Truman Denies Plot Aimed at Nomination
President Truman said he will attend the Democratic National Convention after the nominee is chosen and he will not seek the nomination himself. He declined to join in the Eisenhower Taft debate and said he will not comment on steel policy or the Taft-Hartley Act. He doubted a European war this summer and warned his daughter Margaret about travel plans.
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Washington
Truman
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Europe
Margaret
Democratic Party
Swooping Plane Crashes Into British Mine Sweeper
A Dutch Thunderjet practicing NATO maneuvers crashed into the 112-foot British minesweeper ML2582 off Den Helder near Texel. Thirty five crew were aboard. 16 faced death, 15 crewmen were rescued, and the Dutch pilot was killed. Three fishermen witnessed the crash as one plane pulled from its dive while the other plummeted and ignited the minesweeper, which sank at once.
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den Helder
Netherlands
London
Admiralty
Dern Helder
Texel
House 361 1 for New Vets' Bill of Rights
The House passed a new GI Bill of Rights today by a 361 to 1 vote to aid veterans discharged since Korea began on June 27, 1950. The bill, now headed to the Senate, funds education and job training with direct veteran payments and expands home and business loan guarantees, social security credits, and mustering out pay.
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Washington
House
Korea
Rep. Devereux
R.-Md
Marine Corps
Wake Island
Senate
Beach combing and section highlights across the paper
The newspaper lists page placements for features such as Beach Combing on B31 and B3, crosswords on A2, editorials on B2, financials on B8 and B9, obituaries on A28, and sports on B4, with sections for radio TV on 8-6 and theaters on B7, among others.
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Lookout
Woman Hurt as Liner Pilot Dodges Planes Over Pittsburgh
Captain Henry Glaser of Chicago steered a twin engined airliner away from two military planes near Pittsburgh causing nine passengers to be hospitalized and forty shaken. The craft landed safely at Allegheny County airport after the midair scare en route from Washington to Burbank. Passenger Dr. Arthur O Keefe treated the wounded and eight were sent to hospital. One injured passenger was Mrs Freda Norton of Long Beach California.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Burbank
Calif
Henry Glaser
Chicago
Allegheny County
Glaser
Civil Aeronautics
Arthur O'Keefe
Boston
Freda Norton
Cherry Ave
Long Beach
Harry Swanberg
Duluth
Minn
North Ster Air Coach Co
Six Months in Jail for Hotel Deaths
Ward D Neff 54 received a six month county jail sentence for two counts of manslaughter over carbon monoxide deaths of a newlywed couple on January 12. Superior Judge Fred Miller placed him on three years probation, ordered funeral expenses covered, allowed bail of 1000, and noted an appeal filed by defense counsel C Ransom Samuelson.
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Ward D. Neff
Fred Miller
Neff
Vanita
C. Ransom Samuelson
Miller
Liberty
Third ‘St
Samuelson
Nevada Test Reveals 8th Spring A-Bomb Blast Details
The eighth atomic blast of the spring series lit the Nevada sky at Yucca Flat at 4 55 am. The 300 foot tower produced the shot with 751 mice used for radioactivity tests. The AEC noted two prior detonations and planned a later press briefing with Dr Alvin Graves and Navy Captain Carroll Tyler. The mushroom cloud rose briefly and drifted northeast as officials indicated the series nears its end.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Yucca Flat
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Alvin C. Graves
Navy
Carroll L. Tyler
Army to Draft 29 000 in August for Replacements
Washington June 5 The Army issued a call for 29 000 men in August raising total drafted by all services since 1956 to 983 430. The Army will use the 29 000 for replacements and to keep authorized strength. Marines total 81 drafted, Defense Department said.
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Washington
Defense Department
General to Face Court martial in Stolen Diary Case
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow former military attache in Moscow will be tried by court martial at Fort Meade Md after the Army completed its investigation into charges including improper handling of classified information. The case arose from a diary stolen by Soviet agents in Germany and later published excerpts portraying Grow’s war views. The trial date was not announced and sessions will be closed to the public.
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Washington
Robert W. Grow
Germany
Toay
Grow
Moscow
Russia
Fort Meade
Army
Second Army
United States
Frankfurt
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Drizzle Likely
An afternoon sun breaks through tomorrow after a night of cloudy morning with scattered drizzle. Little temperature change expected. West to southwest winds 15 to 20 miles per hour across the region.
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Serry
Steel Exports Halted Over Steel Strike Action
The Commerce Department ordered all steel mill product exports halted except items essential to direct military production or defense support. The move, tied to the ongoing strike, follows a prior embargo on steel deliveries to U S consumer goods producers. President Truman refused to discuss new steel legislation or invoke Taft Hartley. The strike enters its fourth day as unions and industry leaders meet at the White House. Unemployment rises as 650,000 CIO United Steel Workers face furloughs, with thousands of railroad workers and coal miners also affected.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
U. S
Department
Office of International Trade
Truman
Congress
Philip Murray
CIO
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Pittsburgh
United Steel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eisenhower outlines peace platform in strong bid for South
General Dwight D. Eisenhower debuts a foreign policy plan to win Southern support for the Republican nomination. He insists Western Europe must resist communism and asserts no ties to the Truman administration. He praises MacArthur, invites debate, and sets out key stances on FEPC, Korea, and the China fall.
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Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Natty
South
MacArthur
Far East
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Hisenhower
Dakota
Eisenhower Calls for Coalition to Oust Democrats
General Eisenhower addressed his first post service campaign speech outlining four points including cooperation with economic groups, battling inflation to restore a sound dollar, cutting waste and centralization, and a transparent foreign policy. He urged allied unity against Communism amid a celebratory homecoming crowd.
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Eisenhower
Government Officials Arrested in Rope Diversion Case
In Washington on June 5 the FBI arrested Capt Manuel Gonzales 42 assistant chief of the U S Maritime Administration and Emile Schmidt 65 a rope buyer in New Orleans on charges of diverting surplus rope valued at about 8500 retailing to 85 000. Gonzales allegedly disposed of 170 000 pounds of rope from the Beaumont Texas reserve fleet between 1951 and 1952 while in charge of the fleet.
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Washington
FBI
Manuel Gonzales
U. S. Maritime Administration
Commerce Department
Emile Schmidt
New Orleans
J. Gar Hoover
Gonzales
Hoover
Schmidt
Maritime Administration
Beaumont
Texas
Navy
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