Dulles Seeks Bipartisan NATO Motion on Defenses
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles met Adlai Stevenson to discuss strengthening Western defenses amid Russia missile advances. Stevenson, entering the State Department, said he will try to be helpful and favor closer military and political ties through NATO. Eisenhower invited Stevenson to a pre-summit White House conference, date to be determined.
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William Galbraith
United Press
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Adlai E. Stevenson
Russia
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Stevenson
State Department
NATO
United States
Eisenhower
Illinois
White House
Priority Hiked On Launching U S Satellite
Washington fiction lines indicate Dr John P Hagen announced Vanguard has been given higher priority to meet commitments. The plan includes launching a half inch American instrumented satellite next month and establishing a progressively instrumented 20 inch satellite in orbit as new priority duties. The Army could launch a full instrumented satellite first, possibly alongside Navy efforts, with Vanguard and Jupiter C on separate pads at Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
John P. Hagen
T the Navy
Vanguard
Raws
Ject
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Hagen
Army
Navy
Song
GOP Assembly Endorses Knowland For Governor 1958
San Rafael UP The California Republican Assembly directors endorsed Senator William F. Knowland for governor in 1958 at a three day meeting. They also favored much of Knowland's union democracy program in a Labor Committee report. The convention in San Jose March 12 to 15 will select statewide candidates. Secretary Frank Jordan and Treasurer Ronald Reagan were endorsed for reelection. Other offices with multiple candidates were left undecided.
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San Rafael
California Republican Assmbly
William F. Knowlan
Assembly
Knowland
Republican Assembly
San Jose
U.S
Goodwin J
Knight
Senate
Frank Jordan
Ronald Batton
Deink
Convicts Flee as Police Nab One of Seven in Crown Point Jail Break
Crown Point Indiana April report says seven inmates escaped from Lake County Jail this morning after forcing bars in a first floor bullpen. Raymond Arthur Carr 40 was captured at his father Joseph Carr's Gary home without resistance. George R. Brown of Black Oak fled to his Gary mother’s home but eluded capture. Brown had admitted plans to stand trial for slaying Mildred Grigonis and Lana Brock cases, pleading insanity. Other escapees include Kenneth Miles Pointer and Carr, part of the jailbreak reminiscent of the Dillinger era.
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Ind
INS
Lake’ County
Raymond Arthur Carr
Carr
Joseph
Gary
George R. Brown
Black Oak
Mildred Grigonis
East Gary
Brown
Lana Brock
New Chicago
Crown Point Jar
John Dillinger
Kenneth Miles Pointer
Traffic Kills 16 In North State
Northern California highway accidents claimed 16 lives over the weekend. A nonfatal pileup on the Bayshore Freeway near Burlingame injured nine and blocked the road for two hours. Five fatalities occurred in the San Joaquin Valley.
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San Francisco
California
Bayshore
Burlingame
San Joaquin Valley
U S Bombers Fly 10 425 Miles In 21 Hours
Six B 52 bombers from Homestead Air Force Base flew nonstop to Buenos Aires and back to Plattsburgh in 21 hours 42 minutes during a rapid air strike exercise. The mission covered 10 425 miles with air refueling and averaged over 500 miles per hour. Flight Commander Brig Gen William K Martin praised the flawless operation and noted no hitches.
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Plattsburgh Air Force Base
N.Y
U.S
Homestead Air Force Base
Fia
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Strategic Air Command
Homestead
Plattsburgh
William K. “Martin
British Predict Peacetime H Bomb Use
British scientists at Harwell claim fusion of heavy hydrogen in a controlled experiment using device Zeta. They say temperatures above one million degrees achieved, signaling fusion for peaceful energy use. Fusion would yield energy comparable to a million tons of coal.
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London
Aehich
Atomic [Energy Authority
Britain
Atomic Research Center
Harwell
Pineau in US Protests Arms Shipments to Tunisia
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau arrived in New York in May for talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles over French objections to arms shipments by Britain and the United States to Tunisia. Paris reports said Premier Felix Gaillard sent two notes to President Eisenhower urging reversal, but Washington did not yield. Hervé Alphand and Guillaume Georges Picot met Pineau at Idlewild Airport aboard an Air France jet.
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New York
INS
Christian Pineau
John Foster Dulles
Britain
America
Tunisia
Paris
Felix Gaillard
Eisenhower
U.S
Herve Alphand
U S
Pincau
Idlewild
Air France
Guillaume Georges ‘Picot
France
United Nations
So County Disaster Crew Formed In Hayward Civil Defense
The Hayward Civil Defense Corps ground rescue unit, formed this year, tested by a Pleasanton summer drill, became a makeshift first aid station at a large public gathering. About 500 citizens received care for blisters sunburn and a stroke case, amid broader CAP coordination and on-call emergency duties. The eight-member team, led by Lt. L. Baker, includes cadet airmen and high school cadets, drills weekly at Oakland Airport under CAP and Welfare Division direction.
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Hadris
Slaieda County
Pleasanton
Thes
Civil ‘Defense
Hayward
Civil. Air, Patrol
Ria
Civi Defense
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CAP
Emer
Ile Toe “L. Baker
Glenn Carr
Carrell
Oakland Airport
Bruce” Denning
Civil Defense Headquarters
D- Welfare Division
Peter Barry
Egypt Syria map union eyed by parliaments in Damascus
United Press reports Egyptian and Syrian members of parliament met in Damascus to discuss a federal union of Egypt and Syria. Both states receive arms from the Soviet bloc and are linked in a military pact under Maj. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amet. Armed units were seen conducting live ammunition maneuvers in Syria with Ramascu radio noting 20 battalions of reservists mobilized this weekend.
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Egypt
Syria
Abdel Hakim ‘Amet
Middle East
Ramascu’ Radio
Mystery man found dead near Fairway Park with gunshot wound
Newark police identify a deceased man found by three pheasant hunters west of A.0T Street as a gunshot fatality. Coroner says the victim, aged 30 to 40, died from a stomach wound after being found near a fence and safety razor near his body. Hunters Richard Dixon and Edwin Dixon, plus Earl Sobley, assisted in discovery.
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Heyward
Cherry. Rd
Central
Mowry Aves
Fairway Park
Fairmont Hospital
Shirley Lawbeen
7Th Street
Richard Dixon
Cherry Way
Hayward
Edwin
Weston St
Pleasanton
Earl E. Sobley
Elgin St. San Lorenzo
James Chambers
West Alerted To New Policy Tragedy and Kremlin Talks Highlighted
A San Lorenzo man 35, Stanley Ronald Weeks, died after being struck by a Southern Pacific freight train at night near his home. Witness Charles F. Odom reported Weeks sat on a rail as the train passed, his head bowed. Weeks was pronounced dead at Fairmont Hospital. A stray dog with Weeks presence deepened the distress. In London, observers noted alleged dramatic shifts in Communist tactics with a Kremlin circle including Khrushchev Mao Zedong Gomulka Novotny Ulbricht and Kardelj in confidential talks. Suslov, touted as Kremlin policy planner, presided. Reports said Prague parleys may follow this week as leaders attend the Czech funeral of Athon Zapas.
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San Lorenzan
Southern Pacific
Stanley Ronald Weeks
Viz Media
Siamdinnangs
Charles F. Odom
Rainier Ave
Odom
Fairmont Hospital
London
ENS
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Kremlin
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Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Antonin Novotny
Czecho
Slovakia
Welter Ulbricht
Eduard Kardelj
Yugoslavia
Tito
Mikhail A.suslov
Suslov
Kremshlin
Kremslin
Prague
Kliment’ Vora
Shilov
Otto
Grotewohl
Aleksander
Zawadski
Czech
Athonin Zapastocky
CV Man Cited In Auto Death
San Leandro police report a misdemeanor charge of manslaughter filed in San Leandro Municipal Court against Frederick Wooding Jr. 24 of Castro Valley after his car struck and killed Mrs. Lucille Willemstein 52 on Foothill Blvd Nov 9. Wooding plans to surrender tomorrow. Willemstein was crossing Foothill Blvd at 63rd Ave when struck. Wooding said he did not see her until she appeared suddenly before his car.
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Municipal
Frederick Wooding Jr
Seaview Ave
Castro Valley
Foothill
Wooding
Morrow
Lucille
Willemstein
Foothill Blvd
Foothill ‘Blvd
J Ave
Williamstein
Acquittal Seen In Girard Case
CAMP DREW Japan ULPP Japanese defense attorney Itsuro Hayashi predicted today that Girard would be acquitted on manslaughter charges Tuesday by the Maebashi District Court. He said a verdict of acquittal satisfies both defense and prosecution will be handed down by Chief Judge Yuzo Kawachi.
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Japan
ULP
Itsuro Hayashi
Milliam S
Girard
Maebashi
Hayashi
United Press
Yuzo Kawachi
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