Indochina peace talks near Western plan in Geneva
East and West reached a virtual agreement on a peace conference for Indochina. Vietminh invited via the Soviet Union not China, with nine parties to attend including Viet Nam Cambodia Laos and associated states. Walter Bedell Smith led the U S delegation as Dulles flew to Washington.
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Geneva
Indochina
Soviet Union
Vietminh
China
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Dulles
Washington
Smith
Eden
Bidault
Red
Saigon
France
Maurice Dejean
Mid-Spring Freeze Reaches Midwest With Snow And Tornado Impact
A mid-spring cold front swept the nation, ending tornado activity in Oklahoma where one tornado caused five deaths and 64 injuries. Snow fell in Minnesota and Wisconsin with nine inches at International Falls, while Duluth and Minneapolis reported snowfall. The storm system extended from the northern Rockies to the Lake Superior region, causing river swelling and up to 1 million dollars in damage.
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Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Rockies
Plains
Lake Superior
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Meeker
Grandfield
Tulsa
Wisconsin-Minnesota
Dakotas
Duluth
Minneapolis
Mississippi Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Light primary election forecast in Hocking lands
Voters show little excitement as preparations ramp up for Ohio primaries. With no county Democrat races and few contests overall, officials expect a very light turnout though polls open at 6 30 a m and close at 6 30 p m tomorrow. Official returns begin at 6 30 p m in the Daily News office.
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County Election Board
Daily News
Mishaps Claim Nine Lives in Ohio Weekend
Nine people died in Ohio over the weekend in four traffic incidents two fatal fires and three miscellaneous accidents. The toll reflects losses across multiple counties with no immediate details on victims or locations available in the report.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rain Falls After Two Storms In Hocking County
Rain continued in Hocking County after two storms swelled streams nearly to overflow yesterday. No heavy damage reported despite wind and lightning. Temperatures moved from 78 degrees in the afternoon to 67 this morning and 56 by noon.
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Hocking County
Vietminh Pause After Third Assault On Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh halted their third massive infantry assault on Dien Bien Phu last night. French high command called the night calm with light harassments and used the lull to drop ammunition into the fortress. The battle included overrun and recapture at Isabelle as French forces, outnumbered six to one, fought to defend the bunker complex.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Dulles Rebuff At Geneva Prompting Mixed Edges of Aid
Washington reports say Secretary Dulles will face a flood of opinions when he returns from Geneva. Senators Knowland Mansfield and Judd press for a regional, allied approach to Indochina while Britain’s Churchill resists a 10 power coalition. A prior plan to send U S air and sea forces faced congressional opposition and remains unresolved.
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State Dulles
United Action
Indochina
U. S
Senate
Knowland
California
United States
Asia
Britain
Churchill
Dulles
United Front
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Sen. Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Adm
Arthur M. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radford
Joint Chiefs
Rites Held For Newspaperman Roy Moore Native Of Hue
Roy D. Moore 66, native of a Vinton County farm near Hue, died recently and had risen to head a major newspaper empire. Born August 25 1887 he began telegraphy with the Hocking Valley Railway at Hobson. He later worked for Western Union AP INS and Columbus INS bureau before advancing to Chicago and top management roles.
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Roy Moore
Vinton County
Hue
Canton
Roy D. Moore
Vinton
Hocking
Mr. Moore
William T
Elizabeth Clark Moore
Middleport
Roy
Hocking Valley Railroad
Hobson
West
Stevens Denies Cover-Up As Army Row Climaxes At Hearings
Secretary of the Army Stevens testifies denies covering up any wrongdoing amid McCarthy’s claim of a loyalty probe in the Army. The exchange centers on Maj. Irving Peress and loyalty questions as Senate investigators press for names and actions.
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Stevens
U.S. Army
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
McCarthy
Maj
Irving Peress
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jenkins
Army
Peress
Funeral held for Mrs Tim Whitcraft 64
Funeral services for Racine V. Whitcraft 64 widow of the late Tim Whitcraft were held at St Johns Church after she was found dead at 8 E Hunter St. Coroner Dr J W Doering listed death as due to a primary hemorrhage from a ruptured varicose vein. She left a sister Marie Rochester and a brother Paul Brown of Logan. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery by Roberts Funeral Service.
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Racine V. Whitcraft
Tim Whitcraft
E. Hunter St
St John's Church
Sheriff's
Whitcraft
J. W. Doering
Marie Rochester
Paul Brown
Logan
Charles P. Foy
Bernard Geiger
Arthur Gasser
Lawrence Kessler
Gus Kessler
Ohio Judge Author Dies At Age 73
Newark longtime figure Robins Hunter died at 73 in Newark City Hospital. A former mayor who at 30 became Licking County probate judge, he published The Judge Rode a Sorrel Horse in 1950, a book based on his father’s life.
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Newark
Robins Hunter
Licking County
Newark City Hospital
Wrestling Card Cancelled by Downtown Coaches
Nick Maniskas, president of the Downtown Coaches, announced that wrestling matches scheduled for Thursday night have been cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances.
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Nick Maniskas
Work At A Plant Halted By Strike
WAVERLY 12 000 men at a large atomic plant halted work as a strike kept the entire plant force off the job. A 200 strong truck driver picket line formed while 15 State Police cars patrolled the area. Workers crossed the lines signed in and then left the plant.
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Waverly
State Highway Patrol
Britain claims new hydrogen bomb at lower cost
The Daily Express reports Britain has developed a novel hydrogen bomb that is far simpler and cheaper to produce than the U S design. The paper calls it a sensational discovery unknown to Russians and Americans.
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London
The
Daily Express
Britain
U.S
Taft-Hartley law faces Senate debate and battles over states rights
In Washington President Eisenhower seeks changes to Taft-Hartley. Senate Republicans prepare to fend off a Democratic bid to pigeonhole the measure. Goldwater proposes a states rights amendment to permit certain state labor laws in interstate disputes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Labor Committee
Committee
GOP
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Smith
White House
Truman
Supreme Court
Light Vote Expected In Ohio Tuesday
Ohio office seekers bid for nomination with turnout seen around one in five voters. Focus on the Republican senatorial race as George H. Bender targets Cuyahoga County in Taft term bid, while William Saxbe campaigns between Akron and Mechanicsburg and plans a four city telecast from Columbus.
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Lausche
James A. Rhodes
GOP
Harold E. Rowe
Wilbur C. Channell
George W. Coen
Walter L. Gordon
John Taylor
Herbert S. Duffy
George D. Nye
John J. Gallagher
John W. Donahey
Joseph T. Ferguson
Paul F. Ward
Walter A. Bolton
Fred A. Dewey
James F. Bell
Supreme Court
Donald Yates
Joe M. Brown
Columbus
Ohio
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Robert A. Taft
Bender
William Saxbe
Akron
Mechanicsburg
Champaign County
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