Hundreds Die in Indochina Civil War Clash
In Saigon heavy fighting between Diem loyalists and the Binh Xuyen left hundreds dead or wounded. Diem declared all-out war after a coordinated assault on his palace and security offices, with Nationalist troops pushing back the rebel group toward Cho Lon. Hospitals overflow as casualties mount.
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Saigon
Indochina
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Binh Xuyen Society
Diem
Binh Xuyen
le van Vien
Bao Dai
Binh Vuyen
National Surete
Security Police
Cho Lon
Figeti
Ene
Cholon
Viet Nam
Viet battle lines mixed with sects hold against North
Fragmentary text shows a clash involving the Binh Xuyen and two religious sects Hoa Hao and another group as South Vietnamese forces contend with Communist North aggression. The report hints at broader conflict across the region but lacks full details in the visible portion.
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Binh Xuyen
Soviets Lacking Air Power Warns NATO Chief
Gen Alfred M Gruenther NATO commander in Europe says the Soviet Union would lose if war broke out today due to Western air superiority He notes Soviet strengths in Europe but cites domestic economic troubles and strain in their system as signs of weakness The remarks were made in closed Senate testimony on March 26 and released publicly
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Washington
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate Foreign Nations Committee
Ike Calls On Zhukov To Liberate Airmen
President Eisenhower has pressed Marshal Zhukov to use influence for the release of 15 American airmen held in Red China. The exchange began after Zhukov urged the return of a Soviet schoolboy from East Berlin and followed Eisenhower’s public but undisclosed reply. The note asks whether Moscow can persuade Beijing to free detained Americans.
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Zhukov
John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Georgi Zhukov
Eiseer
Germany
Moscow
Defense Minter
Nicolai Bulganin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Valery A. Lysikov
U. S
Berlin
Col. Lysikov
Red China
Zhukovy
China
Senate approves final reading of weak beer bill
In Raleigh the Senate approved the weak beer bill on its final reading 23 to 19 and sent it back to the House for concurrence with amendments. The measure allows a dry county municipality to call an election on 3.2 beer sales with a petition from 15 percent of voters and exempts specified counties as amendments.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Robert Morgan
Harnett
Morgan
Local Liquor Bill Passed By House In North Carolina
The House approved a bill authorizing an ABC liquor vote in High Point on or after June 5. The election can be called by the City Council or by a petition signed by 15 percent of registered voters. The Guilford delegation signed the measure.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
ABC
High Point
Guilford
Vaccine cost for Salk series in Carolinas cited at about $12
Physicians across the Carolinas estimate the full three shot Salk polio series will be about $12, with about $4 per visit. No universal policy exists yet and charges vary by location and practice. Some areas offer free first and second doses for certain groups. hardship cases may pay less. News notes a private “vaccine” sale in Asheville deemed unlikely to be real vaccine.
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Carolinas
Asheville
Hamilton W. Stevens
Buncombe County
Charlotte
Columbia
S.C
Medical Society
Spartanburg
Greenville
Winston-Salem
Durham Medical Society
Rainmaking Ties Missouri Floods to 1952 Weather Experiments
Allege Langmuir says armed forces rainmaking tests may have caused the Missouri Valley floods in June 1952. Nobel laureate claims a silver iodide generator at Alamogordo started steady downpours and that stopping the seeding on July 2 could have prevented the devastating Omaha flood. He cites a 1947 tornado test off the Atlantic coast and explains how seeding affects distant weather patterns and triggers other storms.
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Irving Langmuir
Missouri Valley
Albuquerque
General Electric Co
Air Force
Savannah
Langmuir
Alamogordo
N. M
Omaha
New Mexico
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Jelke Sentenced to Two to Three Years in Society Vice Case
New York Mickey Jelke was sentenced to two to three years in prison after conviction in a society vice case. The heir to an oleomargarine fortune was found guilty of inducing Pat Ward into prostitution and attempting to induce Marguerite Cordova. His first conviction was overturned due to a press and public exclusion during testimony.
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New York
Mickey Jelke
Case Society Vice
Jelke
Pat Ward
Marguerite Cordova
Belfast Crowd Hears Billy Graham Relay From Glasgow
In Belfast a 4000 strong audience filled two halls to hear a preacher via a relay of Billy Graham’s Glasgow service. Across Britain about 1,000,000 people in 700 halls joined in the simultaneous broadcast. A local woman relented, cutting telephone use to listen.
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George Burnham
News-Free Press
Belfast
America
Glasgow
Scotland
Great Britain
Public health probe into Cutter polio vaccine cases
Washington authorities confirm confidence in the Salk vaccine while halting Cutter Laboratories doses after eight polio cases, including one death, occurred soon after vaccination. Tests target whether faulty vaccine or coincidence explains the cluster across California and nearby states as the program continues elsewhere.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
California
Fred
Pocatello
Idaho
Chicago
Denver
Arizona
New Mexico
Hawaii
Nevada
Utah
Philadelphia
Mapubes
Paris Treaties Cleared Final Hurdle In Europe
The Paris agreements cleared parliamentary approval across 15 states led by the Netherlands. Dutch Senate voted 32 to 2 and the House 71 to 46 in March to end Allied occupation, restore West German sovereignty, and set plans for WEU NATO EU status with Bonn. NATO members and West Germany signatories await chiefs of state action.
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Hague
Netherlands
Paris
NATO
West Germany
Germany
Bonn Republic
West
WEU
Saar
France
Atomic Test Delayed Again in Survival City
Unfavorable winds postpone the 40 kiloton civil defense test for the third time as 5000 volunteers endure a chilly desert night. The detonation was scrapped at the last moment just before 5 15 a.m after a preflight conference at 4 45 a.m.
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Survival City
Nev
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