Soviet Unity Drive Signals Internal Crisis in USSR
U.S. analysis notes a heated Soviet campaign for internal unity after Malenkov's rise. The press stresses inviolable unity, opposes bourgeois nationalism and cosmopolitanism, and highlights cooperation across republics. Mentions unrest in Ukraine, White Rus, Baltic states, and Central Asia following Stalin's death.
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Georgi M. Malenkov
Communist Party
Ussr
Home Front
Stalin
Ukraine
Russia
Baltic States
Central Asia
Eisenhower to Take Overnight Train to State College
President Eisenhower will travel by train instead of flying for the second time in two days. The White House said he will depart after the White House Correspondents Association dinner and arrive at Penn State College by 6 30 am Saturday. He will be weekend guests of his brother Dr Milton S Eisenhower, president of the college.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State College
PMA
White House
Laos Invasion Seen Near End After Quiet Withdrawal
Hanoi dispatches report the Communist invasion of Laos nearing its end with minimal fighting and casualties. Vietminh troops retreat from central Laos toward the Black and Upper Red Rivers, withdrawing two divisions and signaling a likely conclusion to the 25 day march.
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Red
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Eisenhower declares readiness for peaceful world order
President Eisenhower vows America will meet any peace effort halfway if moral principles are upheld including rights of all, such as Korean prisoners granted political asylum. Secretary Dulles warns against using peace talks as a front for military gains in Korea. The GOP event draws 3,700 in two ballrooms as he outlines foreign policy aims.
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New York
Eisenhower
America
Korea
United States
Dulles
Russia
Austria
Astor
Waldorf-Astoria
Swimming Instructor Charged in Daughter's Death
Miami detective says autopsy shows Kathy Tongay died from a ruptured intestine due to a blow, after which Russell Tongay, 36, was charged with second degree murder. Tongay had earlier been acquitted in 1949 of mistreating Kathy and was released on habeas corpus before the warrant.
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Fla
Russell Tongay
Kathy
Charles A. Sapp
Miami Homicide Bureau
Coast
Yongay
Tongay
Sapp
Dade County
Marshall C. Wisehart
Edwin Lee Mason
Wisehart
Victor Catherine
Chester Eldredge
Homicide Bureau
Bubba
Treasure Island Pool
Cabana Club
Tongar
No Takers For Fortune MIG Fighter Defection Offer
Washington reports the United States has not received any MIG 15 jet fighters or a surrendering pilot despite a $100000 reward offer by Gen. Mark Clark for the first intact MIG15 delivered to American custody. Air Force officials say no MIG has been surrendered and probe whether propaganda influenced the offer.
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Washington
U. S
Mark Clark
Air Force
North Korea
United Nations
China Air Force
Denmark
Poland
Copenhagen
West Germany Moves To Ratify European Army Treaty
Bonn officials said two weeks of political maneuvering cleared the way for West Germany to ratify the European Army treaty. Baden-Wuerttemberg Governor Reinhold Maier, who commands a pivotal Bundesrat bloc, indicated the chamber would vote again on May 22 on the measure to recall 500000 German soldiers for defense.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Reinhold Maier
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Bundesrat
British Everest Expedition Reaches 21000 Feet
Kathmandu reports said Col. John Hunt led a British expedition to Mount Everest has reached the 21 000 foot level and awaits better weather to continue. The team has established the fourth of eight camps on its plan for a two man summit push after May 15 depending on conditions. No climbers have ever returned after reaching the summit.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mount
Everest
John Hunt
Mechanical Brain Helps NY Track Traffic Sinners
In New York City the Traffic Summons Control Bureau uses a mechanical brain to identify unpaid motorists. Saul J. Allen directs a system that processes thousands of summonses to recover fines, estimating the city collects about 14.6 million dollars yearly that would otherwise be lost.
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Federal Treasury
Allen
TSCB
New York City
Geval
T-men
Bureau
Journal Grid Warfare Previewed in May Football
Sunday's Journal previews football as May drills wrap at Ohio State. Two Middletonians Bob Joslin and Jerry Harkrader to report live on an intra-squad game ending OSU spring drills. Also highlights Red Lion Methodist Church 100th anniversary near State Routes 741 122 and 123 with other Miami Valley stories and city traffic camera notes.
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Columbus
Middletonians
Bob Joslin
Jerry Harkrader
Ohio State University
Red Lion
Mother travels halfway around world for Mother's Day
The Middleton family journeyed from distant lands to the United States to attend the opening of a major shrine of their faith. A Sunday Journal story with photos will detail the reunion and the long miles covered by the clan to be together on Mother's Day.
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United States
U N Chiefs May Offer Counter Plan After Levyed Proposals
UN command in Korea will likely submit counter proposals to a new Communist plan for handling prisoners who refuse repatriation. Gen. Mark Clark in Tokyo awaits reaction and guidance from Washington, with further study and possible counter proposals. Eisenhower conferred at the White House with Dulles and Wilson. no decision yet. Opposition centered on inclusion of Czechslovakia Poland troops in a Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission and on a plan to delay final decisions on POWs who refuse return.
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Washington
United Nations Command
Korea
Mark Clark
U. N
Tokyo
Clark
Eisenhower
White House
State Dulles
Defense Wilson
Czechoslovakia
Poland
South Korea
Switzerland
Sweden
India
Powerful Atom Bomb Exploded at Nevada Test Site
A massive A bomb exploded over a simulated forest at the Nevada Proving Ground as 100 Air Force planes circled overhead. Soldiers, observers, and 15 congressmen stood nearly six miles away, while bunkers and defenses were tested and drones with a monkey aboard landed safely post detonation.
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Nev
Nevada Proving Ground
Fredman Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
Frenchman
Air Force
Indian Springs Afb
Sabre Diehl in jet clash over Korea as MiG battle rages
Jets tangled in Northwest Korea, Sabres 10 clashing with 16 MiGs above the Yalu line. Navy bombers and warships push along Korea's East Coast while ground fighting stalls. Lt. John L. McKee credited with first rating this day after MiG destruction and one damaged.
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U. S
Navy
Korea
U. S. 7Th Division
Eighth Army
Yalu River
U. N
John L. McKee
Ashland
Washington Seeks Clarification on Eight Point POW Plan
Washington instructed UN Command in Korea to seek clarification of the eight point plan for handling prisoners of war after an armistice. The plan proposes a five nation commission to take custody in Korea of 48,500 Red prisoners who refuse to return to communism. Allies question hidden gimmicks and emphasize repatriation against their will.
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United States
United Nations Command
Korea
Panmunjom
Eisenhower
Joffer
Washin
India
Poland
Slovakia
Switzerland
Swo
Czechoslav
Adt
Short Sees Truce Plan As Trojan Horse
Washington AP Rep Short assails latest Korean truce proposal as a Trojan horse predicting Eisenhower administration rejection. He cites India as a potential adverse influence on Congress’s Indochina aid and argues the proposed five nation neutral repatriation mission would favor the Communist position. Other senators warn the lineup risks neutrality and potential proselytizing of prisoners.
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Short
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Eisenhower
France
United Nations
Congress
Indochina
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Sen. Knowland
Rcalif
Knowland
Mysterious Blast Shakes Hollywood
A mysterious blast shook North Hollywood at 10:95 a.m. causing a loud boom and a shock. Valley Times switchboard overflowed with calls as newsmen sought the cause of the explosion.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Valley Times
Machine that acts as heart and lungs by physician
Dr John H Gibbon Jr unveiled a device at Jefferson Medical College Hospital that functioned as both heart and lungs during surgery on Miss Ceceila Bavolek, an 18 year old Wilkes College student from Swoyersville Pa The machine circulated oxygenated blood for 26 minutes while the heart beat on its own clarifying it is not a universal cure but may aid newborns and young patients with congenital defects It cannot fix coronary disease or aged heart failure.
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Jefferson Medical College Hospital
John H. Gibbon,Jr
Ceceila Bavolek
Swoyersville
Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre
Klek
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