India Warns Russia on Vietminh Offensive in Indo China
Indian envoy warned Soviet representatives at Gen eva about a major Vietminh push in Tonkin Indo China that could prompt U S intervention before the November elections. Moscow dismissed the risk initially but faced a potential global peace crisis if the Communist offensive escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Indo-China
U.S
Kingsbury Smith
N.S
Paris
IMS
Russia
Red River
Moscow
Kremlin
eVietminh
Tonkin
City Sees Firework Violations And Summer Heat Open
Fireworks illegal in Pennsylvania are being heard nightly as residents risk fingers. Summer heat exceeds ninety in shade with pools and creeks drawing crowds. Bridge replacement at Breakneck is moving to concrete and steel beams. Road slickness from heat prompts caution and non skid added. Local street upgrades include Epworth Street and other unpaved roads. Construction projects advance on churches schools and houses near city. Tomato crop remains ripening on the vine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Breakneck Bridge
Eckert’s A
Pa Newe
Epworth
Daily Weather Report
Cloudy and warm day with scattered showers today and tonight. US weather stats cover 24 hours ending today at a.m. with max 92 and min 76, no precipitation. river stage 5.9 feet. Same date last year showed max 95 and min 65 with 1.00 inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Margaret Truman Stages Dramatic Debut in Pocono Play
Margaret Truman, daughter of a former president, made her dramatic stage debut before a summer stock audience in the Pocono Mountains. She hid stage fright during the performance but cried after Act III, listening to backstage chatter as friends consoled her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryll
Battelle Mountainhome
Margaret Truman
Pocono Mountains
Ceasefire Promised in Cambodia and Laos
A Cambodian source to INS says Chou En-lai promised a ceasefire in Cambodia and Laos during a dinner with delegation chiefs. The report notes Vietminh troops invaded the two nations, and India’s Nehru may be involved in related talks.
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Geneva
INS
Cambodia
Laos
Red China
Chou En-lai
Chou
Vietnam
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
China
Youth Acquitted Of Murder Charge
Elwood A. Hiester, 20, freed by a Berks county jury on manslaughter charges in the death of John C. Greth, 20. Greth died when a car reportedly driven by Hiester overturned on March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
INS
Elwood A. Hiester
Deaths of Mrs Ranney Edmond Marshall and Harry Meck
Death notices list Mrs Cassius W. Ranney age 90 of 117 East Wallace Avenue Edmond E. Marshall age 91 of 226 Haselcreft Avenue and Harry Meck age 4 of Ven Dyke. Entries appear in the Tuesday June 22 1954 records.
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Cassius W. Ranney
Wallace Avenue
Edmond E. Marshall
Haselcreft Avenue
Harry Meck
Local Crippled Children Demonstration by Dr Chance
About 15 children from the Treatment Center joined a demonstration led by Dr Bur ton Chance a cerebral palsy specialist from Philadelphia at the American Legion hall. He outlined that many crippled children face mental or emotional issues and urged a full Treatment Center program with trained staff to aid their reintegration into the community. The event included live demonstrations of examinations and exercises as Dr Chance explained the equipment use.
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Burton Chance
American Legion Hall
Chance
Philadelphia
Bandits Take 90000 In Gems In Cleveland
Cleveland police hunt for two gunmen who robbed the Albert Fine jewelry store on the seventh floor of the Ninth Chester Building. They forced Fine and diamond salesman Jaques Hauser to face the wall while stealing unset diamonds and other stones worth 90000. Hauser lost 200 dollars cash. diamonds were insured. This follows a similar Lakewood gem heist last May 22 with Albert Stern as a victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
INS
Albert Fine
Ninth-Chester
Fine
Jaques Hauser
Queens Village
New York
Hauser
Albert Stern
Lakewood
McCarthy Army Probers Seek To Narrow Issues
Senators probing the McCarthy Army dispute aim to limit the report to fewer than ten core issues. Mundt of South Dakota called a meeting to set final agenda and consider retaining Chief Counsel Jenkins. Jenkins would face questioning over a weekend statement about supporting McCarthy if Tennessee legal bids shift.
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McCarthy
Army
Washington
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
Special Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Tennessee
Subcommittee
Mundt
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Pvt. G. David Schine
Cohn
Carr
Stevens
Adams
Schine
Executive
Legislative
Schine-Stevens
Mystery death of Chicago heir shocks inquest
The inquest into Montgomery Ward Thorne's death reveals he was checking his father’s will when he died in his Near North Side apartment. His fiancée Maureen Ragen testified he was not a narcotics addict despite two needles found. He had told his attorney he was being followed and feared not living to 21, and sold blood twice for $150 monthly from a $2.6 million estate.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Maureen Ragen
Near North Side
Thorne
Jay Stough
Marion
Ceatiness
Kensinger Is Under Arrest In Murder Again
Joseph Kensinger, 24, a Penn Township railroad worker, was arrested in Pittsburgh on a murder information filed by private detective Turtle Burns. He faces a hearing Wednesday night before Justice Samuel D Amico in West Deer Township, with no bond allowed in murder cases.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Kensinger
Carol
Penn Township
Allegheny County
Joseph the Turtle Burns
Kensinger
Patrick Carr
West Deer Township
Justice of the Peace
Samuel D'Amico
Smith Triumphs in Maine GOP Primary Over Jones Five to One
Senator Margaret Chase Smith won the Maine Republican primary defeating Robert L. Jones by about five to one. Unofficial returns show Smith at 87 200 to Jones 17 150. Jones, a first-time candidate and former Washington aide, conceded as Smith extends her unmatched congressional record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Margaret Chase Smith
ED Donn
Augusta
Robert L. Jones
Smith
Jones
Maine
Washington
Charles E Potter Reich
Owen Brewster
Joseph McCarthy
Republi
Texan POW Batchelor to face court martial in August
Cpl Claude Batchelor, a 22 year old American POW who first sided with North Korea then changed his mind, will be tried by a general court martial in mid August. The army ordered the trial and lifted the charges including consulting with the enemy. In France the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at SHAPE in Fontainebleau for a briefing on operations and to inspect the headquarters.
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San Antonio
Tex
INS
Claude Batchelor
Fontainebleau
France
Duke of Edinburgh
Europe
Philip
Vietminh claim annihilate 9200 French troops in Indochina
Vietminh radio broadcast in Hong Kong said 9,200 French Union troops were annihilated between May 7 and June 15 and 80 posts captured along the Vietnam battlefront. In Kansas City, former President Truman rests after emergency gall bladder and appendix removal surgery, with his doctor warning danger remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Vietminh Radio
Indo-China
Vietminh
Vietnam
Kansas City
INS
Harry S. Truman
Gore Leads Fight for Three Year Trade Agreement Extension
Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee spearheaded a Senate Democratic push for a three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. The move, backed by Adlai Stevenson, contrasts with the one year option favored by President Eisenhower and argues a longer extension signals commitment to free world trade.
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Washington
Albert Gore
Tenn
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
Eisenhower
Gore
Free World
America
Stevenson
Congress
Full Accreditation for New Castle Hospital Receives Honors
New Castle Hospital has earned Full Accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Sister Mary John, administrator, announced the award after a one day survey conducted April 23 by Dr. W. R. Albus. The intensive review included department inspections, chart checks, and interviews to verify high care standards.
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New Castle Hospital
Board of Commissioners
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Mary John
Joint Commission On Accreditation of
W. R. Albus
Joint Commission
Steel Committees Convene To Hear Wage Reports
In Pittsburgh two United Steelworkers committees meet to hear wage contract updates with U S Steel for 1954. The executive board led by President David J. McDonald meets in the morning, the 170 member wage policy committee in the afternoon. Reports vary on progress toward a wage pension and insurance package as the current contract nears midnight expiry.
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Pittsburgh
INS
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
USW
David J. McDonald
Whajam Flannery Pittsbugh
McDonald
Two Die In Private Plane Crash Near Aston
A small private plane crashed on a farm near Aston Pennsylvania killing two adults, Jose T. Philips 41 operator of the Burg airport and John H. Dobes of Easton. Fred B. Miller Jr. 14 was electrocuted touching a fence charged by a downed high tension line. Ellwood Strouse reported Miller and Miller’s son saw the crash and tried to free the people before the wires arced.
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Easton
Aston
Jose T. Philips
P Burg
N. J
John H. Dobes
Fred B. Miller Jr
Ellwood Strouse
State
Young Miller
Strouse
Miller
Concrete Falls 17 Stories Wrecks Parked Auto in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square a 17 story apartment building shed heavy concrete onto the street. A 2 by 3 foot slab about 18 inches thick weighing 1530 pounds hit a car owned by William Goodman II. Pieces from balconies and coping damaged the street and sidewalk. No injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Rittenhouse Square
William Goodman II
Paley Family Gift Supports New Einstein Medical Center Building
A $750000 donation from Samuel and Goldie Paley of Chestnut Hill funds a new clinical building for Einstein Medical Center’s northern division. The facility will house clinics a clinical laboratory a rehabilitation unit and an operating suite announced by Samuel H. Daroff president.
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Philadelphia
IMS
Einstein Medical Center
Samuel H. Daroff
Samuel and
Goldie Paley
Chestnut Hill
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
Daroff
Fire ripping Philadelphia garage sparks explosions and chaos
A downtown Philadelphia garage was hit by fire and several small explosions. Three trucks a car and large stocks of tires were destroyed. Fireman Jack Fix 3% was injured by flying glass as about 60 firefighters fought the blaze and acrid smoke spread over the area.
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Philadelphia
INS
Jack Fix
Major Clash In Revolt Shapes Up In Guatemala
In Guatemala City and Tegucigalpa both sides claim early victories as a 6000 strong army clashes with rebels at Gualan Zacapa. The government and rebels issued opposite statements about control of the town site near one of America’s shrines along the rail line between Guatemala City and Zacapa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph VU. Minshaw
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
INS
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala City
Gualan
Zacapa
Caries — Armas
America
Golfers tale of nerves and worn clubs on a hot day
Arthur Mometer Hew struggles with a failing game as a friend laments a missed six inch putt and chipped shots fail. The other man sobers over costs of learning the game while the unusually hot 93 degree day frames their exchange.
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Aesere
Iowa
United Preas Telephoto
Webster City
West Washington Street
Joseph Gloriesio
R.D
Daily Weather Report
Legion Post
Bandits
By Alvin Spivak
Senator Smith
G.O.P
N.C. Hospital
Medical Center
Ment
Classified
Radice
TV 4
Bectety Crees Word Editorial
Seae
Arthur Mometer
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