Vandenberg to Retire as Air Chief of Staff
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg will retire as air force chief of staff and be succeeded by Gen. Nathan F. Twining, currently vice chief, pending Senate confirmation. If approved, Twining would assume the post on June 30, with Lt. Gen. Thomas White slated to become vice chief. Twining’s two year term follows Eisenhower’s first joint chiefs swap, while Talbott noted Vandenberg’s retirement was approved with reluctance.
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Washington
White House
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Monroe
Wis
Twining
Senate
Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Thomas White
Tween Vandenberg
Air
Harold Talbott
Talbott
Milwaukee
Prospects Up for Deal With Spain
U S officials see a preliminary agreement within about two months to swap American aid for Spain in exchange for access to several naval and air bases. Talks in Madrid have progressed, with James C Dunn reporting to President Eisenhower and Dulles on prospects and new Spanish proposals.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
Spain
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
James C. Dunn
Madrid
Eisenhower
State Department
Dunn
Dane County Democrats Praise Senator Wiley
Dane County Democrats praised Republican Senator Wiley for voting against the tidelands oil bill in the U S senate. A resolution commended him for placing principle above party as the bill passed.
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Madison
Dane County
Wiley
U. S. Senate
Killer of Five Found Sane Indicted by Jury
Fred Eugene McManus, 18, confessed killer of five in a cross country spree in a stolen car, was found sane and to be returned to Ontario county jail. An Ontario county grand jury returned a first degree murder indictment against the Valley Stream, New York youth.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
U.P
Fred Eugene McManus
Ontario County
Thomas Croucher
Handsome Valley Stream
US considers aid options as Laos crisis looms
Congress debates new foreign aid amid the Laos push in French Indo China. Gen Omar Bradley and SecDef Wilson outline military and political options while Dulles rejects immediate troop deployment and focuses on UN avenues and equipment support to Laos Indo China and possibly Burma.
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Washington
Congress
U. S
Southeast Asia
Kingdom of
Laos
Indo-China
Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wilson
House Foreign Affairs
Senate
Dulles
United Nations
New York City
Security Council
House
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Rep. Brooks
Louisiana
House Armed Services Committee
Burma
State Can Legally Advance Travel Money
Madison reports Atty. Gen. Vernon Thomson told budget director E. C. Giessel that the state may legally advance travel money to its employees. He said the legislature may make such appropriations as it sees fit.
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Madison
Wis
Vernon Thomson
E. C. Giessel
Thomson
Kenosha Sees Temperature Dip Amid Lake Breeze
A lake breeze halted a morning rise in Kenosha with temperatures from 63 at 10 am to 53 at noon at the Sewage Treatment Plant and 58 at Nash Motors. By 1 pm the reading climbed to 60 as clouds lingered in the south and Grantsburg reported 82 for the state high.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
McCarthy Panel Details Tax Fixing Ties in California Case
The senate investigations subcommittee released highlights from closed hearings on Russell W. Duke a West Coast public relations man cited for contempt and Edward P. Morgan former counsel to a senate foreign relations subcommittee. It links Duke and Morgan in coded messages about tax cases and notes Duke received 32850 in fees and 2500 in expenses while Morgan got 13700 in fees and 450 in expenses. The report cites a 1948 meeting with David Sullivan about a 265000 tax assessment and describes promised payments and threats in a potential payoff scheme.
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Washington
California
Sen. McCarthy
Senate Investigations
Senate
Russell W. Duke
Duke
Edward P. Morgan
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
State Department
Morgan
Atty
Millard E. Tydings
D-Md
Tydings
John Marshall Butler
Montreal
Canada
U. S
District of Columbia
West Coast
David Sullivan
Bureau of Internal Revenue
L. de Martini Company
San Francisco
Sullivan
de Martini
Arrest of Communist Charter Member in New York
Washington UP Israel Blankenstein a charter member of the Communist party was arrested today in New York for deportation to Russia. He 66 had been underground since then and was living at 67 Park Terrace East Bronx. He was taken to Ellis Island and is held without bail.
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Washington
Israel Blankenstein
Communist Party
New York
Russia
Immigration Service
Blankenstein
Park Terrace East
Bronx
N. Y
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Mysterious Vietminh withdrawal reported from Laos
Vietminh troops reportedly backtracked northward through Laos in a mysterious withdrawal. French pilots said spearheads retreated from Luang Prabang and the Jarres plain as Paris suggested the invasion may be abandoned before the monsoon.
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Hanoi
U.P
Laos
Luang Prabang
Plaine Des Jarres
Red Command
Sam Neua
French Union
Jarres Plain
Kohler School Bill Defeated in Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin Assembly defeated Governor Walter Kohler's school integration bill 56 to 42 after Senate approval. Amendments limited the chief administrative officer to business matters, while academic issues remained with presidents and faculty. Other actions included boosting safety inspections and speedometer requirements.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Warren Knowles
R-New Richmond
University of Wisconsin
Assembly
Stout Institute
Menomonie
State Institute of Technology
Platteville
Board of
Regents
Wisconsin
Miracle on 34th Street blooms as foes unite for flower show
Macy's and Gimbel's stage a friendly rivalry end as both launch lavish spring displays on Broadway. The two stores, long competitors, send praise in ads praising each other for the 2,150,000 flowers and 260,000 trees filling 80,000 square feet on the street floor.
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New York
Macy’s
Macy's
Gimbel’s
Mr. N
Gimelel’s
34Th St
Flies in Third Major War Hall completes combat tour span
Maj Roy W Hall 57, a Brookline, Massachusetts veteran of the U S air corps, flew in Korea after serving in World War I and a World War II era bombing mission. He commanded the 6400th equipment repair squadron and rode a B29 Superfortress over Communist targets in Korea.
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Tokyo
U.P
U. S. Air Corps
Korea
Roy W. Hall
Brookline
Mass
U. S
Hall
6400Th
Favor Bill On GI Loan Direct Loans For Veterans
The House veterans committee approved a bill to extend the VA direct home loan program for two years with total loans up to 25 000 each quarter. They expect demand to ease as GI rates on private loans rise from 4 to 4 1 2 percent and moved to summon VA officials to explain rate maneuvers.
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Washington
U.P
House Veterans Committee
Veterans Administration
Administration
Veterans Administrator
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Republican Party Claims Finance Is Nearly Even
Washington report says F. Peavey Heffelfinger national finance chairman of the Republican National Committee told President Eisenhower the party is just about even financially. Heffelfinger represents Minneapolis and stated the party's funds are balanced under current campaign costs and receipts.
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Republican Party
Washington
F. Peavey Heffelfinger
Minneapolis
National Finance
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Two Concessions to Allies in Panmunjom Truce Talks
Communists unveil an eight point plan offering two concessions to Allied demands. It calls for a five nation neutral repatriation commission to supervise prisoners who stay in Korea and proposes a four to six month period for prisoner processing. The plan aims to bridge the gap in stalled truce talks and is under study by Allied leaders.
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Panmunjom
Korea
William K. Harrison
Harrison
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Pakistan
Armistice Supervisory Commission
Reds
Commission
Nam Il
Spies Learn Troop Movements Warned by Official
An American division staff officer warned that Communist spies may be obtaining Allied Korea troop movement information in Washington or Japan. The report cites concern over espionage amid growing tensions and military activity in the region.
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Seoul
Korea
Washington
Japan
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