Philippine Huk Leader Taruc Surrenders to Government
Philippine public enemy No. 1 Luis Taruc, head of the Huk balance, comes out of the hills to surrender to the government. He says he joins the government, with no deal promised, as Magsaysay continues push to end Huk resistance. Taruc is taken to Camp Murphy and presented to Army Chief of Staff Jesus Vargas.
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Manila
F.1
Luis Tarue
Philippines
Ramon Magsaysay
Manila Times
Taruc
Magsaysay
Huks
Ramon
Manuel Manahan
Tarue
Roberly
Camp Murphy
Army
Jesus Vargas
Huk
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Tam
Peeping Tom Gets Off Over Window Peeping Law Gap
Garland police found no ordinance against window peeping and released a confessed peeper on a vagrancy charge. Sgt. Darrell McNatt said he will seek city council action to ban window peeping and close the legal gap.
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Garland, ‘Rex
Garland
Darrell McNatt
Sunny Southern California Weather May 17 1954
Weather report for the intermediate valleys notes sunny conditions on Tuesday May 17, 1954 with a high of 76 and a low of 42. It records a Sunday high of 78 and a low of 30 with rainfall 0.8. One year ago today the high reached 74 and the low 47. A local anecdote recalls early sun and light rain washing streets and dust, plus a golf tale about an ant hill.
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e'Crick
Jimmy Cube
James
Indiana
Jimmy O
Eisenhower Secrecy Order Halts Army McCarthy Hearings
The Army McCarthy hearings pause for a week after Eisenhower ordered secrecy on certain administration actions. Democrats McClellan and Symington predict no resumption, while Mundt cites a party line vote on recess. The panel will seek White House modification and resumes public sessions later, amid clashes over the executive directive and a Brownell letter on an FBI memorandum.
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Wastiington
Eisenhower
McCarthy
John L. McClellan
Ark
Stuart Symington
Investgating
White House
Len McClellan
Everett M. Dirksen
RTH
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Army
John G Adams
Herbert Brownell Jr
Sherman Adams
Joseph Ro McCarthy
John G. Adams
Army-McCarthy
Justice Department
Atty
Aerbert Brownell Jr
FBI
Brownell
Army Signal Corps
Baseball Scores National League Thriller Between Chicago and Pittsburgh
Chicago 10 3 0 7 0 0 3 no. Pittsburgh 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 Pollett Lown Davis Garagiola Purley Surkent Shepard Cooper 8.
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Pittsburgh
Pollett
Lown
Davis
Garagiola
Purley
Surkent
College president's son steals church collections
Irwin Lubbers Jr., son of Hope College's president, admitted stealing two church collections. He took about 100 pounds at Third Christian Reformed Church in Zeeland and at Garfield Park Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids during morning services. Police say he walked out with uncollected plates while services continued.
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Holland, Mich
Irwin Lubbers Jr
Hope College
Third Christian Reformed Church
Zeeland
Garfield Park Christian Reformed Church
Grand Rapids
Lubbers
Yale
al Boss
John Guidelaar
Boss
Guidelaar
Harold Leestma
Russian Plane Buzzes Weather Station Near North Telepy Island
A Russian type transport plane buzzed a US weather station about 250 miles from North Telepy Island T 3 in an apparent attempt to photograph the installation. The Air Force confirmed the incident and the State Department said it lacks a full report and has not decided on a protest. The weather station on Ice Island T 3 since April 1952 is treated as international territory.
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Washington
Two GIs Seek Political Asylum In Czechoslovakia
Vienna dispatch says two US Army enlisted men sought political asylum in Communist Czechoslovakia this weekend. Broadcasts identify them as Peter Rank, a German born paratrooper with US forces at Kaiserlautern, and Sgt. James Davis, 42, of Philadelphia.
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Vienna
Austria
Troi
Czechoslovakia
Rudig
Prague
Fie
Peter Rank
U.S
Kaiserlautern
James Davis
Philadelphia
Costello Gets Five Years Five Year Sentence and Fine
NEW YORK (UP) Boss racketeer Frank Costello, 83, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 30,000 for income tax evasion. He was convicted of evading 39,015 in federal taxes for 1947 to 1949. The sentences run concurrently and the fine is the maximum. Defense plans an appeal.
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New York
Frank Costello
Costello
John F. X. McGehey
McGehey
Lea C. Fennelly
West Attacks Reds Actions On Mercy Truce
In Geneva the Western powers accuse the Communists of using the mercy truce at Dien Bien Phu to rush troops and equipment to the Red River Delta. In Paris, U S and French diplomats hold hard headed talks on policy if the Geneva Conference fails to end the Indochina war, with Dillon and Schumann drafting steps.
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Geneva
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Paris
U.S
C. Douglas Dillon
Maurice Schumann
Tiny Daughter Of Dead Tin Heiress Fights For Life
In Paris a four pound eleven ounce baby girl Isabela Goldsmith born by cesarean hours before her mother Isabel Patina Goldsmith died from a cerebral hemorrhage. Father Jimmy Goldsmith keeps vigil as doctors battle for the infant’s life in a Paris suburban clinic.
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Paris
Isabel Patina Goldsmith
Isabela
M. Mayer
Jimmy Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Isabel
Jimmy
Pa+ling
Ten Polish Seamen Seek Asylum After Tanker Seizure
In Formosa Taipei the Foreign Office said ten Polish crew members of the tanker Frace, recently seized by the Chinese Nationalist navy, have asked the Nationalists for political asylum.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Foreign Office
Billboard Lover Fails Milwaukee Romance Billboard
Milwaukee salesman Robert Brachman 23 courted a mystery girl called Arlene with a 5 by 12 foot billboard at North 27th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue. He confessed the campaign failed as bills mount and Arlene’s responses were not favorable.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Brachman
Brachman
Arlene
North 27Th Street
West
Wisconsin Avenue
Bradman
Jnf
Knowland warns U S may intervene if Red China invades Indochina
Senate Republican leader Senator Knowland argues that a Chinese invasion of Indochina could force U S sea and air intervention even at the risk of war with Russia. He says delaying action would let Asia fall to Communists and urges a strong Southeast Asia pact without waiting for neutrals to join. He names Korea and Nationalist China as possible allies and warns of a potential global conflict.
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William F. Knowland
Red China
Indochina
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Russia
Senate
U.S
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China
Asia
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Influ
GOP
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CBS
Questen
Knowland
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Southeast Asia
India
Indonesia
Burma
South Korea
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Formosa
Japan
Koowland
Andi
Wilson and Rhee Hold Far East Conference
U S Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson met with President Syngman Rhee in Seoul after a briefing on Korea's military political and economic challenges. Accompanied by General Hull General Taylor Ambassador Briggs and special envoy Dean, Wilson continues a Far East tour.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Charles E. Wilson
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Wilson
Far East
John E. Hull
U.S. Far East
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
Elvis O. Briggs
Arthur H. Dean
Turncoats Praise Communist China
Two Americans and a Scottish prisoner of war who refused to return home after the Korean War praised Communist China in Peiping Radio interviews. Richard C. Corden, B. L. Lawrence Sullivan, and Andrew M. Condron were quoted directly for the first time since being handed to the Reds at Panmunjom on February 23.
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Tokyo
China
Peiping
Richard C. Corden
Providence
Supreme Court Rules Segregation in Schools Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court unanimous ruling declares racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Chief Justice Warren states education must be equal for all, overturning the separate but equal doctrine and prompting future decrees after further arguments. The decision affects about 9 million white and 2.95 million Black students across 17 states and additional territories.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
U. S
Dred Scott
Warren
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
Kansas
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Plessy
Ruling to throw South into upheaval over segregation
The Supreme Court decision banning school segregation will trigger radical upheaval in the South. Abolition of public schools may occur in some states, with immediate special sessions planned to decide actions. Many fear thousands of Negro teachers lose jobs while most states expect segregation to continue or adapt.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
United Press
Oklahoma
South
South Carolina
Encircled French Hold Off Reds at Anxa Stronghold
In Indochina a small French and native force at Anxa, 52 miles southeast of Hanoi, repelled eight Dien Bien Phu type attacks over nine days. The high command says 500 pound bombs supported 100 defenders while rebels mass around Phu Ly, 35 miles south of Hanoi, threatening the Red River Delta. Communist advances also reported in northern Laos.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Anxa
Phu Ly
Red River
Laos
High Command
Britain Delays Southeast Asia Alliance Until Geneva Talks
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons Britain would not join a Southeast Asian defense alliance before the Geneva Conference. He said Britain would consider the alliance after Geneva, while not ruling out ongoing military talks and stressing peace in Indochina as the first duty.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Indochina
Geneva
Be kind to your inmates says corrections chief
New York Corrections Commissioner Anna M. Kross bluntly tells city jailers to treat inmates humanely. Her single word guidance emphasizes kindness in daily jail operations and inmate management. The remark frames a broader push for humane handling within urban detention facilities.
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New York
Anna M. Kross
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