Governors at 50th Democratic Republican Conference
Democratic and Republican governors at the 50th annual conference split on taxes civil rights and recession cures. Leaders touted party gains or opposed broad tax cuts while discussions on federal state relations and school integration continued.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Congress
Sie Aon
Action Gop
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Leroy Collins
Florida
Averell Harriman
New York
Faubus Says Negroes Should Be Eligible for Any Job
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus told NBC Today he sees no restrictions on Negroes attaining high office or top jobs. He cited progress in Arkansas and urged fair opportunities, noting Negroes hold many state positions and can pursue any role if qualified. He criticized press publicity for stirring controversy.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Dave Garroway
NBC
Faubus
Veteran Film Star Ronald Colman Dies
Ronald Colman, 67, veteran film star, died today in Santa Barbara California after a long illness. He and wife Benita Hume lived on a ranch and appeared together in the TV series Halls of Ivy. His daughter Juliet accompanied them to Europe after the show ended and Colman later contracted a lung infection while abroad.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ronald Colman
Santa Monica
Benita Hume
Colman
Juliet
Europe
Colmans
France
Cardinal Stritch suffers stroke in Vatican reports
Vatican sources say Samuel Cardinal Stritch, was gravely ill after a stroke following recent arm amputation. A bulletin notes light paralysis on the right side with improved consciousness and spoken words, prognosis reserved.
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Vatican City
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Vatican
Chicago
Cardinal Stritch
Nalgh Bergen
Filippo Rocchi
Congregation For Propagation of the Faith
Indonesia mobilizes forces amid rebel warfare reports
Indonesia's army chief Maj. Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution ordered general mobilization from ages 18 to 40 into a reserve corps. The aim is civil defense support for military and law enforcement amid tense conditions, with sources citing rebel warfare in North Celebes as a cause.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Celebes
Ford Workers Will Continue Without Contract
DETROIT Mich A United Auto Workers official said today 100000 Ford hourly workers will stay on the job if no settlement is reached when the contract expires Ken Bannon director of the UAW Ford department told newsmen We plan to keep Ford workers on the job Ford spokesmen declined comment More than 300000 UAW members at General Motors are to report for work as usual if the GM contract runs out at midnight May 29 Similar instructions are expected for Chrysler executives of the Big Three have not indicated how long operations would continue without a contract or strike
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Detroit
Mich
United Auto Workers
Ford
Ken Bannon
UAW
Ford Department
General Motors Corp
Kirkham
World Situation Discussed in White House Meeting
Senate Republican Leader Knowland said the weekly meeting with President Eisenhower covered critical Middle East and Europe crises including Lebanon France and Algeria. He refused details and said no indication Eisenhower would ask Congress to act though administration aims to consult congressional leaders in international crises.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
California
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Eisen
Knowland
Lebanon
France
Algeria
Eisenhower
Congress
Bombs Strike Beirut Market Amid Civil Unrest
Two bombs hit a crowded Beirut vegetable market killing and wounding many. Security forces arrested about 150. The city faced rioting and shutdowns as pro West regime tensions and clashes continued in Tripoli leaving dozens dead.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Boy Scout Executive and Wife Burn in Gastonia House Fire
In Gastonia North Carolina smoke filled a home fatally injuring James A Adams Negro Boy Scouts administrator for 11 western counties and his wife. Passersby pulled the couple from the burning dwelling and they were hospitalized in serious condition after Mrs Adams awoke to a bed fire and flames engulfed her pajamas.
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Gastonia
N.C
James A. Adams
North Carolina
Adams
I Want To Die Says Killer From Point of Mountain
Barton Kay Kirkham, 21, on death row for the 1956 Salt Lake City killing of grocery clerk David Frame during a $50 holdup, faces a June 7 execution if clemency isn’t commuted at a June 4 hearing. He shows defiance and a rebel persona, with little remorse and no appeal for clemency.
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Point OF
Utah
Barton Kay Kirkham
David Frame
Salt Lake City
Ruth Webster
Kirkham
Utah State Prison
Mother Held In Deaths Of Daughters In Texas
Henderson Texas district attorney said murder charges were being prepared against Thelma Crelia 34 for the shooting deaths of her two daughters Ceceilia Ann 11 and Sandra Lucinda 10 while they slept at their grandfather L C Johniken farm home. Johniken heard shots and restrained Crelia taking a revolver. A third daughter Mary Catherine 5 was unharmed. Crelia had told officers she planned for some time to write a 34 page letter outlining her troubles found in a Bible.
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Henderson, Tex
Atty
H. H. Welborn
Thelma Crelia
Welborn
Ceceilia Ann
Sandra Lucinda
Johniken
Crelia
Mary Catherine
Bill
Kilgore
Tex
Globemasters Reach Bases In Europe
Eighteen U S Air Force Globemaster transports arrived at bases in Germany and France for possible use in the Middle East. At least five landed at Frankfurt Rhine-Main, with others to bases in Europe. No orders yet to fly to Lebanon. aircraft sit on alert in case of need.
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Germany
France
Middle East
West Germany
The
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Rhine-Main
Europe
Lebanon
Air Force
Chaumont
United States
Jordan
Tunisia
Car plunges from bridge clip injures medical student
Malcolm Kates, 24, medical student, told police his steering failed on Wyoming avenue bridge in Philadelphia. His car tore 195 feet of railing and teetered. He climbed out, hung by his hands, then dropped over 40 feet to the ground, suffering a back injury. A motorist nearby pulled him from beneath the swaying vehicle.
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Malcolm Kates
Philadelphia
Wyoming Avenue
Kates
De Gaulle Denies Dictator Claim Yet Offers Leadership
Gen Charles de Gaulle told reporters he is ready to head France’s government if needed and vows to defend republican liberties. He warned the Paris regime and Algeria’s crisis threaten national stability as signs of a Communist led work stoppage appeared in Paris. He spoke to a crowd of about 700, then said he would answer questions on French institutions and Algeria.
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Charles de Gaulle
Paris
France
Republic
Algeria
North Africa
Nose Cone Of Missile Recovered In Atlantic Salvage
Cape Canaveral reports the Jupiter IRBM nose cone was recovered by frogmen and a Navy rescue ship after a night launch. Army scientists will study the cone at Redstone Arsenal to learn re entry dynamics and ensure intact recovery. The event marks the first full scale ballistic missile nose cone recovered intact.
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Fla
Army
Missile Test Center
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Navy
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
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