Eisenhower to Address Nation on Calm Leadership Tonight
President Eisenhower prepared to preview major points of a nationwide address to urge calm and faith in America. Sen. Knowland said White House talks with Eisenhower covered the general legislative program ahead of the "let's be calm" speech. The address, to be heard on networks at 8:30 p.m. EST, follows discussions of fears from without and within and may seek reader input. Cross current debate centers on hydrogen bomb policy and mass retaliation versus conventional forces, with Vice President Nixon stressing reduced risk of Red China involvement.
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Gettysburg
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Russia
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Nixon
Detroit
Red China
Five ROKs Clash With Communists Near Panmunjom
Five South Korean soldiers clashed with North Korean guards Saturday night in the Korean neutral zone near Panmunjom. One ROK was killed and another captured. Peiping radio called it a serious armistice violation. The incident prompted Communist protests and a Joint Military Armistice Commission meeting.
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Joint Military Armistice Commission
U.N
Sears To Be Dropped As Counsel If Army Objects
Washington reports that Samuel P Sears will serve as probe counsel for the McCarthy Army row but could be dropped if the Army objects Senate investigations chair Mundt says the subcommittee will not retain Sears if Army objects Sears has named Lawrence R Cohen and Russel J Coffin as assistants pending approval by the subcommittee Sears faces cross examination over past statements in support of McCarthy and the Army counter counsel appointment by Joseph N Welch alters cross examination dynamics
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Samuel P. Sears
McCarthy Army
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sears
Boston
Army
Subcommittee
McCarthy
Harvard Law
Lawrence R. Cohen
Russel J. Coffin
Harvard Law School
Jonathan
Colt David Lubell
Harvard Law Faculty
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Fife
NBC
Wisconsin
Joseph N. Welch
Hugh White
House Committee
House
Senate
Reds Quiz 12 Nips About U. S. Forces
Twelve Japanese fishermen reported their Soviet captors questioned them for 13 days about American forces on Hokkaido. The crews, captured March 23 off Kunashiri Island, were released last night after their boats were returned.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
Kunashiri
Dem Chief Seeks Roosevelt and Condon to Withdraw
National Democratic chairman Stephen A. Mitchell urged California candidates James Roosevelt and Robert L. Condon to drop their bids. Roosevelt denied adultery charges and vows to stay in the race while Condon defends himself amid past restraint orders and AEC scrutiny. Mitchell said the party could withhold funds and not endorse either candidate.
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Stephen A. Mitchell
National Democratic Party
California
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Robert L. Condon
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Condon
Sai
Mitchell
Paul Ziffren
Los Angeles
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Mi Chicago
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Suort Ztfren
California State Central Committee
Romelle
Ed Lybeck
Ae Ee
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Congressional Committee
AEC
National Committee
California Party
Thousands Die As Vietminh Attack Dien Bien Phu
French high command described over 1,000 Vietminh casualties in renewed assault on Dien Bien Phu. French defenses held, counterattacks with tanks and planes repelled the attackers who pulled back after deep incursions.
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Indochina
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Dien Bien Pau
Civil defense chief warns no equal national organization yet
In San Francisco, Val Peter son the federal civil defense administrator says despite progress there is no civil defense organization in America equal to the problem. He stresses local authorities must face the task and prepare for it.
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Val Peterson
America
Paris mob assaults Laniel and Pleven at honor rite
About 100 rioters shouting anti EDC clashed with police as Premier Laniel and Defense Minister Pleven left a Arc de Triomphe ceremony honoring Dien Bien Phu defenders. Laniel bruised shins Pleven slapped and hair grabbed. seven demonstrators arrested.
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Rene Pleven
Charles de Gaulle
Arc de Triomphe
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Lanie
Pleven
France
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Juin
Alphonse Pierre Juin
Laniel
Spies Arrests Reported by Seoul Counterintelligence
Seoul authorities said 28 Communist spies were arrested in the past two months. Twenty of the arrests involve a single espionage ring, signaling a coordinated counterintelligence effort.
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Seoul
South Korea
Army Counterintelligence Corps
Southern State Seeks to Equalize Its Schools Amid Court Watch
Mississippi lawmakers edge toward a watered down plan to equalize Negro and white schools while fearing a U S Supreme Court ruling. If the court bans segregation, a special session may abolish public schools and fund private segregated schools.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Roanoke Boy Struck by Train Near Tracks
A still-tied shoe near a Roanoke railroad track marks the death of eight year old John ny Green who was killed by a passenger train while returning home from school. He stood on the track watching a freight train on another line when the collision occurred.
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Johnny Green
Commons Debates H-Bomb Defense in House of Commons
London Britain’s Conservative government defended American hydrogen bomb tests as the House of Commons opened a debate on disarmament and world peace. The Labor motion urged immediate talks among the Big Three leaders Eisenhower Churchill and Malenkov, while Churchill faced pressure over timing and details of any accord.
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Britain
House of Commons
Labor Party
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Churchill
Malenkov
Pacific
Winston
Eisenhower
Malen- Vv
Churchilll
U.S
House
Free World
Secretary Dulles warns of potential Indochina aggression
Washington bulletin reports Secretary Dulles telling Congress the Chinese Communists are coming awfully close to direct aggression in Indochina, signaling possible massive retaliation. In Oslo Crown Princess Martha of Norway, 53, dies after a three year liver illness.
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Dulles
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Martha of
Toscanini Retires as NBC Symphony Conductor at 87
Arturo Toscanini, 87, quietly retires as conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra after an all Wagner Carnegie Hall program. NBC says he plans to leave the U S for Italy in May or June with no immediate concert commitments. He did not return to the stage after the final note citing emotional strain.
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Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
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United States
Italy
Toscanini
David Sarnoff
RCA
Foreign Aid Fight Opens In Congress Over Budget Cuts
Secretary Dulles opens the administration effort to sustain foreign aid with a 3.0 billion dollar request through mid 1955, a one billion cut from last year. Hearings before the House Foreign Affairs Committee proceed through mid April with focus on Indo China and Southeast Asia, while European allies face delays in the European Defense Community ratification.
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Dulles
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Congress
Eisenhower
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Italy
European Defense Community
Vorys
R-Ohio
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Rep
Gordon
D-Ii
Extortion Attempted By Friend in Suburban Probe
Cleveland police report an unemployed father Louis Vincent Cabot 33 admitted trying to extort 1500 dollars from old friend Louis A. Flack in Oakwood village. Flack and detectives staged a package of marked cash. Cabot was arrested leaving a telephone booth but no charge filed yet.
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Louis Vincent Cab>ot
Oakwood Village
Louis A. Flack
William Cooper
Cabot
Flack
Japan upper house backs UN control on atomic arms
Japan's upper house unanimously adopts a resolution appealing to the United Nations for effective international control over atomic energy and a ban on atomic weapon tests. The lower house passes a similar measure. Twenty three Japanese fishermen were exposed to radioactive ash from a U.S. hydrogen test blast in the Pacific on March 1.
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U. S
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