Senators Clash Over 18 Year Old Voting Plan
Senator Russell denounces Eisenhower's 18 voting age plan as a states rights invasion amid Senate debate on a constitutional amendment. He notes Georgia currently allows 18 year olds to vote and warns the measure would force changes on governors and state legislatures. Chairman Langer expects a two-thirds vote in the Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Senate
Georgia
Langer
R-Nd
Senate Judiciary Committee
Living Cost Index Drops in April as Taxes Fall
Washington reports the consumer cost measure fell two tenths in mid April led by tax cuts. The Bureau notes the decline affects about 1.2 million workers tied to contracts in auto aircraft and farm equipment sectors. Food prices rose slightly in April.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Bureau
McCarthy Seeks Possible Walkout Ties in Army Showdown
Senator McCarthy keeps Capitol Hill guessing on plans for a possible walkout of hearings with Army officials. He says he will be there Monday but offers no promise on duration as he confronts Eisenhower’s order restricting executive testimony.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Capitol Hill
Army
Wisconsin Republican
Carthy
Eisenhower
Executive
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pentagon
Secretary of Army
Stevens
John G. Adams
Subcommittee
G. David Schine
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Adams
Schine
Senate Government Operations Committee
Cohn
Eisenhower Averts Tariff Fight by Delaying Renewal
President Eisenhower signaled a one-year renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Act and asked Congress to hold hearings this year before action in 1955. He urged a three-year renewal with yearly tariff cuts be postponed, aiming to avoid a party clash while keeping the program indispensable in national policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Charles H. Percy
Bell and Howell Co
Chicago
Richard M. Simpson
Ways and Means
Simpson
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Senate
Millikin R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
Millikin
Administration
GOP
Polio vaccine tests show no serious reactions in 400000 children
Dr. Robert F. Korns announced to the Illinois State Medical Society that more than 400 000 children have shown no serious reactions or deaths after receiving the Salk polio vaccine. Nineteen percent of the 644 138 children in 44 states have begun the second and final inoculations with final evaluation not expected until next year.
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Chicago
Robert F. Korns
Illinois State Medical Society
Hart&. van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
Korns
Florida
Texas
Michigan
Albany
N. Y
Medical College
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
van Riper
Honduras To Get U S Military Aid
The United States will provide military assistance to Honduras under a Western Hemisphere defense program. The pact was signed in Tegucigalpa by Honduran foreign minister Dr J Edgardo Valencia and U S Ambassador W A Willauer, following a similar Nicaragua accord.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
United States
Western Hemisphere
J. Edgardo Valenzuela
U.S
W. A. Willauer
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Panama Canal
U S May Face Hurdles in Asian Defense Pact
Washington signals possible snag in building a Southeast Asia anti communist defense without Britain. New Zealand Foreign Minister Webb says a satisfactory alliance needs Britain, as Australian elections loom and United States weighs a rapid coalition with Australia New Zealand and Asian nations. Webb and Dulles see shared views though Britain’s stance complicates early accords.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Britain
New Zealand
T. Clifton Webb
Dulles
Leslie Knox Munro
Webb
U.S
Paris
Geneva
U. S
Southeast
Sia
Eisenhower
Australia
Greenlease Case Cops Sentenced in Perjury Conviction
Two St Louis police officers involved in the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping case were sentenced for perjury before a federal grand jury. Veteran officer Shoulders received three years, rookie Dolan two years, with the judge noting Shoulders directed the operation. Defense requests for probation or leniency were rejected.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Bobby Greenlease
Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
Albert A. Ridge
Dolan
Mark Hennelly
Henry Morris
Middies Prom Jubilee Captured by Journal Photographer
Journal plans full page coverage of the MHS prom jubilee tonight with photographer Bill Weith in the midst of the festivities. Also notes Germantown derby hats and bonnets sale, Valley Pages story with pictures, and upcoming YMCA summer programs and trips for boys and girls.
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MHS
Bill Weith
Germantown
Valley Pages
YMCA
Journal
Lus
New Concessions Sought on Suez Base After Evacuation
Reports from London say the United States and Britain will share responsibility for safeguarding the Suez base after Britain's 80,000 troops depart. Britain would drop demand to keep 4,000 technicians and replace them with civilian contract workers under Egyptian authority. Egypt hints at reopen option if attacked.
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New York
New York Times
United States
Britain
Egypt
Suez
The
Times
London
U. S
Middle East
Canal
Benjamin Welles
Washington
Anthony Eden
Cairo
Geneva
Turkey
Canal Zone
Bandit Sought After Drive-In Bank Robbery
A wide manhunt continued for a lone bandit who drove into a suburban Columbus suburb, forced a woman teller at gunpoint to surrender $2610, and fled. Police seek the suspect with few leads. The crime occurred yesterday at a Bexley drive-in bank.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bexley
Costello Plans Irish Farm Modernization After Victory
Costello's coalition wins a majority in the Dail and pledges top priority to improving and modernizing Irish agriculture. The plan targets raising 12 million acres of arable land to full use as experts urge reform, with government formation to begin after June 2. Fianna Fail concedes defeat and de Valera steps back from leadership.
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Dublin
Ireland
John A. Costello
Costello
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Men of Destiny
Dail
Fine Gael
United Ireland
Republic
Partie
Labor
Clann Na Talmhan
Clann Na Poblachta
de Valera
Weather outlook shows warmer temps and fair skies
Forecasters predict mainly fair conditions tonight and tomorrow with a low of 42 in the valley and a high near 74. Sunday may bring more clouds but temperatures should hold. Middletown set yesterday’s high at 68 by 5 p.m. and Armco East Side Main Gage logged 42 yesterday at 6 a.m. Today’s 40-degree low was on the books at 6 a.m.
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Middletown
Armco
Monarch butterflies swarm Dallas hobbyist in migration study
C A Anderson of Dallas watches a flock of more than a dozen monarchs cluster around him in a Life Magazine wire photo. He studies monarch butterfly migration, noting their northward summer flight and southward winter movement.
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C. A. Anderson
Dallas
Tex
Anderson
Life Magazine
Indo Talks Resume In Secret Amid Indochina Deadlock
Secret nine nation talks in Geneva resume with France seeking a Viet Nam cease fire focus. Georges Bidault aims to stall Laos and Cambodia issues, pushing for armistice zones in Viet Nam while Vietminh forces threaten the Red River delta. Eden to brief Churchill after meetings with Molotov and Chou Enlai.
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Geneva
Indochina
France
Viet Nam
Georges Bidault
Laos
Cambodia
Red River
Bidault
Teen-Agers Riot on New York Subway Route
In a Bronx to Manhattan elevated line incident, hundreds of Commerce High students and others rioted after a rain cancellation. Police detained 24 boys and 19 girls for questioning. George Riley, 16, faced $10,000 bail on a disorderly conduct charge.
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New York
George Riley
Riley
High School of Commerce
van Cortlandt Park
Bronx
Commerce High
242Nd Street
FBI Adds Otto Austin Lee to Top 10 Most Wanted
The FBI lists Otto Austin Lee a 43 year old ex sailor for murder by stabbing a woman in a Oklahoma City motel last January. Lee is now sought nationwide with standard arrest warrants and reward prospects offered by federal authorities.
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FBI
Otto Austin Lee
Oklahoma City
Red Chinese air buildup near Formosa noted but not alarmed
Washington reports a substantial redeployment of MIG15 fighters and IL28 bombers along the China coast opposite Formosa as U S policy pledges sea and air aid to deter invasion. Far East dispatches note Red sorties near offshore islands held by Chiang Kai-shek forces, with no immediate invasion threat seen.
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Washington
Red
China
Air Command
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
Manchuria
Chekiang Province
Indochina
United States
Far East
Three French Outposts Besieged In Indochina Battle
In the Red River delta near Dien Bien Phu three French posts Yen Phu Anxa and Co quan endured heavy mortar and machine gun fire as Vietminh forces besiege them. French aircraft parachuted ammo and food while Bois NCOs reinforced. Anxa repelled major assaults as Vietminh forces in Phu Ly area concentrate with about 12 battalions.
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Hanoi
Indichina
Red River
Dien Bien Phu
French Union
Yen Phu
Anxa
Coquan
Vietminh
Phu Ly
Thai Binh
Inside Page Highlights and Classifieds Summary
The page lists sections such as Classified Ads, Crossword Puzzle, Deaths and Funerals, Editorials, Markets, Radio-TV, Society, and Valley News. Highlights include a Women's Page, with various notices and society items.
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Comité
Hewevabienete
Cyaor i Eeeepee
Avesvkasthes Markets
Sseucsasianee Ae Radio-Tv
Bssass Goeeadl Aesht Society
Iascis Ney
Arn Eean Tae Gore Iisshregdheswe
Dunel Tae Ae Valley News
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Brownell
Sherman Adams
White House
Ther
Jacksonville
N. C
Marine Corps
Talbert Jones
Onslow County
Michael P. Carroll
Augusta
Camp Lejeune
Jones
Michael Philip Jr
Carroll
Mary Katherine
Sara Beth
U. S. Naval Hospital
S. J. Hutchinson
Joseph Bridges
Beloit
Wis
Illinois
Joseph McElroy
Indiana
Elwood
Ill
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McElroy
Banister
Rockford
May
Greenlease Case
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Middies’ Prom Jubilee
Weith
American Legion
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