Paris Premier faces confidence vote amid Geneva talks
Paris AP Premier Joseph Laniel again sought a confidence vote as France falters in a cabinet crisis. Deputies vote Saturday on government resistance to Indochina resolutions and debate over the European Defense Community. Bidault urged pace toward an Indochina truce and offered to step aside if replaced.
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Paris
France
Geneva
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
Lanier
Georges Bidault
Indochina
Laniel
Elysee Palace
White House
Assembly
Popular Republican Movement
MRPM
EDC
Bidault
Demos Roll Up Primary Vote Record
California Democrats posted their largest primary vote in modern times while Republicans outpolled in major races. Edmund G. Brown led with 1,672,154 across cross filings. Goodwin J. Knight totaled 1,551,796, with Richard Graves at 795,989 in the governor race.
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Morrie Landsberg
San Francisco
California
GOP
Edmund G. Brown
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard Graves
Eisenhower To Appeal For Public Support Tonight
President Eisenhower will deliver a major television radio address at 8 p.m. EST to rally support for his legislative program. He speaks to a self-styled political amateur group, the National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee, at a three day meeting opening with a congressional reception by Vice President Nixon.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Nixon
White House
ABC
NBC
Mutual
Kuchel
Calif
Cooper
Saltonstall
Mass
Ferguson
Mich
Cordon
Ore
Extension of Trade Law gets one-year extension
Washington The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a bill extending for one year the President's authority to make trade agreements with foreign nations. The measure would keep the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act in effect past the Saturday deadline, with action possible in the Senate next week.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rifles
Senate
Eisenhower
Special Commission On Foreign Economic Policy
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Co
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
AFL unions strike at Portsmouth area atomic plant
Nearly 2,000 workers from three AFL unions stopped work at the Portsmouth Area atomic energy plant in WAVERLY Ohio after wage and benefit demands were rejected. About 1,300 carpenters 350 cement finishers and plasterers and five others walked off as Peter Kiewit & Sons Co. failed to reach a new contract. A Kiewit spokesman said increases of 10 cents an hour or less were typical in recent settlements with 11 other AFL unions at the site.
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Waverly
Ohio
AFL
Portsmouth Area
Peter Kiewit & Sons Co
Kiewit
Grandmother to Receive Sheepskin at Western Reserve
Irene Thomas, a 62 year old Cleveland grandmother, will finally receive her college degree next Wednesday after 42 years of intermittent study. She first enrolled at Western Reserve University in 1912 for a one year library certificate, later returned in 1926 for courses, and by 1949 nearly completed a bachelor of arts before resuming her program.
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Cleveland
Irene Thomas
Western Reserve University
French abandon Haiyen outpost in Red River delta
The French high command announced the abandonment of Haiyen village outpost in Hungyen sector thirty miles southeast of Hanoi. About 160 men were withdrawn after beating off two Vietminh attacks, as the command aims to draw in isolated units and strengthen defenses for a potential wider offensive by rebel divisions surrounding the delta.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River Delta
Haiyen
Hungyen
Red River
Solons Dim Tax Slash Prospects
Senate Finance Committee action backed most administration tax cuts for corporations and individuals, totaling about 1.4 billion dollars in the first year. Democrats did not gain support for a broad personal income tax cut and may push a 20 dollar per return plan.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Finance Committee
Democratic Committee
Frear
Delaware
Sen
George
D-Ga
Murder Plot Go Between in Florida Murder for Profit
Investigators probe a Pensacola man in a three-victim murder plot in central Florida. Sheriff Pat Gordon staged a fake abduction of Lake Wales widow Mrs. Byrd Roach to test the scheme. Emmett Donnelly and Willard Durden face conspiracy charges. Manuel Reeves identified a mystery go-between. Donnelly killed himself after bond. warrants name victims Mrs. Roach, K. H. Gerlach of Lake Wales, and Mrs. Louise Clark Hawley of Orlando.
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Bartow
Fla.p
Florida
Murder, Inc
Pensacola
Clifton Kelly
Pat Gordon
Byrd Roach
Lake Wales
Gordon
Emmett Donnelly
Willard Durden
Orlando
Manuel Reeves
Donnelly
Durden
Kelly
Reeves
Hamp Gandy
Escambia County Sheriff's Office
Eisenhower Defends Trade Plan One Year Extension Approved
President Eisenhower rejected claims he is abandoning his foreign trade program. He backs a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act, not the three year version with tariff cuts. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the one year extension, with a Senate vote expected soon. He warned against relying on military force alone to defeat communism, stressing political and intellectual support as essential. The president also urged strict constitutional loyalty for reserve officers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means
Senate
United States
Korean Boy Going To Juilliard
Tony Han a 12 year old Korean piano prodigy will travel from Fort Worth to New York to join Juilliard School of Music with a $4600 fundraising push by the Suh Air Force. Lt Gen Samuel E Anderson and 1st Lt Thomas Cutshaw helped arrange the trip after Tony’s Seoul performances impressed Air Force officials. Tony will live with a Korean American family in New York.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Tony I
Tony) Han
New York
Juilliard School of Music
Tony
Suh Air Force
Samuel E. Anderson
Thomas Cutshaw
Sth Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Yesteday
Cutshaw
Anderson
North Korea
Seoul
Pusan
5Th Air Force Theater
5Th Air Force
Julliard
Japan
Woman Envoy Chosen for Pakistan to Netherlands
The Begum Liaquat Ali Khan widow of Pakistan's first premier has been named ambassador to the Netherlands. She becomes the first woman to represent a Moslem country in The Hague.
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Hague
Netherlands
Eden Urges Conference To Narrow Differences
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged the Indochina peace conference to narrow East West differences without delay or admit failure. With no progress reported, Eden warned that if positions stay the same the world must be informed and the effort abandoned. Molotov and Chou En Lai accused US policy of prolonging the war, while Walter Bedell Smith condemned the unconstructive stance and warned of deadlock over ceasefire supervision and Laos Cambodia arrangements.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
Indochina
France
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
China
Chou En-lai
Chou
V. M. Molotov
United States
Chinees
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Smith
Cambodia
Laos
Supervisory Commission
Southern Governors Meet To Discuss Court Ruling
Nine Southern governors gathered in Richmond to review the Supreme Court ruling on school segregation. Key figures suggested dual education or even abolition of public schools to maintain racial separation, while others urged finding a legal workaround. The conference coincides with a delay in hearing arguments on segregation cases, with briefs due by October 1 and states weighing possible actions after reconvening.
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Harry Nash Richmond
Supreme's Court
Robert Kennon
Louisiana
Kennon
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Hugh White
Mississippi
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Supreme Court
Stanley
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
Gordon Persons
Alabama
Charley Johns
Florida
William C. Marland
West Virginia
Integra
McCarthy Claims Army Official Tried Blackmail Over Inquiry
Sen. McCarthy swore that Army Counselor John Adams pressed him with salesmanship and threats to drop an inquiry into communism and graft. He said Adams warned of public charges against Roy Cohn if the investigation proceeded, detailing tense talks in Washington on January 22 and broader exchanges with Army officials.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Army
John G. Adams
Army Loyalty Board
Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Stevens
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
G. David Schine
Schine
McGuire Air Force Base
Kirke B. Lawton
Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Carr
Fae
Bob Stevens
Ray H. Jenkins
Seneate Investigations Subcommittee
Jenkins
MiceCarthy
Cornelius B. Ryan
Ft. Dix
Senate
Monmouth
Army War Colleges
Big Steel Is Expected To Give Wage Decision
Pittsburgh AP report says U.S. Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers held talks with union demands for higher wages. The union seeks a wage boost for workers earning about 2.14 to 2.24 per hour, plus a guaranteed annual wage, better pensions, hospital benefits, and other contract changes. About 600,000 USW members work in basic steel, with U.S. Steel often leading industry settlements as negotiations began May 18 and basic contracts expire June 30.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Big Steel
U. S. Steel
Basic Steel
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