French Hold Ground Inside Ring of Fire at Dien Bien Phu
French defenses around Dien Bien Phu endured intense airstrikes and forest fires as Viet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap pressed a fresh assault. French bombers and napalm fought to halt advances while refugees and Red Cross planes faced hostile fire amid mounting casualties.
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Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Ring of Fire
Hanoi
U.P
Vo Nguyen Giap
China
Red Cross
High Command
Vos
Henri Navarre
U. S
Defense chief backs Army McCarthy report
Secretary of Defense Wilson said the Army report charging Senator McCarthy and Roy Cohn pressured for special treatment for G David Schine was truthful. In Delaware stockholders approved the sale of RKO Pictures to Howard Hughes.
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Washington
Wilson
Army
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
G. David Schine
Dover
Del
U.P
RKO Pictures Corp
Motion
Howard Hughes
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
McCarthy
Roy M. Cohn
Balky Witnesses Face Contempt Citations In Probe
The Senate investigations subcommittee voted to recommend contempt citations against Corliss Lamont Albert Shadowitz and Abraham Unger. They refused to answer questions about possible communist ties and challenged the panel authority.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Corliss Lamont
New York
Albert Shadowitz
New Jersey
Abraham Unger
New York City
Lodge vows to veto admit Red China to U.N.
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. stated he would not shrink from using the veto to keep Red China out of the United Nations, signaling steadfast opposition to its admission.
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United Nations
N. Y
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
China
Unofficial Primary Totals Reported in Wisconsin
The secretary of state reports final unofficial votes from the March 9 state supreme court primary. Roland Steinle of Milwaukee leads with 125 450 votes, William Dieterich of Hartford 49 669, Perry J. Stearns of Shorewood 28 134. Steinle, a current justice by gubernatorial appointment, will face Dieterich in the April 6 election.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
State Board of Canvassers
Roland Steinle
Milwaukee
William Dieterich
Hartford
Perry J. Stearns
Shorewood
Steinle
Walter Kohler
Dieterich
Boy Killed by Car in Wisconsin Rapids
David Luke an 11 year old son of Mr and Mrs Daryll Luke died at River View Hospital after being struck by a car while crossing Highway 54 near the city limits.
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Wisconsin Rapids
David Luke
Daryll Luke
Riverview Hospital
Highway 54
Tension After Negev Desert Massacre Sparks Border Alarm
Reports from Tel Aviv indicate Israelis and UN observers probe a massacre on a Negev bus ambush. Attacks appear to involve Arab gunmen from near the Jordan border as Jordan and Syria mobilize nearby. Four survivors, including a woman and a child, describe close-range fire as soldiers defended passengers.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev Desert
Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
Moshe Sharett
Israel Army
Beersheba
Negev
Lonely Scorpion Pass
President Invites Chat With Gen MacArthur
President Eisenhower invites his former commander General Douglas MacArthur for a talk at the White House. The meeting is to be followed by a luncheon with MacArthur as guest of honor, while no reasons were given for the engagement.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
White House
MacArthur
Remington Rand Board
Wilson Says McCarthy Found No New Subversion Cases
Defense Secretary Charles Wilson said Sen Joseph McCarthy uncovered no new subversion cases in the armed forces. He noted 20 loyalty or security risks among 51 drafted medical men to be commissioned or discharged and urged limiting congressional help in rooting out subversives.
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Washington
U.P
Charles E. Wilson
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Wilson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D.tenn
Kefauver
McCarthy
Stevens
Army
John G. Adams
Armed Services Committee
Margaret Chase Smith
R. Me
Congressional Committee
Services
FBI
Hou
Navy
Adm
James P. Holloway
Air Force
Lee White
Ste
Salem H. S. instructor support grows amid dismissal dispute
About 50 Salem Central residents attended a public hearing over the proposed nonrenewal of vocational agriculture instructor Philip Ronnerud. The board will reconsider the case at tomorrow night’s meeting, as residents defend his work and cite workload and leadership concerns.
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Salem Central High School
Philip Ronnerud
Ronnerud
Fowler
United States Reaffirms Refuge Promise to Deserters
The United States told the United Nations it will grant asylum to any soldier from a Communist army who deserts seeking freedom. In a final report on Korean War prisoner repatriation, about 22 000 Red soldiers chose freedom, with only 628 returning home under pressure. The UN command noted free choice and rejected Communist coercion.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
The
Korea
UW President Quizzed Here on campus topics and cheese
Dr. E. B. Fred president of the University of Wisconsin spoke in Kenosha on farm and city issues. He urged free speech for speakers with proper sponsorship and endorsed student handling of subversive topics. He rejected Communist influence in personnel while noting farm research and dairy projects at Milford Meadows and Babcock Hall. The Kenosha extension center was praised as it grows under Bernard Tallent with 202 students enrolled.
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Fred
Kenosha
E. B. Fred
University of Wisconsin
John Voelkering
Brighton
Pure Milk Association
James Waldo
Bristol
Kenosha Milk Producers Association
Kenosha County
Communist Party
Milford Meadows
Babcock Hall
Madison
Petrifying Springs
Bernard Tallent
Sub-Chaser Sinks in Gulf Rescue of 10 Crewmen
The converted sub chaser Atlantic sank in heavy seas about 70 miles west southwest of Morgan City. Coast Guard said all 10 crewmen were rescued by the Naomi Ann and taken to Morgan City with no injuries reported.
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New Orleans
U.P
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Morgan City
Coast Guard
Naomi Ann
Protective police surge in New York over Puerto Rican nationalist threat
A state department alert ordered 200 extra city police to guard prominent officials including Henry Cabot Lodge after the attack on Congress. Lodge, Kennedy, Dewey, Wagner and other leaders received heightened protection as authorities linked the threat to a recent shooting spree.
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New York
State Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Lodge
FBI
Waldorf-Astoria Towers
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Gracie Mansion
Upper Eastside
Robert F. Wagner
Manhattan
West Side
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
D-Lib
N. Y
Milwaukee Woman Wins Mrs Wisconsin Title
Corinne V. Iverson, 27, Milwaukee, was named Mrs Wisconsin at the Home Show and will compete in Mrs America in Ormond Beach Florida. She was selected from six finalists after homemaking tests and could win $15,000 in awards plus a Europe trip for her family if she takes the national title.
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Milwaukee
Corinne V. Iverson
Wisconsin
Ormond Beach
Fla
Iverson
Europe
Tavern Man Shot Killed Gang Style In Milwaukee
A Milwaukee tavern owner was found shot to death in his car in a gang style killing. Police questioned hoodlum John Sullivan and noted Di Trapani had been alive nights earlier and identified by his wife Katherine and daughter Rosalyn. Gunfire damaged a nearby house as investigators sought witnesses.
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Milwaukee
U.P
John
Blackie) Sullivan
Rudolph Glaser
Sullivan
John di Trapani
di Trapani
Harvey Neelen
Tax Bill Showdown With GOP Edge in Vote
House Republicans hold a slim margin as Democrats push a separate income tax exemption rise of 100 per person and 100 per dependent, seeking to insert it into a broad tax revision bill. The plan would boost exemptions and cut revenue by 1.397 billion next year while defending dividend tax cuts for stockholders.
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Washington
House
Rep
Priest
D-Tenn
Treasury
Humphrey
Martin
R-Mass
Fire Cuts NP Bridge Over St Louis Bay From Service
A spectacular blaze damaged the Northern Pacific railroad bridge over St Louis Bay. Creosoted ties burned heavily after a spark from a passing locomotive, leaving the structure out of commission while trains of the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Omaha lines are rerouted over an alternate bridge.
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Superior
Interstate
Northern Pacific
St. Louis Bay
Great Northern
Omaha
Wisconsin Weather Cools After Early Warm Spell
Balmy conditions gave way to a damp unsettled spell as rain moves in tonight then a cool Friday follows. Readings at Nash Motors and downtown show 47 and 46 with 44 at the treatment plant. Forecast calls for cloudy windy mild tonight with showers and a 35 to 45 low, then a cloudy colder Friday with a high in the 40s.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
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John E. Hull
Free World
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India
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Sweden
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Mixed Armistice Commission
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GOP
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