Democrats See Bright Prospects For 1956 Victory
National Chairman Paul M. Butler told a two day Democrats rally that chances for a 1956 win look bright regardless of Republican flag bearer. He cited a Democratic trend and blamed the GOP for past defeats while noting a key financial challenge for the party.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry S. Truman
National Committee
National Guard
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rayburn
General strike threat looms over Birmingham telephony and railways
The South faces a widening strike crisis as a general strike looms in Birmingham Alabama with actions around the Fairfield steel mill and sympathy walkouts affecting the Tennessee Coal and Iron division. Governors officials and mayors meet to seek action while federal mediators press for settlements amid rioting and cable damage across multiple states.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
South
Fairfield Steel Mill
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
U. S. Steel Co
R. E. Farr
United Steel Workers of America Cio
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Farr
Lawrence Wetherby
Kentucky
Wetherby
Frank Clement
Nashville
Aronovitz
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Washington
Southern Belt
Southern Bell
North Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Trade Cooperation Hopes Meet Cautious Congress
President Eisenhower urged U S entry into a new international Trade Cooperation organization. Congress shows cautious support but many fear surrender of sovereignty over tariffs. The issue centers on a three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act and broader tariff power, with a likely Senate clash after a narrow House passage.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
International Organization For Trade Cooperation
Congress
House
Senate
U.S
Geneva
Professors Share ACS Grant at Western Reserve
Three professors at Western Reserve University School of Medicine will share in a 39000 dollar grant from the American Cancer Society.
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ACS
Cleveland
Western Reserve University School of Medicine
American Cancer Society
Cop Shoots Boy in Back in Newark Incident
Newark boy, 15, identified as David Hottle, a walkaway from the Juvenile Diagnostic Center in Columbus, was shot by aunt Police Chief Joseph Smith near Mt. Carmel Hospital. Hottle fled after questioned about a robbery and was shot after running from a highway into a field. The 38 caliber bullet lodged in his back between spine and shoulder. condition critical.
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Columbus
Newark
Aunt Sterling
Joseph Smith
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Smith
David Hottle
100-Year-Old Jasper Woman Lauded By Family
One of Jasper's eldest residents, Lu-Ma Banks aged 100, was buried earlier this week. Widely known by her nickname Lu-Ma, her birth name reflected a long list of given names including Luquincy Raine Martha Jane Elorado Julie Dean Delma Ruthie Ma tilda Felma Jacka Cina Sophi Husky Charlotte Moss Stone.
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Jasper
Ala
Lu-Ma Banks
Lu-Ma
Luquincy Raine
Martha Jane Elorado
Julie Dean
Delma Ruthie Matilda Felma Jacka
Cina Sophi Husky
Charlotte Moss Stone
South Korea Marines Mark Sixth Anniversary at HQ
The South Korean Marine Corps division celebrated its sixth anniversary at headquarters north of Seoul. President Syngman Rhee praised American advisers who helped the Marine corps grow.
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Seoul
Marine Corps
Syngman Rhee
Premiers Gather in Rangoon for Asian African Conference
In Rangoon Burma Prime Ministers Nehru Nasser and Nu with Chou En Lai discuss Bandung summit aims. Nehru Nasser seek Asia led world peace, Red China tensions and Formosa questions feature in preconference talks before the Bandung opening.
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New Shi
Chou En-Lai
China
U Nu
Burma
Bandung
Indonesia
Nehru
Nasser
New Delhi
Chon
Rangoon
Asia
Chou
Law Officials Keep Order In Disputes
Governor Lausche directs the state highway patrol and county officials to protect workers in Tuscarawas County during labor disputes. He met with union leaders, employers, and law enforcement after a wave of strikes and sympathy walkouts crippled coal mining and clay products.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Highway Patrol
Tuscarawas County
Highway Safety
A. C. Felty
Lausche
New Evidence Moves for New Trial in Sheppard Murder Case
Convicted killer Samuel H. Sheppard asks for a new trial arguing newly discovered evidence. Judge Edward Blythin scheduled a hearing for April 27. Defense attorney William Corrigan says criminologist Dr. Paul Kirk found a suspect and notes the killer’s left handedness. Corrigan hints the evidence could reveal the real murderer. Meanwhile Goodyear Aircraft faces a brief wildcat strike halted by the CIO UAW union.
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Samuel H. Sheppard
University of California At Berkeley
Corrigan
Kirk
Marily
Sheppard
Girl Admits Setting Fires in Four Vehicles
A 12 year old deaf girl admitted setting four vehicles including two cars and two station wagons in Elyria. Police say the sheriff's garage burned after flames spread from a vehicle. A male voice had phoned the sheriff's office during the incident.
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Elyria
4Police
James Earl Boggs
Goggs
Lorain County
George Warns Against Public Declarations on Quemoy Matsu
Senator George of Georgia backed Eisenhower and warned that public statements on defending Quemoy and Matsu would not advance peace. He urged a high level US UK French Soviet conference and warned against over committing the nation abroad while criticizing GOP talk on Yalta era disclosures. He noted Austria's dealings with the peace treaty and Viet Nam as part of broader tensions.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
George
Quemoy
Matsu
United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
Vietnm
Southwest Asia
Formosa Strait
Formosa
Quemoy and
Yalta
Ohio House Moves To Hasten Mental Health Bills
Ohio House leaders plan to press June adjournment on a mental health program and hospital building plan. Speaker Roger Cloud and Majority Leader Kline Roberts said the package includes training to add professional and custodial staff at institutions, developed with Dr. John Porterfield.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Ieaders
Wsed
Roger Cloud
Senate hearing to probe refugee immigration program
Senate Judiciary subcommittee summoned R. W. Scott McLeod and Edward Corsi to testify about the refugee immigration program. McLeod defends the program, while Corsi criticizes it after his dismissal as a department adviser. Dulles urged to appear as hearings examine administration of the act and refugee admissions under the 1953 Refugee Relief Act.
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Washington
Senate
R. W. Scott McLeod
Edward Corsi
McLeod
State Department
Corsi
Department
Dulles
Congress
Melvod
Langer
R-Nd
Max Rabb
Eisenhower
Eisen
Family Sees Reunion Soon
AKRON. The Hathaway family near Akron expects a reunion this week at their small home. Mrs. Georgia Hathaway, 31, is recuperating after minor surgery at City Hospital, and she and Harold Hathaway, 52, are the blind and deaf parents who were allowed to raise their son Clarence. A juvenile judge previously ruled the couple could keep their child amid welfare concerns and a hearing. The baby, about two months old, shows normal sight and hearing.
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Akron
Hathaway
City Hospital
Georgia Hathaway
Harold
Clarence
Hathaways
Big Four Prospects Rise on Russian About-Face on Austria
Moscow indicated acceptance of an Austrian treaty Britain France and the United States already endorsed. The move clears a path toward a Big Four session and a NATO ministerial meeting to welcome West Germany as the fifteenth member. Diplomatic aides have been shaping groundwork for foreign ministers talks with Russia.
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Washington
Russia
Austria
Moscow
Britain
France
United States
Eisenhower
Denmark
Netherlands
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Sion
West Germany
NATO
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Paris
V. M. Molotov
Mos
Molotov
San Francisco
MacMillan
Pinay
Berlin
Ohio's tots get 2 shots of polio vaccine
Ohio will give 400000 eligible children two doses of the Salk polio vaccine instead of three as planned. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis directed two shots before the polio season with a booster after seven months. First inoculations proceed as scheduled. booster doses will not be provided free except for Montgomery and Richland County test participants.
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Columbus
Ralph Dwork
National Foundation For
Jonas E. Salk
The
Foundation
Dwork
Ohio
Montgomery and
Richland County
Modern Youth Gets Praised
New York report profiles James Price a 22 year old field worker with Congregational Christian churches who spent ten months listening to teenage discussions across the country. He says youths show seriousness ambition and plenty of ideas for good works and deserve chance from adults.
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New York
James Price
Congregational Christian Churches
Peg
Price
Meek and Hungry Cons Return to 2 Squares
Meek and hungry 52 tough convict group in Huntsville Texas refused to return to their cells after exercise and demanded three meals a day. The prison head denied the request and ordered two squares for the day.
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Huntsville
Tex
Morgan Grand Jury Hears Slaying Evidence
Morgan County grand jury continues hearing evidence in the January 5 slaying of 16 year old Kenneth Robert Strohl. The victim died from a .22 caliber rifle wound, with the weapon found near the body as testimony begins.
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Mcconnellville
Morgan County Grand Jury
Kenneth Robert Strohl
Strohl
Reds Call For Pulling Out Troops
MOSCOW AP The Soviet Austrian communique urges a speedy end to the Austrian independence treaty and a troop withdrawal by December 31. It states Austria will not join military alliances or permit bases, and outlines reparations, property returns, and oil fields as a result of the 10 year occupation.
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Moscow
Julius Raab
V. M. Molotov
Austria
Danube Shipping Co
Molotov
Raab
Adolph Schaerf
Vienna
Schaerf
Russia
Germany
Hitler
United States
Britain
France
State Department
Washington
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Error Righted After 19 Years in Minnesota
Leonard Hawkins of Dawson Springs Kentucky will receive a $300 monthly pension after 19 years of wrongful imprisonment in Minnesota. He was convicted Feb 6 1933 for a Third Northwestern Bank robbery he did not commit, later pardoned in 1951 after Barker-Karpis gang members confessed his innocence. A lengthy series of hearings led to his release.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Slender Leonard Hawkins
Dawson Springs
Hankins
Barker-Karpis
Third Northwestern
Minneapolis
Jesse Doyle
Barker
Hawkins
Five Day Forecast Outlook Warmer Days Ahead
Temperatures will average about 8 degrees above normal with highs around 57 to 64 and lows 37 to 42. Expect showers Sunday into Monday totaling around one inch. Warmer conditions appear Sunday and Monday, with cooler trends late week and into Wednesday.
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