Des Moines Evacuates 7500 as River Rises to New High
Emergency orders trigger precautionary evacuation of 7500 residents from low lying areas as the Des Moines River climbs beyond 1947 levels. Levees face strain, sandbags surge, and volunteers plus National Guardsmen rush to reinforce upriver and southside dikes. Immediate shelters fill while detours reroute traffic and evacuated centers brace for further flood surge.
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Des Moines
National
John Tippee
Red Cross
U. S
Deleted Roosevelt reference sparks GOP protest in VA GI Bill note
Washington The Veterans Administration altered a press release marking the 10th anniversary of the GI Bill of Rights by removing Franklin D. Roosevelt from the text after GOP protests. A VA official said early editions named the President, while a later batch omitted Roosevelts name as protests argued the bill was nonpartisan.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
White House
Pettifoggery
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Franklin Roosevelt
Sen. Douglas
D-Ill
Roosevelt
Mendes France and Chou Hold Indochina Peace Talks in Bern
French Premier Mendes France and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai met privately in Bern at the French embassy to discuss peace in Indochina. Mendes France, arriving from Paris, emphasized Indochina as his top agenda as Chou’s delegation arrived from Geneva.
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Bern
Switzerland
Pierre Mendes-France
Red
China
Chou Enlat
Indochina
Chou
Geneva
Mendes-France
Paris
New Delhi
India
Nehru
Paul Ely
Jean Chauvel
Britain
Anthony Eden
U. S
Lee- Smith
Former Halifax prison chief convicted for assault
In Halifax County Recorder's Court former Halifax County Prison Camp superintendent J B Turpin was found guilty of assaulting two prisoners with a blackjack on January 22 and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Turpin appealed to Halifax Superior Court.
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Halifax
N. C
Halifax County
Recorder's Court
W. Bernard Allsbrook
J. B. Turpin
Turpin
Allsbrook
W. F. Bailey
Vance County
Melvin Jarrell
James Gray
Jarrell
Gray
Judge Allsbrook
Jinto
Sinking Boat Sought Off N C Coast
The Fifth Coast Guard District searched 50 miles off Jacksonville North Carolina for a boat with three aboard, named the Longfellow, reported leaking for 27 hours. An Army corporal at Fort Bragg relayed the distress. the cutter Agassiz and a patrol plane scoured from Morehead City to Cape Fear and Cape Lookout.
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Fifth Coast Guard
Jacksonville
N.C
Ft. Bragg
Agassiz
Morehead City
Elizabeth City
Coast Guard Air Station
Cape Fear
Cape Lookout
Coast Guard
Longfellow
Chicago
Atlantic
Eden proposes Asian nonaggression pact and defense system
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden returning from Geneva outlines a Southeast Asia defense framework. He favors a reciprocal nonaggression pact, a Locarno style alliance, and cautious steps toward a regional NATO like system while avoiding immediate armed intervention in Indochina. Eden aims to align with U S plans and meets Churchill and Eisenhower soon.
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London
Anthony Eden
Eden
House of Commons
Locarno
NATO
Europe
Germany
France
Britain
Italy
Poland
Hitler
U.S
State Dulles
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Seattle
Mundt Doubts Self Investigations By Committee
Sen Mundt argues the McCarthy Army hearings show risks of a committee investigating itself and that a different panel might have been faster and more focused. He noted cross examination rules clogged issues while the panel weighed key charges over 36 days of testimony involving Stevens Adams and Schine. The panel plans a ten item core issues list and an Aug 1 target for reports with cost so far about 22 thousand dollars.
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Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Congressional
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Secretary of
Army
Stevens
McCarthy
Pvt
G. David Schine
Subcommittee
Senate
Len McCarran
D-Nev
McCarran
McCarthy Army Row
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Gore Leads Fight to Extend Eisenhower Trade Act
Senator Gore and 22 Democrats push to substitute Eisenhower’s broad trade program for the House bill extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act for a year. They warn a one-year extension leaves the President without needed tools against a growing Communist trade offensive and risks shrinking markets abroad. Republican leaders expect a vote soon amid debates over farm import curbs.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
Eisenhower
Morse
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Tariff Commission
Congressmen Hear Report On Geneva Indochina Talks
Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith told a White House conference of 30 congressmen that most of Indochina likely will stay free from Communist control. He reviewed Geneva talks on Korea and Indochina and said no new plan was offered, with Britain’s Churchill and Eden due for talks. Senator Johnson said no policy decisions were made and urged allies to unite and pursue a program to save freedom.
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Washington
Churchill
Eisenhower
Washington (P
Walter Bedell Smith
White House
Indochina
Mawes
Fanu
Pnowe
Eden
Britain
Dulles
House
State Department
France
Smith
Guatemala
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Eisenhower defends foreign aid plan against cuts
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve the full foreign aid request of 3.4477 billion dollars, calling reductions unjustified and unsafe amid the Communist drive for world domination. He cited Southeast Asia instability and urged continued military and other assistance to allied nations and strategic partners.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Southeast Asia
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Murray Snyder
White House
Snyder
Honduran Town Bombed Amid Guatemala Crisis
The Honduran government said mystery planes bombed Santa Rosa de Copan near the Guatemalan frontier. Guatemalan claims accuse Honduras and Nicaragua of aggression as Col. Carlos Castillo Armas moves headquarters toward Esquipulas and fights continue with several skirmishes reported.
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Honduras
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Foreign Ministry
Santa Rosa de Copan
Nicaragua
New York
U. N. Security Council
Council
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Organization of American States
U. N
U.S
Guatemala City
Mexico City
Roberto Alvarado Fuentes
Arbenz
Gualan
Chiquimula
Honduran
Puerto Barrios
Zacapa
el Salvador
Bananera
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