U S Doctor Seeks Political Asylum in Britain
An American doctor and Birmingham lecturer, Dr Joseph H Cort, requests political asylum in the United Kingdom after claims the US Embassy and Home Office intend to send him back. He cites possible loss of citizenship, prison, and lack of employment if he returns, while seeking British citizenship and citing his medical career.
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Over 100 Held In City District On Charges
Authorities report over one hundred residents facing charges in city and district courts. Named defendants include Joanne Graves, 16, of 109 Eccles St. Alice Hayes, 63, 717 E Washington St. Chester Graves, 45, 109 Eccles St. and others with ages and addresses listed. The report notes multiple counts and a new case added last night, involving several individuals and an assortment of streets and streetside addresses.
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E. Washington St
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Meredith St
Knowland calls end to Geneva talks over Indochina
Senator Knowland asks for an end to Geneva negotiations and a declaration of independence by Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos if France forms a peace at any price government. He warns a surrender regime may be formed and says the Associated States could seek UN aid to preserve independence. He notes potential Korean arms help and continued anti Communist resolve in Indochina.
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Politicos Ponder Ike's 1956 Presidential Return
Washington June 12 observers debate whether President Eisenhower will run again in 1956. A three day meeting of district chairmen of the National Citizens for Eisenhower committee heard Sherman Adams cite three conditions that might lead to retirement, including possible Democratic control of Congress. The group and leaders voiced support for Eisenhower’s legislative program and his duty to decide.
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Democrat Dan Edwards Attacks GOP Immorality in Durham Speech
In Durham on June 12 former Assistant Secretary of Defense Dan Edwards condemned the Eisenhower Administration as politically immoral and framed a climate of fear in national life. He urged intellectual honesty and leadership in Asia to counter communism, criticizing Indochina policy and predicting GOP advantage in the fall.
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Tar Heel Mail Clerks Seek Raise
The North Carolina Federation of Post Office Clerks urged Congress to pass a House bill raising postal salaries by 7 percent with a minimum $240 and maximum $280 annually. The Corbett Bill would apply to all postal employees and run through Oct. 1, 1955. The convention in Winston-Salem also elected auxiliary officers and delegates to the national conventions in Cincinnati in August.
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Molotov Eden Talks Again Deadlocked in Geneva
Geneva reports say Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov held a one hour session at Molotov's villa seeking solutions to the Geneva deadlock over Korea and Indochina. The talk was described as inconclusive, with Western powers seeing little chance of breakthrough next week. France faced cabinet uncertainty as President Coty delayed resignations while Georges Bidault prepared to return Monday.
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Russia Rejects Western Plan to End World Arms Race
Western officials report Russia turned down a broad Western proposal to end the world arms race including atomic and conventional weapons. Five-nation talks under U.N. auspices seek disarmament steps with international oversight, reporting by July 15. Morehead Patterson leads the American delegation as special ambassador.
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Turkey and Pakistan Seek Regional Defense Pact Expansion
Turkey and Pakistan plan to form a regional defense organization in the Middle East built on the Turkish Pakistani mutual assistance pact. Premier Mohammed Ali said the pact is the start of broader cooperation and could include non Moslem states, with openness to all nations of goodwill. Egypt and Saudi Arabia pursue a mutual defense arrangement within the Arab League as strategic links remain central to the region.
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Ali
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Salk Test Patient Has Polio
A second Michigan child from the Salk polio vaccine tests developed polio myelitis and the mother is hospitalized for observation. Linda Brooks, 7, from Farmington Township, was admitted June 4 to the Sister Kenney center. her mother Betty Brooks, 29, was admitted June 10. The case remains nonparalytic and it is unclear if the child received vaccine or inert fluid. About half of Michigan’s 50 000 participants received vaccine.
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Michigan
Linda Brooks
Farmington Township
Farmington
Linda
Betty Brooks
Earl Brooks
Lenawee
Childen
Moscow writers face charges of immorality in Soviet crackdown
Moscow reports reveal charges of immorality and ideological deviation against writers and playwrights at a Communist party meeting. A. Surkov promised a June 15 publication of the Lit Gazette report detailing purges affecting Nikolai Virta A. Surov and others.
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Communist Party Committee of the
Union of Soviet Writers
Literary Gazette
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Soviet Writers’ Union
Nikolai Virta
A. Surov
Virta
Surov
Writers’ Union
F. Panferov
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