Mendes France seizes on EDC talks amid leftist fears
French Premier Pierre Mendes France warned that rejecting his European Army treaty changes could push France toward a prewar like Popular Front government. At a six nation foreign ministers meeting in Brussels he pressed for ways to link Germany to the Western alliance and to advance a European organization while German rearmament proceeds. West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg oppose major revisions.
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Brussels
Belgium
Pierre Mendes - France
France
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Mendes-France
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Conference
Western Alliance
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
United States
Britain
West
J. W. Beyen
Belgian Foreign Ministry
West Germany
French National Assembly
Europe
Holland
Armed Bandits Steal $30,000 in Cleveland
Two gunmen in painters overalls held up the People's Savings & Loan in Cleveland and escaped with $30,000. Treasurer L. J. Linek, at 4401 Clark Ave, was forced to open the vault at pistol point. bandits with faces hidden by silk stockings were thought to have waited in a rear parking lot.
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Cleveland
People’s Savings & Loan Assn
L. J. Linek
Clark Ave
Congress oks bill banning Communist Party membership provision
Washington bulletin reports a compromise bill cleared Congress and moved to President Eisenhower for signature. The controversial clause to outlaw party membership was removed from the measure.
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Washington
Communist Party
Congress
Eisenhower
Reds Hold Yank Fliers Charged by U S
The United States formally charges the Chinese Communists with holding 15 American airmen as political prisoners. A defense statement says Beijing admitted at Geneva that the 15 are alive, verified by released POWs, with 526 Americans still unaccounted for or in Communist hands.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
Geneva
Korea
Pentagon
Far East Command
Ex-Premier De Gaspert Dies At 73
The report notes the 83rd Congress nearing adjournment with three major items left: a $2 781 000 000 foreign aid bill, a bill to ban the Communist party, and social security liberalization. Senate and House conferees aimed to pass the compromise foreign aid measure soon, while disagreements over anti Communist penalties linger. The session’s fate hinged on conference outcomes and possible extra days.
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Washington
Communist Party
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate House
Eisenhower criticizes doom talk at Illinois Republican Day
President Eisenhower denounces doom prophets as he campaigns at the Illinois State Fair for Republican Day. He plans to address the World Council of Churches later in Evanston and aims to bolster GOP chances in upcoming Senate elections. Meanwhile Alcide de Gasperi, Italy’s former premier and staunch European union advocate, dies of a heart attack at 73 after years of anti-Communist leadership.
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Fil
Eisenhower
Ilinois
Congress
General Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Northwestern University
Evanston
Senate
Sella Val Sugana
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Rome
European Union
de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
Mario Scelba
Scelba
Fiuggi
Taft Defends U S Economic System For Christians
Charles P. Taft told a 15 000 strong audience of delegates from 163 denominations that Americans are a responsible society pointing to social security workmen compensation the minimum wage law and the 40 hour week as evidence of reform driven by religious and missionary roots He warned against cartelization and noted the business culture underlines the nation s religious life during a session at Evanston Illinois with President Eisenhower also on the program
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Evanston
Ill
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
America
Assembly
Eisenhower
Cincinnati
U S Seeks Lattimore Indictment
The U S attorney said the government will seek a new perjury indictment against Owen Lattimore a former Far Eastern affairs adviser to the State Department Previously he faced seven perjury counts tied to sworn Senate testimony The two central counts were dismissed on appeal as too vague and the fresh case was announced today by Leo A Rover.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
U.S
Vagu
Rover
United States to Withdraw Two Thirds of Korea Ground Forces
The United States will pull two thirds of its ground strength from Korea as four full divisions are withdrawn. Two divisions return to the United States, while Okinawa and Hawaii gain one division each. The move supports a new flexible defense strategy against China and preserves a central home reserve. Protests erupt in Seoul with about 100,000 attendees at the city stadium.
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Hawaii
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Eisenhower
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Philippines
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Army Regi
Far East
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U. S
Army
1St Cavalry Division
3Rd Marine Division
187Th Army Regimental Combat Team
1St Cavalry
Palm print from scene undermines Sheppard defense
A Cuyahoga County official says a palm print found at the lake-front home belongs to 7-year-old Chip Sheppard, weakening Dr. Samuel Sheppard's claim a stranger was present during Marilyn Sheppard’s murder. The indictment remains first degree murder.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Pennsylvania
Jerome C. Peolking
Stephen Sheppard
McCarthy Probes May Be Delayed
Senate investigations into McCarthy face possible delays as workload slows verdicts. Mundt aims for a verdict by Saturday, while Jackson and Dirksen cast doubt on finishing a tentative report before Tuesday amid a two million word draft.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mundt
R SD
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Edward Bennett Williams
Jackson
Dirksen
Subcommittee
Red Skelton Slips In Rehearsal For CBS Show
Hollywood comedian Red Skelton was laid low by a brain concussion and neck sprain during a rehearsal for a CBS program. A breakaway prop door failed to break when he struck it, and Johnny Carson stood in for him on the telecast slated for Eastern viewers.
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Hollywood
Red Skelton
CBS
Skelton
Johnny Carson
Senate Conferees Approve Compromise Anti Communist Bill
Senate House conferees adopt a compromise replacing criminalizing Communist Party membership with penalties under the 1950 Internal Security Act for members of Communist action groups. The measure barring such members from defense plants federal jobs and passports remains, with five year jail and ten thousand dollar fine for failure to register. Butler says the agreement was reached unanimously and tones down earlier criminal penalties.
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Washington
Senate House
Sen. Mee Carran
D-Nev
Attorney General
Senate
House
Sen. Butler
R-Md
Communist Party
National Labor Relations Board
Butler
Legiseration
Eix-Member Of Capone Gang Slain In Chicago
Charles Gioe a former Capone mob figure was found murdered in a car on Chicago near West Side. Police report 11 shots fired with Gioe hit in head and body. no witnesses identified though several heard the gunfire. Gioe, 52, and three others served time for extortion from the film industry.
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Chicago
Charles
Cherry Nose
Gioe
Gange Land
al Capone
Capone
John T. O'Malley
Gice
Erie Street
May Street
Near West Side
Congress approves 5 billion for global aid program
The House passed a bill to fund a global military and economic aid program with 5 billion dollars for the year ending mid 1955. The bill is about 00 million dollars short of President Eisenhower's request.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhowhower
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