French Weakness Seen Behind Vietminh Stand at Dien Bien Phu
Washington views France as physically brave but politically scattered since 1944. The piece argues French delays on Indo Chinese independence and European defense hinder allied efforts, noting Dien Bien Phu's stalemate and potential cabinet changes after a narrow confidence vote for Premier Laniel.
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Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
India
Laniel
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Georges Bidault
Geneva
Bidault
Joseph Laniel
ROK Elects New Assembly Next Week
South Korea prepares for national Assembly elections with about eight million voters expected to choose 203 members. The vote may shape President Syngman Rhee's future as the new assembly serves until 1958 and party lines are fluid amid calls for unification and improved living standards.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Hleek
Machine Tool Makers See Slump and Hope for Bridge
The machine tool industry faces a downturn with new orders at half last year's rate and a shrinking backlog though leaders see a path through competition, obsolescence, and redesign. Herbert L. Tigges cites accumulated obsolescence as a major chance while predicting civilian demand must rise to avoid a deeper valley. First quarter orders totaled 147.5 million dollars with shipments near 400 million, and full year projections around 600 million, roughly half 1953 output.
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Finalle Rap Ae
Competiton
United States
Herbert L. Tigges
National Machine Tool Builders Assn
Baker Brothers, Inc
Toledo
Association
Grain Speculation Denied In Chicago
A Chicago Board of Trade spokesman said McCarthy’s charges of dishonest speculation are news to the exchange. McCarthy asked Agriculture Secretary Benson for an immediate investigation into discrepancies between contracted grain and delivery. The board clarified it has no role with warehouses beyond storage certification.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Wisconsin Republican
Washington
Teens Admit Setting Smoke Bomb At John Reagan High
Two youths Kenneth Piquiet and John Stalenaker confessed after the incident at John Reagan high school in Houston. The smoke bomb released in a third floor hall sent 13 students to the hospital and prompted evacuation.
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R. A. Elliot
Elliott
Oklahoma City Torture Robbery Confession Links Three Men
A 37 year old former constable Wayne Burns confessed to participating in a $5000 torture robbery of an Oklahoma City couple. Burns named Oklahoma City constable Robert Hurt as mastermind and Charles Edwin York of Atoka and Tulare as participants. York was previously convicted and sentenced to 45 years. Victims Mr and Mrs Gurley B Lenn were held for hours while assailants used a soldering iron to force disclosure of money.
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Oklahoma City
Wayne Burns
Burns
Oklahoma County
Granville Scanland
Robert Hurt
Hurt
Scanland
Charles Edwin York
Atoka
Okla
Tulare
Calif
York
Gurley B. Lenn
Lenn
Korea A Nation Of Orphans And Veterans Declared
Henry J Mahady national commander of the American Veterans of World War II said Korea is a nation of orphaned and disabled veterans after touring the country. He spoke on his return from Korea as part of six veterans representatives evaluating relief efforts tied to a 20 million dollar drive by the American-Korean Foundation.
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San Francisco
Korea
Henry J Mahady
Amvets
Latrobe
Veterans Committee of the American-Korean Foundation
U S and Mexican Union Chiefs Set 1955 Meeting Site Hints
United States and Mexican labor leaders wrapped a three day conference in Nuevo Laredo and voted to meet again next year likely in California. A steering committee will pick the 1955 site with San Diego favored though sessions may occur in El Centro Mexicali or Tijuana.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
United States
California
Max J. Osslo
AFL
San Diego
Calif
el Centro
Mexicali
Tijuana
Nicholas Dragon
CIO
Arizona
Texas Ohio Police Radios Interference Alarms Units
A Cleveland Ohio Police Department radio signal jam affected west Texas communications for two to three days. A Lubbock officer attempted a greeting but received silence followed by a broadcast warning all local units that a man from Texas was on the air.
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Lubbock, Tex
Cleveland, Ohio
West Texas
Lubbock
Texas
Miss America of 1951 Engaged to Marry
Yolande Berbeze the 1951 Miss America, 24, is engaged to marry Matthew Fox, 40, a Hollywood film and TV executive. Fox serves as board chairman of Motion Pictures for Television and is a partner in United Artists. Berbeze, a University of Alabama alumna, studies music in New York on a scholarship.
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Hollywood
Yolande Berbeze
Matthew Fox
Fox
Tos
Four-Legged Chick Ostracized by Pecking Flock
In Woodruff South Carolina a three week old chick named Peepsie is isolated after the other 4 499 chicks pecked at its legs leaving it segregated in a separate coop. The owner built a separate quarters for Peepsie to prevent further harm.
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Woodruff
S. C
Fields Sentencing Set For Tuesday In Tulsa Murder Case
Fields to be sentenced by District Judge Eben L. Taylor after a district court jury found him guilty of kidnapping and shooting Val Dale Royster 24. Defense attorney Elliott Howe filed notice of appeal. Royster’s body was found under a Broken Arrow bridge last December. A second defendant Lorenzo Hayes, 27, faces charges in the same case.
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Tulsa
Fields
Eben L. Taylor
Elliott Howe
Kidnaing
Val Dale Royster
Royster
Broken Arrow
Lorenzo Hayes
Senate Okays $3.33 Billion Treasury Post Office Bill
The Senate approved its first regular money bill of the session to run the Treasury and Post Office departments in fiscal 1955. The measure totals 3,332,732,700 dollars and sets funding levels and operations for the coming year.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury and
Post Office
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ROK
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Bill. Smith
Holsey’s
Hood-Donley Agency
Lawton
Ft. Sill Bivd
Ferris
Brou Levann
Fort Sill Bivd
Bernell Gilbert
Mgr
Lawton’s Prescription Center
U.S
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Tions
Mexican Federation of Labor
CTM
Ohio
Fuller Brush CO
Oklahoma
Ws.o Coe
Bill Coe
COE
Gowmnoe Cine Berte Wet
House of Happiness
Lawton Tent & Awning CO
C Avenue
Bill and
Harold
Tihe
Lawton Novelty CO
A and Ae
Ly Philco
PHICO
Philco
Tire & Supply
O. Williams, Mgr
Emery Unruh
Washington County
Dewey
Unruh
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