West Germany and France Reach Historic Settlement
Adenauer and Pinay announced a joint agreement settling all outstanding issues between West Germany and France. They said the Roechling mill in the Saar would be split 50 50 between private German and French interests, paving the way for Paris treaty ratification next Thursday.
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Antoine Pinay
West Germany
France
Saar
Edgar Faure
Adenauer
Paris
Pinay
Dozen Senators Back Ike's Peace Efforts
Twelve Republican senators allied with Eisenhower endorsed seeking a cease fire with Communist China while keeping Nationalist China represented. They urged collaboration with Nationalist China if possible and preserving mobile forces in Asia. Senator Knowland opposed talks without Nationalists and reaffirmed he has no plan to resign.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Republican Party
China
Sens
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Chna
Knowla
California
Chiang Kaishek
Knowland
Senate Gop
Formosa Strait
Red China
United Nations
Watkins Defends Security Laws and Informants
Senator Watkins of Utah defended the federal employe security program and its confidential informants. He told the Anti-Defamation League that disclosure would hinder removing security risks and impede FBI infiltration of the Communist party, and that attacks target informants used as government witnesses.
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New York
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Communist Party
FBI
Watkins
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Final Nuclear Blast Slated For Monday
Yucca Flat prepares for a May Day atomic test timed for 5 10 a m with a weather briefing due this evening Officials hope to complete the 1955 Nevada series with a second shot from a 500 foot tower near Yucca Flat A tour of the town will still occur Monday with the device ready to be detonated if authorized In case of a halt the device could be exploded to impact 19 homes six factories a radio station and other suburban facilities
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Yucca Flat
Nevada
Square Mile
Har
Robertson Returns From Trip
United States officials report that Nationalist China is likely to denounce yet honor a possible cease-fire with Red China over the Formosa Strait. Walter Robertson and Adm. Arthur W. Radford returned from Formosa and will brief President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
China
Formosa Strait
Eisenhower
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Tog
Walter Robertson
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Formosa
Robertson
Richmond
Chiang
Eijsenhower
Richmond, Va
Secretary of
Walter S. Robertson
Adm
Eisenhower calls for Christian spirit at cornerstone ceremony
President Eisenhower urged nations and people to meet in the Christian spirit to resolve differences as he laid the cornerstone for a new AFL headquarters near the White House. He refused to connect the remarks to Formosa tensions and noted progress on direct talks with China. Mitchell stood with him as he set the mortar.
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Washington
Eisenhower
AFL
International
Formosa Strait
Dulles
Formosa
White House
Labor
Mitchell
Standstill in Viet Nam Civil War Amid Political Upheaval
In Saigon a Revolutionary Congress ousts Bao Dai and endorses Ngo Dinh Diem backed rule. The civil conflict between Binh Xuyen and government forces pauses as factions reshuffle leadership and Bao Dai faces dismissal. French zones tighten as nationalist tensions rise and Vy and Ty confront Diem.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Revolutionary Congress Committee
Bao Dai
Bao Dais
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saipeeten
Binh Xuyen
Diem
Riviera
Eeakso Oe
Cho Lon
Revolutionary Congress
Committee
Congress
Nguyen van Vy
Independence
Bao Dak
National Army
le van Ty
Nationalists Press On in Formosa Straits Conflict
In Formosa Strait Red shore guns and Nationalist planes kept pressure as the West-pocket war continued. Nationalists criticized Washington and New Delhi moves toward a cease-fire while commenting on Nehru's Bandung talks. A Nationalist official doubted any peace effort would succeed without broader agreement.
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Formosa Strait
Washington
New Delhi
Amoy
Quemoy
India
Nehru
Krishna Menon
Peiping
Bandung
Red China
Chou En-lai
United States
Graham Draws 100000 as Glasgow Crowd Joins Crusade
Billy Graham wrapped up a six week Scottish crusade in Hampden Park with more than 100,000 present and an estimated 113,000 crowd. He urged converts to live as witnesses at work home and in daily life. Since March 21 Glasgow audiences total 730,670 with 17,557 decisions for Christ.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Billy Graham
Hampden Park Stadium
Graham
Christ
Ibrox Park
Hampden Park
Experts Urge Resuming Antipolio Shots With Other Vaccines
A panel of polio experts led by Dr. Jonas E. Salk urged resuming inoculations using vaccines from makers other than Cutter while the Cutter vaccine is studied. Surgeon General Scheele said no alarm is needed as about four million children have been vaccinated with 29 polio cases reported. California and Oak Park, Illinois paused vaccinations pending further study.
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Washington
Jonas E. Salk
Nia
Oak Park
Ill
Chicago
Leonard A. Scheele
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health
Indi
Scheele
Heele
Public Health Service
Cutee Laboratories
Eea
Aes
Cu Scheele
Oere
Apne
Defense rests in trial of ex-prosecutor murder case
In Birmingham on April 30 Arch Ferrell testified he had no part in the murder of A L Patterson and denied knowledge of any vice or gambling schemes tied to Phenix City. The former prosecutor, disgraced political figure, faced a murder case tied to Patterson’s shooting near his Phenix City office two weeks after Patterson won the Democratic attorney general nomination.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arch Ferrell
Vice
A. L. Patterson
Phenix City
Patterson
Cnnet
Albert Fuller
Si Garrett
Ferrell
Dynamite Blasts Widen Labor Strikes Across Rail and Phone
On the 48th day of the telecommunication strike, a dynamite blast demolished a Southern Bell repeater station near Chester South Carolina, cutting main radio and TV circuits. The Louisville and Nashville system faces expansion of walkouts in Kentucky and Birmingham, Alabama faces picket actions. Tennessee Governor Frank Clement offers 11 500 dollars in rewards for seven property damage cases tied to the strikes, bringing total rewards to 42 500. The National Mediation Board mediation in Washington ends without developments as talks continue. A Southern Railway passenger train resumes after picket withdrawals, while incidents of gunfire and employee firings are reported amid union tensions over a no strike clause and pension issues.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Chester
S. C
Kentucky
Frank Clement
Tennessee
National Mediation Board
La&n
Washington
Alabama
Birmingham & Southern Railroad
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Mobile
J B Hollister Named New Foreign Aid Chief
J B Hollister, Cincinnati Republican and Hoover Commission executive director, will head the administration's foreign aid program starting July 1. He replaces Harold E Stassen as head of the Foreign Operations Administration, with the ICA to be set up in the State Department. Hollister will serve as a special consultant to Dulles before transfer and will remain director at Hoover Commission temporarily. The ICA post awaits creation and Senate confirmation.
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Washington
B. Hollister
Cincinnati
Hoover Commission
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Eisenhower
White House
Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
State Department
Secretary of State
Dulles
Herebert Hoover
ICA
Senate
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