Mendes-France Defends Position on European Army Plan
Premier Mendes-France defended his government stance on the six nation army plan amid doubts the Assembly would ratify. He warned that rejection could isolate France and trigger diplomatic shifts as ministers debated EDC ratification and potential resignations before next week’s Assembly vote.
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Paris
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Mendes-France
Brussels
Germany
Five Nations
Defense, Foreign Affairs and Overseas Territories Committees
National Assembly
Assembly
Whances
Pierre Mendes
EDC
Sovereignty For Germans Seen Next Step
Washington and London plan to grant sovereignty to Western Germany if France rejects the European army proposal. The West German government would pledge not to rearm before further talks, in a move aimed at pressuring France to concede limited sovereignty while the six nation European Defense Community treaty faces a split. Could topple Adenauer.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Germany
France
U.S
Adenauer
Watkins says McCarthy finances not to be probed
Senate committee will not examine Sen. Joseph McCarthy's financial dealings as part of its censure review. Five initial counts focus on contempt of the Senate, violations of law by federal employees, use of confidential documents, abuse of colleagues, and conduct with Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker. The panel shifts to capital hearings next Tuesday, delaying the start.
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Washington
Arthur V. Watkins
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Watkins
Utah
Siv-M
McCarthy
MccCarthy
Lustron Corp
Senate Banking Committee
United ‘ . 'States
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Eastland Wins Mississippi Senate Nomination Victory
Senator James O. Eastland claims a sweeping victory for a third term over Lt. Gov. Darrell Gartin as returns show Eastland leading 131,013 to 79,243 from 1,621 of 4,805 precincts. Eastland pledges to curb the Supreme Court's powers and form a national states rights group. Gartin accuses Eastland of absenteeism and Republican alignment.
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Jackson
Miss
James O. Eastland
Supreme Court
Darrell Gartin
Gartin
Eastland
Congress
States Rights
CIO
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Laurel
Eastrand
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary and Observations
Considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Cooler north tonight with partly cloudy conditions Thursday. Southeast winds 15 mph this afternoon, shifting NE tonight. Thursday NE winds about 20 mph statewide. Temperature ranges include highs 66 to 78 and lows 48 to 64, with observed rainfall and gauge readings at Menasha dam and Buckstaff Observatory reporting .36 inch rain for the period.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
German Track Star Defects to East Zone
West German track star Erich Kruzycki, former 10,000 meter champion, fled to East Germany protesting the West's economy and expense accounts. He joins two other high profile defectors, Otto John and Karl Schmidt-Wittmack, amid a month of East Bloc asylum cases.
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Berlin
East Germany
Erich Kruzycki
Germany
Kruzycki
Otto John
Karl Schmidt-Wittmack
Mao Tells British Laborites What He Wants America to Do
Mao Tse tung presses British Labor leaders to push Washington on troop withdrawal from Formosa, a halt to rearmament, and a softer U.S. line on West Germany Japan. The talks with Attlee and party members touched on trade and broader policy, with no new commitments reported.
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Mao
America
London
sse-Tung
Daily Express
Whyln
Ore Labor Party
Chi' Ly
Clement Attlee
Maoican
Formosa
Main
China
Labor Party
Morgan Mao
Phillips
Attlee
No Immediate Large Scale Reds Roundup Foreseen
Washington officials say there will be no quick broad roundup of communists under the 1954 Act. The Justice Department plans action against four unions but needs months to build a sound case. registration procedures are available at Room 3525 of the department.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Justice Department
Department
Brownell
Congress
Atty
Herbert Brownell
Colonel Orr Theft Counts Are Dismissed
LAS VEGAS Nevada burglary charges against Col Robert Hutchinson Orr a decorated World War II pilot and Korea wing commander were dismissed and custody handed to military authorities. Secretary Talbott requested Orr be returned to Washington for security investigations while Orr faced psychiatric examination in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
Pentagon
Talbott
Clark County
Robert Hutchinson Orr
Arlington
Korea
Orr
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Watein
Ralph Lamb
Lamb
Sim
Serive
Serias
Ai Force
British Face Poor Harvest
Britain braces for a severe harvest shortage as persistent rain leaves fields sodden and crops failing. Farmers report widespread damage to wheat and grain, with strawberry yields down and livestock losses noted amid ongoing wet weather and flooding across the countryside.
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London
Britain
Madison
Orland TV
Clauson
Maremanie
Edward G. Laabs
Andon
Mitchell Says He'll Back Up Scandal Claims
Democratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell agreed to testify before the House Senate Atomic Energy Committee to present 10 questions challenging the proposed Dixon Yates power contract. He warned of possible favoritism and questioned impartial hearings while Congress is out of session.
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Washington
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
W. Sterling Cole
House
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Cole
Shearings
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Private
Power Syndicate
Bobby Jones
AEC
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA Power Gang
Congress
GOP
Russian Fleet Shifts South Amid Formosa Tensions
Chinese Nationalist News Agency reports Soviet Far East cruisers and destroyers moved south to counter U S naval buildup near China coast. Reports place ships at Chushan Harbor and Hainan Island, as air clashes rise in the Gulf of Tonkin. United States forces plan to aid Seventh Fleet to deter a Red China invasion of Formosa.
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Formosa
Russia
United States
China
Chinatone
Chu-|shan
Chekiang
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Viet Nam
Hainan
Gulf
Air Force
Tokyo
Western Pacific
Red China
Eisenhower
Peiping
Seventh Fleet
U.S
Washington
Mao Tse-Tung
Strait of
Chou En-Lat
Chiang Kai Shek
Home Razed By Blasts In Ammo Car Fire
An ammunition laden freight car ignited in the Frisco yards in Springfield Missouri causing multiple explosions. One house was destroyed and another damaged while a single person was injured. Two yardmen, Gerald Summons and Sam Gaston, safely uncoupled the burning car as the engine moved other cars away. Streets within eight miles were shut and evacuees were moved. The fire, started around 7 pm, burned out by midnight and officials cited a hot box as the likely cause with the ammunition traced to Parsons Kansas.
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Springfield. Mo
Frisco
Gerald Summons
Sam Gaston
L . Carner
Parsons
Kan
Wreckage of Airliner Found In Deep Water
Wreckage of a New York to Amsterdam DC6B Royal Dutch plane was located in 65 feet of water off Holland’s North Sea coast. A KLM spokesman said salvage vessels found the fuselage and some mortal remains. Twenty one people died in the crash about 17 miles off Scheveningen on Monday. Naval divers will search for more bodies and a probable cause.
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Amsterdam, Holland
New York
Amsterdam
Holland
North Sea
KLM Airlines
Joseph Yarrow
Woodbury
Conn
Symuiden
L. Sellevis
KLM
Noord-Holland
Ijmuiden Gurng
Mht
RLM
Norwegian Women Report Flying Saucer Sighting and Pilot Encounter
Two sisters, Mrs. Aasia Solvang and Edit Jacobsen of northern Norway, claim a dark skinned long haired pilot emerged from behind bushes near Mofjell last Friday. Police launched an investigation after the Nordangs Folkeblad piece. the visitors could not be understood, communicated via circles on paper, and the craft allegedly rose and vanished.
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Oslo
Chum Trey
Aasia Solvang
Edit Jacobsen
Mofjell
Norway
Nordangs Folkeblad
Nationalist planes drop rice for Yangtze flood victims
Government sources said Chinese Nationalist planes flew into the mainland last night and dropped rice for Yangtze River flood victims. Hundreds of thousands of propaganda leaflets were released and many planes took part, all returning safely to Formosa. Drops reportedly occurred in Hupei Hunan Anhwei and Kiansi provinces.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Hupei
Hunan
Anhwei
Kiansi
Rioters Clash With Mourners Over Vargas Death in Rio
Police and crowds clashed at Santos Dumont Airport and downtown Rio de Janeiro as Vargas body was flown to Sao Borja for burial. One killed, 38 injured in airport and Cinelandia Esplanada fighting. Army and police dispersed demonstrators. embassy guarded after attacks.
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Brazil
Joao Filho
Center
Getulio Vargas
Carlos Lacreda
Lacreda
Vargas
Filho
AP Sies
Rio de Janeiro
Santos Dumont
Sao Borja
Wlice
Unti
Cinelandia Esplaneda
Cinelandia Esplanada
Cinelandia
Koreans Urge Dissolution of Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
South Korea's National Assembly urged the United Nations General Assembly to dissolve the NNSC immediately, accusing Soviet bloc members of spy activity and collaboration with Communists, hindering supervision of North Korea. The appeal cites Czech and Polish members and calls for action before next month’s sessions.
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Seoul
National Assembly
General Assembly
Natons Supervisory Commission
KON
Odg Res
Yhe Rok
NNSC
South Xereac
North Korea
Leading obstetrician Dr. Gustav Hipke dies at 87
Milwaukee mourns as Dr. Gustav A. Hipke, 87, longtime obstetrician and founder of the citys first maternity hospital, dies Tuesday. He averaged about 600 deliveries in a decade of practice.
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Gustav Hipke
Milwaukee
Gustav A. Hipke
Hipke
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