California Primary Shapes Democratic Fight At Chicago
Editorial view on Khrushchev speech boosting Tito, Kefauver’s defeat, Stevenson’s renomination path, and California results. It notes Stevenson’s front position but lack of pledged delegates, party splits over desegregation, and looming open convention dynamics with Harriman Symington and Johnson. Republicans show unity under Eisenhower, with farm policy and inflation debates shaping farm and auto sectors. No surprises expected at the forthcoming convention.
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Stevenson
Chicago
Kefauver
California
Congress
Florida
Averell Harriman
New York
Stuart Symington
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Prosperity
Eisenhower
North Carolina
South
Supreme Court
Burmese Prime Minister Quits to Focus on AFPFL Reforms
U Nu resigned as Burma’s prime minister to devote full time to reorganizing the Socialist Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League. He will spend a year on party work, while U Ba Swe, ex-defence minister and AFPFL vice president, succeeds him. Burma will stay neutral amid growing foreign embassies in Rangoon.
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Burma
Britain
U Nu
People's Freedom League
Sif
U Ba Swe
AFPFL
Rangoon
U N Security Council Approves Resolution After Bitter Debate
After six sessions of bitter debate the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution backing Dag Hammarskjold’s Middle East peace mission. The measure urges full cooperation with Hammarskjold and asks him to continue his good offices to lower tensions.
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United Nations Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Security Council
Hammarskjold
Palestine
E. L. M. Burns
Calendar of June Election Dates and Observances
The list covers key dates in June including Tuesday the 12th Democratic primary in South Carolina, Thursday the 14th Flag Day, Sunday the 17th Father's Day, and Monday the 18th Maine primary election.
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South Carolina
Maine
French Parliament backs Mollet on Algeria fight
In Short Won: Premier Guy Mollet wins a confidence vote on the conduct of the Algerian war. Announced: Chancellor Adenauer will discuss Khrushchev's views on German reunification during a Washington visit. Opened: Eisenhower pushes to salvage a foreign aid bill amid House cuts. Advocated: Attorney General Brownell urges early civil rights action to protect Negroes from haters and opportunists.
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Guy Mollet
Algeria
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Communist Party
Nikita Krushchev
Germany
Washington
Eisenhower
House i Foreign Affairs Committee
Herbert Brownell Jr
Administration
Sidelights and oddities from distant locales
The item notes James Ledbetter of Walsh Ii in a brief moonshine venture with a plainclothes detective as first prospect in Lexington Kentucky where Mrs Ecton’s hose bush is uprooted in bloom. John Day in Dewsbury England shows off automatic extinguishers that fail to fire a carding machine blaze causing $740 damage before workers intervene.
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James Ledbetter
Walsh
Lexington
T. C. Ecton
John Day
Dewsbury
England
Ruling Finds Montgomery Bus Segregation Unconstitutional
Six months after the Negro boycott began, a three judge panel in Montgomery Alabama held that racial segregation on city buses is unconstitutional. The majority opinion was written by Richard T. Rives and Frank M. Johnson Jr with Seybourn H Lynne dissenting as to the state and city seating laws. The court took no immediate action.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S
Seybourn Lynne
Richard T. Rives
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Supreme Court
Virginia
Federal Court
Saar Reunification Talks Signal German Return in 1957
French Premier Guy Mollet and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer announced a plan for Saar land transfer to Germany. The accord outlines a three year customs and economic union transition, continued French coal rights, and an international canal linking Moselle and Rhine for cheap coal access. If parliaments approve, the Saar becomes German on January 1, 1957. Separately, city bus segregation cases reach the Supreme Court amid a Montgomery boycott reducing Negro riders from about 30 000-40 000 to 300-400 daily.
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Saar
Germany
Guy Mollet
Konrad Adenauer
France
Moselles
Rhine
West Germany
League
Tito Visits Moscow Amid Khrushchev Speech Cold War Ties
Yugoslav President Tito enjoyed a welcome in Moscow as Russia courted him back to the Soviet orbit. Khrushchev's secret speech, released in Washington, accused Stalin of mass deaths and tyranny, while Molotov's resignation and Tito’s stance on independence signaled cautious thaw. Western officials weighed U.S. aid policy, and the Khrushchev blast underscored the enduring centralized power in the Soviet system.
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Jusu Tigie Lovsin
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
American State Department
Washington
Khrushchev
Joseph ‘Stalin
Tito
Stalin
Russia
Russia J
West
Moscow
United ‘States
Britain
France
Eisenhower
United States
U. Ss
Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Eisenhower cautions labor leaders on power at AFL-CIO HQ dedication
President Eisenhower, at the Washington dedication of AFL-CIO headquarters, warns labor leaders that people matter most in a nation’s assets. He stresses that each individual in the audience and across America is central to national strength and must be protected from misuse of power.
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Eisenhower
Afl-Cio
Washington
America
Britain widens Cyprus plan amid terror and riots
In a troubled Cyprus, Britain moves to broaden its approach under Eden style plans with US and NATO input to offer renewed self rule and eventual self determination. Field Marshal Harding meets London officials as threats and rumors prompt heavy police coverage. Royal security around Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh state visit to Sweden uses hull fragments to test for explosives.
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Fuera
Cyprius
Eden
United States
NATO
Cypryus
Cyprus
John ‘Hardling
London
England
Harding
Scotland Yard
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Sweden
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