Velde Faces Open Revolt in House Affairs Committee
Washington AP a upheaval hits the House Internal Affairs Committee as Rep. Bernard W. Kearney follows Rep. Harold H. Velde in clashing over staff leadership. Kearney calls the staff setup rotten and demands a staff purge while Velde stalls for time ahead of his Illinois re election bid.
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Washington
U.P
Harold H. Velde
R-I
Bernard W
Pat) Kearney
R-N.y
Velde
Kearney
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Leslie Scott
Scott
Questioning of Woman in Slaying Case in Milwaukee
An attractive well dressed woman was questioned Wednesday in the slaying of wealthy bar owner John Di Trapani. Det Lt Joseph Schalla said the unidentified woman does not know anything and cannot be identified or quoted. Di Trapani was shot in his parked car last Thursday.
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Milwaukee
John di Trapani
Joseph Schalla
di Trapani
Twin Replacements Baffle Air Force Pool Ushers Lookalikes
Mannheim Germany. Robert and Edsel Campbell, twins from Sarasota Florida, were sent home after confusing soldiers at a U S Air Force pool for over a year. Replacements Louis and Anthony Lamonica, identical twins from Hammond Louisiana, arrived to fill their spots.
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Mannheim
Germany
Robert
Edsel Campbell
Sarasota
Fla
Louis
Anthony Lamonica
Hammond
Weather shift hits Kenosha with brief warm spell
After 1.80 inches of rain, Kenosha sees a morning rise to 67 at the Nash area while downtown records 65. Temperatures will drop to 25 to 32 tonight, then rise to about 36 Friday as a partly cloudy, windy pattern continues.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
Greek Defense Minister Sees Pact as Step Toward Peace
Panayotis Kanellopoulos told the National Press Club that the 1953 pact among Greece Turkey and Yugoslavia marked a decisive shift toward regional peace and security. He noted Yugoslavia's Western alignment shows even a Communist state can exist within the Western orbit and praised NATO for strengthening Atlantic Far East links through Greece and Turkey.
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U.P
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Ankara
Turkey
Yugoslavia
National Press Club
Kanellopoulos
Moscow
Greece
NATO
Atlantic
Far East
Illinois Guard Company Activated in Rockford Roster
Rockford Illinois this week saw an Illinois National Guard company activated with a roster listing one lieutenant colonel four lieutenants seven sergeants one corporal one private first class and no privates
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Rockford
Illinois National Guard
Three Top Postmaster Candidates Remain in Kenosha Race
James T. Parmelee Paul M. Saftig and Jake Van Bendegem are the leading contenders for Kenosha postmaster after civil service ranking. GOP will forward names to patronage committee for recommendation to Congressman Lawrence Smith who will forward to the president for final approval.
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James T. Parmelee
Paul M. Saftig
Jake van Bendegem
Kenosha
Lawrence Smith
Jack C. Berry
Kenosha County
Republican Party
Civil Service Commission
GOP
Smith
Senate
Lyle T. Milligan
National Guard
Raymond Cartwright
Berry
Drowned in Milk Tank Near Mount Horeb
Richard Freeman 27 fell into a large milk cooling tank at a dairy in Mount Horeb Dane County Wisconsin and drowned He was momentarily revived by a relative who gave him artificial respiration Freeman died later at a Madison hospital Coroner Joseph Bloodgood reported the drowning occurred Wednesday night.
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Mount Horeb
Wis
Richard Freeman
Dane County
Joseph Bloodgood
Freeman
Madison
Braden assails State Department among critics
Former Assistant Secretary Spruille Braden testified that the State Department remains full of state interventionists and do-gooders. A hospital plane flew nonstop from San Diego to Washington in eight hours and ten minutes, believed to be an unofficial transcontinental twin-engine record. Gov. Kennon said governors planning a Korea trip at Eisenhower’s invitation have been advised to postpone until May 20.
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Spruille Braden
State Department
San Diego
Baton Rouge
U.P
Robert F. Kennon
Korea
Eisenhower
Gunmen Help Two Flee Jail in Rochester NY
Gunmen entered Monroe County penitentiary early today overpowering two guards. They released inmates James Compton and Anthony Mendella, stole guard Clyde Jefferds’ car, and fled. Police later captured two suspects, while the escaped prisoners remain at large in western New York near Canada.
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N. Y
Monroe County Penitentiary
James Compton
du Bois
Cohocton
Ohio
Anthony Mendella
New York
Canada
Clyde Jefferds
Compton
Jefferds
James Marshall
Marshall
Mendella
Jefferd
Moscow Paper Accuses Yank Attaches of Spying on Rail Route
A Moscow newspaper claims American military attaches left documents on a trans Siberian rail train detailing air fields bridges and industrial sites. The notes allegedly listed targets and locations and were found by a train conductor. Four US embassy staffers were aboard and are named. The embassy offered no comment.
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Trans- Siberian
Trud
Intourist Bureau
United States
Howard L. Feldlin
Martin J. Manhoff
Walter A. McKinney
Air Force
Eugene Williams
Feldlin
Manhoff
Williams
McKinney
Europe
Germany
Kharin
Khabarovsk
Siberia
French Drop Fire Bombs On Rebels At Dien Bien Phu
Reports from Hanoi say French C 47s and boxcars dropped 12500 gallons of jellied gasoline over Viet Minh troops besieging Dien Bien Phu to burn trenches. The raid followed a larger napalm attack and aimed to degrade rebel defenses as ground reconnaissance noted planned onslaughts. Viet Minh charges claimed American planes aided the French and Red Cross flags were allegedly used to supply airfields.
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Dien Bien Phu
Viet Minh High Command
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Red Cross
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Hanoi Medical School
Ho Chi Minh
May Let U.S. Train Troops in Indo China
Indo China officials say France would keep overall control if U. S. troops trained local forces. French high command shows more openness to U. S. aid while Defense Secretary Wilson notes Washington is willing to assist in practical training.</analysis>
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U.S
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France
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Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Washington
High Command
Korea
VFW Demands Deportation Action Against Dick Haymes
Manchester New Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars leader Wayne E Richards said the organization urged U S Attorney General Herbert Brownell to deport crooner Dick Haymes. He accused Haymes and wife Rita Hayworth of pressuring the government and urged Haymes to return to Argentina with Rita if he dodges service. No comment was obtained from Haymes or his attorney.
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N. H
Wayne E. Richards
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Haymes
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Yoshida Seeks Backing for Teacher Political Activity Ban
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida secured Diet support for two bills banning political activity by school teachers. If enacted, all primary and junior high teachers would be considered government employees and barred from political talk.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Senate GOP fights further tax cuts after appliance relief vote
Senate Republicans regroup after losing a test vote on a 100 million dollar household appliance tax cut. The chamber debated cuts on autos tele vision sets and phonographs while the final tally on the appliance relief was 64 to 23 in favor.
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Senate
Millikin
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Douglas
D-Ill
Senate Finance Committee
Hope Mounts For Baby In Two-Headed Indiana Infant
Hopes rise that two headed baby Daniel Kaye of Petersburg Indiana can be moved from an oxygen tent as pneumonia improves his condition. Doctors report stronger head and body, breathing easier and better color. The child born December 12 carries two heads four arms and separate bodies joined at the trunk.
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Ind
Indiana
Cecil Hartley
Daniel
Daniel Kaye
Petersburg
Hartley
Hartleys
Senators Vote to Halve Federal Excise Tax on Appliances
Washington Republicans Wiley and McCarthy joined by Michigan Republicans Ferguson and Potter voted to cut the current 1 percent federal excise tax on household appliances including refrigerators stoves irons and toasters. The senate approved the measure by a 64 to 23 vote.
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Wiley and McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Ferugson
Potter
Michigan
Senate Gridlock Looms On Public Investigation Next Week
Sen. Mundt plans a five day public Senate inquiry into the McCarthy army clash. Topics include an army report charging McCarthy and Roy Cohn with seeking favorable treatment for Pvt. G David Schine and McCarthy's counter accusations of blackmail by Stevens. McCarthy seeks cross examination rights and may participate or step aside as the subcommittee sets ground rules.
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Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Army
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
MceCarthy
Roy M. Cohn
G. David Schine
McCarthy
Cohn
Committee
Schine
Mundt
Eisenhower
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Top French Leader Halts Departure
Gen Paul Ely delayed leaving for 24 hours to continue high level talks on the Indo China war with U S defense officials. Ely planned to wrap up his three day visit but instead went to the Pentagon for discussions with Adm Arthur Radford. Officials say long range prospects for victory and immediate supply problems were discussed though no delay was linked to U S training efforts.
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Frances
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Ely
Pentagon
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Indo China
Defense Department
Indo-China
Indo- China
Defense
Wilson
Egypt Military Council Plans Free Elections
Egypts ruling military junta will dissolve on July 24 and turn over to elected government. A constituent assembly will draft a new constitution then elect a president, with all dissolved parties allowed to operate for the elections. Naguib faces a rift with Nasser over quick return to parliamentary rule.
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Mier Gama Abdel Nasser Over
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Revolutionary Council
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