Adenauer and Dulles Confer on Reds Note
Secretary of State Dulles and West German Chancellor Adenauer planned talks in Washington on several topics likely including Russia disarmament proposals. They were expected to reject the plan seen as propaganda timed to Adenauer’s visit, with concerns over postwar troop controls and German frontier forces.
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Konrad Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Washington
United States
Dulles
Russia
Adenauer
Yale
Martte
Ashington
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Germany
Poland
Atlantic
Greek Church Leader Deportation From London
Scotland Yard deported Archimandrite Kallinikos Macheriotis, head of the Greek Orthodox Church in London, on suspicion of Cypriot anti-British activity. He was seized at his rectory and flown to Athens after midnight. the move was confirmed by the Home Office and the Colonial Office as a public interest action.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Kallinikos Macheriotis
Athens
Macheriotis
Cyprus Ethnarchy Organization
Makarios
Home Office
Colonial Office
Machernotg
Senate House Pass Compromise Bill for State Justice Funds
Congress sends to the White House a compromise appropriation of 548,930,957 dollars for the State and Justice departments and federal courts, 50 million dollars below President Eisenhower's request.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
State
Justice Departments
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Signs Papers as He Recovers at White House
President Eisenhower signed three documents and a fourth time today while seated up in bed, his mood high after intestinal surgery. He approved an emergency $50,000 flood aid, a new Army flag design, and the 1956 International Wheat Agreement, with no Senate disapproval within 30 days.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hig
Eisen Bse
Sherman Adams
White House
Adams
Wilton B. Persons
Congress
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Clear Creek
Jefferson Counties
Colorado
Georgetown
U. S. Army
Brucker
Senate
James Hagerty
Hagerty
NATO Plans 1956 Defense Infrastructure Spending
The North Atlantic Council announced a 1956 defense package totaling 263.2 million dollars to build airfields ports and pipelines across Western Europe. Of this 106.4 million targets Germany infrastructure while NATO accelerates forward strategy with 140 airfields ready and a 2.3 billion dollar five year commitment.
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Paris
North Atlantic Council
Europe
Germany
NATO
Lord Ismay
Canada
United States
Council
Practice Rockets Drop From Jet At Fairbanks
Six practice rockets detached from an F-89 Scorpion rocket pod and buried themselves in the ground near South Fairbanks. A base spokesman said the rockets carried no warheads and caused no damage as four Ladd AFB aircraft conducted rocket runs ahead of a firing test.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ladd Air Forces Base
Ladd
U S Destroyer Rescues Eight Japanese Sailors
The U S destroyer Jarvis rescued eight crewmen from a Japanese fishing boat that capsized south of Tokyo Bay. The men were picked from the sea and brought aboard for medical checks and safety.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U. S
Jarvis
Tokyo Bay
Fields Brothers Cleared By Reds
Prague radio reported Antonin Novotny told the Czech party congress the Fields Hermann and Noel Field were wrongfully accused of aiding traitor Rudol Slansky. Slansky was arrested tried and executed in 1951 for treason against the state.
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Vienna
Austria
Hermann
Noel Field
Czechoslovakia
Prague Radio
Antonin Novotny
Field Brothers
Rudol Slansky
Slansky
Fields
Novotny
Candy Records Show High U S Candy Consumption
The Commerce Department reports average per person candy consumption at 16.6 pounds in 1955 as the confectionery industry produced 2,724,060,000 pounds of candy and achieved $1,031,000,000 in sales.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Weinert Dies at Seguin Wealthy South Texas pioneer
Seguin Texas Hilmar H. Weinert 69 wealthy banker oilman rancher dies after five years illness. Funeral at 10 a.m. from Weinert home. He led Seguin Bank and Trust Co. and chaired Trio Oil Co and Tex-Ill Oil and Royalty Co. mayor of Seguin in 1910 and longtime University of Texas regent. Survived by wife Hilda three sisters a daughter and other relatives. His wealth estimated at 20 million dollars.
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Seguin
Tex
P— Hilmar H. Weinert
South Texas
Weinert
Hilda Weinert
Seguin Bank and Trust Co
Trio Oil Co
Tex-Ill Oil and Royalty Co
Illinois
Kentucky
Texas
University of Texas Regent
F. C. Weinert
Sis
Senate
House
R. A. Weinert
Ters
Ella Weinert
Clara Breudstedt
Roland Blum
Katie Eilers
Austin
Berg
Talks Open To Smooth Road Bill Differences
Washington AP Senate House conferees meet on the highway bill with expected clashes over how to share 25 billion federal funds for 40 000 mile interstate system. House favors needs based allotment while Senate sticks to population area and rural mileage weighting. Conferees doubt quick agreement before July 1 government year start.
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Congress
Rep
McGregor
Ohio
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Washington
Astate
House
Burning Auto Clue In Brink's Informer Death
Fingerprint experts examine a 1956 Cadillac found burning in a Roxbury railroad yard as part of the probe into the Brink's informer William Cameron slaying. The car, with New Jersey plates, may link to the murder that followed a $1,219,000 robbery.
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Brink
William F. Cameron
New Jersey
New Haven
Roxbury
Union City
N.J
Cameron
Dorchester
Thomas F. Richardson
James I. Faherty
FBI
Richardson
Faherty
Seaboard States
Navy
Fargo
GOP seeks federal case to redo Texas congressional maps
Texas GOP leader Jack Porter said the state should redraw 22 congressional districts by population. Attorneys are drafting a suit to force legislative redistricting and may pursue action in federal court or the US Supreme Court if needed. He criticizes equal representation for districts with vastly different populations.
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Austin
Texas
Republican National
Jack Porter
Houston
Porter
Supreme Court
Churchill Guest of Royal Couple at Monaco Lunch
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace hosted an official lunch with Winston Churchill as guest of honor in Monaco. Churchill attended with his actress daughter Sarah.
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Monaco
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Sarah
All-Out Appeal To Soften Aid Bill
Administrations urges senators to restore at least 600 million of 1.1 billion cut by the House from the foreign aid bill. President Eisenhower, in hospital, signals support for more funding as Senate leaders weigh the request. Senate figures say the cut remains too deep but uncertainty remains on the final amount. Some senators weigh shifting funds to military aircraft, with bipartisan support glimpsed for restoring aid.
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U.S
Russia
National Security Council
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Midland-Odessa Airport to Build New Administration Building
Midland-Odessa Airport receives a 60 950 federal grant from the Civil Aeronautics Administration for a new administration building parking lot and landscaping. The funds, part of 349 000 in total grants since January 1, will fund improvements during the fiscal year beginning July 1. Plans are with architects and start date depends on CAA approval and matching state local funds.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Midland
J. M. Orman
Orman
CAA
Argentine revolt leader Valle reported captured
Gen. Juan Jose Valle, a top figure in the failed weekend revolt against Peru nian regime, was said captured and held by the Army Ministry. The report cited Clarin with no official confirmation as fighting and executions continued and other rebels faced sentencing.
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Argentina
Juan Jose Valle
Clarin
Valle
Raul Tanco
Juan Peron
Robeson Cited for Contempt by House Committee
In Washington the House Un-American Activities Committee voted unanimously to cite Paul Robeson for contempt after he refused to answer if he was a Communist. Robeson invoked the Fifth Amendment and clashed with members as the hearing into Soviet propaganda travel resumed.
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House’ Committee On Un-American Activities
Paul Robeson
Congress
Robeson
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Walter
Negro Singer
Russia
State Department
Communist Party
Richard Arens
Republican
Democratic Party
Slow progress in Brady bombing inquiry shocks lawyer
Ranger Capt. Gully Consert said authorities have few clues in the case of a bomb fixed to the ignition of Sam McCollum III’s station wagon. The blast injured his right leg and stomach, and McCollum, a veteran witnesses supporter, survives in a Brady hospital. Investigators travel to key points in Texas seeking information while assessing whether dynamite or nitroglycerin was used.
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Brady, Tex
Gully Consert
Sam McCollum III
McCollum
Consert
Colwert
Siege 'Angel' Weds Officer in Paris Ceremony
Genevieve de Galard Terraube known as the angel of Dien Bien Phu married Capt. Jean de Heaume de Beutsocq, a French parachutist officer, in a civil ceremony in Paris with a future church wedding planned at St Louis des Invalides. The couple met in Hanoi after her famed defense role.
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Paris
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Dien Bien Phu
Jean de Heaume de Beutsocq
17Th
St. Louis Des Invalides
de Galard
Indochina
Vietminh
Hanoi
Whitney Secures Legal Services for Spanish Case
American bullfighter Harry Whitney of Austin Texas has hired Madrid criminal lawyer Agustin Barrera after a six year and one day sentence for offending the Spanish nation. Barrera plans to appeal to the Supreme Court, delaying the sentence an additional five days.
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Spain
Harry Whitney
Austin
Tex
Agustin Barrera
Whitney
Barrera
Supreme Court
British court sentences Greek Cypriot to hang for missed shot
In Nicosia, Cyprus, Steilos Mavromatis, 23, a Cypriot RAF clerk, was condemned to death for firing at two men but missing. The judge told him the sentence reflected bad shooting rather than intent.
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Cyprus
Steilos Mavromatis
Royal Air Force
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