Ike Rejects Red Bid For Visit By Joint Chiefs
President Eisenhower personally rejected a Russian bid for all Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit the Soviet Union. He left open to some chiefs traveling later with extended time outside Moscow to observe activities of interest to their services. Gen. Nathan Twining will attend the aviation celebration and spend eight days in Russia.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Sherman Adams
Walter Reed
Joint Chiefs
Russia
Moscow
White House
James C. Hagerty
U. S
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Twining
United States
Hagerty
Sergei A. Edemsky
LeMay seeks 3.8 billion for B52 bomber push
General Curtis LeMay asked a Senate Appropriations subcommittee for a 3.8 billion increase in funds for strategic Air Command. He testified after a closed session examining the Defense Department budget for the coming fiscal year. Chairman Chavez disclosed the request.
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Washington
Curtis FE. LeMay
Senate Appropriations
Strategic Air Command
Chavez
D-Nm
LeMay
Defense Department
Fear and faith in a world of power and peril
A discussion on mankind's fear of atomic weapons missiles and germ threats. It notes a shift to personal spiritual seeking with faith communities praising a compassionate God as a source of hope beyond war and fear. Evangelists preach a loving message appealing to humble readers.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
NEA
Four Young Romanians Go On Trial in Bern
Four young Romanian anti Communist activists seized the Romanian legation in Bern in February 1955 to expose it as a European espionage center. The group faces a ten day trial before the Swiss Federal Court with a 40 page indictment detailing charges including war materials importation and assault.
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Bern
Switzerland
Europe
Olivia Beldeanu
Legation
Beldeanu
Dumitru Ochiu
Progen Emeric Stoffel
Ooe
Aurel Setu
Eisenhower Second Term Speculation Surges Despite GOP Says Unchanged
President Eisenhower faces renewed speculation about seeking a second term after his operation, with Democrats hoping he stays with his February decision. Doctors see no need to alter plans if he recovers, while Hagerty emphasizes restoring the president.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
United States
Hagerty
San Francisco
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Winston-Salem
N.C
Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Itage
Sen
Neuberger
D-Ore
ABC
Opposed to Complete Unification of Armed Services
Washington defense leaders challenged a full unification of the armed services. Secretary of the Army Brucker, Deputy Defense Secretary Robertson, and Admiral Burke avoided backing Finletter’s single service plan, stressing traditions, chief’s power, and the enduring need for ground forces.
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Washington
Armed Services
Army
Krucker
Navy
Air
Reuben Robertson Jr
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Secrtary
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Defense
Robertson
Burke
Brucker
Senate takes measure after House passes foreign aid bill
The House approved a 3.8 billion dollar foreign aid bill and sent it to the Senate, slashing over a billion from Eisenhower's request. Senator Russell urged deeper cuts while Senator George favored restoring about half a billion, as debate continued on the bill with close-door voting slated. The measure outlines general terms for next year's aid, with actual funding to be decided in a later vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Appropriations
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Congress
Europe
U.S
Yugoslavia
Dulles and Pearson to discuss broader NATO tasks
Secretary of State Dulles prepares to meet Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson who arrived to discuss expanding NATO beyond a military alliance. Pearson sits on a three man NATO committee seeking ways to broaden alliance work ahead of a fall foreign ministers conference.
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Washington
Dulles
Lester B. Pearson
United States
Pearson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Parson
Sen. George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
NATO
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Atlantic Alliance
NATO Council
Paris
North Africa
Middle East
Cyprus
Stalin Accused in Confessed Harem and Murder Claims
France Soir cites Khrushchev allegations that Stalin kept a harem recruited by Lavrenty Beria and accused him of murdering his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva. The Vienna dispatch says Orlov claimed Stalin was homosexual. The report notes Western coverage of Stalin's supposed crimes and denials by Communist sources.
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Paris
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
France-Soir
Viena-Simbiaeune
Wen
Beria
New York
Alexander Orlov
United States
Stalin
Khrushchev
Communist Party Congress
France
Lois Frazier Installed as NC Federation President
Miss Lois Frazier of Raleigh was installed as president of the North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs for a two year term. She succeeded Mrs. Lucy Blythe of Rocky Mount at the organization's annual meeting closing session in Winston-Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Lois Frazier
Raleigh
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Adenauer Urges Unrelenting West in Face of Soviet Talk
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned the West not to relax vigilance amid friendly Soviet Russia talk. He said Kremlin tactics are more dangerous than prior aggression and seeks to undermine the West and push the US from Europe, during a Yale luncheon address and honorary degree ceremony in New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet
Russia
Adenauer
Kremlin
Board of Governors
Yale University
Greenwich
Yale
A. Whitney Griswold
Griswold
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Europe
Stalin
Traveler's Check Racket Uncovered
Frankfurt police report an international ring stealing traveler's checks from wealthy tourists and cashing them across Europe. First arrest made as investigation links the gang to many countries. haul in Germany alone reaches 600,000 marks with millions more across Italy Austria Spain and beyond.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
Italy
Austria
Spain
Tangier
Portugal
Scandinavia
Milan
Eisenhower resumes duties as he improves after surgery
President Eisenhower walked with minimal support for 15 minutes in a hospital room, then returned to bed and later conferred with advisor Sherman Adams. Nixon was designated to represent him at two events as he weighs attendance at future talks and a Panama trip.
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Adams
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Sherman Adams
White Oase
Ward 8
Eisenhower
White House
Army Hospital
Nixon
National Security Council
Blair House
Adenauer
Annapolis
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Organization of American States
Panama City
Salk Shots May Shield Unvaccinated and Slow Polio
Chicago report says full use of Salk polio vaccine could protect unvaccinated people including parents of young children. Experts say vaccinated children are less likely to spread natural infections, and vaccines may reduce silent carrier risk. Doctors Salk and Bodian urge rapid widespread vaccination despite a rare safety concern.
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Alton L. Blakesler
Chicago
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
David Bodian
Salk
Bodian
Tito mobbed by 200000 admirers in Stalingrad visit
President Tito of Yugoslavia faced an uncontrollable crowd of about 200000 at the Stalingrad railroad station. A Bronxville woman reporter, Mrs Be Mase, was swept into Deputy Premier Mikoyan's car during the melee. Khrushchev urged calm at the monument to Stalingrad defenders as the party toured sites linked to World War II battles.
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Stalingrad
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nikita Kchev
A. L. Mikoyan
Be Mase
Bronxville
N.Y
Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Canal
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