Paris presses for Indochina cease-fire amid Geneva talks
French Premier Mendes-France faces a pivotal week as he seeks a July 20 cease-fire in Indochina. U S envoys told him Washington will not return to Geneva unless theCommunists show good faith, shaping Allied backing amid tense negotiations with Molotov and Dong.
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Geneva
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
U.S
Dulles
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
Mendes-France
French National Assembly
V. M. Molotov
Vietminh
Pham van Dong
Red
Dong
Chou
Ike Urges Action On Red Bills In Final 1954 Session
Washington congress moves into the last three weeks of the 1954 session with President Eisenhower pressing for faster action on antisubversive measures. Senate GOP Chair Len Ferguson says Eisenhower pushed for movement at last week’s Capitol Hill talks. House and Senate have approved some security and espionage related bills, but no major measure has cleared both chambers.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Len Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
GOP
Capitol Hill
House
Billy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
United Nations
France
Italy
House Representatives
Baby Dies After Separation Surgery
Long Beach Memorial Hospital reported that an 8 pound 15 ounce baby boy died about 12 hours after an emergency operation to separate from an undeveloped Siamese twin. Hospital spokesman William A. Kozma said no vital organ linked the twins and an autopsy was planned.
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Long Beach
N. YY
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
William A. Kozma
Kozma
Julia Seitz
Cederhurst
Long Island
Magistro links Thorne death to Harlem drug run
Charlies Magistro an 18 year old Fordham student and friend of heir Montgomery Ward Thorne told Chicago police he joined a Harlem New York dope buying trip with Thorne. Magistro was brought to Chicago by Joseph Gallo an investigator for Mrs Marion Thorne mother of the deceased.
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Fordham University
Mai Order
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Chicago
Thorne
Harlem
New York City
Magistro
Joseph Gallo
Marion Thorne
Plan to limit foreign aid could cut France and Italy
Senate and State Department weigh a plan to halt U S military and economic aid to France and Italy by December 31 if they do not join the European Defense Community or an acceptable defense scheme. The Richards amendment would cut aid flows while allowing earlier years’ programs to continue.
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Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
U. S
France
Italy
H Alexander Smith
U.S
European Defense Community
Sen
Knowland
California
House
Senate
Smith
EDC
Asst
Livingstone T. Merchant
Merchant
West Germany
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Europe
United States
Ans
New York Herald Tribune
London
Skirmish Reported On Israel Egypt Border
On the Israel Egypt border a new clash near Gaza left six Egyptian soldiers dead and an Israeli soldier killed as both sides blamed one another. The U N Palestine armistice commission faces renewed questions after the June 30 to July 2 Jerusalem shooting. Both sides demanded emergency action and the commission planned further talks.
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Jerusalem
U.N. Palestine Armistice Commission
No-Man’s Land
Gaza
Egypt
Israel
Deir Elbalah
Cairo
Gaza Strip
Vagn Bennike
Armistice Commission
Jordan
Woman dies in death by own action plan in Florida
Mrs Jean Mann 26 a cosmetics clerk planned to die to provide a “happy home” for her children. She sealed doors, opened a window, placed a fan by beds and turned on gas burners. Coroner says a draft from the open window allowed gas to reach the children, killing Frances 6 and Steven 5.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Jean Mann
Mrs. Mann
Frances
Steven
Clyde Kissinger
All Star Game starters named as Roberts Ford head lineups
Cleveland pitcher Robin Roberts and New York's Whitey Ford were named as starting pitchers for the 71st All Star Game in Philadelphia. In Geneva Anthony Eden and Pierre Mendes France rushed to push peace talks with the Communists in Indochina. Churchill went to Washington to meet Eisenhower amid concerns over hydrogen bomb information.
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Mendes-France
Alexis Johnson
U.S
C. Douglas Dillon
France
United States
Indochina
Dulles
Cleveland
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia Phils
Whitey Ford
New York Yankees
Geneva
Anthony Fden
Pierre Mendes-France
Ex-Convict Questioned Over Judith Slayings
Miami detectives returned Walter Lee Yow from Georgia for further questioning about his inconsistent tale of abducting and killing 7 year old Judith Ann, daughter of a Baltimore lawyer and labor leader. Yow, a 44 year old former convict described as Cherokee, has a long record including assault on a female.
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Miami
Fla
Walter Lee
Georgia
Judith Anne
Charles Sapp
J. Whitman
Yow
Judith Ann
Baltimore
Sapp
Bayshore Drive
Florida
North Carolina
TV Writers Prepare To Strike Over Script Pay Dispute
The Television Writers of America declares 24-hour standby for a strike against NBC CBS and ABC after contract talks collapse in New York. Members seek $715 for a half hour commercial show $590 for a half hour sustaining show and $425 for a half hour sustaining adaptation.
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Hollywood
Television Writers of America
Ben Starr
Western
TWA
NBC
CBS
ABC
New York
Starr
Bulls Fight Career Near End of Fighter Bette Ford in Juarez
Former Broadway model Bette Ford, 23, from McKeesport Pennsylvania, made her bullfighting debut at Juarez Plaza de Toros near El Paso. She faced two bulls that forced four close calls with horns and hooves, drawing crowd praise for courage. Training in Mexico City will focus on correct cape work to avoid arm crooks.
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Juarez
Mexico
Bette Ford
Miss Ford
Mexico City
Bette
McKeesport
Juarez Plaza de Toros
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Thousands Stroke Of Relief To Flooded Austria Germany
Relief supplies from Holland Sweden Switzerland and the Saar pour into Austria and Germany as thousands remain homeless from the Danube flood. About 24 deaths reported on both sides of the Iron Curtain with 3,000 American soldiers aiding rescues and hundreds evacuated in Linz Passau and Deggendorf.
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Austria
Europe
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Switzerland
Saar
Danube
Czzechosovakia
Hungary
Danube Valley
Prague
Budapest
Iron Curtain
East Germany
West Germany
Passau
Inn
Linz
Straubing
U.S
Deggendorf
Paducah Atom Plant Returns to Normal Operations
Paducah Kentucky workers at the atomic energy plant went back to work after Local 58 CIO Gas Coke and Chemical Workers voted to end a walkout that also included 3500 Oak Ridge employees. The reversal followed a Washington settlement plan developed by Secretary of Labor Mitchell and CIO President Walter Reuther affecting about 1000 Paducah and 3500 Oak Ridge workers.
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Paducah
Atomic Energy Plant
CIO Gas, Coke and Chemical
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
CIO
Walter Reuther
Tiny disc detects germ warfare attack in paperlike device
Washington reports a new millipore filter disc for fast detection of biological threats. Maj. Gen. William M. Creasy says the device traps bacteria on a porous surface and identifies them within 15 hours, promising a quicker defense against germ warfare.
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Army
Chemical Warfare Service
William M. Creasy
Creasy
Defense Department
Iran Rejects Russian Protest on Western Defense Network
Tehran reports it will reject Moscow protest over Iran joining a Western defense network. Iran argues the move does not threaten Soviet security and notes no aggression toward Russia.
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Tehran
Iran
Nixon To Address State Chiefs At Governors Conference
Governor Byrnes urged U S participation in the Geneva talks on Indochina and cautioned against a U S absence. Vice President Nixon may brief governors in a closed session as Eisenhower canceled due to a family death. Governors Knight and others predicted GOP gains and continued Eisenhower popularity.
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Nixon
Eisenhower
Indochina
Milton S. Eisenhower
ABC
NBC
CBS
Goodwin J. Knight
California
GOP
Thomas H. Kuchel
Knight
Theodore R. MecKeidin Jr
Maryland
John Lodge
Connecticut
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
Edward F. Arn
Kansas
C. J. Rogers
Wyoming
French Hold Hanoi as Vietminh Attack Intensifies
Vietminh forces pressed toward Hanoi as French defenders claimed a successful repulse of a 3,000-strong assault 20 miles from the city, with 300 rebels killed. Paris acknowledged losses but gave no figures while planes focused on Vietminh bases in the delta and rebel supply routes from Red China.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Ake
Red River
Red China
Dien Bien Phu
Delta
Hung Yen
Sept Pagodes
Phu Lang Thuong
Bac Ninh
U.S
Uneon
Paul Ely
Haiphong
China Sea
Saigon
Suez talks end with no accord on canal troops
Cairo reports a weekend of intensive British Egyptian talks on the Suez Canal issue ended early with no agreement on the evaluation or withdrawal of British forces from the canal zone.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Canal Zone
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