Bridges Denies Pro China Lobby Influence on Taiwan Policy
Senate inquiry focus shifts as Bridges and Butler deny China lobby sway in support for Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists. Democratic attack cites Alfred Kohlberg donations. Bridges says his 1948 campaign funds were disclosed and unaffected by any lobby. MacArthur case looms with witnesses to be called. Truman era Korea policy cited by MacArthur audience in Dallas.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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John Marshall Butler
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Asia
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Rove
MacArthur Inquiry Committee
Formosa
Boyle
Alfred Kohlberg
New York
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President Lifts Ban On Red Shipments
Washington AP President Fruman suspends the Kem amendment ban on aid to nations trading with the Soviet bloc for up to 90 days to study trading situations. Republicans criticize the move as weakening security while exceptions are allowed for Norway and Austria in the security interest of the U.S.
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State Department
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Austria
Dallas Gives MacArthur Biggest Texas Welcome
Gen Douglas MacArthur receives a spontaneous, warm reception in Dallas as 27 500 fans fill the Cotton Bowl. Band plays Deep in the Heart of Texas and Tennessee Waltz as MacArthur waves from a silver five star convertible. Mrs MacArthur greets Gold Star mothers and veterans while a silver service is presented on the platform. Crowds surge into the streets and break police lines at his hotel.
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Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
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Rainbow Division
State starts hunt for names of NH heroes lost at sea
A statewide search begins to list more than 200 New Hampshire servicemembers lost at sea in defense of the country. Ed ward T. McShade of Manchester, general chairman, announced a campaign to erect a war memorial at Pulpit Rock, Rye. Francis H. Buffum will head the committee, and the memorial will honor all NH military dead across wars, including Korea. An estimated 300 names may be honored. only 20 are on file. The kneeling-wreath statue will be bronze on granite, funded by a scrap-drive rather than cash solicitations.
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New Hampshire
Edward T. McShade
Manchester
Pulpit Rock
Rye
Francis H. Buffum
State House Guide
McShane
Van Fleet Warns Reds Poised for Third Spring Offensive
General James Van Fleet warns of a potential third round of the Chinese spring offensive as Allied forces push toward the Red fortress city of Kumsong. Reports detail heavy fighting around Inje and Kumhwa, with UN patrols probing the Chorwan Kumhwa Pyongyang triangle and ships facing shore battery fire near Songjin.
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Kumwha
George McArthur
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Kamhwa
Jury Deliberates Cooper Murder in Portland
In Portland Maine a jury began deliberations at 10 39 am on the state case against Irane Belyn Cooper 45 accused of murdering her husband in their bedroom The jury of 11 men and one woman filed past her in Superior Court after a five day trial in which prosecutors offered a long chain of circumstantial evidence to prove guilt.
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API
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St Peter Quits Washington Job at Morgue
Joseph F. St Peter, 36, who helped the coroner for six months, has resigned to join an electrical firm. Calls to the Washington, DC morgue will no longer receive the joke reply St Peter speaking.
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District of Columbia
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Joseph F. St. Peter
Rye State Parks Face Closure If Budget Cut Okayed
The Legislature faces potential closure of Rye State Parks Wallis Sands and Rye Rapeor along with Hilton Park at Dover Point if the recommended $365,000 recreation-funds cut is approved. The House Appropriations committee proposes a two-year reduction of 168000 first year and 197000 second year, prompting warnings from W R Brown chair that current operations cannot be sustained. Area supervisors have been told to halt new hires after July 1 and to take safety steps for the two-year park closures, while Brown seeks reconsideration and asks for a Senate public hearing.
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Wage-Hour Dispute Ties Up U S Shipping
In major ports nationwide labor disputes halted shipping as unions claim overtime wage issues. The CIO NMU and allied groups warned no ships would sail without new contracts as federal mediators failed to broker a settlement. About 850 ships across 23 ports and 50,000 NMU members were affected. New York remained quiet with no ships identified as impacted at Manhattan docks.
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Gulf Coast
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Iran Sets 48 Hour Deadline on Oil Talks
Prime Minister Mossadegh gave Britain 48 hours to accept Iran's demand that 75 percent of AIOC profits be turned over to Iran and 25 percent kept for compensation, with talks continuing only if the conditions are met. Demonstrators in Parliament Square urged eviction of the AIOC as Iran pushes oil nationalization.
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National Front
Assessors Probe Portsmouth Revaluation With UNH Students
University of New Hampshire students working for City Assessor Lucien O. Geoffrion survey Portsmouth properties for a reassessment, checking foundations, walls, and lot sizes while facing angry dogs, reluctant residents, and rough waterfront terrain. They inspect about 225 properties daily for 3500 dollars, aiming to curb higher costs seen in Dover and Sanford.
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University of New Hampshire
Portsmouth
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Dover
45 Feared Dead In Fire Swept Home for Aged
AP reports a major fire at St. Cunegonde's hospice in Montreal killed many residents and nuns. The toll rose to 32 with fears it could reach 45 as searchers pulled bodies from the ruins of the 75 year old building housing about 400. Coroner to hold inquest. two nuns were recovered.
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Quebec
Canada
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August Clement
Rita Gervais
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Red Cross
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Marie Mailloux
St. Cunegonde's
Sister Marie
Coast Guard rescues two fishermen near Boone Island in fog
After a nearly two day search through fog and heavy rain, the coast guard and Cutter Yankton rescued two fishermen from the disabled 40-foot trawler Scamp five miles off Cape Porpoise. Fishermen Donald Riley and MacDuffie Marbux, both from Gloucester, Mass., were taken aboard and later towed to an undisclosed port without injuries. The mission involved multiple Coast Guard vessels and a Salem plane, with the boat taking on water and nearly grounding on Boone Island.
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MacDuffie
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Mass
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Portland
Fort Constitution
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Salem
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State Senator Butman Wards Danger List After Crash
Concord AP reports state Senator Augustus F. Butman 63 of Derry was listed on the danger list at Concord hospital after a Thursday morning crash when his car ran off the road and hit a tree near Pembroke. The former police chief and four term registrar was critically injured.
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