Guatemala War Intensifies Amid Diplomacy and Propaganda
The seventh day of Guatemala's conflict sees fighting mainly in propaganda and diplomacy. Reports cite gunfire injuries in Tegucigalpa, a Honduran accusation of a Guatemalan airstrike, and denials from both governments. OAS and UN discussions seek on-site investigation while Volatile moves by Col. Castillo Armas airlift rumors continue.
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Honduras
Liberation Army
Jacobo Arbenz
Guzman
United Nations
Organization of American States
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New York
International Organization
Guatemala
Guillermo Torielo
OAS
Inter-American Peace Commission
Washington
Nicaragua
Arbenz
Cission
Luis Quintanilla
Mico
Oscar Sevilla la Casa
U.S
John Peurifoy
Guatemala City
U. S
Cdl
Carlos Castillo Armas
Col. Castillo
Esquipulas
Honduran
Chiquimula
Zacapa
Puerto Barrios
Servicemen Accused As Swindlers
Rep. Short says an Army investigation found that servicemen fraudulently claiming parent benefits swindled American taxpayers of millions. He cites Project Big, expanded from Puerto Rico to nationwide, with about 30 percent of secondary allotments improper or fraudulent and federal prosecutions and courts martial pending.
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House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Short
R-Mo
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Iit Force of Justice
Armed Services
Federa Treasury
Congressional
Puerto Rico
United States
Poll Backs McCarthy Over Army
Chicago Tribune poll on the McCarthy Army hearings reports 70,086 ballots with 91.2 percent in favor of McCarthy. Mail ballots show 51,824 for McCarthy versus 4,816 for Pentagon and 602 undecided. telephone adds 12,026 for McCarthy, 716 for Pentagon and 53 undecided. Total 63,850 McCarthy 5,531 Pentagon 655 undecided.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Wisconsin
Stevens
Army
Adams
Sen. McCarthy
Pvt
David Schine
Schine
the Tribune
McCarthy
Pentagon
MacCarthy
Marilyn Monroe Collapses On Set
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe collapsed three times since starting her current film four weeks ago. Doctor S R Kennamer ordered three days in bed, saying a flu attack ten days earlier left her run down, but she is expected to resume work Saturday at Twentieth Century Fox Studios.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
S. R. Kennamer
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
U.S. Rejects Locarno Style Security for Southeast Asia
Washington signals strong doubt toward Eden’s Locarno type guarantees for Southeast Asia. The clash centers on Indochina policy, non aggression pacts, and European defense plans as Churchill and Eden meet Eisenhower. Officials warn that trust in an Asia pact fades amid Bonn-Berlin and EDC debates.
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United States
Unitedment
Locarno
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Eisenhower
Eden
Britain
France
Indochina
White House
Churchill
Cemernias
Churchil
Holea
Commons
U.S
European Defense Community
Hand Attacks Griffin and Thompson Over Georgia Politics
ATLANTA AP House Speaker Fred Hand assails Lt. Gov Marvin Griffin and former Gov M E Thompson as false prophets. He accuses Thompson of vetoing the 1947 white primary bill and promoting the county unit system, while Griffin is criticized for promoting segregation and supporting Supreme Court rulings yet opposing enforcement. Hand vows to block state funds for bi racial schools and stands by the Tollmadge era program.
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Atlanta
Fred Hani
Yashed
Marvin Griffin
M. BE. Thompson
Cahlusopiou
Hand
M. &. Thompston
Griffin
House
Supreme Court
Georgia
U.S
Growers Accept Acreage Cut in Peanut Crops
An emergency meeting led by Rep. Cooley and growers approved a plan to reduce peanut acreage by 5 percent annually to balance supply and demand. The move aims to prevent peanuts from losing basic crop status and jeopardizing 75 to 90 percent parity support.
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Washington
Agriculture
Rep
Cooley
D-No
Ve Cnee
Secretary of Agriculture
Orde
French Open Talks With Vietminh Red
Secret talks underway in Geneva between French Foreign Minister and Vietminh leader Pham Van Dong with hopes high for Indochina settlement. Mendes-France and Chou En-lai momentum noted as Chou travels to New Delhi and back to Geneva to press peace talks.
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Vietminh
Geneva
Pham van Dong
Pierre Mendes
Jean Chauvel
Bern
Dong
Mendes-France
Chauvel
Chou
France
Britain
United States
Indochina
Miliitary
Lord Reading
Anthony Eden
London
Switzerland
Sir Lionel Lamb
Lamb
Peiping
42 Year Old Kidnap Mystery Appears Solved
Springfield Massachusetts reports a 42 year old kidnapping case may be solved by a telephone call from Robert Wilson Pitman of Charleston West Virginia. Pitman claimed his father Wilson Ambrose Pittman abducted him as a child and died recently. Police traced his mother Rose Ethel Mason Thompson now Rose Tracy in Jericho Center Vermont. The case began in 1912 after a divorce and custody given to the mother. Pitman plans to visit Burlington Vermont to meet his mother and is married with two children.
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Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Robert Thompson
Robert Wilson Pitman
Japonica Land
Woodrum Park
Charleston
W. Va
Pitman
Wilson Ambrose Pittman
Rose Ethel Mason Thompson
Ruth Rawson
Rose Tracy
Jericho Center
Burlington
Des Moines River Flood Crest Reaches Historic Level
Des Moines river crested just over 30 feet in a three day levee battle as guards kept crowds from critical areas. Ottumwa prepared for 16 to 17 feet while upstream near Boone the river fell three feet and traffic resumed on US 6.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Boone
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Forecast
Georgia mostly fair and warm this afternoon tonight and Friday with widely scattered afternoon or evening thunderstorms in the extreme south. Northwest Florida partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
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Georgia
Florida
Italy Wins Senate Backing for Trieste Settlement Plan
Rome Italy's Senate approved Premier Scelba's foreign policy agenda and granted a trial settlement approach with Yugoslavia over Trieste. Foreign Minister Picconi said Italy would not accept a less favorable outcome than Britain and the United States proposed last October.
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ROMEP
Italy
Senate
Mario Scelba
Yugoslavia
Trieste
European Defense Community
Scelba
Chamber of Deputies
Attilo Picconi
Britain
United States
Adriatic
Tito
U.S
Zone A
Knowland Sees Far Eastern Munich in Viet Nam Settlement
Senator Knowland told the Machinery Allied Products Institute that Mendes France and Zhou Enlai are ready to negotiate a Far Eastern Munich. He warned any settlement could doom Laos and Cambodia to disarmament and dependence, predicting a communist victory in Asia. He said he spoke as a private citizen, not a government spokesman.
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Washington Sen
Knowland
Viet Nam
Knowand
Laos
Cambodia
Indochina
Machinery Allied Products Institute
Senate Committee Rejects Flexible Farm Price Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 8-7 to extend rigid supports for a year, defeating a two-year extension of mandatory price supports on wheat cotton corn rice tobacco and peanuts. The panel split along party lines with three Republicans and five Democrats backing a one-year extension, while eight senators including leaders opposed it.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
Sen
Young
R-Nd
Thye
R-Minn
Mondt
R-8d
Ellender
D-La
Humphrey
D- Minn
Johnston
Eastland
D-Miss
Clements
D-Ky
8En
Weather Summary for Thomasville Georgia
The report notes mostly cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Warmer tonight and Friday, then partly cloudy Saturday with a few more showers. Highest yesterday about 208 and lowest 210, with 0.28 inches of rain in the last 24 hours and 1.62 inches this month.
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Thomasville
Western Powers Propose Step By Step Nuclear Ban Plan
Britain France and allied nations push an immediate ban on nuclear weapon use except in defense, a freeze on manpower and armaments, and phased reduction targets. Russia rejects proposals citing lack of enforceable safeguards behind the Iron Curtain. United States comments summarize Soviet offer as “Ban the bomb, trust the Russians.”
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United Nations Subcommittee On
U.S
Morehead Patterson
Sians
Britain
France
United States
Canada
Russia
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