Marine sergeant under fire for night march drinks before drownings
Washington reports Staff Sgt. Matthew McKeon of Worcester, MA, consumed liquor before leading a recruits night march into a South Carolina swamp where six men died. Court-martial recommended on charges up to manslaughter. Reorganization of recruit training ordered. Maj Gen Burger reassigned from Parris Island to Camp Lejeune. Pentagon studying recommendations. penalties could reach up to 100 years.
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Marine Corps
Matthew McKeon
South Carolina
Worcester
Mass
McKeon
Secretary of the Navy
Randolph McCall Pate
House Armed Services Committee
J. C. Burger
Parris Island
Pentagon
Burger
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Pate
Navy
Judge Advocate General
Thomas
US Warns Reds About Pressures Over Refugees
The United States demanded Poland halt coercive tactics pressuring Polish refugees to return behind the Iron Curtain. The State Department accused Polish diplomats of unsolicited visits and urged an immediate stop. Immigration officials were ordered to monitor refugees to shield them from repatriation pressure.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Red
Poland
Romuald Spasowski
Spasowski
U.S
U. S
Soviet Union
United Nations
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Viktor Solovyev
New York
Solovyev
Joseph Swing
Boy Trying To Be Good Citizen In Reading Pa
In Reading Pennsylvania Mrs Fern Brewer taught her son Henry to feed parking meters to avoid overtime tickets. A piggy bank had been broken and much of the two years’ change vanished. Henry, now seven, has been placing coins in every meter he finds for two weeks, saying he is helping.
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Reading
Fern Brewer
Henry
New York Stock Market Close Mixed Trading Session
The New York stock market closed with mixed results as the closing averages showed slight declines in select indices. Real estate shares and related sectors faced pressure amid shifting market sentiment.
Subversive Control Board Suspends All Pending Cases
WASHINGTON The Subversive Activities Central Board suspended consideration of all cases pending before it citing the Supreme Court Communist party decision. Chairman Thomas Herbert said the board must carefully review procedural issues raised by the high court ruling. The 6 3 decision urged the board to reconsider its finding that the U S Communist party is Moscow controlled. UNITED NATIONS N N The United States will oppose a plan to cap its one third share of UN operating costs while reducing contributions from other major nations.
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Washington
United Nations, N. N. U
United States
U. N
Barkley Funeral Set Wednesday In U S Capital
Sen. Alben Barkley of Kentucky will have funeral services Wednesday in Washington at Foundry Methodist Church. he will be buried Friday in Paducah. Barkley collapsed on stage at a mock Democratic National Convention in Washington. Dr. Robert Munger said he died of a heart attack.
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Lexington
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Washington
Foundry Methodist Church
Frederick Brown
Yarris
Senate
Barkley
Paducah
Washington and Lee University
Robert Munger
Truman
Washington and Lee
Virginia Military Institute
Ike to Make TV Campaign Speeches Across Nation
Leonard W. Hall, Republican national chairman, said after meeting with President Eisenhower that the chief executive will likely make five or six television campaign speeches. Some speeches may be delivered outside Washington.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Republica National
Eisenhower
Hall
Adlai Kefauver Proxy Clash Over D C Voting
In Washington Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver faced off by proxy for the District of Columbia six Democratic presidential convention votes. It marked the first local balloting here in more than 80 years as Republicans fought a factional battle while primaries lined up national convention delegates and contenders for national committeeman posts. The 1870s-era city governance and current three-commission president-appointed board frame a rare voting day. The Republican ballot featured nine candidates for six full-vote delegates amid Eisenhower ties, with an organizing slate challenging six others including George P. Lamb.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
District of Columbia
Congress
Eisenhower
George P. Lamb
AAU Official Warns Athletes on Santee
New York. AAU secretary Dan Ferris warns that if Wes Santee runs for Quantico Marines in a meet against Michigan State and Wisconsin at Madison on May 12, other athletes risk ineligibility. Ferris notes Quantico is an open meet subject to AAU sanction and recalls the William and Mary dual meet suspension. He says Santee is banned and any competitor seen with him risks suspension. dual military meets only allowed.
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New York
Wes Santee
Quantico Marines
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Dan Ferris
Amateur Athletic Union
Quantico Wiliam and Mary
William and Maury
Ferris
Quantico
Terris
Santee
Ife
AAU
Pope Urges Turn to Christ Amid May Day Limitations
The report notes Pope Pius XII appealing to the world of labor to turn to Christ during May Day observances. Rome held Catholic workers at St Peter's and Milan gatherings, while Communist-aligned events occurred elsewhere in Italy. Chiang Kai-shek urged nationalist workers on Formosa, and Mao Zedong saluted Red marchers in Peiping as rival governments marked the day.
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Tokyo
Rome
Nazareth
Pope Pius
Christ An
Talian Cath
Italy
Communist Party
Tron Curtain
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Red
China
Peiping
Mao Tze-tung
Rain Lifts Kansas Weather Boosts Wheat Prospects
The Kansas forecast centers on rain across the state with 24 hour outlooks showing heavier totals in dry regions. Hutchinson led with 2.90 inches, numerous towns reported amounts, and forecasters predict cooler nights and milder days with a warming trend later in the week. The moisture should aid wheat crops as observers note well rooted plants ready to respond to moisture. temperatures were forecast to average below normal in northern Kansas and southeastern areas to near normal in the south. Also reported were quadRuplet births in Dallas to Mr and Mrs G A Hunter, with the babies said to be doing well.
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Hutchinson
Dodge City
Ashland
Larned
Greet Bends
Ludson
Pratt
Kingman
Plevna
Lyons
Conway Springs
Newton
Wichita
Inman
McPherson
Salina
Elma
Manhattan
Wamego
Centriia
Lopeka
Concordia
Stafford
Macksville
Pawnee Rock
Ellinwoot
Hoisington
Unys
Kimball Speaker for Convocation at KU
Dr. Charles N. Kimball president of the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City will headline Kansas University's 33rd annual honors convocation on Wednesday at 9 20 a m in Hoch Auditorium. Top seniors and high achieving underclassmen will be honored with honor society announcements.
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Charles N. Kimball
Midwest Research Institute
Kansas City
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Kimball
Northeastern University
Boston
Mass
Harvard University
Radio Corporation For America
New York
Aireon
Railroads Raise Fares Across the Nation Today
Eastern and Western railroads boosted basic passenger fares by 5 percent and Pullman charges by 7.4 percent nationwide. Southern railroads plan a 5 percent basic fare rise with effective date May 15.
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Eastern and
Western
Southern
Stranger in Overalls Triggers Dept Store Heist
A stranger wearing overalls entered a department store business office and asked to inspect electric light fixtures. Clerks paid little attention, and after he left about 1700 dollars were found missing from the safe.
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Popeka
Rocal
Lary Lawrence Comments on Outdoor May Day Festivities
Lary Lawrence notes that despite some objections, outdoor May Day celebrations and flower baskets are more welcome than the usual indoor parties. The remark emphasizes a preference for outdoor festivity and community display.
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Wren
Dr James B Weaver Dies at KU Med Center
Dr James B Weaver 58, professor at Kansas University Medical School Orthopedic Department, died Monday night at KU Med Center. A WW II veteran born May 18 1897 in Belleville Kansas he served with the Army and received the Legion of Merit. Survivors include his wife Kathryn and sister Carrie J Weaver. private funeral services will be held Wednesday in Kansas City.
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The
Kansas Diversity Medical Sehaat
Adi Feeut
We Bette Cas University
Merton Centen
Medival Center
Weaver
Kansas
Dash
Belleville
Kas
WLU
Tes
Dpe
Liverpool
Maghind
Viena
Signa Chi Sociat
Ier Ne Sina Nu
Legion of Merit
Semvit
Army
Nitsas University Ath Te
Forrest Co Pho) Allen
WAL Baskethall Watery
Sie
Weiner Borden
Adn
Kathryn Bo Weaver
Carrie J. Weaver
Gelleville
Kansas City
Newport Police Find New Game of Youth
Newport police report discovering a game among nine youths riding in an automobile. Eight boys rode in the car while a ninth lay in the trunk and guessed location after riding. Police noted only one of the nine held a driver's license.
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Newport Police
Newport
Kyo Twre
Dimen Wouths
Chiang Ki-Shek Predicts U S China Victory Over Communists
Taipei Formosa President Chiang Kai-shek predicted the United States and Nationalist China would win a glorious victory against communism as they did against the Axis in World War II.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Ki-Shek
United States
China
Mental Treatment Methods Called Dangerous and Ineffectual
Dr. Percival Bailey, head of Illinois State Psychiatric Institute in Chicago, criticizes psychiatry, shock therapy, brain surgery, and drugs as failing to solve mental illness. He urges a return to labs and lobotomy questioned, noting lobotomy only makes patients easier to handle. He doubts drugs, warns schizophrenia may eventually be addressed by chemists.
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Chicago
Percival Bailey
Ilinois State Psychiatric Institute of
American Psychiatric Agsn
Bailey
Bailey Sil
Yarely
Weather Surprises Lawrence With Mixed April Patterns
Weather observer C. J. Poney reports April in Lawrence mixed with rain bursts and unusual temperatures. The city had subnormal rainfall for a straight month yet ended with cloudbursts and a second highest April reading on record for temperature. Weekend rain boosted moisture but remained below normal, continuing a long dry trend with groundwater levels still low.
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Lawrence
Wether
C. J. Poney
May Off to Wet Start in Kansas
A light rain in May marked a wet start despite a cooler, shower scattered forecast for Kansas through the week. The region measured 0.09 inch so far, far short of the normal May total, while groundwater levels and past rainfall figures from 1951 1952 are noted as context for current moisture conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Weather forecast contrast: cooler period with showers
A five day forecast shows Nebraska and northern Kansas averaging 10 to 15 degrees below normal, with some days up to 40 degrees below in parts. Western Nebraska may reach 70 to 76, eastern Oklahoma and southeast Kansas around or above 50 degrees, with precipitation totaling 0.1 to 2 inches in the west and up to three inches in eastern Oklahoma and southeast Kansas amid showers and possible thunderstorms. Kansas remains cloudy through Wednesday with scattered showers and storms, little temperature change nightly, and variable highs near mid to upper 50s and lows around 38 to 50 across the region.
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Kansas
Olathe
Pittsburg
Goodland
Nebraska
Oklahoma
JYOR
Idimontony Fort, Worth
Havre, Mont
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New York
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