Bond Rates Rise Prompting Party Debate in Congress
Senate Republicans led by Capehart defend the economy as Democrats including Sparkman Humphrey and Morse criticize higher 30 year bond yields. They warn rising rates tighten credit for farmers and small buyers, boosting loan costs and risking inflation or deflation. Humphrey counters with inflation still a concern and pledges offsetting measures.
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Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Eisenhower
Senate Banking Committee
U.S
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Wall Street
Sparkman
Dala
Morse
Oregon
Treasury
Spark
Sen. Humphrey
The
Congress
President urges sale of government rubber plants
President Eisenhower urged Congress to authorize disposal of 550 million dollars of government owned synthetic rubber plants. He spoke from Augusta urging privatization to develop a free competitive domestic synthetic rubber industry and cited the Reconstruction Finance Corp plan as the framework.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Temperatures Near Normal
The forecast calls for average highs from 59 to 66 and lows from 39 to 42. Expect warmer conditions Wednesday through Thursday, cooler Friday and Saturday, then a warm Sunday. Showers are possible Thursday and Sunday totaling about a quarter to half an inch.
Mason County man buys license ceremony at Lions Club auction
A Mason County man paid $3 for a marriage license and a $10 wedding ceremony plus two songs at a Lions Club radio auction in Maysville to raise funds for sight conservation and a playground project. Davie Cooper now needs a bride.
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Maysville
Mason County
Lions Club
Davie Cooper
Prisoner Exchange Pact and Far East Peace Prospects
The article outlines a potential UN agreement with Communist Korea on prisoner exchange that could trigger a chain reaction toward broader peace in the Far East. It discusses key issues including Korea’s future political status and whether the peninsula will be united or divided, with Peking as a central factor.
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Far East
Peking Thorniestone
House Group Votes Today On Improved Telephone Service
Ohio lawmakers consider two omnibus measures to force better rural telephone service and grant PUCO stronger enforcement powers. The move aims to curb rising rates and uneven service while another bill revises public utility rate making and university revenue bonds for facilities. Senate moves to curb higher disability payments under the public employees retirement system are discussed alongside related pension reforms.
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Kenneth A. Robinson
Marion
House Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Cincinnati Redlegs
House
Seue Evenue
Pecos
Ohio State University
Cincinnati
Senate
Transport Plane Missing In Wild Mountain Region
A twin engine transport plane from Florida vanished in the Cascade Mountain region east of Seattle before dawn. Reports varied on aboard numbers from 10 to 27, with crew totals from three to five. Investigators cite engine failure and ongoing wide scale search as possibility of soldiers en route to Seattle for the Far East.
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Florida
Cascade Mountain
Here
Miami
Washington
Charles S. Collar
Civil Aeronautics Board
Collar
Washington Aeronautics
Spokane
Wash
Chester
Mae
Seattle
Far East
US sends thirteen F-86 jets to Stuh l Germany for first regularly based fighter
Thirteen combat tested F 86 jets arrived today from the United States to join the U S Air Force unit in Stuh l Germany. The young commander hailed the arrival and said the new jets enable near equal terms with Soviet MIG 15s. Other U S jets in Britain were moved to Germany temporarily after recent air losses to Communist aircraft.
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Germany
United States
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Liquor Agents Seek Separate Trials in Columbus Case
Three state liquor agents Stanley Sonnes of Independence Stanley J Delpart of Cleveland and Rolland Tague of New Lexington have asked for separate trials in the Columbus tavern shakedown case heard in common pleas court.
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Stanley Sonnes
Independence
Stanley J. Delpart
Cleveland
Rolland Tague
New Lexington
Savage fighting erupts front line in Korea war
Small scale but savage fighting erupts along the Korean battlefront as air forces strike rail yards in Pyongyang and Allied infantry repel Red assaults. B29s bomb strategic targets while ROK forces recapture terrain and British Commonwealth division returns to the line.
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Pyongyang
North Korea
Texas Hill
Central Korea
Roks
Ruff Jurors Hear Doctors
In Circleville two Columbus psychiatrists testified in the murder trial of Mary Agnes Ruff that she suffers from some form of epilepsy. Dr. J. A. Whieldon and Dwight Palmer said the condition is not extreme and not enough to deem her insane at the time of the January killing.
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Columbus
South Bloomfield
J. A. Whieldon
Dwight Palmer
Mary Agnes Ruff
Daniel S. Ruff
Ruff
Merchants jailed in Peron crackdown in Argentina
The National Price Control Agency says 566 merchants have been jailed so far as part of a government crackdown on price ceiling violators. Investigators closed 53 more shops Monday and arrested their owners. The campaign began April 9 after President Juan Peron imposed new price ceilings amid a 50 percent rise in food prices over the previous two weeks.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
National
Juan Drere
Prisoner Wounded in Koje Island Escape Attempt
United Nations Prisoner of War Command reports a communist prisoner on Koje Island was seriously wounded by a guard during a Sunday escape attempt.
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Pusan
Korea
UN Prisoner of War Command
Koje Island
UN POW Trade Convoy Guards Route Amid Bombing Fears
Allied planes guard the first Red convoy transporting sick and wounded UN prisoners from North Korea toward Panmunjom. The move, part of prisoner exchange, aims to begin Monday with 600 POWs traded for Chinese and Koreans. Two more convoys were planned for the next day.
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Defense Ministry
Mark Clark
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Byun Yung Tai
National Assembly
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Manchurian
Kaee Nig
Heed
Promaniy
Nampo
Red Manchuria
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Rit
Yorgwan
Kaeesong
Panmunjom Luemlay
Mayor Seeks Quash of Ouster Hearing in Meigs Court
A motion to quash a notice of hearing on an ouster petition against Mayor Delmar Canaday was filed in Meigs County Probate Court by attorney William Jones. The filing contends improper procedure and noncompliance with Ohio removal code, with a hearing set for April 15 and possible postponement.
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Pomeroy Village
Delmar Canaday
Meigs County
William Jones
Gallipolis
Canada
Protmte
Canaday
F. Harmon O'Brien
Columbus
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Taft Seeks Major Reductions In Military Spending
Sen Taft proposes cutting military expenditures by about four billion dollars in the coming fiscal year and aims for a further ten billion reduction in 1954 55 He urges a commission to reevaluate military thought and shift planning toward defense of the nation rather than preparations for all out war.
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N. Y
Taft
Ohio
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Freedom Forum
Nelsonville Fire Danger Debate In Hocking County
Forbes of the Bureau of Mines testified before the House Appropriations Committee that underground fires in abandoned coal workings near Carbon Hill threaten Nelsonville by endangering reforested land some dwellings and oil wells. Officials denied current danger claims.
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Hocking County
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House Appropriations Committee
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Vandenberg Withdraws Capital Appointment
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr. withdraws from his White House appointment secretary post due to stomach ulcers. He cites uncertainty over the duration of the illness and says the situation is unfair to the President.
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Fila
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr
White House
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Eisenhower
Michigan
Delay Arraignment Of Accused Slaver
Delaware judge postponed the arraignment of Robert Robinson 25 of Columbus charged in the death by his own action killing of Chelsea Joyce Halsey 17 of Columbus. Robinson requested a court appointed counsel claiming financial inability to hire one.
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Columbus
Chelsea Joyce Halsey
Robinson
Coinsel
Longshoremen Leader Ryan Indicted On Larceny Charges
Joseph P Ryan head of the AFL International Longshoremen's Association was indicted on 30 counts of grand larceny alleging theft of 411,390 from union funds. The indictment cites transfers on April 14 1948 and April 16 1959 and notes ongoing probes into withdrawal of funds and other aspects of his activities.
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Joseph P Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Ryan
ILA
Cand Jury
Grand Jury
Kyvan
State Crime Commission
Cadillac Cars
Boston Milk Strike Ends After Gov Halts Work Stoppage
Gov. Herter ends a four day strike by 1800 employees at 12 dairies under the 1947 Slicer Act and orders a cooling off period of at least 45 days to seek settlement. Milk companies seek renewal of contracts with Sunday delivery removed. union demands Sunday service continue.
Ponger Pleads Guilty in Spy Conspiracy Case
Kurt L. Ponger, 39, pleaded guilty a day after his co defendant Otto Verber admitted guilt in a spy conspiracy involving transmitting American defense secrets to Soviet officials. Prosecutors indicated the death penalty could apply, but waived it for Ponger, who now faces up to two years in prison.
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Washington
Kurt L. Ponger
Otto Verber
Conapira Panne Oo
Ponger
Austria
Iran revolt threat shocks Tehran as monarchists warned
An anonymous group in Tehran accused Premier Mohammed Mossadegh of being a stubborn old man and threatened an armed revolt to defend the monarchy. The message surfaced amid ongoing constitutional clashes between the press and the shah’s government.
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Tehran
Iran
Fhve
Mohammed Mossadegh
Semar
Mohammed Re Pahlevi
GOP Backers Hopeful of Win In Special Virginia Election
Danville Virginia voters opened polls for the Fifth District special election to fill the seat left by Thomas B. Stanley. Republican candidate Lorne Boss Campbell faces Democrat Tuck. Campbell seeks support from disaffected Democrats after Tuck repudiated the national Democratic ticket.
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Wiliam M
Teck
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Campbell
Independence
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Boston
Halifax County
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
Eisenhower
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Thomas B. Stanley
Henry County
House
McGraths Fire Suit in West Palm Beach Court
Former U s attorney general J Howard McGrath and Estelle A McGrath sue for 65 damages over a Sept fire at a West Palm Beach home. They charge the defendants Fred Evans Ira L Walden and John Walden doing business as Walden Paint Company with negligence and fault related to the blaze.
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