Names Stevens Told Give Names in McCarthy Army Probe
Senate investigators ordered Secretary Stevens to provide the names of Army officials tied to Maj. Irving Peress’s honorable discharge amid McCarthy led charges that the Army coddled communists. Mundt delayed public testimony limits while Dirksen pressed a closed session proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Stevens
Maj
Irving Peress
Sen
McCarthy
Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ill
Peress
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Dirksen
Joseph N. Welch
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
New York
Ray H. Jenkins
Counse
Inquiry Committee
Pvt
G. David Schine
Schine
Jenkins
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Cohn
Death of Father of 11 Investigated in Fairchild
Jackson County Coroner Sidney Jensen investigated the death of Arthur Peterson, 50, a farmer with 11 children aged from eight months to 21 years. He was found fatally wounded in the front yard of his home near Fairchild Wisconsin. Relatives reported no known illness or motive for suicide.
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Fairchild
Wis
U.P
Jackson County
Sidney Jensen
Arthur Peterson
Peterson
Here
Wintry Wisconsin Forecast and City Readings
Weather outlook for Wisconsin shows continued unseasonable cold with frosts and cool nights. Temperatures ranged from 30s overnight to 50s during the day across treatment plants and downtown areas.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Five Die In Wisconsin Weekend Crashes
Five people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. William Skenadore aged 60 from Oneida was killed when his car was struck on a dark county trunk road west of Green Bay. Alfred Price 43 from Stanley died after his car went out of control on Eau Claire County Trunk G6 near Wilson. Velma Gruzensky 21 from Chicago was killed when a car skidded on Hyway 41 south of Oak Creek in Milwaukee County. Ed Kleiber about 50 from Eveleth Minnesota died in a Marshfield area crash on Hyway 10. Thomas Kraemer 16 from Newton Manitowoc County died when his car struck a pole and wrapped around a tree west of Newton.
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Wisconsin
William Skenadore
Oneida
Green Bay
Alfred H. Price
Stanley
Eau Claire County
Wilson
Eau Claire
Velma Gruzensky
Chicago
Oak Creek
Milwaukee County
Ed Kleiber
Eveleth
Minn
Marshfield
Thomas Kraemer
Newton
Manitowoc County
Duluth Man Survives Fall Finds $5000 in Pocket
Duluth Minnesota reports Arvo Pere 63 lay unconscious after a sidewalk fall. Passersby rushed him to a hospital where staff counted more than 5000 dollars in his pockets.
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Duluth
Minn
Arvo Pere
Pere
Beloit College Names Nelson C. Dezendorf to Board of Trustees
Nelson C. Dezendorf of General Motors Corporation has been elected to Beloit College board of trustees, the school announced today.
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Beloit, Wis
Nelson C. Dezendorf
General Motors Corporation
Beloit College
Wiley Draws Praise from Wisconsin Young Democrats
The Wisconsin Young Democrats unanimously commend Sen. Wiley for guiding the St. Lawrence Seaway bill through Congress. The Young Republicans earlier opposed him, while McCarthy and Eisenhower were praised by GOP leaders. The piece notes intra party splits and a March convention walkout led by John Wiley.
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Milwaukee
Sen
Wiley
Rwis
Wisconsin
Young Republicans
St. Lawrence
Eisenhower
Bricker
State Administrative Committee
Wisconsin Democratic Organization
Young Democrats’ Executive Board
Young Democrats
John Wiley
Plot Against President Not Verified
Secret Service investigated a reported threat to President Eisenhower over the weekend after a man claimed two others planned to shoot him from a rooftop in Fredericksburg Virginia. The informant was questioned. authorities could not confirm the plot and found no incident occurred during a Mothers Day visit to Mary Ball Washington’s grave.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secret Service
VU. E. Basighman
Baughman
Fredericksburg
Mary Ball Washington
A. G. Kendall
Kendall
White House
Communists Reject French Armistice Terms at Geneva
At the Geneva Indo-Chinese conference the Vietminh rejected French terms for an armistice and proposed an eight point plan. The plan calls for recognition of Vietminh Laos and Cambodia regimes withdrawal of foreign troops free elections and rapid evacuation of the wounded from Dien Bien Phu. Molotov chaired the session and the Vietminh delegation urged quick action to remove the wounded from the fortress where 800 to 1,000 are listed as casualties.
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Geneva
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Pham van Dong
Laos
Cambodia
Indo-China
Germany
Korea
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Red China
Chou En-Lai
Georges Bidault
Viet Nam
Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Indo- China
Expectant Mother Dies in Crash in Crystal Falls
Mrs Lelia Snell 32 a mother of three expecting a fourth died after a car crash on Hy 424. Her husband Rudolph Snell escaped uninjured and she was pronounced dead on arrival at Crystal Falls Municipal hospital after an emergency operation failed to save the unborn baby.
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Crystal Falls
Mich
Lelia Snell
Crystal Falls Municipal Hospital
Late Bulletins on McCarthy Pentagon Row Ends Without Decision
In Washington a closed Senate investigations subcommittee session to decide on shortening public hearings about the McCarthy Pentagon controversy ended without a final ruling. Milwaukee brief notes Eddie Mathews of the Braves was fined 100 by manager Grimm for curfew violations and 50 for reckless driving in Wauwatosa.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pentagon Row
Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Eddie Mathews
Milwaukee Braves
Charlie Grimm
Wauwatosa
Roosevelt counsel postposes James Roosevelt questioning
Attorneys for Roosevelt say they will delay questioning James Roosevelt about his finances to avoid politics before the California primary on June 8.
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Los Angeles
Romelle Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
California
U S Keeps Aid to Asia Unchanged After Dien Bien Phu
Pentagon says U S military assistance to the French Union in Indo China will continue including sea and air shipments and aircraft technicians to keep planes flying. Adm Radford warned the fall could foretell loss of Southeast Asia as a defense perimeter. Far East forces will remain, with 20 air force wings deployed across Korea Japan Okinawa and the Philippines and B 29s to be replaced by B 47 jets under rotation.
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Washington
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Pentagon
Indo- China
United States
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Southeast Asia
Free World
Formosa
Pakistan
Red
Far East
Korea
White House
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Red China
Henri Navarre
Egyptian publisher Abul Khei Naguib to be tried
The government announced that Abul Khei Naguib, owner and publisher of a leftist weekly, is under arrest and may face a death sentence when he goes on trial Wednesday in Cairo.
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Cairo
Egypt
Abul Khei Naguib
Vietminh Capture Dien Bien Phu Survivor Brig. Gen de Castries
The Vietminh radio claimed Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries and about 8,000 garrison members were captured at Dien Bien Phu. French officials cite possible survivor breakthroughs. reports note 11,000 defenders at last day and 3,000 may have died.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
U.P
Vietminh Radio
Christian de Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam
de Castries
Pittsburgh Transit Strike Halts Trolleys and Buses
Thousands of workers in Pittsburgh faced a transport crisis as a strike by Pittsburgh Railways Co. disabled 2000 trolleys and much of the bus network. Cars clogged main routes while cabs and taxis rushed to meet demand as Major David L. Lawrence warned the curtailment could last months.
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Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Pittsburgh Railways Co
David L. Lawrence
Division 85
AFL Amalgamated Assn
Street Electric Railway
Amoth enters GOP governor race in Wisconsin
Ralph F. Amoth 51 of Madison announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to oppose Gov Kohler in the Wisconsin primary. He backs Sen McCarthy strongly and calls for a strict fire code, a state police force, and investigations into state waste and medical care. He has run for governor as a Progressive in 1944 and 1946 and says he has 30 years of political activity.
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Madison
Ralph F. Amoth
Amoth
U. S
McCarthy
R-Wis
Kohler
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
America
Colorado
Wisconsin
Paraguay Eyes Stroessner for President in June Nomination
Reports from Paraguay say Gen. Alfred Stroessner, 41, seen as likely to win the presidency in two months after leading last week's revolt. The Colorado party has called a June 8 convention to pick its candidate, with Stroessner campaigning and expected to secure the nomination.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Paraguay
Alfred Stroesner
Colorado Party
Stroesner
Pravda Attacks Soviet Officials Over Directives
The Communist party newspaper Pravda blasted Soviet officials described as unable to perform but quick to issue directives. Radio Moscow reported that 2,350 authorizations instructions and letters were sent daily.
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London
U.2
Communist Party
Pravda
Radio Moscow
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Richard Lipke
Richard Harrison
William J. Brady
Anthony Schlenker
John Meiers
Ted Smith
John G. Adams
Adams
Associated Press
Young Gop
Young Republican Convention
Charles Zepp
YGOP
Reds
West
SKY and Sea Fighting Team
U.S.S. Oriskany
Pacific
U. S. Navy
U.S
Asia
Angel
Genevieve de Galard-Terraube
Ralph Amoth
GOP
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