Dulles Warns Russia Won't Relax Grip Over All Mankind
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told a Virginia audience that Soviet aims remain implacable and universal. He said the Reds already dominate 800 million people and seek to extend control over Southeast Asia, urging cautious negotiations and vigilance in hopes of limited agreements.
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Williamsburg
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Indochina
Virginia
Duiles
Innochina
Free World
Dulles
United States Parade in Seoul for Armed Forces Day
About 400 American soldiers and Marines in battle dress marched through Seoul in observance of Armed Forces Day. President Syngman Rhee warned that only military power will keep the young republic free.
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Seoul
United States
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Weather Outlook for Coastal and Valleys May 15 1954
Coastal and intermediate valleys see considerable cloudiness through Sunday with occasional drizzle or sprinkles. Becoming partly sunny in afternoons. Temperatures little changed with noon reading 60 and 34 low. Narratives reference school commencement at Redlands Bar and a playful tale about a Sunday teacher.
Queen Elizabet h II Returns After World Tour Welcome Flyover
Queen Elizabeth II returns to London after a 44 216 mile global tour. Millions line the Thames banks and Mall to greet the monarch, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and the Duke of Edinburgh as the royal yacht Britannia sails past amid cannon salutes and persistent rain clouds.
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London
Elizabeth II
Thames
Broad Mall
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Student Killed In Fraternity House Shooting
UNC senior Putnam Davis Jr. 22 of Greenwich Connecticut was killed in a Phi Delta Theta house shooting at UNC Chapel Hill. Allen B. Long of Chevy Chase Maryland and William Joyner of Summit New Hampshire were wounded. both treated at Memorial Hospital.
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N.C
UPI
University of North Carolina
Putnam Davis Jr
Greenwich
Long
Joyner
Davis
Lang
Memorial Hospital
Atomic Energy Funds To Exceed Billion
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 1.2858 billion dollars to run the atomic energy program for the next fiscal year. The amount is 106.23 million below the administration request but 342.82 million above House approval. The AEC plans testing of various atomic and hydrogen bombs as part of the funding within a 5.701 billion dollar bill to support 20 independent government agencies this session.
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House
AEC
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Nixon Senators Honor Hoey
Vice President Richard M Nixon and 41 United States Senators arrived in Shelby North Carolina to pay last respects to Clyde R Hoey late senator who died last Tuesday. A special train from Washington was expected to arrive before services at Central Methodist Church where Hoey once taught a Bible class.
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Shelby
Richard M Nixon
United States Senate
Clyde R Hoey
North Carolina
Central Methodist Church
Hoey
50000 L A Telephone Numbers To Be Changed
Los Angeles will change more than 53 000 telephone numbers on May 23 as the first step in standardizing numbers nationwide. Pacific Telephone reports tests are finishing in most Los Angeles offices to enable the change. The pen system will link to the operator toll dialing machine to begin service May 31.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Telephone
Tin Heiress Gives Birth To Daughter Dies in Paris
Isabel Patino Goldsmith, Bolivian tin heiress and runaway bride of James Goldsmith, died of a brain hemorrhage in a Neuilly clinic after a last wish delivery of a daughter. Surgeons failed to relieve a cerebral stroke. husband and father Antenor Patino kept vigil as the baby was born minutes before her death.
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Paris
Isabel Patino Goldsmith
Hartman Clinic
James Goldsmith
Wneuilly
Goldsmith
Isabel
Antenor Patino
North Africa
Scotland
Wilson meets Japanese leaders in Tokyo
U S Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson conferred with Emperor Hirohito and then with Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki and Deputy Prime Minister Taketora Ogata In Tokyo on a look and listen tour to Asia he will depart Sunday for Korea and then Formosa Okinawa the Philippines and Hong Kong.
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U.S
Charles E. Wilson
Hirohito
Shigeru Yoshida
Katsuo Okazaki
Taketora Ogata
Wilson
Korea
Formosa
Okinawa
Philippines
Hong Kong
U S Homes Start Record as April Construction Surges
Private home construction set a 40 year high in April with 109,100 new starts, up 14 percent from March across most regions except the Southeast. Despite a 10 percent rise in unemployment claims to 327,200 in early May, overall joblessness fell from mid-March to mid-April due to gains in construction and farm activity.
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Labor T
New Rib
Labor-Commerce Department
President Leads Armed Forces Day Observance
Eisenhower marks Armed Forces Day urging unity of the free world against tyranny. He warns against unworthy scenes in the capital, applauds global parades, ship and aircraft displays, and a Japan airborne practice jump as the nation honors service members. Churchill Downs hosts a race with an Armed Forces Day handicap while veterans return from Korea. Russia seeks conquest on the installment plan, warns Aggressors.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Japan
Churchill Downs
New York
Seattle
Wash
Korea
Auigerson
Armed Forces iDay
Russia
Planes clash off China coast in fierce five minute fight
Nationalist Chinese fighters engaged four MIG-15 Communist aircraft in a furious five minute dog fight over Chekian coast. The Nationalists said one MIG was damaged in a dogfight last Tuesday, marking a second clash this week at Nationalist Chinese Air Force headquarters report.
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Taipeh
Chekian
Seattle Jolted by Light Quake
The Seattle area was jolted by a minor quake lasting about 20 seconds at 5:07 a.m. Felt as far south as Olympia, it caused numerous calls to police but no damage was reported.
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Seattle
Olympia
Wash
Twining Claims Russ Air Power Surpasses U.S. Forces
General Nathan F. Twining told Armed Forces Day ceremonies in Amarillo that Russia has by far the world’s biggest air force and thousands more combat planes than the United States across all services. He noted Moscow displayed a new heavy bomber on May Day, aimed to impress and frighten the West during a tense international crisis.
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Nathan F. Twining
Russia
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United States Air Force
Navy
Marines
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Twining
Ressia
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Moscow
Board Recommends Fringe Benefits For Rail Workers
A Presidential emergency board urged fringe benefits for about one million nonoperating railroad employees across 150 railroads. Proposed: 7.5 cents hourly in total, including 11-2 cents for a third week of vacation, 3.5 cents for seven holidays, and 2 to 2 cents for limited health benefits. Annual rail cost estimated at 150 million dollars. The recommendations are nonbinding and unions threaten to strike. a 30 day cooling-off period applies under Railway Labor Act.
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Washington
Emergency Board
Strong Quake Shakes Tokyo
A strong earthquake shook downtown Tokyo for two and a half minutes, rippling along a 1200 mile front. Onshama seaport 100 miles northwest felt the strongest tremor, registering four on a seven scale, with readings of three in Tokyo, Yokohama and areas within 100 miles. No damage or casualities were reported immediately after the temblor.
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Tokyo
Onshama
Japan
Hokkaido
Yokohama
Smog Cloud Danger Disputed in Pasadena
Dr A J Haegen Smit of Caltech disputed meteorologist Stephen E Blewett’s claim that a nitrogen oxide cloud over Southern California could be as deadly as the Donora 1948 episode. He said evidence is insufficient and lethal oxides would require more tests to prove danger.
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Pasadena
Stephen E. Biewart
California
Donora
A. J. Haegen-Smit
California Institute of Technology
Blewett
Haegen-Smit
Earth
McCarthy Backs McClellan Demand for Testimony
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy voiced support for Senator John L. McClellan's push to have five of President Eisenhower's top advisers testify at the Army McCarthy hearings. Senator Everett M. Dirksen opposed the move, while the administration did not officially endorse it and preferred not to have Brownell Adams Adam and other officials appear on television. The demand followed Army Counselor John G Adams refusal to answer questions about a January conference on the hearings.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
John L. McClellan
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Hi
Herbert Brownell Jr
Sherman Adama
McClellan
Administration
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Dionne Quints to celebrate 20th birthday this month
North Bay Ontario report notes the Dionne Quintuplets turn 20 on May 28. Marie will be at a Quebec City convent preparing to become a nun, with vows May 24. Annette Cecile Emilie study at institutes in Nicolet while Yvonne pursues art in Montreal. parents plan to visit Nicolet for the celebration. No marriages expected at present.
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Ont
Marie
Holy Sacrament Convent
Quebec City
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Nicolet
Que
Institute Familiale
Yvonne
Notre Dame
Montreal
Oliva Dionne
Dionne
Reds Bomb French Fortifications South of Hanoi
French planes bombed Viet Minh fortifications south of Hanoi to blunt a planned assault on Phu Ly. Viet Minh struck a village south of Phu Ly as French air power hit limestone hills, while Nam Dinh and Route 21 defense lines shaped the delta front.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Phu Jy
Red River Delta
Phu Ly
Nam Dinh
Hall Urges End To Hearing In McCarthy Probe
Republican Chairman Leonard W. Hall urged finishing the Army McCarthy hearings as they distract from President Eisenhower's legislative program. He said McCarthy's name did not come up in a closed party session but most members felt no good outcomes exist for anyone. Controversy, he noted, never helps GOP prospects in the November elections.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Eight Wounded French Prisoners Reach Hanoi
Eight gravely wounded French prisoners from Dien Bien Phu arrived in Hanoi by helicopter through rain in Luang Prabang. The group includes four French soldiers, two Legionnaires, and two North Africans. One evacuee is a double amputee. another has a severe jaw wound.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Eisenhower Holds Unscheduled Indochina Talks At White House
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles met for 30 minutes at the White House on an unscheduled conference to discuss the Indochina crisis. Hagerty disclosed the meeting as US seeks French cooperation and independence guarantees for the Indochina states ahead of Geneva talks.
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
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Camp David
Maryland
Dulles
Williamsburg
James ©. Hagerty
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Indo- China
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U. S
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UWA
Walter Bedell Smith
George Bidault
Anthony Eden
Eden
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Prince Wan of
Thaweland
Molotov
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Eisenhowers Headed to Camp David for Weekend
President and Mrs Eisenhower departed today for Camp David near Thurmont Maryland to spend the weekend. They plan to return tomorrow.
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Eisenhower
Camp David
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