East West Talks Begin With Big Three Ministers
New York June 16 The Western Big Three foreign ministers Dulles MacMillan and Pinay open a two day strategy session in Riverdale to map talks with Molotov ahead of the Geneva summit. Molotov arrives London and Paris officials prepare to join for UN tied summit agenda.
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NEW YORK
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
San Francisco
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
Eisenhower
MacMillan
Riverdale
Bronx
Trench
Wave Hill
Sir Pierson Dixon
United Nations
New York City
Hudson River
Molotov
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Glen Cove
Long Island
Dulles
Geneva
McCarthy Attacks Policies as Senate Debates East Peace
In Washington on June 16 UPI reports Senate Republican Leader Knowland defending Eisenhower’s foreign policy against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy who accused Washington of aiding the Soviet peace offensive. Knowland backs the coming Big Four summit while pledging vigilance to protect U.S. interests amid fierce crossfire from Mansfield urging restraint of officials at talks.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Senate
William F. Knowland
Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Knowland
Far East
McCarthy
Soviet Union
John Forster Dukes
Short-Haul Clause Elimination Sought
SPOKANE June 16 The Intermediate Rate Association announced plans to oppose a proposed revision of the Interstate Commerce Act aimed at eliminating virtually all of the long haul short haul clause. Lorin Markham secretary treasurer said the changes were proposed in bills in both houses of Congress. The clause bans common carriers from charging higher short hauls than long hauls.
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SPOKANE
Intermediate Rate Association today
Lorin Markham
association
Eisenhower Studies Civil Defense Test in Argentina Crisis
President Eisenhower today reviewed reports on a simulated Argentine crisis while studying issues from a nationwide civil defense exercise. He met with the National Security Council in an underground Pentagon command post and observed results from an imagined atomic attack on U.S. cities.
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WHITE HOUSE
J .Eisenhower
Argentina
America
Buenos Aires
James C. Hagerty
Pentagon
National Security Council
U. S
security council
Draft Eisenhower for Reelection Resolution Moves at Detroit
Young Republicans at their Detroit convention opened the general session with a draft Eisenhower for reelection resolution. The measure was broadened to include Vice President Nixon, signed by over half of the 1,600 delegates, and presented as a letter urging President Eisenhower’s continued courageous leadership beyond 1956.
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DETROIT
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Major General Rogers Receives Korean Ulchi Medal
Tokyo reports Air Force Major General Elmer J. Rogers Jr. was awarded the Republic of Korea Ulchi distinguished military service medal with gold star for his material contribution to Korea’s armed forces. Rogers serves as Chief of Staff of the United Nations and Far East Command.
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TOKYO
Air Force
Elmer J. Rogers, Jr
Republic of Korea
Ulchi
Korea
Rogers
United Nations and
Far East command
TVA Proposal Voted Down In Congress
Washington June 16 The House Democrats lost a bid to fund a new TVA steam plant at Fulton Tenn and also scrapped a plan to bar TVA funds from Dixon Yates power lines. The vote 198 to 169 defeated the appropriation and left Eisenhower’s private power plan intact amid a broader TVA dispute. The package also includes a larger TVA appropriation and other agency funding. Senate armed services plans to vote on the military reserve program while Senator Carlson proposed a two price wheat system to guarantee parity for domestic consumption and reduce government wheat purchases.
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WASHINGTON
House
TVA
Dixon-Yates
appropriations
Tennessee Valley Authority
Fulton
Tenn
Mississippi
Eisenhower
West Memphis
Ark
Memphis
Dixon- Yates
Atomic Energy Commission
House appropriations committee
Fulton, Tenn
Congress
Senate armed services committee
Senate committee
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Carlson
Seamen Strike Strikes Queen Mary Sailings Halted
London reports show the British government drafting striking merchant seamen into military service after an unofficial walkout halted sailing of the Queen Mary and other passenger ships. Thousands of tourists were stranded as the 24 day dock tie up continued, with the Queen Mary prevented from sailing from Southampton carrying 1,750 passengers.
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LONDON
Labor Ministry
Cunard
Southampton
Sabotage Halts Locust Spray Mission in Tripoli
In Tripoli Libya on June 16 an American spray program to control a locust invasion was halted by airplane engine trouble. The investigation found foreign material had been put into the engines of planes brought here under the Point Four program, causing irreparable damage.
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TRIPOLI
Libya
U.P
Policeman Baffled By Call About Neighbor’s Cat
In Seattle on June 16 an unidentified woman phoned in a complaint that a neighbor was calling his cat every half hour. He does not have a cat, the woman explained, leaving the officer puzzled by the report.
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SEATTLE
Wash
West Projects Granted Funds for Western Reclamation
The House tentatively voted to restore $32.2 million to reclamation work in Western states, adding to a public works bill for fiscal 1956 starting July 1. The Miller amendment raises construction funding to $14.041 million for 1956, undoing prior cuts and aligning with Eisenhower budget figures amid objections from Rep. Taber who cited a $12 million carryover.
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WASHINGTON
House
appropriations
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Miller
Eisenhower
John Taber
R-N. Y
Reclamation Bureau
Taber
bureau
appropriations committee
Free vaccine plan moves through Congress in June
President Eisenhower asked Congress to appropriate 35 million dollars for a limited free polio vaccine program to be administered by states. The Senate labor committee weighs two options, one aiding needy children and a Democratic plan to finance free Salk shots for all children. Chairman Lister Hill predicted committee approval of the Democratic proposal over the President's.
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WHITE HOUSE
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate labor committee
Washington
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Security Charges Dismissed by Army
The Army dropped security charges against Cpl. Walter M. Kulich of Aberdeen Washington after an investigation cleared him. Rep Don Magnuson praised the prompt decision and warned against guilt by inheritance, noting public opinion and American justice traditions.
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WASHINGTON
Walter M. Kulich
Aberdeen
Wash
Don Magnuson
D-Wash
Hugh M. Milton, II
Army
Kulich
Magnuson
Bank of America and Manufacturers Fund $4 Million Italy Loan
San Francisco June 16 The Bank of America and Manufacturers Trust Co have joined equally in a 4 million dollar medium term loan to Italy s Azienda Nazionale Immaginazione Combustibili The joint announcement stated both banks share the financing and terms.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Bank of America and Manufacturers Trust Co
Italy
Azienda Nazionale Imagenazione Combustibili
Peron Forces Quash Buenos Aires Revolt Across City
President Juan D. Peron announced that a navy and air force mutiny aimed at government centers, including the plaza and presidential palace, had been crushed. He said the rebel command surrendered and leaders were captured, while violence and casualties mounted in central Buenos Aires.
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BUENOS AIRES
Juan D. Peron
Government House
Peron
naval ministry
Uruguay
Vatican
Colonia
Montevideo
Plaza de Mayo
Buenos Aires Cathedral
Peren
Florida
Diagonal Norte Sts
U. S
Peronista General Confederation of Labor
GCT
Liberator
Lana Martin
United Press
Plaza Colon
ministry of marine
navy
Explosion sinks British submarine Sidon near Portland
The British submarine Sidon exploded in Portland Harbor on June 16, sending 13 men to their deaths and injuring seven. The vessel sank 1,000 feet offshore after a blast in the torpedo compartment, while salvage ships converged. An eye witness reported a mushroom yellow smoke cloud and crewmen leaping into the sea. Royal Canadian Navy Petty Officer 2/c T. L. McLeond was identified among the missing.
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PORTLAND
England
Sidon
Portland Harbor
Admiralty
House of Commons
Britain
cressmen
Royal Canadian Navy
T. L. McLeond
Return of Communist soldiers from Korea urged to come home
The U S government told 21 American soldiers who chose communism in Korea they may return home if they wish but warned they could be prosecuted. A White House State Defense and Justice release at 430 am EDT via Operation Alert said surrender to U S military authorities will lead to consular handover to avoid immediate military custody.
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U.S
Korea
White House
State, Lefense
Justice Departments
U. S
New Record Highs Reached by Stocks
New York stocks closed with record highs in industrials and near 25 year peaks in rails before late profit taking trimmed gains. The day saw mixed results as several large block trades lifted sales over the previous session while some oils motors and special issues held or gained a point or more. Early leaders in steels faded to losses by close.
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NEW YORK
U.A
Walkout Hits U.S. Shipping Still Tying Up Ships
Negotiations between the CIO National Maritime Union and 62 tanker and shipper firms broke down, prompting a no contract no work stance after midnight. Talks with 22 tanker companies ended over unemployment and insurance benefits for seamen who leave their jobs. About 20,000 NMU seamen could halt sailing even if other unions settle.
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NEW YORK
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Maritime Engineers Beneficial Association
American Radio Association
CIO
AFL International Organization of Mastes
August Draft Quota Set At 10000 By Selective Service
The United States Selective Service System announced an August draft quota of 10 000 men during Operation Alert. Chief Lewis B Hershey said officers and clerical staff would work around the clock to keep normal operations. Draft headquarters and other federal offices were relocated within 300 miles of Washington yesterday.
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U. S. NEWS CENTER
Selective Service System
Lewis B. Hershey
Nationa Selective Service
Washington
Finn Twins Eligible To Seek Executive Clemency
41-year-old hunger striking brothers Charles and George Finn of Los Angeles may apply for immediate executive clemency. They are serving a one-year federal sentence in Springfield Missouri for making a citizen's arrest of a U S attorney. DOJ says clemency forms were requested and will receive proper review.
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WASHINGTON
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Charles
George
Springfield
U. S
Joseph Scott
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