Rebels mass on Hanoi as Indochina siege tightens
Vietminh forces circle Hanoi and Haiphong as French reinforcements rush in. By June end, analysts expect a major attack to isolate Hanoi and sever supply routes to the delta with tens of thousands of Vietminh troops converging toward the Red River defense network.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Europe
Haiphong
Caniel
Doson
Phu Ly
Nam Dinh
Thai Binh
Phat Diem
Nixon: Limited development of two nuclear devices ordered
Waterbury Connecticut June 7 Rep James T Patterson says President Eisenhower ordered only limited development of two nuclear devices because they are too dangerous to test. Patterson, a member of the House Senate Committee on Atomic Energy, said the order came on scientists advice and he could not discuss details for security reasons. He called them devices not bombs.
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Waterbury
Conn
James T. Patterson
Rconn
Eisenhower
Patterson
House
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
Weather forecast for Southern Illinois
Cloudy conditions dominate southern Illinois with thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Cooler temperatures follow, with a Tuesday mostly fair and cooler. Low tonight 61, high Tuesday 80, low Tuesday night 61.
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Illinois
Weather and water levels at Crab Orchard and Little Grassy
The report tracks yesterday and today temperatures with highs and lows and notes sunrise and sunset times. It also records water levels at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake as inches below their spillways.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Blizzard Traps Drivers Rescue Clears Trail Ridge Road
About three dozen motorists were rescued from Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park after a mid afternoon blizzard. Seven to nine cars were left stalled in two to three foot drifts as rescuers escorted others down from the 12,100 foot level. No serious injuries reported though nerves were frayed.
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Estes Park
Colo
Trail Ridge Road
Rocky Mountain National Park
Dist
Edward J. Kirk
National Park Service
Kirk
Continental Divide
French Bidault Meets Molotov on Indochina Cease-Fire
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Soviet Vyacheslav Molotov discussed supervision of a possible Indochina cease-fire. Agreement favored including at least one communist nation in the supervising body. Bidault suggested a three Asian nation base with one communist and one western nation to form the commission. He opposed a balanced communist and non communist commission like Korea's Neutral Nations. They also touched steps to accelerate Geneva talks on regrouping forces after a cease-fire, which reportedly made little progress.
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Georges Bidault
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
Bidault
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Commission
Neutral Nations Supervision Commission
Korea
Geneva
Slot Machines Seized. Club Manager Arrested
McHenry County Club manager James Kupeck was charged with operating gambling devices after a state police raid seized four slot machines. He posted $200 bond and is due in McHenry Justice Court on July 14. Police said county checks found no further gambling evidence.
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McHenry
James Kupeck
Taxi plunges into dockside when rush to Navy wives ends
In Long Beach California two Navy wives rushing to meet husbands aboard a destroyer drove a taxicab off the pier. The vehicle plunged four feet to a cement platform. Mrs Vancy T. McFadden 24 sustained back injuries and Mrs Walter S. Croswell was bruised. Their baby Connie and the driver escaped injury.
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Long Beach
Calif
Vancy T. McFadden
Walter S. Croswell
Navy Vessels Seek Submarine North of Nassau
The destroyer escorts Willett and Haas left Nassau to investigate an unidentified submarine sighted 30 miles north of Nassau. The submarine was seen around noon Sunday by a Bahamas Airways plane and submerged as the plane approached.
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Nassau
Bahamas
U. S
Willett and Haas
Nassau Tribune
Bahamas Airways
Infant Dies After Rh Blood Transfusion
A four day old infant from Waukegan died at Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago three days after an emergency Rh blood transfusion. The baby, child of Lloyd Millimaki, was born with Rh factor complications and was transported by ambulance with police escort from Waukegan. Earlier, June 3, another Rh related death occurred of a girl born to James Zimmer family in Waukegan at Michael Reese Hospital Chicago.
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Chicago
Waukegan
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Lloyd Millimaki
James Zimmer
Michael Reese Hospital
Saline Farmer Charged With Murder After Fatal Farm Shooting
Raymond Williams 44, Saline County farmer, faced murder charges for shooting Albert Sheffield 20 at Williams farm near Eldorado. Sheriff Spangler said Williams claimed self defense to stop an assault on his son Charles 15. Sheffield, who had come with Bonnie Williams, died from chest wounds after transport to Eldorado hospital. Services set for Carrier Mills Church of God with burial at Salem Cemetery. No inquest date set.
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Raymond Williams
Saline County
Albert Sheffield
Peer
Glen Jones
Paul Spangler
Williams
Wiliams’ Farm
Eldorado
Sherfield
Bonnie Williams
Held
Billy Ray
Spangler
Harrisburg City
Wanda
Williams Farm
Charles
Carrier Mills
Lela Frazier
Harrisburg
Clarida Sherfield
Rt. 1
Stonefort
Lorene Curley
West Frankfort
Bernice Ledbetter
Herod
Ruth Dudley
Elizabethtown
Carrier Mills Church
Salem Cemetery
Elmer Gibbons
Headon Crash Fatal To 10 In Maryland
Eight men and two women died in a head on collision near Lyons Creek Maryland on Route 416 when a car crossed into the wrong lane on a cresting hill. One car burst into flames as Thomas Bozzolo of North Beach vol Fire Dept arrived. all but one passenger was thrown from the wreckage and there were no survivors. The other vehicle was driven by Robert E Abell 24 of Silver Spring and was in the wrong lane.
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Lyons Creek
Thomas Bozzolo
North Beach
Robert E. Abell
Silver Spring
Joe Must Go Club Falls Short of McCarthy Recall Signatures
The Joe Must Go Club in Sauk City fails to reach the 403,904 signatures required to recall Senator McCarthy, ending its petition drive at midnight Saturday. Officers say the effort shows anti McCarthy sentiment and may spur a future recall movement despite not meeting legal thresholds.
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Sank City
Wis
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
LeRoy Gore
Sauk City Weekly News
Harold Michael
Amery
Ivan A. Nestingen
Madison
Joe Must Go
Milaukee Mothers
McCarty
Milwaukee Citizens Committee
House of Congress
Dirksen Defends Loyalty Secrecy Amid McCarthy Clash
Senator Dirksen warned that letting federal employees decide which documents stay secret could trigger anarchy and disrupt the separation of powers. He discussed the Army hearings and noted he might use McCarthy as a campaign speaker if reelected.
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Washington
Sen
Dirksen
R-Ill
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Government Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
NBC
Army
McCarthy Transcript Details Schine Draft and Cohn Friction
Nov. 7 McCarthy told Stevens not to tell Roy about Schine being drafted. Transcript edits omit a drink invitation and reveal McCarthy’s view of Roy Cohn and Schine. Stevens discussed Schine’s basic training path after Army review with Secretary Wilson.
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Sen. McCarthy
Stevens
G. David Schine
Schine
Roy Cohn
McCarthy-Stevens
McCarthy Army
McCarthy
Roy
Cohn
Dave
the Waldorf
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Floods Hit Yugoslavia Tasmania and Japan
Reports from Osaka Ljubljana and Hobart describe catastrophic flooding across three regions. In Osaka 4000 homes flooded as rivers rose. in Ljubljana floods killed at least 20 with damage around 50 million dollars in Slovenia and Croatia. Hobart endures worst flood in 30 years with five inches of rain in 48 hours disabling streets and isolating thousands.
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Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Slovenia
Croatia
Hobart
Tasmania
Rape Slay Suspects Held In Sunday Victim Death
John Francis Roche 27 and Norman Roye 18 were arrested over the weekend on charges connected to a schoolgirl rape and multiple murders. Roye allegedly confessed to strangling and raping three women, including 66-year-old Isadora Goomes. The latest victim, 14-year-old Dorothy Westwater, died four days after being raped, stabbed, and bludgeoned.
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John Francis Roche
Norman Roye
Isadora Goomes
Goomes
Roche
Dorothy Westwater
Island camp chair in Hawaii wears coconut hat and ti leaf skirt
A military camp on Hawaii Island hosts a ceremonial chair on May 29. He appears in a coconut hat and a ti leaf skirt around his trousers, adding local flavor to the event.
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Kilauea
Hawaii Island
Boys nearly fatally inhale gasoline fumes in car incident
Constable Blake Witcher said two 13 year old boys Johnny Love and Henry Blake filled a car with gasoline and closed windows to sniff the fumes. A neighbor found them unconscious and a resuscitation squad revived them. They admitted they liked the gasoline smell.
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Blake Witcher
Johnny Love
Henry Blake
Witcher
Warren Calls for Era of Understanding at MacMurray Speech
At MacMurray College for Women in Jacksonville Earl Warren urged a badly needed era of understanding and good will. He warned graduates to seek truth beyond history and gossip and noted the honorary degrees awarded to Donald Forsythe Ruth Painter Randall and others.
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Earl Warren
United States
MacMurray College For Women
Kiwanis Internavitel
Ruth Painter Randall
Urbana
Abraham Lincoln
Bandits Take $30 000 Copacabana Receipts
Two men rob Hotel Plaza Fourteen early today binding two employees with baling wire. They steal about $30,000 in Copacabana night club receipts, miss another $20,000, and flee. The club is in the hotel building and kept week-end receipts in the hotel safe for Monday bank opening.
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New York
Car Hit Fatality Near Carmi Claims 79-Year-Old Man
Walter Allison died Saturday night after being struck by a car in front of his home on State Route 460 near Carmi. The 79-year-old was killed in the accident, police said.
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Carmi
Walter Allison
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