Reds Brace for Pincers on Hanoi Front
Six Communist divisions mass near Hanoi within 25 miles as French forces fortify on both sides of the capital. French high command says three divisions south and three north bookend Hanoi, planning a defense in firepower to block a northern-southern pincer.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Thai Hguyen
Red River
Korea
Phu Ly
Day
Gulf of Tonkin
Haiphong
Bao Dai
Thai Binh
Phat Diem
Hadong
Trung Gia
Weather Notes Coastal Regions and Valleys July Outlook
Weather forecast shows clear conditions through Wednesday with a slight warming trend. July 6 1954 reports indicate highs near 96 to 98 and lows in the 50s to upper 50s, with pleasant nights. Townsfolk mention a long holiday weekend with many traveling to mountains and beaches and some staying home.
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Jimmy Cub
James
Lois
France to Restore Indochina Expeditionary Force Strength
Paris sources say the government moved to raise the Indochina expeditionary force to pre Dien Bien Phu strength. Plan calls for reinforcements from North Africa and France to secure Hanoi and show resolve against capitulation. General Ely reports losses reached 20,000 across Indochina from March to May.
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Paris
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
France
Foreign Ministry
Pierre Mendes- France
Mendes-France
National Assembly
North Africa
Germany
Paul Ely
Far
July 4 Holiday Among Safest in Years
National Safety Council credits motorists with saving about 100 lives during the three day Independence period. A United Press tally shows 603 deaths from accidents with 324 traffic fatalities and 174 drownings, plus plane, fireworks, and miscellaneous deaths. Utah reports no deaths. Michigan leads traffic toll with 61.
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National Safety Council
United Press
Augusta
Harvey, Ill
Ebensburg
Pelican Rapids
Minn
the Safety Council
Michigan
California
Ohio
Texas
Illinois
New York
Utah
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Eisenhower Plans Colorado Visit This Summer
President Eisenhower said he definitely intends to visit Colorado this summer. He spoke informally with the Sterling high school band in the rose garden and mentioned Fraser as a place he might visit, noting it is a favorite fishing haunt. The 80 member band was en route to a Lions convention in New York.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Colorado
Sterling
Colo
Fraser
Rocky Mountains
Denver
New York
McCarthy Returns to Washington After Vacation
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy is back in Washington after a 2 1/2 week break. His staff said he arrived last night and planned to return to his office, with Mexico as the rumored vacation spot.
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McCarthy
Washington
Mexico
Czechs Seek Prisoner Exchange Over American Soldiers
Czech border guards propose freeing seven American soldiers who crossed the Iron Curtain if three Czech refugees held in West Germany are returned. A Czech major said the Americans would be released once the three returnees are handed over.
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Buernau
Germany
Iron Curtain
Buerrau
West Germany
Carelessness Blamed For Verdugo Hills Fire
A Verdugo Hills fire blackened 135 acres near Stough Park and threatened a new housing tract after starting from back country. More than 250 firefighters from Los Angeles Burbank and Glendale worked the blaze as smoke laden skies extended for miles. Fire Chief Keith Klinger cited likely carelessness by a hiker or horseback rider as the probable cause.
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Burbank
Verdugo Hills
Los Angeles
Glendale
Stough Park Area
Los Angeles County
Keith Klinger
Two Men Rescued After 12 Hours Adrift In Channel
Luke H. Heatherly Jr. 27 of Tujunga and Don Creekmore 30 visiting from Detroit clung to a sinking 14 foot motorboat for 12 hours in the Catalina channel before a commercial fishing boat rescued them. The boat struck a partially submerged object in the channel.
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San Pedro
Catalina Channel
Luke H. Heatherly, Jr
Tujunga
Don Creekmore
Heatherly
Detroit
Ten Die in Tunisia Clash as Cabinet Quits
Ten men were killed and six injured in southern Tunisia near Djebel Or Bata east of Gafsa amid a clash between extremist fighters and French troops. French officer two Moroccan Goums and seven terrorists suffered fatalities. six Goums were wounded. Prime Minister Mohammed m Zali resigned, leaving Tunisia without a national government and a caretaker cabinet in the French protectorate.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Djebel Orbata
Gafsa
Mohammed m‘Zali
Crackdown On Red Infiltrated Outfits Approved
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation to curb Communist infiltrated organizations within labor unions and other groups. The bill would require identified Communist infiltrated organizations to declare their status in publications and broadcasts and would strip unions of bargaining rights until purging Communist influence.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Atty
Herbert Brownell Jr
U S Russia Relations Take A Sinister Turn
Washington reports a new chill in U S Soviet ties after the expulsion of three Soviet diplomats for espionage and the retaliatory removal of two American officials in Moscow. The State Department said Moscow demanded the departure of two U S Embassy officers and noted prior expulsions of four Americans tied to alleged spying.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Department
U.S
Howard L. Feldlin
New York
Walter McKinney
Santa Cruz
Calif
United States
Cmdr
Igor A. Amosov
Alexander P. Kovlyov
United Nations
Leonid FE. Pivneyv
Kremlin
Feldlin
McKinney
Europe
Trud
Martin J. Manhoff
Bothell
Wash
Eugene Williams
Fresno
G. Kharin
Moscow-Vladivostok
Siberia
Elks Nominate New President For Global Fight
William J. Jerrick was chosen as Grand Exalted Ruler of the 1,122,803 Elks at the 90th grand lodge convention in Los Angeles. He urged the free world to seek Divine guidance in the battle against Communism, noting prayer as the best weapon amid tensions over missiles and the hydrogen bomb. He succeeds Earl E James and will be installed on Thursday morning.
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Los Angeles
William J. Jerrick
Elks
Free World
Nutley
N.J
Electrical Corporation
Grand Lodge
BPOE
Jerrick
Earl E James
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma National Guard Patrols Polls in Five Counties
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray imposed martial law in five eastern counties to curb ballot violations as the primary unfolds between incumbent Senator Robert Kerr and challenger Roy Turner. Roughly 500,000 Oklahomans vote across 17 statewide races, with vote-record rules tightened and guards enforcing security against ballot burning and sale.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Murray
Duval
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas City
Guatemalan Junta Detains Over Two Thousand Suspects
Guatemala City authorities report more than 2,000 people suspected of pro Communist activities are jailed awaiting hearings. The military junta declares rapid justice, vows to halt business with Communist countries, and seeks Western ally recognition.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
el Salvador
Elfego Monzon
Great Britain
Costa Rica
Monzon
Yugoslavia
Spain
United States
United Nations
Organization of American States
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Caracas
Inter American Foreign Ministries
Arbenz
United Fruit Co
New Aid Allows Regional SBA Loans Up To 50000
Donald McLarnan regional SBA director for Southern California and Arizona announced authority to approve loans up to 50000 for small firms. Wendell Barnes in Washington said the change is effective immediately. Regional directors may approve bank participation loans up to 50000 per borrower with banks taking at least a quarter share and at least half of the bank's share representing new money.
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Los Angeles
Donald McLarnan
Small Business Administration
Southern California
Arizona
McLarnan
Wendell B. Barnes
Washington
Death Of Radio Andy's Son Investigated
In Santa Monica seven year old John J Correll son of Andy of Amos N Andy died yesterday at St Johns hospital autopsy scheduled to determine cause of death officials say it was peculiar and may involve a kidney ailment Doctors say poisoning by paint or insect spray is possible while experts debate the case and the family home had been recently painted and lawns sprayed
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Santa Monica
Calif
John J. Correll
Andy
Amos
County
Frederick Newbarr
St. John’s Hospital
Freeman Gosden
Charles Correll
Pilot Crashes but Skims Tioga Town in Near Miss
Jet fighter pilot Capt. Leroy Lette of Arcadia California survived a field landing after his F80 Shooting Star ran out of fuel in severe storms en route from Tinker AFB Oklahoma to Andrews AFB near Washington D C He suffered multiple compound fractures of the left leg arm and right wrist but avoided crashing into the nearby town of Tioga Wellsboro Pa.
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Wellsboro
Tioga
Leroy Lette
Arcadia
Calif
Tinker Air Force Base
Okla
Andrews Air Force
Wild Robin Demands City Style Diet From George the Pet
In Los Angeles Jack W. Thomas notes his three year tame wild mountain robin named George has adopted citified eating habits. The bird now rejects seed and asks for cherries lettuce bologna bacon beans and spaghetti reflecting a fancy urban palate.
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Los Angeles
Jack W. Thomas
George
Man Wins Ankle Contest in Bedhampton
John Cook, 33, an electrical engineer, won a local ankle contest after slipping on his wife’s nylons and high heels behind a screen. He called it a put up job for fun, and the judges then awarded first to the runner-up.
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Bedhampton
England
John Cook
Cook
Eight Sleeping Sailors Injured At Fallon
A strong earthquake centered near Fallon Nevada jolted Western Nevada and Northern California. At least eight sailors at Fallon Naval Air Station were injured, BM1 Charles J. Collins among the seriously hurt, with walls toppled and water mains cracked as aftershocks followed a 6.7 magnitude quake felt as far as San Francisco.
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Fallon
Nev
Nevada
California
Fallon Naval Air Station
Charles J. Collins
San Diego
Stockton
Calif
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
City
Coleman Dam
Carson River
University of California Seismograph
Berkeley
Reno
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Churchill Returns to England Faces UN China Admission Issue
London reports say Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden returned from Washington to find debate within the Anglo American alliance over possibly admitting Red China to the United Nations. Churchill ordered two Cabinet meetings as newspapers highlighted congressional uproar over China policy.
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London
Winston Churchill
Washington
United Nations
Churchill
Anthony Eden
China
Britain
Peiping
U.N
Sparks Fly At Russian U.N. Headquarters
A New York citizen reported sparks at the Park Avenue headquarters of the Russian U.N. delegation. Fire officials found an “Iron Curtain” and were refused entry by the Russian superintendent who said everything was under control.
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Fire Department
Park Avenue
U.N
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