Middletown Seniors Win Self-Reliance Awards
Two Middletown High School students Myrtle Bond and Everett Egelston top the new W. W. Sebald Self-Reliance Awards night at the Manchester Hotel. Sealed results were read by Armco Steel Corp. president Sebald, with winners from Middletown Fenwick Lemon-Monroe and Middletown high schools receiving cash prizes and recognition alongside 11 finalists.
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Myrtle Marie Bond
Everett Martin Egelston
Middletown High School
W. W. Sebald
Everett Egelston
West Middletown
Middletown
Nancy Lee Yocom
MHS
Clyde Yocom
Superior Ave
Elaine Carroll Bailey
Lemon-Monroe
Harry Bailey
Winton St
Loretta Lee Largent
Harry Largent
Taylor Ave
Douglas Adler
Arthur Alder
Charles St
Earl David Pressler
Fenwick
Earl Pressler
Sebald
Armco Steel Corp
Martin Egelston
Weith
Editorial Sparkplug Self-Reliance Honors Twenty Youths
A Middletown tribute honors 20 self-reliant seniors for using time wisely to education, leadership, and early business success. W W Sebald and Armco Steel Corp executives praise self-reliance as the key to turning talent into achievement and a hopeful future.
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W. W. Sebald
Armco Steel Corp
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Area
Sebald
Evacuation Of French Soldiers Tops 110 Mark
Wounded evacuation from Dien Bien Phu reached 110 as helicopters and light planes shuttle to the fortress. About 120 more wounded were expected to reach Hanoi, with 753 total to be flown out. Genevieve de Galard Terraube, the lone French nurse, was not confirmed for release. Wounded are sent to Luang Prabang and then Hanoi for operations. In Saigon, Cao Dai forces were integrated into the national force, though steps toward nationalization remain to be taken.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Vietminh
Geneva
Luang Prabang
South Koreans Vote For New National Assembly
South Koreans from Seoul to bomb damaged towns voted to elect a new National Assembly in an off year test of President Syngman Rhee. Rhee and his wife cast ballots as eight million votes were counted with returns due in two days. Rhee’s Liberal party targets a working majority. opposition Democrats expect few seats amid claims of police intimidation.
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Seoul
National Assembly
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Liberal Party
Unlucky Circus Borrows Tent in Newark
The King Bros Circus performs in Newark using a borrowed big top after a truck tent went missing between Middletown and Portsmouth last weekend. No rain spoiled the shows despite the unsettled relocation. Performances ran for both afternoon and evening audiences.
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Newark
Ohio
King Bros. Circus
Middletown
Portsmouth
Pact Plans May Strain Friendship
Washington officials fear a British absence from an initial Indochina coalition could strain US British relations. Eisenhower and Dulles want a united front with Britain, France, and others, but Britain stalls until Geneva conference results are known. Possible informal coalition may form in weeks. Australia May 28 election could shift policy. Eisenhower to meet New Zealand officials after Geneva talks.
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Washington
Indochina
U. S
United Front
Eisenhower
State Dules
United States
France
Australia
New Zealand
State Department
National Security Council
Clifton Webb
Toether
Leslie Knox Munro
Seek To Abolish Senatorial Body in House Debate
Angry congress men proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the Senate. Speaker Jose B. Laurel Jr. persuaded them to table the resolution. They charged the Senate blocked passage of vital House bills and cited interlegislative conflicts and horse trading.
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Manila
Senate
Jose B. Laurel Jr
Indochina talks teeter as West rejects resistance groups
Geneva reports say the United States may drop the Indochina talks unless the Communist line shifts. Western powers oppose inviting Laos and Cambodia resistance governments, flagging a deadlock after three secret sessions. Eden seeks a cooling-off day, with Molotov and Chou En Lai to confer as talks resume.
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Geneva
Indochina
United States
Red
Laos
Cambodia
Aphantom
U.S
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Chou En-lai
Molotov
Georges Bidault
Walter Bedell Smith
Chou
McCarthy Says Cutting Aid Is Crime Folly Says Bridges Probes Trade With Reds
Senate debates on aiding nations shipping to the Communist bloc trigger sharp exchanges. McCarthy calls cutting U S aid criminal folly while Bridges announces a Senate Appropriations probe into relaxation of trade bans with Red China. Stassen defends peace policy and counters McCarthy’s charges.
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Washington
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
China
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
U. S
Weather Outlook and Temperatures in Middletown
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with a daytime high near 60. Temps rise to as high as 74 tomorrow as sunshine returns. Yesterday’s high reached 66 at 1 a.m. with a 52 low at 4 a.m. Today’s low fell to 42. Rain total 0.25 inches by 8:30 a.m.
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Middletown
Mundt predicts McCarthy likely to attend hearings Monday
Senator Mundt says McCarthy probably will be present at the resumption of the McCarthy Army hearings on Monday despite a presidential gag order. Mundt stressed he has no firm commitment from McCarthy and noted Eisenhower’s ban on testimony complicates actions.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Army
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Potter
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Man Slashes Woman and Child After Jail Escape
In Goshen Maryland a knife wielding man believed to be an escaped Army mental patient held a farm tenant family for six hours. He slashed Adele Thomas and her 5 year old daughter Barbara Lee before escaping in a stolen truck. Police identify the suspect as Pvt Fred C Pierron of Silver Spring. He escaped from Walter Reed Hospital after scaling a fence and later assaulted drivers during pursuit.
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Goshen
Montgomery County
Adele Thomas
Barbara Lee
Charles Thomas
Pvt
Fred C. Pierron
Silver Spring
Army
Walter Reed
Washington
Pierrou
Extortionist Shot While Fleeing Police at Madame Sonora’s Garden
Cleveland officers said Archie Spencer Cross, posing as a patrolman, attempted to extort $500 from Mrs. Juanita Mix also known as Madame Sonora. He was shot yesterday while fleeing.
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Cleveland
Archie Spencer Cross
Garden of Worship
Juanita Mix
Liquor Industry Attacks Federal Ban on Ads
A Washington D C liquor industry spokesman denounced a proposed nationwide federal ban on interstate alcoholic advertising as a step toward national prohibition. R E Joyce of the Distilled Spirits Institute said the bill would hinder orderly sale of alcohol and reflect minority aims to prohibit production and sale. The hearing marks the fifth time since 1947 Congress has weighed measures to bar interstate alcohol advertising in media.
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Washington P
House Commerce Committee
R. E. Joyce
Distilled Spirits Institute
Congress
De Valera Loses Out At Polls In Ireland Election
Dublin reports show Prime Minister Eamon De Valera and Fianna Fail losing control of the Dail as John A Costello's coalition wins 74 seats to 61 for Fianna Fail. Independents take four. four seats left undecided, with May 26 runoff for three. Observers cite a housewives revolt over rising prices as a factor in Fianna Fail's decline. De Valera, 71 and nearly blind, fails to expand his tally. Costello, 62, and re-elected, leads a coalition split: Fine Gael 49, Labor 17, Clann Na Tathan 3.
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Dublin
Ireland
John A. Costello
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Fianna Fail
Men of Destiny
Fianna Fall
Fine Gael
United T Ireland
Labor
Clann Na Tathan
Republicas
Costello
Chiang Kai-shek sworn in for second term in Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek begins his second term as Nationalist China president in Taipei with demands for increased anti Communist unity and material support. He urges Asian nations to form a collective defense while vowing to recover mainland China with allied help. United States officials attend as the ceremony proceeds amid tension from the mainland threat.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Maine
China
U. S
Charles E. Wilson
Taipei
Francisco
Nicaragua Breaks Ties With Guatemala Over Arms Shipment
Washington reports Nicaragua has severed diplomatic relations with Guatemala amid a leftist hotspot scene after an arms shipment from Poland arrived, according to officials.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Poland
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Red China
Nancy Lee Yooswm
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Cao Dai
Crane
Stassen
Senator
Harold E. Stassen
Appropriations
Liquor Group
Coalition
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