Senate probes broad inquiry into lobbying oil money
A special Senate committee pressed a broadened probe into political contributions tied to oil money and lobbying as it weighed the $2500 donation to Senator Francis Case. Witnesses described attempts by John M. Neff, a Superior Oil lobbyist, to influence Case and neared a wider bipartisan committee to investigate campaign donations and legislative influence.
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Washington
Senate
Nto
Francis Case
RSD
Joseph Wishart
Nebraska
Republican Finance
John M. Neff
Superior Oil Co
California
Case
Senate Committee
Federal Grand Jury
Nebraska Gop
Neff
Knowland
Cabornia
Senate Gop Policy Committee
Senate Democratic Policy
Bus Boycott Continues In Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama the bus boycott persists as a grand jury delays its report on eight days of mass segregation protest now in its 12th week. Indictments could follow under state law. most Negroes reject a compromise proposal offered by the Men of Montgomery with two dissenters.
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Musicuas Ery
Ala
Montgomery
Ralph D. Ab
Negro First Baptist Church
Theity Commission
The
Men of
Army Publicizes Redstone Missile Test Details
The Army released images of the Redstone ballistic missile during a test at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama showing the lift onto a new test stand. The missile is described as towering about 45 feet long with a warhead section extending roughly 15 feet toward its target, though the exact test date and location were not disclosed.
Mrs. Julia Tallut Dies at 93 in Gallipolis Ohio
Mrs. Julia Tallut aged 93 died at 3 55 p m Monday at Holzer Hospital after a 17 day stay for hip fracture suffered in a fall Her rites will be held at 3 p m Thursday at Miller s Funeral Home with Rev Paul M Niswander officiating Interment in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Ut. 9
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Miller's Funeral Home
Paul M. Niswander
Grace Methodist Church
Mound Hill Cemetery
Jet Plant Sees Pickets In Scuffle At Republic Aviation
In Farmingdale New York a clash between pickets and nonstriking workers occurred at Republic Aviation main plant. Police arrested four of about 200 pickets for disorderly conduct and several pickets were bruised. one taken to hospital with injuries. Some nonstriking personnel slipped through lines and entered the plant while about 638 more arrived by Long Island Railroad to the plant site. Plant operations including test flights resumed soon after. Republic had planned to keep the plant open during the wage strike affecting its 12 000 production workers. A union leader offered 4 000 passes for office workers to pass picket lines.
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Farmingdale
N.Y
Republic Aviation Corp
Long Island
Republic
Sostacian
Monal Association
Air Force
Arecon Republic
Celeatis
Ene
Justin Ostro
Easing Red Trade Details Faces Senate Subcommittee
Washington—Investigations subcommittee debated forcing federal disclosure of East West trade easing details. Senator McCarthy urged contempt citations against Weeks if documents are not produced. McClellan questioned agency withholding rights as he pressed for lists of items removed from embargo lists.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Secretary of Commerce
Grand
McClellan
D-Ark
Philip A - Ray
Commerce Department
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
McGlellan
Court Grants Sons 30 000 Each in Woodward Estate
Surrogate George Frankenthaler approved maintenance and education allowances for William Woodward III and his brother James, sons of Ann Woodward who admitted accidentally shooting her husband. Claims include 2290 for school, 600 for horseback riding, and other needs totaling 60,000 across 1956 expenses. ROUTE 52 OPEN PORTSMOUTH west of Portsmouth was reopened after sections closed due to high water.
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William Woodward, Jr
George Frankenthaler
School Union
William Woodward III
James
Ann Woodward
Long Island
Twelve year old admits slaying father and brother in cabin fire
A 12 year old boy confessed to fatally stabbing his 19 year old brother Luther and his 65 year old father Brack, then dousing their isolated cabin with kerosene and setting it ablaze. He and his 9 year old sister Hallie hid the crime for three days before reporting it.
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Joseph Gompers
Wheeling
David Powell
Joseph
Thomas Williams, Jr
Williams
Cecil Kincaid
William Brandenburg
Brack
Luther
Hallie
Kincaid
William
Kin
BUC Reviews Striker Status in Ohio Westinghouse Dispute
The State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation plans talks with Westinghouse officials to decide if striking workers at Ohio plants qualify for benefits. BUC chief James R. Tichenor will hear the union and study the case exhaustively after earlier labeling the action a labor dispute. A Pennsylvania ruling recently deemed the strike a lockout.
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Solumbus
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Westinghouse
Ohio
James R. Tichenor
Tichenor
International Union ‘of Electrical Workers
Pennsylvania
Two Teens Escape BIS School. Break-In Reported Nearby
Authorities chase two youths, a 17-year-old from Norwalk and a 15-year-old from Grand River, after they escaped from the Boys Industrial School disciplinary unit. A BIS employee said his home near the school was burglarized soon after, with a shotgun, rifle, and ammunition stolen.
Marietta Dean Nominated Rotary District Governor
Dr. Merril Patterson, Marietta College dean, was nominated as governor for Rotary District 282 covering southern and southeastern Ohio. The Rotary convention concluded its two-day session in Zanesville. Election formalities occur at the national meeting in June in Philadelphia. Patterson would succeed Charles T. Stewart of Zanesville.
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Zanesville
Merril Patterson
Marietta College
Rotary
South
Ohio
Philadelphia
Patterson
Charles T. Stewart
U S Blamed In Red Crash
Prague broadcasts accuse a U S balloon of causing the Jan 18 Czech airliner disaster that killed 22 people and injured others. The communique cites a Western Germany base as the launch point amid broader Soviet bloc claims of American aircraft hazards.
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London
U. S
Prague
Germany
Temperatures to Run Below Normal with Rain or Snow
Forecasts show temperatures averaging 3.5 degrees below normal with a normal high near 45 and low 27. The period turns warmer Sunday but precipitation is expected statewide mainly as rain or snow around Sunday.
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Lesmpesmanes
Bulganin Urges Atomic Power for Communist Victory
Soviet premier Bulganin declares the Communist goal relies on atomic energy as a peaceful force to advance communism. He touts the USSR as ahead in peaceful uses, urges continued collective leadership and warns against personal power, aligning with Khrushchev at the party congress.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Tnis
Communist ‘Party Congress
Communist Central
Burganin
Mitteee
Ing
Bulganin
Nikita
Khrush
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Nike sites eyed for northern Ohio expansion
An army officer said he will recommend temporary Nike guided missile bases be established in northern Ohio while permanent bases are built this year. Col Henry P Van Ormer announced plans to place bases at Ravenna Arsenal Portage County Lordstown Depot near Warren and Camp Berry with occupancy expected by early summer. Work already began on Cleveland's second Nike base at Crile VA Hospital.
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Cleveland
Army
Ohio
Munday
Henry P. van Ormer
Sith
Ravenna Arsenal
Portage County
Lordstown Ordnce
Warren
Camp Berry
Ohio National Guard
van Ormer
Greater Cleveland
Crile Veterans Admin
Two Delegates Disqualified in Cuyahoga Nominating Fight
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections disqualified city official Ralph S. Locher and former councilman Edward L. Pucel from the race for delegates pledged to Gov. Frank J. Lausche. The action, taken Monday, cited failure to secure the required 100 valid signatures on their nominating petitions in the upcoming convention.
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Frank J. Lausche
Vention
Cuyahoga County
Segregation Foe Attacks Deep South and Harlem Cleric
A New Orleans archbishop criticizes segregation as morally evil while noting the push to desegregate parochial schools in Harlem and the Deep South. He argues times are changing and large-scale shifts are imminent in church flock and education.
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AEM Orleardwun
Wm wwewseTease
Joseph Francis Rummel
Cardies
Hal Hayes
Our School
Chang
New York
Harlem
Ing
South
Deep South
Catho Toolic
New Orleans
Joseph
The
Holy Family
Archdiocese
AAR Proposes Truck Taxes to Fund Highways
The Association of American Railroads urges Congress to impose special taxes on trucking to finance new road building. They warn without tax changes trucks would avoid costs on public highways, while railroads would pay their share. AAR notes fuel and road use fall short of equity and supports graduated charges for heavy vehicles and permit or registration fees for trucks over 10 tons.
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Association of American Railroads
Congress
Arionn
Bebling
AAR
Saan
Eisenhower Quail Hunt With Humphrey In Georgia
President Eisenhower planned a quail hunting day in Thomasville as Secretary Humphrey joined. Eisenhower bagged several birds Monday, while Humphrey reportedly took five, during a weeklong Dusting vacation at a Washington cabinet member’s plantation estate.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Treasury
Humphrey
Eisehower
Ofriv
Washington
Cabinet
Ford Reports 1955 Profits and Sales Record
Ford in its first public report says 1955 net profits totaled a record 437 million dollars and 1955 sales reached 5.304 billion, up from 4.0623 billion in 1954 when profits were 227.8 million. Earnings per share stood at 4.31, while GM reported 8.19. Ford notes a record production of 2,614,388 vehicles versus 1,990,020 in 1954.
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Vringir—Un—Re Rora Ale Or Co
Ford
Compar Fed
General Motorslet Corp
Detroit Strikers Press On Amid Paper Shortage
Detroit residents endure a costly strike as daily and Sunday papers vanish. In Grosse Pointe, 200 families opt for air mail editions of New York papers at seven dollars eighty eight cents weekly for six dailies and one Sunday paper.
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Grosse Pointe
New York
Secret Foreign Policy Consultations Stir Senate Alarms
Senate and House Democrats assail the Eisenhower administration for secrecy in foreign policy moves, citing the Saudi Arabia tank shipment. Senator Morse and others demand fuller consultation while officials reveal an order for 18 more tanks.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Saudi Arabia
Morse
D-Ore
Judd
Rminn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dulles
Lahy
House Foreign
Richards
House
Middle East
Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Time Study Dispute Delays Between IUE and Westinghouse
Mediators indicated the time-study dispute between the International Union of Electrical Workers led to a temporary postponement for 90 days. IUE president James B. Carey said strike actions could reset the issue after a 60 day pause. Westinghouse negotiators said they agreed to delay the time study but denied committing to future arbitration in the same matter. In a separate note, Coast Guardsmen rescued seven ice fishermen adrift near Sandusky on an ice floe.
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Ellerreen
Westinghouse Electric Orp
James B. Carey
Striking International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Westinghouse
Sandusky
P—Coast
Europe in Deep Freeze Amidriots and Harsh Winter
As Europe endures a severe freeze riots and hardship surge across nations. Weathermen warn of milder temps but snow continues to choke industries and transport. The toll mounts with dozens dead from cold and thawing rivers while troops assist in affected cities.
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East Europe
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Hun- Page
Itary
Stalinvaros Sree
Britain
France
Italy
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Austria
Spain
Sweden
Portugal
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Donald Ross
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Slim
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Julia Tallut
Jet Plant
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Hoover
Department of State, Commerce and Defense
International Cooperation Administration
Iter
Russi
Portsmouth
State Highway Patrol
Rand
Marietta
U.S
Brooklyn
Presidium
Central ‘Committee
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Speed
Nike
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Chaunceyer Comics
Glouster
Ih Logan Ki Ey
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