Ridgway Urges Aid for Europe Against Soviet Threat
General Ridgway testified on European defense needs urging more U.S. aid as NATO prep lags. He warned forces remain under strength with gaps in air power and logistics, while praising morale and leadership and stressing new weapons as future strength. He outlined Soviet force levels and NATO buildup shortfalls, calling for continued military assistance.
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Middle East
Ridgway
Paris
Natty
Senate Foreign , Relations Committee
Europe
Russia
East Germany
Lisbon
NATO
United States
Fire destroys private garage at 228 E 6th Way
Police report a private garage at 228 E Sixth Way burned down early today. An adjoining garage was damaged. The vacant destroyed building belonged to Frank J. Beveridge at the same address.
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Frank J. Beveridge
Woman Survives Plane Crash Amid Storm and Losses
A passenger, Mrs. Cox, survived a plane crash 13 miles east of Marshall after a severe rain storm. Stewardess Jo Anne Carlson died en route to hospital, and Mrs. Fincher and her infant son perished. Harvey Newell Jr., Pi Kappa Alpha president, among other travelers, also aboard.
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Beck
Kores
Air Force
Here
Douglas Volk
Atlanta
Shreveport
Jo Anne Carlson
Chicago
Millard Cope
Marshall News Messenger
Cox
Albuquerque
N. M
Jackson
Miss
Florida
R.H. Fincher
Jesse David
Abilene
Texas
Oatis Lands in New York
Mrs Oatis, in a striking black and white ensemble, waited at New York for her husband who had been separated for nearly three years. The tale recalls their June 1930 London sighting and a Dulles message from Beirut praising his release after a Prague assignment.
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Faille
London
Oatis
Kensington
Prague
John Foster Dulles
Beirut
Polio Serum Arrives Soon in Long Beach
The article notes the polio serum arrival is imminent and warns against relaxing precautions. It explains distribution allotments by Dr. Wilton Halverson based on 1947–1951 case averages, with Long Beach averaging 96 cases, and lists a local committee from medical associations aiding rule formation.
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Wilton Halverson
State Department of Health
Long Beach
Arthur G. Buell
William G. Zanting
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Russell M. Husted
Philip W. Reames
Long Beach Osteopathic Association
Bernard Baruch Named U S Citizen of the Year
The Junior Order of United American Mechanics selects Bernard Baruch as American Citizen of the Year. The award committee, led by Arthur C. Kaufmann of Gimbels, marks the centennial celebration and naming occurs on June 14.
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Bernard Baruch
U. S
Philadelphia
Bernard
M. Baruch
The
United American Mechanics
Arthur C. Kaufmann
UAM
Gimbel
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Diamond Club
New York
Pharmaceutical Association
Atest
Camels Home
Uptown
Wagnavox
L-Pogagh
Atlantic Hong
Asle Atlantic
Arthur Murray
RSVP
Studio Ofen
East Fifth Street
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