Eisenhower Tariff Policy Faces House Floor Vote
Sponsors of the presidents lower tariff trade program predicted it would survive a close House floor test after the Ways and Means Committee approved the administration bill. The measure would extend the Trade Agreements Act for three years and authorize tariff reductions up to five percent annually or to lower rates on high tariff layers, with Reed vowing to push for stronger American industry protections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means
United States
Congress
Daniel A. Reed
Labor Party Compared to AFL CIO Birth of Political Effort
Senator Bender says merger of the AFL and CIO could birth a political effort akin to Britain’s Labour Party. He supports the merger for reducing costly jurisdictional disputes while opposing claims of dangerous monopoly. CIO President Walter Reuther rejects monopoly charges as unfounded. Senators Ives and Douglas also dispute the accusation.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
AFL
CIO
Tendee
Senate Labor Committee
Henry G. Riter
National Association of Manufacturers
Walter Reuther
Riter
Ives
R.ny
Dougas
D-Tll
Labor Committee
Panama to Decide on Guizado Trial for Remon Assassination
A special congressional commission in Panama recommends former President Jose Ramon Guizado be tried for complicity in the assassination of his predecessor Jose Antonio Remon. The national assembly will debate the recommendation next Wednesday to decide whether to proceed with the trial or quash the charges. If convicted, Guizado faces 10 to 20 years in prison.
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Panama
Congressional
Jose Ramon Guizado
Jose Antonio Remon
National Assembly
Guizado
Church World Service Ships 12 Million Worth of Aid Abroad
New York reports the Church World Service, representing major Protestant and Eastern Orthodox denominations, shipped 30 648 792 pounds of food clothing and medical supplies worth more than 12 million dollars to needy people abroad in a relief effort.
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New York
Church World Service
Unexploded Bombs Found in Costa Rica
Police report several unexploded bombs found in Costa Rica in recent days as the country works to recover from a recent rebellion. No suspects or planting group identified.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Lincoln era axe head question in Athens trading post
An axe head engraved Abe L.1443, now owned by Dwight Triipp of the Athens Trading Post, dates to Lincoln's era. The artifact is hand forged, shows little use, and may have been a Lincoln owned piece. Its provenance is uncertain but considered a museum piece.
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Abe
Dwight Triipp
Athens
Ateman
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Tritipp
New Wave of Cold Moves Toward Ohio
An advancing cold front brings one to six inches of new snow across Ohio. State highways are snowbound and slippery as road crews work to clear major routes. Two semi trucks overturned with no injuries reported. Heavy drifts near Toledo and Newark, with up to 10 inches unofficially in east central Ohio. Temperatures plunged from the 50s to the teens overnight, winds remained strong from the northwest, and the cold is forecast to continue through Saturday toward zero.
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Ohio
State Highway Department
Highway Patrol
Columbus
Reynoldsburg
Toledo
Newark
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Truman Urges Guard Rights At National Conference
Kansas City dispatch reports former President Harry S. Truman urging defense of human rights abroad and at home. He warned suppression of freedom worldwide could undo civilization’s hard won achievements and said people of religious faith hold the power to overcome tyranny.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Tito Declares Yugoslavia Will Seek Independent Course
Yugoslav President Tito said Yugoslavia will not join any bloc and will pursue an independent policy to support peace. Fresh from a 73 day tour of India Burma and Egypt he disembarked from the Galeb at Rijeka in the Adriatic.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
India
Burma
Egypt
Galeb
Adriatic
Rijeka
Solon Salary Rise Debated in Brussels
The Belgian House of Representatives voted to raise each member salary from 180000 francs to 225000 francs, increasing annual compensation from about 3600 to 4590 dollars per year.
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Solon
Brussels
House of Representatives
Witness Reports Mexican Trip Suggestion in Lamb Probe
Mrs. Marie Natvig testified that a man described as doctor urged her to go to Mexico after accusing publisher-broadcaster Edward Lamb of Communist ties. She said the threat included retracting her testimony or facing transportation to Mexico. The hearing continues as Lamb denies the allegations and claims Commission attorneys coerced false testimony.
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Washington
Marie Natvig
Rez
Riz
Mexico
Edward Lamb
Lamb
Communications Commission
Miami Beach
Fla
Natvig
Toledo
Erie
Satellite Liberation Sought To Capitalize On Moscow Shakeup
Rep Feighan urged the administration to return to a promised policy of liberation for satellite nations. He cited Khrushchev as the purge master of Ukraine and argued his victory creates a chance to win support of enslaved peoples.
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Washington
Feighan
Ohio
Eisenhower
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ukraine
Khrushchev
Sole Survivor of Civil War's GAR Celebrates 108th Birthday Today
Albert Woolson of Duluth Minnesota, sole survivor of the Civil War's Boys in Blue, marks his 108th birthday with President Eisenhower sending greetings. A small family dinner and an open house for friends follow, as Woolson jokes about life and offers a cautious foreign policy quip to the president about Formosa. He notes plans to walk after winter and hopes to live a few more years.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Eisenhower
America
Woolson
City of the Veteran
John Kobus
Neigh Woolson
White House
Formosa
Ike
Private plan for first privately financed nuclear plant
Congressional atomic energy leaders hailed Consolidated Edison of New York plan to build the nation’s first privately financed nuclear power plant near Peekskill on the Hudson. The project, estimated at 30 to 40 million dollars, would cost about 125000 kilowatts of power for a city of 250000, with construction likely to begin within a year and in service about four years later. Searing said the firm aims to file for a license by April 1 and that Babcock and Wilcox would design the reactor.
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Washington
Congressional Atomic Energyists
Consolidated Edison Co
New York
H. R. Searing
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Peekskill
Hudson River
Searing
Shippingport
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Babcock and Wilcox
Consolidated Edison
Ares
Fight Over Clothesline Ends in Double Fatal Shootout
In Youngstown last night Edwin Robinson and Harry Bonner exchanged gunfire over a clothesline dispute. Both men were killed. Bonner’s tenant rival died after returns to a porch confrontation. Robinson’s wife Jimmie Lee, 48, was seriously wounded and hospitalized. Police are investigating which weapon fired the fatal shot.
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Youngstown
Edwin Robinson
Harry Bonner
Robinson
Jimmie Lee
Southside Hospital
Rom
Fire at Ore Manufacturing Co plant causes $2 million damage
Fire swept through the main building of the Ore Manufacturing Co plant in Owosso Michigan, a division of Sonia Mitchell-Bentley Corp, injuring several workers and delaying auto trim material supply. Firefighters fought the eight hour blaze in near zero weather before extinguishment.
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Owosso
Mich
The
Ore Manufacturing Co. Lnsight
Sonia Mitchell-Bentley Corp
Husband Finds Steps Have Been Removed
In Baltimore, Jerry Glover, 66, asked his wife about a carpenter. She said he was in the basement. Glover descended the stairs and fell eight feet, receiving a forehead bump but no serious injuries. The steps had been removed for repair.
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Baltimore
Jerry Glover
Glover
Housewife Bound and Gagged in Break-In by Two Men
In Columbus suburb of Bexley police report two men forced entry into Mrs. Sarah Reed's home, tied and gagged her while seeking money. A neighbor freed Mrs. Reed. Authorities say the assailants identified themselves as Department of Justice agents.
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Columbus
Bexley
Sarah Reed
Department of Justicegents
Struggle for Power In Russia Deepens After Stalin
Western analysts say Russia faces a third phase in its power struggle after Stalin. Khrushchev remains the strong man but not firmly established, while the Old Bolsheviks and army influence grow amid purges and leadership shifts following Malenkov and Beria.
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George M. Malenkov
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita
Khrushchev
Moscow
Stalin
Lavrenty P. Beria
Central Committee
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Fake Alarms Shake Columbus Schools
Bomb scare calls unsettled four Columbus area schools over the past week. Marion Franklin High evacuated about 900 students after an anonymous tip warned of a bomb. Earlier Champion Junior High and Central High faced threats, with partial evacuations and extended lockdowns as officials searched for devices.
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Columbus
Marion-Franklin High
Marion Township
Champion Junior High School
Central High School
Columbus South High
Executive HQ Ready In Event of Air Attack
Washington Civil Defense Director Val Peterson states an executive HQ carter has been set up outside Washington where the president would retire in an attack. He would report by radio on events and provide instructions to civilians as needed.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Carters
Communist Guns Fire At Essex Based Plane
U S Navy reports Communist guns fired on a carrier based Banshee night fighter from the Essex northwest of the Tachen Islands. The attack occurred Wednesday night about four miles away but no fragments hit the aircraft.
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Tachen Waters
U. S
Navy
Essex
Tachen Islands
Fried Grasshoppers Shipped to Chicago
A ton of fried grasshoppers from Japan arrived at Chicago customs. Collector Frank Peska estimated $315.20 in duty and quipped I guess people eat them.
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Chicago
Japan
Frank Peska
Peska
Nanchishan Island Raises U S China Defense Tensions
Formosa report notes Nanchishan island near Tachensa and Red China as a flashpoint in the U S Nationalist defense stance. It describes evacuation of Tachens, guerrilla redeployment to Nanchishan, and U S guarantees as a potential factor in the volatile dispute.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nanchishan
Tachensa
Red China
Washington
Tachens
U. Tth
Nanchiehan
Johannesburg Strike Calls Households to Walk Off Jobs
In Johannesburg a call by the African National Congress urged nonwhite workers to strike against a segregation policy. Runners distributed appeals in slums urging abstention from work tomorrow or Monday as evictions push thousands from homes to nonwhite areas outside the city. More than 190 families were displaced Wednesday, with about 1000 people slated for removal over seven years, amid heavy penalties for striking under apartheid laws.
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Johannesburg
South
Peraluze
South Africa
Parents Face Juvenile Delinquency Charges
Hillsboro Ohio report states parents of Negro children may be charged with contributing to juvenile delinquency for keeping their children from school during a zoning dispute. Juvenile Judge Orland Roades ordered adherence to the Hillsboro school board rule directing attendance at Lincoln Elementary School. From 25 to 30 percent of pupils are affected by the dispute.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Orland Roades
Lincoln
Missing dental plate in orange confusion at New Bedford
Lovia Xifres turned away part of an orange and failed to notice his lower dental plate was still in it. He is searching for the plate.
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New Bedford
Mass
Lovia Xifres
Ike Takes Quail Hunt In Georgia
President Eisenhower, arriving in Thomasville Georgia, started a quail hunt with two birds in the hour. He rode a mule drawn roadster with Secretary Humphrey, joined by wives and Mrs Dowd. The group traveled from Washington to Moultrie then by car toward the hunt, adjusting plans for the dinner hour.
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Ike
Georgia
Thomasville
Eisenhower
Treasury
Humphrey
The
John &. Dowd
Washington
Moultrie
Thomas Ville
Group Differs Over Church Wedding Ban
The Arch bishop of Canterbury Dr Geoffrey Fisher argued the Church of England ban on weddings for divorced persons serves to make couples think before marriage. Dissenting clergy counter that the policy clashes with the Christian idea and should be changed.
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London
Canterbury
Church of England
Geoffrey Fisher
Fisher
Eethe
Stuart Sale
Canadian Is Hanged For Gruesome Murder
Picard 45 was hanged today for the murder of Raymond Trudeau. Police called the crime one of the most gruesome they had investigated, noting part of the boy's body was found in a suitcase in Picard's room after his conviction on November 9.
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Raymond Trudeau
Picard
Torch Fire Marks Endgame on Tachen Evacuation
U S Navy reports the final phase of evacuating the Tachen Islands as Nationalist troops dynamited trenches and key fortifications. Chinese forces and U S carriers prepare a fleet movement to Formosa with air cover and anti submarine patrols as the evacuation sails proceed.
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Taipei
Vormosa
U.S. Navy
Tachen Islands
Neationaliat Defense Ministry
Communista
Forrest Edwards
U. S
Formosa
Edwards
Pirote
Tachens
Formom
Alands
Cor
Princeton
Formos
Tarchens
Globe Denial Filed in Suit Over Secrecy Claim
Globe Metallurgical Corp. of Marietta filed a denial of charges claiming it legally obtained a secret alloy making process used by Vanadium Corp. of America. Vanadium seeks an injunction to stop Globe from using the process alleging it was obtained from a French firm and would cost over 40 million dollars to obtain adapt and apply.
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Marietta
Globe Matallurgical Corp
Beverly
Vanadium Corp. of
America
Washington County
Pieas Court
Vanadium
Globe
Pflimlin Seeks French Premier Post
Pierre Pflimlin, veteran of 13 postwar French governments and pro West German rearment, sought to become premier as Assembly circles gave a friendly reaction to his candidacy last night and expressed backing to secure the job.
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Paris
Pierre Pfhimlin
Five Day Forecast Highlights Record Cold Spells
The forecast warns temperatures about 19 degrees below normal with a very cold weekend. Highs near 40 and 20s for the low, slow moderation Monday to Wednesday. Light snow expected Monday. otherwise mostly fair through midweek.
Prompt treatment of mental ills prevents thousands
Ohio's mental hygiene department reports the first decade of receiving hospital care shows thousands treated and returned to normal life. Hospitals opened in 1945 in Cleveland Dayton Athens and other cities. Dr Porterfield endorses the program yet notes families and guardians often resist seeking treatment.
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Ohio
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Cleveland
Dayton
Athens
Cuyahoga Falls
Toledo
Portermouth
Cincinnati
John D. Porterfield
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