Senators Launch McCarthy Army Row Hearings Sparks Debate
Sen. Capehart predicts a new housing bill will include strict limits preventing builders from obtaining government insured loans above construction costs. He leads a Banking Committee probe into FHA insured projects where 1149 of 7000 cases exceeded final costs, with tenants paying 15 to 25 percent higher rents.
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Talks Open Monday Big Three Ministers Plan Geneva Parley
Western Big Three foreign ministers Dulles Bidault and Eden push final Geneva conference plans in Paris. Talks focus on Korea Indochina strategy and NATO reply to Russia’s March 31 note. Russia seeks European pact and EDC suspension. U S Britain and France reject such ideas.
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Vietminh Tighten Grip at Dien Bien Phu Corner
Vietminh divisions pressed toward the heart of Dien Bien Phu as French Union defenders in the fortress corner faced intensified fire. Rebels mounted machine guns and mortars against barbed wire as French reserves rushed to strengthen trenches while airlifted French parachute troops evacuated from France.
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Boy Declares Superman After Window Jump
Four year old Arthur Sindelar leapt from a first floor window after watching a TV program. He was taken to Deaconess Hospital emergency room with a broken arm. He told doctors I am Superman and then admitted I am not really Superman.
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Deaconess Hospital
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U S Airlift Not Crossing India Amid Indochina Tension
Wiesbaden based U S Air Force said troop airlift to Indochina is not flying over India after Nehru declared no foreign troops may pass through or over India by air. Officials refused to reveal routes or exact troop numbers, while Paris reports cited up to 1000 troops in 10 planes. Tokyo suspended rest leave flights as Globemasters and C54 transports diverted for priority duties.
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Pox Dirt May Be Meteor Dust
Ferro Corp chief chemist Dr. Ernest Goda reports dust from deep pits in Ferro research building windows shows iron and magnetism and may be meteor dust. The pits resemble damage from a motorist’s windshield, adding to the meteor dust possibility.
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Ferro
Eisenhower to seek newspaper aid in calming atomic hysteria
President Eisenhower flies to New York to urge major newspapers to help turn atomic hysteria into world peace. He will brief Wash ington briefly, install a new study commission chair, and speak at the Waldorf Astoria before nationwide broadcast.
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Solon Says Anti Probe Plot Afoot
At San Jacinto Texas Senator McCarthy charges good men are used in plots to block anti Communist hearings by changing Senate subcommittee rules. He cites unnamed maneuvers to limit hearings with a set senator count. McCarthy warns citizens to watch rule changes and press their senators. He notes a threat letter and FBI estimates of 25 000 Communists in the U S during the San Jacinto Day address in Houston.
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Loss Of Indochina Would Up War Is Danger Nixon
Vice President Nixon told an Iowa Republican gathering that America avoids sending soldiers to Indochina or anywhere to fight, warning that losing Indochina would raise the danger of war. He emphasized restraint and a measured approach to foreign policy.
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Nixon speaks at $25 plate dinner on Indochina policy
President Eisenhower and Republican leaders rally to unite against Communist expansion in Indochina. Nixon criticizes Truman foreign policy and pledges maximum aid to French and Associated States, urging voters to elect decisive GOP majorities to support the president. Hughes defends himself in Washington as probe into housing scandal continues.
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French to Grant Indochina Independence Negotiations
Paris reports that French and Vietnamese negotiators prepare a declaration of accord granting immediate independence to the Indochina state of Viet Nam. Two separate treaties will follow: one for independence and one confirming the French Union.
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Senate opens largest TV hearing in McCarthy case
Washington AP Senate committee launches a two week or longer inquiry into McCarthy and aides versus high Pentagon officials. Mundt presides with four Republican subcommittee members and a staffed team led by Ray H. Jenkins. TV networks plan full coverage as Army officials and McCarthy allies testify under oath in the Capitol caucus room.
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Baby Reunited as Kidnap Case Leads to Adoption Plot
Newport Kentucky Mrs Billie Marie Kemplin 29 reunites with her 4 month old Janie Marie missing since April 13. A babysitter Bertha Jane Miller sought on federal kidnapping charges and known to Kemplin as Betty Doris Eglee involved. Baby found with Lloyd and Lenn Duff in Hohenwald Tennessee who had papers ready for legal adoption. A woman named Betty Dorris Miller 36 of Enid Oklahoma gave them the infant.
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Billie Marie Kemplin
Betty Dorris Miller
Enid, Okla
Monster of Gromery Street Honored in Funeral Parade
Thousands gathered in San Francisco to bid farewell to a giant pile driver nicknamed the Monster of Gromery Street. Dignitaries spoke as confetti showered from skyscrapers and an orchestra played a celebratory tune. A red box labeled The Monster's Noise was loaded onto the liner President Monroe for burial at sea.
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Martha Raye Weds Fifth Husband Dancer on TV Show
Martha Raye marries Edward Begley her fif th husband a dancer on her TV program in a courthouse ceremony at Arlington Virginia after a spectacle filled chase by air two states and four planes for a license. Begley is 30 and Miss Raye ages 37 or 57 as she joked. The wedding follows a double ring ceremony performed by Dr Arthur L Maiden with witnesses Carl Eastman and wife. The couple plans a Connecticut honeymoon and joins a list of four former husbands including Nick Condos Budd Westmore David Rose and Neal Lang.
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Martha Raye
Edward Thomas Begley
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Potomac River
Washington
Arthur L. Maiden
Juvenile Bureau
Carl Eastman
Westport, Conn
Maryland
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Here
Connecticut
Nick Condos
Hamilton (Budd) Westmore
Hollywood
David Rose
Neal Lang
Premiere of The McCarthy Army Story fills Capitol space
Capitol officials hung a breathing room sign for the premiere in the Office Building caucus room, seating 650 to 700 for the hearing before the Senate investigations subcommittee. Harold Beckley described a record crowd, with 120 reporters at press tables, 91 for radio and TV, and dozens of photographers and crew.
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