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UNITED PRESS NEWS I ■ BRIEFS Ikes Statements to Press ABILENE, Kans., June 5. — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told his first news conference as a presidential candiate today that the United States government needs a "searching going over" and "complete over-1 hauling" by someone with no obligation to the Democratic administrations of the last 20 years. U.S. Protests to Soviets BERLIN, Germany, June 5.— The United States protested to the Soviets today against the Russian blockade of an American district in East Berlin and West Berlin police toughened their security measures after an outbreak of Communist shootings and kidnappings. Defeat Price Control Move I WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5.— The Senate today defeated a new Republican move to suspend price controls. By a vote of 54 to 27. It rejected an amendment by Sen. Everett ~JL. Dirks en R.,. Til. to suspend most price ceilings September 1. Disperse Red Squads in Renault Plant PARIS, Prance, June 5. — Non-Communist workers drove Red strong-arm squads out of the sprawling government-owned Renault automobile plant today. They used their fists and swung their tools as clubs. Will Court Martial General Grow WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5.— The Army announced today that Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, former U. S. military attache at Moscow, will be tried by court martial on two charges growing out of the theft of his private diary by a Soviet agent. Pope Pius XII. Much Better VATICAN CITY, Italy, June 5.— Pope Pius XH„ reported "much better" after a slight attack of influenza, resumed his audiences today. The 76-year-old pontiff was up at dawn and said mass in his private chapel at 7:00 a. m. Explode Nuclear Device LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 5. — Atomic scientists exploded a nuclear device at 6:45 a. m. CDT today atop a 300-foot steel tower on the Yucca flat proving ground 75 miles northeast of here, and the flash was j reported seen near the Canadian border in i Montana. Australian Protest to President Rhee PUSAN, Korea, June 5. — Australia delivered a formal note of protest today to president Syngman Rhee against his. dec- j laration of martial law and arrest of 11 national assemblymen. Pass Korean War Vet Bill WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5.— The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to give ,000,000,000 worth of benefits a year to Korean war veterans. Allies Meet Stiff Resistance SEOUL, Korea, June 5. — Allied infantry raiders ran into stiff resistance from entrenched North Koreans near the "punchbowl" on the east-central front today and retreated under a barrage of 650 mortar and artillery snells.
