Tensions Rise as US Inspectors Probe Panama Canal Cargo
U S customs inspectors search the 8693 ton French freighter Wyoming at Cristobal Panama Canal amid Guatemala arms shipment rumors. French Line says boxes hold sporting rifles unloaded at San Jose and La Libertrad. US officials say no charge against the line. charted to El Salvador Guatemala Los Angeles San Francisco Vancouver. A mystery plane in Guatemala drops pamphlets, Honduras reports arms deliveries, US rushes military gear to Honduras and Nicaragua. B36 bomber demo requested by Nicaragua.
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Panama
Central America
U. S
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Antwerp
Belgium
San Jose
Guatemala
la Libertrad
Salvador
Lanier
U.S. State Department
Wyoming
el Salvador
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Vancouver
B.C
Caribbean
Bennington Disaster Prompts Navy Board Inquiry At Quonset
Eyewitness accounts describe a catapult room blast on the carrier Bennington killing 91 and injuring 201 off New England. Capt Raborn and Lt Wallam recount smoke, lights out, and damaged decks as a naval inquiry begins at Quonset Point with possible ties to a prior Leyte explosion.
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Quonset Point
R.I. 2
Bennington
Navy Board of Inquiry
Leyte
Boston
Naval Board of Inquiry
William F. Raborn Jr
Oklahoma City
General Service
J.G
John Wallam
Pittsburgh
Wallam
Capt. Raborn
New England
Agi Ae
U.S. Naval
Adm
Johnsf. Hoskins
Quonset Naval Air Station
Secretary of the Navy
Charles §. Thomas
Quonset
Raborn
U.S. May Open Direct Talks on Prisoner Releases in Geneva
Reports say the United States may engage directly with the Chinese at Geneva to secure release of about 71 Americans held in Red China. Officials note Panmunjom precedent and state the final decision rests with the State Department.
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Geneva
United States
China
Panmunjom
State Department
Red China
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Richard Applegate
Medford, Or
Donald Dixon
New York
North Carolina Girl Flown For Burn Care
A critically burned 11 year old girl from North Carolina was flown to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio after a one day mercy mission. Patricia Ross Watkins, daughter of Ft. Bragg paratrooper Pfc. Carlos Watkins, arrived with doctors and nurses to treat burns covering about 40 percent of her body. The C54 transport carried specialized medical equipment from Ft. Bragg to Brooke Hospital and back.
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San Antonio
Tex
North Carolina
Patricia Ross Watkins
Carlos Watkins
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Brooks Air Force Base
Army
Brooke Hospital
Fayette Wile
Umstead Responds to Segregation Ruling In NC
Gov. Umstead labeled the Supreme Court ban on school segregation a serious invasion of state sovereignty and said the ruling requires calm study. He flagged no immediate special session, plans to seek advice from officials, and will attend a June 10 Southern governors conference in Richmond.
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Raleigh
Gov. Umstead
Supreme Court
Richmond
Southern
Gov
Stanley
Virginia
Tmstead
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Umstead
U.S
North Carolina
Communists Besiege Yen Phu in Vietminh Drive Toward Phu Ly
In Indochina the Vietminh surround Yen Phu fortress near Hanoi with 12 battalions, tightening a siege that may lead to an assault on Phu Ly. French air strikes hit Vietminh trenches as Yen Phu, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, and Phu Ly form a growing arc protecting key road and textile centers. The action echoes Dien Bien Phu as air supply continues.
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Yen Phu
Phu
Dien Bien Phu
Thai Binh
Hanoi
Phu Ly
Indochina
Nam Dinh
Tonkin Gulf
Haiphong
New NC Florists group picks Morgan as president
Dave Morgan of Monroe wins the North Carolina unit presidency of the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association succeeding James Davis of Chapel Hill. The selection came at the close of a two day meeting held yesterday in Winston-Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Dave Morgan
Monroe
North Carolina
the Florists Telegraph Delivery Assn
Morgan
James 4. Davis
Chapel Hill
Carolinians Die Aboard Bennington
Navy released names of seven Carolinians among 91 killed in USS Bennington explosion and fire at Quonset Point Rhode Island. The dead include Earl Thornton Jr., Bobby L. Mayes, Cornelius M. Alexander, Jesse E. Rivers, James Cromartie, Robert D. Epps Jr., and Marion Williams with addresses in North and South Carolina. Several others were listed as injured or critically injured with local ties across the Carolinas and nearby states.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Cornelius M. Alexander
Cornelius S. Alexander
Rt. 1
Box
Norlina
N.C
Jesse E. Rivers
Jozella Palmer
Sheppard St
Charleston
James Cromartie
Myrtle Vernall Cromartie
Adrian Caruthers
Acton
Navy
Joe H. Haigler
Clara Haigler
Gaston
James H. Brown
Delores Brown
Burgley St
Orangeburg
John Patrick Gerrald Jr
Scott Charges McCarthyism as Primary Urgency Grows
In Raleigh area coverage two days before the Democratic primary, W Kerr Scott expands his push into Richmond County while Sen. Alton Lennon plans a Wake County rally at the courthouse. Scott blasted alleged McCarthyist tactics and claimed a federal inquiry found his 1950 1952 tax returns clean with a $1244.84 refund.
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Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Richmond County
Alton Lennon
Wake County
Lennon
Washington
Scott
US Opposed To Any Indochina Partition Plan
United States vows to reject any settlement that partitions Associated States as the nine party Indochina conference prepares for secret talks on regrouping forces after a cease fire. Vietminh proposals reportedly favor partition, drawing strong Vietnamese opposition.
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Geneva
United States
Indochina
Viet Nam
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Paris
Stevenson Says Ike Cedes Ground to Republicans in Crisis
In Meridian Mississippi Adlai Stevenson assails President Eisenhower for letting Republicans push him around and failing to defend executive rights. He blames a bipartisan split resembling a multi winged party and cites the Army McCarthy clash as a public shame. The crowd of 15000 heard him alongside hillbilly music stars honoring Jimmie Rodgers.
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Meridian
Miss
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
United States
Stevenson
Jimmie Rodgers
McCarthy Hearings Center Stage in Washington
The Enterprise asks readers for opinions on McCarthy and his methods. Questions cover whether he is right or wrong, readers’ level of frustration, and approval of his actions despite method concerns. Responses can be mailed or dropped at the newspaper.
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Washington
Enterprise
McCarthy
GOP Aims to adjourn by July 31 amid Senate delays
Washington GOP leaders insist Congress should adjourn by July 31 despite Democratic doubt. Senate balance stands 47 Republicans, 47 Democrats, 1 independent and 1 vacancy as Johnson lists key items like tax reform social security and foreign aid still needing action.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Democratic Policy Committee
Knowland
California
Ferguson
Mich
GOP
Johnson
Eisenhower
House
Classified Letter Basis For Charge In Army McCarthy Hearing
Senator McClellan accused Senator McCarthy and an Army officer of criminally obtaining classified information. McCarthy denied indictments and refused to name the officer who allegedly supplied a summary of an FBI report on Ft Monmouth. The FBI denied issuing such a letter, noting only a quoted excerpt from a larger document. Roy Cohn testified that Stevens and Army counselor Adams tried to block the subcommittee’s probe.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Wisconsin
McCarthy Army
McCarthy
FBI
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
J. Edgar Hoover
Army Intelligence
Hoover
Brownell
Roy M. Cohn
Stevens
John G. Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Adams
A-Wis
French Delay on U.S. Intervention in Indochina Talks
French diplomats say Paris will hold off pressing the United States for intervention as long as ceasefire negotiations in Geneva continue. U.S. officials and British leaders weigh future steps, with rumors of Navarre’s possible replacement by Cogny and calls for a regional security approach to Southeast Asia.
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Washington
France
U. S
Geneva
Ren. Javits
R-Lib
Southeast Asia
Javits
House
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radford
South Asia
India
Pakistan
U.S
Paris
Dulles
United States
Henri Navarre
Indochina
Rene Cogny
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Rodney
Life Magazine
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Adlai
John McClellan
Britain
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