Mendes France Faces Confidence Vote After Indochina Setback
Paris AP Premier Pierre Mendes France faced a confidence vote after the National Assembly rebuffed his Indochina budget. He won a 301 291 vote on one point and slim margins on two others, weakening his position as debate on the Paris pacts looms and a U S Dulles Eden talks on Southeast Asia proceed.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes- France
National Assembly
Indochina
Mendes-France
Mendes- France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
State Dulles
Eden
Assembly
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Milwaukee brewer Miller dies in Canada hunting trip crash
A father and son hunting trip in Canada ended in a fiery plane crash near Gen. Mitchell Field. Frederick C. Miller of Milwaukee, his son Frederick Jr., and pilots Joseph Laird and Paul Laird perished. Miller, 48, led Miller Brewing Co and Milwaukee commerce groups and backed Milwaukee baseball, Packers stockholder, Notre Dame football star.
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Milwaukee
Canada
Frederick C. Miller
Miller
Frederick Jr
Joseph Laird
Paul
University of Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Canadian Woods
Gen. Mitchell Field
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg
Johnston Emergency Hospital
Miller Brewing Co
Milwaukee Assn of Commerce
Notre Dame
Rockne
South Bend
Ind
Fred Jr
Braves
Boston
Green Bay Packers
Lawmakers Back Eisenhower Universal Reserve Plan
Key lawmakers from both parties cautiously support the presidents plan to expand military reserves while trimming armed services. The Defense Department outlines a program to allow 17 year olds to volunteer for six months active training at 30 dollars monthly, then nine years reserve duty in National Guard Army or Marine units. The draft continues, Navy and Air Force rely on other reserve builds, totaling about five million reserves by 1959. Cost is about 1.1 billion dollars yearly, with a projected 468 thousand military cut by June 1959 to 2.7 million.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Defense Department
National Guard
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Wilson
Peiping May Seek High Price for Airmen Release
Diplomats in New York predicted Chou En-lai will demand tough concessions before agreeing to release 11 U.S. airmen. He signals the case is closed but will push US complaints about Formosa and insist that Red China controls the situation before he agrees to talks with Dag Hammarskjold.
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United Nations, N. Y
Red China
Chou En-lai
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Chou
United States
Hammarskjold
General Assembly
Hammarskjod
U. S
Far East
China
Formosa
U.N
Soviets Rebuff West with Angry Diplomatic Notes over Moscow Conference
The Soviet Foreign Ministry sent a barrage of notes to Belgium Denmark the Netherlands Italy Yugoslavia Switzerland and Finland after they declined Moscow's Nov 29 European security conference invitation. Notes were also sent to Turkish and Greek envoys accusing governments of hindering remilitarization of Germany and challenging the Paris accords. Britain and the United States also received protests over allied statements and alleged atomic strike remarks by a U.S. general.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Germany
West Germany
Paris
Britain
Russia
John D. Stevenson
U.S
United States
NATO Council
Pierre Mendes- France
State Dulls
Anthony Eden
NATO
Hall predicts Ike will run for 1956 presidency
Leonard W. Hall, Republican national chairman, flatly predicted that President Eisenhower will run for re election in 1956. Speaking before the Oyster Bay Township Republican Committee, Hall asserted Eisenhower will be the Republican candidate for President in 1956. When asked to elaborate, he said you can say it flatly.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
Oyster Bay Township
Republican Committee
Eisenhower Signals Shift to Oppose Neutralism in Cold War
Washington reports indicate the Eisenhower administration may adopt a policy opposing neutralism in the Cold War. The president urged respect for neutrals self determination and sought understanding with neutrals on shared antiwar, anti aggression aims. He warned against yielding to evil while signaling no fixed policy yet.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Voice of America
India
Nehru
United States
Jury deliberations continue in Sheppard murder trial
In Cleveland the Samuel Sheppard murder case enters a second day of jury deliberations after a 12 hour first day. No verdict or voting hints emerged from the guarded conference room as jurors weigh more than a million words of testimony and 214 exhibits including photographs and letters linked to Marilyn Sheppard's death.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
Ted
Marilyn Sheppard
Lovestone denies charge of world wide Red network kingpin
Congressman Clardy says secret evidence points to a giant network with a kingpin in the United States. Lovestone, former Communist organizer and AFL official, calls the charge ridiculous and offers to testify. Miller says the matter remains in executive session with no summons set.
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Washington
Jay Lovestone
Rep
Clardy
R-Mich
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Washington Evening Star
Lovestone
New York
AFL
AFL Free Trade Union Committee
Labor Organization
Asst
Labor
Spencer Miller
Miller
Labor Department
International Eee
March Lovestone
South Orange
N.J
Loves
Four Die in Auto Truck Crash Near Chrisman Ill
Four Kirksville College students were killed and a fifth injured when their car collided with a truck west of Chrisman. The victims include Herbert Haffner of Catasauqua Pa and Constantine Mauraganis of Lancaster Pa alongside Howard Brodsky of Brooklyn and Melvin Rabinowitz of Brooklyn. The group was returning home for Christmas from Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery.
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Chrisman
Ill
New York
Pennsylvania
Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Kirksville
Herbert A. Haffner
Catasauqua
Constantine Mauraganis
Wells
Lancaster
Drunk Man Tries to Poll Sheppard Jury at Hotel Carter
In Cleveland last night an intoxicated man disturbed jurors in the Samuel Sheppard murder trial as they rested during deliberations. Jury Bailiff Simon Steenstra removed him after he shouted that the jurors would not talk or squeal.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Carter
Simon Steenstra
Trains Collide near Dortmund Killing 14
A predawn collision near Dortmund's main station killed 14 people and injured 37 as a special train carrying 500 schoolchildren home for Christmas collided with a regular train. Rescuers freed victims with torches as the wreckage burned and a third party continued to Hamm after the crash.
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Dortmund
Germany
Dusseldrf
North Sea
Syt
Hamm
Pope May Take Car Ride Through Vatican Gardens
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII, 78, fading strength after a grave December collapse. Doctors plan a controlled increase in activity including a possible Vatican gardens car ride as part of a new treatment to build up stamina while debating whether surgery for a esophageal hernia is needed.
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Vatican Gardens
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Galeazzi- Lisi
Raffaele Paolucci di
Claims Guided Missile Center To Be Closed
SAN FRANCISCO aviation editor George Rhodes reported that the Defense Department plans to abandon its guided missiles test center at White Sands New Mexico. He cited budget cuts and other reasons including the center’s limited desert test area for long range missiles under development.
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San Francisco
George Rhodes
23 Escape Crash Near Brampton Farm
Twenty three aboard a Trans-Canada Constellation escaped a crash and fire on a Brampton area farm. Two people were severely burned and several others suffered lesser injuries as rescue teams aided victims tonight.
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Brampton
Ont
Here
Dixon Yates Deal Defended by Strauss as Good Contract
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss defended the Dixon Yates private power deal as a good contract tied to national defense. He spoke at a news conference and in a 35 page statement, saying the arrangement would augment AEC power needs for TVAlinked plants, amid SEC hearings on project financing.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon-Yates
AEC
Strauss
Tennessee Valley
Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Congress
Dixon-Yates Group
Middle South Utilities
The
Southern Co
Eugene Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Kentucky
Tennessee
NATO agrees civilians to grant final say on atomic use
NATO ministers announced a plan to keep civilian governments as the final decision makers on using atomic weapons in defending Western Europe. The communique offered no emergency polling method and withheld many operational details while reaffirming a long term need for strong armed forces.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Alfred M. Gruenther
Chiefs of Staff
NATO
Girl 12 Dies Crossing Trestle in Train Collision
Margie Dell Macon and sister Barbara, 13, were crossing a trestle near Albany Texas after leaving a school bus when a freight train struck Margie. Barbara escaped by clinging to the trestle edge as the train passed, killing Margie.
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Albany
Tex
Margie Dell Macon
Arless Macon
Cookfield
West
Texas
Barbara
Arie Hammonds
Fate Is Mystery Over 20861 French Troops in Indochina War
The French government states the fate of 20 861 Union troops who fought in Indochina remains undetermined. Some are believed held as prisoners by the Vietminh in defiance of Geneva armistice terms.
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Paris
Geneva
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