Britain to keep outposts vital to NATO duties
Foreign Secretary Lel warned at a rally Britain would not abandon overseas possessions like Cyprus Singapore and Aden. He stressed Cyprus is vital to Britain for NATO duties and Middle East obligations, while noting the Suez withdrawal shifted forces to the region. He condemned Cypriot terrorists and said Soviet attack danger is diminishing.
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England
Cyprus
Singapore
Aden
Lel
Britain
Corus
Ts We
Sant Et le Snement
Greece
Lloyd
Middle East
Suez Canal Zone
Traffic, safety, and courtesy on crowded highways
The piece laments heavy traffic and rising risk from rude drivers. It notes safety innovations like belts and brakes but argues the real challenge is behavior behind the wheel. It suggests treating other drivers as fellow children of God, urging courtesy amid congested roads.
Truman Tours Salerno Area During Italy Visit
President Truman drove through Salerno and Neapolitan streets on a brief sightseeing tour. He limited his morning walk to a few steps near his waterfront Naples hotel due to a recent ankle strain. He planned to visit Paestum to view ancient Greek ruins as Mrs. Truman, the Woodwards, and local Italian officials joined him.
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Salerno
Italy
Harry
Truman
Naples
Paestum
B. C
Stanley Woodward
Vesuvius
Isle of Capri
Halo- American Society
Leopoldo Rubinacci
United States
Rubinacci
New York
Eisenhower May Skip Colorado Vacation This Summer
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder says President Eisenhower would choose a lower altitude vacation after his heart attack. The president and Mrs. Eisenhower hosted a veterans garden party in Denver last September and aides discussed whether to return to Colorado. Snyder noted plans would avoid taxing the president and emphasized a conservative approach to travel.
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Ea Mysician
Eisenhower
Colorado
Howard M. Snyder
Denver
Wash
Summerfield Ntree
Ieee Snyder
Ers
Snyder
Supreme Court backs union shop in rail and airline industries
The decision lets railroad and airline unions require membership and dues in 18 states under Taft-Hartley, while management vows to fight right to work bans. Union sources aim to repeal such laws and curb compelled unionism nationwide. The ruling hinges on commerce regulation and the Taft-Hartley Act. States listed include Alabama Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Nevada North Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia and more.
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Supreme Court
Southern
Western
Nebraska Supreme Court
Congress
Individua:l
I Industries
Taft-Herdey
High Court
Railroad and Airlie
Wright-Towork
Nebraska
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Nevada
North
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virgina
Foreign Aid Cut Proposed by House Committee
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 18 to 11 in a closed session to cut more than a billion dollars from Eisenhower's foreign aid program. Chairman Richards noted the panel reduced part of the three billion dollars requested for new military assistance abroad next year.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Richards
D-S.c
Dulles Signals New Bid for Foreign Aid in Senate
Secretary of State Dulles said a fresh bid for the long running foreign aid plan will be made when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee takes up the bill. He noted reports that Khrushchev ordered a big Soviet manpower cut, adding confusion to shifts in disarmament strategy and U.S. policy on Soviet economy and military. The Egypt project also drew U.S. regret, with more on page eight.
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Washington
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rso
U. S S
Russia
Khrushchev
Harold Stassen
Tassen
Stassen
U.S
Egypt
Two Major Bills Near Senate Floor
The Senate Finance Committee aims to bring two major measures to the floor, one highway and one social security related, after a closed session. Byrd hopes final touches are ready as debate looms, with questions about tax components and funding levels under discussion.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
Pve
House
Kefauver and Stevenson Team Up With Florida Vote Looming
U S senators Estes Kefauver and Adlai Stevenson joined on stage in Miami to campaign for Democratic preferences in Florida next Tuesday. They touted unity against the administration and stressed desegregation, aid for farmers and small businesses, and peaceful leadership. The exchange stayed courteous with minor disagreements on halting further hydrogen bomb tests.
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Miami
Fila
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Florida
California
Stevenson
Kefauver
U.S. Senate
America
Pacific
Illinois
Gilad
Incy Howe
Auver
Nike missile test to be shown at White Sands
White Sands Proving Ground New Mexico The Army will fire its Nike ground to air missile today weather permitting during a three day demonstration for reporters The Nike battalion training at Fort Bliss Texas will be shown and discussed amid ongoing inter service debate over the weapon.
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White Sands
Nike
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Pentagon
Armed Services
Wilson
Sobeloff Hearing Ends as Senators Set Vote Date
Solicitor General Simon E. Sobeloff defended against court power usurpation at the close of hearings on his nomination to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Senators O’Mahoney and Watkins voiced support and plan to move the nomination to a full Judiciary Committee vote after later subcommittee sessions.
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Washington
Simon E. Sobeloff
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Eier
Sobeloft
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
O'Mahoney
W-Wye
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Senei Sobeloft
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
Syria weighs response after Ghazzi hints action
Premier Saidl Ghazzi told reporters Syria is to consider action but no decision has been reached. Egypt last week recognized the Red Chinese regime, with Syria and Egypt both members of the nine nation Arab League.
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Syria
Damascus
Saidl Ghazzi
Egypt
Nine Nation
Arab League
Algerian Rebels Kill Three In Ambush
Rebels ambush a French military convoy fifty miles west of Senuf on the road to Constantine killing three and wounding five. Two French officers among the dead and seventeen rebels reportedly killed in a counterattack. A French patrol near the Moroccan border suffers two wounded after an ambush. A Paris tribunal sentences a French soldier in absentia for joining rebels with arms. Police arrest six Arabs in Temouchent for alleged terrorist cell membership.
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Algiers
Senuf
Constantine Toas
Temouchent
Frioi
Dissension Hangs Over Texas Democratic Convention
A rifted Texas gathering showed Johnson and Rayburn claiming control of the state delegation with mixed cheers and boos from liberal Democrats opposed to Shivers faction. The dispute centers on whether to oust the Shivers dominated state executive committee now or later and how to align with national party unity in 1952.
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Shivers
Johnson
Noes
Leiner D. Eisenhower
Texas
Eisenhower
Wilson Moves To Limit Arms Dispute In Senate Probes
Senate committees led by Chavez and Symington will separately investigate the row over armed services roles in missiles and air power. Defense Secretary Wilson sought to downplay the quarrel at a news conference as Army Navy and Air Force chiefs stood with him.
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Maxwell Taylor
Army
Charles Finucane
Wilson
Navy
Air Force
Washington
Senate
Sen
Chavez
D-Nm
Appropriations
Symington
D-Mo
Armed Services
Russia
Movie inspires fugitive to surrender in Fayetteville police
Archie Scott a 21 year old escaped convict from Laurel Hill turned himself in to Fayetteville police after seeing a western film in which cowboys shoot rustlers. Scott who escaped Gatesville Prison Camp last March 27 had been serving 25 to 30 years for the December 1952 fatal shooting of an Indian in Laurinburg. He said his mother urged him to surrender and that a Laurinburg walk went unrecognized by the arresting officer before he traveled to Fayetteville to view the movie that prompted his decision. He was held for return to the prison camp.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Archie Scott
Laurel Hill
Scott
Gatesville
Laurinburg
Washington, D.C
Race issues dominate campaigning in North Carolina primary
Candidates pressed race and segregation as the Democratic primary nears. Tom Sawyer criticized Gov. Hodges for appealing to the Negro vote, while James O. Simpkins charged a whisper campaign of racial prejudice in the 2nd District. Simpkins disputed a Powell chairmanship claim, noting Powell’s current seniority.
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Tom Sawyer
Hodges
North Carolina
Sawyer
Hamlet
Charlotte
James O. Simpkins
New Bern
Simpkins
Graham A. Barden
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
House Education and Labor Committee
Barden
Powell
North Caroli
Cooley
Conferees Reach Agreement On Soil Bank And Farm Bill
Senate and House conferees reached an accord on a soil bank and farm bill to replace the vetoed measure. The agreement centers on feed grains pricing and acreage controls with a soil bank provision paying farmers to idle land to curb surpluses. Details await formal announcements and final approvals.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Ellender
Benson
Hasson
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