Truman vetoed spy plane proposal from New Deal era
In Chicago on Monday former President Truman said he and Secretary of State Acheson rejected a State Department idea in 1949 or 1950 to send spy planes over Soviet territory. He called espionage a dirty business and opposed being part of it while acknowledging occasional intelligence reports. He criticized Khrushchev’s recent denouncements and urged restraint from Americans.
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Harry 8. Truman
White House
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
State Department
Truman
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Castro Reported Set To Establish Ties With Reds
The New York Times reports Fidel Castro plans to establish diplomatic ties with Red China. The move would fracture the Latin American unity against Peiping and draw US concern as Castro hosts Khrushchev’s visit and Cuba deepens Soviet bloc relations.
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Red China
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Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Inherits $129000 from Wife as Burge Indicted for Strangulation
A Bibb County Grand Jury indicted 56 year old Chester A. Burge on murder for the May 1 strangulation of his wife Mary in their home. He says he was hospitalized recovering from a double hernia operation. The panel also indicted him on sodomy with butler Louis Roosevelt Johnson, while son John was named trustee in the will. The will left Burge and his son equal shares in trusts funded by Citizens and Southern National Bank.
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Ike Concludes Sentimental Reunion With Classmates
West Point reports President Dwight Eisenhower ended a sentimental reunion with the Military Academy class of 1915 marking likely his last visit to the Point as president. He spent days renewing friendships and revisiting campaigns, with 102 survivors of 161 graduates attending.
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N.Y
Dwight Eisenhower
Military Academy
Point
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