Eisenhower OKs Foreign Aid and Citizenship Reform Bills
President Eisenhower signed three new laws during his Colorado vacation, approving a $2.781 billion foreign aid package mostly for military aid, a citizenship stripping measure for those advocating forceful overthrow, and a law aiding the sheep industry with immigrant visas for skilled sheepherders. He also issued pocket vetoes on three bills and vetoed one.
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Denver
Eisenhower
U.S
Colorado
Congress
John S. Doud
Communist Party
United States
Adenauer Warns France May Spark German nationalism
The Times quotes Konrad Adenauer saying Pierre Mendes France wanted to destroy the European army project. He warns that if the European Defense Community pact collapses in the French Assembly it could revive exaggerated German nationalism and push Germany toward the Soviet Union.
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London
Times of London Today
Konrad Adenauer
Pierre Mendes-France
European Army Project
Adenauer
Times
Germany
Russia
France
Hitler
Soviet Union
Storms Hurt Bay State's Repair Units
Severe thunderstorms hail and rain disrupted power restoration in Massachusetts after Tuesday's hurricane. About 3,000 Greater Boston customers lost service again due to water intrusion and damaged transformers. President Eisenhower announced 144 million dollars in federal relief for Bay State hurricane victims, with Gov. Herter seeking guidance on fund use and an early meeting with FDA head Val Peterson. Massachusetts and Rhode Island were designated major disaster areas eligible for federal relief.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Bay State
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Val Peterson
Federal Defense Administration
Rhode Island
Carol
New England
Reds Wanted Him To Head Secret Group
A former North Korean War prisoner testifies that Chinese Reds planned to create a secret U S organization with returning POWs to work with Communists. Cpl Claude Batchelor said they chose William C Skipper as a potential head and described a June 1953 Pyoktong meeting of POWs at which a group allied to progressives was present.
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San Antonio
Tex
Reds
United States
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Army
Tokyo
Kermit
Batchelor
William C. Skipper
Edward Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
Dickenson
Communist Party
Pyoktong
North Korea
Tuan
Pro
Dien Bien Phu commander De Castries released by Communists
Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries, commander at Dien Bien Phu, reached freedom at Hanoi after a prisoner exchange. He rode from the exchange site in a Communist car, walked with a cane, and requested French fries. He said he felt not completely well but would recover in days and appeared thinner and older.
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Hanoi
Christian de Castries
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
de Castries
Vietri
Rene Cogny
Cogny
Ike Views Irrigation Projects
President Eisenhower conducts a 99 hour aerial survey of multimillion dollar irrigation and flood control projects across Colorado Wyoming Nebraska and Kansas. He will meet with officials in Grand Junction Casper and McCook with a brief airport stopover in each state. Public and interior department aides accompany him.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Lowry Air Force Base
White House
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Grand Junction
Casper
Wyo
McCook
Interior
McKay
Agriculture Benson
Reclamation Bureau
James C. Hagerty
Ohio State Fair Ends With Hope For Break-even
The 1954 Ohio State Fair, smaller than 1953’s record event, drew about 18 500 attendees on its final day, totaling under 70 000 for the eight day celebration of Ohio’s 150th anniversary. Fair manager Sam C Cashman expects the event will pay its bills and break even. Last year’s show drew about 450 000 with a sesquicentennial boost. In the horse show, La Fittes Sweetheart from Ottawa Creek Farms Toledo won the American Saddle Horse Breeders Futurity of Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sam C. Cashman
la Fitte
Ottawa Creek Farms
Toledo
American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Futurity of
AF General Urges Atomic Retaliation
Lt. Gen Thomas D. White, Air Force vice chief of staff, called for instant atomic retaliation against any aggressor in a Dayton Ohio speech. He argued the capability to deliver nuclear weapons by air is the best guarantee of peace.
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Dayton
Ohio
United States
Air Force
Thomas D. White
Bendix Trophy Flight Opens National Aircraft Show in Dayton
Aviation history surrounds the Bendix Trophy race as 10 Thunderstreak pilots from Edwards Air Force Base head to Dayton Ohio for the yearly aircraft show. Maj William Whisner Jr set last year’s distance speed record, while a new Boeing YB52 Stratofortress aims for Seattle to Dayton non stop. Dignitaries including Harold Talbott Nathan Twining and Governor Lausche attend the opening ceremony.
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Dayton
Ohio
Sioneering
Wright Brothers
Bendix Rophy
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Laan Hafasn Mann
James M. Cox
Vandalia
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Bendix
Maj
William Whisner Jr
Army
Navy
Seattle
Seattle - Dayton
Harold E. Talbott
Nathan F. Twining
Frank J. Lausche
Maybank's Successor Nominated by South Carolina Democrats
Edgar A. Brown, South Carolina’s National Democratic committeeman, nominated to succeed the late Burnet R. Maybank as U.S. senator. Brown, 66 and state senate president pro tem, is seen as likely to win the seat after the party vote. He opposed Governor Byrnes on issues in 1952 and backed Adlai Stevenson.
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Columbia
S.C
Edgar A. Brown
South Carolina
Burnet R. Maybank
U.S
Senate
Brown
James F. Byrnes
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
State Senate
Byrnes
Maybank
Exam for Accused Collaborator Set By Court
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming a Korea War POW faces a general court martial for alleged collaboration with Communists. A psychiatric exam will be conducted by Dr. Glenn Bacon of Racine at the defense request to probe effects of long-term malnutrition on the brain and will include questions about fear of death and will to resist. Retired Col. John F Ahrert testified Fleming is a officer the government can be proud of and unlikely to sympathize with communism.
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FT. Sheridan
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Fleming
Korea
Glenn Bacon
Bacon
Col
John F Ahrert
Temple, Tex
Ahlert
Jenner Raps Agreement To Hike Red Trade List
Senator Jenner assails a plan to expand the list of embargoed goods allowed for shipment to Russia and Soviet satellites. He calls it a surrender and a strategic gain for the Communists, while Harold Stassen defends the move as expanding peaceful trade with the free world. Witnesses in the subcommittee volume include Freda Utley, Henry J. Taylor, and Siegfried Garbung.
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Jenner
Washington
Soviet Bloc
Russia
Yalu
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
State, Defense, Treasury and
Commerce Departments
United States
Europe
Stassen
China
North Korea
North Vietnam
Indochina
Freda Utley
Henry J. Taylor
New York City
Siegfried Garbung
New York
Mendes France reshuffles cabinet to fill gaps over EDC crisis
French Premier Pierre Mendes France reorganizes his cabinet after three more ministers quit over the European Defense Community treaty. Eight ministers move to new posts, two new posts created including secretary of state interior, two posts remain vacant as the government shrinks toward a 27 member lineup.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes
Interior Ministry
Mendes-France
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Justice
Emile Hugues
Industry
Maurice Bourges-Maunory
Eugene Claudius - Petit
Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance
Mendes - France
Dayton Aircraft Show to Move to Fort Worth Next Year
The National Aircraft Show likely shifts from Dayton to Fort Worth as defense officials seek a rotating venue. Fort Worth businessmen reportedly guarantee 50 000 dollars, with seven cities under consideration per Dayton Journal Herald sources.
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Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Journal Herald Today
Fort Worth
Tex
Benjamin T. Franklin
Red Chinese Guns Pound Two Islands
Formosa reported artillery bombardment of Quemoy and Little Quemoy lasting over five hours. Nationalist casualties were three killed, two seriously wounded, five lightly wounded as about 5 000 shells were fired in the attack.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Quemoy
Little Quemoy
Manila
Quemoy Island
Amoy
John Foster Dulles
United States
Eighth Army May Be Split Between Korea and Japan
Gen Maxwell D Taylor indicated that part of the U S 8th Army headquarters may move to Japan, signaling a possible division with remaining forces in Korea. He cited a pattern similar to the 5th Air Force shift to Nagoya while keeping an advance HQ in Korea.
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Seoul
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
8Th Army
Japan
Korea
Taylor
5Th Air Force
5Th
Nagoya
End Believed Near McCarthy Censure Hearings
Senators Watkins and Case expressed optimism that hearings on censure charges against Senator McCarthy may conclude next week. They declined to specify how long writing the final report would take.
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Washington
Sens
Watkins
Utah
Case
R-Sd
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Dulles Promises U S Aid For Philippine Defense
U S Secretary of State Dulles pledged the United States would furnish a major portion of military supplies to strengthen Philippine armed forces amid Southeast Asia developments. The communiqué follows talks with Vice President Garcia and signals a joint defense program ahead of an eight nation security conference.
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Manila
United States
Philippines
Southeast Asia
U. S
Dulles
Carlos P. Garcia
Department of Defense
Sleeping Sickness Breaks Out in Edinburg Texas
An outbreak of a mild sleeping sickness form prompts Hidalgo County to plan a large mosquito eradication drive led by the U S Public Health Service and Texas Health Department. Health officials expect 400 to 600 cases while awaiting lab results and urge cleanup of trash, broken screens, high weeds, and standing water to reduce mosquito breeding.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Charlies H. Milfer
Hidalgo County
Henry Holle
Austin
Miller
U.S. Public Health Service
Texas State Health Department
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