Vietminh France Open Secret Talks Raise Peace Hopes
In Geneva secret discussions between France and Vietminh Foreign Minister Pham Van Dong are said to be progressing. An informant notes that prospects for settling Indochina look reasonably good and cites a Bern meeting between Mendes France and Chou En Lai as aiding progress. Jean Chauvel leads France’s Geneva delegation.
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Geneva
Pham van Dong
Pierre Mendes-France
Red China
Chou Ep-lai
Bern
Chou
New Delhi
Nehru
Mendes-France
Jean Chauvel
Knowland warns of Far East Munich pact risk
Knowland cites French Premier Mendes France and Premier Chou En Lai as ready to negotiate a Far Eastern Munich. He says China will demand all of the Tonkin Delta and predicts a tremendous Communist victory in Asia if Viet Nam talks proceed.
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Washington
P — Se
Knowland
Geneva talks hinge on concessions as China seeks peace
Chauvel told Dong Paris aims to end the war but will not concede beyond limits. Dong signaled possible significant concessions before fighting ends, with Britain and the United States briefed. Chou Enlai left Geneva while vowing to return. Mendes France and Chou both predicted progress toward a possible armistice at the Geneva conference.
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Parley
Dong
Mendes-France
Chauvel
Chou
France
Britain
United States
Politician Rendon Reported with Guatemalan Rebels
Joseph Rendon 39 of Albuquerque New Mexico a former Republican nominee candidate is reported in Guatemala fighting with anti Communist rebels holding a top position on the rebels staff as per reliable information.
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NEA Telephoto
Joseph Rendon
Albuquerque
N. M
Guatemala
Rendon
GOP Leaders Threaten Trade Act Extension
Senate Republicans warn that adopting the Democrats broadening of the Reciprocal Trade Act could kill the 20 year program. Majority Leader Knowland and Finance Chair Millikin press for a simple one year extension while opposing the three year plan with new presidential tariff powers. Eisenhower backs a one year extension for further study but seeks broader reform later.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
California
Millikin
R-Cole
Finance Committee
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Morse
Oregon
Hoover To Speak At Chicago Merchants Dinner
Former President Herbert Hoover will be principal speaker at the Merchandise Mart hall of fame dinner in Chicago. Before the event four bronze busts will be unveiled in Merchants Mart Plaza honoring Marshall Field I F W Woolworth John Wanamaker and George H Hartford as last year’s hall of fame inductees.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame
Hoover
Merchandis Mart
Mart
Marshall Field I
Marshall Field & Co
F. W
Mystery kidnapping solved by victim after 42 years
Springfield police traced a 42 year old kidnapping case to its victim now living in West Virginia. Robert Thompson, taken in 1912 after his parents divorce, learned his true name from his father’s effects. The caller, Robert Wilson Pitman, 45, will visit Burlington Vermont to meet his mother Rose Tracy in hospital after eye surgery.
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Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Robert Thompson
Robert Wilson Pitman
Japonica Land
Woodrum Park
Charleston
W. Va
Pitman
Wilson Ambrose Pitman
Rose Ethel Mason Thompson
Ruth Rawson
Rose Tracy
Jericho Center
Burlington
Little Fighting Much Talk Marks Battle In Guatemala
The Guatemalan conflict enters day seven with fighting focused on propaganda and diplomacy. Police fired on pro-Arbenz demonstrators in Tegucigalpa wounding seven, three gravely, as students and townspeople protested U.S. influence. Guatemala denies bombing charges while Honduras lodges protests at the UN and OAS as the Inter-American Peace Commission discusses the crisis.
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Guatemala
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Liberation Army
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
U.S
Honduran
Omedda Jhessemke Dhanites
Guatemala seeks urgent U.N. session on air attacks
Guatemala asks the United Nations Security Council to meet in an emergency session today to discuss intense air attacks on open cities in Guatemala. Ambassador Eduardo Castillo Arriola had previously urged a council meeting on the Guatemalan case without success.
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United Nations
N. Y
Guatemala
U.N Security Council
U.N
Eduardo Castillo — Arriola
Council
Guatemala invasion threatened as Arbenz accuses rebels
Honduras and Nicaragua propose an on the spot probe by the five nation body into Arbenz government charges of aggression. Nicaragua denies guilt and accuses Communist links. Arbenz assures U S citizens safety as the rebel forces move toward Guatemala City amid conflicting reports and propaganda.
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Washington
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Arbenz
Commission
Luis Quintanilla
Mexico
U. N
Oscar Sevilla Sacasa
U.S
John Peurifoy
Guatemala City
U. S
Carlos Castillo Armas
Marilyn Monroe Ordered to Rest After Collapse
Hollywood report says Marilyn Monroe is prescribed a three day rest in bed after collapsing three times since filming began four weeks ago. Dr Kennamer released her from studio to recover from a flu illness, with plans to resume work at Twentieth Century Fox Studios on Saturday.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Ramshackle Farm Classified Ad Draws Laughs in Hartford
John Holmes, 31, placed a joking classified ad in the Hartford Courant offering a ramshackle farm for sale in Higganum Conn. He describes old world charm with sagging floors and a tortuous stairway, inviting reactions from callers while noting the owner might answer with a hollow laugh. Holmes, a salesman living on the 100-year-old farm, reports several calls from people wanting to view the property.
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Hartford
Conn
John Holmes
Hartford Courant
Holmes
South American Officials Silent On Guatemalan War
The Associated Press reports Latin American governments largely avoid official positions as the Guatemala conflict escalates. However Leftist groups and critics accuse the United States of backing rebels seeking to topple President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. Argentina hints at neutrality while opposition radicals show support for Arbenz.
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U.S
Associated Press
United States
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Congress
Guatemala
Heat Trend Promises Broad Midwestern Prospect
Sweltering weather is forecast across the nation after Western region readings set new June records. The Northeast Pacific Coast and parts of the Midwest enjoy pleasant conditions, while the South remains hot and humid and the Rockies to Great Basin stay hot and dry. Temperatures topped 100 degrees into South Dakota and Wyoming with new highs reported in Wyoming Colorado and Utah.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Southland
Rockies
Plains
Great Basin
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Rough Seas Ahead for Eisenhower Foreign Aid Plan
Republican lawmakers foresee a bumpy path for the 3.42 billion dollar foreign aid program as the House Foreign Affairs Committee approves a 3.4706 billion ceiling with only seven million trimmed. Representative Vorys calls it a vote of confidence in the President, while backers warn that House and Senate action will still bring cuts. The President urges no reductions, calling the program essential amid world tension.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
House
Vorys
Senate
Rep. Ford
R-Mich
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Des Moines Dikes Hold Against Historic Flood
Des Moines River crested just over 30 feet during a three day battle to raise and defend the levees. Major dikes were holding with no lives lost as guards shooed away spectators near critical levee areas.
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Des Moines
National
McCarthy Wins in Chicago Poll on Army Hearings
The Chicago Tribune poll on the McCarthy Army hearings drew 70,036 voters over six days. Fifty-one thousand eight hundred twenty four mail ballots backed McCarthy and twelve thousand two hundred six telephonic votes did as well, totaling 63,850 for McCarthy. Pentagon supporters totaled 5,531 with 655 undecided.
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Chicago Tribune
Wisconsin
Stevens
Army
Adams
Sen. McCarthy
Pvt
G. David Schine
Schine
the Tribune
McCarthy
Pentagon
McCarthy Lets Surine Lead CIA Probe Claim
AP reports Sen Joseph McCarthy assigns Donald Surine to preliminarily probe the CIA. Surine says he has no knowledge of the assignment and lacks a federal security clearance. Washington sources note his FBI exit in 1950 and ongoing clearance questions.
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N. Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Donald Surine
Central Intellim Agency
Surine
Washington
McCarthy
CIA
Washington Dispatches
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
the Times
Sen
FBI
Defense Department
Senate Permanent Subcommittee On
Women Control Wealth Says Ivy Baker Priest
Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, U S treasurer, said women control 80 percent of wealth and make 86 percent of purchases. She noted her signature has appeared on all paper money since 1953 and quipped about replacing her image with her signature on currency.
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Kansas City
Ivy Baker Priest
U.S
Priest
U. S
Murder Farm Owner Faces Arraignment in Ohio Case
Cletus Reese 36 owner of a farm where three bodies were found was indicted for first degree murder in Coshocton Ohio. Common Pleas Judge Lloyd S Leech ordered arraignment for tomorrow or Saturday and a mental examination at Lima State Hospital to decide if he will stand trial or be recommitted.
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Ohio
Cletus Reese
Common Pleas
Lloyd S. Leech
Leech
Reese
Lima State Hospital
Truman Shows Further Recovery After Emergency Operation
Former President Harry S. Truman made continued progress in recovering from his emergency gall bladder and appendix surgery. Dr. Wallace Graham declined to estimate remaining hospital time, noting that typical post operative stays run about ten days.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Wallace Graham
Truman
Piggy-Back Landing Shuts Shawnee Airport
Two light planes touched down simultaneously at Shawnee Municipal Airport with one landing atop the other. Both pilots suffered cuts and bruises, and the aircraft sustained heavy damage. Pilot H. E. Reding described the moment as like the world dropping in.
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Shawnee, Okla
Shawnee Municipal
H. E. Reding
Indochina and Eden Talks Highlight Cold War Gaps
Washington rejects a Locarno type security system for Southeast Asia as unlikely to hold with Communist China and Indochina in focus. U S officials doubt nonaggression pledges with the Communists, fearing false security while Eden pushes toward a Southeast Asian alliance. The talks with Churchill and Eden aim to close the gap in British American relations amid lingering differences on defense and nonaggression.
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United States
Southeast Asia
China
Eden
Locarno
Dulles
Eisenhower
White House
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Churchill
Indochina
Comemons
Britain
U.S
Flexible Farm Price Support Plan Rejected
The Senate Agriculture Committee rejected the Administration's flexible price support plan by a 8-7 vote to extend rigid supports for a year. A 9-4 vote failed a two year extension on basic crops Wheat cotton corn rice tobacco and peanuts.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R-Vi
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Sen
Young
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Thye
R-Minn
Mundt
R-Sd
Ellender
D-La
Humphrey
D-Minn
Johnston
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D-Miss
Clements
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D-Ky). Opposing the Extension Were Sens. Aiken, Hickenlooper
R-la
Williams
R-Del
Schoeppel
Rkan
Welker
Idaho
Holland
D-Fla
Anderson
D-Nm
Russians Dominate American Chess Tourney Finish
Russia defeated the United States in the final round of a 32 game match 184 to 97. Sam Reshevsky drew all four games with Smyslov. Larry Evans led U S youth with two wins and a win rate over Talmo nov. Bronstein swept Dake and Denker in four games. Keres won three of four against Max, time ran out on a potential fourth. Petrosyan Bisguier and Byrne drew Kotov.
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Russia
America
Samuel Reshevsky
Vassily Smyslov
Larry Evans
U. S
Mark Taimonov
Evans
Talmonov
Taiimonov
David Bron
Stein
Arnold Denker
Arthur Dake
Paul Keres
Max
Sian Tigran Petrosyan
Thur Bisguier
Andert Byrne
Alexander Kotov
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