News ‘Agency
Peiping
Chinese Communist Party
Central Committee
London
Nelson King Johnson
Normandy
Johnson
Government Meteorological S Office
Germany
Royal Air Force
U.S. 8Th Air Force
Indictment of Police Chief Thrown Out
Three judges dropped an indictment against John Miller former police chief of Wall for failing to arrest a tavern owner charged with shooting a 12 year old. Miller was suspended last September 23 after not arresting George Milius 60 awaiting trial for assault with intent to kill. Miller later resigned.
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John Miller
Wall
Criminal Court
Miller
George Milius
John Tessler
Milius
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