Eisenhower backs McCarthy hearing push amid secrecy row
President Eisenhower called for the McCarthy Army hearings to continue and urged disclosure of all facts. Secretary Stevens insisted higher-ups gave no orders, while McCarthy argued the Presidential secrecy order blocks truth. Mundt and Jenkins planned a luncheon with Brownell as Eisenhower and Stevens shifted the ground in this high stakes dispute.
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Eisenhower
Army
Stevens
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate
ntcCarthy
Pentagon
Department of the Army
G. David Schine
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Subcommittee
Lam
United States Senate
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R.S.D
Mundt
Ray H. Jenkins
Brownell
Attle
Guatemala Arms Peril Talks Urged by Solon
Sen. Alexander Wiley urged Western Hemisphere nations to confer immediately on the ominous threat posed by shipments of Russian controlled arms to Guatemala. He said the move shows the international Communist conspiracy intervening directly in this hemisphere during a Inter-American Bar Association dinner. Alfredo Chocano of Guatemala was mentioned in the remarks.
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Washington
Alexander Wiley
Guatemala
Acid Tossed on Clothing at Cleaners
Vandals climbed to the top of the front door at Olympic Cleaners 1765 American Ave early today and tossed battery acid onto clothing racks inside. Owner William A. Peterson, who lives above the shop, said the incident occurred between 2 and 7 in the morning and that the store had been targeted during a period of prior labor picketing and tension surrounding union activity at related plants. The suspect details remain under investigation as authorities review security footage and nearby witness accounts.
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Olympic Cleaners
American Ave
William A. Peterson
Peterson
Wiley
R.-Wis
Andsal Jat
E. Carson St
Skoda
Cortibhas
Mexico
Gill
Guatemala
Mig-Hsi
McCarthy Says Deck-Stack Comment Sparks Uncertainty
Senator McCarthy rejects a stacked deck in the Army row probe and worries about White House secrecy. He criticizes Eisenhower for not being fully advised and confesses uncertainty about the next steps. Reporters note his comments on the ongoing conflict amid France’s Dien Bien Phu era tensions and a Hanoi welcome awaited for Genevieve.
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McCarthy
Ars
Eisenhower
Administration
Stevens
Army
White House
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Dien Bien
Phu
Savane
Genevieve
Lilliputtah
Hanoi
Indochina Peace Talks Deadlocked Over Laos and Cambodia
In Geneva the Vietminh demand invitation for Laos and Cambodia governments to join talks, a move the French and Western powers reject as phantom entities. Pham Van Dong pressed the point at a secret session, tying it to separate handling of Laos Cambodia from Viet Nam.
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Eddy Gilmore
Geneva
Laos
Cambodia
Indochina
Pham van Dong
Viet Nam
Red
Sestern
Red China
United States
McCarthy Says Old Man Can Handle Himself in Duel
McCarthy comments that the old man can handle himself though he would not like to see him Sal up against a stacked oak, implying concern over a tougher matchup or confrontation.
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McCarthy
Iy Sal
Free to Go but Stays: Dien Bien Phu Hostage
Communist captors tell Genevieve De Galaré Terraube she may leave the Red fortress at Dien Bien Phu at any time. French sources report she has chosen to remain with the wounded of the fallen garrison.
Heavy earthquakes shake Switzerland near conference in Geneva
Earthquakes rocked Switzerland with violent tremors felt in Geneva for 15 seconds as damage and casualties were reported. Observatories placed the center near Interlaken in the Bernese Alps, noting it was the strongest quake since 1946.
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Switzerland
Geneva
Neuchatel
Bernese Alps
Interlaken
Raiders Trap Mexican Immigrants in Southland
Police and federal immigration officers raided chicken coops shacks and caves in northern Orange County at daylight arresting forty seven Mexican nationals who had entered the U S illegally. Some escaped while others were found living in deplorable conditions a number were sharing a chicken coop with fifteen workers seized. Most came from Alisco Mexico and were employed picking oranges at seventy five cents an hour. The raid was planned by local police and Santa Ana immigration officials and those arrested were to be processed and sent back to Mexico.
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United States
Placentia Po Hee
Mexico
Placentia Nea
Albert Simmen
Santa Ana
Alisco
San Diego
W. D. Barnes
California fishing boat sinks off South America
Guayaquil Ecuador dispatch reports the Dana M a California fishing boat burned and sank in the Pacific off the South American coast while bound for San Diego with a catch. All crew members were said to be safe though no details on numbers or current locations were immediately available.
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Ecuador
California
Dana M
Pacific
South America
San Diego
Priest captures theft suspect at church poor box
Peter M. Bradovich, a two year transient, was arrested by Rev. Thomas J. Foley after he used a screwdriver on a church poor box that had an alarm. He admitted trying to steal about $10 and said he could not lie to a priest. Bradovich had prior convictions in Los Angeles and carried a list of churches in eight suburbs and nine in Long Beach. He had $4 on arrest and sought money to pay rent and help his mother in Indiana.
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Peter M. Bradovich
Thomas J. Foley
St. Barnabas Church
Bradovich
Munster
Ind
Foley
Palice
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Mroney
S. Olive St
Indiana
Invasion fears mount as Reds near Formosa islands
Taipei officials rush to defend Taichen Islands as Communist forces threaten an assault within 48 hours to three days. Chiang Kai-shek aide Chiang Ching Kuo orders evacuation of noncombatants while air and sea battles rage around the strategic islands. An F-47 downed a Russian jet amid claims of subsequent air clashes and ongoing defense ministry updates.
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Formosa
Taichen Islands
Ihhiang Ching Kuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shanghai
China
Hee
Defense Ministry
Page B-3 and B-2 listings in The Times
The reader is guided to sections Beach Combing on Page B-3, Obituaries on Page B-2, Radio and TV on Page B- or B-1, Shipping Table on Page B-L, Sports on Pages A-20 to A-23 and B-6, Temperatures for Women on Pages B-4 and B-5, and Your World on Page A-7 in the same newspaper.
Weather outlook shows low clouds fading to sun
Night and morning will feature low clouds with mostly sunny skies lifting by afternoon. Through Thursday expect little temperature change and gradual clearing across the region.
Police and bandits battle. four wounded in Oklahoma scenes
In Oklahoma City and Chandler, two police officers and two Tulsa gunmen were wounded in a series of gun battles following a robbery at a city tavern. Officer Richard Neal and Deputy Haskell Albritton were injured, while suspects Bill Beets and William Phillips were shot and later jailed.
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Tulsa
Chandler
Richard Neal
Haskell H. Albritton
Bill James Beets
William J. Phillips
Allbritton
Hillcrest Memorial Hospital
Neal
Lincoln County
Eddie Mattheyer
Oklahoma City Deer Tavern
Phillips
Hig
Highway Patrol
Aater Chandler
Mattheyer
Beets
Albritton
Raiders in Monks Garb Rob River Boat Near Rangoon
Raiders disguised as Buddhist monks boarded a river boat a few miles north of Rangoon. They overpowered the armed escort and killed four guards before robbing about 100 passengers. The attackers displayed a yellow robe as a pirate insignia and fled into the jungle.
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Lelad
Rangoon
Vaccine Airlift Set for Idaho Flood Area
Idaho officials prepared to fly typhoid vaccine to Bonners Ferry as the Kootenai River neared flood stage. The area is declared an all emergency area to mobilize state and federal aid. Crests were forecast near 29.6 feet with dikes failing, threatening towns like Orofino and Spalding while Lewiston remained briefly secure.
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Bonners Ferry
Kootenai River
Leonard Wood
Len Jordan
Kootenai
Roswell
Lovington
Big Spring
Texas
Tueseay
Southwest
Idaho
Mark Kulp
Orofino
Bert Curtis
Spalding
Lewiston
Snake
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Weitzel
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Marilyn Jansen
Bryan Hendricks
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Chiang I Sles
Oklahoma
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