Tragic Death of 6-Year-Old Mary deCaussin
Six year old Mary deCaussin was found fatally injured two miles from home in Ecorse Township Detroit downriver area. Her body unclothed with hands tied behind her back, near a dump at Dix and Trenton roads. Police believe death occurred at the scene after an overnight search by nearly 1,000 volunteers. Mary was a first grade student at St. Pius school and the granddaughter of Detroit Fire deputy chief Edmund deCaussin Sr. Her father denounced societal ills and media in a bitter statement following the discovery.
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Detroit
Mary deCaussin
Ecorse Township
Paul Panter
Dix
Trenton
Panter
Mary
Edmund de Caussin Jr
St. Pius School
Edmund J. deCaussin Sr
Detroit Fire Department
Mao Admits 800000 Liquidated by Chinese Forces
The New York Times reports Mao Zedong acknowledged that 800000 people were liquidated by Chinese Communist security forces from October 1949 to early 1954. He spoke to party leaders in Peiping last February, with a condensed version circulated among Polish Communists. The remarks also outline Mao’s theory of conflicts within the masses and the party, contrasting Soviet doctrine.
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New York
New York Times
Mao Tzetung
Times
Warsaw
Red China
Peiping
Mao
Water Projects Fund Cut by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 607,196,800 for Army engineers water projects starting July 1, five percent below Eisenhower’s budget. It rejected 11 projects, cut a dozen more, and excluded a 160,000 Wilkesboro North Carolina reservoir. It also dismissed Florida waterway benefits as negligible and defense value as highly questionable.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Army Engineers
House
Wilkesboro, N.C
The
of Engineers
Bourges Maunoury Named France's New Postwar Premier
Maurice Bourges Maunoury won the postwar French premiership by a narrow vote amid a three week cabinet crisis. He promised vigorous action in Algeria, limited reforms, new taxes and reduced imports to defend France’s stock of foreign exchange.
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Paris
National Assembly
Maurice Bourges- Maunoury
France
Bourges-Maunoury
Bourges
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Radical
Socialist Party
Gaillard
Assembly
Bank of France
Navy says Chinese shore battery fires on US plane off Formosa
Navy officials called the incident isolated and not likely to trigger wider conflict. The Hornet reported an aircraft on a routine training flight eight miles west of the Formosa Strait was fired on and slightly damaged by antiaircraft fire. The Peiping broadcast claimed an incursion into Chinese waters, which Nationalist China dismissed as groundless.
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Washington
Navy
Formosa Strait
Peiping Radio
London
Hornet
Hong Kong
South China Sea
China
Formosa
Peiping
Swa
Mayflower II Sails From Provincetown To Plymouth
The Mayflower II, an 180 ton replica, arrived at Provincetown Harbor with thousands watching. Commander Alan Villiers reported a fair wind as the ship prepared to sail to Plymouth, while Pilgrim costumes were worn by crew and immigration and health officials boarded for customary checks.
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Plymouth
Mass
Provincetown
Alan Villiers
Australia
Provincetown Harbor
Ted Harbor
Cape Cod
Flymouth
Stassen Flies To London
Washington January 6 1950 United States disarmament chief E R Stassen departs for London to resume five power talks with Britain France Canada and Russia on a first step disarmament plan The trip follows Allied complaints that Stassen pressed private talks with Valerian Zorin and the State Department instructions to limit such discussions while U S and allied negotiators work on a new U S gas weapons proposal and presentation order for Russia.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
London
America
Russia
Dulles
Valerian Zorin
State Department
Stassen
United Nations
Stansen
Zorin
U. S
Beck defends actions amid Teamsters scandal in Seattle
Dave Beck, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, defends his 40 year career and hints at retirement amid Senate Rackets Committee scrutiny and tax evasion charges. He disputes accusations of misusing union funds and cites charitable donations while denying any external backing for his finances.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Dee
Senate
Educational television aimed at North Carolina schools
North Carolina will launch a large scale trial of classroom TV from WUNC-TV starting Sept. 1 in 10 to 15 cities. The Ford Foundation funded program costing 200 000 to 250 000 will reach hundreds of classrooms with 200 to 300 students each. Courses include American and world history, senior high science, junior high math, and elementary basics with regular teachers overseeing the TV instruction. Classes run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Crapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
Ford Foundation
Fund For Adult Education
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Wunc-Tv
Charlotte
Gastonia
Winston-Sal‘em
High Point
Durham
Raleigh
Alexander Stoddard
George In Serious Condition In Atlanta Hospital
Walter F. George veteran Democratic senator and Eisenhower's NATO ambassador candidate was listed as one stage from critical at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He arrived by train from Washington for diagnostic tests and treatment with anticoagulants to prevent blood clots. George served 14 years in the Senate and did not seek reelection in 1956.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Emory Univer
Cant
George
Washington
the Statesman
Senate
President Eisenhower Fully Recovered This Morning
President Eisenhower's physician announced he is completely recovered from a stomach upset. He was at his desk by 8 a.m. today with a routine schedule of engagements and business as usual.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Slips in Tub Injures Film Star Robert Wagner
Film actor Robert Wagner slipped in his hotel bathtub in Tokyo and injured his foot. A studio official said Wagner, star of the film Stopover Tokyo then in production here, would be unable to work for the rest of the week. He suffered a broken blood vessel and severe bruising to his muscles.
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Tokyo
Robert Wagner
Wagner
Senators Clash Over Foreign Aid Cutback Plan
Sen Morse of Oregon denounces foreign aid spending as senseless waste and joins Sen Long in pushing a 390 million dollar cut from a 3.697 billion aid bill despite opposition from party leaders. Morse accuses administration proposals of masking long term flexible spending and warns of a coming reckoning. Lyndon Johnson cautions against deep cuts while Knowland condemns waste and bureaucratic excess.
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Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Long
D-La
Senate
Sbeiehtretten
United States
Oe Ss
Lyndon B. J
Texas
Coloft
Johnson
Ican
Knowland
Caliorca
Woman Arrested At Still In Burke County
Mrs Edna Triplett Hildebran 35 was arrested by federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit agents near a 40 gallon whiskey still in eastern Burke County. She posted $400 bond and waived examination, facing September term court in Statesville. Two male helpers were also charged along with Lutz and Brittain. bonds set at $500 each.
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Hickory
N.C. HA
Liberty
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Burke County
Edna Triplett Hildebran
Hildebran
U.S
Clarence Clapp
Newton
Federal District Court
Statesville
Rt. 1
Connelly Springs
Lee Roy Brittain
Rt. 5
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