India backs Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit for UN General Assembly
United Nations hopeful Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, known as Swarup Kumari and the "Goddess of Victory," leads in a race for the UN General Assembly presidency with backing from the United States and several nations. Born Motilal Nehru's daughter, Pandit is 53, widowed, grandmother of four, and a former Indian ambassador to Moscow and Washington.
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India
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
United Nations General Assembly
Pandit
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
United States
Swarup Karumi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Naini
Asia
Africa
U. N
Moscow
Washington
Srimanti Vijaya Lakshmi
U.N
San Francisco
Pakistan
Srimanti
Vijaya
Lakshmi
Nan
R. S. Pandit
Chandra Lekha
Narayan Tara
Rita Vitasta
Lekha
Tara
Wellesley
Motilal Nehru
Jawaharlal
Krishna
Switzerland
Gandhi
Swarup Kumari
Meeting Tonight May Address Missing POWs In Korea
In Munsan Korea the Joint Military Armistice Commission plans a 9 pm EST session to address demands for accounting of over 3,000 missing U N military personnel including 944 Americans. The last meeting left officials unsure of a Communist reply. The piece highlights POW transfers in Panmunjom and the broader repatriation context.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Joint Military Armistice Commission
U.N
Panmunjom
Red
Redrun
North Korea
Military Armistice Commission
Lee Sang Cho
Reds and West In Bitter United Nations Battle
In New York the United Nations General Assembly opens its eighth annual session with Russia and Western powers clashing over Korea and China representation. Western delegates aim to delay China’s seat and press for a two sided Korean peace process. Expectation centers on leadership posts as Pandit vies for president against Wan Waithayakon.
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United Nations, N. Y
Russia
U.N. General Assembly
Korea
World Organization
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Assembly
India
Nehru
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
United States
Britain
China
Soviet Bloc
Seventh Freedom Ship Brings Ex POWs to San Francisco
The Navy transport Gen. William M. Black is due tomorrow with 428 liberated prisoners of war from Korea, the seventh freedom ship to arrive in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Navy
William M. Black
Korea
New York Dem Voters Decide Today in Bitter Mayoral Primary
New York City voters cast ballots in a high stakes Democratic mayoral primary pitting incumbent Vincent R. Impellitteri against Manhattan Borough President Robert F. Wagner Jr. with half a million to a million expected. Polls open 2 p.m. and close 9 p.m. EST.
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Eugene Levin
New York
New York City
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Manhattan
Robert F. Wagner Jr
Impellitteri
Wagner
Warnings Fly At Dem Rally In Chicago
At a Democratic national rally in Chicago warnings rose about the party’s integration policy for women. Committee women spoke of questions and concerns over equal status within party work and possible changes to leadership selection.
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Chicago
Democratic National Political
National
National Committee
Emma Guffey Miller
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
Stephen Mitchell
Mitchell
Mrs. Miller
Wth National
Navy Hails Atomic Sub as Marvelous New Weapon
Navy Secretary Robert P. Anderson praised the atomic powered submarine as a marvelous new weapon capable of bottling up enemy ships half a world away. He spoke at keel laying for the USS Seawold, the Navy’s second nuclear powered undersea craft, while the Nautilus also nears builder’s trials.
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Croton
Conn
Navy
Robert P. Anderson
Anderson
Democrats Say Ike Broke Promises on Farms
Democrats led by former secretaries of agriculture raid Eisenhower's farm policy record, accusing him of breaking 1952 pledges to farmers. They predict the attack could cost Republicans control of Congress next year as Adlai Stevenson prepares a televised national report and meets with President Eisenhower. Former President Truman backs Stevenson criticising foreign policy.
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Michigan
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Eisenhower
Benson
Wickard
John C. White
Texas
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Amarillo
Truman
Congress
Chicago
Sen. Anderson
Charles F. Brannan
Claude Wickard
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
U. S
Democratic dinner cuts deficit for national committee
Chicago report states a $100 a plate fund raising dinner halved the Democratic National Committee's $250,000 deficit. The committee did not reveal the exact amount raised, but about 1,600 attendees at $100 each would bring in roughly $160,000 to the committee.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Fiji Island Quake Death Toll Rises to Five
Casualties from the Fiji Islands quake and accompanying tsunami rose to five as a man and boy were reported missing after a punt overturned. Three others were rescued. a landslide killed an elder in the interior. Nukui village was wrecked but with no injuries reported. Tremors continued and Suva closed schools and shops.
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New Zealand
Fiji Islands
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Southwest Pacific
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Nukui
Rewa
GOP Slaps May Bring More 64 Crop Controls
Washington AP reports the Eisenhower administration debates corn crop controls for 1954 as Benson weighs acreage allotments versus free planting. A drier year tightens supplies and may push quotas, while critics say Brannan’s lack of controls worsened surpluses.
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Vvid A. Martin Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Benson
Sually
Humphrey Signals Questioning Foreign Aid Spending
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey challenged continued large scale U S funding abroad to build competitive enterprise. He urged careful review of all foreign and domestic proposals while stressing the need to balance taxation and maintain a sound dollar for U S and world prosperity.
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Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
United States
Humphrey
Senate Banking Committee
Business-Labor-Agriculture Advisory Group
Banking Committee
U. S
Capehart
R-Ind
Weather summary for Ohio and Miami Valley
The Miami Valley sees tonight partly cloudy skies with forecastes predicting mostly fair conditions tomorrow. Ohio's five day outlook averages about three degrees below normal with a cool night in Kentucky and a mild day in Middletown where highs reached 77 and lows near 50.
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Vandalia
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Ohio
Middletown
Hurricane Edna Forms off Atlantic Mumbai?
The season’s fifth hurricane Edna formed in the Atlantic about 930 miles east-southeast of Miami with 115 mph winds. It lay 200 miles north-northwest of San Juan moving west-northwest, with a 26 mile eye, 69 mph winds in the southeast quadrant, and it was expected to reach hurricane force later that morning.
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Fla
Atlantic
Edna
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Bulgaria Frees 25 000 From Prison Camps
Reportedly 25 000 detainees freed in a wholesale release by Bulgaria while about 75 000 remain in regular prisons. Sources note none of the camp prisoners had been tried or convicted. The timing and scope of the releases are unclear.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bulgaria
Yorktown Joins UN Naval Forces Off Korea
Yorktown, the 27 000 ton aircraft carrier, has joined U N naval forces off Korea near Yokosuka Japan. The famed World War I fighting ship is now part of the UN task fleet supporting operations in the region.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Yorktown
U. N
Korea
Czech Reds Reorganize Government
Prague radio reports a sweepingly centralized reorganization of Czechoslovakia s Communist government. Premier Vilem Siroky stays head of government with two former premiers as vice premiers, while Antonin Novotny retains party control amid unrest over shortages and a May currency revaluation.
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Austria
Prague Radio
Siroky
Jaromir Dolansky
Alexei Cepicka
Communist Party
Antonin Novotny
Zapotocky
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Sth Army Called On To Aid ROKs
General Maxwell D Taylor urged the 8th Army to assist South Korea in rebuilding after conflict. He authorized deployment of personnel and equipment and voluntary contributions to aid education health athletics entertainment and employment.
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Roks
Seoul
Maxwell D. Taylor
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South Korea
U.S. Armed Forces Korea Network
Taylor
Stevenson Blast Called Just Sound And Fury
Denver dispatch reports the White House dismisses Adlai E. Stevenson's criticism of the Eisenhower administration as just sound and fury. President Eisenhower plans a Washington meeting with Stevenson after the Chicago speech, with a conference on Stevenson's round the world trip and upcoming Hawaii statehood legislation.
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