Rhee vows Korea at Geneva with warning of brink
President Syngman Rhee said South Korea will attend the Geneva conference opening next week and warned that peaceful efforts may fail. He framed a possible end as unifying Korea and driving out Chinese troops, while expressing hope US assurances will back the effort.
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Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Korea
Rhee
United States
Geneva
New_York
You Cheng Yang
Republic of Korea
Eisenhower
Pyun Yung Tai
ROK
Pyun
Yalu River
Yali
Manchuria
America
Free World
French Fight To Hold Vietminh At Dien Bien Phu
French forces fought to hold back Vietminh troops pressing toward Dien Bien Phu's center from the northwest. Rebels widened a break in the fortress rim after weekend clashes and seized a second outpost, moving into trenches by the main airstrip. French infantry repelled Vietminh at the air field briefly, but the infiltrators regained footholds near headquarters bunkers within 800 yards.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Hoilington Man Fatally Wounded in Car Crash on Highway 28
A Hoilington resident was injured fatally Saturday when the car he drove turned on its side south of town along Highway 28. The accident occurred in Kansas near Tescott. Police reported no other occupants.
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Hoilington
Lloyd Lawrence
Tescott
Kas
Here
Five Babies Die in England Nursery Fire at Dellwood Hospital
Five infants died from fumes and smoke after a small fire broke out in the nursery of Dellwood Maternity Hospital in Reading England early Monday. A nurse suffered burns while guiding fifteen babies to safety as firefighters contained the blaze to one room and moved the remaining ill infants to another hospital for oxygen therapy.
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Reading
England
Dellwood Maternity Hospital
Thomas Comeback in New Jersey Primary Bid
Former Rep. J Parnell Thomas, longtime HUAC chair, runs a Republican bid in New Jersey’s seventh district against Rep. William N Widnall. He backs McCarthyism and faces a lack of statewide issues and unopposed senatorial nominees. Meanwhile bingo and raffles face local referenda in all New Jersey municipalities under new regulation.
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Newark
N. J. GA
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Thomas
House, Un-American Activities’ Committee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
William N. Widnall
Widnall
Eisenhower
Games of Chance Control Commission
Bona-Fide
Nasser Heads Egypt After Naguib Named President
Cairo reports say Lt Col Gamal Abdel Nasser has taken control as Egypt’s effective ruler after Maj Gen Mohamed Naguib becomes figurehead president. A new cabinet and a Ministry of Presidential Affairs were created as Nasser consolidates power following the Revolutionary Council’s reorganization.
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Cairo
Egypt
Agamal Abdel Nasser
Tive
Mohamed Naguib
Revolutionary Council
Naguib
Nasser
Farouk
Ministry of
Military Council
Korean Shipping Idled by Import Ban Hits Pusan
Pusans leading independent Kukje Shinbo reports that about eighty percent of South Koreas marine shipping is idle due to a government ban on importing Japanese goods. The industry faces ruin warnings from the paper in its Monday edition.
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PUSAN
South Korea
Kukje Shinbo
Boy Dies From Burns In Gasoline Bon Fire Accident
Donald Lee Krumm an 11 year old of Lansing Kansas died from burns after pouring gasoline on a bonfire. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Krumm. The incident occurred as the boy attempted to light the fire at home.
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Leavenworth
Donald Lee Krumm
Fred Krumm
Lansing
Kas
Pius Calls for the Outlawing of Atomic Bombs
Vatican City Pope Pius XII urged an international ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs, except in self defense, warning of a third world war and calling for peaceful use of atomic energy. He recalled 1943 warnings of catastrophe and noted risks to human heredity from radiation. Church leaders in Britain echoed the call for disarmament and ongoing talks.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Britain
Church of England
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Indochina Fall Would Signal Asia-Wide Warning
AP correspondent William J. Ryan reports from Singapore on Indochina's crisis ahead of the Geneva Conference. Ho Chi Minh's leadership and Viet Minh tactics threaten to extend Communist control across Southeast Asia if the West does not act, warning that another Korea scenario could unfold and neighboring nations may fear the handwriting on the wall.
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Indochina
Asia
Meitor
William J. Ryan
Soviet Union
Singapore
North
Weit Nam
Fonkin-in-the- North
Gochin
China
Saigon
Hava
Iz Viet Nam
Korea
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
Rene Cogny
Thomas J. H. Trapnell
U.S
Viet Nam
Bao Dal
Resurrection Report From Jerusalem Headlines Jesus Reappears
Journal-World reports in a style mirroring a Jerusalem chronicle that the sealed tomb of Jesus was found empty at dawn on Sunday. Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cleophas claim the stone was rolled away and Jesus appeared, later dining with followers who verified wounds on his hands and feet.
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Nisan
Jesus
Oho
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Cleophas
Pontius Pilate
Pilate
Emmaus
Cleophas
Jess
Caiaphas
Longinus
God
Halstead Banker P. L. Krehbiel Dies at 69
Halstead Kansas financier P L Krehbiel longtime president of the Halstead Bank died in a local hospital Saturday after a nine month illness. He was 69 and a prominent figure in Halstead’s financial community. He had led the bank for many years and was respected by colleagues and residents. The article notes his devotion to local affairs and service to the community.
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Halstead
Kas
P.lucas P. Krehbiel
Halstead Bank
Foreign Student Program Talk At Osawatomie Rotary
University of Kansas speakers William R. Butler and two foreign students Derek Scott from England and Imtiaz Khan from Pakistan addressed Osawatomie Rotary today. The event launches Operation Friendship, a KU sponsored May 9 field trip inviting every foreign student to spend an overnight with Osawatomie families, with visits to John Brown Memorial Park.
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William R. Butler
University of Kansas
Rotary Club
Osawatomie
Butler
K .U
Derek Scott
England
Imtiaz Khan
Pakistan
Rotary
K. U
Civi
John Brown
Careless Cop Is Carlos Dallas Detective Creech Misdrives Car
Detective ML F. Creech claims a neighbor stole his car and drove to headquarters to file a complaint. An unknown person crept up, started the detective’s car parked beside his window, and drove away without waking him.
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Dallas
ML F. Creech
Brurittzhi
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