Uneasy Lid Quiets Middle East Frontier
Cairo reports a temporary calm along the Arab Israeli frontier as UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold concludes talks with Egyptian officials. He plans further meetings and a plan to pull back troops by about one third of a mile, amid stated pledges from both sides to refrain from hostilities. Egypt has pulled Arab commandos from Israel, while Israel cites Arab attacks and casualties from the past week.
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Cairo
Egypt
P—U.n
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Beirut
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mahmoud Fawzi
Jerusalem
Meron
Upper Galilee
Israel
Syria
Jordan River Valley
David Ben-Gurion
Nasser
UN Security Council
Sinai
Grace Ready for Monacos Royal Wedding Week
AP reports Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III prepare for next week's ceremony in Monte Carlo. Guests, including Grace's Philadelphia family, arrive as palace walls and a blocked switchboard keep contact limited. A photographers roadblock prompted Skyward protests and a vow of privacy before the civil ceremony.
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Parerios
Grace
Monaco
Rainier
Mediterranean
John B. Kelly
Prince
Grace Kelly kin in Germany deflates Monaco wedding boom
In Heppenheim Germany Grace Kellys kin try to cool enthusiasm over her forthcoming marriage to Prince Rainier. Grace’s mother Mrs John B Kelly of Philadelphia suggested avoiding publicity about the Monaco match. About 20 distant relatives in the Odenwald area planned a delegation to Monaco with a leather bound family album.
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Heppenheim
Germany
Grace Kelly
Frankfurt
Grace
John B. Kelly
Philadelphia
Monaco
Miss Kelly
Odenwald Forest
Prince Rainier III
Wilhelm Metzendorf
Margarethe Berg
Ohio to require full year of American and Ohio history
Columbus, Ohio E Harrison, state school supervisor, says the Ohio Department of Education will require a full year of both American and Ohio history for public school students before ninth grade. The ruling stems from a law mandating these subjects be taught separately as graded courses. Harrison spoke at the Ohio High School Principals Assn meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harrison
Ohio Department of Education
M. W. Harper
Cleveland Heights
Harper
Education Department
Farm Bill Fates Stir White House and Parties in Florida
President Eisenhower weighs the farm bill with advisers at his Augusta Ga. retreat as Democrats Stevenson and Kefauver campaign in Florida for the May 29 primary. GOP leaders press a decision while some urge a veto and others push for swift signature. House and Senate figures hint at political risk whichever path is chosen, with governors plotting personal pleas to sign.
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Stevenson
Sen. Estelnefauver
Tennessee
Florida
Eisenhower
Augusta
Leonard W. Hall
Washington
White House
Congress
Benson
Gabriel Hauge
Kefauver
Tampa
General Motors Corp
St. Petersburg
Eiisenhower
Pittsburgh
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Hall
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Police Lack Solid Clues In Slaying In Hyde Park
Cincinnati police probing the murder of Audrey Evers Pugh, 34, found stabbed more than 20 times. A 24 year old Camp Dennison man, posing as a narcotics agent, was questioned but no link established. A ground-down butcher knife and an ice pick were found near the scene.
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Cincinnati
Hyde Park
Camp Dennison
Audrey Evers Pugh
William W. Pugh
He Heads
Kefauver Targets Veterans Care In Florida Campaign
Sen Estes Kefauver denounced Veterans Administration policies and hospital shortages in Winter Haven Florida. He criticized high veterans home loan rates and pre treatment checks, pledged expanded facilities and proper medical care if elected. He urged formal congressional review of U S Israel policy and opposed deploying troops without Congress approval.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Sen Estes Kefauver
Veterans Administration
FBI
Veterans Hospital
Kefauver
Tampa- St. Petersburg
Florida
Israel
Congress
Middle East
Postman Fends Off Hounding Dog in Los Angeles
William Downing, a relief mail carrier in Los Angeles, faced a big dog that chased him Friday. He escaped by climbing a porch pillar and then a tree. A passing motorist diverted the dog, allowing him to leap into a nearby car.
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Los Angeles
William Downing
Downing
Poker Lookout Was Misnamed
Louisville police moved on a poolroom card game last night surprising William Powell and 11 others. They confiscated $16.65 and arrested Powell and 11 men, including a sentry nicknamed Rubberneck, for engaging in a hazard.
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Louisville
William Powell
Powell
Air Force Man May Be Next Joint Chiefs Head
Washington reports that Gen Alfred Gruenther's coming Army retirement could move the Air Force closer to naming a chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gruenther will remain NATO supreme commander in Europe until retirement late this year. The Air Force hopes a tradition of service heads may favor two top posts next year, including JCS chair and Air Force chief of staff. Norstad has been linked to both roles, with Eisenhower often praising him.
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Washington
Army
Alfred M. Gruenther
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gruenther
Eisenhower
JCS
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Joint Chiefs Organization
Omar Bradley
Arthur Radford
Nathan F. Twining
USAF
Lauris Norstad
Supreme Command
NATO
Norstad
Gruenther as Democratic nominee possibility floated
Rep Chatham of North Carolina said Gen Alfred Gruenther retirement as NATO supreme commander could be the Democratic presidential nominee if Stevenson Kefauver deadlock persists. He called Gruenther completely available and presidential timber after praising him before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Chatham
D-Nc
Alfred Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Gruenther
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Saratoga the Navy's Mightiest Carrier Joins Fleet
New York The Navy commissions its mightiest ship yet the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. A 60 000 ton vessel at 1039 feet long she is three feet longer than her sister Forrestal and faster with 250 000 horsepower engines. Flight deck hangar spaces cover several acres and she can carry about 3800 crew including officers and men.
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New York
Navy
U.S.S. Saratoga
Empire State Building
Saratoga
U.S.S. Forrestal
Forrestal
Pupil Tests Undergo Hillsboro Racial School Separation
In Hillsboro Ohio an F-Only evaluation of 19 Negro pupils tests the Webster Washington school entry after two years out of class. Dr Ray G Wood and Glenn A Rich will review results over the weekend with final scores due Monday. Mrs Imogene Curtis says the children felt the tests were not too hard. five of the 24 pupils kept from school did not take the tests without explanation.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Webster - Washington
State Education Department
Ray G. Wood
Glenn A. Rich
Imogene Curtis
Destroyers Leave Newport for Mediterranean Deployment
Four destroyers based at Newport will depart to join the U S 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. A naval spokesman said the move aims to broaden training and enable occasional cruising in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. The ships are the McNair McGowan Lewis Hancock and The Sullivans.
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Newport
R.I
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Washington
Middle East
6Th Fleet
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
McNair
McGowan
Lewis Hancock
Sullivans
Lamb chosen to head Los Angeles Lions Club
Carl C. Lamb has been selected to lead the Lions Club in Los Angeles, taking on the new presidency and coordinating service activities for the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Carl C. Lamb
Lions Club
Student Rebukes Georgia Governor Debate Disturbance at Harvard Law Forum
Harvard Law School forum on segregation sparked uproar when a Negro student Seyourm Haregot challenged Gov. Marvin Griffin of Georgia. The student quoted abuse by locals and fled as police maintained order while Griffin and Javits defended states’ rights and civil rights issues amid applause and hisses from about 1,500 attendees.
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Cambridge
Mass
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Harvard Law School
Griffin
Jacob K. Javits
New York State
Harvard School
Seyourm Haregot
U.S. Information Service
Rindge High School
Law School
Javits
Supreme Court
Maine backs Mrs Smith as veep nominee
Maine delegates at the state convention endorsed Senator Margaret Chase Smith as the favorite daughter candidate for vice president. The 16 delegates will vote unpledged in San Francisco and may nominate only if feasible. Most delegates preferred Eisenhower with Nixon favored by many, others noncommittal.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Eisenhower
Nixon
Strike Rolls On
A strike of bus and trolley workers continued today as conciliators pressed to find a key to reopen settlement talks. The situation kept public transport disrupted in Milwaukee as negotiations stalled.
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Milwaukee
King Cole Returns To Dixie Tour
King Cole resumes his Southern tour in Raleigh after a Birmingham incident. He rejects politics and says he may reply to an NAACP invitation to join the crusade against racism. Roy Wilkins wires Cole that racism must be fought. The near capacity crowd at Memorial Auditorium greeted him enthusiastically.
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Raleigh
N. C
Nat (King) Cole
Dixie
Birmingham
Ala
Cole
National Assn
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Wilkins
Memorial Auditorium
Utah Governor Defies Federal Tax Payment Demand
Utah Governor J Bracken Lee refused to pay his federal income tax portion above his $10,000 salary. He asked Secretary Humphrey to clarify the “usual manner” of collection and whether liens or asset seizures would occur without due process. Humphrey replied that his action would not constitute a test case.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey
Lee
Humphrey
Internal Revenue Service
Rooster Surprises Man With 130 Mile Ride
Charles H Lanhan a Louisville salesman was driving in Indiana when a rooster darted in front of his car. Six hours and 130 miles later he found the bird had ridden under the hood and pop up at a service station.
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Louisville
Charles H. Lanhan
Indiana
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