McKeon Trial Mirrors Debate Over Marine Training
General McCall Pate defends training methods amid court martial for S Sergeant McKeon who led six recruits to death on Ribbon Creek. Lawyers clash over discipline and responsibility as Emile Zola Berman presses for justice in a case seen as a test of Marine Corps training and military duty.
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Randolph McCall Pate
Marine Corps
Matthew C. McKeon
Tidal Creek
McKeon
Parris Island
Ribbon Creek
Pate
Fense
Paty
Emile Zola Berman
France
Dreyfus
Gio
Eisenhower Nixon Ticket Faces Health and Campaign Questions
The news conference left doubts about Eisenhower's health and his ability to govern four more years. The GOP ticket of Eisenhower and Nixon looks strong for the White House but faces uncertain congressional prospects and internal party jockeying led by Harold Stassen and Governor Herter. Democrats aim to sway voters by evaluating Republican leadership and Ike's fitness.
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Eisenhower
White House
Ike
Harold Stassen
Nixon
Massachusett
Christian Herter
Sen. Kefauver
Trouble in Burma Tests Neutral Policy and Borders
The Burma crisis shows 500 Chinese troops occupying about 1000 miles of its northeastern frontier. Burma requests Peiping withdraws as it protests violations, highlighting the failure of neutralism to secure territorial respect and trade gains from Communist nations.
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Burma
Apl
Peiping
Great Britain
Russia
Ran
Democrats Debate Civil Rights at Chicago Platform Session
The Democratic National Committee opens a pre convention platform meeting in Chicago with press access. Leaders seek a civil rights plank echoing the 1952 moderate line while navigating school desegregation language and Southern unity doubts.
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Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Florida
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
William L. Dawson
Ill
House
Dawson
John W. McCormack
Bell Timmerman
South Carolina
Atlanta
Timmerman
White House
William F. Knowland
Calif
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N.y
George Meany
A-F.l.-C.lo
Frank G. Clement
Paul M. Butler
Clement
Pak Ridge
Washington News Notebook Figures Lean Horses Undies Houses Straws
A quirky Washington notebook surveys figures from the weight test for presidents and notable figures, noting Eisenhower, Stevenson, Kefauver and Truman among others. It covers Army underwear allowances for WACs, a real estate note on a Laos property, and a chocolate flavored straw novelty, with anecdotes about Beale and Beale era receptions.
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Washington
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
West Point
Harry S. Truman
Adiai Stevenson
Princeton
Mohammed Ali
Pakistan
University of Cal- Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Notre Dame
Len Hall
Post Offices, Boy Scout Act Referendum Discussed
Local notes outline discussion of the Post Offices and the Boy Scout Act of 1870. President K B Terry and Secretary-Treasurer lead the session with community attendees.
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A Rawley
K. B Terry
Eave O
Mat
Currier
Ender
Mara
1870
Asheville's Bach Festival Seen Growing Into American Salzburg
Mary O'Connor notes Miss Rise Stevens will headline a candlelight concert at Biltmore in Asheville on Aug 14 to benefit Brevard Music Camp. John Gurney Briggs calls the Asheville series a rising summer festival, potentially a national music center akin to Salzburg.
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Rise Stevens
Metropolitan Opera
Biltmore Mansion
Asheville
John Gurney Briggs
High Point
New York Times
Salzburg
Austria
Bergen
Norway
Brevard
James Christian Pfohl
Biltmore House
Waynesville
Western Carolina
George Dixon Embarrassed Humphreys in Senate clash
In a Senate exchange Democrats Nena and Mike Monroney accused Treasury Secretary George Humphrey of improper campaign involvement. Humphrey protested as Bender campaigned from the Commerce Dept while Bender rushed back to defend his team amid the fracas.
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Washington
Nena
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
George Io
Senate
Treasury
George Humphrey
Bender
Monroney
Secretary of the Treasury
Oklahoman
Humphrey
Department of Commercce
Ohio
Capitol
Notes on the News by Occhables Pearson
A campaign chairman discusses using advertisements and funding splits with Ohio papers. The piece includes anecdotes about Senator Humphrey, Secretary Humphrey, and a floral gesture inquiry tied to a Willard speech and a visit from a cabinet member.
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Pearson
Humphrey
United Jewish Appeal
Willard
George
Sue
Senator Humphrey
VOA TV expansion eyed as U SIA boosts broadcasting reach
VOA plans a major TV push under new U S Information Agency chief robert button. Five years ago seven countries had TV now 29 with about 40 million viewers and growing. USIA TV programs include international cooperation projects and the popular Report on America series. A new breakfast discussion show aims at Hungary Poland Romania and Czechoslovakia to showcase free inquiry in a typical American family setting.
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Sloan Wilson
Sunday
Washington
Voice of America
International Cooperation Administration
America
Britain
Latin America
Brazil
USIA
U. S
VOA
Button
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
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Republican National Committee
Georgetown University
Dr. White
British War Department
Uncle Sam
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Army
Laos
Dwight F. Davis
U. S. Navy
Mrs. Beale
Executive Mansion
Sheraton Park
Spessard Holland
D-Fla
Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
Joseph O'Mahoney
Dwyo
Thomas Martin
A-lown
Herbert Lehman
D-Ny
Edapartment
William Ayres
R-Obie
Dren's
High Point Enterprise
Dino
Holt McPherson
Mary O'Connor
Indian Fort
Berea
Kentucky
George Dixon
Humphreys
Usement
Peter Edson
Europe
Tin America
Near
Far East
Wonder Close Monitor
Usia-Tv
VOA Radio
Soviet
British Broadcasting Corp
Bulgaria
Khrushchev
England
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