Eden flies back to Geneva talks amid East West deadlock
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden returned to Geneva to push a settlement on Indochina and Korea as the nine party talks entered their fifth week. Eden declined comment on secret instructions, with Western sources predicting the next week or two could decide the conference’s fate.
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Anthony Eden
Indochina
Korea
London
Churchill
Eden
United States
Britain
France
Georges Bidault
Paris
422 French Wounded Evacuated at Dien Bien Phu
French army reported 422 wounded evacuated from Dien Bien Phu with one hundred thirty casualties in a day record. Viet Minh agreed to release 858 wounded and promised to repair the airstrip as French engineers offered aid. Miss Genevieve de Galard Terraube remained unseen as evacuations continued.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Luang Prabang
Vietminh
Vietminh High Command
Red River
Delta
Miss de Galard
Pierre Huard
French Claim Victory at Nam Tha in Laos
The French High Command reported a victory in a six day siege near Nam Tha Laos. About 400 Vietminh attacked the Laotian garrison which numbered three to two in favor of the rebels. Casualties were heavy for the attackers with 55 dead. garrison losses were described as very light. Five Thai survivors reached a French defense post amid jungle and swampland. Five additional Thais were later found in camps. Congresses and religious groups in Indo China plan a national assembly to protest any partition of Viet Nam.
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Indochina
Nam Tha
Laos
Mekong
Dien Bien Phu
Red China
Yunnan
Burma
Christian de Castries
Isabelle
de Castries
Cao Dai
Hoa Hao
Binh Xuyen
Viet Nam
Geneva
Probe Of Ax Slayings Stalled By Legal Roadblocks
FRANKFURT Germany legal obstacles halted action in the 1946 ax arson slayings of three American Army officers in Passau. U S Chief Prosecutor Thomas Landan said existing evidence fails to sustain extradition of James M Leech of Lima Ohio a former Army captain. Leech denies the killings and faces three murders three counts of intentional manslaughter and one arson in the deaths of Maj Everett S Confran Capt Adrian L Wessler and 1st Lt Stanley M Rosewater.
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Germany
U.S
Thomas Landan
James M.leech
Lima
Ohio
Leech
Lancian
Passau
Ohioan
Everett S. Confran
Washington, D.C
Adrian L. Wessler
New Rochelle
N.Y
Stanley M. Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
William Canfield
Hampden
Mass
U.S. High Commission
Canfield
Cuban Government Plans Crackdown on Communists
President Fulgencio Batista announces an urgent government crackdown to prevent Communist resurgence in Cuba. He cites recent propaganda during May Day talks and orders ministers to prepare legal measures to defend the masses and national peace as the Alfhelm docks with a sugar cargo.
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Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Alfhelm
United States Department
Poland
Guatemala
Batista
Deadlock Seen Over Farm Price Support Plan
Senate Republican leader Knowland warned a Congress deadlock could trigger flexible price supports at 75 to 90 percent of parity. He cited possible failure to agree on farm legislation, while President Eisenhower urged ending rigid 90 percent parity supports for a flexible system. Knowland and other leaders noted continued uncertainty amid shifts by Democrats and some Republicans.
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Knowland
Calif
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rep
Hope
Brian
Companion
House Committee
Benson
Stevens takes full responsibility for Army charges
Secretary Stevens testified under oath that he assumed full responsibility for the Army's charges against Senator McCarthy. He acknowledged consulting with high White House and executive department officials while indicating the involvement of Hensel Brown Seaton and possibly others in shaping the document.
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Stevens
Army
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Executive Department
White House
Far East
Congress
Questins
Defense
Wilson
H. Struve Hensel
Defense Department
Francis X
Brown
Hensel
Fred M. Seaton
Seaton
Nebraska
Robert Stevens
Joseph Welch
McCarthy Army
Thousands of Letters Pour In on Army McCarthy Hearings
The Army McCarthy hearings spark a huge public reaction as thousands flood TV stations and newspapers with letters praising or condemning McCarthy, Cohn, and Schine. Readers across media express strong views on national security and party loyalty.
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ABC Network
Sen
Joseph R
West Point to Faces Record Cadet Vacancies After Graduation
Washington reports West Point will have about 1,916 vacancies when this year’s class graduates, the largest in the academy’s 152 year history. Officials cite postwar letdown and delayed nominations as causes, with 450 expected graduates and 750 to 775 admitted yearly to maintain balance.
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Washington
West Point
U.S. Military Academy
Army School
Army
Academy
Congress
Communists Hold All Trump Cards at Geneva Parley on Asia
William L. Ryan reports from Geneva that at the May 24 conference the Soviets and Vietminh are steering talks toward surrender of the West in Asia. Communism aims to rally Asian nationalism and fears into a long term drive for dominance, while US efforts in propaganda falter among educated Asians. The piece notes alarm among Asian leaders about bloc involvement and World War III risks, with potential alliance framing for Southeast Asia.
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Geneva
Asia
William L. Ryan
Southeast Asia
Indochina
United States
America
United Action
Bronze Bust of President Eisenhower Unveiled at Sandhurst
A bronze bust of President Eisenhower was unveiled at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst by Mrs. Winthrop Aldrich. The statue shows him in his World War II Allied Supreme Commander uniform and will be housed in the academy library. The gift, from George Sands of New York, previously had a casting given to West Point. British Secretary of War Head praised Eisenhower and urged Britain and America to unite, hoping for unity messages to West Point.
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England
Eisenhower
Royal Military Academy
Winthrop Aldrich
Europe
George Sands
New York City
The
Military Academy
Sands
Jo Davidson
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Anthony
Britain
America
NAACP urges immediate school desegregation across the South
Negro leaders from 18 states unveil the Atlanta declaration urging local boards of education to end segregation now. Thurgood Marshall and Walter White press for full integration across all levels with no teacher assignments and federal aid, while warning against district manipulation to dodge compliance.
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South
Boards of Education
U. S. Supreme Court
National Assn. For the Advancement of
Colored People
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Walter White
Marshall
Lost C46 Airplane Missing With Five Aboard
Civil Air Patrol reports an El Paso to San Antonio C46 disappeared last night with five aboard near Kerrville. Twenty search planes scoured the area after the radio contact indicated instrument flying in rainy, low ceiling conditions. The craft was due at Kelly Air Force Base at 9 30 p.m. and last communicated northwest of San Antonio.
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Tex
Airforce
el Paso
San Antonio
Civil Air Patrol
George A. Brewer, Jr
Texas
CAP
Kerrville
Kelly Air Force Base
Kelly
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