French Airlift Wounded From Dien Bien Phu Presses On
French began airlifting their seriously wounded from Dien Bien Phu as Vietminh indicated releasing at least 450 casualties. Luang Prabang received the first contingent with Hanoi to follow, while airlift may take two weeks due to the damaged airstrip.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Luang Prabang
Delta
Limesone
Phuly
Vitminh
Vietminh
Pierre Huard
Hanoi University
Christian de Castries
Hocking Countians Attend Outstanding Lake Hope Meeting
Eight Hocking County residents joined the first Ohio Conference on Physicians and Schools at Lake Hope. county educators physicians and health workers planned a pilot teacher nurse program to improve school health records. Sponsoring groups included the Ohio State Medical Association and Ohio Education Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Lake Hope
Ohio Conference On Physicians and Schools
American Medical Association
Health Department
Lake Howe
Ohio State Medical Association
Ohio Education Association
Ohio State Heart Association
Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association
Ohio Department of Health
Aide Bans Testimony In McCarthy Row
Washington reports that an Eisenhower administration ban blocked detailed testimony on McCarthy Army row conferences. Senators Dirksen Mundt testified on January visits by Army counselor Adams alleging pressure by Roy Cohn, while McCarthy rejected blackmail. Dirksen was sworn as a witness amid debate over public probing of White House aides and Brownell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Sens. Dirksen
R-Ill
Mundt
RSD
McCarthy Army
Army
John G. Adams
Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
Dirksen
White House
Brownell
Justice Department
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
McCarthy
Ralph Edwards Sued for Half of This Is Your Life Profits
Mel Wickland claims the idea for This Is Your Life came to him in 1946 while hospitalized with polio and that Ralph Edwards promised to share proceeds. Wickland alleges Edwards later asserted sole ownership and stopped payments after Oct 1, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ralph Edwards
Mel Wickland
Superior
Edwards
Hocking Man Injured In Accidental Rifle Discharge
Donald Giffin 29 of Glouster Rt 3 was admitted to Mount St Mary Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right shoulder after his .22 rifle discharged as he climbed a fence in Pittsburgh Hollow. He was observed, may be released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Giffin
Glouster Rt. 3
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Spurgeon Metzler
Pittsburgh Hollow
Giffin
Metzler
Lewis Withem
Nelsonville Hospital
State Readies Black Damp Safety Setup
Ohio officials inaugurate a safety program to curb mine gas or black damp entering homes via wells tapping worked out coal mines. Miss Margaret A. Mahoney cites a Youngstown area death and drought driven water levels as factors. Citizens in Liberty Township and Church Hill, Mahoning County, are affected. homeowners should notify the Division of Mines if danger is suspected.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Margaret A. Mahoney
Division of Mines
Liberty Township
Church Hill
Mahoning County
Miss Mahoney
Harry J. Dust
Bids Sought for Ohio Penitentiary Annex at Junction City
Bids are due June 9 for a third floor addition to the Ohio Penitentiary branch in Junction City Perry County. The project by the welfare department division of corrections will add living space for about 300 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Junction City
Perry County
State Welfare Department
Division of Corrections
Draft Call Set Columbus Induction for 872 Men
The Ohio selective service headquarters issued a June induction call for 872 men. Counties listed include Clinton Fayette Hocking Pickaway and Van Wert with small numbers assigned to each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Clinton
Fayette
Hocking
Pickaway
van Wert
Waverly Seeks Federal Aid for New School Capacity
Parents in Waverly Ohio urge Congress to extend a federal aid program for school construction near atomic facilities. Superintendent Teichert notes 770 capacity but 1500+ students enrolled, with 800 to 1000 more expected next year. Representatives plan surveys and new applications before June 30. Bricker staff indicated support, though no hearing has been scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Waverly
Ohio
John R. Teichert
Burke
Rep
Polk
Dohio
Sen
Bricker
Teichert
House Education and Labor Committee
House
Logan Athens Baseball Nines Play Off For SE Ohio Title
Logan and Athens high schools meet on the local diamond at 4:30 p.m. to decide the Southeastern Ohio League northern division baseball champion. Logan enters with two wins over Nelsonville and a split with Athens. a win could set up a rematch with Gallipolis after yesterday’s 4 3 loss by Chieftains.
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Logan
Athens
Nelsonville
Marion Allen
Neil Baker
Jim St. Clair
Gallipolis
Gallia
Chieftains
Nationalists Rain Pamphlets On China
Chinese Nationalist warplanes dropped eight million anti Communist leaflets on Ningpo and Fenghwa in Chekiang province about 120 miles south of Shanghai. The Nationalist air force said the planes faced 15 minutes of antiaircraft fire but all returned safely to Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Ningpo
Fenghwa
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
Bidault Outlines France's View On Indochina Peace
France proposes international control for Indochina peace talks with concrete negotiations soon. Bidault answers Eden's five questions on troop zones Laos and Cambodia, reassembly limits, disarmament of guerrillas, and international supervision. Observers fear Paris’s weak margin weakens Laniel amid Dien Bien Phu fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidault
France
Indochina
Anthony Eden
Eden
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Paris
Geneva
Dien Bien Phu
Laniel
Korea
France seeks U S talks on Indochina intervention
Washington reports France has asked the United States for direct high level talks to assess possible American intervention in Indochina. The Navarre plan is discarded as military events shift the war toward conventional Vietminh operations and a genuine coalition role is debated.
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Washington
France
United States
Indochina
Henri Navarre
Laniel
National Assembly
Paris
Red River
Hanoi
Bidault
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Navarre
Dien Bien Phu
AEC declares end of 1954 hydrogen bomb test series
Washington reports the United States fired a final hydrogen explosion at the Pacific proving ground. The joint Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department say the 1954 tests were essential to national security and contributed to the free world, with air and sea traffic to resume near the warning area.
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Army
Bolling Air Force Base
Washington
Aberdeen Proving Ground
International Soundphoto
United States
mid-Pacific Proving Ground
Joint Atomic Energy Commission-defense Department
London
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Strauss
Defense
Wilson
Free World
Criti
Arthur Henderson
Churchill
Soviet Union
Russia
Five Day Forecast Shows Warmer Trend and Showers
The five day outlook projects average temperatures about six degrees above normal with normal highs 69 to 74 and lows 47 to 50. Warmer for the weekend and into Monday and Tuesday, then a cooldown Wednesday. Principal showers Monday and Wednesday expected at about 0.25 inch total.
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U.S
Red River Delta
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Huard
de Castries
Hirondelle
Samneua
Miles
North Viet Nam
Delta Area
Dienbienphu
Haiphong
Hocking County
H. M. Brocks
Frank Stone
Glenn Hemsworth
Paul Shaw
Charles Jones
Samuel Dillon
George Carr
Even Lou Winner
Tke
McCarthy Row
Self
George D. Nye
Office of Education
China
Georges Bidault
Switzerland
Committee On National Defense
Assembly
AEC
Pacific
Britain
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