Republican Dinner in Reno Draws 500
National GOP chair Leonard Hall told Nevada Republicans the Eisenhower administration separated 2400 security risks from jobs in 17 months. He claimed 422 with disqualifying information, 200 perverts, 611 convicted of crime, and 1424 with security risk files. He urged vote turnout to back Republican aims in 1954.
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Leonard W. Hall
national GOP
Nevada
executive branch
Washington
Hall
Riverside hotel
Mall
Truman administration
Harry Dexter White
Brownell
White
treasury department
Dwight David Fisenhower
Jall
Jlall
United States
Walter Reutner
Reno
GOP
Roger Teplin
Kay Johnson
Carson
William Wright
Terman
Deeth
James Woon
Washoe county
George Murphy
Hollywood
Rex Bell
Las Vegas
Walter Naismith
Tonmpah
H. Tate Murphy
Even Couch
supreme court
Peter Merialdo
Wesley L. Davis
Eve Penrose
Yerington
Lyon county assembly
Kenneth F. Johnson
Ormsby county
Thomas Smith
Ely
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Senators Seek Probe Verdict By August 1
Washington June 22 01 The senatorial jury in the McCarthy army hearings aims for a verdict by Aug 1 as subcommittee leaders sketch a balance sheet of testimony to guide the report. Ray Jenkins and Charles Maner will draft a summary of controversy and evidence locations from the two million word record. The panel also weighs a fuller vindication demand by H Struve Hensel and asks Defense why two staff security clearances remain denied.
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WASHINGTON
Sen. Mundt
R-SD
congress
JOR
JENKINS Mundt
Ray H. Jenkins
Charles Maner
Mundt
Sen. McCarthy
arm
subcommittee
Inter
H. Struve Hensel
fuller
defense department
senate investigations
President seeks 380 million for stockpile materials
President Eisenhower asked Congress for a supplemental appropriation of 380 million dollars to fund the purchase of strategic and critical materials for the national stockpile. The funds would go to the General Services Administration for the next fiscal year starting July 1 and remain available until expended. The request cites two developments: expected rise in available material quantities and a cabinet minerals policy plan to expand stockpile objectives to lessen wartime reliance on foreign sources.
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WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
congress
general services administration
White House
cabinet
Studebaker and Packard Merger Approved by Directors
New York June 22 am An agreement for the merger of the Studebaker Corp. and Packard Motor Co. has been approved by directors of the two companies subject the stockholder approval it was announced here today.
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NEW YORK
Studebaker Corp
Packard Motor Co
Woman Senator Wins Primary in Maine Crushes Jones
In Portland Maine June 22 195 campaign results show Senator Margaret Chase Smith winning re nomination with a 5 to 1 margin over Robert L Jones. With 613 of 626 precincts reporting Smith 96159 votes Jones 19203, Jones carried only four precincts. McCarthy camp did not clearly factor into the race.
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PORTLAND
Margaret Chase Smith
Sen
McCarthy
R-WIS
Robert L. Jones
GOP
Maine
Jones
eit
Biddeford
Smith
Wisconsin
newt
Democrats Back Trade Extension Hopeful of Expanded Power
Twenty two Democratic senators and Senator Morse promised a fight for Eisenhower's foreign trade program as the senate began tri bate on a bill to extend the reciprocal trade agreements act for one year. Led by Senator Gore the group seeks a three year extension with power to cut tariffs up to five percent each year. Some Republicans privately signaled support but many expect a one year extension to pass.
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WASHINGTON
Sen Morse
Eisenhower
senate
Gore
D-Tenn
house
California team fails to scale Mt Makalu in bad weather
New Delhi June 22 WPI A report from Mt Makalu by a Mt Makalu climber shows a California expedition could not summit the 27 790 foot peak due to fierce weather and steep ascent difficulties.
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Climbers
NEW DELHI
India
WPI
Mt. Makalu
California
Food Prices Push Living Costs Higher
May food costs edged up three tenths of one per cent according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, lifting the living cost index to 10 1150 per cent of the 1947-49 average, with meats, fruits, vegetables, and canned orange juice driving the rise. The monthly increase affected railway workers whose wages are tied to the index.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
stond
Jose
Conferees Boost Funds for Farms
Washington June 22 conferees agreed to fund an annual farm bill with over one billion dollars for fiscal year starting July 1. The increase mainly adds loan funds for the Rural Electrification Administration to aid farmers with electric power and telephone service. Senator Young noted the REA increment was 35 million dollars in the Senate, after House action that added 45 million above the White House request.
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WASHINGTON
Ps — Seenate
agriculture department
Eisenhower
rural electrification administration
Sen
Youung
R-ND
house
Norway Rejects U S Search Powers On High Seas
Oslo, June 22. Norway became the third nation to formally deny an American request for special U S search powers on the high seas to look for Guatemala-bound arms shipments. A government note to the U S embassy called the request contrary to international law.
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OSLO
Norway
U. S
high seas
Des Moines braces for record flood as river to crest higher
Des Moines confronts its greatest flood on record. City workers reinforce a levee system north of downtown while the crest is forecast 1 to 2 feet above the June 1947 flood. Flooding causes homelessness, with millions in losses, as Boone Sioux City Fort Dodge report varying conditions.
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DES MOINES
Iowa
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
TOMES
pants
Turin
Little Sioux
Cherokee
Steel Wace Talks Stall on Snag
PITTSBURGH June 22 A source close to U S Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers of America says contract talks in 1954 have hit a serious snag. Unofficial word has been sent to local unions to prepare for a possible strike after the June 30 contract expiry, though both sides still hope a strike will be avoided.
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PITTSBURGH
m—U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Seelworkers of America
U.S. Steel
Korea Prisoner To Face Trial
SAN ANTONIO Texas June 22 Captain Claude Batchelor aged 23 a former prisoner of war who initially sided with the Communists but later changed his mind will face a general court martial The 4th Army Commander Lt General J D White said the youth from Kermit Texas is not facing a capital sentence as the trial will be non capital Batchelor will be tried for charges connected with his wartime activities and decisions
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SAN ANTONIO
Tex
Claude Batchelor
4th Army
J. D. White
Kermit, Tex
Kind Friends of Vacationer Let Goodwill Get Out of Hand
Bristol reporters describe a group of Bristol bowters who helped a drunken townsman by putting him in their bus and driving him 70 miles home from Weymouth after a match. A neighbor noted he had left with his family for a week's holiday in Weymouth, highlighting goodwill turning awkward.
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BRISTOL
England
Bristol bowters
Weymouth
Major Battle Lines Form In Central American Land
United Nations dispatches report Guatemala's government forces pushing back invaders on all fronts while aggression continues and the UN is urged to take action. Rebels led by Castillo Armas claim control of 25 towns as troops mass near Zacapa and Esquipulas. fighting shifts toward the key rail hub Puerto Barrios and Zacapa with casualties reported.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
LA N
Guatemala
security council
Eduardo Castillo-Arrica
U. N
council
Liberation Radio
Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Associated Press
Guatemala City
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Zacapa
Puerto Barrios
Castillo Armas
Esquipulas
Tegucigalpa
ther
Arbenzs
Washington
Inter-American peace commission
Uo N
state department
Puerto Parrios
Honduras
Zacana
French Premier to Meet Chou En-lai in Bern, Geneva plans noted
Paris June 22 French Premier Mendes France will travel to Bern to meet Chinese Premier Chou En-lai at the French embassy. He aims to secure Indochina peace by July 20 or resign. Chou will also confer with Nehru in New Delhi. Direct talks on Indochina are expected to be arranged with Vietminh and other parties as nine-party discussions resume.
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China
Chou En Lai
Palais des Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Chou
United States
PARIS
Pierre Mendes-France
Chou En-lai
Bern
Mendes-France
Indochina
NEHRU
Chow
New Delhi
India
Bombay
Air India
France
Actress Marie McDonald Faces Court Over Traffic Incident
Beverly Hills June 22 Actress Marie McDonald was ordered into court after a stormy session with police. Officers say her car struck four autos and she was booked yesterday under three motor vehicle code sections including driving while under the influence of narcotics hit and run driving and having no operator's license.
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BEVERLY HILLS
Calif
Marie McDonald
Miss McDonald
Wings for Europe to deploy fighter wings this fall
Langley Air Force Base Virginia June 22 Secretary of the Air Force Harod E. Talbott announced that Tactical Air Command s 21st and 388th Fighter Bomber Wings will depart the United States for Europe this fall.
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EUROPE
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE
Air Force
Harod E. Talbott
tactical air command
United States
Latin American reactions split over Guatemala war
Latin American campuses show varied response to the Guatemala crisis with Chilean students and workers burning an Eisenhower effigy in Santiago while others press for alignment. Uruguay condemns aggression against Guatemala, Havana debates recognition of the insurgent Casillo Armas regime.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eisenhower
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Central American
Uruguay
chamber of deputies
Guatemala
Havana
Fulgencino Batista
Ernesto De La Fe
Cuba
Carlos Castullo Armas
Arbenz
Latin America
CHILE
Santiago
El Mercano
Russia
organization of American states
Americas
United States
U. S
Prisoners Tin Aids French Raid Southeast of Hanoi
Vietminh guerrillas attempting river mining were wiped out by French commandos aided by tanks planes and artillery. In pre dawn and dawn clashes around the Red River delta near Hanoi scores of Vietminh were killed or captured and villagers were arrested or suspected of aiding rebels.
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HANOI
Indochina
Tune 22
guerrila
Song Van Ac
Red river delta
Egyptian Officers Sentenced in Plot Against Government
A PF A special military court in Cairo convicted 11 Egyptian army officers of conspiring to overthrow the government and establish Communist rule. Sentences go up to 15 years in prison. Two officers were cashiered from the army and three were acquitted.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Hiss Pension Denial Opposed by Administration
Washington June 22 the Eisenhower administration opposed denying government retirement pay to Alger Hiss or any convict entitled to a federal pension. The position, stated by the budget bureau and civil service commission, argued retirement rights are contractual and governed by contract law. Rep. Clardy and Rep. St George condemned the stance as shocking and inconceivable as a House subcommittee weighs bills affecting Hiss and other feder al workers convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude. Hiss was invited to state his views on the proposal.
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WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
Alger Hiss
congress
Rep
Clardy
R-Mpch
Rep. St. George
R-NY
bureau of bad
ret
civil service commission
house civil service
budget bureau
United States
Hiss
state department
U N P
The Independent Daily Express declares the United Nations a propaganda forum for communists and calls for its closure in a June report from London.
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U.N. T
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