Eisenhower Returns Home After World War II Farewell
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Washington to begin his political transition from military chief to Republican contender. He faces a fierce GOP campaign with Sen. Robert A. Taft rivaling for the nomination as questions arise over delegate expenses. He meets with President Truman and Defense officials before entering public life.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Republican Party
Robert A. Taft
Paris
Pentagon
Mufti
Abilene
Kan
Taft
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Ohio
Reece
Eisenhower
GOP
White House
Truman
Defense
Robert Lovett
Omar Bradley
Westbrook Pegler on Warren Nixon and Republican rifts
In San Diego Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler portrays Earl Warren as a self serving loner who blocks GOP unity. He contrasts Warren with Tom Werdell a Bakersfield Irish American and notes Nixon's efforts to deglamorize Helen Gahagan as part of party strategy.
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San Diego
Tom Werdell
Earl Warren
FEPC
Werdell
Bakersfield
Warren
John Backer
Ohio
V-P
Dewey
Republican Party
Dick Nixon
Helen Gahagan
Goggan
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nixon
Robert Stripling
Warren Urges California voters for pivotal primary
Gov. Earl Warren campaigned as rivals pressed for 70 GOP convention delegates and Taft MacArthur options. Rep. Werdel predicted a Warren defeat by over 200,000 votes, while Atty. Gen. Edmund Brown urged large turnout for the 68 delegate Democratic slate. Eisenhower volunteers endorsed Warren.
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Morrie Landsberg
San Francisco
Earl Warren
California
Thomas J. Mellon
Warren
Thomas H. Werdel
Bakersfield
Werdel
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Douglas A. MacArthur
Edmund G. Brown
Truman State
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
South Dakota
Kefauver
Brown
Eisenhower Volunteers Organization
Memorial Day Holiday Sees Record Traffic Toll
Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths surge past 1950s highs with at least 334 lives lost in 78 hours from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Officials warned the toll could reach 350, surpassing NSC predictions of 310, and pushing the total for the period to about 470 when drownings and other accidents are counted. States list shows high counts in California New York Texas and Washington among others.
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Associated
National Safety Council
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
West Monroe Hosts Hillbilly Wedding Sale Parade
West Monroe merchants stage a major Dollar Day sale as part of the Hillbilly Wedding in June festivities. A large parade, led by Marshall Robert C. Ervin, winds from Commerce Street to Cypress and North Seventh, ending at Gentry's arena for the wedding ceremony.
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West Monroe
Gentry’s Arena
Commerce Street
Arena
Robert C. Ervin
Wood Street
Trenton
Natchitoches Street
Cypress
North Seventh Street
Monroe
Solons Revise Bond Issue Bill for State Projects
A revised bill in Louisiana's House seeks a 30 million bond issue to fund upgrades across colleges hospitals and asylums with administration backing from Rep. Rolfe McCollister and Rep. Percy Roberts of Baton Rouge The bill places control with the state board of education to manage and allocate funds to eligible institutions and projects outside education as a simple majority vote would enact it funded by a 1.47 mill ad valorem levy.
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Baton Rouge
Rolfe McCollister
Percy Roberts
State Board of Education
Mass escape at Mississippi reformatory prompts suspensions
About 40 juvenile inmates fled the state reformatory in Columbia Mississippi after unguarded conditions allowed walking off. Thirty girls stayed, while half of the 80 boys escaped with 26 recaptured by dawn. Ray Fournea named acting superintendent. Police and posse hunted remaining escapees in wooded areas.
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Columbia
Miss
State Reformatory
Ray Fournea
Reform School
Fournea
Hubb
Pearl River County
Hubert Strickland
Pope Calls For Cry Of Peace At Vatican
Pope Pius XII urged a single cry of peace to echo worldwide during the final Eucharistic Congress in Rome. From Vatican City he spoke to pilgrims in Pope Pius XII Square, praising prayers and sacrifices and calling for unity. He criticized Soviet Russia as hypocritical in peace talk and urged concord to bloom on earth.
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Barcelona
Spain
Pius XII
Vatican City
Soviet
Russia
Tanks and Rangers Crack Red POW Camps on Koje Island
U N forces led by Gen. Mark Clark used maximum force to quell a POW uprising on Koje Island Korea. A South Korean officer shot a prisoner who taunted him after rioting prisoners burned banners. Commanders blamed Panmunjom negotiators for directing the revolt.
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Koje Island
Korea
P—U. S
United Nations Supreme
Mark Clark
Panmunjom
Compound 60
U S
Jim Miller
Washington, D. C
Kose
Background Of Ike Seen As Perfect For President
Abilene Kansas frames the Eisenhower story as a quintessential American upbringing. Relman Morin notes the planned campaign backdrop, from a white frame house to a Midwestern town, church, school and wheat fields, shaping a relatable leader. Tens of thousands prepare to welcome Eisenhower with a parade, a national TV speech, and a news conference.
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Ike
Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Fusenhower
Middle West
Great Plains
Supreme Court Rules Seizure Of Steel Mills Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Truman's seizure of the steel industry was illegal, returning control to owners. CIO leader Philip Murray ordered a nationwide steelworkers strike and urged collective bargaining under Wage Stabilization Board terms.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
High Court
U. S
David A. Pine
Pine
Justice Black
Vinson
Reed
Minton
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Two Drownings at Bayou Darbonne Near Crawford Bluff
Two youths, James Arthur Riddle 23 and Ruby Riddle 14, drowned when a small motor boat sank in Bayou Darbonne near Crawford’s Bluff as waves swamped the craft during a trotline run. Roger Kelly 16 swam to shore. Rescue by Monroe fire department arrived after 7:20 p.m. with bodies recovered by 9:40 p.m. Funeral arrangements to be handled in Magnolia Arkansas.
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Bayou Darbonne
Crawford’s Bluff
Union Parish
James Arthur Riddle
Ruby
Roger Kelly
Riddle
Farmerville
Kelly
American Legion
Monroe
Magnolia, Ark
Train and bus crash near Melbourne claims nine lives
Sydney reports two more deaths in the Melbourne crash involving a train and a bus carrying teenagers from a church camp, raising the total death toll to nine.
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Sydney
Australia
Melbourne
Political Crisis In Korea Tests Military Coordination
Gen. Mark Clark urged President Syngman Rhee that the South Korean political crisis would not disrupt military operations. Rhee assured no troop removals from the front as martial law tightens around Pusan amid arrests of 12 national assembly members. Clark and Gen. Van Fleet met with officials amid ongoing leadership elections.
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Pusan
Korea
Mark Clark
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
United Nations Far East
Korean Battle Front
Clark
James A. van Fleet
U.S. Eighth Army
Reds Call 24 Hour Strike In Paris
The Communist run CGT called a 24 hour Paris area strike in protest of government weekend raids on Communist headquarters and the arrest of leader Jacques Duclos. The action aims to pressure Premier Antoine Pinay's government and follows a prior nation wide walkout appeal.
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Paris
France
Antoine Pinay
NEA Radio - Telephoto
French Confederation of Labor
CGT
Red Belt
Communist Party
Jacques Duclos
Solon Proposes Abolishing Louisiana Welfare System
Sen. B. H. Rogers introduces a skeleton bill to abolish the state welfare department and return welfare to parish level. He estimates savings of 40 million dollars annually and says the move will shift welfare control to local officials familiar with their communities. The plan aims to reduce state influence and address the perceived growth of welfare spending.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
B. H
Johnnie) Rogers
Louisiana
Rogers
Grand Cane
State Welfare Department
Truman to Ask for Pact OK with West Germany
President Truman seeks fastest Senate approval of indirect military alliance with West Germany. Acheson signed pacts to be sent. administration urges ratification before adjournment to show resolve. Senate largely favorable, signaling quick action amid Cold War tensions and warnings to Russia.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Senate
United States
West Germany
State Acheson
Europe
U.S
France
Germany
Red
Polio Victim Dies After Two-Day Illness
John W. Shirey, manager at Fuller Motor Company Dubach, died after a two day polio illness. He was rushed to Shreveport for care and passed away Saturday. Funeral held Monday at 2 p.m. at Dubach Baptist Church with Rev. A. H. Prewett officiating. interment in Weldon Cemetery. Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston in charge.
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Dubach
John W. Shirey
Fuller Motor Company
Shreveport
Dubach Baptist Church
A. H. Prewett
Weldon
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Ruston
Shirley
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Presse
W. Monroe
Solons
Vatican
By Frank Brutto
Miller
U. N
Ony
By Relman Morin
White Frame House
West Point
Detroit
Denver
D'Arbonne
Reds
Solon
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