British Commonwealth PMs Meet Over Formosa Crisis at Downing Street
Ten day talks open in London as Churchill hosts seven premiers and a premier representing 575 million people. Eden urges agreement to halt fighting in the inflammable Formosa situation and support for New Zealand’s UN Security Council move.
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London
Formosa
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Formosa Strait
Red
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
New Zealand
Downing St
Nehru
India
Alaska radar station offered early warning of bomber routes
An Arctic early warning radar site in western Alaska uses a domed fiberglass bubble atop a snowbound peak. A rotating radar antenna and dark control room feed real time aircraft data to a central Alaska command, providing clues on number and speed of approaching planes.
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Alaska
United States
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Mansfield backs UN effort toward Taiwan peace
Senator Mansfield says faith must be placed in President Eisenhower to seek a peaceful settlement with no war. He supports U N efforts to end hostilities between Nationalists and Communists near Formosa, while noting two Chinas may exist and urging patient diplomacy. He backs discussion from a position of strength and rejects unconditional UN intervention.
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Washington
Len Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Eisenhower
Mansfield
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
VU. S
United Nations
Formosa
U. N
Red China
Supreme Court
Willam O. Glas
Douglas
New York University School of Law
George
NBC
U. S
China
Sen. Strand
D-Miss
Gun battle kills Knoxville officer and man
In Knoxville Tennessee Patrolman Lester W. Gwinn 40 was fatally wounded and Roy Porter 49 died later in hospital after a blaz ing gun battle at a residence Porter fired on officers Robert Stephens was unharmed The shooting occurred as officers attempted to arrest Porter on a complaint by his wife who had obtained a court order The confrontation happened in a bedroom where three Van Winkle children aged 3 to 8 slept The officers pursued Porter after he visited his wife earlier at her residence
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Knoxville
Tenn
Lester W. Gwinn
Hosital
Roy Porter
Carl T. Bunch
Porter
Gwinn
Robert Stephens
Bunch
Robert van Winkle
Stephens
van Winkle
St. Louis Schools End Segregation Quietly
In St Louis public high schools segregation ended as about 350 Negro students enrolled at Soldan Blewett High School for the spring term. About 1000 white students registered at previously all white schools. a few Negroes registered at five other white high schools. Board officials had met with parents groups and the PTA held an integrated meeting.
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ST. Louis
Soldan- Blewett High School
West End
Soldan-Blewett Board of Education
Shells hit sea as Tachens evacuee plan looms in Formosa battle
Communist guns on Yikiangshan fired toward Tachens as U.S. 7th Fleet weighed evacuation orders. Nationalists kept strict defense posture while Adm. Stump said no order to evacuate. Navy sources indicated redeployment prep ongoing around Quemoy and Matsu amid offshore fighting.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Defense Ministry
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Tachen Islands
Kikiangshan
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Quemoy
Ith
Adm
Felix B. Stump
U. S. Pacific
Stump
Pearl Harbor
Taipei
Tokyo
China Roos
Matsu
Amoy
Foochow
Te Defense Ministry
Tateing Island
Eisenhower seeks broad private health insurance push
President Eisenhower urges Congress to bolster and expand private health insurance plans as part of a wider program for a healthier America. The proposal emphasizes private coverage and aims to strengthen healthcare access nationwide.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Amerca
Surplus Farm Stocks Spar Over Sale and Health Plans
Rep Cooley pressed Secretary Benson to explain why government held surpluses like butter and cheese are not being moved out. He warned of deterioration and possible destruction. The debate ties surplus disposal to price supports and the Ag Committee’s agenda while Eisenhower backs a federal health program without subsidies.
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Washington
Rep
Cooley
D-Nc
Benson
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Hearings on Appropriations and Finances Lead Agenda
Tar Heel lawmakers begin the fifth week of the 1955 session with continued hearings on appropriations and finances. The House and Senate schedule meetings and committee appointments, while a public hearing on a soft drink tax seeks $7.125 million. Educational institutions’ budget requests and state mental health hearings are also planned, with a Senate insurance bill under review.
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General Assembly
Appropriations
Capitol
Senate
House
Larry Moore
Wilson
Moore
Joint Finance Committee
Hodges
Advisory Budget Commission
Raeconcias
Tions
East Carolina College
Western Carolina College
Appalachian State Teachers College
A&t College
Pembroke State College
Senate Insurance Committee
W. D. James
Richmond
Mystery Girl Seen Near Rubinstein Murder Scene
New York police say a brown clothed mysterious girl was seen by Rubinstein’s mother and aunt near the financier’s Manhattan home hours before his death. Authorities question dealer Lee Brooks, linked to a previous Langford case, as the four day old murder investigation proceeds.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Rubinstein
Lee Brooks
Brooks
Albert E. Langford
Manhattan
Stella Rubinstein
Sth Avenue
Security Council debates China invite Formosa cease fire
Sir Leslie Munro proposed inviting Red China to send a representative to discuss the Formosan cease fire after the council rejected a Soviet bid tobar Nationalist China. The vote was 10 to 1 against excluding Nationalist China. the agenda then focused on alleged U S aggression and withdrawal from Formosa and surrounding islands.
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United Nations
N.Y
Leslie Knox Munro
New Zealand
U.N. Security Council
Red China
Soviet Union
China
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Aviation Council
United States
Formosa
Russia
Tachens
Matsu
Quemoy
Pescadores Islands
Security Council
U. S
U.N
Leslie Munro
Peru
Victor A. Belaunde
Munro
Gen Hoge retires after 42 years in U S Army in Europe
Gen William M Hoge retires from the U S Army after a 42 year career spanning World War II and Korea. In Mannheim Germany he told troops European command they are in a stronger and better position for defense, praised by Gen Alfred Gruenther as a magnificent soldier.
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Mannheim
Germany
William M. Hoge
U.S. Army
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Hoge
Free World
Opposition To Cuts Studied
Washington moves show House Armed Services Committee hearing Army opposition to defense budget cuts. Secretary Stevens and Gen Ridgway testified as Army faces a cut to 1,027,000 troops by June 1956 and critics urge resisting reductions amid Formosa tensions. Senators Humphrey Sparkman Douglas press for stronger military strength.
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Secretary of the Army
Robert Stevens
House Armed Services Committee
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Stevens
Washington
Formosa
Defense Department
Ridgway
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Humphrey
D-Minn
Sparkman
D-Ala
Douglas
D-Ill
Far East
Sen. H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Violent Death Toll Rises in North Carolina Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least 12 people died violently in North Carolina. A Kinston fire killed Rudolph Rhodes age 4 Yvonne Rhodes age 7 and Mrs Isadora Rhodes about 45. A Greensboro chiropractor Dr Lee Ondas Idol 25 died from injuries in a car crash near the Greensboro High Point Airport. Charlotte residents Frances Drayton and Janie Ruth Miller 27 are linked to a stabbing death. Other deaths include Richard L Gaither 32 from a house fire near Statesville, Mrs Dewey J Wilson 35 killed by a train at Asheville, Albert S Evans of Ft Bragg killed near Fayetteville, Walter Howell Jr 21 injured in a collision near Salisbury, William McDaniel 60 injured fatally near Scotland Neck, William Joe Parker Jr 26 of Wallace killed in a car overturn, and Addie Mae Johnson of Fayetteville killed in a rural road collision.
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North Carolina
Kinston
Rudolph Rhodes
Yvonne Rhodes
Isadora Rhodes
Lee Ondas Idol
Greensboro
Greensboro High Point
Frances Drayton
Charlotte
Janie Ruth Miller
Richard L. Gaither
States
Asheville
Dewey J. Wilson
Albert S$. Evans
Ft. Bragg
Fetteville
Walter Howell Jr
Lexington
Salisbury
William McDaniel
Scotland Neck
William Joe Parker Jr
Rt. 4
Wallace
N.C. 41
Robeson
Addie Mae Johnson
Rt. 3
Fayetteville
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