United Press News Briefs, Daily Racing Form, 1956-05-01

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UNITED PRESS NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL NATIONALEisenhower Eisenhower Returns to White House HouseWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C April 30 Pres ¬ ident Eisenhower returned to the White House today from a long week end of rest and relaxation at his Gettysburg Pa farm Mrs Eisenhower remained at the farm farmPublic Public Hearing Today on Marines Deaths WASHINGTON D C April 30 The House Armed Services Committee an ¬ nounced today it will hold a public hear ¬ ing here Tuesday to get all the details on the deaths of six Marine Corps recruits at Parris Island S C earlier this month Chairman Carl Vinson DGa scheduled the hearing after he and Rep Dewey Short Mo ranking Republican members con ¬ ferred with Gen Randolph McCall Pate Marine Corps commandant commandantLane Lane Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion EvasionBOSTON BOSTON MASS April 30 Rep Thom ¬ as J Lane DMass pleaded guilty to federal income tax evasion charges today He was sentenced to four months in prison and fined 10000 His guilty plea followed an unsuccessful attempt to plead no con ¬ test to the charges Federal Judge Charles E Wyzanski Jr rejected the plea Wyzan ski ordered the congressman to start serv ¬ ing his sentence in a federal penitentiary May 7 7Declare Declare Traffic Accident Emergency EmergencyThe The National Safety Council yesterday declared a national traffic accident emer ¬ gency in the wake of the worst March highway death toll in history In telegrams to all state governors the council warned a traffic accident emergency exists in the United States It urged allout action to end the critical situation and stop rising highways deaths deathsApprove Approve New Farm Bill Soil Bank Plan PlanWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C April 30 The House Agriculture Committee today ap ¬ proved a new farm bill containing the administrationsponsored 12 billion soil bank plan planDulles Dulles Urges OK of Foreign Aid AidWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C April 30 Secre ¬ tary of State John Foster Dulles urged Congress today to approve in full the ad ¬ ministrations 49 billion foreign aid pro ¬ gram as part of a national insurance policy against the still serious threat of Soviet communism Dulles made his plea in testimony before the Senate For ¬ eign Relations Committee His appearance signaled the start of an administration campaign to persuade a dubious Congress to approve the big foreign aid program including a new provision for longterm economic aid commitments FOREIGN FOREIGNExpresses Expresses Doubt About Egypts Sincerity SincerityJERUSALEM JERUSALEM Israeli Sector April 30 An Israeli Foreign Office spokesman ex ¬ pressed grave doubts today about Egypts sincerity in seeking a peaceful Solution to the Middle East crisis The spokesman said two outrages committed yesterday by the Egyptians came less than two weeks after the Egyptians solemn promise to U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to observe a cease fire Hammarskjold was flying here later today for talks with Pre ¬ mier Davie BenGurion and Foreign Min ¬ ister Moshe Sharett He was in Cairo this morning for further talks with Egyptian officials STANSTED England April 30 Two persons were killed when a British troop carrying plane crashed on takeoff with 54 persons aboard today Four survivors were trapped inside the smashed fuselage for two hours as fire threatened to break out while rescuers worked feverishly to free them The rescuers finally cut their way through the crumpled metalwork of the plane arid pulled the four survivors to safety in a tense dramafilled operation operationKhrushchev Khrushchev Veils Request to Visit U S SMOSCOW MOSCOW Russia April 30 Soviet Communist Party Leader Nikita Krusch chev said today he will do everything possible to establish improved relations be ¬ tween this country and the United States He also made what observers considered another veiled request for an invitation to visit the United States similar to the 10day trip to Britain just completed by him and Premier Nikolai Bulganin BulganinArmy Army Forces Clash With Rebels RebelsHAVANA HAVANA Cuba April 30 Army forces clashed with fleeing rebels today in mop up operations against an abortive civilian revolt in the seaport town of Matanzas Unofficial reports said 15 persons were killed and another 15 wounded including four soldiers of the Matanzas garrison in the fighting which erupted yesterday


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