Door Still Open Says Chou En Lai Prodded by Ali
Prime Minister Mohammed Ali of Pakistan said Chou En-lai hinted that the door to direct negotiations with the United States over Formosa remains slightly open. Ali spoke after a 21 hour luncheon with Chou following the Asian African conference.
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Bandung
Indonesia
Mohammed Ali
Pakistan
Chou En-lai
Red
China
United States
Formosa
Ali
Chou
Chiang Kai-shek
Survival City prepares for largest continental atomic test
Surrounded by Doomsday Drive homes, Survival City Nev prepares for a massive Yucca Flat test using a device equivalent to 40 000 tons of TNT. The experiment measures blast heat and radiation effects on mock residences and shelters to inform civilian protection and housing resistance.
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Survival City
Nev
Doomsday Drive
Yucca Flat
Alvin C. Graves
Atomic Energy Commission
Harold I. Godwin
Civil Defense
Graves
Teens push tougher motorist laws in mock Ohio legislature
In Columbus, over 400 youths in the Ohio YMCA Youth and Government program drafted 26 motor vehicle bills as a model legislature. They proposed harsher penalties for hit and run, required liability insurance, and higher licensing ages, while Governor Sheridan approved 22 of 103 real bills and lawmakers overrode one veto.
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Colmbus
Ohio
Statehouse
Ohio Young Men’s Christian Assn
Joe Sheridan
Fairborn
Board of Education
Red Dust Tornado Kills Four in North Alabama
A red dust tornado struck near Piney Grove and Hartselle Alabama injuring 20 to 25, killing four including a young brother and sister and a 60 year old couple. About 40 houses were destroyed and damage nears 750000 dollars with additional losses from livestock and crops. The storm affected a 20 mile path and followed prior similar events in 1932 and 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Ala
Cullman
Highway Patrol
Piney Grove
Birmingham
Debate over Ohio school board: elected or appointed
Ohio lawmakers debate the method to run the state education board. Senator Mosher backs an elected board to avoid political influence, while Rep. Lantz argues for appointment. Rep. McClure proposes a hybrid with nine elected and three appointed members as the House advances a nine member elected board bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Charles A. Mosher
Lorain
Board of Education
Mosher
James A. Lantz
Fairfield
Bruce McClure
Hamilton
Lantz
McClure
Ohio House
Wet weekend ends with rain and cooler spell
A half inch of rain fell from Saturday night into today. Rain is expected to end tonight with cloudy skies tomorrow. Temperatures rise to near 60 today and tomorrow before dropping to the mid 40s tonight. A brief warm spell Saturday peaked at 78 before dropping to 51 by early this morning.
U S Envoys Resume Talks on Formosa Crisis
Top level sessions on Formosa continue as Adm. Radford and Walter Robertson meet Chiang Kai-shek after arrival. Officials say talks cover broad US China defense pact amid tense conditions. no crisis seen, with plans for further discussions tonight and possible extended visits.
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Taipei
Formosa
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Robertson
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsui
Radford
Robertson
State and Defense Departments
Dulles
Chiang
Quemoy
Matsu
Parley View Soothe Taiwan Ties Moves Include U N Call
Sen Sparkman backs State Department push for revived U N cease fire talks on Formosa with Red China. Chou En Lai says talks possible but not ceding sovereignty while urging discussion to ease Far East tensions. Senate and House leaders support UN mediated talks and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
United States
United Nations
Foremosa
Congress
State Department
Chou Enlai
Bandung
Indonesia
Peiping
Formosa
Chou
China
Taiwan
Japan
Foreign Relations Committee
Department
Eisenhhower
Red
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Chinese People’s Republic
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.N
Humphrey
D - Minn
ABC
Eisenhower Unveils Atomic Powered Merchant Ship Plan
President Eisenhower announces a new atomic powered merchant ship to travel worldwide without refueling to showcase peaceful uses of atomic energy. He asks Congress for funds to build the vessel, aims to cut tariffs, and links the move to a just and lasting peace amid newspaper week events in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Globe
America
Congress
Associated Press
Waldorf-Astoria
Newspaper Week
Red China
United States
Formosa
China
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Maritime Administration
Ohioan 49 killed in Harrisburg Pike crash
Dent Ansel, 49, was killed early today on Harrisburg Pike near Frank Road in Columbus. Deputies say a trailer truck struck Ansel and fled the scene.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dent Ansel
Harrisburg Pike
Frank Road
Ansel
Twining says Red China could double air power overnight
Gen. Nathan F. Twining told a February hearing that Red China could double or triple its air strength overnight by moving aircraft from the Soviet Union to rapidly expanding bases in China. He warned China could become the fourth largest air force and noted jet aircraft in its buildup. He outlined US plans to field 23,000 planes and the Soviet push toward a 10,000 mile range intercontinental missile.
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Red Air Force
Russell Baines
Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Congress
Red China
Russia
Air Force
Soviet Union
Far East
House
Formosa Strait
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Twining
United States
Great Britain
US Air Force
Big Three Ministers Set Date for Paris Meeting
Washington reports the Western Big Three foreign ministers will convene in Paris on May 8 to discuss concrete plans for a four power conference with the Soviet government. The United States Britain and France express hope a four power conference can meet soon. Technical experts from the three nations will meet in London prior to the ministerial talks to study agenda items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paris
State Department
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Eisenhower
Dulles
London
AF reports new stepup in security
A congressional report shows a sharp rise in the Air Force personnel security program over the past two years. It details 260 security risk cases filed 1953-54, 37 discharges for security reasons, 164 resignations or pre settlement discharges on technical grounds, 59 clears after charges, and 16 cases disposed of in early 1955. Maj. Gen. J F Carroll said none of the discharges were spies or saboteurs.
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Washington
Congress
Air Force
House Appropriations
J. F. Carroll
Carroll
West Texas Land Said Worse Now Than In 30s
Austin reports state agriculture commissioner John White says vast areas of west Texas suffer worse conditions today than during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s. He cites drought-stricken lands and severe aridity affecting farming and ranching livelihoods.
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West Texas
Austin
Tex
Texas
John White
Cleveland
Glen Smith
Dee ‘Schools
Timate
Clevel Land
Cuyahogaty
Daveton
Chillicothe
Chedzville
Mount Vernon
Portsmouth
Zanesville
Lancaster
Air Force Cuts Conventional Bomb Budget Amid Stockpile
The Air Force trimmed 950 million dollars from its conventional bomb program for the year, citing a growing nuclear weapons stockpile. Maj. Gen. Frank A. Bogart testified to the House Appropriations subcommittee that funding for conventional bombs would total 1.143 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, down from 2.093 billion last year. No procurement figures were given for either type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Frank A. Bogart
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Rep
Scrivner
R-Kan
Congress
China Sick Of War Yet Resents U S Says Murata
Shozo Murata, former Japanese ambassador to Manila, cites Chou En Lai telling him in January that the Chinese people are sick and tired of war while Formosa should be liberated. Murata says Chou privately favors the American people but resents U S weapon policy and bases surrounding China. He also characterizes the Korean War as forced on China as UN troops advance toward Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Shozo Murata
Manila
Chou Enlai
Formosa
Socialists Hand Rebuff To Adenauer
Final returns from Lower Saxony elections show the Socialists winning 59 seats with 1,182,066 votes, 35.2 percent, defeating Adenauer's Christian Democrats who secured 43 seats and 893,917 votes. DP, Refugee, FDP, Reichs party, Communists, and Centrist also win seats. The result threatens Adenauer's plans for rearma ment and a Bund esrat two thirds majority.
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Hannover
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Lower Saxony
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
German Party
Refugee Party
Free Democrats
FDP
German Reichs Party
Communists
Heinrich Hellwege
The
Refugees
Bundesrat
Paris
Ohio Mishaps Fatal To 14
Fourteen people died in Ohio over the weekend due to traffic crashes and other incidents. Victims included a 6 year old boy struck in Parma, a 70 year old pedestrian in Cleveland, a man on Ohio 7 near Toronto, and a Warren resident in a hit and run. Additional deaths came from Saturday accidents and a Sunday drowning in the Muskingum River plus a gasoline explosion while cleaning car parts.
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Ohio
Parma
Cleveland
Ohio 7
Toronto
Warren
Associated Press
Muskingum
Gasolline
Ohio Adopts Priority For Anti Polio Serum
The Ohio State Medical Association announces a priority for the Salk polio vaccine with children under 15 first and expectant mothers second. Free inoculations launch across Ohio as vaccine shipments arrive, with Cleveland beginning school child shots and other cities listing schedules for today.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio, State Medical Assn
National Polio Foundation
Hilliards
Franklin County
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