France Open to Discuss Commie Truce Plan in Indochina Talks
In Geneva France signaled willingness to discuss the Vietminh armistice proposal alongside its own terms. A French spokesman stressed not breaking off talks despite East West stalemate while outlining five French conditions for an accord and warning the plan could lead to partition.
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Indochina
French National Assembly
U. S
United States
Viet Nam
Korea
Laos
Cambodia
Paris
Giap agrees to meeting on Dien Bien Phu airfield for wounded evacuation
Vietminh leader Vo Nguyen Giap radios an agreement to meet French Army reps at the Dien Bien Phu airfield to arrange rapid evacuation of about 1,300 wounded. French commander Gen Henri Navarre will set the date and the red cross marked helicopter will be used.
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Saigon
Indochina
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Henri Navarre
Hirondelle
Far East
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Senators Quiz Soviet Officer
Senators arranged a hush hush quiz of Capt. Nikoli E. Khokhlov a 31 year old Soviet officer who deserted to the West in February He was said to have been sent to Frankfurt to kill an official of an anti Communist Russian organization in exile.
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Washington
Nikoli E. Khokhlov
Frankfurt
Germany
Godfrey to Undergo Hip Revision Check
Boston radio star Arthur Godfrey will have a check of his year old hip operation within a week. Dr Otto Allfrance will travel to New York for the exam as Massachusetts General Hospital confirms. Godfrey said on air there is some mechanical issue requiring the operation to be done again. The original May surgery by Dr Marius N Smith Peters en replaced a shattered hip with a ball and socket joint. Both hips were damaged in a Washington car crash over 20 years ago.
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Arthur Godfrey
Otto Allfrance
Godfrey
Marius N. Smith-Petersen
New York
Massachusetts General Hospital
Smith- Petersen
Washington
Jailed For Helping Lima Escape Case
Earline Hines of Cleveland was sentenced to one to seven years after being found guilty of aiding three men in their jail escape in Lima on March 28.
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Lima
Ohio
Earline Hines
Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
Dirksen Touts Plan to Speed Hearings on McCarthy Row
Sen Dirksen offered a plan to suspend public hearings after McCarthy testifies in the Army-McCarthy dispute. The Army and Mundt opposed the idea, voting chances seen as slim. The committee would meet for an afternoon session with possible McCarthy testimony to follow.
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Washington
Sen. Dirksen
R-I
McCarthy Army
Sen. McCarthy
Dirksen
McCarthy
Army
Stevens
Mundt
Ray H. Jenkins
John G. Adams
Subcommittee
Pair Of Bank Bandits Strike Again In Ohio
In Wooster Ohio two unmasked bandits identical in description to a canal Fulton robber robbed the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Smithville taking about 4500 dollars. Police chased toward Massillon but the suspects escaped on back roads. A vault time lock hindered the robbery and both getaway cars were reported stolen in Akron earlier that day. Local and sheriff officials coordinated as witnesses described the scene and calls went out to followers.
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Canal Fulton
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Smithville
Massillon
Ruth Estes
Smithville Bank
Garfield Gensemer
Harvey Amstutz
Amstutz
Glenn Rike
Arthur L
Hidden Brooklyn Boy Lived 20 Feet Underground
A 15 year old, Robert Lindahl, hid for 12 days in an underground subway cable-splicing room 20 feet below a Brooklyn intersection. He kept a bed from an auto seat, ate root beer and beans, and earned up to 3 dollars daily from tasks in Manhattan before police located him and returned him home. He said he would not repeat the stunt.
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New York
Brooklyn
Robert C. Lind
Ahl
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Manhattan
Zsa Zsa Gabor Reveals Engagement To Rubirosa
Zsa Zsa Gabor announces engagement to Porfirio Rubirosa Dominican diplomat amid his arrival in New York with luggage. Rubirosa remains married to Barbara Hutton while Gabor shows a ring she calls her old working diamond. He plans to stay a couple weeks, then return to Europe.
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Zsa Gabor
Porfirio Rubirosa
Dominican Republic
Rubirosa
New York
Barbara Hutton
Miss Gabor
George Sanders
Miss Hutton
Europe
Mild temps end frosts for Miami Valley farmers
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies with warmer air returning. Forecasters in Vandalia expect tonight's low near 42 degrees and a high around 65 tomorrow. Middletown recorded 59 degrees yesterday, and temperatures dipped to 33 early morning with a 47 degree low today at Armco East Side Gate.
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Middletown
Armco
Fever May Be Caused By Chewing
Dr. Fred M. Taylor warned Oklahoma doctors that a child’s temperature can rise from emotional upset or exercise, not just illness. He described school fever as a real condition and noted even bubble gum chewing can push a normal child to 100 or 101 degrees, urging restraint and context over reliance on the thermometer.
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Oklahoma City
Junior
Fred M. Taylor
Houston
Tex
Taylor
Oklahoma
State Medical Assn
Fugitive Free To Begin Life Again In Ohio
Christopher Columbus Hair, an 18 year Texas prison fugitive serving life for habitual criminal, is free to start anew in Ohio after Gov. Lausche refused Texas’ bid for his return. Hair had settled in Toledo with a large family, but exposure of his identity through his 14 year old son’s arrest brought scrutiny. He lived under the alias Columbus H Bennett for most of his time in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Christopher Columbus
Hair
Texas
Frank J. Lausche
Toledo
Columbus H. Bennett
Humphrey envisions 500 billion dollar economy by 1960
Senator Humphrey told CIO delegates that the nation should aim for a 500 billion dollar economy by 1960, up from about 360 billion now, with 70 million jobs and a 4 000 dollar annual living standard. He urged expanded production to raise living standards and reduce taxes as part of a full employment program.
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Humphrey
D—Minn
CIO
Minnesota
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George M. Humphrey
Sen. Humphrey
U.S
Sen
OSU Wins Approval to Buy Columbus Factory Site
Ohio State University won board of trustees approval to purchase a Columbus factory a mile west of Ohio Stadium for use as a research center. The move expands university research space and facilities near campus.
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Columbus
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Ohio State University
Ohio Stadium
Dulles Outlines Southeast Asia Pact Aimed at Deterring Communism
Secretary of State Dulles described U S plans for a ten nation Southeast Asia alliance to pledge members to fight if openly challenged by Communist aggression. He said Indochina loss would not necessarily doom all of Southeast Asia and noted efforts to prevent domino effects. He met with ambassadors from Australia New Zealand Thailand and the Philippines to gauge support and discussed the matter with President Eisenhower and defense leaders.
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Dulles
United States
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Front
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New Zealand
Thailand
Philippines
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Power To Kill Red Led Labor Unions Sought By Government
The government asks Congress for broad power to dissolve unions deemed Communist infected and to bar subversives from defense plants. Atty. Gen. Brownell, backed by the White House, proposes SACB authority to close unions and firms, replacing the non Communist oath requirement of Taft Hartley. Congressmen swiftly endorsed the move amid enforcement difficulties.
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Atty
Brownell
White House
Subversive Activities Control Board
SACB
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Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Justice Department
Eisenhower dedicates Capitol frieze and future panel
President Eisenhower spoke at a 1000 person Capitol rotunda ceremony dedicating a frieze showing 400 years of American history. He praised the site and predicted a future panel would portray America leading the world to a more secure, peaceful existence, with a stronger spiritual and economic nation.
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Eisenhower
America
Capitol Rotunda
Capitol Dome
Wright Brothers
Rotunda
Senate May Vote Today On Supreme Court Bill
The Senate may vote today on a constitutional amendment to fix the Supreme Court at nine justices and bar justices from running for president. The measure requires a two thirds majority, with support claimed from Sen. John M. Butler and possibly President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House
John M. Butler
R-Md
Eisenhower
Butler
Congress
Bizarre Extortion Plot Targeted Dallas Jewish Families
FBI agents halted a $200,000 extortion scheme against 20 Dallas Jewish families after arresting a suspect as he retrieved a money package at Garland railroad embankment. The man, identified as James Hollis Jones, 49, claimed to want a lawyer. Julius Schepps, a civic leader, was the main target with his brother George acting as intermediary.
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FBI
Garland
J. K. Mumford
James Hollis Jones
Julius Schepps
George Schepps
Mumford
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