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: : . UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP NATIONAL: Eisenhower Undecided on Intervention WASHINGTON, D. C, June 2. President Eisenhower said today he has by no means reached a decision to ask Congress for authority to intervene in the Indochina war. President Says Russia Has Closed Door WASHINGTON, D. C, June 2. President Eisenhower said today Russia has closed the door to early agreement on his atoms-for-peace plan. Mr. Eisenhower told his news conference that the tenor of Russias reply to the plan he outlined in a speech before the United Nations General Assemoiy last pecemoer 8 nas oeen sucn as to close the door to any immediate, accomplishment in that line. - Learn Hall Used Benzedrine as Stimulant WASHINGTON, D. C, June 2. --The Food and Drug Administration obtained a secret "death cell" statement from Carl Austin Hall that he used benzedrine to stimulate himself to kidnap and slay six-year-old Bobby Greenlease last year, it was disclosed today. Hall and Mrs. Bonnie Heady were executed-last December for the 00,000 Kansas City, Mo., kidnapping. George P. Larrick, deputy food and drug commissioner, told of the Hall drug "confession" in secret testimony March 24 before a House appropriations subcommittee. The testimony was made public today. War Ace Looms as South Dakota Governor PIERRE, S. D., June 2. rJoe Foss, World War n. ace who shot down 26 enemy planes, will probably be the next governor of South Dakota. The former, marine won the Republican nomination for governor by a landslide yesterday over two opponents. In South Dakota, a GOP nomination almost always means election in the fall. Western Powers Align Behind Thailand UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., June 2. The Western powers today aligned themselves behind a Thailand request for United Nations Security Council action in Indochina, but a Soviet veto appeared the most likely outcome. The Security Council meets Thursday morning to hear Thailands request that the Security Council send a UN observation team to Thailand as a watchdog on the Communist advance in neighboring Indochina. Two Killed in Submarine Explosion PORTSMOUTH, N. J., June 2. An explosion ripped through the submarine Sir-ago early today, killing two civilians and injuring a Navy enlisted man and "three civilians. The explosion rocked the ship as it lay in dock at the Portsmouth Naval shipyard. Workmen were spraying plastic in a main ballast tank when the blast occurred. There was no fire. FOREIGN: Hint Peace in Molotoys Trip to Moscow GENEVA, Switzerland, June 2. Communist sources hinted today that Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotovs mystery trip "peace" offensive both in Indochina and in the broader international field. Communist bloc conference sources indicated that Mol-otov reviewed in Moscow "the international situation in the light of Soviet moves toward the relaxation of international tensions." New: Riots in Pakistan Jute Mills KARACHIN, Pakistan, June 2. New-riots were reported today in the East Pakistan iiit.f mills whprp t.h ripn.f.n nf 400 persons last month led to the ousting of the East Pakistan government. The government said relief workers battled regular workers at the Adamjee Mills but that troops quickly intervened and made a "number of arrests." India Gives Opinion to Russia LONDON, England, June 2. India has told Russia that Soviet support for the Communist Viet. Minn stand on Laos and Cambodia would mean the loss of friendship for Russia among the independent nations of South Asia, informed sources said today. French Planes Destroy Communist Base HANOI, Indo-China, June 2. Fifty French warplanes today destroyed a huge Communist underground base only 12 miles southeast1 of Hanoi with 1,000-pound bombs, blowing, it sky high in. columns of thick smoke and flame. The. base, concealed by a sprawling village of bamboo huts, was one of the chief Communist jumping-off vpoints for an attack on Hanoi itself. The planes delivered their knockout punch in pre-dawn darkness. U.S. Places Confidence In Asiatic Nations GENEVA, Switzerland, June 2. The United States thinks Asiatic nations should play the major role in policing an Indo-China armistice and believes 15,000 troops can do the job, informed sources said today. Confident that French and Viet Nam troops can hold vital areas of Northern Indo-China during the current peace negotiations, the United States delegation is ready to remain in Geneva as long as any hope of success seems possible, the sources said. ATHENS, Greece, June 2. Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, on a five-day visit to Greece, received an enthusiastic reception today from the government he opposed in guerrilla war five years ago. The Yugoslav president and his foreign minister, Koca Popovic, received a warm greeting from King Paul and Queen Frederika. Thousands of Greeks crowded the winding streets from Piraeus Harbor to Athens to watch the official motorcade.
