Floods Rage in Southeast Drouth Area
Torrential rains pounded Texas and New Mexico drouth regions washing cars off highways turning dry gullies into rivers. Lovington New Mexico isolated with three inch rain led to damaged property and stalled trains. Flooding affected Hobbs Rankin San Angelo area and Alamo with evacuations and power outages.
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New Mexico
Lovington
N. M
U.S
Oklahoma
Kansas
Levington
T&nm
Hobbs
Frontier Theater
William Holden
Stalag 17
Tucumcari
Louisiana
South Texas
West Texas
South Plains
Panhandle
Rankin
San Angelo
W. H
Bob) Burleson
Texas Town
McCamey
Gil
Korea to Seek $160 Million More U S Military Aid
Korea plans to ask the United States for 160 million dollars more in annual military assistance. Defense Minister Adm Sohn Won NH said most Foreign Operations Administration funds should fund civil reconstruction instead of defense as Korea’s military budget runs well over revenue.
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Seuul—Kr. Pouth
Korea
United States
Adm
Sohn Won NH
Foreign Operations Administration
Vietnam draft bill prompts new cabinet clash in Saigon
In Saigon, Vietnam's new war cabinet backed by Chief of State and Premier Dal decreed a mobilization of males ages 21 to 25 to counter Vietminh moves to outlaw the Communist party. Attorney General Brownell urged tightening subversion laws and outlined measures to shield defense plants and extend prosecutions, while Dien Bien Phu battles and regional security efforts dominated updates from Hanoi and Paris.
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Brownell
Washington
Saigon
Vietnam
Munist Party
Bro Dal
Bull Loc
Youse Judiciary Subcommittee
FBI
Oruer
Foreign Legionnaires
Cao Dai
Hoa Hao
Binh Xuyen
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
House adjournment BY July 15 forecast amid recess
House Speaker Martin predicted adjournment by July 15 while Senate leader Knowland doubted closing by July 31. Leaders spoke after a Monday briefing with President Eisenhower, noting Easter recess and a lightened session due to Senator Griswold’s death. Martin outlined agriculture, military, health, Social Security, Taft-Hartley, and foreign aid actions.
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Martin
R-Mass
House
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Eisenhower
Tolay
Dwight P. Griswold
Free Yank's Sons After 7 Years in Romanian Detention
Frankfurter AP reports Valeriu C Georgescu, Romanian born American, freed his two sons Constantin 19 and Peter 15 who had been held in Romania for seven years for alleged spying. The release followed aid from the U S State Department as Georgescu reunites with them in West Germany. wife remains in New York.
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Frankfurt
Romania
I Valeriu C. Georgescu
West Germany
Georgescu
Bucharest
United States
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Constantin
Peter
New York
U. S. State Department
Valeriu C. Georgescu
Germany
Adlai Stevenson Undergoes Kidney Surgery
Former Gov Adlai E Stevenson underwent successful kidney stone removal at Passavant Hospital Chicago. Aides said the operation went fine. Stevenson had suffered kidney trouble for two years and recently spent days in a Durham North Carolina hospital while visiting his brother in law and sister.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Leander W. Riba
Passavant Hospital
Stevenson
Durham
N. C
Ernest C. Ives
Weather outlook with variable night and sunny Tuesday
The forecast calls for a variable night with easing conditions and mostly sunny skies. Temperatures rise by around eight degrees into Tuesday with a warmer trend across the region.
Hawaii Alaska statehood blocked in House by Rayburn
House Democratic Leader Rayburn of Texas blocked the Hawaii Alaska statehood bill from conference with the Senate. The measure now faces a House vote only if the rules committee grants a special rule, amid strong committee opposition to Alaska statehood. Rayburn said he would continue to object because the bill isn’t the one that passed the House. President Eisenhower has endorsed Hawaii statehood but has not pressed for Alaska action.
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LLP
House
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Rules Committee
Rules
Alaska
Hawaii
Oene
Euenhower
Congress
McCarthy Row Aired by Stevens
The Senate investigations subcommittee invited Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens to a conference on the scope of its inquiry into charges he and Sen. McCarthy have exchanged. A similar exploratory conference is planned with McCarthy Tuesday to set the stage for televised hearings beginning April 22. Mundt said the panel hopes to identify witnesses, charges, and dimensions of the controversy through preliminary talks with Stevens and McCarthy.
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Washington
LLP
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Robert T. Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Jay
Sen. Mundt
K.S. D
Dulles seeks to ease fears of Asia stand
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged Britain to join an early western warning to deter Communist moves in Southeast Asia. He pressed Eden for a united front at Geneva where Indochina and Korea are up for negotiation starting April 26. Paris and London fear a gesture could derail Geneva talks.
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London
John Foster Dulles
Britain
WL Aama
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Indochina
Korea
Geneva
Russia
Red China
Sbe
Eden
Foreign Office
Washington
Asia
Paris
Twenty fainting worshippers strike Jutland church rite
In Egvad village church, Jutland, ten girls in white were confirmed Sunday when a sudden fainting spell hit the congregation. Twenty worshippers, including a confirmer, keeled over as carbon monoxide from a stove polluted the room. Most recovered after outdoor medical treatment. a few were hospitalized but out of danger.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Egvad
Jutland
Timid French fliers anger Yank airlift
In Indochina American Civil Air Transport pilots, delivering supplies to Dien Bien Phu from 3000 feet, accuse French fighter pilots of refusing to strafe Communist gun positions. Weighing down, the high altitude forces reduce accuracy as intense antiaircraft fire endangers crews.
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Hong Kong
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Saigon
C-47 Takeoff Crash Kills 1 at Elmendorf AFB
One man was killed and two others were injured when an Air Force C-47 crashed and burned on takeoff during a routine training flight at Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage Alaska. Further details were not immediately available.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Here
Tosley
Army Tests Jet Powered Midget Copters For Assault
The Army seeks one and two man jet powered helicopters to parachute into hostile territory as flying eyes for airborne units. Two craft XH28 and YH32 are to be tested at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, over about six months. If they meet requirements more may be ordered for field trials.
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Ncat
Ft. Bragg
N. C
American Helicopter Co
Manhattan Beach
Fairchild Corp
Hagerstown
Hiller Hornet
Taiier
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