Van Fleet Boomed For Indochina
Senator Knowland proposed Gen. James A. Van Fleet to head a U S military mission to train anti Communist forces in Indochina. Van Fleet led Korean troops 22 months and favors a decisive war there, while Gen. Bradley warned against a forceful move risking a broader conflict. The administration earmarked 400 million for Indochina training and equipment with 60 million reallocated from foreign aid. Eisenhower and St Laurent issued a joint statement affirming concern over Red aggression in Laos amid ongoing talks.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Indochina
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Louis St. Laurent
Canada
Laos
St. Laurent
Publication Of Hiss Book Delayed In New York
The publication of Earl Jowitt’s The Strange Case of Alger Hiss has been postponed in the United States. Five thousand copies already distributed were recalled amid British reviewers alleging errors. The book revisits Hiss’s second perjury trial, praising the judge and jury while noting a hostile climate and questions about juror conduct.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Britain
Earl Jowitt
England
Jowitt
Hiss
U. S. State Department
College Athletes Held for Petty Larceny at Berea Campus
Cleveland report says three Bald win Wallace College athletes are charged with petty larceny for thefts at Berea campus. John H. Estes 19 Ragland Jefferson County varsity halfback Albert L. Merriwether 22 Newark substitute football player and Charles E. Feeman 20 Akron reserve basketball player named in the case.
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Cleveland
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
John H. Es
Ragland
Jefferson County
Albert L. Merriwether
Newark
Charles E. Feeman
Akron
GOP Shocked by Possible No Tax Slash
Washington AP isolated report shows Secretary Humphrey suggesting the budget may not balance next year and the national debt limit might need raising. GOP lawmakers react with concern over tax cuts and security-funding implications, while lawmakers hold cautious hopes for balance before July 1.
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Gop
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Federal sales tax seen as bolster of revenues if recession develops
In Hot Springs Virginia AP report the Commerce Department advisory council discusses a federal sales tax as a potential revenue bolster if a recession hits. They caution against immediate action and note current policy leans on individual income and corporate taxes. The meeting also covers Eisenhower tax policy and balanced budget aims with Nixon scheduled to speak.
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Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Treasury
Secretaries of Commerce
Homestead
Nixon
Tongay says child death was accident in Tarpon Springs
Russell Tongay travelled to Tarpon Springs to bury his five year old daughter Kathy as Miami police charged him with second degree murder. Tongay, a former Coast Guardsman, claimed Kathy died from an accident during high dive practice and said he provided full details to police. He was released on bond for a June 11 hearing as his wife Betty and son Bubba accompanied him.
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Tarpon Springs
Fila
Russell Tongay
Florida
Kathy
Miami
Tongay
Betty
Bubba
Husky
Coast
General to Receive Medal From Japanese Leader
Lt. Gen. Doyle O Hickey once chief of staff to the Far East Command will become the first foreign serviceman honored by Japan after World War II. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida’s cabinet announced he will receive the Second Class Order of the Rising Sun for meritorious services rendered to Japan during his tenure.
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Tokyo
Doyle O Hickey
Far East Command
Shigeru Yoishida
Japan
Law To Force Balky Witnesses Testimony Predicted
Senator McCarran predicts swift passage of a bill enabling congressional committees to compel witnesses to answer all questions and grant immunity from prosecution. The measure would override Fifth Amendment protections, with Kefauver amendments seeking required Justice Department checks. Senate debate drew few senators as quorum failed on early votes.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
OHSAS
U. S
Congressional Investigating Committee
Justice Department
McCarran
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Russians Back Tsarapkin for U N Security Post
United Nations insiders report Russia favors Semyon Tsarapkin for the $22 000 a year post of assistant secretary general for Security Council affairs. Sources note Moscow dominance over the seat and doubt Tsarapkin’s suitability, amid Dag Hammarskjold’s cautious staffing and Andrei Vishinsky’s proposal at a lunch.
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United Nations
N. Y
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
United States
U. N
Far East
Security Council
London
Moscow
Tsarapkin
Dag Hammarskjold
Andrei Vishinsky
Hammarskjold
Britisher Dead At 117
Worthing England mourns as Emma Rookie, long claimed Britain’s oldest woman, dies on Thursday at 107.
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Worthing
England
Emma Rookie
Britain
Two Americans Die in India Air Crash
An Air India C47 transport crashed in flames after takeoff in a monsoon storm near New Delhi. The victims included Pauline Lehman of Minnesota and Ramchand Watumull, an Indian-born Hawaiian, along with two dozen others from diverse nations and crew. The fire began in an engine as the plane rose, and attempts at an emergency landing failed.
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Harold K. Miles
New Delhi
India
Pauline Lehman
Mountain Lake
Minn
Ramchand Watumull
Honolulu
Fmily
Bombay
Calcutta
Lehman
Rangoon
Burma
Reynaud Sees Red Troubles In Peace Move
Former French premier Paul Reynaud, returning from Hong Kong, said Communist China may seek an end to the Korean War due to a severe economic crisis and strain from aiding the Viet Minh in Indochina. He cited a possible shift in Far East tactics at Red China’s request to exit the war. He found no evidence of a broader new Russian policy beyond Korea.
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Strasbourg
France
Paul Reynaud
Hong Kong
China
Indochina
Reynaud
Red China
Korea
Three Die As Moab Plane Crash Kills Three Men
A Moab Utah area air crash last night killed three men identified as John H. Hershey C Kenneth Hicken and Ron Johns editor for the Denver Post. Utah aeronautics director Harold W Bement identified the plane from a wing serial number. Mrs Hershey said her husband left Salt Lake City Friday afternoon with the others as passengers.
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Moab
Utah
John H. Hershey
C. Kenneth Hicken
Salt Lake City
Ron Johns
Denver Post
Harilon W. Bement
Utah Aeronautics
Hershey
East German And Czech Army Of Million Rumored
West German sources say East Germany and Czechoslovakia signed to form a joint million-man army by next year. Archiv cites the March 14 Karlovy Vary meeting attended by Willi Stoph, Gen. Vincent Mueller, and Czech reps with Govorov present. Neue Zeitung notes a system of military information exchange and training was agreed in Czechoslovakia.
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Berlin
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Archiv
East Zone
Germany
Karlovy Vary
Willi Stoph
Vincent Mueller
Govorov
U. S. High Commission
French Premier Seeks Authority To End Parliament
Paris premier Rene Mayer announced plans to seek constitutional changes granting the premier power to dissolve Parliament and call new elections. He spoke before industrial leaders, noting past governments were rejected by parliaments not reflecting the popular will. Such changes could be introduced only by a member in the National Assembly.
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Paris
Rene Mayer
Mayer
National Assembly
For Love Or For Money The Tanburn Dilemma
New York socialite Jean L Tanburn faces a legal choice between a planned marriage to Donelson M Kelly Jr and a $10 000 cash inheritance plus a $6 500 a year trust income from a 675 000 estate Her great grandfather Abraham Rosenthal left a discriminatory will but Surrogate William T Collins upheld it noting the conflict between love and money and that the inheritance would vanish if she marries outside the Jewish faith The couple planned to wed before Kelly reports to Ft Sill next month and Tanburn declined to comment on her plans
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New York
Park Avenue
Jean L. Tanburn
Ore University Bpeteait
Tanburn
Vassar
Jave
Ft. Sill
Okla
William T. Collins
Abraham 5S. Rosenthal
Stephen A. Tanburn
Right Of Trip To Big Estate Is Challenged
In Columbus, a 973000 dollar estate dispute centers on three Roseville residents alleged heirs to Dennis Kelly. Judge C P McClelland may rule if adoption grants rightful inheritance under 1951 law after Franklin County prosecutor Frank Kearns challenged Ray and Chester Micklethwaite and Mrs Hazel Melick as non blood relatives. If no blood kin is found, funds may revert to the state.
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Columbus. C
Roseville
Common Pleas Court
C. P. McClelland
Franklin County
Frank Kearns Friday
Ray and
Chester Micklethwaite
Hazel Melick
Dennis Kelly
Bess Kelly
Kelly
Kearns
Micklethwaites
Melick
Port Security Difficult In Peace Times
Coast Guard officials told Congress that securing U S ports may not be airtight in peace time despite gains. A limited 1950 program improved security in 10 major ports with seamen and longshoremen screened to keep subversives off the waterfront. The program was described as a compromise of several ideas by Rear Adm. Richmond.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Congress
America
Truman
Adm
Merlin O’neill
House Appropriations
A. C. Richmond
Rubber controls end after twelve years in Washington
Washington officials announced the end of twelve years of government rubber controls as the National Production Authority lifted restrictions on pale crepe rubber. The material, important for white sidewall tires, will return to civilian use and production standards.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Probe questions test Red prisoner plan at Panmunjom
Allied truce negotiators pressed the Communists for detailed answers on the eight point plan to place 48 500 prisoners who refuse repatriation under a five nation neutral commission. Lt Gen Harrison said no fixed agreement exists and more questions will follow.
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Panmunjom
William K. Harrison Jr
U. N
Harrison
Reds
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
India
Switzerland
Red
Sabre jets down two MIGs in Korea air strike
U S Sabre jets acting as fighters and bombers shot down two Communist MIGs and hit a troop concentration near the Panmunjom truce site. The attack damaged Red positions, with Sabres suffering no losses that week while Thunderjets lost two aircraft for noncombat reasons.
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Seoul
U. S
Korea
Panmunjom
Kuup
Yalu River
Sinuiju
Air Force
Dulles Plans 20 Day Asia Tour With Stassen
Secretary of State Dulles starts a 20 day on the spot check of Middle East and South Asia with Mutual Security Director Stassen. The trip, first by a U S secretary of state to the region, includes a news conference before a 6 p.m. EST takeoff and follows congressional testimony seeking foreign aid funds and reciprocal trade.
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Washington
Dulles
Middle East
South Asia
U. S
Stassen
Congress
Plan To Withdraw Nationalists In Burma
In Rangoon American Ambassador William J Sebald proposed a four nation military commission to arrange the withdrawal of Chinese Nationalist guerrillas from Burma The commission would include Burma the Nationalist government on Formosa Thailand and the United States A Burmese spokesman said Burma would accept if its representatives did not deal directly with Formosan reps and noted Burma lacks diplomatic relations with Chiang Kai shek regime
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Rangoon
Burma
William J. Sebald
Formosa
Thailand
United States
Group of Young Officers Guides Future War Plans
Washington report on the Joint Advanced Study Committee formed in 1947 by President Eisenhower. The anonymous group, now comprising members from all services, uses extrapolation to predict warfare 5, 10, or 20 years ahead for Joint Chiefs of Staff planning. They have previously forecast atomic and energy trends and Russia’s progress, with early members credited as alerting to emerging jalamic weapons potential.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Joint Advanced Study Committee
Russia
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