Menon hopeful on more airmen freed amid talks with Eisenhower
Indian diplomat V K Krishan Menon told reporters after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower that the release of four U.S. airmen by Red China opened a door to freedom for others. Menon met with Eisenhower for about 45 minutes and planned further talks with Dulles, aiming to encourage conciliatory moves toward Peiping and a possible Formosa settlement.
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V. KK. Krishna Menon
Eisenhower
Red China
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White House
James Hagerty
Dulles
Presi
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India
Chou En-lai
U. S
Chou En- Lai
New York
State Dulles
Peiping
Formosa
Senators Clash Over Asking Mrs Hobby About Vaccine
At a Senate Labor Committee hearing Democrats and Republicans argued over the panels right to question Secretary of Welfare Hobby on polio vaccine safety. Hobby said the Hill bill would force an all or nothing free vaccination program while noting Eisenhower administration plans for a smaller needy-child program. The hearing focused on two free vaccine proposals with Hobby objecting to three features of the Hill bill and urging federal support remain supplementary to state programs.
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Senate Labor Committee
Hobby
Com
Sen. Hill
Alabama
Eisenhower
Hill
Sen
Bender
Ohio
Bonanzagram Puzzle Contest Promises $60 Prize
Readers are invited to solve Bonanzagram No 2 in the Times Enterprise. Clip the page 10 puzzle, decipher the missing letters, and mail to the Bonanzagram editor by 10 o’clock Thursday night on a 2 cent postcard. If multiple solvers tie, the prize is shared. otherwise it rolls over.
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Times-Enterprise
Bonanzagram
Flag Day Observed With Flags Placed by Merchants
Today is Flag Day and many local merchants displayed the American flag in front of their businesses. The Daughters of the American Revolution urged merchants to fly their flags on Flag Day and other patriotic occasions.
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U. S
United States
Daughters of the
Eisenhower nominates Gordon Gray for defense post
President Eisenhower sends to the Senate the nomination of Gordon Gray president of the University of North Carolina to be assistant secretary of defense. Gray, a Democrat and former Army secretary, will replace H. Struve Hensel who resigned. The Army will name Maj. Gen. Robert Nicholas Young to command the Sixth Army in San Francisco.
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Washington
Elsenhower
Senate
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Defense
Gray
Army
H. Struve Hensel
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Robert Nicholas Young
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Young
Willard G. Wyman
Wyman
Continental Army Command
Israel Refuses to Join Egypt in Boundary Marking
Israel declines to participate with Egypt in marking the Al Auja triangle boundary southeast of the Gaza Strip. Egypt protests the demilitarized zone as a fragile line amid tense patrols and warns of potential hostilities.
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Israel
Egypt
Gaza
Palestine
al Auja
Gaza Strip
Francois Giacomaggi
Mans
Gefaat Rachel
U. N
Auto Contracts Spark Contagious Labor Innovations Across Industry
The CIO United Auto Workers won a three year, three quarter billion dollar deal with Ford and General Motors including full union membership at GM, Christmas and New Year holidays, vested pension rights, and extra holiday pay. The move signals broader gains as UAW eyes American Motors Chrysler Studebaker and others, with a parallel electrical workers contract extending similar wage guarantees.
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Walter Reutner
Doughty
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United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Reuther
Hudson
Chrysler
Studebaker-Packard
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Peron Forces Rally for Nationwide Strike
Buenos Aires reports a nine hour strike rally staged by Peronistas in support of President Juan Peron amid clashes with Catholic Church. CGT organized mass demonstrations across Argentina with transportation and press workers joining a late day sympathy strike.
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Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Episcopal Palace
Central Confederation of Labor
Cout
Peronista
Eva
CGT
Nation-Wide Civil Defense Drill Under Operation Alert
The two day Operation Alert test begins tomorrow with simulated A-Bomb attacks on five Southeast cities including Atlanta Birmingham Chattanooga Memphis and Knoxville. Thomas H Goodman FCDA administrator says regional office in Thomasville will coordinate seven Southeastern states Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone with nearby Tallahassee and Albany providing mutual aid for evacuees.
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Thomas H. Goodman
FCDA
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Birmingham
Chattanooga
Memphis
Knoxville
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Albany
Cairo Girl's F84F Pilot Killed in Albany Jet Crash
A 22 year old Air Force officer Second Lt. Darrell D. Kuehnel died when his F84F fighter crashed fifteen miles south of Albany after takeoff from Turner AFB. He was engaged to Cairo's Betty Rose Cheney. their wedding planned for July 9.
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Albany
Air Force
Darrell D. Kuehnel
Turner Air Force Base
Kuehner
Betty Rose Cheney
Cairo
H. L. Cheney
Driver Fined $12 for Stop Sign Violation with Horse
Robert Johnson faced court for driving through a stop sign with his horse and wagon, crashing into a car and fleeing before a patrolman arrived. Magistrate Ben Maynard ruled the statute only required stopping, fining Johnson $12. The horse escaped action, later sitting on the car hood and kicking out two headlights.
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Florence
D. C
Robert Johnson
Ben Maynard
Johnson
House Takes Up Income Tax Revision Measure
Georgia lawmakers open debate on the income tax revision bill as Gov. Griffin opposes taxing cooperatives except REA. The measure aims to offset the loss of federal deductions by lowering the corporate rate and extending sales taxes to services, with Senate moves flagging emergency status and proposals to earmark revenues for state departments.
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House
Atlanta
Marvin Griffin
Koanlnen Watn Nemantad
USC Administration
REA
Georgia
Griffin
State Programa Study
Ways and Means
Denmark Groover
Senate
Thomasville School Board Lets Alterations Contract
The Thomasville Board of Education met in special session to award bids for alterations at Dewey City elementary and MacIntyre Park Junior High. Neel Electric Co. won the Dewey City bid at 14475 dollars. Allen Electric 14852 and C. L. Dekle 18200. Changes to the Junior High cafeteria were postponed due to missing specifications. The two week date was set for the contract. next year calendar and a lunch regulation proposal were discussed. President E R Jerger received a plaque from Douglass High for 44 years of service.
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Dewey City
MacIntyre Park
Neel Electric Company
Allen Electric
C. L. Dekle
Neel
Juenior High
Kinstee
E. R. Jerger
Douglass High
Jereger
County Commissioners Approve High School Site Streets Plan
The Thomas County Commission agrees to build roads to the new high school site with city sewer water and electric line extensions. They also oppose the proposed five county probation officer and schedule a public supper on June 24 with wives invited.
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A. E. Speer
County Board of Education
Vagnti School
Vashti School
George R. Lilly
J. Lee White
Commission
Smith
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