Charge Stassen Squelched Aid Report
U S congressional aides accuse Mutual Security Director Harold E Stassen of suppressing a critical survey by 55 business leaders on U S foreign aid They say the report calls for sharp cuts and for abolishing the agency Stassen defends the Eisenhower aid program and notes talks on shifting duties away from the agency are opposed by Secretary Dulles
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Paul Southwick
Washington
Mutual Security
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Congress
Victims Pulled From Duke of York Wreck Near Harwich
In Harwich England the stern half of the British steamship Duke of York, wrecked in a collision with the Haiti Victory, was brought ashore. Bodies of a girl a woman and a man were recovered, and a fourth victim died in hospital. Survivors were processed in Dover and at immigration checks. several passengers remain missing.
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Harwich
England
Duke of York
Margo Ansdei
Britain
York
Haiti
Anchorage
Alaska
Gilda Jordet
Rocky Ford
Colo
Miss Jordet
Dover
U.S
R. B. Adams
Ike Picks Twining As Air Force Chief
President Eisenhower nominates Gen Nathan F Twining to be Air Force chief of staff for a two year term replacing Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg. Twining currently vice chief of staff and Gen Thomas D White named to succeed him as vice chief of staff.
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Ike
Twining
Air Force Chief
Washington
Eisenhower
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Lawton Collins
Joint Chiefs
Omar N. Bradley
Vandenberg
Thomas D. White
Ike Addresses Nation in New York Republican Banquets
President Eisenhower flies to New York City for two fundraising dinners of the New York State Republican Committee. He addresses both Astor and Waldorf Astoria events using notes with an NBC radio broadcast planned for the Astor. Funds will be split between state and national committees.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New York City
New York State Republican Committee
Astor
Waldorf Astoria
The
Waldorf
NBC
GOP
White House
Luther Returns To Tom's Creek
Cpl. Alexander Luther of Tom's Creek returns to Wise County after 29 months in a Communist prison camp near the Manchurian border. A large crowd greets him at the rail station with Mayor J. Brooks, VFW Commander Stuart Johnson, the 55 piece Coeburn High School band, and hundreds of well wishers. A downtown parade follows with civic groups present and a Kiwanis dinner hosts the family and Col. E. W. Palmer of Kingsport plans to speak.
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Coeburn
Cpl
Alexander Luther
Tom’s Creek
Manchurian
Virginia
Luther
Wise County
J. #. Brooks
Stuart Johnson
Coeburn High School
Daniel Luther
Col
E. W. Palmer
Kingsport
No. 5
Freedom Village
McCarthy presses Acheson to explain library book ties
Sen Joseph McCarthy urged former Secretary of State Dean Acheson to explain why a large number of pro Communist books appeared in State Department overseas libraries. He cited 30 000 to 40 000 volumes by about 250 pro Communist authors and said Acheson or another high official should testify. McCarthy also moved the inquiry toward newsmen and the State Department propaganda program and asked two admitted former Communists to name other media figures with Communist ties.
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Washington
Joseph ‘R. McCarthy
Dean Acheson
State Department
Wisconsin Republican
Acheson
McCarthy
Harvey Matusow
Louis F. Budenz
Suries Iryeriaais
Hste
Dixie Braces for Floodwaters After Violent Storms
The storm system battered the South with tornadoes heavy rains and violent winds. Alabama faces a $21 million cofferdam risk at Demopolis from a predicted 53 foot crest on the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers. Flooding hits Louisiana Georgia Mississippi with crops and homes at risk.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Alabama
Demopolis
Ala
Warrior
Tombigbee
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Red River
Alexandria
Cypress
Radium Springs
Americus
Pascagoula
Leaf
Chickasawhay
Yazoo
Velde Claims Communists Planted in U.S. Clergy
Rep. Harold H. Velde, head of the House HUAC, told the American Jewish League Against Communism that hardened Communists have infiltrated American clergy and pledged to investigate anyone found to be a Communist whether in overalls or sanctified robes. He denied plans to target any specific sect and said the probe would focus on individuals, not denominations.
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New York
Harold H. Velde
R-I
House Un-American Activities Committee
Velde
American Jewish League Against Communism, Inc
Weide
Speedy Action For Indo China Support Urged
U S speeds arms aid to Thailand as Congress demands bold steps to meet the Red threat in Indo China Laos and the Malay Peninsula. Senators press Dulles for a public accounting of administration plans to counter Communist expansion. Reported Lao withdrawals meet skepticism amid tensions.
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Washington
United States
Thailand
Congress
John Foster Dulles
Laos
Indo-China
Burma
Malay Peninsula
U. S
Peter Sarasin
Asia
Bond Reduced in Morals Case Sparks Questioning
A note shifting blame for sexual mistreatment from a stepfather to two boys led to bond reduction for James C. Buchanan, 31, from 50000 to 1000. The five grade girl testified she wrote the note clearing Buchanan, while the judge urged a thorough grand jury investigation. The wife and the child were set on bonds as material witnesses, and Buchanan remains jailed pending further action.
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James C. Buchanan
General Sessions
S. G. Gilbreath Jr
Buchanan
Gilbreath
Reds Offer New Truce Proposal
In Panmunjom Korea General Nam Nam head of the Communist truce delegation presents an eight point plan to end the deadlock. The proposal accepts UN demands on disposition of 46000 anti Communist prisoners and mirrors the old Indian plan. UN negotiator Harrison says it merits study with a possible hurdle over a political conference to decide fate of prisoners who refuse to return home.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Washington
Nam
United Nations
UN General Assembly
New York
Russia
Ofther
William K. Harrison
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Harrison
North Korea
UN Ships Bombard Wonsan Port in Second Day
The battleship New Jersey and cruiser Bremerton led an escort into Wonsan harbor to bomb key targets in eastern Korea as dive bombers hit a metal processing plant near Songkin. Planes from the carriers Valley Forge and Princeton struck the Komdock plant despite heavy anti aircraft fire and cloudy conditions.
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Seoul
New Jersey
Bremerton
Wonsan
Korea
Valley Forge
Princeton
Siberia
Komdock
Songkin
Navy
Filots
Street Scenes and Busy Market Street Lulls
Four figures in a toy car race past Market Street as two junior drivers steer the front seats while three steering wheels hint at a playful display. A mom watches two children play ball during the six pm traffic lull as sparrows follow popcorn debris along the sidewalk.
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Market Street
Publicity Seeker Sets Crude Bomb in Grand Central
New York police hunt a man described as a publicity seeking maniac who built a crude bomb that exploded in Grand Central Station at 4 50 PM injuring no one. The blast blasted fronts off four lockers near the lower level waiting room as hundreds of commuters passed through. Sgt Pete Dale of the bomb squad said the bomber has caused a prior blast in a telephone booth and attempted others at Pennsylvania and Grand Central Stations. He warned the suspect could kill someone someday.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Pete Dale
Pennsylvania
Grand Central
Dale
Twelve Former POWs Arrive in the United States
Twelve Americans flew home on Freedom Airlift the last plane from Korea to the United States arriving at Travis Air Force Base California. The group included wounded and sick prisoners with two still in Tokyo after liberation from North Korea. Forty others repatriates had arrived the day before and more were en route. Cpl Cecil B Preston from Sausalito was greeted by twelve relatives as crowds cheered and a mother sobbed with relief.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Korea
America
Tokyo
Honolulu
San Francisco
Cecil B. Preston
Sausalito
Bodies to be recovered from Utah plane crash site
In Logan Utah 40 remains will be removed as spring thaws the Wasatch Mountains after a March crash of a C-47 carrying 37 Korean veterans and 3 fliers. An Air Force crew and Utah guards stood watch over the snowbound remains, as Mrs. Laura Merrill, an elderly widow, wrote comforting notes to the victims' mothers.
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Murray M. Moler Logan
Utah
Wasatch Mountains
Seattle
South Carolina
Here
Utah General Depot
Quartermaster Corps
Ogden
Laura R. Merrill
Vietminh Withdraw From Laos In Mystery Retrograde Move
Communist Vietminh troops backtracked northward through Laos as French reconnaissance reports sketch a retreat from their invasion aims. A French spokesman suggested the Reds may abandon the attack and pull back before the rainy season starts May 15, possibly exiting Laos to their northern bases.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Laos
Luang Prabang
Plaine Des Jarres
Officials Avoid Truce Comment in Korean Talk
Washington officials offered no comment on the Koreans eight point truce proposal while a careful official review began. Senator Ralph Flanders urged cautious optimism as he met with President Eisenhower and said a genuine armistice is the goal. White House aides stressed the plan looks good only if the Communists mean it.
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Washington
White House
United Nations
James C. Hagerty
Ralph E. Flanders
R-Vi
Eisenhower
Flanders
Cole
Weather postpones atomic blast at Nevada proving ground
Unfavorable weather forced a 24 hour postponement of the eighth spring series atomic blast at the Nevada Proving Ground. The Atomic Energy Commission said data could not be obtained this morning. The shot is rescheduled for about 3 30 am Pacific Daylight Time tomorrow with 2000 Army troops at 9800 yards from ground zero.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
Ground Zero
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