Mitchell Faults Ihe And GOP Administration In Farmers Row
In Waterloo Iowa on May 22 Democratic National Chairman Stephen A Mitchell accused the GOP and the administration of misleading farmers and failing on parity pledges He condemned bipartisan foreign policy breakdown and the McCarthy Army hearings as harming U S standing and urged full inquiry into executive powers overreach He warned alliances are fraying and Democrats are framed as traitors by Republican rhetoric.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Stephen A. Mitchell
Weeks Blames Russians For Low Standard Of Living
Secretary of Commerce Weeks urged that global living standards could rise 25 fold if Russia joined nations in peaceful atomic energy use. He warned of a training shortage in the United States and warned that lagging brainpower could threaten economic growth and national security under the shadow of the H bomb.
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Boston
Weeks
Russia
Wentworth Institute
U.S
Technological School
H. Russell Beatty
Governor Steps Into Cop's Line Of Fire
On the Oklahoma Capitol grounds a chase ended with a suspected thief escaping after an officer aimed at a youth. The officer, Hilton Gear, said the governor appeared in the line of fire and could not shoot. Gov Johnston Murray later read about the incident in newspapers.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol Grounds
Hilton Gear
Statehouse
Gear
Johnston Murray
Extradition Halted In Triple Slaying
FRANKFURT Germany May 22 The chief U S prosecutor in Germany barred extradition of James M Leech on charges of killing three U S Army officers in 1946 pending a full case study Leech a former Army captain living in Lima Ohio said he did not kill them and did not know who did Boston Mass Thomas Landan chief prosecutor stepped in over deputy William Canfield who filed charges Canfield said extradition papers were directed to Bonn White Morgantown W Va signed warrants for Leech arrest Landan said extradition would not be sought until the case is studied further Canfield said he had circumstantial evidence tying Leech to the Passau murders of Maj Everett Corran Capt Adrian Wessler and Lt Stanley Rosewater on Jan 7 1946 Leech said German girl secretaries created tensions in the town Leech and Canfield offered conflicting versions about the villa and the ax used in the killings
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
James M. Leech
Leech
Lima
Ohio
Thomas Landan
Boston
Mass
William Canfield
Hampden
Canfield
U. S. High Commission
Bonn
Dewitt White
Morgantown
W. Va
Landan
Everett S. Corran
Washington, D. C
Adrian L. Wessler
New Rochelle
N. Y
Stanley M. Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
Passau
Cofran
Danube
Senator Seeks Changes For Probe Rules
Senator Knowland urges a uniform code for Senate investigations to govern witness rights subpoena methods hearing procedures and TV and broadcasting issues. He says the matter is nonpartisan and should be set at the start of next Congress with bipartisan study and possible rules committee action.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Standing Committee
Four Survivors Rescued At Sea From Navy Plane Crash
The U S destroyer Radford rushed to Pearl Harbor with four survivors of a seaplane crash 400 miles northeast of Oahu. The four rescued are Lt L W Reher pilot Lt jg J A Holmes copilot Machinist Mate 1 C H R James and Radioman 2 C R W Findly. Four others are missing. rescued men say survival chance was slim. The crash occurred at 1700 feet and involved a P5 Martin seaplane in a flight from San Diego to Honolulu.
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Pearl Harbor
Radford
Island
Oahu
L. W. Reher
Imperial Beach
Calif
J.g
J. A. Holmes
Huntsville
Ala
C. H. R. James Coronado
C. R. W. Findly
Grovetown
N.H
San Diego
Honolulu
Navy
K. F. Sout
Dayton
Ohio
A. V. Bormann
Los Angeles
C. D. E. Hicks
Cairo
Ill
C. J. G. Goodrich
Victoria
Radord
McCarthy Says He And Staff Both To Testify
French air assaults press Vietminh near Dien Bien Phu as relief columns free two forts in the delta. Vietminh siege rings form around Anxa Yen Phu Coquan while Hanoi looms 180 miles away as 2,000 wounded French soldiers are evacuated after Dien Bien Phu’s fall.
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Marcel Champougny
Dien Bien Phu
Luang Prabang
Indochina
Hanoi
Red River
Anxa
Seous
Phuly
Yen Phu
Coquan
Tonkin Gulf
Haiphong
Delta
Tuan Giao
Red River Delta
McCarthy to Testify If Called As Senate Probes Army Row
Senator McCarthy said he will be ready to testify if summoned by the Senate subcommittee resuming hearings on his clash with the Army. He spoke at a Chamber of Commerce event in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin urging Democratic cooperation and urging President Eisenhower to heed advice from safer sources. He questioned press influence and said he would stay with the hearings unless new roadblocks arise.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
McCarthy
Senate
Army
Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Subcommittee
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Stu
Eisenhower
Ike
Teenagers Hold Up Station In Houston
Five masked youths robbed a Ga lena Park service station in Houston early today taking 1730 dollars. Five shots were fired at the station manager and two pursuing policemen. The youths escaped in a souped up jalopy. police say one gunman fired at the vehicle.
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Houston
Galena Park
Travis Knox
Shipment of arms to Guatemala feared again from Reds
Washington reports two more ships rumored en route to Guatemala amid U S efforts to intercept. Hillings says a ship searched in Puerto Rico found nothing and notes arms have flowed from Poland and possibly East Germany. State Dept cautions on uncertain details and denial of arms sales.
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Guatemala
Washington
Rep
Hillings
Rcalif
U.S
Ting
State Department
Department
Aged Man Killed in Highway Accident West of Amarillo
Roy M. Bell 72 of Greeley Colorado died when his car overturned today on a highway about 50 miles west of Amarillo. His brother in law Claude Haun 69 also of Greeley was injured as the pair traveled to Wichita Falls on a business trip.
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Amarillo
Tex
Roy M. Bell
Greeley
Colo
Claude Haun
Wichita Falls
Mesquite Spraying Expands Across Scurry County Ranches
Aerial spraying using Kuron from Dow Chemical Co. operates on several Scurry County ranches by American Dusting Co. Inc. Prospective farmers and pilots work from Chickasha Oklahoma with crews including Jack Wiggins Calvin Phillips and Darrell Powell. The program costs 3.30 per acre with half funded by the federal government.
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Scurry County
American Dusting Co., Inc
Chickasha
Okla
Dow Chemical Co
James McKenzie
Mangum
McKenzie
Criswell
Peny County
Hugh Taylor
Snyder
Jack Martin
Fluvanna
Winston Field
Martin
Jack Wiggins
Jacksonville
Tex
Calvin Phillips
Stearman
Darrell Powell
Oklahoma A&m College
Bloody Body Found Sparks Arkansas Mystery
In Fort Smith Arkansas a blood spattered body was found in a wooded area about 30 feet from a highway. The victim is believed to be Neil W Vernon of Shreveport Louisiana. His bloodstained car was found abandoned near Fort Smith Wednesday night. Two bullet holes were found in the head. Three Shreveport teenagers who were friends of Vernon disappeared but later were found safe. Human hair was found in the car trunk but could not be compared due to blood evidence.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Here
Neil W. Vernon
Shreveport
Freck Maddux
Vernon
Maddux
Yugoslav protest over seizure of four soldiers by Italian gunboat
Belgrade protested to Rome over the seizure of four Yugoslav soldiers by the Italian gunboat Bracco after they boarded the Italian fishing boat Giulio Cesare. Italy released the prisoners and arranged their homeward passage amid worsening Trieste tensions and accusations of fishing-boat support.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Italy
Trieste
Ales Bebler
Francesco Paolo Vanni d’Archirafi
Ancona
Bracco
Giulio Cesare
Billy Graham Tells Hunger Drives London Crusade
Billy Graham filled Wembley Stadium and London’s White City with about 120000 and capacity crowds as he delivered a farewell sermon. Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher sat on stage as BBC and film coverage carried the crusade across Great Britain. The evangelist attributed the success to the moving of the spirit of God, saying Britons display unprecedented spiritual hunger.
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London
Billy Graham
Wembley Stadium
White City
Graham
Wembley
Ion
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Church of England
British Broadcasting Corp
British Isles
Great Britain
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Charlie Fisher
Texas A&m Extension Service
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