Washington Post Says 1954 Geneva Talks Sought Delay
The Washington Post reports a Pentagon study suggests the Eisenhower White House opposed nationwide elections in Vietnam in 1956, fearing Ho Chi Minh victory. Ngo Dinh Diem allegedly blocked talks with Hanoi, while Dulles urged France to delay elections and avoid international supervision. The Post cites a July 1954 telegram and notes the Geneva Conference still called for July 1956 elections.
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France
Pierre Mendes-France
Testimony links Gerald Silvers to 1970 killing case
Former cellmates testified that Gerald Silvers described killing his 2 year old niece Lisa Silvers and having sexual relations with her. Calvin Collier and James Black testified during Silvers's trial on rape and first degree murder charges. Lisa vanished April 22, 1970, from Sunflower Village, her body found November 25 by quail hunters east of her home.
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Lisa Silvers
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Calvin Collier
Deuel Vocational Institute
California
James Edward Black
Deuel
Lisa
Sunflower Village
Earl Silvers
Collier
Black
Missouri dean outlines expansion of journalism school
Roy Fisher new dean at University of Missouri Columbia plans expansion and modernization of the school of journalism in Lake Ozark. He envisions a new broadcast center to train students and notes the loss of the linotype training school as a modernization move. T. D. McNeal of St. Louis proposed an advisory committee, a funded chair, closer university ties, and internship support for electronic journalism students.
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Roy Fisher
School of Journalism
University of Missouri-Columbia
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Missouri Broadcasters Association
T. D. McNeal
St. Louis
Migrant Worker Probe Opens in Goodland Kansas
A Kansas legislative committee began an inquiry into migrant workers living and working conditions in the Goodland area. The panel includes two state senators, three representatives, two Mexican-Americans, and a sugar beet farmer led by Rep. Ervin Grant. The probe stems from Manuel Fierro of Topeka alleging discrimination.
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Rel Dorado
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Topeka
Battle Against Culex Mosquito in Barton County
Galen Ewing Barton County sanitarian appeals to all residents to eradicate the culex mosquito carrying sleeping sickness. He urges spraying fence rows standing water and asks residents to empty rainwater containers as recent rains boosted the mosquito population and prompt action can solve the problem.
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Galen Ewing
Barton County
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Ewing
Welfare reform backers poised for House vote next week
Washington AP backers of a sweeping federal welfare system predict House approval next week as debate begins Monday and a Tuesday vote nears. The plan replaces the federal state system with a federal program offering 2400 dollars annually for a family of four, with states free to supplement but not exceed current spending.
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Miller praises area sheriff for restraint in shooting incident
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller commends Woodson County Sheriff Don Ward for restrained use of firearms during May 18 pursuit of four robbery suspects. Miller, in a letter to Woodson County Attorney Robert Manske, says the bystander car was hit by a bullet but officers did not fire recklessly and there is doubt about who fired first. Detectives from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are reviewing the incident at Manske's request.
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Mississippi Schools Lead Desegregation Rise in South
Mississippi, once the most segregated state two years ago, now shows higher school integration than California, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, reflecting a national shift as the South drives a rise in desegregation from 18 to 39 percent between 1968 and 1970 while Northern districts see increased isolation. The South accounts for about 690,000 of the 756,000 increase nationwide.
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Senate Rejects Courtroom Hearings for Draft Registrants
The Senate voted 44 to 32 against Kennedy amendments granting lawyers and courtroom hearings for draft registrants. Debates linger over shortening the two year draft extension to 20 months and adding incentives for voluntary enlistment. Leaders plan a Monday move to cut off debate with votes on limiting time and other amendments. Senators Cranston Gravel and Hatfield vow to push to curb wartime extend. Prospects loom for potential deadlines on Indochina actions next week.
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John O. Stennis
D-Miss
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