French Doctor Flown To Dien Bien Phu For Casualty Airlift
A 62 year old French physician Dr Pierre Huard led a mission from Luang Prabang to Dien Bien Phu to organize rapid evacuation of seriously wounded French Union troops held by Viet Minh. The plan envisages a large airlift from the valley to Hanoi with about 700 casualties.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Pierre Huard
University of Hanoi
Huard
Luang Prabang
Christian de Castries
Vietminh
de Castries
Strawn No 2 Winston Brothers wildcat advances in Scurry
Oil discovery shows on Strawn No 2 Winston Brothers wildcat two and a half miles southwest of Snyder in Central Scurry County. Gas surfaced quickly at 7,220 feet during a 1.5 hour test, yielding 50 barrels of oil with no water. Test depth reached 7,982 feet, with casing cemented at 7,298 feet. See Cambrian extension in North Dora field.
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Strawn
Taylor Oil & Gas Co
Winston Brothers
Scurry County
Wildcat
Snyder
Kirkland & Fields Survey
Taylor No
Cambrian
North
Dora
Nolan County
Fiery Death May Have Been Personal Safety Related
Rock Island police concluded James Nelson arranged his own death by tying a wire around his waist and igniting kerosene while bound to a tree in a quiet neighborhood. Nelson spoke of sin and punishment to friends, and a neighbor saw him take a five gallon kerosene can from his home earlier.
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Rock Island, Ill
Claus C. Miller
James Nelson
Rock Island
Nelson
Miller
Three Criminal Cases Continued One Dismissed
Three district court cases were continued until July 12 while one case was dismissed. Emmett D. Baker of Mineral Wells had an incest charge dropped after three subpoenaed witnesses failed to appear. Baker was arrested on a Lamesa warrant for swindling by worth less check and turned over to Lamesa authorities. Velma Baker of Stephenville faces incest charges with July trial set. Woods and Taylor sodomy cases were postponed due to defense and family illness.
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Sterling Williams
Williams
Emmett D. Baker
Mineral Wells
Delilah Payne
Lubbock
Walter H. Smith
Abilene
Baker
Sheriff's Department
Lamesa
Velma Baker
Stephenville
James Lee Woods
Avenue R
William Uneal Taylor
Lamesa Highway
Pat Beene
Taylor
Texas
C. E. McGaw
Woods
Memorial rites for airmen killed in Indochina in Hong Kong
Memorial services were held at the British Royal Air Force chapel in Hong Kong for two American civilian pilots killed May 6 in Viet Minh territory. Wallace A. Buford of Kansas City and James B. McGovern of Elizabeth died when their French air transport boxcar was hit by antiaircraft fire and exploded in a crash landing. The chapel crowd included Civil Air Transport CAT officials, U S consulate personnel and French air and Army attaches.
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Hong Kong
Royal Air Force
Indochina
Wallace A. Buford
Kansas City
Kan
James B. McGovern
Elizabeth
N. J
Civil Air Transport Airline
CAT
U. S
Adams Denies Allegations Of McCarthy Side In Hearings
Army counsel John G. Adams testified in the McCarthy Army hearings that the Army had no wish to halt the McCarthy subcommittee investigation of Ft Monmouth though it favored ending the type of hearings. He denied trading favors for Pvt G David Schine or appeasing Sen McCarthy and explained his actions were to avoid open hostility while keeping relations with the subcommittee pleasant.
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Washington
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Monmouth
Pvt
G. David Schine
Sen
McCarthy
Adams
Schine
Stevens
J. Monmouth
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jenkins
Roy Cohn
Cohn
Pentagon
Colin
Francis P. Carr
C. E. Ryan
Ft. Dix
N.J
Ryan
New York
Sen. McCarthy
Seaway Bill Signed By President Today
President Eisenhower signed the St. Lawrence seaway bill in a White House ceremony announcing work on a waterway to bring ocean trade into the interior. The measure clears a 30 year struggle, authorizes US Canada cooperation to extend navigation to Toledo Ohio, with six years for completion and potential expansion to Duluth Minnesota.
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Washington
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence
Canada
Atlantic
Toledo
Ohio
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Woodrow Wilson
International Rapids
Tit For Tat In Expulsion Of Red Diplomats
London reports Russia accuses British Major Charles R. P. Landon of spying on military secrets and bars him from Moscow. Britain ejects two Soviet air force majors Maj Ivan Pupyshev and Maj Andrei Gudkov after similar spying accusations.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Britain
Red Air Force
Foreign Office
Charles R. P. Landon
Kremlin
Jacob Malik
Ivan Pupyshev
Andrei Gudkov
Paul Gray
Landon
Mild Temperatures Recorded Yesterday
Temperatures reached a high of 61 degrees and a low of 51 overnight, according to weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn. Reading at 7 30 o'clock this was.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Laniel Defends government as Dien Bien Phu battle debated
Paris Premier Joseph Laniel addressed the National Assembly to defend his shaky government over Dien Bien Phu. He argued the siege delayed Vietminh assaults on the Red River Delta and Laos, claiming the fortress’ defense was not in vain. A confidence vote could decide his fate.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Laos
National Assembly
Assembly
Lauiel
Laniel
France
Indochina
Brothers Accused Of Extortion Held On $75,000 Bonds
Dallas—James Hollis Jones 49 and Ralph Franklin Jones 42 were held to jail in lieu of $75,000 bonds after a preliminary hearing on a $200,000 extortion plot against 22 Dallas Jewish families. Testimony by Julius and George Schepps tied voices to the Jones brothers. Defense attorney Lester May protested the ruling, saying no evidence linked Ralph to the scheme or the letters.
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Dallas
James Hollis Jones
Ralph Franklin Jones
U.S
W. Madden Hill
Julius and
George Schepps
Jones
Two Gunmen Die After Shootout Then Unearth Korea Talks
In New Haven police cornered fugitives James Pollard and Clarence Rydstrom after a downtown movie theater shooting that left Detective Ralph Palma wounded. Pollard and Rydstrom killed themselves as police closed in, while authorities pursued a Monday Middlebury holdup. Meanwhile French Foreign Minister Bidault urged UN supervised elections to reunite Korea with proportional representation and free ballots, as Indochina talks stalled amid French political crisis.
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New Haven
Conn
Howard O. Young
James Pollard
Stonington
Young
Clarence Rydstrom
Waterbury
Ralph Palma
Pollard
Rydstrom
Middlebury
Palma
Ryd
John Casapullo
Casapullo
Geneva
Georges Bidault
Korea
Bidault
North
South Korea
United Nations
Indochina
Joseph Lanier
National Assembly
United States
U. N
U.S
Swedes and Swiss Charge Reds Violate Armistice Policing
Swiss and Swedish members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission accuse Czechoslovak and Polish colleagues of blocking inspections in North Korea. They say noncooperation hampers investigations into alleged armistice violations and call for a fresh review by the Military Armistice Commission. Signed by Maj. Gen. Paul Mohn and Brig. Gen. Ernst Gross, the letter urges realism about supervision limits.
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Munsan
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission Today
North Korea
U.N
Korea
Supervisory Commission
North
South Korea
U.N. Command
Paul Mohn
Ernst Gross
Military Armistice Commission
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Woman Collapses During McCarthy Hearing
A woman spectator fainted during the McCarthy Army hearings. Mrs. R. D. Seaman of Washington was identified by Capitol physician Dr. George W. Calver as the patient, with no serious condition noted. She was wheeled out and taken to Casualty Hospital as John G. Adams testified.
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Washington
George W. Calver
Capitol
R. D. Seaman
John G. Adams
Seaman
Casualty
Nicky Hilton Has Big Night Turns Ugly in Hollywood
Hollywood hotel heir Nick Hilton clashed with deputies after a loud drunken confrontation. He fought officers, kicked a deputy, and was jailed on a drunkenness charge after insisting he would pay his way out. He listed his age as 22 and was once married to Elizabeth Taylor.
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Hollywood
Nick Hilton
Nick
Conrad Hilton
Elizabeth Taylor
Delmar Epperson
Walter Pease
Hilton
Epperson
West Hollywood
Miss Taylor
Weather forecast for North Central and West Texas
North Central Texas sees fair skies and warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight with further warming overnight. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and higher temperatures. West Texas includes partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions in Panhandle and South Plains with moderate northerly winds on the coast turning northeast to east by Friday.
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Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Insurance Control Bills Will Face Next Legislature Session
Texas insurers face tighter rules as State Insurance Board plans six bills to curb abuse and lax enforcement. A 3rd Court of Civil Appeals ruling blasted the system over Texas Mutual’s extra premium demand for 6,000 claimants worth more than 1.2 million dollars. Judge Hughes noted fraudulent practices and weak enforcement. The board seeks expanded examiner staff and funds, plus measures on real estate appraisals, fraudulent financial claims, investment control, stock under state act, policy form oversight, and higher capital requirements. Previous proposals echoed by former chairman George Butler.
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Austin
Texas
State Insurance Board
Garland A. Smith
3Rd
Court of Civil Appeals
Texas Mutual Insurance Co
Stee Insurance
Will G. Knox
Robert G. Hughes
Texas Mutual
Smith
Insurance Board
George B. Butler
Hughes
Beaumont
Mutual
David E. O’fiel
Emmett E. Langham
Paul
Leslie Lowry
William
Moire
Brya
Ney Am T
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Joseph McCarthy
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Gary Crosby
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