Indochina Grip discussed at White House briefing
Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith delivered a Geneva briefing to 30 congressional leaders saying Indochina likely remains free of Communist control though no new plan emerged. Senators Johnson Knowland and House leaders described the session as informative with no new policy decisions, while Churchill and Eden are due for talks with Eisenhower.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
White House
Indochina
Ney Sui
Umm
Bedia
Viet Nam
Congress
Eisenhower
Smith
Geneva
Korea
Churchill
Eden
Britain
Dulles
House
State Department
France
Smiths Review
Guatemala
Lydon Johnson
Texas
Martin
R-Mass
Knowland
Guatemala Rebels Prepared For Long Or Short Battle
Col. Carlos Castillo Armas says anti Communist forces in Guatemala are prepared for a long or short struggle as they seek to topple President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. He spoke at Esquipulas with a wary, weary air and outlined plans for a provisional cabinet while reporting limited clashes and air raids.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala
Esquipulas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Col
Castillo Armas
Vado Hondo
Jacotan
Camoatan
Guatmalan
Foreign Ministry
Nes
Santa Rosa de Copan
Guatemalan
Nicaragua
New York
U. N Security Council
Council
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
U.N
U.M
Arsen
Guatemala City
el Salvador
U.S
Mexico City
Roberto Alvarado Fuentes
Gualan
Chiquimula
Puerto Bartiios
Zacapa
Evacuation in Des Moines as river crests threaten area
Police ordered an emergency evacuation of about 200 people in Des Moines southeast bottomlands as protective dikes leaked. The Des Moines River rose two tenths of a foot past the 1947 flood mark near the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, prompting patrols and early morning clearance of roughly 10 square blocks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Raccoon Rivers
Mendes France and Chou En Lai Meet in Bern on Indochina Peace
French Premier Mendes France and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai held a private conference at the French embassy in Bern to discuss bringing peace to Indochina. Chou arrived from Geneva where he attended the Indochina peace conference.
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Bern
Switzerland
Pierre Mendes-France
Red
China
Chou Enlai
Indochina
Chou
Geneva
Mendes-France
Paris
LaGrange Packer Convicted on Tax Evasion Counts
Arnold McGrew, 44, LaGrange meat packer and owner of LaGrange Packing Co., was found guilty on three counts of income tax evasion. A jury cleared him on a fourth count and sentencing is set for July 2. The tax evasions involved amounts of 17,400 in 1947 and 3,136 in 1948, with a 1946 evasion charge dropped.
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Atlanta P
Arnold McGrew
LaGrange
U.S. District Court
McGrew
LaGrange Packing Co
Editors comment on McCarthy probes split in GOP rift
Georgia editors react to the Army hearings with mixed outrage. Editorials condemn McCarthy methods and alarm at deep factional splits. They foresee two Senate reports and say the proceedings damaged national prestige and the 1950s political climate.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Savannah Morning News
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Gowen outlines plans on school segregation and bids
Gowen argues for multiple plans to defend segregation and criticizes House Speaker Hand. He proposes administrative authority for superintendents to assign students and notes other candidates’ positions. Gowen also pledges to end non bid road contracts and calls for competitive bidding in highway funds.
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Fred Hand
Gowen
Toccoa Kiwanis Club
Hand
Georgia Education Commission
Brunswick
Augusta
Roy Harris
Georgia
Atlanta Kiwanis Club
Highway Department
Four Wisconsin Men Die in Fiery Plane Crash Near Atlanta
Four Wisconsin businessmen died when a private Bonanza crashed after takeoff from Atlanta municipal airport en route to Jesup Georgia for a cellulose plant dedication. Pilot D L Jensen of Wisconsin Rapids owned the craft and four men died in the wreckage near a dwelling, narrowly missing a mother and her three children.
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Atlanta
Wisconsin
Jesup
D. L. Jensen
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Airport Recordi
Schroeder
Ralph Kutchera
Civil War Era Baby Dies at 89 in Georgia
Mrs. J. Gardner aged 89 died at home in Yings Georgia just before the war’s end. Born in Clarkesville she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sibley of Augusta. Funeral services were held and burial planned at Magnolia Cemetery tomorrow.
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Yings
J. Gardner
Is. Gardner
Th Sibley
Augusta
Clarkesville
Agnolia Cemetery
Iss
Gowen Motion Seeks Court Decision Outcome
A legal notice indicates Charles L Gowen plans to pursue a court decision on a matter affecting the public. Details remain unclear in the fragment, but the filing signals forthcoming judicial action and possible involvement of local authorities.
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Charles L. Gowen
French Forces Repel Viet Minh Ambush Near Hanoi
French troops fought off a Viet Minh ambush about 60 miles from Hanoi near Ninh The French reported tanks and artillery in a concentrated fire clash netting 57 rebels killed and 47 captured. In the Red Delta area clashes continued during a 24 hour period ending this morning. Rebels mined freight cars on the Haiphong railway.
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Indochina
Hanoi
Ninh
Red Delta
Halphong
Eden proposes Southeast Asian defense pact with Reds
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons he favors a Southeast Asian defense system with nonaggression pacts with the Communists. He suggested a reciprocal security arrangement and a NATO style defense alliance for the region, while opposing armed intervention at Dien Bien Phu.
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London
Anthony Eden
Eden
House of Commons
Locarno
NATO
Europe
Germany
France
Britain
Italy
Poland
Hitler
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Seattle
Indoching
Commons
Dien Bien Phu
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and hot in Georgia with a chance of widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon. Tonight and Thursday remain mostly fair and hot. Northwest Florida will see partly cloudy skies today tonight and Thursday with widely scattered afternoon thunder showers.
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Georgia
Florida
Eisenhower Objects To Foreign Aid Cuts In Address
President Eisenhower said any reduction in the foreign aid program would be unjust and unsafe given the ongoing threat of Communist imperialism. He urged Congress to approve the full budget request, arguing military and other assistance is vital for strategic allies and regional stability.
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Shington
Einer
Congress
Hower
Idochina
Southeast Asia
United States
Nhower
Jay Snyder
Snyder
Eisenhower
Weather waves and floods mark tense Midwest day
The Associated Press reports scattered showers and heat across the nation with a cool front bringing heavy rain and wind in the Northeast and Midwest. Record highs were logged in several states while Des Moines faces its worst flood threat since 1947 as the Des Moines River surges toward 29 to 30 feet and volunteers rush to reinforce levees.
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Great Lakes
Maine
California
Dakotas
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
Rockies
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
New Mexico
Needles
Cali
Misgissippi
Souther
Des Moines
Iowa
Bronx City
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Prospect
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Reference to FDR cut sparks GOP protest over GI Bill release
Veterans Administration altered a news release marking the 10th anniversary of the GI Bill of Rights by removing any mention of Franklin D Roosevelt. Senators Hill and Douglas criticized the edits as partisan rewriting of history citing GOP objections to Roosevelt’s name in the piece.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Unbelievable Pettifoggery
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Franklin Roosevelt
Sen. Douglas
D-Di
Republican Party
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