Taft Leads Ike in AP delegate tally 405 to 385
The Associated Press counts Taft at 405 and Eisenhower at 385 pre convention votes with Chicago set for July 7. Alabama awards a Taft majority, South Dakota editors back Taft slightly over Eisenhower, and Washington previews intra party heat affecting the fall campaign. Tennessee favors Kefauver in the Democratic slate.
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Georgia
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Boise
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Ilinois
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Roosevelt College
Castile Parents Protest Principal Resignation
About 250 parents and pupils in the Castile Castile community gathered for over two hours to protest the resignation of Robert C. Witter, supervising principal of Letchworth Central School District. The district serves about 1,200 students, including 360 at Castile. Witter said lack of cooperation with the school board prompted his departure.
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Letchworth Central
Robert C. Witter
Castile
Veterans recall Civil War memories and Memorial Day plans
The article profiles four veterans Hard, Woolson, Magee, and Broadsword, describing wartime service and postwar life. Hard recalls Antietam Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg and meeting Lincoln. Woolson to be Duluth Memorial Day grand marshal. Magee rises at dawn and reads papers. Broadsword lives quietly near Samuels Idaho. Woolson and Hard attended the last Grand Army encampment in Indianapolis in 1949.
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Idaho
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Indianapolis
Truman urges growth of atomic program despite secrecy
President Truman writes Senator Maybank that the United States must expand its atomic energy program to bolster security. He cites advice from a Security Council committee and military advisers, with an estimated total capital cost near 4.2 billion dollars, below initial 5.4 billion. Expenditures next year would total about 650 million, with remaining funds for later contracts and equipment.
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TB Case Ousted As Grim Example
CAPETOWN South Africa A spokesman for Grotie Schuur Hospital confirmed a 65 year old colored man with tuberculosis was removed from the hospital and abandoned on the cape mountainside Tuesday night. He said the action was to pressure authorities to provide facilities for infectious disease patients.
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Willie Jacobs
Grotte
Riots erupt across France after Communist leader's arrest
In Tarbes and Melun protests against the arrest of Communist chief Duclos spread with factory walkouts and new demonstrations in Marseille Bordeaux and Nice. Police report casualties in Paris and Nice as authorities vow to crush the unrest amid an American defense meeting in Paris.
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POW Camp Disturbance Ends As Allied Troops Clear Compound
Rose from Page One reports a disturbance at a POW camp led by Red Party members who demanded a visit from Camp Commander Brig. Gen. Harden L. Boam er. Allied forces including U S 38th Regiment soldiers and British Shropshire Light Infantry retook the compound, removing shacks and lowering Red banners.
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King’s
Shropshire Light Infantry
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Sickle Wound Prompts Hospital Treatment in Moline
Mrs Eleanor Van Damme sharpened her sickle for grass cutting when her husband Marcel picked it up and swung it. She backed into range and was cut, receiving treatment at Moline Hospital for her wound.
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Man Swipes Purse To Lure Girl
In Buffalo New York John Collier tried to lure his girlfriend by stealing her purse from a tavern. The plan failed as the woman filed a petit larceny charge. Collier pleaded guilty but was discharged with a warning that the scheme was a risky way to win back his girl.
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Truman Seeks U S Defense Spending Amid Senate Cuts
President Truman urged $6.9 billion for defense, calling it the minimum for national security. Senate debates trimmed the bill with a $200 million reduction passing 37 to 34, as Eisenhower supporters and Taft backed the cuts.
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Korea Attack Width Siege Ends At 8 50 A M In Hill Assault
The third defender held until 8 50 A M as tanks provided fire support during a hill attack and UN troops used fixed bayonets on another. Reds left 105 dead or wounded in the savage close fight northwest of Lyonchon. Allied forces repulsed Iwo Chinese companies near the UN line while the Eighth Army said Patton and Sherman tanks smashed 96 bunkers six machinegun nests and 12 communication trenches on the central front.
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Red War Threats Viewed Seriously
Washington officials assess renewed Red threats as a serious risk of a large scale war in Korea. They cite a 1,000,000 man army and a stronger air force built up during truce talks, with public statements stressing capability and privately warning of a possible major offensive after talks deadlocked.
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CPS
Korea
Orphaned Mixed Race Children in Japan and Pearl Buck Home
A correspondent recalls a Tokyo orphanage with squalid nurseries and a six year old mixed heritage girl named Teruko. He highlights Pearl Buck’s American Asian orphans who were adopted by US families, wonders what becomes of them as GI forces depart, and previews a future piece on Japan.
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Hest
Radio Television Probe Won’t Be Aired
A congressional probe into radio and television programs will start next week but hearings will not be broadcast or televised. Rep Harris of Arkansas, chairman of the House interstate committee, said telecasting is not permitted by House rules.
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Rep
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D-Ark
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Bronze Star for Korean War hero is revealed to mother
Mrs Laure Derby learned from the Defense Department that her son Pic George R. Derby, 21, received the Bronze Star for heroic service in Korea. She notes he never mentioned it in his letters from March.
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Hunt Stolen Radium Spot A Woman In Dallas
Officers chasing a radium theft were led by a man with a Geiger counter who pinpointed a drug store. Mrs. Viola Hill, who worked there, explained the device spun when she exited, revealing implanted radium from a recent medical treatment and claiming she was radioactive.
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27th Child Born in Rome to Mrs Minocchia
The Italian News Agency reports Mrs Francesco Minocchia gave birth to her 27th child, a son, yesterday in Bene vento, Rome.
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Francesco Minocchia
Benevento
St Matthew’s Church Sign Urges Keep Off Lawn
Ulh Caielands posts a sign at St Matthew’s Church with the message Go away I wanna be a lawn to deter foot traffic on the grass during the season. The whimsical sign reflects a community effort to protect church grounds.
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