French Air Strikes Hit Vietminh Convoys Near Hanoi
French planes bombed Vietminh convoys along Dien Bien Phu routes and hit an ammunition dump 35 miles east of Hanoi. Rebels using Russian trucks press Dien Bien Phu corridors 13 and 41 while French forces defend the Hanoi Haiphong rail and road links. American sources cited delays in airlift plans due to neutrality rules and red tape, amid high command assurances to defend the Red River area.
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Saigon
North Africa
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Burma
French High Command
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Paul Ely
First Direct Talks Raise U S Pressure on Red China
Geneva report says L A officials met with Chinese Red leaders to seek release of 122 Americans held behind the bamboo curtain. The encounter marks the first direct U S contact with the Reds at the Geneva conference and officials deny any recognition. Civilians include 39 killed, 18 service members, 11 Coast Guard and Navy jets, and two missing newsmen.
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L. A
China
U.S
U. S
Richard Applegate
National Broadcasting Company
Don Dixon
Interational News Service
Reds
South China Coast
Korea
Coast Guard
Navy
Stevenson Says America in State of National Neurosis
Adlai E. Stevenson told a Columbia University bicentennial audience that America is rattled by a national neurosis of self doubt. He argued the struggle is between Western humanism and rising pagan dictatorial forces and warned against allowing any group to divert the university or the army from its objective.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
America
Ike Invites Russians To Rejoin Alliance
President Eisenhower marked the Normandy anniversary by inviting Russia to rejoin the grand alliance in pursuit of peace security and freedom. He recalled wartime cooperation with Britain France and the Soviet Union stressing hope through renewed collaboration despite postwar tensions.
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Elbe
Dodgers and Indians Lead As Upsets Highlight Sports
The Brooklyn Dodgers won a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs to stay atop the National League while the Cleveland Indians beat the Philadelphia Athletics to keep the American League lead. Syracuse upset Colgate 5 to 3 at Lew Carr Field. Ex heavy weight contender Clarence Henry was held on bail in a bribery case and harness racing opened at Vernon Downs with 6,300 fans.
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Hank Sauer
Cleveland Indians
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Colgate
Lew Carr
Clarence Henry
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Vernon Downs
Fire Perils Loom Over Los Alamos Amid Forest Blaze
Hundreds of firefighters battled a wind whipped forest fire near Los Alamos New Mexico as winds shifted to push flames away from the town. Fire chief A C Abpott reported the area was out of danger by 10 PM ET but cautioned it would take hours to fully control the flames and the risk of the James fire jumping a firebreak remained. Secret AEC installations on a distant mesa were evacuated though officials later said the information should not have been released.
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Atomic Energy Weapons Center
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A. C. Abpott
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AEC
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June Haver to Wed MacMurray This Summer
Hollywood actress June Haver announced her engagement to actor Fred MacMurray and said they plan to marry this summer. She flashed a diamond ring and noted a date has not been set yet.
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Calif
June Haver
Fred MacMurray
Today’s Features and Sections Overview
The page lists sections and page numbers for Today’s features including Amusements Political Art Roundup Books Radio iClassified Society Crossword Women’s Deaths Sports Editorial Weather Financial and staff columns Wilson Winchell ITODAY’S PICTURES on page 20. It serves as a guide to content placement rather than a standalone news item.
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Wilson
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Winchell
U S Increases Military Aid to Turkey and NATO Role
The United States agreed to speed up about 500 million dollars in military shipments to Turkey and seek higher aid for the 1955 fiscal year. Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes met President Eisenhower and top officials during four days of talks, with no Mediterranean crisis implied.
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John Foster Dulles
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Charles E. Wilson
Ex-Guatemalan Official Flees Guatemala City
Col Rodolfo Mendoza Azurdia, former Guatemalan director of civil and military aeronautics, has been missing for 24 hours after a Friday flight. He reportedly fled the country in a Cessna monoplane from a local flying club field, with range to reach neighboring nations.
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Rodolfo Mendoza Azurdia
Mendoza
Countrie
Sharp Quake Shakes Tokyo Residents Head Aware
A sharp rolling earthquake struck Tokyo with an explosive bang. No immediate damage reported, but long time residents said it was among the sharpest they have felt. The tremor rocked buildings for nearly a minute.
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Tokyo
Circus Van Crash Kills 3 in Pennsylvania
The King Brothers Circus van plunged over a hillside near ormerry Pennsylvania killing three sleeping roustabouts. Six horses died and a seventh was shot. Identified dead are Arthur Taylor 65 Blooming-ton Illinois George McGuff 31 Saltsburg Pennsylvania and Paul Richardson 19 Lafayette Indiana.
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Elizabeth
Arthur Taylor
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Til
George McGuff
Saltsburg
Paul Richardson
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Balkan Entente Forms Among Greece Yugoslavia and Turkey
Greece and Yugoslavia announce a political military Balkan entente with Turkey as talks between Tito and Papagos disclose the agreement. A consultative assembly will be created and a future supra national Balkan state is discussed as a step toward a broader Europe alliance.
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Marshal Alexander Papagos
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Europe
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Slavia
Balkans
Smith charges Koreas elections fraud at Geneva session
U S Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith denounces North Korean and Soviet proposals as fraudulent while accusing Communists of arming North Korea in violation of the armistice. He warns the supervisory commission is ineffective as members block action. Molotov unveiled five principles for free elections and troop withdrawals. Smith notes North Korea's population disparity challenges an equal commission.
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North Korea
U. S.S
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V. M. Molotov
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Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
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Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Molotov
16 Mau Mau Killed and Cyprus Quake Panic
Security forces killed 16 Mau Mau terrorists and British troops detained 200 suspects in the Ruku Farms area. A sharp quake in Nicosia's western sector drove residents from homes and shops but caused no casualties.
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McCarthy Transcripts accuse Army Secretary of cover ups
Transcripts show Senator McCarthy accusing Army Secretary Robert Stevens on February 20 of covering up Communists. He warned Stevens that he was finished with the cover up and lamented the secret handling of Pvt. G. David Schine. The documents, released by McCarthy but not naming him as source, triggered public attention.
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McCarthy Calls Stevens Innocent In Hearings Incident
Senator McCarthy in Chicago said Army Secretary Stevens is a fine innocent fellow who was mousetrapped into triggering the Army McCarthy hearings. He suggested Stevens was iced into the dispute by smart Washington politicians.
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Chicago
Schine Controversy Spurs Senate Clash Over Military Treatment
Transcripts show Sen Stephen Stevens clashed with McCarthy allies over Brig. Gen. Ralph Wicker testimony in the Fifth Amendment Communist case involving Maj Irving Peress. They indicate McCarthy chief counsel Rory Cohn shaped the Army handling fears and warned of upheaval in a November 7 call.
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MicCarthy
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Omaha Beach Revisited Ten Years Later
Pulitzer winner Don Whitehead returns to Omaha Beach on the tenth anniversary to find washed sands and shrinking fleet remnants, yet rows of white crosses remain as mute tributes to brave Americans. A visiting couple kneels among the graves, touching memory with sorrow, beside the inscription praising justice and peace.
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