Rugged Senate timetable aims to finish major fund bills
The Senate under Senator Bridges sets a target to pass all major appropriations before July 1. The $3.33 billion Treasury and Post Office measure leads action next week. Changes are modest from the House, with a small cut to Post Office funding while Treasury funds remain intact.
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Washington
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Treasury
Post Office
McCarthy
R-Wis
Appropriations
T But Bridges
Treasury-Post Office
House
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
De Gaulle Visits Tomb and Sparks Paris Riots
In Paris crowds near the Tomb of France's Unknown Soldier on the Champs Elysees clashed with police after Gen. Charles de Gaulle's ceremonial tomb visit. About 11 officers and several civilians injured as demonstrators, including paratroopers, cried for power and protested the armistice era policies.
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Champs Elysees
Charles de Gaulle
France
Arch of Triumph
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Place Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arch
Place de la Concorde
de Gaulle
Rene Coty
Joseph Laniel
Defense
Rene Pleven
McCarthy Recall Move Spreading
Dr Henry F Grady former U S ambassador to India Greece and Iran announced Sunday the formation of the nonpartisan northern California committee for the recall of Sen Joseph McCarthy. The committee will collect funds to help the recall campaign headed in Wisconsin by LeRoy Gore editor of the Sauk Prairie Star in Sauk City Wisconsin.
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Henry F. Grady
U. S
India
Greece
Iran
Northern California
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
LeRoy Gore
Sauk Prairie Star
Sauk City
Wis
Grady
Refugees Ride Rods to Paris for Asylum
Three refugees told police they rode the rods under the crack International Express train from Yugoslavia to Paris seeking political asylum. They sought shelter at a Paris police station Sunday night after the perilous journey.
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Paris
U.P
France
Yugoslavia
Plot to kill Eisenhower. no attack found at Fredericksburg
Secret Service chief A E Baughman said agents thoroughly checked a report of an assassination attempt on President Eisenhower in Fredericksburg Virginia but found nothing to it. Fredericksburg police, alerted by an informant, laid a trap but did not catch the alleged two men.
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Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Eisenhower
Fredericksburg
Baughman
A. G. Kendall
Kendall
Senator Optimistic for Voting Change
Sen. Humphrey of Minnesota voiced optimism that the Senate will approve a constitutional amendment lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 this week. He noted support from Senate leadership and White House backers, with Eisenhower and Nixon favoring the proposal.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Nixon
Dallas Mother Receives Telegram From Son on Mother's Day
A Dallas mother got a telegram from her university son saying Happy Mother's Day and requesting $25. The note reads Dad I could use 25 and reflects the era's student requests in a brief personal dispatch.
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Dallas
Showdown Imminent in McCarthy Army Hearings Row
The 13th day of the Army hearings opens with a push by Sen. Dirksen to limit public testimony to Stevens and McCarthy. Democrats and the Army oppose curtailment, while Sen. Millikin cautions that the public interest must be weighed.
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McCarthy Army
Sen
Dirksen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Senate
Sen. Millikin
Cole
McCarthy Camp
G. David Schine
Ft. Monmouth
N. J. McCarthy
Wausau
Wis
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
MccClellan
Transit Walkout Paralyzes Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh's transit system shut down at 2 a.m. as 2700 union workers struck for higher pay. The AFL Amalgamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes led the walkout, halting buses and trolleys citywide and drawing mediation efforts from Mayor Lawrence and federal and state mediators.
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Pittsburgh
Steel
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Division 85
AFL Amalgamated Assn
Steel City
David L. Lawrence
Railways Union
Charles D. Palmer
Jordan charges 90 Israelis attacked village in Hebron area
Jordan’s senior delegate to the mixed armistice commission Dr Yousef Haikal said a band of 90 Israelis attacked the village of lillin in the Hebron area killing an Israeli officer and a private. He said Jordan guards repelled the assault as a UN team investigated. A Jordanian farmer was reportedly shot dead near Zaboa after Israelis kidnapped him.
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Jordan
Lillin
Hebron
U. N
Arab Legion
Yousef Haikal
Mixed Armistice Commission
Commission
Haikal
Khirbet Ayalin
U. N. Security Council
New York
Zaboa
Attorney Heads Political Group In Chicago
The Executive Committee for America named Orville J. Taylor Chicago attorney to head Chicago operations. The group aims to counter internationalism interventionism and communism in both major parties. Gen. Robert E. Wood and Dean Clarence E. Manion co chair the organization, with Wood in Europe and Manion in South Bend Indiana.
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Chicago
Executive Committee For America
Orville J. Taylor
Taylor
Robert E. Wood
Clarence E. Manion
Gen. Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Europe
Manion
Notre Dame University Law School
South Bend
Ind
Japanese vessel Tatsuna Maru sends SOS in South China Sea
Globe Wireless reported Sunday night that the Japanese vessel Tatsuna Maru radioed an SOS from the South China Sea near a typhoon alert area.
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San Francisco
U.P
Globe Wireless
South China Sea
McCarthy Free-Agency Talk Dominates GOP Strategy
GOP leaders weigh letting Sen. McCarthy go as a free agent while planning a campaign drive to keep Congress. President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon contemplate campaign roles as Hall prepares the party's Executive Committee to review McCarthy related decisions amid the Stevens dispute. Local calls for McCarthy appearances rise including a Ripon centennial event.
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Washington
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Republican Party
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hall
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Stevens
Wisconsin
Ripon
Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
David Schine
Geneva Meeting Stalemated on Korea and Indochina
Secretary of State Dulles prepared for a closed session with the House Foreign Affairs Committee to seek congressional backing for a collective security plan in Southeast Asia. The talk covered Indochina independence assurances, training timelines, and the difficulty of uniting Asian and European nations against Communism.
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Washington
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Southeast Asia
House Committee
United Front
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Congress
Capitol Hill
Indochina
Geneva
Thailand
Malaya
Bangkok
Popejoy Acquitted in Nov 25 Shooting Case
In Virginia City a seven man and five woman jury found Sam Popejoy not guilty of two counts of first degree murder in the November 25 shootings of James Seyler and Bill Seyler. Popejoy wept as verdicts were read. his wife May Popejoy sat with a handkerchief as the court recessed.
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Sam Popejoy
James and
Bill Seyler
Virginia City
V.P
James
Trapper
Paul Love
Popejoy
May Popejoy
Willard J. Watts
Philip Duncan
Duncan
Love
Popejoys
Cincinnati mother greets second child on Mother's Day
Mrs Betty Albers of Cincinnati welcomed her second child with a girl born first and a boy born Sunday, Mother's Day in 1954. The event marked a family celebration as the children arrive on the holiday.
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Cincinnati
Betty Albers
Robbed in Butte by trio of young thieves on Arizona Street
Cobban Block resident Man Frank Kennedy reported to Butte police that three boys about 12 years old assaulted him on Arizona Street between Park and Broadway and stole his watch and keys. The incident occurred Sunday as he walked along the block.
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Frank Kennedy
Cobban
Butte
Arizona
Park
Broadway
U S Calls Anew for Action to Halt Reds in Far East
Geneva talks stall on Korea and Indochina as Smith urges collective security and Western unity. Washington pushes for Southeast Asia pact while Vietnam and French plan for armistice terms faces Vietnamese opposition to partition and limited discussion.
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U.S
Far East
Geneva
United States
Southeast Asia
Korea
Indochina
Walter Bedell Smith
Washington
Laos
Cambodia
France
America
Smith
John Foster Dulles
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Viet Nam
No News on Wounded at Dien Bien Phu Fort
Report from Saigon notes an observation plane dropped medical supplies over Dien Bien Phu but brought back no information about the wounded as rebels overran the fortress. About 800 to 1,000 wounded lay in an underground hospital with no word to the outside world.
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Saigon
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Henri Navarre
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Communists Claim General Captured at Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh radio announced the capture of Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries, commander of Dien Bien Phu’s garrison, in a broadcast monitored in Tokyo. The claim said the fortress defenders were overwhelmed and 8,000 captured.
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Paris
Radio
Vietminh
Christian de Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Tokyo
de Castries
Indochina
Butte Montana Weather Forecast Slated Changes
The daily forecast covers Butte and Montana with cloudy skies scattered showers and cooler conditions. Monday highs 58 to 65 with 35 as Monday night low, Tuesday around 55, and a Sunday peak 71 with 39 low. Easterly winds 20 to 30 mph Monday easing Tuesday.
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Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Red
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell Serrettrr Tittert
Lewistown
Livingston
Zhukov Praises Allies While Criticizing U S Policy
Marshal Zhukov in Pravda on V-E Day commends the heroism of France Britain and the United States and their allies for defeating Fascism. He praises Eisenhower and Montgomery but accuses postwar U S policy of aggression expanding bases and blocs against the Soviet Union. He defends the Soviet Army as the world’s best, reiterating no return to rearmament and noting Stalin only briefly.
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Georgi K. Zhukov
Pravda
Zhukov
Berlin
Eisenhower
Lord Montgomery
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Europe
Asia
John Foster
Dulles
Konrad
Adenauer
Russia
Stalin
Communist Party
The
People
High Command
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