Cao Dai General Killed as Diem Forces Close on Rebels
Gen Trinh Minh Thi, a Cao Dai commander and supporter of the free Viet Nam revolutionary committee, was killed directing troops in the Saigon area. Cao Dai forces joined Ngo Dinh Diem’s army against Binh Xuyen rebels, while political moves in Saigon push to depose Bao Dai.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Trinh Minh
Bao Dai
Free Viet Nam Revolutionary Committee
Cao Dai
Ngo Dien Diem
Binh Xuyen
Binh Xuyen Society
Hoa Hao
Diem
National Revolutionary Committee
National Army
French Riviera
Nguyen van Vy
Washington
Unions Clash Over Name for AFL CIO Merger
Washington AFL and CIO leaders hit a snag over the merged union name while agreeing on a constitution. AFL favors naming the new body after itself, CIO seeks a fresh title like American Congress of Labor. Conventions set for December in New York depend on resolving the naming dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
American Congress of Labor
George Meany
Meany
Walter Reuther
AFL Executive Council
CIO Executive Board
New York City
Peace Talk Doubts: Reds May Not Follow Through
Senator H Alexander Smith says Dulles doubts Red China Premier Chou En Lai will take up direct talks. The exchange raises speculation of a possible cease-fire talks in the Formosa Strait. Smith notes Eisenhower has said talks with Communist China would be legitimate even if Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists are absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. Alexander Smith
Dulles
China
Chou Fn-Lai
United States
Formosa Strait
Chou
Smith
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Asst
Walter S. Robertson
Eisenhower
Formosa
Governors Divided Over Report By GOP Administration Leaders
A closed doors briefing split the governor group on salvaging the administration road program. Louisiana's Robert F. Kennon leads a push to revive pay-as-you-go plans, while Averell Harriman and George Leader back Gore formula. Treasury Secretary Humphrey, Lucius Clay, and Francis du Pont endorsed Eisenhower highway plans in hearings. Forty-five governors attended the foreign and defense briefing. Faubus and Harriman noted no new disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Governors’ Conference
House of Natives
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Notabl Averell Harriman
New Yo
George M
Pemportage
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Francis du Pont
Secretary of Commerce
Delegation Named By Governor For River and Harbors Congress
Governor Hodges announced a 14 member North Carolina delegation led by him to attend the 42nd Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington May 31. Mayors E L White of Wilmington and George W Dill Jr of Morehead City will co chair with regional, state, and local officials named to represent Tar Heels in official capacities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Hodges
E. L. White
Wilmington
George W. Dill Jr
Sincehead City
Rivers and Harbors Congress
D.C
Col
B. C. Snow
State Conservation and Development Department
Congress
Tar Heels
W. Avery Thompson
Hallsboro
R. H. Holden
Shallotte
al G. Dickson
Richard S. Marr
State Ports Authority
Frank W. Reams
Warrenton
Roanoke River Basin Assn
W. H. Potter
Beaufort
Joseph A du Bois
Alvah Ward Jr
Manteo
Davis Herring
Southport
Brunswick County
Overton Brooks
D-La
Idle Worker Force In State Drops Unemployment
North Carolina’s unemployment figures for the January-March 1955 quarter show a decline from 1954. The State Employment Security Commission reports about 53 500 unemployed and filing new benefit claims, with total benefits around 8 200 000.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Employment Security Commission
Henry E. Kendall
Ciail
Kendall
Aid
Local Vote Sought for High Point ABC Election
Senate committee approves a High Point ABC liquor election bill on a unanimous vote. Senator Robert Morgan of Cleveland endorses profits funding education about alcohol use and rehabilitation while noting the shift toward revenue from liquor sales. the bill, already House passed, faces final action tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Senate
ABC
High Point
Robert Morgan
Cleveland
Morgan
House
Morale a Major Factor in Delayed Atomic Test at Survival City
In Survival City Nevada civil defense and GIs face morale issues as the atomic test is delayed. About 200 field workers remain from an original 350 with mixed signals from Ohio groups about continuing. Weather threatens a final open shot, and Harold L. Goodwin of the FCDA held talks to retain workers.
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Nev
Civil Defense
Harold L. Goodwin
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Ohio
Wour State
Man's orchid diet saves few shorn sheep in California
Woodland Hills resident C. H. Wilkins kept 100 shivering, nearly naked sheep in his orchid hothouse after a rainy weekend. Veterinarian advice and penicillin revived the flock, but about 400 others died from cold and pneumonia. many plants were damaged while the animals fed on them.
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Woodland Hills
Calif
C. H. Wilkins
Wilkins
National Broadcasting Co
Nick Costa
Costa
Panty raid sentences given to ECU students
Two East Carolina College students received suspended 30 day sentences for a panty raid with conditions to study and stay on good behavior. A third student from Southern Pines was also given a suspended sentence and barred from the campus for 12 months.
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Greenville
East Carolina College
Milford Pete Hill
Chocowinity
Robert Taylor
Roxboro
William K. Curry
Southern Pines
Ministers Hear Billy Graham Finish Scotland Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham concluded the All Scotland Crusade in Glasgow with a plain message. Over 1,000 Scottish clergy reportedly rededicated their lives to God at Renfield Street Church. He urged ministers to preach plainly and maintain a strong gospel message.
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George Burnham
Glasgow
Billy Graham
Scotland
Renfield Street
Billy Sipea
Acm
Revised Appropriations Bill Advances to House Debate Tomorrow
After four months of study, a revised 640 million dollar two-year appropriations bill lands on the House floor for debate. The measure, prepared by the governor and Advisory Budget Commission, increases highway fund spending while trimming the general fund, with savings in education and state services and added allocations for tuberculosis care and state colleges. The Senate rejected a separate veterans retirement measure on a 21 to 17 vote.
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Raleigh
House
Appropriations Committee
J. K. Doughton
Alleghany
Advisory Budget Commission
Joint Appropriations Committee
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Senate
Clarence Stone
Rockingham
Lainsford Crew
Halifax
John Kerr
Warren
State Polio Advisory Body Named
Gov Hodges appoints an 11 member advisory committee to coordinate Salk vaccine distribution in North Carolina. Dr J W R Norton chairs. James P Rousseau is vice chair. Members include Charlies F Carroll Milton Clark John W Crawford Robert D Croom A Ellinwood Donald B Koonce Jens McAlister W B Gurley and Jack McGee. The group aims to ensure vaccines reach the most vulnerable children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Hodges
North Carolin
J. W. R. Norton
James P. Rousseau
Winston - Salem
North Carolina State Medical Society
Charlies F. Carroll
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Milton Clark
Goldsboro
North Carolina Academy of General Practice
John W. Crawford
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
Robert D. Croom Jr
Maxton
Women's Auxiliary
A H. Ellinwood
Greensboro
North Carolina Issue Health Assn
Donald B. Koonce
Wilmington
State Medical Society
Jens ‘McAlister
State Medical Socie
W. B. Gurley
Windsor
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Assn
Jack McGee
National Foundation For
Russia and Satellites to Meet on May 11 in Warsaw
Vienna reports Russia and seven East European satellites will convene in Warsaw on May 11 to discuss a unified military command. Participants include Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, and Albania with China an observer. The move signals a legal basis to keep troops in Hungary Romania and Poland after Austria’s four power occupation ends.
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Vienna
Warsaw Radio
Russia
Hungary
Romania
Austria
Warsaw
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
East Germany
Albania
China
Moscow
West EU
Paris
Sik
Oeery
Gosche Militaryers Vekia
Mother Hopes Plane Trip Will Aid Son
A 72-year-old Chicago woman, Mrs Addie Rigney, begins her first airplane journey to press Washington officials for the release of her son, Rev Harold Rigney, held in a Peiping prison. The family says the trip aims to spur State Department action as Deputy Undersecretary Robert Murphy plans to brief her on progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Addie Rigney
Washington
Harold Rigney
Peiping
Father Rigney
Fu Jen University
Mary Anne Hanley
State Department
Robert Murphy
Congressional Leaders Hear Aid Bill Talk
President Eisenhower met with 25 congressional leaders at the White House for 1 hour 40 minutes. Senate leader Johnson and House Speaker Rayburn led 11 Democrats, joined by Republican Vice President Nixon and leaders Knowland and Martin. Dulles outlined worldwide economic and military conditions and Far East Pacific concerns as the aid bill would earmark about two thirds of a 3 1/2 billion package for Asiatic nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Fereles
George
D-Ga
Rma
Sante Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Johnson
Texas
House
Rayburn
White House
Nixon
Knowland
California
Martin
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations
Appropriations
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Far
Pacific
Pryer
Careul
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