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: ; 4 UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP FOREIGN: France Seeks Written Pledge from U.S. GENEVA, Switzerland, June 3. France was reported today to be pinning future troop movements to Indochina on getting a written pledge of American aerial retaliation against any attacks by the Russian or Red Chinese air forces. Informed sources said the French want a formal promise, in writing, because they consider numerous statements on U. S. intentions too confusing to be accepted verbally. Red Battalions Wipe Out 500 French HANOI, Indochina, June 3. Three Communist battalions wiped out about 500 French Union troops yesterday in an ambush in south-central Viet Nam, the French high command announced today. Belgian Freight Plane Attacked; One Killed GRAZ, Austria, June 3. Two unidentified fighter planes described as "old-type" Soviet-built MIG jets, attacked a Belgian Sabena Airline freight plane over the Austria-Yugoslav border today, killing one crew member and injuring two others. . ,i NATIONAL: Nations Total Income Declines in April WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. The nations total income declined in April for the sixth month in a row, the Commerce Department reported today. Wages, salaries and other forms of personal income were at an annual rate of 82,000,000,000. This was ,000,000,000 less than the rate of earnings in March and ,000,000,000 lower than the peak rate of last October. , Capital Votes to End School Segregation WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. The School Board of the nations capital has voted unanimously to end public school segregation on a gradual basis starting this fall. School superintendent Robert M. Corning said President Eisenhower "has expressed the hope that de -segregation here shall be a model for the nation." LeBaron Calls for Fast Atom Development ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 3. Assistant Defense Secretary Robert LeBaron today called for an all-out national effort to speed development of the atom for peacetime purposes. He said the world leadership of this country may hinge on the progress. ". . . atomic weapons and peacetime nuclear power are partners in our struggle for survival," he said. "Atomic bombs and peaceful atoms are not rivals. We need them both." Recommend Three Air Force Academy Sites WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. The Site Selection Commission for- the Air Force Academy recommended today that the academy be located at one of these three sites: Alton, HI.;- Colorado Springs, Colo., or Lake Geneva, Wis. Three AEC Members Oppose Strauss Rule WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. Three of the five members of the Atomic Energy Commission went on record today against increasing the authority of Commission Chairman Lewis L. Strauss. They spoke out publicly for the first time against a legislative proposal to make Strauss the "principal officer" of the AEC. In so doing, the three AEC members brought into the open long-smouldering dissension within the commission. Eisenhower to Press Congress on Program WASHINGTON, D." C, June 3. President Eisenhower, apparently concerned about the fate of his legislative program, will press Congress to get as much of it into law as possible before adjournment. Authoritative sources said today the President will appeal for public support for his program in a number of radio and television speeches before the July 31 adjournment target date. Charges Thailands Request Is U.S. Plot UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., June 3. Russia charged today that Thailands request that United Nations observers be sent to the Indochina region is an American plot to wreck the Geneva Conference and justify intervention in the Indochinese war. Haile Selassie in Six-Hour Boston Visit BOSTON, Mass., June 3. Emperor-Haile Selassie of Ethiopia flew here today from New York for a six-hour yisit as he began a month-long tour of the United States, Canada and Mexico. From "the airport, Emperor Selassie traveled by motorcade to city hall where he was greeted by Mayor John B. Hynes. At the state house he was welcomed, by Gov. Christian A. Herter and other state dignitaries. Four Puerto Ricans Go on Trial WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. Four Puerto Rican Nationalists, led by a praying, heavily rouged ringleader, went on trial in Federal District Court today for wounding five congressmen in a murderous attack in the House of Representatives chamber, March 1. Sen. Mundt Gets Cigars on 54th Birthday WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. Sen. Karl E. Mundt celebrated his fifty-fourth birthday today, seeking a "little bit of peace," at the Army-McCarthy hearings and getting little but two boxes of cigars. The cigars were presented by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy R-Wis. , who said they were sent to him, for delivery to Mundt, by two persons in the television audience.
