France considers delaying vote on European Defense Community
France's National Assembly opens a long debated session on the European Defense Community. Premier Mendes France faces pressure from both supporters and opponents as Jules Moch prepares a report urging rejection and a possible postponement of the vote.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
EDC
Pierre Mendes-France
Jules Moch
Foreign Affairs Committee
Moch
Mendes-France
Churchmen Shift Right On Policy At World Council Assembly
A report approved by the World Council of Churches Assembly in Evanston says private enterprise spurs progress and government should counter unemployment and inflation. It supports welfare measures, fair wealth distribution, and responsible groups across 163 denominations in 48 countries.
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Evanston
Ill
Assembly of World Council of Churches
Council
Amsterdam
Executive Dies at 53 in Ridgefield
Richard Manson, 53, general manager of the New York Post, died last night at friends' home in Ridgefield Connecticut. A medical examiner ruled the death caused by a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Ridgefield
Conn
Richard Manson
The
New York Post
Friends
Two U S ice breakers open Northwest Passage link
Washington AP reports two U S ice breakers Burton Island and North Wind pushed through McClure Strait to connect the Arctic Ocean and Viscount Melville Sound, marking the first modern effort toward a Northwest Passage route though still blocked by heavy ice and lacking commercial value. Explorers since Columbus sought a westward route, with Amundsen completing the first water passage years earlier.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic Circle
U.S
Navy
Burton Island
Coast Guard
McClure Strait
Arctic Ocean
Viscount Melville Sound
Soviet Russia
Canada
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
Columbus
New World
John Cabot
Asia
Europe
Labrador
Jacques Cartier
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Martin Frobisher
Sir Francis Drake
Henry Hudson
Carol Hurricane Advances Toward Carolina Coast
A hurricane with 115 mph winds moved NW at about 5 mph toward the Carolina region. About 300 miles east of Jacksonville it extended hurricane winds 50 miles from center and gale winds 100 miles out. Carol is the third storm of the season, with prior systems Alice and Barbara noted in the region.
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Miami
Fla
North
South Carolina
Jacksonville
Carol
Alice
Mexico
Texas
Barbara
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Girls Convicted of Christchurch Mother Killing by Brick
Two Auckland area teenagers Pauline Yvonne Parker and Juliet Marion Hulme were found guilty of murder in a six day Christchurch Supreme Court trial. The 12 jurors returned the verdict after 90 minutes deliberation, sentencing them to indefinite detention at Her Majesty's pleasure.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Pauline Yvonne Parker
Juliet Marion Hulme
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Supreme Court
Christchurch
Juliet
Pauline
Honora Mary Parker
America
Alex Haslam
Parker
Eisenhower signs farm bill victory on production plans
President Eisenhower signs into law a farm bill touted as a major administration victory. The measure aims to boost efficient production, stabilize farm income, and address Surpluses while remaining a compromise on broader price support powers. In Rapid City, S.D., a B36 bomber crash killed 24, with four other crew members hospitalized in critical condition after the craft struck a hill near Ellsworth Air Force Base.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Rapid City
S.D
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Here
Public Information Office
Crewe
Alfred Swallow
South Dakota
Old Dock Union Wins Port of New York Bargaining Fight
The International Longshoremen's Association in New York has been named the bargaining agent for Port of New York 25 000 dockers after a year long ballot battle with the AFL Pier Workers Union. The NLRB said it would certify the ILA as winner in the May 26 election over the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen. The struggle began last September when the AFL ousted the ILA and the waterfront saw strikes and violence.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Assn, (Inc
AFL
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
ILA
International Brotherhood of Longshoremen
New York - New Jersey
Goodyear Workers Vote On Pay Increase Offer
About 23 000 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co workers vote on an agreement to end a 52 day strike in exchange for hourly pay boosts averaging 64.2 cents. CIO United Rubber Workers officials said they expected quick ratification by locals in Ohio Michigan Massachusetts Vermont Indiana Nebraska Alabama Kansas and California. The talks come as Firestone Tire workers begin their third week of a separate strike with all day sessions planned in Cleveland. Seniority and job security remain among unsettled issues.
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Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
CIO United Rubber Workers
Cleveland
St. Mary's
Jackson
Mich
New Bedford
Mass
Windsor
Muncie
Ind
Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.: Gadsden, Ala.: Topeka
Kans
Los Angeles
Goodyear
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Democrats Rally For Farm Vote Amid Unity Doubts
Midwestern Democratic leaders gather in Sioux Falls to press farm issue in November. Adlai Stevenson poses central question of unity on opposing flexible farm price supports and backing higher price floors, as former Roosevelt and Truman officials advocate strong anti flexible supports.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Adlai Stevenson
Congress
Indiana
Wyoming
North Dakota
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Truman
Legionnaires Arrive in Capital for 36th Convention
The American Legion gathers in Washington for its 36th convention as officials from National Security and Child Welfare Commissions prepare resolutions. Generals White Pate and Bolte outline atomic, defense and withdrawal plans while Marines discuss helicopter transport and future combat concepts.
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Legion
National Security and
National Security Commission
Congress
Thomas D. White
Air Force
United States
Russia
White
Randolph McC. Pate
Marine Corps
Experiments On Jet Car Under Way
Britain’s largest car maker, British Motor Corp, orders deeper tests to push a jet propelled car toward production. An Austin Sheerline sedan with a 125 hp gas turbine saved fuel on the Birmingham to London run, using kerosene at 1.54 instead of 2.80 per trip, aided by a heat exchanger using exhaust gases.
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London
Britain
British Motor Corp
Birmingham
Chrysler
America
Yarborough and Shivers Square Off in Texas Runoff
In Dallas and Houston, Gov. Allan Shivers and opponent Ralph Yarborough faced off in a tight Democratic runoff seen as an Eisenhower popularity test. Each claimed victory as crowding delegates, with issues including school desegregation, CIO PAC, NAACP, and a $425,000 Rio Grande land deal shaping the race.
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Dallas
Tex
Allan Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
Yarborough
Houston
CIO Political Action Committee
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Dwight D. Elissenhower
Texas
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Rio Grande
Cio-Pac
NAACP
Americans For Democratic Action
Former Japanese official dies after arrest questioning
Nobunori Higurashi 44 a former Foreign Office research official, suspected of passing Japan's reports to Yuri Rastvorev fled from a fourth floor window during questioning. He died 28 minutes later after being treated in hospital. Authorities believe he received between one and two million yen from Rastvorev for U S secrets.
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Tokyo
Rastvorey
Nobunori Higurashi
Foreign Office
Japan
Yuri Rastvorev
United States
Higurashi
Rastovorov
U.S
Rastvorov
Seven Killed In India Riots Provoke Blast of Protests
A government report says seven people were killed and 19 injured in Gulbarga, Hyderabad State, during Hindu Muslim riots sparked by hoisting a Muslim Pakistani flag over a Hindu temple. Protests paraded through the town as mobs set fire to shops, about 150 miles from Hyderabad City.
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India
Gulbarga
Hyderabad
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