U S Fears Berlin Squeeze By Reds
Geneva reports that the United States warned Soviet Premier Khrushchev it will refuse a summit if a new deadline presses for control of West Berlin. Christian Herter told Andrei Gromyko that any threat or deadline would prevent Eisenhower from attending the conference.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Khrushchev
U. SD
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Berlin
Many Herter
Gromyko
Herter
Dulles’ Condition Worsens as Death Foreseen in Days
Former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, battling cancer and pneumonia, grows weaker and may lose his fight within days. He is conscious but largely sleeps due to pain killers as family gathers at his bedside. doctors offer no forecast on remaining time.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Medical Bulletin
Dulles
Lincoln White
McElroy to Stay as Defense Secretary Indefinitely
Washington AP Neil H McElroy announced at the White House that he will remain in the role as defense secretary indefinitely. President Eisenhower had just named Thomas S Gates Jr as deputy secretary of defense to succeed the late Donald A Quales as Gates joins from the Navy.
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Washington (Ap
Neil H. McEloy
Defense
McElroy
White House
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Eisenhower
Gates
Navy
Donald A. Quales
Pentagon
Senate committee backs Strauss for commerce post 9 8 vote
The Commerce Committee approved Lewis L. Strauss nomination to be secretary of commerce by 9 to 8. Three Democrats joined six Republicans in favor while eight Democrats opposed. Chairman Magnuson announced the panel’s support, with Lausche, Pastore, and Thurmond soon signaling they would vote for confirmation.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Secretary of Commerce
Senate
Commerce Committee
Strauss
Warren G. Magnuson
Dvash
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
John O. Pastore
D-Ri
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Lausche
Blood storage breakthrough could extend red cell life
In Chelsea Massachusetts the Navy and the Protein Foundation reveal a method to store blood up to two years. More than 500 transfusions at U S Naval Hospital used blood kept in glycerezin and fractionated before freezing. The process, akin to a cream separator, aims to greatly extend red cell viability.
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Chelsea
Mass
Navy
U.S. Naval Hospital
Protein Foundation
Byrd cites FHA losses on military housing projects
Senator Harry F. Byrd releases findings showing 17 military housing projects in default or foreclosed status costing the FHA $16.1 million. Another 8 of 110 are in financial trouble with $14.8 million owed. total insured mortgages reach $32.9 million. The Senate House committee notes foreclosures on 11 projects and potential additional losses.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Federal Housing Administration
Byrd
Senate House Committee
FHA
Motorman Blamed For Chicago Elevated Train Crash
A Chicago Transit Authority spokesman said a veteran motorman failed to apply brakes in time causing two crowded elevated trains to collide during rush hour. About 125 people were taken to hospitals and a tie-up affected traffic down the line. Dominic Paris, 46, was injured with an ankle damage and declined to comment on the CTA statement per his lawyers.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Dominic Paris
Paris
Polland
Public Housing Battle Opens in House As Vote Looms
The House begins a public housing battle with a Wednesday showdown vote. The Democratic backed plan would extend subsidized housing and add funds for urban renewal and elderly housing, while opponents push for FHA mortgage liberalization and no new public housing.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
House
Albert Rains
Ala
Rains
Rep
A. S. Herlong
D-Fla
Herlong
Eisenhower
Senate
Harriman Seeks China Tour As News Correspondent
Former New York Governor W Averell Harriman has applied to enter Communist China as a newspaper correspondent representing the North American Newspaper Alliance. He is currently touring the Soviet Union as a private citizen. The State Department has taken the request under advisement.
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Washington
New York
W. Averell Harriman
Communist China
Harriman
Soviet Union
Alliance
Red China
State Department
Water Torrent Lashes St. Joseph Missouri Drowning Reported
A cloud burst north of St. Joseph unleashed a 10 foot flood on the north side late Monday night. One man, William M. Thomas, drowned after his car was swept away. The flood caused extensive property damage and blocked U.S. 36 near Highland and Fanning. Parked cars were swept along Park Avenue. a Green Hills supermarket lost windows and eight clerks fled to the roof. The body was found four blocks from the car’s initial position. The town saw additional tornado activity in nearby Kansas. More details on page two.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph’s North Side
William M. Thomas
Merrill Chilcote
Edtor
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Kansas
Hiawatha
Everest
Denton
Kan
U.S. 36
Highland
Fanning
Great Western
St. Joseph Avenue
Green Hills
Glenn Case
Alfred Dougal
Woman kills suitor then shoots self in Richmond
In Richmond Virginia Annie Pizzuto thirty one shot five times with a .22 pistol as she encountered her rejected suitor retired Salvation Army Captain Marvin Edwards thirty eight who fired three times. Both died at the scene after the street gunfight as Pizzuto returned to her printing office job.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond
Annie Pizzuto
Salvation Army
Marvin Edwards
Pizzuto
Edwards
Eisenhower to decide on rail retirement and unemployment bill
President Eisenhower faces a midnight deadline to sign or veto a bill raising railroad worker retirement benefits by 10 percent and unemployment benefits by 20 percent with retroactivity. The measure would be funded by higher taxes on rail workers and employers, a point of contention for railroads and unions alike.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Conress
Elderly Couple Feared Drowned After Green River Rapids
Frank A. Rich, 65, and wife, 64, of Lakewood Village California, are missing after their pleasure boat capsized in the Green River Colorado Canyon rapids near Moab Utah. Dr Delbert F Rich 41 and his wife 35 rescued from shore recount the peril while river crews search for the elder Rich couple.
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Moab
Utah
Frank A. Rich
Lakewood Village
Calif
Awesome Cataract Canyon
Delbert F. Rich
Cedar City
Green River
Colorado
Colorado River
Rich
River Junction
Jim Hurst
Green River Utah
Hurst
Mrs Daniel Gives Birth To Second Son In New York
Mrs Clifton Daniel daughter of President Truman gave birth to a second son in Doctor's Hospital New York at 8 45 am by caesarean section. He weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces. Maternal grandparents Mrs Truman and her husband could not attend due to Mrs Truman's breast tumor surgery in Kansas City. The baby has no name yet and Clifton Truman Daniel will be two on June 5.
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New York
Clifton Daniel
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Kansas City
Doctor’s Hospital
Daniels
Clifton Truman Daniel
Southern Baptists Open Convention in Louisville
The Southern Baptist Convention begins its annual meeting in Louisville with about 15,000 delegates and visitors from 31,498 churches. Former Rep. Brooks Hays addresses pastors, urging respect for a united national government amid tensions over states’ rights. The Women's Missionary Union meets through Wednesday, aiming to elect new officers for the 9,206,758-member denomination.
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Louisville
Thej
Gov- Southern Baptist Convention
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Women's Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Wing
South
Hays
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Southern Baptists Open Convention
Little Rock
Dale Alford
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