Military Report Confident Quemoy Can Be Defended
Washington reports quoted military aides at the National Security Council session say sea and air power could defend Quemoy against a Red invasion without American ground troops if a political decision enables intervention. Dulles said defense ties to Formosa and military chiefs must decide on U.S. role, with the 7th Fleet and Air Force fighters key to defeating invasion and air support. Formosa bases nearby, with jets able to reach Quemoy quickly via Formosa Strait.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Quemoy Island
U.S
National Security Council
Quemoy
Dulles
Far East
Denver
Formosa
Pentagon
7Th Fleet
United States
Korea
Red China
China
Formosa Straight
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Hoover
Brownell
White House
Nixon
National Security Counccil
Council
America
Security Council
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
US Tth
Red
Form
Arrival Uncertain Three Americans Held by Communists
A U S Consulate official said the three Americans Richard Applegate Donald Dixon and Benjamin Krasner ordered deported from Red China after over a year in captivity would not arrive today. Peiping Radio reported their 1953 abduction and confiscation of their yacht and said deportation orders were issued.
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Applegate
Kert
China
Kwangtung
Macao
David Cicero
INS Newsphoto Service
Hong Kong
Pepsing Radio
Ministry of Public Security
United States
Red China
Richard Applegate
Medford
Ore
National Broadcasting Co
Donald Dixon
New York International News Service
Benjamin Krasner
Brooklyn
Maine election watch as Edna may cut turnout
In Portland Maine voters face a nationally watched off year election with Hurricane Edna reducing expected turnout. Republicans seek to retain 20 years of GOP control, while Democrats push for a change and argue local priorities matter most. Polls close by 7 p.m. EST with counting possible from 5 p.m. in small communities.
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Portland
Maine
Congress
GOP
Adenauer Is Rebuffed In Key German Election
In Schleswig Holstein the Socialists outpolled Chancellor Adenauer's CDU 396,798 to 384,870 in a crucial state election. The Socialists gain 38,269 votes from last year while the CDU halves its 1953 tally, signaling waning support for the Bonn government amid East West German policy debates.
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Kiel
Germany
Kent Adenauer
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Union
Schleswig-Holstein
Bonn Republic
Santag
Russia
East
West Germany
Christian Democrats
CDU
Adenaour
Subversive Activities Probe Opens In Dayton
A congressional hearing by the House Un-American Activities Committee opens in Dayton with former FBI undercover agent Arthur Strunk as the first witness. The Dayton Yellow Springs area, including Antioch College, is the focus as subcommittee members review alleged subversion and potential use of the new immunity law.
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Dayton
Ohio
FBI
Arthur Strunk
Strunk
E. Melvin Hupman
Walter Lowman
Hupman
Lowman
House Un-Ameri
Can Activities Committee
Yellow Springs
Antioch College
Gordon Scherer
Cincinnati
Republcan
Dayton - Yellow Springs
Kit Clardy
R-Mich
Francis Walter
D-Pa
Frank Tavenner
Ex-New Yorker Voted Life Sentence as Spy by Reds
Shanghai court sentenced Hugh Francis Redmond, a former New York businessman, to life imprisonment as a spy. Five men and two women shared sentences. two others were condemned to death. Redmond, arrested April 26, 1951, in Shanghai, is believed to have helped Chinese escapees flee Shanghai.
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Tokyo
Hugh Francis Redmond
New York
Shanghai
Reds
Peiping Radio
Redmond
VA. 5
Edmond
Shangai
Hurricane Edna Death Toll Rises Across New England Maine
Hurricane Edna leaves 19 dead across Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine and Nova Scotia with eight inches of rain triggering road washouts and floods. Maine declares major disaster three rescues and power lines down across the region as Florence weakens inland on the Mexican coast.
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Portland, Maine
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
New England
Maine
Burton M. Cross
Carol
Connecticut
New York State
Sourn
New
Florence
Mexican
Censure Probers Near Final Round On McCarthy Hearing
Senators prepare for a final round of public tests over Sen. McCarthy's conduct as the Watkins committee leads hearings with Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker testifying. Supporters and opponents weigh the likelihood of a Senate vote before the November elections.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Flanders
R-Vi
Senate
McCarthy
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Montana
Wisconsin
McClellan
D-Ark
Watkins
Utah
NBC color TV campaign opens with Betty Hutton spectacle
NBC launches a multi million dollar color TV push led by Betty Hutton in Satins and Spurs as the first of 33 color spectaculars this season CBS counters with The Royal Family starring Helen Hayes and others The two networks plan rotating color extravaganzas on several nights plus color casts for regular shows The stylish Your Show of Shows and Broadway Revue producers deliver polished performances with Neva Patterson Kevin McCarthy and a strong supporting cast through the familiar TV variety format
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Betty Hutton
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bothnets
Satins and
NBC
Ann Sothern
Ginger Rogers
CBS
Hollywood
Mario Lanza
Betty Grable
Harry
Max Liebman
Ziegfeld
Miss America 1955 crowned Lee Ann Wetherby of San Francisco
Nineteen year old Lee Ann Wetherby won the Miss America title from 49 contestants in Atlantic City. She aims for acting, vows no special romance, and recalls her late father who wished she would attend Stanford. Wetherby will tour a year and receive about $40,000 in appearance fees plus car, furs, and jewelry for total winnings near $60,000.
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Atlantic City
California
Lee Ann Meriwether
San Francisco
Lee
Marilyn Monroe
Dior
Tokyo
Army
John R. Riveroll
San Jose
Calif
Riveroll
Ethel Meriwether
Riverell
Stanford
City College of San Francisco
Asl
Seven Missing After Rio Airliner Crash
Rescue boats searched Guanabara Bay for seven missing people after a crippled Brazilian airliner crashed. The incident occurred near Rio de Janeiro as crews expanded effort to locate those unaccounted for.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Guanabara Bay
Violent Typhoon Cuts Wide Path Across Nippon
A strong typhoon carved a 300 mile wide trail through southern Japan hitting Kyushu with winds to 110 mph. Nine dead eight missing and 5366 homeless as Miyazaki Miyakonojo and Nobeoka evacuated. Center moving northeast toward Honshu.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Kyushu
Miyazaki
Miyakonojo
Nobeoka
US Air Force
Honshu
Sea of Japan
Sheppard Case New Effort Seeks Williams Extradition
Cleveland attorney William J. Corrigan says he will ask Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. to bring Billy O Williams from Trenton New Jersey for questioning in the Sheppard murder case. Williams, a Florida fugitive, has been quoted admitting the killing. Corrigan represents Dr Samuel H Sheppard the husband charged with first degree murder. Stephen Sheppard testified he visited Williams in jail and heard the confession. Homicide Captain Kerr said Williams may seek to avoid extradition by returning to Florida.
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Cleveland
William J. Corrigan
Herbert Brownell Jr
Trenton
N. J
Sheppard
Billy 0. Williams
Florida
Marilyn Sheppard
Corrigan
Samuel H. Sheppard
Stephen
Williams
David E. Kerr
Brownell
Anti-Red Drive Gains Momentum in US Action
Secretary of State Dulles, FBI chief Hoover, and Attorney General Brownell outlined an intensified campaign to curb Communist influence in the United States. They described a drive that includes intel on fellow conspirators and reaffirmed commitment to Formosa defense amid talks on Quemoy.
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Denver
Dulles
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Formosa
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Brownell
Communist Party
United States
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