Ridgway Cites Weaknesses Of NATO Plan
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told Congress that even with planned European force buildup this year the forces will be too weak to prevent serious reverses if attacked by the Communists. He urged continued foreign aid of 5.8 billion for the coming year, warning air power remains the weakest link and that logistical stocks and mobile reserves are insufficient.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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Europe
U. S. Army
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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United States
NATO
Paris
Army
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Far East
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Foreign Affairs Committee
Free World
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
R-Nh
Dirksen
R-Ni
Magnuson
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Indochina
Philippines
India
Pakistan
Delays Formal Okay Of Oil Bill
Washington AP The White House will hold a ceremony for President Eisenhowers signing of a controversial bill granting coastal states title to submerged lands off their shores. Signing postponed to later this week to allow attendance by interested parties. The measure ends a long fight over federal versus state control of tidelands off California Texas and Louisiana and faces possible Supreme Court review. A companion bill would place continental shelf lands beyond state boundaries under federal Interior Department control.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Truman
Tidelands
Supreme Court
California
Texas
Louisiana
Senate
Florida Gulf
House
Interior Department
Storms Blamed For Train Wreck In Louisiana
In Alexandria Louisiana storms are blamed for the derailment of a Missouri Pacific passenger train, following a prior wreck within 24 hours. An engineer and fireman died in the first crash north of New Orleans, while thirty passengers and a five member crew escaped injury when a diesel engine and mail car overturned ten miles north of Alexandria on the way to Little Rock.
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Missouri Pacific
New Orleans
Here
Little Rock
Ark
Official Claims Malayan Commies Almost Crushed
London reports that High Commissioner Sir Gerald Templer says Britain has broken the back of the Communist rebels in Malaya but warns they retain armed potential. He asserts food denial as key, notes 1,050 surrendered, and estimates guerrillas at about 5,000 mostly Chinese.
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London
Britain
Malaya
Gerald Templer
Youngster Wins Round In Battle With Death
Four year old Wayne Moses, a hemophiliac boy facing constant risk from minor injuries, survived 17 transfusions in two months. His twin Gene, also affected, requires precautions at home as mother Sol Moses describes guarding and special routines. Wayne, barely five in August, is learning to walk again after hip bleeding. Hemophilia is hereditary and carried on by females but affects males.
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Sayre
Okla
Wayne Moses
Wayne
Gene
Oatis Free As Wife Greet Plans In New York
William Oatis, AP correspondent freed from a 25 month Czech sentence, heads to New York to reunite with wife Laurabelle who flew from St Paul to welcome him. In Frankfurt he described a psychological trial process and thanked supporters for their aid.
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Associated Press
Oatis
Alan Gould
New York
United States
Laurabelle
St. Paul, Minn
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Frankfurt
Laurabelle Oatis
Arson Plot Against Peron Is Uncovered
Buenos Aires authorities disclosed a plot by Argentine political exiles to bomb the presidential office and burn major buildings. Police guarded public sites after investigators found documents and explosives at a conspirator’s home. The ring leader, a Socialist, remained at large amid reports of planned attacks during a cabinet meeting. Six people have died in recent bombings.
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Argentina
Peron
Uruguay
Socialist Party
Ministry of Labor
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General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Getaway Car Seen in Dunkirk Bank Robbery
Kenton Sheriff Clarence F. Brown reports locating a getaway car believed used in the $4,600 Dunkirk branch robbery at Kenton Savings Bank on Saturday. The shotgun bandit remains at large as authorities recover a car stolen from Kenton before noon. Cashier Frank Curran and his wife Helen were alone in the bank during the holdup.
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Clarence F. Brown
Dunkirk
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Brown
Frank Curran
Helen
Marion Newsman Recalls Prague Detention and Objectivity
The Marion Indiana reporter described his treatment by Czech authorities as generally good and spoke about his brief freedom. He said his detention stemmed from differing views on objectivity in news reporting, noting that Czech officials often see matters differently than he does.
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Ind
Prague
President Polishes Up Speech For Tomorrow
President Eisenhower on the Williamsburg yacht from Washington to Virginia and Maryland areas, golfing with admirals and meeting midshipmen, working on a national radio address about national security and taxes. The trip ends with the yacht being retired to a mothball fleet.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Williamsburg
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William and Mary College
Norfolk,a
Imick
Atlantic
White House
James C. Hagerty
Annapolis
New Atomic Explosion Scheduled Tomorrow
The ninth atomic blast of the spring series was postponed for a third time due to bad weather. The predawn shot, planned for last Saturday, is now rescheduled for tomorrow morning weather permitting.
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Las Vegas
New
Youth Finds A Way in New Jersey
In Whippany New Jersey 13 year old James Hull and his dog Shep left home after neighbors called the dog a nuisance Police found them along Route 46 near Parsippany James claimed hitchhiking to Scranton Pennsylvania and riding a bus back Authorities doubted the tale but the outcome was that James keeps the dog The brief item notes the pair were reunited with a happy ending
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James T. Hull
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Parsippany
Scranton
Taft Calls Excess Profits Tax Vicious Yet Temporary
Taft labels the excess profits tax vicious in parts but favors a temporary continuation to provide revenue for balancing the budget. He notes the levy targets large firms and raises about two billion yearly, with a July 1 expiry unless extended. Sparkman argues for a presidential recommendation to extend to Jan 1 for a 10 percent personal tax cut.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Sen
Sparkman
Ala
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Californian Wins Honors Of Triple Ace
In a Pacific War update Captain Joe McConnell of Apple Valley California became the first triple jet ace as American Sabre pilots report destroying 12 Communist MiGs in one day. The Fifth Air Force said 35 MiGs were downed overall with 17 damaged or probably downed. McConnell’s 14th 15th and 16th kills lifted him to triple ace status amid heavy air battles near North Korea. Ground fighting along the front fluctuated as Chinese forces sustained artillery fire and ROK infantry clashed for observatories along the Pukhan River.
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California
North Korea
U. S
Joe McConnell
Fifth Air Force
McConnell
Manuel Fernandez
Fernandez
Miami
Fla
George Ruddell
Eugene
Ore
Air Force
Louis A. Green
Lexington
N. C
Pukhan
Korea
Roks
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Apple Valley
Calif
Bonn Plans Trade Ties With Reds
Bonn Germany plans to resume trade relations with the Soviet Union and Communist Romania. Officials say a list of goods these two nations want to buy in West Germany is being studied by exporters, with no strategic items to be shipped. Soviet and Romanian reps handed their list to West German officials at a UN conference in Geneva last month. Allies say there are no objections to such trade so long as strategic goods are not sold.
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Germany
West Germany
Soviet Union
Romania
Geneva
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
Europe
Russia
Educators Help Everyone Vote In Red Election
In Budapest Hungary the Communist led People's Front elected a 298 member Parliament from a single list. No opposition candidates appeared but voters could vote against the state. Premier Matyas Rakosi expected a strong approval when results are released later in the week. People’s educators urged those who did not vote in the morning to return, with invalids and the elderly assisted to polls.
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Budapest
Hungary
People's Front
Matyas Rakosi
Winds Slam Plane Down 19 Killed
An AP report from Marshall Texas details a Chicago bound DC3 crash near Marshall killing 19 aboard, with one survivor Mrs J W Cox of Panama City Florida. Pilot Jas Volk 33 from Atlanta reported no trouble before the storm struck. Survivors describe a violent descent. two other passengers were found alive. stewardess Joe Carlson of Chicago died en route to hospital. Only a small tail section remained intact. The wreck occurred near the Texas border one mile south of Highway 80.
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Tex
Marshall Hospital
Joe Carlson
Chicago
Millard Cope
Marshall News
M Ger
Texas
Reds Display Political Power In Paris Suburbs
Reds chalk up impressive election win in Paris suburbs draining 30 seats across western districts. Voter turnout about 55 percent of 269000 registered voters in Seine district. Socialists lose 3 seats, Catholic Popular Republican Movement drops 6, Moderates and independents gain, reflecting shifting political balance.
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List
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Icipal
Seine Dez
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