Restored plea to fix 1.1B Foreign Aid cut fails
The House rejected a dramatic bid to restore $600 million of a $1.1 billion foreign aid cut in the $4.9 billion program. The vote was unrecorded but decisive, with Republicans and Democrats opposing restoration and Eisenhower’s full request. Rep. James P. Richards led the push for the heavy reduction.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Foreign Affairs Committee
Ano
James P. Richards
D-Sc
John Foster Dulles
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Martin
Rep
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Western Union Pact Ends Nationwide Telegraph Strike
Western Union Telegraph Co. workers avert a nationwide walkout after a two year contract. The agreement grants a 13 cent hourly raise retroactive to June 1 for 45 000 workers, plus improved pensions and messenger allowances. A further 5 cent hourly increase is planned from January 1 to adjust wage scales. The average wage prior to the deal was 1.88 dollars per hour.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Weather Update Clears Skies With Light Cloud Rule
Mostly clear today and tomorrow with late night and early morning low clouds. Highs near 73 and lows around 50. Full forecast appears on Page Alt with notices for sections and features listed throughout the San Gabriel Valley edition.
Bulganin Delivers New Note to Eisenhower via Zarubin
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent a fresh letter to President Eisenhower. Georgi Zarubin arranged to deliver it at the State Department in the afternoon. The embassy declined to discuss the message content, noting only that the letter was for the President.
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Washington
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Georgi N. Zarubin
State Department
Zerubin
Dulles
Bulganin
Zarubin
Moscow
Soviets Seize 100 Georgians After Georgian Posters
Western diplomats report Soviet secret police rounded up more than 100 Georgians in Tiflis after posters proclaimed an independent Georgian republic appeared in the city. A second raid the following day expanded the arrests.
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Vienna
Austria
Josef Stalin
Georgia
Tiflis
Tenor Leaves Arthur Godfrey Show in New York
Frank Parker, longtime member of Arthur Godfrey’s circle for six years, says he will sever ties with the Godfrey group after June 30 as he plans to focus on parole board terms and a TV drama series. He describes the split as amicable.
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New York
Frank Parker
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Washington
Pi Press
Eisenhower
Parker
Fed
Board of Parole
Rubbish Probe Perjury Charges Against Two Teamsters Officials
In Los Angeles a county grand jury indicted Frank J. Matula Jr and Phillip Watler on one count each of perjury related to a rubbish collection investigation. The state Assembly interim committee began the probe last October into coercion in job allocations for garbage workers.
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Los Angeles
County Grand Jury
Teamsters
Frank J. Matula Jr
Teamsters Union
Phillip Watler
State Assembly
Grand Jury
Solon Scolds Legion Over Pension Demand
Washington. Pp Chairman Olin E. Teague slams American Legion leaders for pressuring the House Veterans Committee to consider pensions for the non disabled before disabled veterans. Rep. William H Ayres says top Legion officials should be ashamed for pushing a general pension bill that's aimed at attracting members. The panel moved the Legion bill to the top of its agenda. it provides a $105 monthly pension for any 65 year old veteran of World War II Korea or World War I with annual income under 1 800 single or 3 000 married.
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Washington
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
American Legion
House Veterans Committee
William H. Ayres
Legion
Korea
Officials Named Scovel Richardson and John Henry
Were for Scovel Richardson of St Louis Missouri chairman of the board and John E Henry of Helena Montana.
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Scovel Richardson
St. Louis
John E. Henry
Helena, Mont
Love and loyalty pull woman from Missouri Communist ties
Mrs Ann Yasgur Kling testified before a House Un American Activities subcommittee about leaving the Communist party in 1947 after falling in love with a man who opposed the party. A University of Missouri 1944 graduate and former Young Communist League member she worked in the party district office in St Louis 1945 46. She is Ralph Shaw s sister in law a former Missouri party chairman but declined to name colleagues saying she would not snitch.
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Ann Yasgur Kling
Communist Party
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Young Communist League
University of Missouri
Ralph Shaw
Missouri
Tugwell Suspended Again as Board Set for Trial
Los Angeles officer Jack R. Tugwell 28 faces a board of rights trial for unfitness for service with a June 12 date set. He is suspended 30 days following a back shooting of Patrick Bauer 21 during a May 1 drag race in Canoga Park. Chief William H. Parker signed the order as the county grand jury resumes the probe into the shooting and alleged marijuana cigarette planted in Bauer's car.
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CNS
Jack R. Tugwell
Board of Rights
Patrick M. Bauer
van Nuys
Canoga Park
William H. Parker
Tugwell
County Grand Jury
Baner
Turncoat Edges Toward Return From Red China
Samuel David Hawkins 23, one of 23 ex G I s who stayed with Communists after the Korean POW exchange, told Rene Maccoll of the London Daily Express he wants to go home but fears punishment. The British reporter filed from Peiping that Hawkins is regretting his decision and is anxious about returning to the United States.
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London
Peip'g
China
Samuel David Hawkins
Rene Maccoll
London Daily Express
Red China
Maccoll
Hawkins
G.I
Korea
Eisenhower Tops California Primary In Broad Victory
President Eisenhower won an unmatched tally in California's presidential primary boosting Republican hopes for November. Adlai Stevenson surpassed the million mark and Kefauver’s strong showing spurred talk of a Harriman tie up as Stevenson carried 68 national convention votes. Democrats claim a recent upsurge in congressional and legislative races.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
California
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Five Fishermen Feared Drowned at American Falls
Five fishermen feared drowned when their small boat capsized on the Snake River below American Falls dam. Deputies said the party likely from Burley-Rupert area, with one man tentatively identified as Agust Hondo. The incident raises Idaho's 1956 fishing death toll to nine since the season opened Monday. Two men and their young sons drowned on Cascade Lake Monday.
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American Falls
Idaho
Snake River
Big American Falls
Burley-Rupert
Cascade Lake
Bearded Trolley Driver Sues Atlanta Transit System
Gerald F. Barnes filed a federal suit claiming civil rights violations after being fired by the Atlanta Transit System for refusing to shave his beard. He seeks 25,000 dollars damages and reinstatement.
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Atlanta
Gerald F. Barnes
Barnes
Baseball Today American National League Scores and Matchups
Baseball today lists and notes several league games with lineups and pitchers. Highlights include Turley and Berra for the Yankees, Kellner and Thompson for the White Sox, Averill and Triandos for the Orioles, and Ersking versus Bull in the Brooklyn Milwaukee matchup as the only scheduled game.
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Sullivan and White
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New York
Kellner
Shantsod
Thompson
Turley
Berra
Crurbo
Washington
Aeee
Renee and
Lollar
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Tomo McLish
Averill
Wight and
Triandos
Pittsburgh
Rush
Landreth
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Hiddix
Lopata
Jeffcoat
Burcess
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Ersking
Bull
Tornado Threat Hits Nebraska Kansas Midwest Overnight
A new storm front brought tornado warnings to Nebraska and Kansas with confirmed twisters near Pleasonton and Inman plus reports near Bemidji. Lincoln suffered extensive damage with 400 to 500 power lines down and hospitals losing power. doctors operated by flashlight at St. Elizabeth's.
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Midwest
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Kansas
Pleasonton
Neb
Inman
Kan
Bemidji
Minn
Lincoln
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Court Upholds School Tax Exemption
The California State Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 decision, upheld the 1951 law exempting parochial and other private non profit schools from taxes. Alfred J. Lundberg had challenged the measure in Alameda County. the Alameda court had ruled it unconstitutional, but the high court reversed.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Alfred J. Lundberg
Alameda County
Alameda Court
High Court
Phil S. Gibson
Robeson Passport Denial Upheld by Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the State Department decision denying a passport to singer Paul Robeson. The ruling cited his refusal to answer if he is or has been a Communist as the reason for the denial.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
State Department
Paul Robeson
Eisenhower Opens Path to U S Soviet High Level Visits
President Eisenhower signaled reciprocity for a series of top level exchanges with the Soviet Union. He indicated Zhukov Bulganin and Khrushchev could visit the United States, with invitations extended on a reciprocal basis after Nathan Twining's Moscow trip.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
United States
Georgi K. Zhukov
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
Moscow
V. D. Sokolovsky
Probe Reports Scott Seen in Desert Area
Lancaster authorities investigate a possible sighting of L. Ewing Scott in a desert area after market cashier Kathleen Spicer reported seeing a man resembling him at a Lancaster market on May 25 or 26. Florence Truesdale said she followed a car possibly bearing his license JLJ359 on Highway 6 the night of May 25. Scott posted a $25 000 bail May 15 in Los Angeles for 13 forgery and grand theft counts as his wife Eve lyn Throsby Scott vanished May 16, 1955. the grand jury resumes her disappearance probe June 19.
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Lancaster
DNL
L. Ewing Scott
Kathleen Spicer
W. Lancaster Blvd
Scott
Florence Truesdale
Highway 6
Los Angeles
Evelyn Throsby Scott
Grand
British Plan Hydrogen Blast to Test H-Bomb Next Year
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden announced in the House of Commons that Britain will explode its first hydrogen bomb next year. He said Britain is now ready for an actual test, joining the United States and the Soviet Union in pursuing H-bomb capability.
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London
Britain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
United States
Soviet Union
Eden
New York
Com. Steel
Postal Increase Bill Cleared For Floor Action
Washington report says a bill to raise postal rates was cleared for floor action by the House Rules Committee. Democrats oppose a section raising the 3 cent stamp to 4 cents, and leaders offered no clear forecast on floor passage.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Two Workmen Die After Fall From 552 Foot Bridge Tower
Two men died yesterday while laying a wire mesh catwalk on the Straits of Mackinac Bridge between the north tower and anchor. Jack C. Baker of Pagosa Springs Colorado and Robert Kippen of Plymouth Michigan were identified as the victims. The three survivors slid down the cable to safety as the catwalk broke behind them while rough water lashed the straits.
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ST. Ignace, Mich
Straits of Mackinac Bridge
Anchorage
Straits
The
American Bridge Co
Jack C. Baker
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Robert Kippen
Plymouth
Mich
Baker
Coast Guard
Upper
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