Dien Bien Phu siege eases after Vietminh halt third assault
Vietminh halted its third infantry on Dien Bien Phu, allowing French defenders to receive large parachute drops of ammunition. French high command called the night calm with light harassments while a fierce counterattack reclaimed Isa belle. The fortress, under siege 51 days, remains the last stronghold in northwest Indochina as fighting continues nearby.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Christian de Castries
Isabelle
France
Vietminh Near Heart of Dien Bien Phu Fort
A Wirephoto map shows Vietminh forces pressing to the heart of the French fortress at Dien Bien Phu in Indo China. The siege lines mark March 13 and March 30 openings and indicate the start of a major all-out Communist attack. French air strips have been lost.
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Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Pope Speaks To Children Health Good
Pope Pius XIII, frail at 78, made his first general audience in months at St. Peter's Basilica. He appeared healthier, spoke clearly for 12 minutes, blessing a crowd of Italian schoolchildren on a Marian Year pilgrimage, warning of a venomous serpent attacking children and the church without naming communism.
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Vatican City
Pius XIII
St. Peter's Basilica
Yanks welcomed by Sydney crowds for Coral Sea anniversary
One hundred thousand Australians greeted American visitors led by Fleet Adm. William H. (ret.) Haleey in Sydney as celebrations began for the Allied victory at the Coral Sea on May 8 1942.
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Sydney
Australia
Fleet Adm
William Haleey
Battle of the Coral Sea
Og Ay
Britain claims new hydrogen bomb catalyst
London’s Daily Express reports a new British hydrogen bomb, described as simpler and cheaper to produce than American designs. Sci writer Chapman Pincher says it does not use large quantities of heavy hydrogen and quotes a test at the Woomera range in Australia on Oct 26, though the source remains uncited.
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London
The
Daily Express
Britain
U.S
Chapman Pincher
Express
Pincher
Woomera
Australia
Weekend Twisters Hit Oklahoma City Area Toll Rises
Oklahoma weekend storms left four dead and at least 64 injured across 29 communities. A truck flood fatality near Grandfield, two drownings in Miami and Pocasset, and a Tulsa heart attack death occurred during the disaster. Salvation Army reports over a million dollars in property damage as the Washita River floods again after heavy rainfall.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Billy Shearler
Annie Rubottom
Grandfield
Frankie la Fallier
Miami
Okla
Shirley Jester
Pocasset
Tulsa
Ethel Olive Bowman
Salvation Army
Washita
Roger Mills
Cool weather eyeing light frost in Miami Valley
A cloudy cool spell is expected in the Miami Valley tonight with a potential light frost. Temps may dip to 34 degrees. Tomorrow’s outlook is partly cloudy and cool with a high near 50. Yesterday’s high reached 86, low 66, and this morning’s low was 10. Rain totaled 0.32 inches by 8 a.m.
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Diplomatic Breakthrough in Indochina Peace Talks at Geneva
East and West near a formal Indochina peace conference with Vietminh invited by the Soviet Union. Nine parties including Big Four and Vietminh would attend. Vietminh status to be nonrecognition. Bedell Smith leads U S delegation as Dulles heads home. Molotov signals two-week stay. Regional talk shifts amid Korean deadlock.
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Indochina
Soviet Union
China
Nguyen Quot Dinho
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
U. S
Walter Bedel Smith
Dulles
Washington
Milan
Mario Scelba
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Richard G. Casey
Home
V. M. Molotov
Retired man kills family over church dispute in Canton
William O. Henry a 72 year old plant worker disapproved of his wife’s church First Friends and shot and killed his wife Daisy Mae 63 and son Elmer 39 as well as daughter Mrs Ethel Lowry 33. Sheriff’s deputies used tear gas then fired 14 slugs through the door. Henry died in an easy chair with rifle.
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Canton
Ohio
First Friends Church
E. B. Mozes
William O. Henry
Elmer
Ethel Lowry
Harry W. Grossgiaus
Henry
Mozes
Guard asleep ends prison ball game as escapeers flee
Atmore State Prison spectators fled through a steel mesh fence in the fourth inning after tower guard Henry Sawyer fell asleep. Seventeen escapees were captured. two convicts remain at large. Kilby Prison’s Negro team led 3 2 when the break halted play.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore State Prison
Henry Sawyer
J. M. McCullough
Sawyer
McCullough
Kilby
Montgomery
Atmore Club
Senate Opens Debate on Taft Hartley Act
President Eisenhower seeks changes to the Taft Hartley Act as the Senate begins a two week debate. Senator H Alexander Smith will present a two hour speech outlining party line revisions. Senator Goldwater plans to offer a states rights amendment backed by White House labor aides, likely to be a major contention.
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Washington
Esenhower
Senate
Labor Committee
H. Alexander Smith
GOP
Sen
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Smith
White House
Truman
Five Children Die in Williamsport Fire
In Williamsport Pennsylvania five sleeping children perished when a house fire struck early today. The sixth child, a survivor, escaped with burns to the back arm and head. Neighbors spotted the flames and firemen retrieved the bodies from an upstairs bedroom. Attempts to revive them at Divine Providence hospital failed.
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Williamsport
Bernard J. O'Brien
Divine Providence Hospital
Wage Policy Unit To Confer For Steelworkers
The USW Wage Policy Committee of 170 members will met in Pittsburgh on Thursday and Friday to finish union contract demands before talks with the steel industry. They expect wage hikes and better insurance and pension plans, but unlikely a guaranteed annual wage. Steel production is down, furloughing 189,344 workers and placing 257,026 on part time schedules. Contracts expire June 30.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
McDonald
Mid-Spring Freeze Cuts Tornado Threat Across Center
A mid spring freeze moved down the nation ending the tornado threat from Oklahoma to the Upper Midwest. It brought snow to International Falls and parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, plows in heavy fall areas, and showers across the Mississippi Valley. Five deaths and 64 injured were reported from Saturday night tornadoes in 29 Oklahoma communities.
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Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Rockies
Plains
Sergeant Says Schine Picture Was His Idea
Fort Dix New Jersey Air Force Sergeant Herbert Manchester testified in the Army-McCarthy hearings that a controversial photo of Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens with Pvt. G. David Schine was his idea. He said he was assigned to the Air Force public information staff and had read about Schine in newspapers, believing a picture of the private and the secretary would help.
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Stevens
Schine
Air Force
Army
End Not In Sight Army Secretary Under Fire Again At Hearings
Secretary of the Army Stevens faces renewed scrutiny at televised hearings into his clash with Senator McCarthy. McCarthy aides accuse Stevens of pressuring the subcommittee and using Pvt. G. David Schine as a bargaining chip. Roy Cohn signals more questioning on General Lawton’s testimony and Army actions.
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Kirke B. Lawton
Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Stevens
Pentagon
Pvt. G. David Schine
Moroccans rounded up after weekend terrorism in Casablanca
Casablanca authorities detained over 300 Moroccans following a weekend of nationalist terrorism in which three Europeans were killed and four wounded. Police and troops enclosed the Muslim quarter, checking all entering and leaving. The unrest traces to the monarchy change last August when Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef was deposed and replaced by Sultan Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Sultan Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
Dulles Faces Conflicting Advice on Indochina Return
Washington faces a flood of opinions as Secretary Dulles returns from Geneva to discuss Indochina strategy. Senate leaders press for immediate coalition action against communism in Asia, while Britain resists a united front. Knowland urges allied commitment and questions land power alone resolving the crisis.
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Washington
Dulles
United “Action
Indochina
United States
Campaign Windup for Ohio Primaries Draws Narrow Voter Interest
Columbus AP reports candidates hustled to finish bids for statewide and local posts as forecasts show about 20 percent of voters turnout. Republican races centered on U.S. Senate with Bender and Saxbe facing Burke and other GOP hopefuls. Democrats rely on Burke in the Taft successor contest.
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Ohio
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Bender
William Saxbe
Akron
Mechanicsburg
Champaign County
Dayton
Cinccinnati
Toledo
Thomas A. Burke
Ohio Supreme Court
GOP
Frank J. Lausche
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Supreme Court
Ted W. Brown
Brown
U. S
Adams, Henry, Paulding
Wyandot
Common Pleas
U S May Recoup Some FHA Losses Cole Says
U S Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole says the government may recover some of the 75 million dollars in windfall profits he says builders gained under the federal housing program. He notes suits may be brought to recover. A Queens development tenants with 20 million dollar cost and a mortgage over 26 million with 25 percent held in escrow pending settlement.
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Washington
Albert M. Cole
Netiak
Cole
NBC
New York
Queens
Glen Oaks
Dulles Pushes Southeast Asia Defense Pact
Secretary of State Dulles, departing Geneva for the United States, said he will press a military alliance to safeguard Southeast Asia. In Washington Roy Cohn and Sen. McCarthy say they are prepared to prove a dispute over a Stevens Schine photo.
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Dulles
United States
Southeast Asia
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Sen. McCarthy
Stevens
G. David Schine
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