Indiana Primary Sparks National Debate Over Significance
Five states held primaries with Indiana drawing sharp comment as Eisenhower led Kefauver in the Indiana presidential preference tally while write-in votes were barred. Kefauver sought 41 percent but posted 38 percent in a light turnout. Other states Florida West Virginia New Mexico showed varied results, including Gov. Collins' renomination and close Senate races.
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Indiana
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Lar
America First
Daly
Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
More Troops for Algeria Said Needed
Resident Minister Robert Lacoste urged Paris for thousands more troops to quell the 18 month nationalist revolt in Algeria. He predicted 370,000 French soldiers would soon be in action, with 330,000 present by month’s end and 30,000 to 40,000 more requested. French forces, backed by NATO divisions and levies, pressed operations after rebels raided farms, killed farmers, and saw clashes in Ain temouchent. authorities reported over 150 rebels slain. Lacoste defended hard-line action as a colossal effort to preserve French Algeria.
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Algiers
Robert Lacoste
France
NATO
Lacoste
Algeria
Aintemouchent
Grandmother In Dayton Kills Hubby
In Dayton Ohio 55 year old Irene Bayless confessed to shooting and killing her husband James Ruskin Bayless 57 in their home after an all night argument. Det Capt Carl Coburn said she is held for homicide investigation and she said she had been married 36 years and loved him despite numerous provocations.
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Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery County
Irene Bayless
James Ruskin Bayless
Carl Coburn
Governor Race Trots For ONeill And Disalle
In Cleveland area voting for Democratic convention delegates, one Lausche foe, William R. Thom, won a delegate seat in the 16th District while John F. Locke pledged to Lausche captured the other. In Cuyahoga County, district contests split between Lausche and anti-Lausche candidates with varying leads across the 21st 20th 23rd and 22nd districts, and Thom led Stark Wayne and Tuscarawas totals.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Cuyahoga County
Chicago
Lausche
William R. Thom
Canton
16Th
Stark
Raymond K. Janson
Ray T. Miller
Girl To Learn From Experience
JAMESTOWN NEW YORK A kindergarten girl triggered three false fire alarms at a busy intersection last week to see what would happen. Detective Earl Thies traced the culprit, the child who admitted the plan with her mother’s consent.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Earl Thies
Eisenhower to Undergo Major Head to Toe Checkup
President Eisenhower announced at a news conference that he will undergo a major head to toe medical examination Friday including a heart assessment with cardiograms. He said the checkup is not specifically tied to the Denver heart attack and noted it will be his first full medical since mid February.
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Washington
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Denver
Pay For Paddling Out. Court Rules Pay For Paddling Out
Ohio Supreme Court declined to overturn Hamilton County court rulings denying damages to Cincinnati schoolboy Ronald 16 in a paddling case. His mother Mrs. Lillian Petaford had sued teacher Robert Co L Reeves after three swats were given on January 4, 1954, while Ronald was reportedly absent from a Christmas party but in the school building.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Lillian Petaford
Ronald
Robert Co. L. Reeves
Joint Chiefs To Testify On Defense Budget Size
Senator Robertson urged frank testimony from the Joint Chiefs on the 36 million dollar defense budget and its ability to deter aggression. He called for the chiefs to discuss long range bomber capacity and the Pentagon’s target to raise B52 production from six to twenty per month. Wilson labeled the program austere but adequate.
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G. Milton N. Kelly
Washington
Sen
Robertson
D-Va
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Appropriations
Wilson
U.S
House
Military Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Red Star Defends Stalin On WWII Readiness
The army newspaper Red Star rebukes recent charges that Stalin left the Soviet Union unprepared for Nazi attack. It counters Military Herald claims of missed warnings, arguing leadership anticipated Fascist aggression and urged historians to highlight the noble Soviet effort. The piece marks the 11th V E Day anniversary and frames unity between party, government, and armed forces.
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Moscow
Red Star Today
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Germany
Military Herald
Georgi Zhukov
Stalin
Hitler
Russia
Red Star
Central Committee
Communist Party
Tito Tours Versailles in Versailles with Police Guards
Yugoslav President Tito and his wife toured the Palace of Versailles amid crowds of American tourists while police kept reporters and bystanders at a distance during the visit in Paris.
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Paris
Tito
Yugoslavia
Palace of Versailles
Pleasant warmth gives way to possible showers in Miami Valley
The forecast predicts partly cloudy and windy conditions with a high near 75 and a low around 65 tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely this evening, followed by cooler and mainly cloudy weather on Thursday with a high near 65. In Middletown, yesterday’s unofficial high reached 63 degrees by 4 p.m. and the morning low was 41 at 4:15 a.m.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Careful what you say Adlai Stevenson speech noted
A large sign on a repair shop roof in Albany California told Adlai Stevenson to be careful what he says. The banner proclaimed this side of the street is good Republican territory during his Albany Freedom Movement address last night.
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Albany
Calif
Adlai Stevenson
Albany Freedom Movement
Adlai
Cyprus Readies Hangings as British Plan Moves Forward
In Nicosia the British guard tightens as two Greek Cypriots, Michael Karaolis and Andreas Dimetrious both 23, await possible execution for political killings. Field Marshal Sir John Harding ordered death sentences after appeals from Cyprus, Greece, and 30 British Labour MPs. Karaolis linked to Eoka. Dimetrious blamed for killing a British businessman in Famagusta.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Athens
Thens
John Harding
Greece
Michael Karaolis
Andreas Dimetrious
Karaolis
Eoka
Jailed Sheriff Nominated in Ohio Election
Former Jackson County Sheriff David L. Trago wins the Democratic nomination for sheriff while serving a one year sentence in Gallia County Jail on a morals charge. He secured 1,688 votes to defeat Art Bishop and Sam Womeldorf by more than 800 votes.
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Jackson
Ohio
Jackson County
David L. Trago
Trago
Gallia County
Art Bishop
Sam Womeldorf
Saxbe And Marshall In Tight Battle
In Ohio primaries Republican Atty. Gen. C William O Neill 40 and Democrat Michael V DiSalle 48 former federal price controller won runaway nominations for governor. They will clash in November to succeed Gov Lausche who lacked opposition for the Democratic U S senatorial nomination. Incumbent Sen George H Bender was unopposed. Other statewide contests saw Paul M Herbert win the GOP lieutenant governor nod and John Taylor bid for the Democratic spot. John W Donahey captured the Democratic state treasurer nomination. Former congressman Stephen M Young led Democratic AG hopefuls while Harry T Marshall lost to Saxbe. Fair weather kept turnout light. Lausche delegates faced mixed fortunes. Republican delegates pledged to Bricker swept in. Early returns showed O Neill and DiSalle leading in key races.
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Columbus
Ohio
Atty
William O'Neill
Michael V. DiSalle
Frank J. Lausche
U.S
George H. Bender
Paul M. Herbert
GOP
John Taylor
Salem
John W. Donahey
Hudson
A. V. iVic Donahey
John Brown
Willoughby
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
John W. Brown
O'Neill
Brown
DiSalle
John E. Sweeney
Robert W. Reider
Port Clinton
Oscar L. Fleckner
Frank X. Kryzan
Youngstown
Fleckner
Kryzan
Reider
Sweeney
Herbert
William Cody Kelly
Cincinnati
George W. Woodling
Tennyson Guyer
Findlay
Celina
Kelly
Woodling
Guyer
Experts Prepared If H Bomb Fails To Explode
Aboard USS Mt. McKinley at Eniwetok Atoll experts say they are ready for a possible dud of Shot Cherokee. If the bomb lands safely after an unrealized explosion, Sandia and Los Alamos teams would disarm and salvage usable components under radiological safety rules.
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MT. Mckinley
Eniwetok Atoll
U.S
Task Force 7
Sandia
N.M
Los Alamos Weapons Laboratories
Shot Cherokee
Hard Luck Dogs Mahoney In Elections
George P. Mahoney, veteran candidate in four major elections since 1950, tied rival Millard E. Tydings in Maryland's county unit votes for the Democratic senatorial nomination under the unit system, but may lose on popular votes. City Councilman James J. Duffy laments Mahoney’s persistent upsets and fortunes.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Maryland
Mahoney
Millard E. Tydings
James J. Duffy
Postmasters Nominated for Ohio by President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower sent to the Senate postmaster nominations for Ohio listing Gertrude G. Nottke Berlin Heights Oscar J. Pierce Coolville John D. Ingram New Milford and Leroy A. Wright West Alexandria for confirmation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Ohio
Gertrude G. Nottke
Berlin Heights
Oscar J. Pierce
Coolville
John D. Ingram
New Milford
Leroy A. Wright
West Alexandria
Greeks Riot Over Cyprus Death Sentences In Athens
In Athens a large demonstration against British policies escalated as Greeks attacked the U S Information Service office and clashed with police. Officers fired into the air as rioters smashed windows while crowds and students denounced Sir John Harding and NATO.
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Athens
Greece
U.S. Information Service Office
Cyprus
Dorotheus
Prie Mate
John Harding
Mediterranean
Harding
NATO
Britain
Salonika
Spyros Theotokis
Charles Peake
Michael Karaolis
Andrew
Canton Votes Down First School Levy
Canton Ohio voters reject the operating levy of 2.7 mills, failing to reach the 60 percent threshold with 56.2 percent in favor. The measure would have raised about $744,000 in the first year of four.
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Canton
Ohio
Not To Run Senator George In NATO Post Offer
Senator George D. Ga will not seek re election and President Eisenhower has offered him a personal representative post to NATO. The offer, announced at the Capitol, may place him as ambassador to NATO and as the American representative on an international cabinet connected with the alliance. George stressed he will serve his current term and indicated willingness to accept the duties. He did not explain his decision beyond stating it is for good and sufficient reasons and added he may begin new duties in January.
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Washington
George D-Ga
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Capitol
George
NATO
White House
Senate
Worth Daniels
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Milton F. Ferguson
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Cecil B. Underwood
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Crane
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Taylor
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Roy H. Barry
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