Feuding preachers clash at altar in Brooklyn church
In a Sunday service dispute at Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn two rival clergy faced off at separate altars. Rev. William Howard Melish, the acting rector ousted by the vestry, and Rev. Robert Thomas, appointed by the Long Island bishop, led separate congregations before a heated confrontation and a mass walkout.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Holy Trinity
Brookyn
William Howard Melish
Melish
Robert Thomas
Long Island
Thomas
John Howard Melish
James
Feo
Long Isand
California Flood Threatens Shanghai Bend Levee
A major Feather River surge menaces the Shanghai Bend levee south of Marysville amid renewed storms that follow Christmas floods claiming 33 lives in Yuba City. Civil defense evacuated 700 in Olivehurst Arboga while Beale AFB crews guard the Bear River approach.
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Feather River
California
Shanghai Bend
Yuba City
Feather
Yuba
Olivehurst
Arboga
Marysville
Sutter County
Beale Air Force Base
Bear River
Eel
Smith
Redwood Creek
Ford Plans Secret Stock Price For 10.2 Million Share Offering
Seven underwriting firms will meet with the Ford Foundation to set the price for Ford Motor Co. stock before the 10,200,000 share offering goes on sale Wednesday. Officials at Blythe & Co. likely host the underwriting session on Wall Street before discussions with Ford Foundation executives. The Ford Foundation will sell the shares and receive the proceeds.
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New York
Ford Motor Co
Ford Foundation
Wall Street
Blythe & Co
Blythe & Co., the Head of the Comanaging Group
Eisenhower seeks funds to deepen St. Lawrence Seaway channels
President Eisenhower announced plans to ask Congress for five million dollars to begin deepening and improving the Great Lakes connecting channels for Seaway traffic. Legislation authorizing the project, estimated at 110 million, was approved by the House last year and awaits Senate Public Works Committee action expected later this month.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
House
Senate Public Works Committee
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Eisenhower Named in New Hampshire Primary Bid
The White House awaits word on Eisenhower after petitions to place his name on the New Hampshire Republican primary ballot arrived. Kefauver, Knowland and Truman spar over farm policy as New Hampshire voters prepare for the nations first presidential primary March 13.
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Associated Press
White House
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
New England
Louisiana
James C. Hagerty
Kefauver
Tennessee
Manchester
United States
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower Calls Fiscal Surplus Slim For Year
President Eisenhower described the anticipated fiscal surpluses as slim in his budget to Congress. He forecast current year spending near 64.0 billion dollars and a surplus of 230 million, then next year about 65.856 billion dollars with a 435 million surplus.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Uncle Sam
Individual Spending Falls In Eisenhower Budget
The president’s budget shows a per capita federal spending drop while tax intake rises. Using 164 million as the 194 years end population, spending was 394 dollars per person with receipts at 368 dollars. Projections for 1960-61 show 385 dollars per capita spending and 386 dollars per capita receipts.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Lausche Urges Bond Plan in Ohio Special Session
Gov. Frank Lausche urged a 30 million dollar bond issue to rush construction of new state hospitals, schools, and public buildings as Ohio legislators reconvened for a special session in Columbus. Both houses opened at 1 30 p.m.
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Columbus
Capitol
Frank J. Lausche
Traffic Accidents Kill 14 in Ohio Over Weekend
Snow and fog across portions of Ohio created hazardous driving conditions over the weekend. Wet slick roads and freezing temperatures contributed to a higher number of fatalities as motorists faced dangerous travel.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Hoover Urges Administrative President to Ease Burden
Former President Herbert Hoover renewed his proposal for an administrative president amid lukewarm White House reception and Truman opposition. Hoover testified before a Senate Government Operations subcommittee examining ways to reduce presidential workload after Eisenhower’s heart attack.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
White House
Harry S. Truman
Hoover
Senate
Eisenhower
Strike by 3000 Teamsters Cuts New York Fuel Delivery
A 3000 truck driver strike halted most midwinter coal and fuel oil deliveries in New York City after rejecting a 20 cent hourly raise. The union said remaining municipal fuel supply is handled by nonunion contractors. Officials established an emergency priority system for essential services and manufacturers.
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New York
New York City
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Passenger plane skids off runway at Huntington
An Eastern Airlines Silver Falcon twin engine plane with 32 passengers and a crew of three skidded off the Huntington Airport runway on a snowy night. The craft, en route from Louisville to Charlotte, dropped onto a scrub ledge about 60 feet below but all aboard escaped injury.
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Huntington
Eastern Airlines
Huntington Airport
Louisville
Charett
N. C
Six Die In Milwaukee Apartment Fire Near City Hall
Flames swept an old three story building near City Hall Milwaukee killing four children and two adults. Firemen used aerial ladders to reach smoke filled halls and rescue 53 tenants. Several tenants leaped to nets and a 3 year old girl was dropped into spectator arms.
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Milwaukee
City Hall
Dulles Foreign Policy Becomes Campaign Issue
Washington debate swirls after Life quote attributed to Secretary of State Dulles on keeping the nation from war in Asia. Stevenson Stassen Nixon and Kefauver attack or defend the policy as 1950s foreign affairs tempers flare amid 1952 campaign tensions.
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Washington
Dulles
Life Magazine
Asia
Nixon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harold E. Stassen
Stevenson
Stassen
Eisenhower
U. S
Korea
Indochina
Formosa
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Beauty Queen Honeymoons After Eloping in Las Vegas
ANAHEIM Calif A beauty queen and her husband two weeks after a man charged with twice assaulting her was captured by the groom following a high speed chase. The couple from Garden Grove obtained their license last Thursday and wed privately before leaving for Las Vegas. The bride Donna Schurr now Mrs Lloyd Brett is 19. the groom is 24. Jack J Walker 25 a married upholsterer admitted the assaults to newsmen but later denied the statements.
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Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Lloyd Brett
Sheriff's
Jack J. Walker
Donna Schurr
Walker
Brett
Hospital Aide Held In Death of Woman
Ironton Huntington waitress Myrtle Layne 27 was found dead in Athalia with compression of the trachea as the primary cause. Harmon Potter 20 of Columbus State Hospital was held as a suspect after authorities say he admitted strangling Layne following a bottle attack. Prosecutor Harold D. Spears said he needed time to tie up loose ends before filing charges.
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Harmon Potter
Columbus State Hospital
Huntington
Athalia
Lawrence County
Harold D. Spears
Harry Nenni
Myrtle Layne
Spears
Potter
Mrs
Layne
Gas Bill Debate In Ohio Senate Preview
Rep. William H. Ayers argues the Harris Fulbright gas bill would raise prices for consumers while Rep. Oren Harris defends the measure saying it would boost production and require Federal Power Commission oversight for any price increases. Ayers calls the push a shake up in Congress.
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Columbus
William H. Ayers
Ohio
Ayers
Senate
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
Arkansas
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Akron
Texas
72 on Plane Uninjured In Emergency Landing
Denver flight incident leaves 72 people safety evacuated after a United Airlines DC-8 wheel collapse near Stapleton Field. The emergency landing caused the plane to tilt forward as crew of four and 68 passengers exited via emergency doors.
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Denver
United Air Lines
DCG
Stapleton Air Field
Eisenhower Proposal Includes New Cumberland Locks Project
President Eisenhower’s budget for the coming year includes the Army Engineers New Cumberland locks and dam navigation project with a $10,000,000 appropriation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army Engineers
New Cumberland Locks and Dam
Ike Seeks No Tax Cuts While Budget Projects Surplus
President Eisenhower sent a budget plan to Congress aiming for a balanced year and next with spending near 66 billion dollars. He urged restraint on tax cuts and suggested debt reduction should come before broad tax relief as prosperity continues.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Reds Adopt 5 Year Plan
Moscow outlines sixth five year plan focused on heavy industry. Steel target for 1960 is 68.3 million metric tons, about two thirds of U S output. Coal and petroleum production also rise as the plan projects marked industrial gains.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
U. S
Auto Industry Parade Of Power In New York
Automobile leaders gather in New York for a major industry briefing as Alfred Sloan Jr and Harlow Curtice host 400 executives. Forecasts expect a slower auto run in 1956 while Detroit trims payrolls and dealers hold large stockpiles.
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General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Harlow H. Curtice
Ford
Ford Foundation
New York
Detroit
Eisenhower Budget Highlights National Security Push
President Eisenhower outlined a budget with about 903 million dollars for national security, targeting missiles and weapons. He also proposed a 400 million dollar first-year cost for the soil bank, 150 million for new schools, a 4.86 billion foreign aid line, 86 million extra for veterans services, and a 54 million increase for highways as part of a 10-year program.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Congress
Ohio CIO benefits initiative mailing costs disclosed
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown reported it cost 89 thousand dollars to mail voters pro and con arguments on the CIO proposal that failed in the November election. Legislation had appropriated 101 thousand two hundred forty dollars to cover mailing two and a half million pamphlets, with a 12 thousand one hundred seventy one dollar savings returned to the treasury.
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Columbus
Ted W. Brown
CIO
Union
Man and Wife Held In Brother’s Death
In Columbus Mrs Gladys Warren 35 and her husband Herbert 41 are held without charge in the fatal stabbing of her brother Leroy Glenn 26. Police say Mrs Warren admitted using a penknife during a scuffle in a Columbus apartment Saturday over wine. Glenn died yesterday from his wounds.
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Columbus
Gladys Warren
Herbert
Leroy Glenn
FBI Agent Lytton killed in Ohio auto crash
FBI agent Gwynn B. Lytton, 41, who worked in Point Pleasant, died Saturday in an Ohio two car crash near Friendship in Scioto County. He was riding with Robert A. Barich, Jr., 43, of Huntington, in the collision.
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Point Pleasant
FBI
Gwynn B. Lytton
Ohio
Lytton
Robert A. Barich, Jr
Huntington
Friendship
Scioto County
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