Former Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts Dies
Former associate justice Owen J. Roberts died at his home in Chester Springs aged 80 after a heart attack. Named to the court in 1930 by President Hoover, he retired in 1945 and had been ill. He helped shape key New Deal rulings and was known as the court's leading dissenter in later years.
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Phoenixville
Owen J. Roberts
U. S. Supreme Court
Roberts
Elizabeth Hamilton
Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
Chester Springs
Supreme Court
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Butler
Holmes
Brandeis
Stone
Hughes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Dulles to Report Tonight on Parleys
Senator George said Russians appeared ready to discuss easing East West tensions at a top level meeting. Dulles will report tonight on his Europe talks as President Eisenhower introduces him during a live half hour broadcast on ABC CBS DuMont and NBC with radio rebroadcasts later.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Dulles
Europe
Eisenhower
White House
ABC
CBS
DuMont
NBC
Russia
Britain
France
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red Premier Rejects Cease-Fire Over Taiwan Talks
Premier Chou En lai of Red China renewed an offer to discuss easing tension in the Formosa area but said the cease-fire question does not arise as there is no war with the United States. He favored a 10 nation conference excluding Chiang Kai shek but would consider other proposals.
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Tokyo
Chou Enlai
Red China
United States
Formosa
Russia
Chiang Kaishek
Taiwan
China
Peiping
Radio Chou
U. S
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Washington
Chou
Britain
India
Pakistan
Massachusetts Considers 18-Year-Old Voting and Tax Changes
The Massachusetts Legislature approved a constitutional amendment to allow 18-year-olds to vote, potentially becoming the second state after Georgia. The move would not take effect until 1958 after legislative approval in 1956 57 and voter ratification. The body also backed a graduated income tax with a 21 2 percent rate plus a surtax and a four year term for statewide officers.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Georgia
Special Treatment Balboa Soviet Ship Passes Canal
Eyewitnesses say Panama Canal Zone officials gave special care to the first Soviet ship to traverse the waterway since 1949. Armed U S Army sentries were aboard for the eight hour passage.
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Balboa. C. Z
Panama Canal Zone
U.S. Army
Hill Optimistic Congress Will Approve Polio Funds
Senator Hill of Alabama says there is no question Congress will approve 28 million dollars for free polio vaccine for underfunded children and two million for vaccine-output inspectors. He cautions on the 11 point voluntary distribution plan while Republicans offer cautious support. Post inoculation polio cases reach 73 with some parents retracting consent in Los Angeles Spokane and Phoenix amid safety concerns.
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Sen
Hill
D-Ala
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Hobby
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Los Angeles
Spokane
Wash
Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence G. Salsbury
The
Health Service
Reds Reject Protest Over Air Battle Official U S A F Says Clash Near Sinuiju
In Munsan Korea Maj Gen Harlan C Parks said the Communist protest over the May 10 air battle was false. He noted U S radar logs pilot reports and flight records confirm the Sabre Mig clash occurred 55 miles southwest of Sinuiju North Korea. ParkS warned that U S aircraft will defend themselves if attacked again.
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Korea
U.S
Yellow Sea
Sinuiju
North Korea
Harlan C. Parks
U.S. Air Force
UNMAC
Parks
Liaoning Province
China
U. S. Ai
Weather Outlook for Richmond Virginia May 17 22
The extended Virginia forecast calls for near normal temperatures with a cooler spell mid week. Expect warmer conditions later and a chance of showers Friday or Saturday with total rainfall of about a quarter to a half inch.
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Richmond
Virginia
Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Bulganin Announces Soviet Planning Changes for Growth
Premier Nikolai Bulganin outline changes in state planning splitting the State Planning Commission into two groups one focused on future development and another on current planning. The move signals possible shift away from Maxim Saburov and hints at Khrushchev's influence as leaders urge productivity gains and cost reductions across industry.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Council of Ministers
State Planning Commission
Maxim Saburov
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Kremlin
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Voters See Draft as Key to Ike Running Again
GOP strategists argue a voters draft could persuade President Eisenhower to seek a second term in 1956. Michigan GOP leader John Feikens supports backing Eisenhower on the ticket to help win state offices, while former Rep. Jacob Javits urged him to run again.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Michigan
John Feikens
Sta
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Javits
White House
Second Salk Shot Urged Even If Delayed into Polio Season
The Medical Society of Virginia advisory committee urged giving the second Salk polio shot to first and second graders even if delayed into the polio season. They said vaccinate whenever received and complete the program, with free vaccine for indigent children supported by state and local health departments.
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Richmond
Medical Society of Virginia
Mack I. Shanholtz
O. Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Lee E. Sutton Jr
Sutton
Shanholtz
Public Health Service
Virginia
Medical Society Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
New Look in Soviet Leadership Seen Beneficial by Churchill
Woodford England former Prime Minister Churchill at Conservative rally says a new look in Soviet leadership may benefit world peace. He praises the Vienna East West agreement and a possible Big Four meeting, hints at Zhukov potential influence, and notes his campaign speech ahead of the May 26 general election.
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England
Churchill
London
Vienna
Kremlin
Georgi Zhukov
Russia
Wooford
Eden
Eisenhower
Stalin
Small Underwater Atomic Test by Navy Off West Coast
The Defense Department announced the Navy detonated a small underwater atomic device off the U.S. West Coast to study antisubmarine weapon potential. Rear Adm. Charles B. Momsen led Joint Task Force 7, with protests from California fishermen and no disclosure of exact location or date.
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Navy
United States
Pacific Ocean
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Charles B. Momsen
Joint Task Force 7
Pacific
California
Pacific Coast
Eniwetok - Bikini
Western Pacific
Desert
Bikini Atoll
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
U. S
Russia
Train and Bus Fires Injure Dozens of Japanese Children
A special train carrying 1,400 school children collided with a stalled U S Marine truck carrying inflammable paint near Mt. Fuji, causing a fire and serious injuries to two and at least 31 others. On Kyushu a bus with 54 primary students burned, 37 injured with several feared dead.
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Tokyo
U. S
Kyushu
Japan
Mt. Fuji
Cooler Weather Arrives After Mild 62 Degree Day
A mild 62 degree high marked today as cooler air moves in locally. Yesterday reached 74 with tonight’s low near 45. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for cloudy skies and continued cool conditions. The record notes last year’s warmer day with a 79 high and 60 low. Vegetables and flowers offered at The Flower Shop on Piccadilly Street.
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Mercury
Associated Press
Area High Schools Set June Diploma Totals
About 248 students from James Wood Handley and Clarke County High Schools are slated to receive diplomas this June. James Wood leads with 117 candidates, Handley has 85, and Clarke County 46. Commencement runs June 3 to 7 with baccalaureate services May 29 and June 5 for different schools.
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James Wood
Clarke County
James Wood High School
Handley High School
Clarke County High School
Berryville
Paul D. Beable
Garland R. Quarles
C. E. Miley
Truck Driver Burns to Death in Route 40 Crash
Thomas T. Cunningham Jr. 23 of Lynchburg Va. died when his tractor trailer rear ended Virgil H Rice’s Northside Lumber truck on Route 40 north of Edgewood Md. Cunningham likely fell asleep. Rice was uninjured. The fire charred Cunningham beyond recognition.
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Thomas T. Cunningham Jr
Lynchburg
Route 40
Here
Cunningham
Fallwell Fast Freight, Inc
Virgil H Rice
Northside Lumber Co
Richmond
Rice
Henry Cunningham
J. C. Palmer
Harford County
WOUNDS PROVE FATAL: GROESBECK FARMER DIES
Groesbeck Texas. Tynes a crazed farmer who killed a sheriff wounded a youth and held off 100 officers for five hours Sunday died last night of wounds suffered before his capture.
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Groesbeck
Tex
N. J— Tynes
Cold Canadian Air Brings Snow and Thunder to Regions Across U S
Snow fell 1 to 7 inches in Montana Wyoming Idaho and Utah as cool Canadian air invaded the U S. Temperatures dropped to near or below freezing in the West and northern states while the Great Lakes and New England saw 10 to 20 degree falls. Storms drenched the South with tornadoes in Texas and rain in Houston Chadron and New England.
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South Carolina
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Nebraska
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Tex
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Neb
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Dakotas
Waste Charged in Air Force Construction Programs
Senators Chavez and Robertson accused the Air Force of wasting millions on construction in England and Alaska as they consider 30 billion in defense requests. They cited 10 to 15 million wasted in the United Kingdom and a hundred million excess in Alaska due to imperfect plans and harsh conditions.
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Chavez
D-Nm
Robertson
Dva
Air Force
England
Alaska
Senate Appropriations
House
United Kingdom
Sen. Robertson
Great Britain
Father of Five Is Killed When Tractor Overturns
A Tazewell County farmhand Millard Puckett, 31, father of five, was killed when the tractor he operated on a hillside on W. M. Gillespie's farm five miles east of Tazewell overturned and crushed him. Other workers said the tractor overturned while descending the hill.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Millard Puckett
W. M. Gillespie
Five Workmen Dead As Naples Building Collapse
An apartment house under construction on a hillside near Naples collapsed today, killing at least five workmen. Two more were severely injured and rescue teams searched the debris for additional victims.
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