Barkley Dies on Platform at Washington and Lee
Senator Alben W Barkley aged 78 collapsed and died from a heart attack on the speaker's platform during a Washington and Lee University political gathering in Lexington Virginia He had just delivered a keynote to students and his body was to be buried in Paducah His funeral is set for tomorrow at Foundry Methodist Church in Washington with burial in Barkleys Paducah hometowm
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
United States
Barkley
Washington and Lee University
Robert Munger
Veep
Washington
Washington and Lee
Virginia Military Institute
Foundry Methodist Church
Frederick Brown Harris
Senate
Paducah
Barkley Tributes From Ike Truman After Death
President Eisenhower and former President Truman paid tribute to the late Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, with reactions from leaders across parties. Barkley collapsed during remarks at Washington and later died, prompting reflections on his long public service and roles as vice president and senator.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
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California
Adlai Stevenson
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Barkley collapses during Democratic convention tribute
Former Vice President Alben Barkley suffered a collapse during a Democratic convention keynote, dying before medical help arrived. Rep Burr Harrison and others rushed to assist as the hall paused and later adjourned indefinitely. Barkley had long service in the House, Senate, and as majority leader.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee
Night march tragedy at Parris Island linked to alcohol
Marine Corps recommends court martial for Staff Sgt. Matthew McKeon after a drunk improvised march into a South Carolina swamp led to six deaths among recruits. The inquiry found he ordered the 78-man platoon without proper safety measures and that two NCOs face charges for drinking in the barracks. General Pate ordered system-wide supervision changes at recruit training bases.
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Matthew McKeon
South Carolina
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J. C. Burger
Parris Island
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House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Congress
Marine
San Deigo
Calif
Marine Court of Inquiry
Richard J. Kane
Elwyn B. Scarborough
Chaos Brews In Kentucky Over Barkley Successor
In Frankfort Kentucky political chaos swirls over who will replace the late Senator Alben Barkley. Gov. A B Chandler may appoint a successor to serve until January 1961 while a split with Sen. Earle Clements could trigger a special legislative election. Potential appointees include Joseph Leary Lt. Gov. Harry Lee Waterfield Willie Foster and Lawrence Hager Sr. This marks Chandlers second such appointment after M M Logan's death in 1939.
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Alben W. Barkley
U. S. Senate
Lexington
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Democratic State Central Executive Committee
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Harry Lee Waterfield
Mayfield
Willie F. Foster
Owensboro
Lawrence Hager Sr
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Keen Johnson
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Forget-Me-Nots WINOOSK Flowers Stolen From Funeral Wreath
Police chief Charles Barber said four boys stole flowers from a funeral wreath hanging on a door and gave them to girls in a nearby restaurant in Winooski Vermont.
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Winoosk
Charles Barber
May Day Celebrations Abroad Marked by Shifts in Emphasis
Across Moscow, Peiping, Tokyo, and Rome May Day observances highlighted new communist leadership, with Rome hosting Catholic workers honoring St. Joseph and Italy's Communist party staging events in Piazza del Popolo. In Moscow the absence of Stalin imagery gave way to portraits of Khrushchev and Bulganin. In New York Union Square a 4000-person patriotic rally drew left wing speakers as American labor typically marks the holiday in September.
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Boost Of 'Billions' For Bigger Air Force Asked
The United States warned Poland and other Iron Curtain allies against pressuring Polish refugees in the United States to return home. A State Department note accused Polish diplomats of coercive tactics, including unsolicited visits and letters from relatives, and demanded an immediate stop. Spasowski may respond formally as the U.S. reaffirmed refugee rights and diplomatic contact while rejecting coercion. The note followed expulsions of two Russians from the U.N. delegation and ongoing Senate inquiries into Soviet and Polish repatriation efforts.
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United States
State Department
Red
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Romuald Spasowski
Spasowski
U. S
Soviet Union
United Nations
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Viktor Solovyev
Healthy Quadruplet Girls Born at Methodist Hospital
Dallas reports four healthy newborn girls delivered to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hunter at Methodist Hospital. The first weighed 3 pounds 0 ounces at 11:44 p.m., the second 2 pounds 14 1/2 ounces, the third 3 pounds 3 ounces, and the fourth 12:05 a.m. All placed in incubators. Mrs. Hunter in good condition. Mr. Hunter, 42, an aircraft worker, said they expected three babies. The Hunters have a 14-month-old daughter.
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Dallas
G. A. Hunter
Methodist Hospital
Hunter
Fire Damages Van Wert Downtown Buildings In Blaze
Fire and smoke caused at least 50 000 damage to four downtown Van Wert buildings Monday. Two firemen were injured fighting the blaze which apparently started in the tavern basement after a series of explosions.
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van Wert
Ohio
President Eisenhower Sends Cheer To Dying Girl
Susie Giardina a nine year old with the incurable blood disease Cooley’s anemia in Brooklyn has long received Red Cross care since 1948. After appearing with Eisenhower on a national program two years ago he sent her a birthday autographed picture and now a White House letter offers encouragement and best wishes as she recovers from infantile paralysis.
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Susie Giardina
Brooklyn
Red Cross
Cooley
Eisenhower
Susie
Brooklyn Red Cross
Ter
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bomb Threat Grooms Wedding Sparks Guards In Dayton
In Dayton Ohio a Kettering home is under police protection after eight anonymous calls threaten the Pfarrer family. The planned wedding of Sarah Louise Pfarrer and Andrew Dixon was disrupted when a device exploded on Dixon s porch injuring him. Police consider connections to other threatened weddings and guard another ceremony.
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Dayton, Ohio
Kettering
Richard A. Pfarrer
Pfarrer
Sarah Louise
Andrew Donald Dixon
Dixon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Private Eye Found Guilty in Wiretapping Case
A Cincinnati federal court jury convicted attorney Jack C. Massengale, operator of a local detective agency, on two counts of wiretapping and one count of impersonating an FBI agent. He was acquitted on three other impersonation charges. Judge Druffel sentenced him to one year in prison and a $750 fine on each wiretapping count, with a three-year suspended term on the impersonation charge.
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Jack C. Massengale
FBI
U. S
John H. Druffel
Weather forecast hints at warmer days delayed by Yukon air mass
A Yukon cold air mass affects the Miami Valley with today’s high near 60 and low around 40. Partly cloudy skies give way to increasing cloud cover and warmth into Wednesday with a 65 high. Middletown reported an unofficial 49 degree high yesterday and a 34 degree low this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
FBI expert poised to connect plane fragment evidence in Graham trial
Denver jurors heard testimony on metal and carbon fragments from a DC6B wreck near Longmont as prosecutors seek to link them to a dynamite laden luggage bomb that killed Graham's mother, Mrs. Daisie King, among 44 aboard the airliner. FBI scientist Dr. J William Magee will tie together pieces identified by FBI and United Air Lines witnesses.
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FBI
John Gilbert Graham
Dst
Bert Keating
J. William Magee
Washington, D.C
United Air Lines
Longmont
Colo
Graham
Daisie E. King
Magee
FBI Laboratory
Washington
King
Legal Aid Is Urged For Accused Drunks
Presiding Judge Ralph B Kohnen of Municipal Court urged the Legal Aid Society to assign a second public defender to screen and aid only those charged with drunkenness. He noted that last year in police court 20,155 persons appeared and 5,789 were charged with intoxication.
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Cincinnati
Ralph B. Kohnen
Municipal Court
Legal Aid Society
Kohnen
LeMay View Stirs Action By Jackson LeMay View Stirs Action By Jackson
Washington AP Gen Curtis LeMay told Senate Armed Services subcommittee that the Soviet Union already has more long range bombers and will have greater striking power than the United States in 1958 1960 under current plans. Sen Jackson said several billions are needed for the complete package of B52s bases jet tankers and airmen to keep Russia deterred and cited Twining Talbott and Wilson as having sought larger budgets. Congress has not acted on the defense budget.
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Curtis LeMay
United States
Jackeson
D-Wash
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Wilson Lows
Congress
Boy Kills Man After Scolding Over Target Shooting
Milford Pa A 13 year old boy said he "got a little mad" when a man Edward Ebele and his wife Margaret scolded him for target shooting near their home. He shot them with a .22 rifle, killing Edward and wounding Margaret, who remained in critical condition. The boy was captured after wrecking and abandoning the console’s car. he admitted the shooting. District Attorney Clifton Cloud said charges were undecided.
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St. Francis Hospital
Port Jervis
N.Y
Chaplin
van Why
Clifton A. Cloud
Pennsylvania
Steel firms urge USW to end contracts by June 30
Pittsburgh reports that major steel producers including Jones & Laughlin and U S Sweet Corp sent notices to the United Steelworkers confirming intent to terminate current contracts by June 30. The move could enable a selective strike strategy in upcoming negotiations under Taft Hartley, as both sides prepare for 650000 workers.
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