Air Force Probes Red Air Buildup Near Formosa
Three U.S. Air Force officers flew to Taipei to discuss Communist air power buildup on the Chinese mainland and U.S. and Nationalist air operations on Formosa. Nationalist Chief Wang said new Communist jet bases near Formosa were nearly ready and a Foochow base remodel is almost complete, with about 1000 Red planes in coastal provinces.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S. Air Force
Pacific
Laurence Shuter
Far East Air Force
Japan
Lory Smith
Pacific Airy Command
Pearl Harbor
William L. Lee
U.S. 13Th Air Force
Philippines
U.S. Air Task Force
Wang
Tiger) Shu-ming
Swatow
Foochow
Seaboard
Radio reports Chessman’s latest reprieve from death row
San Quentin inmate Cary Chessman learned of a newreprieve from the gas chamber via a radio report. Convicted in Los Angeles in 1948 on multiple charges, he received a sixth reprieve as Justice Tom C. Clark awaits Supreme Court review, with another court date set for October.
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San Quentin
Calif
Cary Chessman
Chessman
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Clark
Congress Hears Korea Indochina Truces Violated
State Department told Congress that Communists violated truces in Korea and Indochina to bolster northern forces. Vietminh strength in North Indochina risen to about 350000 with modern equipment. Dulles noted tacit cease fire in Formosa Strait and improved stability over earlier year.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Indochina
Korea
Watsinn
Datastogan
South Korea
Robertson
Asia
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Formosa Strait
Johnson Makes Satisfactory Progress After Heart Attack
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas was reported to be making satisfactory progress after a heart attack last Saturday. A hospital report said he had a comfortable day and was still on the serious list while remaining the Democratic floor leader in the Senate.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen
Johnson
Senate
Death House Inmates Win the Reprieve
Three inmates Sevi Wissner and Cooper facing the electric chair for the Reader's Digest payroll messenger slaying have won an eighth reprieve. U S Supreme Court Justice Harlan granted a temporary stay on the eve of execution as lawyers file additional papers for potential review.
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Ossining
N. Y
Reader's Digest
U. S. Supreme Court
John M. Harlan
New York
Sing Sing
State Court of Appeals
Maurice Edelbaum
Nathan Kestenbaum
Westport
Conn
Justice Harlan
Harlan
Supreme Court
Harry Sevi
Nathan Wissner
Calman Cooper
New York City
Andrew Petrini
Butcher Pawns Money in Chicago Police Seize
A Chicago butcher, Joseph K. Johnson, 43, admitted pawning between $750 and $1,000 over three years in small sums. Police say there is no law against pawning money, and he was held overnight without charge. Seven currency serial numbers were found, but no currency was seized. The Secret Service showed no interest in pursuing mutilation charges.
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Chicago
Set
John Doyle
Doyle
Joseph K. Johnson
Johnson
Secret Service
Shaw
Dixon Yates Consultant To Testify On Financing Role
Senate investigators ask Adolphe Wenzell to testify on his Dixon Yates financing adviser role while at the Budget Bureau and First Boston Corp. Eisenhower defends propriety, Kefauver questions dual duties. Political tension grows as Memphis plans to build its own plant prompts review of the Dixon Yates contract. Wenzell later says his Budget Bureau work was general utility financing, not policy.
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Washington
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
Wenzell
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Judiciary
Atty
Brownell
FBI
Memphis
Justice Department
Dixon- Yates
Atomic Energy Commission
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valey Authority
TVA
ABC
Wen
Heat Wave Persists With Brief Thundershower Relief
The sweltering Plains to Atlantic coast region sees scattered thundershowers offering temporary relief. Forecasters warn of renewed heat and humidity today with a possible cooling shower tonight and Friday. Expected highs near 100 with lows around 70. Yesterday’s high reached 96, low 73 this morning.
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Middletown
Plains States
Sinking hoax questioned after Barnegat coast report
A fishing boat Blue Star reported a collision and sinking off Barnegat New Jersey with 21 aboard. Coast Guard found no trace after seven hours while search planes and ships labored amid fog and drizzle. NATO submarines rumored, submarines not confirmed.
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New York
Coast Guard
New Jersey
Eastern Sea Frontier
Blue Star
Nancy Moran
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Norfolk
Barnegat
N. J
NATO
U. S
New London
Conn
Negro Wins Court Test On Adoption
The U S Court of Appeals authorized a Negro to adopt the 6 year old child of his white wife. The unanimous decision overturned a lower court ruling that had denied the petition. The judges said loyalty declarations for federal housing residents cannot decide the child welfare and noted the child already lives in a loving home with the natural mother and stepfather.
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Washington
U. S.court of Appeals
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzcoff
David L. Bazelon
Bazelon
Terms Drawn but Convicts Hold On at Walla Walla Prison
Prison guards refused to enter the Walla Walla penitentiary amid a two day revolt, demanding armed support and cell by cell searches. Hostages were freed after a nine point agreement with state officials, while inmates retained control and faced potential prosecutions.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Delmore
National Guard
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Thomas Harris
Arthur Hawman
Hawman
Harris
Charles Simon
Simon
San Francisco Garages Offer Birthday Paid Holidays
San Francisco garages extend birthday recognition under a new contract with two AFL unions the auto painters and the garage employees allowing eight paid holidays a year including each worker’s own birthday.
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San Francisco
AFL
Auto Painters
Lausche signs censorship bill criticizes legislature
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche signed an act enforcing after the fact censorship for obscene comic books and films while condemning the Republican led General Assembly for not restoring pre censorship. He said the new law helps curb moral influence but lacks the teeth of pre censorship. He also vetoed four bills including one delaying highway bond fund use and delaying payments into a bond retirement fund.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
General Assembly
Lausche
Compromises Likely for Action Before Congress Adjourns
President Eisenhower signals willingness to compromise on highway and housing bills to push five major measures through Congress as it nears adjournment. House and Senate proposals clash on funding while GOP leaders seek a self financing highway plan and expanded road building, housing targets, and related measures.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Colorado
Senate
Sen
Gore
House Public Works Committee
Rep
Fallon
D-Md
House Rules Committee
Stevenson Faults Eisenhower on School Aid Promise
Adlai Stevenson criticizes President Eisenhower for failing to deliver on a 2 percent effort for school aid. He cites Ike's post inauguration remark about prompt effective help and attacks the White House education conference planned for fall, calling it an inadequate excuse for years of inaction on schools and teachers.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
National Education Assn
Stevenson
White House
America
Baby Drowns In Tub. Older Sister Unharmed
Dayton police report an 11 month old girl Theresa Ann White drowned in a bathtub after mother Mrs Orville White left the room. Debrah Kay, age 2, was found beside her sister unharmed in Dayton Ohio.
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Baby
Dayton
Ohio
Orville White
Theresa Ann
Debrah Kay
Woman killed in crash at Ohio 66 and 47 intersection
A Mercer County woman, 68 year old Nora Ule rich of Montezuma, was killed yesterday in a collision at the Ohio 66 and 47 intersection in northern Shelby County.
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Sidney
Ohio
Mercer County
Nora Ulerich
Shelby County
Ex-Wife Gets 3 0 Pieces In Desert Will Verdict
Calvert S. Wilson 49 restaurant supply firm operator left half his 30 000 dollar estate to his childhood sweetheart Mrs. Algene Hoskins of Southern Pines North Carolina and the other half to his two children Brenda 14 and Tamara 1 The May 21 will appointed Hoskins executrix and cited a forty year inspiration Wilson died of exposure after a desert jeep breakdown near Barstow California. His wife Elaine had obtained a 1954 interlocutory decree of divorce six days before the fatal trip.
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Burbank
Calif W
Calvert S. Wilson
Wilson
Brenda
Tamara
Algene Hoskins
Southern Pines
N.C
Wealthy divorcee on trial for murder in Norma McCauley case
Los Angeles law student Joan K. Crooker Jr. awaits arraignment on murder charges in the death of auburn haired socialite Norma McCauley. Prosecutors say he confessed to stabbing and garroting her with her own stole after she slept during pleas for reconciliation. He allegedly took money from her purse and had sent a threatening letter to her and her family.
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Los Angeles
Joan K. Crooker Jr
Norma McCauley
Crooker
University of California At Los Angeles
Air Force
Crocker
Bucksport
Maine
Southwestern University
McCauley
Marian Crooker
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