Stevens Resigns as Army Secretary Amid McCarthy Fallout
President Eisenhower accepts Robert T. Stevens resignation as Army secretary and nominates Wilber M. Brucker to succeed him. Brucker, former Michigan governor and current Pentagon general counsel, will be 61 and has Detroit roots. Stevens cites compelling personal considerations and plans to leave by late July after the McCarthy Army probe links.
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Army
Eisenhower
Wilber M. Brucker
Defense Department
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
Brucker
Michigan
Detroit
Ike
White House
New England
Defense Wilson
McCarthy
Pvt
G. David Schine
Saginaw County
Saginaw
Argentina Frees Political Prisoners After Revolt
The government announced the release of political prisoners including Radical leader Crisologo Larralde as it seeks to restore tranquility. Rebels, mostly navy fliers and marine personnel, will be tried by the Supreme Council of the armed forces. Troops were recalled from public buildings and Peron resumed activities from temporary offices in Palermo. Rumors of a junta or cabinet resignations were denied.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Crisologo Larralde
Radical Party
Navy
Marine Corps
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Franklin Lucero
Peron
Palermo
Government House
Lucero
Perop
Montevideo
Man Killed By Leg Truck Near Otway
Paul Edward Altman 30 of West Portsmouth was fatally crushed when a logging truck ran over him on a remote log road three miles west of Otway. The driver and victim’s brother Melva Altman reported he did not realize the fatality until the truck had moved about a mile. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Paul Edward Altman
Main St
West Portsmouth
Otway
Red Youth Trouble in the Soviet Union Article Two
A Moscow Komsomoletz report notes rising street begging by Russian children in the shadow of the Kremlin. It describes a Babushkin family who used their four children as professional beggars and returns home to drink, while youth receive no special juvenile protections and face adult penalties.
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New York
NEA
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Red
Moscow Komsomoletz
Moscow Communist Youth Organization
Soviet Union
Moscow
Babushkin
America
Ohio Senate Kills Auto Inspection Bill Amid Busy Session
Compulsory auto inspection died in the Ohio Senate as 40 measures moved toward adjournment. The session also advanced a record two year budget over 948 million dollars and a 90 million Korean bonus bond issue to voter consideration next year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
House Education Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Rules
Lausche
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Housee
Molotov Urges U.N. to Cement World Peace
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov urged the United Nations to devote itself to world peace and to help end international tension. He spoke to the U.N. on its 10th anniversary, stressing the U.N. role as a center for resolving problems and fostering mutual trust, while avoiding a formal peace declaration.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
Soviet Union
U. N
Molotov
World Organization
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
U. N. General Assembly
Steel Industry Nearer Bid For Wage Peace
Pittsburgh reports a step toward a definite wage offer that could avert a strike by 600000 steelworkers. U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic have pledged raises. Jones & Laughlin and Youngstown Sheet & Tube resume talks with the CIO United Steelworkers as wage talks restart today.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Williams Mfg. Co. to Close Plant for 10 Day Vacation
Eighteen hundred Williams Mfg. Co. workers begin 10 day annual vacation after Friday. Plant closes except for essential staff and resumes July 5. Vacation and Fourth of July pay total $151,800 with differing weekly pay based on tenure. Jim Secrest predicts a record year for Williams travelers aided by the travel bureau.
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Williams Mfg. Co
Blaine E. Matthews
Matthews
Jim Secrest
Williams Travelers
Travel Bureau
Conferees Agree To Extend Doctor Draft
A Senate House conference committee agreed to extend the doctor draft for two years beyond June 30 and to lower the draftable age from 50 to 45. Both chambers have approved a four year extension of the regular draft due to expire at month end.
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Washington
Senate
House Conference Committee
House
Alyre Doucette Dies At His Own Wedding Dance
Summerside report states Alyre Doucette aged 24 died of a heart attack during the wedding dance Tuesday night. The death occurred at a private event, with authorities investigating the sudden collapse.
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Summerside
P.E.I
Alyre Doucette
Conditions Smell Bishop Denies Charges in Jackson County
Ex deputy Art Bishop released a statement denouncing conditions in the county, prompting swift denials from Harold Rowe and Sheriff David Trago. Bishop claimed he would not reveal findings yet, saying they would go to proper authorities later. Rowe labeled Bishop a liar and denied any party demand for resignation.
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Jackson
Ohio
Art Bishop
Jackson County
Harold E
Foxy) Rowe
David L. Trago
Bishop
Wellston
Sheriff Trago
Rowe
Sam Womel
McCarthy concedes no chance for Big Four satellite states bid
In Washington Senator McCarthy said he has no chance of Senate approval for a resolution urging discussion of Russia's satellite states at the Big Four talks. The Foreign Relations Committee voted 140 to recommend rejection, signaling likely floor defeat and concern it would tie Eisenhower's hands in talks with the Big Four leaders.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Great Britain
France
Geneva
Barkley
D-Ky
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Knowland
California
United States
State Dulles
Scelba resigns as Italy’s cabinet crisis deepens
Premier Mario Scelba presented the entire cabinet's resignations after a Christian Democrat split, as President Giovanni Gronchi weighs the crisis and party leaders prepare talks on a new government. Saragat accuses dealmaking with monarchist fascists. fate hinges on Gronchi’s acceptance.
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Italy
Scelba
Rome
Mario Scelba
Giovanni Gronchi
Quirinale
Council of Ministers
Gronchi
Christian Democrat Party
Amintore Fanfani
Giuseppe Pella
Pella
Giuseppe Saragat
Saragat
Christian Democrats
U S Arms Surplus Sent to Pacific Defense Installations
The United States reports a 100 million dollar surplus of arms equipment and munitions in South Viet Nam. The materiel is being shipped to American defense installations in the Pacific. Sources say the surplus was handed over to France during the late Indochina war.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Pacific
France
Planes Hit Junks Southwest of Formosa
Nationalist Chinese patrol planes attacked eight Communist motorized junks and several wooden boats southwest of Formosa. The air force headquarters reported two motorized junks left burning and two wooden boats damaged.
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Taipei
Formosa
Ofuemoy
Air Force
Federal pay raise backed by conferees
Senate and House conferees approved a bill boosting federal salaries by 7 percent retroactive to March 1 for about 1,073,262 workers. The raise totals roughly 328 million dollars annually, affecting 983,057 classified civil service staff and 90,205 related workers, with pushes for a higher 8 percent by some senators. Postal workers have already seen an 8 percent average increase.
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Senate House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Civil Service
Olid D. Johnston
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