Western Allies reject Soviet reunification offer for Germany
In a White House summit with Konrad Adenauer, President Eisenhower states that Germany must stay in the Western alliance and rejects Moscow's plan for neutralization in exchange for reunification. The joint U S German communique notes close ties and solid Western commitments amid renewed Cold War diplomacy.
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West Germany
Germany
Moscow
Bonn
White House
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Europe
Federal Republic
Russia
Bonn republic
John Foster Dulles
Heinz Krekeler
Herbert Plankenhorn
NATO
James B. Conant
U. S
Liingston T. Merchant
Robert Murphy
Dulles
Charles E. Bohlen
India
V.K. Krishna Menon
Esenhower
Eisenhower to attend UN tenth anniversary events in San Francisco
President Eisenhower plans a Sunday flight to San Francisco for the United Nations tenth anniversary ceremonies. Press Secretary Hagerty said times are not fixed. He will speak at 3 PM PDT Monday at the UN birthday celebrations and return to Washington Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
San Francisco
United Nations
James C. Hagerty
St. Francis
Plans for Marriage Revealed by Actress
Hollywood reports actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher still in love after a secret Palm Springs rendezvous. Reynolds says they plan to marry but no definite date is set and plans may change with no breakup. Reynolds daughter Misa Reynolds adds there has been no change in their relationship.
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HOLLYWOOD
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Misa Reynolds
Fisher
Palm Springs
Eddie
Peron Groups Rally Against Church In Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires a massive pro Peron rally near Congress supported President Juan D. Peron against the Catholic Church. Demonstrators hailed the flag, praised Eva Peron, and demanded action against perceived church interference as two bishops were dismissed by the government amid a general strike and nationwide shutdown.
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Argentina
General Confederation of Labor
Juan D. Peron
Peronista
Congress building
Eva
Peron
Msgr
Manuel Tato
Ramon Carlos Novoa
Democracia
Eisenhower pushes to revive two rebuffed projects
President Eisenhower appealed to Congress for approval of two rejected plans, the nuclear energy for peace program and the Dixon-Yates electric plant. Republican leaders vowed to push both measures in the Houses, after the atomic energy committee and appropriations panel rejected key items.
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Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
congressional atomic entergy committee
House appropriations committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Free Hand Played In London Parleys
Tokyo June 14 02 Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu denied the United States meddling in Japanese Russian peace talks in London saying Japan is free in diplomacy and the United States had not tried to interfere in talks with the Soviet Union.
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
London
Shigemitsu
Diet
Japan
Soviet Union
May meet Russians at Geneva four power talks
Bonn Germany June 14 German Foreign Minister Heinrich Von Brentano said a German delegation of observers to the Geneva four power conference may meet Russian leaders there next month.
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BONN
Germany
Heinrich Von Brentano
Railway Strike Ends in Britain
Britain ends a 17 day railway strike after government and union negotiators reach a settlement. Trains resume, but freight backlogs remain heavy and it will take days to restore normal service. The ASLEF represented engineers and firemen secured wage discussions, with top pay targets cited.
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LONDON
transport commission
Britain
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
ASLEF
Anthony Eden
Labor
Eden
Appeal Won By Lattimore
The U S Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's dismissal of two key perjury charges against Owen Lattimore in a tie vote. The action left five minor counts against Lattimore undisturbed and followed a ruling by Judge Luther W. Youngdahl.
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U.P
U.S. Court of Appeals
Owen Lattimore
Luther W. Youngdahl
Youngdahl
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Senate
internal security subcommittee
appeals
Tuna Canyon Folk Seek Full City Annexation Rights
Six Tuna Canyon families petitioned Los Angeles to redraw the Los Angeles Glendale boundary so all their property sits in Los Angeles. They argue residency follows where a person’s bedroom is located and say voters records and law enforcement issues differ if they are split between cities.
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Tuna Canyon
Los Angeles
Los Angeles- Glendale
House Votes Funds For Military Bases
The House armed services committee approved a $2.37 billion military public works authorization bill. The total exceeds the Defense Department request by about $14.3 million, supporting construction of bases domestically and overseas.
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House
WASHINGTON
House armed services committee
Defense Department
Ridgway to Serve Mellon Institute
PITTSBURGH June 14 Ridgway will become chairman of the board of Mellon Institute soon after retiring as Army chief of staff Richard K Mellon a director said trustees want to lift administrative burdens to allow more time for scientific work. Stock Market Off In Active Trading VISITS HOSPITAL. Profit-taking followed a market rally. President Eisenhower made a quick trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a checkup and X ray of his thighs.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Mellon Institute
Army
Richard K. Mellon
institute
Ridgway
mar- WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
Walter Reed
Army Medical Center
Sirens Open Defense Test
Washington marks Operation Alert 1955 with sirens signaling a mock atomic attack. Eisenhower and 15 percent of federal workers evacuate as 48 cities simulate bombardment, while government operations relocate to centers across a 30 to 300 mile radius of the capital.
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WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
House panel approves 760 million Upper Colorado project
The interior subcommittee voted 18 to 6 to authorize a 760 million version of the Upper Colorado Reclamation Project. The measure likely goes to the full committee next Tuesday with a good chance of passage. Echo Park Dam authority is excluded. a presidential commission would study Echo Park and alternate sites.
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WASHINGTON
House interior
Upper
Colorado
Wayne C. Aspinall
D-Coro
House
Echo Park
Dinosaur
National Monument
presidential commission
Senate Committee Boosts B 52 Production at Cost of Army and Marines
The Senate appropriations committee approved a 31.936 million dollar military budget for the next year prioritizing a 35 percent rise in B 52 bomber production amid moves to shrink Army and Marine Corps strength. The panel rejected Democratic attempts to freeze or raise ground forces while backing air power growth and a larger heavy bomber and reconnaissance wings program.
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WASHINGTON
Senate appropriations committee
Army
Marine Corps
House
Jane
Senate
America
Moscow
Dennis Chavez
D-N. M
military appropriations subcommittee
U. S
Chavez
Chaves
Men Students Raid Oxford Colleges With Whitewash Tactics
Oxford police report that male students raided all five women’s colleges at Oxford University. No theft occurred as walls were whitewashed with Latin slogans.
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OXFORD
England
Oxford University
Payroll Bandit Dies In Wild Gun Battle
In New York a payroll bandit is killed by a motorcycle patrolman after a violent exchange of gunfire in a crowded district near city hall. A 19 year old messenger is robbed of $4000. The bandit wounds an elevator man and grazes a woman passerby before dying.
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NEW YORK
city hall
Mrs Hobby Attacks Free Polio Shots Plan
Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby testified before the Senate labor committee, calling the Democrat sponsored plan for free polio vaccine a path to socialized medicine. She urged approval of a modest Eisenhower plan to supply free shots only to children of unable-to-pay parents.
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WASHINGTON
Oveta Culp Hobby
Hobby
George H. Bender
R-C
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Federal Pay Boost Vote Sparks Senate Fight for Civil Service
The House civil service committee backed a 73 percent pay raise for about 1,000,000 federal white collar workers by a 16 to 4 vote. Rep. Moss proposed eight percent instead, plans for a floor fight. Committee didn’t approve a bill, but set the raise level and met to resolve retroactivity and raises for judicial and congressional branches. The raise could cost about $211 million annually. Alexander's proposal sought a middle ground between Moss eight percent and seven percent admin plan.
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WASHINGTON
UPS
House civil service committee
cnil
John E Moss
enilar
Hugh
Alexander D
UAW Opens Talks With American Motors on Wage Pattern
Nash-Hudson Detroit June 14 CIO United Auto Workers began preliminary contract discussions with American Motors Corp as the union seeks to extend its guaranteed wage principle from Ford and General Motors to the rest of the industry. The Nash-Hudson combine is among the three smaller automakers and aims for an August climax, with American Motors signaling it does not want a pattern settlement. President Walter Reuther signaled no forced pattern on smaller firms but indicated continued push for wage guarantees.
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DETROIT
CIO
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
Ford
General Motors
American Motors
Nash-Hudson
Walter Reuther
City Court Judge Fines Wife in Bus Passing Case
In Trenton New Jersey on June 14 Judge Casimir E Bygdo presided over a traffic case involving his wife Margaret charged with passing a school bus. He fined her $15 after hearing the brief.
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TRENTON
N. J
Casimir E. Bygdo
Margaret
Berlin clamps down on eve of 1953 revolt anniversary
In the Soviet zone of Afl East Germany authorities rounded up known Democratic Germans and imposed tight restrictions, aiming to prevent any uprising as the second anniversary of the 1953 workers revolt nears.
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BERLIN
Pact On Planes Defended By State Dept Official
June hearing opened on the U S Germany air agreement allowing Luft Hansa to fly from Germany to New York then to Caribbean and South America. Senator Magnuson questioned whether the pact serves American aviation and national interests. A State Department official defended the agreement as in the best interest of the United States.
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State Department
United States
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate commerce committee
Lufthansa
Germany
New York
Caribbean
South America
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