Reds to Meet French Talks On Wounded Arranged
In Saigon and Dien Bien Phu reports, Vietminh Gen Giap agreed to meet French army reps on the airfield to arrange evacuation of 1,300 wounded from the fortress. Navarre sought contact via Radio Hirondelle as preparations for airlifting wounded accelerated.
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Saigon
Indochina
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Henri Navarre
Hirondelle
Far East
Hanoi
Dien Bien - Phu
Paris
Navarre
Radio Hirondelle
Swallow
Radio
Wingfield Backs Repeal of Taft Hartley Act
Alvin Wingfield Jr a Democrat candidate for U S Senate said he favors repealing the Taft Hartley Act and all labor regulation. He spoke in a letter to the North Carolina State Industrial Union Council and accepted a labor rally invitation in Charlotte. He criticized opponents and described liberals as labor socialist and conservatives as pro big money interests.
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Charlotte
Alvin Wingfield Jr
Wingfield
U. S. Senate
North Carolina State Industrial Union Council
Bryant Park
W. Kerr Scott
Alton A. Lennon
America
Humphrey Sees 500-Billion Economy by 1960
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey told CIO delegates that the nation should reach a 500 billion dollar economy by 1960, with 70 million jobs and a 4 percent annual growth needed to raise living standards. He urged a expanded production to avoid decline and backed no raiding pact among unions pending AFL CIO signings.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
CIO
Minnesota
Sen. Humphrey
U.S
AFL
Afl-Cio
Mass lie detector tests applied in Evelyn Hartley case
In La Crosse Wisconsin a mass polygraph program tests high school boys for clues to Evelyn Hartley’s disappearance. A. M. Josephson heads the effort, part of the city county crime laboratory, aiming to renew leads in the long-running case tied to Hartley’s abduction from a college professor’s home.
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LA Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Evelyn Hartley
A. M. Josephson
Dist
John Bosshard
la Crosse County
Josephson
Army
Far East
New la Crosse City
Richard Hartley
Viggo Rassmussen
la Crosse State College
Man Nabbed In Extortion Attempt In Dallas
FBI agents halted a $200,000 extortion plot targeting 20 Dallas Jewish families by arresting James Hollis Jones, 49, as he retrieved a supposed money package near Garland. The case involved a staged package drop and letters referring to “you Jews,” with Julius and George Schepps central to the ruse. Jones claimed family ties to Harry Jones of Houston and a McLennan County Bar Association link, while investigators questioned whether any money was actually inside the package.
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Dallas
Tex
FBI
Garland
J. K. Mumford
James Hollis Jones
Julius Schepps
George Schepps
Mumford
Harry Jones
Houston
McLennan County Bar Assa
Waco
Thomas J. Crawford
Molotov attacks Asian defense pact as American scheme
In Geneva Molotov denounces Western backed Asian defense pact as colonial preservation. He backs Chou En-lai’s plan for Asian nations to settle their own issues and says Red China holds power equal to the Big Four. France shows cautious openness to Communist armistice terms amid Indochina talks.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Red China
Chou En-lai
Indochina
Korea
France
French National Assembly
Rance
U.S
de le More
May Weather Lingers With Snow and Showers Nationwide
The Associated Press reports chilly wet weather continuing across the northern two thirds of the country with showers and snow in New England and scattered showers in the Great Lakes. Mount Washington notes snowfall while eastern Rockies see thunderstorms. Cloudy skies prevail in the South and Gulf Coast as heat peaks reach 104 in Presidio, Texas. Early temps run from near freezing in the north to the 70s in the far south.
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Associated Press
New England
Great Lakes
Mt. Washington
Rockies
Texas
Montana
Pacific Coast
Ohio Valley
South Atlantic States
Baruch Calls Free Currencies and Private Industry Reform
Bernard Baruch urged ending government lending to governments and freeing world currencies to enable tariff reduction. In a City College lecture, he argued for applying the law of supply and demand, cautioned against piecemeal interventions, and urged prudent government stepping in or out amid war and peace. He noted rising trade restrictions abroad.
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New York
Bernard Baruch
Baruch School of Business and Public Administration
City College
Baruch
Dulles Pushes Southeast Asia Unity Against Communism
Secretary of State Dulles outlined a 10 nation united front to deter Communist aggression in Southeast Asia. He met with Australian New Zealand Thai and Philippine ambassadors and discussed mutual defense ties as Geneva talks continue.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Front
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Philippines
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Radford
Britain
Carlos Romulo
Ramon Maga
Dirksen proposes suspending McCarthy hearings
Senator Dirksen offered a plan to suspend public hearings on the McCarthy Army row. The Army opposed it and Chairman Mundt voiced opposition to any procedure judged unfair. A committee vote was set for 1:30 p.m. EST with the possibility that Senator McCarthy would be called to the witness chair after the vote.
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Washington
Sen. Dirksen
Ness
Sen. McCarthy
Dirksen
Mc.Carthy
Italians Alarmed by Leaks in Trieste Talks
Italian officials voiced concern over leaks from Yugoslav sources on secret negotiations in London aimed at a Trieste settlement with the United States and Britain. Tito outlined a plan proposing partition of Trieste with France and Britain backing frontier guarantees and UN approval, while Capodistria and rail links would connect the new port to Ljubljina.
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Rome
United States
Yugoslavia
London
Trieste
Italy
Scelba
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
New York Times
Britain
France
U.N. Security Council
Approv
Capodistria
Ljubljania
Slovenia
Trial at Cherry Point: Stover Charged with Slaying Wife
Wilson officials report testimony from Cherry Point Officers Club bartender Karl Podulich who said Capt Obie W Stover Jr slapped his wife weeks before her death and the couple were seen drinking and gambling in the club on June 5. Federal trial continues in the case.
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Criminal Investigation Division
Cherry Point
Otto Marx
Philadelphia
Breeden
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