Eisenhower calls French EDC defeat a serious setback
President Eisenhower said the French Assembly's rejection of the European Defense Community was a serious setback but urged Americans not to be discouraged. He spoke at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines after learning of the vote, and vowed the United States would continue the fight for free world security. He warned that unity with Western allies was essential against international communism and urged continued domestic and international cooperation. He and Secretary Dulles planned further official reaction from Washington.
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Denver
Eisenhower
United States
Iowa
Des Moines
French Assembly
European Defense Community
Dulles
Washington
Western
Europe
Withou
Hoover
Germany
U.S
Great Britain
Free World
Iron Curtain
Americia
American Legion
America
White House
Fraser, Colo
Nis
Indochina
France
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
EDC
Moscow
Orgal Pravda
West Germany
North Atlantic Command
Princess Margaret warned to avoid Edinburgh theatre
An unknown caller told a city newspaper to keep Princess Margaret away from the Empire Theater premiere of the Old Vic's Midsummer Night's Dream in Edinburgh. Police treat it as a hoax while security is heightened for the royal guest and nationalist tensions around the Scottish independence issue.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Edinburg
Margaret
Old Vic
Empire Theater
Hospital Escapee Captured After Cornfield Chase
In Circleville Ohio an armed posse of 35 deputies and farmers captured James Estep 22 of Chillicothe an escapee from Athens State Hospital after he leaped from a moving car and fled into a 40 acre corn field He was unarmed but had $139 in his clothing and was taken to Franklin County Jail. Police used a spray to drive him from the field and linked him to a Columbus robbery charge.
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Circleville
Ohio
Here
Columbus
James Estep
Rt. 2
Chillicothe
Estep
Franklin County
Athens State Hospital
Ross County
Made Broadcasts Led Discussions By Reds Prisoner Fleming
Four American ex prisoners testified in Lt Col Harry Fleming’s court martial that he made propaganda broadcasts and led Communist discussion groups while a North Korean POW. Witnesses described a coded radio message and Fleming’s alleged double crossing, with a potential life sentence if convicted.
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FT. Sheridan
Harry Fleming
Fleming
Air Force
David F. MacGhee
Falls Church
MacGhee
Gloria
Patricia
Navy
John Madden
Reds’ Peiping
Pyoktong
Yalu River
Dulles Heads to Manila After French EDC Collapse
Secretary of State Dulles prepares to fly to Manila to press an eight nation Southeast Asia defense alliance amid France's defeat of the European Defense Community. President Eisenhower calls the move a major setback in the fight against world communism.
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Dulles
Manila
Washington
Europe
Southeast Asia Defense Alliance
France
European Army
Forest FiresDevastate 4000 Acres Near St Augustine
More than 100 rangers and volunteers battled five fires burning west and south of St Augustine, destroying over 4000 acres of pine timber. No injuries reported. Firefighters fought through the day to contain the blazes.
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ST. Augustine
Fila
Michigan Chief Attempts To Cut Road Death Toll
Gov. G. Mennen Williams declares a state of emergency for Labor Day weekend to reduce anticipated traffic deaths. 700 National Guard members will assist patrols on state highways from Friday noon to Tuesday noon with full federal pay and local law enforcement support.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Michigan National Guard
Republicans Rally Ike Backing for 1952 Campaign Push
GOP leaders at the National Committee workshop plan to mobilize President Eisenhower to aid congressional races. Rep. Richard Simpson says Ike will be more active in this nonpresidential year than any president in 30 years, with personal appearances and broadcasts to bolster a Republican fight for control of both houses. Dirksen anticipates gains, citing potential pickup of five Senate seats with targeted states including Kentucky and Michigan.
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Cincinnati
Eisenhower
GOP
National Committee
Richard Simpson
Pennsylvania
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
Eisenhowser
Truman
Simpson
Senate
Stevenson Raps GOP Labor Stand
Adlai E. Stevenson told about 3,500 AFL IBEW delegates in Chicago that the Eisenhower administration failed to meet its pledge to revise Taft Hartley. He criticized White House proposals withdrawn under pressure and said three NLRB appointees favored management and one called a “union buster.”
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Stevenson
White House
Martin Durkin
National Labor Relations Board
Hurricanes Carol Threat Prompt Coastal Evacuations
The Weather Bureau urged residents along Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts coasts to evacuate and seek high ground due to abnormally high tides and onshore gales from hurricane Carol. Warning focused on Narragansett Bay Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod areas.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Carol
Narraganset Bay
Buzzards Bay
Cape Code
McCarthy lashes out as censure probe opens in Senate
Senator McCarthy accuses censure backers of ulterior political motives as a Senate committee begins a court like inquiry into his conduct. Chairman Watkins notes the opening statement is unsworn but allowed. A parallel probe into Army hearings and charges by three senators is set to follow, with a 7 member committee led by Watkins.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Flanders
R-Vi
GOP Probe Report Says On Fence In McCarthy Hearing
Detroit News summarizes a committee report on the Army McCarthy hearings finding both Sen. McCarthy and Army Secretary Stevens at fault. The majority straddles guilt while Sen Potter filed a separate harsher report. Democrats countered with a minority report.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Stevens
Martin S. Hayden
News
Washington
Sen. Potter
Rmich
World Council of Churches issues message to mankind
The World Council of Churches released a 1000 word message urging devotion to God as the only cure for fear and evil. It declares mankind’s search for freedom justice and peace doomed without turning to God and Jesus Christ. It calls Christians to daily prayer for enemies and deliverance from self righteousness and fear.
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Evanston
World Council of Churches
Council
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Bay Village Faces $13,200 Police Aid Bill
Cleveland seeks 13200 from Bay Village for police and lab work in the Marilyn Sheppard murder case. Bay Village already paid 1000 and faces 11200 more for 5493 hours plus 947 in travel and incidentals. Marilyn Sheppard was killed July 4. husband Samuel H. Sheppard is on trial for murder.
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Cleveland
Bay Village
Marilyn Sheppard
Gershom M. M. Barber
Samuel H. Sheppard
Legion Parade Sets Record Crowd Along Capitol Route
Washington observers expect 75 000 to 80 000 marchers in 10 divisions with 350 bands for the American Legion convention parade along Pennsylvania Avenue. Up to 700 000 spectators may line the route as organizers plan a multi hour event despite weather.
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Legion
St. Louis
New York
States
District of Columbia
Capitol Hill
Lincoln Memorial
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Russia
Western Alliance Reeling as France Rejects European Army Plan
France’s National Assembly voted 319 to 264 to indefinitely delay debate on the six nation European Defense Community treaty. The move halts a plan to merge German divisions with Western forces, threatening NATO cohesion and sparking American and British efforts to find a swift replacement.
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Paris
France
French National Assembly
Arbenz Exile Exodus Moves as Officials Impede Return
Supporters of ex-President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman granted safe conduct begin leaving Guatemala as exile. Police report 17 who fled embassies during last June’s revolt have surrendered and been jailed in a jungle camp. Seven followers depart via the Mexican Embassy. others remain at the Mexican compound amid refugee movements supervised by the Castillo Armas government.
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Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Mexico
Carlos Castillo Armas
Buenos Aires
Fiv
Main
Tina
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