United Press News Briefs, Daily Racing Form, 1956-05-02

article


view raw text

UNITED PRESS NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL NATIONALRecommend Recommend Trial for Marine Sergeant SergeantWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 1 The Marine Corps charged today that staff Sgt Matthew C McKeon was under the in ¬ fluence of liquor when he led six Marine recruits to their deaths on a night discip ¬ linary march at Parris Island S C three weeks ago A court of inquiry which in ¬ vestigated the death march recommended formally that the 31 yearold sergeant from Worcester Mass face trial by gen ¬ eral court martial Top Marine officials have approved the recommendation recommendationPlan Plan Capital Tribute to Berkley BerkleyLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Va May 1 The body of Sen Alben W Barkley began its last trip to the nations capital today where war ¬ riors of many a political battle will join sorrowfully in tribute to the beloved Veep of the Democrats Barkley died yesterday as he would have wanted it standing be ¬ fore an audience expounding his own deep religious convictions as applied to men in public office officeCites Cites Need for Better Leadership LeadershipPRINCETON PRINCETON N J May 1 George F Kennan former U S ambassador to Russia and New Jersey chairman of the Steven sonforPresident movement said last night the nation needs better leadership in both foreign and domestic affairs Kennan called for a leadership which would dispel the fears and misunderstandings that cause so many Americans to applaud the shock ¬ ing miscarriage of justice and fairness in the congressional investigations and loyalty hearings hearingsFOREIGN FOREIGN FOREIGNProRed ProRed Germans Goose Step i Berlin BerlinBERLIN BERLIN Germany May 1 Some 3000 soldiers sailors and airmen of Red Ger manys recentlyproclaimed Wehrmacht openly violated fourpower agreements to ¬ day and goosestepped through the streets of Berlin The cream of Sovietzone armed forces appearing in public for the first time since their existence was officially acknowledged paraded down Unter Den Linden Avenue on the route formerly fol ¬ lowed by Adolf Hitlers Nazi troops A mechanized infantry regiment on foot and in trucks and armored cars provided the bulk of the marchers Small air force and navy units also took part partCharge Charge Soviets Hurt Disarmament Talks TalksLONDON LONDON England May 1 Harold E Stassen predicted today the current dis ¬ armament conference would come to an end because of the directly adverse statements made in Britain by Russias leaders Stassen US del gate to the five power United Nations subcommittee dis ¬ armament conference said statements by Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Com ¬ munist Party Chief Nikita S Khrushchev had dropped chances of disarmament progress to a low ebb He referred to their press conference here Friday FridayUN UN Pact May End IsraeliEgypt Trouble TroubleJERUSALEM JERUSALEM Israeli Sector May 1 The United Nations announced today a major agreement between Egypt and Is ¬ rael to end their border tension A UN UNspokesman spokesman said Egypt and Israel agreed to the establishment of UN observation posts and mobile UN patrols along the Gaza Strip where a series of incidents recently brought Egypt and Israeli dangerously close to war warFind Find Red China Dissolves Civil Rights RightsBRUSSELS BRUSSELS Belgium May 1 The In ¬ ternational Committee against Concentra ¬ tion Camp Practices ICCCP has found that a citizen does not have any right to defense in Communist China The com ¬ mittee held a mock trial of the Chinese Republic over the past 10 days and dis ¬ closed its findings yesterday The Red China government was invited to send a defense counsel but did not answer the invitation invitationPope Pope Lauds Christian Worker Movement MovementVATICAN VATICAN CITY Italy May 1 Pope Pius XII urged Catholic workers today to strive to bring their brothers who are victims off errors and false mirages into an everwidening Christian Workers move ¬ ment The 80yearold pontiff made the appeal in a major address to the workers of the world in the first celebration of the feast Bf St Joseph the Workman More than 20000 workers gathered in St Peters Square to hear him speak in a scene that took some of the punch out cf Communist May Day celebrations


Persistent Link: https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1950s/drf1956050201/drf1956050201_2_3
Local Identifier: drf1956050201_2_3
Library of Congress Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/unk82075800