Benson Plans Personal Drive for Farm Program
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson announced a national campaign to gain support for a new farm program with price supports as a minimum wage for farmers. He pledged White House backing, a department purge of opponents, and gradual policy shifts to reduce government aid while keeping dairy price supports at 90 percent of parity for another year.
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Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Agriculture Department
White House
Congress
Nelicy
Senate Moves To Alter the Mandate on Russia
Republican senators seek a clearer amending of the Eisenhower resolution denouncing Russian oppression to show the Senate does not back secret wartime agreements. Taft proposes a simple fix, while Hickenlooper offers a version clarifying the measure targets Russian violations of self-determination and not the wartime concessions. Dulles notes the resolution as written does not approve the Big Three deals. Democrats warn against revising past administrations or Yalta Tehran Potsdam deals.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Town
Hickenlooper
Russia
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
Japan
Ike and Van Fleet to Meet Tuesday in Washington
President Eisenhower will discuss the Korean War at a White House conference Tuesday with Gen. James A. Van Fleet, fresh from Eighth Army command in Korea. The session includes Gen. George C. Marshall and Pentagon officials, followed by a mansion luncheon with congressional leaders.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
James A. van Fleet
United States
Eighth Army
Korea
van Fleet
White House
George C Marshall
Pentagon
Marshall
Army
Defense
James C. Hagerty
Augusta National Club
Firm Charged In Tax Plot With Alcohol Claims
Washington based patent medicine maker the D B Watkins Company faced conspiracy to evade taxes charges after Sen Williams cited its tax settlement. A federal grand jury in St Paul indicted the firm and 12 individuals on conspiring to evade taxes on alcohol used in liniment for internal use.
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Senate
Sen. Williams
Del
D. B. Watkins Company
Internal Revenue Bureau
St. Paul
Police Inquiry Brews Dispute over FBI Policing Pact
New York the House judiciary subcommittee chair warned prosecutions could follow its probe into police immunity from FBI investigations. Police Commissioner George Monaghan angrily denied claiming any agreement shielded officers from FBI probes into civil rights abuses. Assistant U S Attorney Daniel Greenberg had testified Monaghan spoke of such an agreement with the Justice Department.
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New York
House
FBI
George P. Monaghan
U. S. Atty
Daniel H. Greenberg
Monaghan
Justice Department
German Field Marshal von Rundstedt Buried Quietly
General buried in Hannover with no drums or bugles as Germany laid to rest Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt in a subdued ceremony.
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Hannover
Germany
Gerd von Rundstedt
Los Angeles Bombards Wonsan Harbor In Korea
The heavy U S cruiser Los Angeles entered Wonsan Harbor on Saturday and began a heavy bombardment. Navy spokesmen say aircraft spot targets for the cruiser eight inch guns as Missouri and carrier planes previously struck the port. Wonsan has endured daily shelling since February 1952, a record length for a naval operation.
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Los Angeles
Wonsan Harbor
Navy
Far East
Naval Headquarters
Missouri
Wonsan
U.S
Three men linked to abduction of expectant mother
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a red haired Mobile woman Mrs William H Pell identified as 25 was found unharmed after three men forced her husband from a car and abducted her. Circuit Solicitor J Monroe Ward said kidnapping charges were filed against the three men already arrested as the search continued across Central Alabama.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
William H. Pell Rarn
Mobile
Birmingham
Central
Alabama
J. Monroe Ward
Teacher Halts Murder Drama Rehearsal To Shoot Friend
Sundown Texas tale reports a 29 year old teacher Killingsworth says he snapped after his wife claimed a family friend forced her to make love. He killed Richard McChristial, 37, a Sundown High School vocational agriculture teacher, at the auditorium where the faculty play was set to begin. He told reporters at a bond hearing he went into a craze after the claim.
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Tex
Jack Killingsworth
Levelland
Richard McChristial
Cular
Sundown High School
Killingsworth
Cleveland
Fmef
Fenn College
McChristial
Washington
Mediterranean
Robert Bullock
Avon
France
Athens
Minor Avon garage fire damages report
In Avon a garage fire caused minor damage while emergency crews responded to a false alarm at Johnson's Inn. The report notes a separate fatality when Charles Higgins, 39, of Columbus, was struck and killed by a trolley coach in Columbus on Friday night.
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Avon
Sa Womens Wan Ecaummaleu
Johnson's Inn
West State St
Columbus
Charles ‘Higgins
Columbus ‘Transit Co
Jelke Convicted In Prostitution Trial At New York
Jelke, 23, in a 23 day trial with testimony from admitted call girls, was found guilty on two counts of compulsory prostitution. The jury recommended mercy. sentencing set for March 20. He faces up to 40 years. bail possible next week. Mother Elizabeth Clarke Teal testified.
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New York
Minot
Mickey) Jelke
Blue Ribbon
Case Society
General Sessions
Francis L. Valente
Jelke
City
Valente
Pat Ward
Marguerite Cordova
Pat Thompson
Samuel Segal
Telecast Plans for March 17 Atom Tests Across Nation
Los Angeles reports TV networks plan coast to coast telecast of the March 17 atomic bomb tests on the Nevada flats. The broadcast aims to show the first demonstration of the atomic cannon with improved relay from the testing ground near Las Vegas. Previous test footage from last year was limited by improvised facilities.
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Los Angeles
Nevada Flats
Las Vegas
Nevada
College Head Resigns Amid Kansas City Controversy
The University of Kansas City announced the resignation of President Clarence F.ker Dec ker, 48, after a 15 year tenure. A committee was to be named Saturday to select a new president as administration turmoil reached a climax on Friday.
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Kansas City
CPI
University of Kansas City
Fridday
Clarence FR. Decker
Russell warns Democrats risk South loss in 1954 elections
Senator Russell of Georgia warned Saturday that self-styled liberals threaten Democratic unity and could drive the South from the party. He urged give-and-take unity to avoid the most disastrous defeat in American political history in next year’s congressional elections. He spoke at a Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Raleigh
N.C
Russell
Democratic Party
South
Magsaysay resigns as national defense secretary over communist policy
Ramon Magsaysay announced his resignation from the post over a rift with President Elpidio Quirino on how to combat the Huk rebellion and communism. He hinted at leaving Quirino’s Liberal Party and potentially seeking the Nacionalista nomination for president next November. He said continuing would be useless with a policy that tolerates conditions fostering communism.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
National Defense
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Magsaysay
Quirino
Liberal Party
Nacionalista I Party
Quiring
Huks Jarg
Utility Firm Union Agree on Pay Boosts
Local 1466 AFL Electrical Workers Union voted to accept Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. offer of a 10 percent wage increase ending a strike threat. A union official said the increase amounts to 12 to 23 cents per hour.
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Columbus
AFL Electrical Workers Union
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ole
Wm Franway
Athens
Scioto Man Acquitted in Warden Shooting Case
A Portsmouth jury acquitted Julius Henderson a steel worker of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Scioto County Game Warden Peter Andre. The crime occurred in Scioto County and Henderson faced trial after the wounding of the warden led to his death.
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Scioto
Derson
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Peter Andre
Mossadegh Seeks Refuge as Iran Turmoil Intensifies
Iran reels as screaming mobs attack Premier Mossadegh and force him to seek refuge at a U S government office after the Shah balks at leaving for Europe amid a clash between monarchists and nationalists. Parliament is summoned as violence erupts in Tehran with gunfire and barricades.
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Trans
API
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mohammed Mossadegh
U.S
Shah
Mossadegh
Europe
Biossadegh
Point Four
Hossein Fatem
Iran
Iraq
Foy
Kashani
Lou Henderson IV
Hussein Alaapi
Timetable Set Price Curbs End Speeded
Eisenhower administration aims to end most remaining food and consumer price ceilings by mid March with OPS field offices liquidating. Next wave may remove controls on bread coffee beer appliances and many services. coffee prices likely to jump. long term price trends uncertain amid broader inflation risk.
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Wasiltengton
Eisenhower
Office of Price Stabilizationn
U. S
Cut Rate Prices High in Auckland
New Zealanders were amused and baffled by the U S furor over cut price beef from the Dominion. They say meat prices here seem high with a 9 percent rise in six months and top beef costing about 39 cents a pound in Auckland.
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Auckland
New Zealand
New
Chillicothe In Spotlight Return of Capital Festive Air
Chillicothe glowed with sesquicentennial celebrations as bunting adorned buildings and stamp sales rose while visitors prepared to view Ohio's 150 years of history. A memorial service is set for 11 am at First Presbyterian Church founded in 1797 before the capital’s return to state officials next Tuesday. From 1 to 5 pm Sunday the Ross County Historical Society will display notable Ohio historical documents in one venue.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Chilficothe
First Presbyterian Church
Ross County Historical Society
Chiang Kai-shek Calls Free Chinese to Mobilize Now
Chiang Kai-shek urged Formosa and all free China to mobilize manpower and resources for a united recovery of the Chinese mainland. In his first message since Eisenhower lifted the ban on Nationalist attacks, he said the counterattack nears and that hundreds of millions suffer under Russian puppets awaiting liberation soon.
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Taipeh
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Free China
Chines
Eisenhower
Chiang
Republic of China
Erie Freight Train Derailed Near Warren
A freight train from Meadville bound for Kent derailed a mile northeast of Warren on the main line. Ten derailed cars were heavily damaged and struck adjacent cars on a siding. No injuries were reported. Railroad men cited a broken journal as a possible cause.
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Meadville
Kent
Here
Reds Offer To Save Prisoner In Trade for Guerrilla Boss
Britain weighed a Soviet backed bid to swap Edgar Sanders a 48 year old British businessman serving a 13 year sentence in Hungary for Chinese glamour girl guerrilla Lee Meng in Malaya. The Foreign Office had not decided the plan. Lee Meng faced a death penalty for arms charges and alleged killings of Britons as Britain fights a jungle war with Communist led guerrillas.
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Britain
Hungary
Malaya
Foreign Office
Edgar Sanders
George Sanders
Robert A. Vogeler
New York
Lee Meng
Lee Ten Tai T
Inesse
Kremlin
Churchill
Voice Probe Televised Hearings Highlight VOA Postings
Nationally televised hearing by Senator McCarthy's subcommittee heard a witness say two men rejected for Voice of America posts on security grounds now hold high positions under the US high commissioner to Germany. James Thompson, VOA facilities manager, testified that Ed Schechter is chief of the US radio branch in Bonn and Theodore Kaghan led the press section in Germany.
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New York
Voice of America
Germany
Joseph McCarthy
Senate
James F. Thompsson
The
Voce
Ed Schechter
U.S. ‘Radio
Bonn
Theodore Kaghan
Taxi Company Worker Freed in Vice Case
Samuel A. Sarlo of Steubenville was acquitted in federal court on two counts of transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. The verdict followed a one hour, seven member and five women jury deliberation led by Foreman Adrian E. Vance. Each count carried a potential maximum five years in prison.
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iPi
Samuel A. Sarlo
Steubenville
Adrian E. Vance
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