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. ; .. —■■ i ■ i — — ■ UNITED PRESS . NEWS BRIEFS Ike Due in Washington June 1 PARIS, France, May 16.— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower linked all East Asia with Europe as a tactical part of the struggle to preserve world peace today, and announced that he plans to arrive, in Washington June 1, the day he retires as Allied Supreme Commander. See Price Decontrol on Whiskey, Clothing WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16.— Whisky and clothing prices may soon be decontrolled, it was learned today. Price officials said present indications are that .ceilings can be lifted from both without causing customers and pocketbook pains. Demand Outlaw of India Reds NEW DELHI, India, May 16.-Anti-Red demonstrators demanded Indias Communist party be outlawed today as the new Indian parliament met for the first time. Calls for Renewed Red Resistance NEW YORK, N. Y., May 16.— Korean President Syngman Rhee said today that acceptance of a peace at the Panmunjon truce talks would make North Korea a part of Red China. He called for continued efforts to push the Chinese Communists back across the Yalu. Refuse to Bar Pact Signing BONN, Germany, May 16.— The West German Constitutional Court in a long-awaited decision refused today to bar the West German Republic from signing a peace contract or a six-nation army agreement with the Western Allies. Guided Missile Prediction LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 16.— Gen. J. Lawton Collins said today that surface-to-surface guided missiles, "capable of hitting any part of an entire corps front," may be "in the hands of our soldiers in the not too distant future." - Consul in Narrow Escape TUNIS, Tunisia, May 16.— U. S. Consul General John J. Jernegan, 40, narrowly escaped death early today when French sentries, alerted for nationalist terrorist attacks, blasted his car with machine gun fire at a roadblock outside Tunis. Cause of Elizabeth Plane Crash WASHINGTON, D, C, May 16.— Accidental reversing of a propeller caused a National Airlines DC-6 airplane to crash at Elizabeth, N. J., last February 11, the Civil Aeronautical Board said, today. Capture 311 Chinese Communists RANGOON, Burma, May 16. — Chinese : i Nationalists operating from bases in Burma , I have penetrated 52 miles into Yunnan . Province and captured 311 Communists in . a six-day raid, the English language news-. paper Nation said today. OK Old-Age Benefit Bill i WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16. — The i House Ways and Means Committee today i approved a bill to increase old age and " survivors insurance, benefits by at least a month for some 4,500,000 retired workers.
