Eisenhower Ready to Back Defense Request
A high government official said President Eisenhower is prepared to back a request for 1.26 billion dollars in extra missile and air defense funding with a forceful State of the Union message. The official noted the president will tackle major problems head on and seek broad congressional support.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
Senate
Lyndonb. Johnson
Texas
Sen. Portell
R-Conn
James R. Killian, Jr
Women's National Press Club
Secretary Weeks cites 10 billion cost rise for interstate program
Secretary Weeks told Congress the total cost to complete the 41 000 mile interstate network has climbed to 10 billion dollars and urged new apportionments reflect the higher figure. The estimate for the expressways rises to 37.6 billion from 27.6 billion with no tax increase proposed.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Congress
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Bureau of Public Roads
Ohio Flyer Denies He Lured Girls
Airman Edward L. Young of Philo Ohio testified at a general court martial that he did not motion to invite three Korean girls to enter a bomb dump area minutes before a girl was fatally shot. Fellow guard Airman Carroll D. Taylor was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon in the same case.
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Kunsan
Korea
Edward L. Young
Philo
Ohio
Young
Carroll D. Taylor
Cincinnati
Kang Kum Soon
Yo Kum Soon
Kim Yong Yi
Farm Leaders Welcome Bank Change
Washington agricultural leaders welcomed the administration decision to drop the acreage reserve phase of the soil bank program. Secretary Benson cited the $3000 annual payment cap as excluding many larger operators and said reduced participation would lessen the program's effectiveness in trimming cotton corn wheat rice and tobacco surpluses. The acreage reserve would expire next year while the long range conservation reserve planting trees and grasses will continue.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Fire Burns Oklahoma Old Folks Home
Twenty elderly patients including eight invalids were carried from a Pawe nee Oklahoma old folks home as it burned on Tuesday. No injuries were reported.
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Pawnee
Okla
Brazil Fears Soviet Drive for Latin America
Rio officials report the Foreign Office prepared a secret briefing on Soviet plans to use Brazil as a spearhead for anti US sentiment in Latin America. Offers of aid could be the opening wedge to sour ties with the United States as diplomatic ties with Russia stay severed since 1947.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Foreign Office
Brazil
Latin America
United States
Russia
Mishandled DUI trial set after twin appearance
In Missoula Montana Donald Benton Gerrard 28 faced a driving while intoxicated charge but his trial was declared a mis trial after his twin brother Doyle appeared in court and the defendant was absent. A new trial date will be set.
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Missoula
Mont
Donald Benton Gerrard
Doyle
Union for ministers urged at national convocation
Orville Jones of Columbus urged ministers to form their own union to gain respect and air grievances at the United Church of Christ convocation in Columbus. Dr Purd E Deitz of St Louis said loyalty to a congregation hinders spreading the Christian movement during the opening session of the three day meeting.
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Columbus
New United Church of Christ
Orville Jones
Ohio Cio Council
Purd ‘E. Deitz
St. Louis
Board of National Missions of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Pantarp
Reformed and Congregational Christian Sonne
Clamor for Gavin Stay Grows Ahead of Senate Hearing
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin faces calls to delay retirement amid a Senate missile program hearing. Senators urged reconsideration as Gavin, head of Army research and development, weighs a March exit after proposing Joint Chiefs reforms and citing Pentagon system complaints.
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Washington
James M. Gavin
Senate
Army Research and Development
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gavin
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Witness Says Red Directed Statements
U S Attorney Sumner Canary told a Cleveland jury that in 1949 the Communist party directed members tied to union work to file false resignations and submit non Communist affidavits for the NLRB. He said the conspirators kept their Communist ties hidden as seven defendants faced trial for conspiracy to file false affidavits.
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Cleveland
Communist Party
United States
NLRB
U. S
Sumner Canary
Canary
U. S. District Court
Van Wert Man Extradited in Cal Murder Case
James F. Black, 26, of Van Wert, Ohio, is extradited to Riverside, California, to face murder and robbery charges in the shooting death of Thomas Benjamin Snow Jr., 31, his former roommate.
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van Wert
California
Thomas Benjamin Snow Jr
Riverside
Calif
James F. Black
Rescue Basket Invented for Air Sea Rescue
Baltimore based Air Research and Development Command announced Tuesday the development of an air sea rescue basket that lifts a downed pilot from the water along with a life raft.
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Baltimore
Air Research and Development Command
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Light Snow Flurries Seen Across Florida
Snow fell in north and central Florida with the Weather Bureau noting the first inclusion of snow flurries in the state forecast. Blountstown reported enough snow for snowballs while most flakes melted quickly. Lakeland saw flakes as far south as the Miami area where officials called it very unusual and the heaviest in 30 to 40 years.
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Miami
Florida
Weather Bureau
Blountstown
Lakeland
Miami Weather Bureau
Cleveland boxer Walter Sanders dies during gym workout
Walter Sanders a 23 year old former Golden Gloves champion from Twinsburg collapsed and died while exercising at the Angle Gymnasium on Tuesday night.
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Cleveland
Walter Sanders
Twinsburg
Angle Gymnasium
Atlas Firing Slated Today
The fourth firing of the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled today at a top secret Cape Canaveral testing center. A limited flight would travel about 600 miles along the Atlantic chain of missile tracking stations. The weapon is designed to carry a hydrogen warhead about 5500 miles at roughly 10000 miles per hour.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Atlantic Ocean
Four Indicted For Crimes In Columbus
Franklin County grand jury indicted Nathaniel Sexton 23 and his brother William 19 of Columbus on child stealing and car theft after they left a 3 month old baby in a car in front of a Columbus cafe. The infant, Robert Wayne Herlitz, was found by authorities. The brothers were arrested near Ironton. Indictments also charged James Myers 20 and Frank Ashley 27 of Buffalo New York with attempted shooting burglary and auto theft tied to a Dec 19 highway patrolman shooting at a Columbus drive in restaurant plus a service station burglary and car theft.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Nathaniel Sexton
William
Robert Wayne Herlitz
Airman
Wayne Herlitz
Portsmouth
Ironton
James Myers
Frank Ashley
Buffalo
N. Y
A. P. Guiffre
225 Bills Introduced In House Tuesday
Congress members introduced about 225 new bills on the opening day of the new session. The House clerk noted this was about normal for a second session, enough to keep assistants counting into the night. In the Senate a spokesman said new legislation would wait for the State of the Union address due Thursday.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Small Business Tax Relief Debated by Congress
Congress heard urgent pleas for tax relief for small business as hearings open on tax revision. McCulloch said there is sentiment across parties to pass a law this year offering technical changes, faster depreciation, and installment inheritance tax options for firms with 500 or fewer employees.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
McCulloch
Ohioan
Eisenhower
Missing Pilot Thought Dead
Robert Curran of Tulsa expressed relief after learning his brother Maj. Howard J. B. Curran may still be alive after being reported missing since December 23 on a flight from Chateauroux to Naples. An Albanian broadcast said Albanian fighters forced down a T-33 jet training plane.
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Robert Curran
Tulsa
Maj
Howard J. B. Curran
Curran
Pratt
Kan
Maj. Curran
Central Air Command
Chateauroux
France
Naples
Italy
Kentucky Gov Seeks Personal Income Tax Cut
Louisville reports Gov. A. B. Chandler calls for a personal income tax cut amid a record budget request for the next two years. He spoke at the opening of the State Legislature in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Louisville
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Weather outlook for Ohio West Virginia with snow flurries
Weather brief reports cold tonight with clearing skies and snow flurries in parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Thursday will be fair and only slightly warmer with afternoon readings near normal, while temperatures remain below normal and steady through the weekend with occasional flurries near Lake Erie.
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High
West Virginia
Lake
Jet Pilot Down in Albania Sought by U S Embassy
The U S Embassy in Paris asked France for information on an Air Force jet trainer pilot believed downed in Communist Albania. Maj. Howard J. B. Curran of Pratt Kansas and Tacoma Washington, missing since December 23 on a flight from Chateauroux France to Naples, is suspected. Albanian radio claimed Albanian fighters forced down the U S T33.
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Howard J. B. Curran
Pratt
Kan
Tacoma
Wash
Chateauroux
France
Naples
United States
Adriatic
Radio
Circus Band Leader Alfred Merrick Dies in Middletown
Alfred N. Merrick 82 of Zanesville died Tuesday at the home of his son James in Middletown. A widely known circus band musician, his instrument was the tuba and he played with several circuses. His father William N. Merrick led circus bands for more than 40 years.
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Zanesville
Alfred N. Merrick
James
Middletown
William N. Merrick
Island Creek Coal Co. President Dies at 73
James D. Francis 73 former president and board chairman of Island Creek Coal Co died today He served as director of the National Coal Association Virginia Coal Association Southern States Industrial Council and chaired Smokeless Coal Corp Carnegie Dock and Fuel Co and Appalachian Coals Inc
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Huntington
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Co
National Coal Association
West Virginia Coal Association
Southern States Industrial Council
Smokeless Coal Corp. of
New York
Carnegie Dock and Fuel Co
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Speedy Defense Funds Hinted by Congress
A White House request for 1.26 billion dollars in new defense funds becomes top congressional priority with quick approval expected. House subcommittee plans briefings and aims to finish hearings within 10 days to advance the missile funding bill this month. Leaders in both chambers promise prompt action.
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Washington
White House
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Defense McElroy
Eisenhower
Congress
Mahon
D-Tex
House
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Knowland
California
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Group Studies Election Law in Ohio Officials Probe
Ohio election officials examine a state law that requires campaign expense reports within 30 days after an election. When many candidates missed the deadline in November, they were barred from seeking office for five years. The Ohio Association of Election Officials will study changes with the legislative committee.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Association of Election Officials
Katheleen K. Haase
Secretary of
Ted W. Brown
Cattle Breeder Herron Dies Near Chandlersville
ZANESVILLE Ohio Howard FE Herron 74 a cattle breeder died today near Chandlersville He and his father introduced the first Hereford stock to Ohio over 50 years ago Herron was known for his long work in cattle farming and breeding programs
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Zanesville
Howard FE. Herron
Chandlersville
Ohio
Model Boy Brother Tied to Cocaine Gang Killings
Nyall Andreason sixteen, son of a Norwalk civic leader, identified as trigger man in a liquor store robbery gang. Sixteen year old and his fourteen year old brother Aaron linked to three robberies totaling about four hundred dollars. Clerks and a teen gang member shot Paul Robertson on December twenty six. Deputies say the pair named four others. all were detained for juvenile authorities after questioning.
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Los Angeles
Nyall Andreason
Norwalk
Sheriff's Deputies
Young Andreason
Aaron
Paul
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