Looms For Military Wages Hike Support Surges
Two key Democrats predicted quick House approval for President Eisenhower’s plan to raise military pay from 6 to 25 percent. The measure, backed by the President and House Armed Services Committee, would add 745 million dollars to the military payroll and affect about two million service members starting next month.
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Eisenhower
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Vinson
Puerto Rican Nationalists Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy
A federal jury convicted 10 members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party of seditious conspiracy after a nearly 16 hour trial. One defendant was acquitted. The case linked the group to the 1950 assassination attempt on President Truman and injuries to five congressmen in 1964.
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Puerto Rico
United States
Nationalist Party
Truman
U.S
House of Representative
John F.X. McGahey
CIO Annual Wage Sought in Auto Industry Talks
Detroit reports upcoming opening round in CIO UAW negotiations over guaranteed annual wages for auto workers. Joint statements with General Motors Ford announce separate talks with each company. aims to cover about half a million workers and extend protections during short weeks or no-work periods. Formal talks with Ford and GM begin in early April. Ford pact ends June 1.
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Ity
Ohio River Flood Leaves Multi Million Damage In Its Wake
Heavy rains caused the worst Ohio river flood since 1948 with a crest near 61 feet at Cincinnati and 9 feet above normal in Indiana Kentucky and Ohio. The flood left millions in damages and thousands homeless with one drowning death in a warehouse elevator. Flood walls prevented greater losses and areas around Cincinnati remained submerged including Coney Island and River Downs.
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Weather Bureau
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Red Cross
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West Virginia
Kentucky
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Ohio Valley
Huntington
Ohio River Engineers
Powhatan Point
Maysville
George T. Derby
Coney Island
River Downs
Nation Sees Mild Weather Across Regions
Weather observers report broad mild conditions with above normal temperatures. Temperatures rose into the upper 80s in western and central Texas while readings reached the 70s northward to Nebraska and Virginia, marking a general warming trend along Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
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Ohio
Pravda Attacks Dulles Report Amid Asia Tension
Pravda says Dulles radio television report on SEATO conference and Far East tour was calculated to worsen Asia tension. Moscow broadcast accuses him of hostile attacks on Communist China and Ho Chi Minh government.
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London
Pravda
Minister Vanishes After Visiting Post Office
In PIKETON an aging minister Maurice W. Kiphart of the Disciples of Christ Church left home saying he would return, then bought two money orders at a local post office and disappeared. Police have searched without success. his wife reports he was in good spirits earlier.
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Stomie
Maurice W
Kiphart
Disciples of Christ Church
McCloy Talks Allies Dependency and Stock Market Fall
John J. McCloy told the Senate Banking Committee that the United States grows economically more dependent on allies as Western powers strengthen. He argued foreign participation in markets is not a major risk and noted U S supply and aid helped Western economies while stock prices fell on the New York Exchange, with limited American recession impact.
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Senate Democrats Seek Narrow Tax Relief Plan Debate
Senate Democrats unveiled a substitute income tax cut aimed at low income families with $20 per taxpayer and $10 per dependent, offset by repealing corporate and high income benefits. Support from key Southern Finance Committee members is doubtful, signaling a tight party line fight as Byrd and George voice skepticism.
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Senate
Democrats
House
Finance Committee
Byrd
George
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Counties Receive Tax Refunds Across Ohio
Ohio distributed nearly five million dollars in gasoline and sales tax funds to 88 counties and 935 cities and villages. Each county got 10000 from the gasoline fund for road programs, with cities and villages receiving varying amounts based on motor vehicle registrations. This was the third monthly distribution of 1955, covering sales tax funds, gas tax payments to counties, and payments to municipalities. Remaining allocations listed include Athens 8464 and Scioto 16100 among others.
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Wate
Ohio
James A Rhodes
Athens
Pairfield
Gallia
Hocking
Jack
Beckstorgan
Muslingurn
Perry
Pike
Scioto
Vinton
Washington
Xavier University Lay Professors Receive $500 Raise
Lay professors at Xavier University in Cincinnati yesterday were granted a $500 annual pay increase. The Very Rev. James P. Maguire, university president, said future raises depend on gifts to the university. He noted Xavier has raised over $340,000 toward a $300,000 goal.
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Xavier University
James P. Maguire
University Pres
Father Maguire
Xavier Arendy
Ohio House Bills Move on School Subject Reform
The Ohio legislature advances a measure to require teaching basic subjects with an amendment to permit rather than require schooling in harmful topics. The action mirrors the 1943 change and aims to restore a prior framework, including a graduation history requirement for elementary to junior high levels.
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Ohio
Senate
House
House of Senate
Police Seek Car Drivers in Slaying of Keyes
Columbus police pursue two car witnesses in the Tuesday early morning slaying of Keyes 24 on duty at a training station. Investigators sought to verify a man seen near the rear of a building and released Tabert Stevens 17 after he took a false detector test in the holdup slaying case. Funeral services were planned for Keyes an Ohio State University student with a wife and two children.
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Oie
Tabert Stevens
Op State University
U.S. Plans Increase in Economic Aid to Communist Nations
Washington reports a planned rise in economic assistance to communist nations, amounting to about 200 million dollars, to fund equipment and support for non communist efforts. The plan aims to step up aid from last year’s level and accompany broader economic programs.
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Eisenhower
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Asia
Eis ‘Enhower
Harold Stassen
FBI Recovers Stolen $5700 From Warren County Bank Robbery
FBI reports $5700 recovered hours after two men Denver Wells and Joe Crafton were arrested in connection with the Tuesday Waynesville National Bank robbery in Warren County. Wells and Crafton pled innocent at arraignment on federal bank robbery charges and are held on bonds. The robbers forced four employees to lie on the floor and escaped in a car with $8000.
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Warren County
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Cincinnati
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Jing Maren
Wayneville
Trial postponed for 11 Ohioans accused of overthrow plot
Judge Charles J. McNamee yesterday postponed indefinitely the trial of 11 Ohioans charged with advocating violent overthrow of the government. The case, initially set for today, faces delays as proceedings reflect ongoing security and political tensions across Ohio.
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Conveyor Bill Heard Vote Considered in Columbus
In Columbus the Commerce And Transportation Committee neared a decision on granting public utility status to a cargo hauling belt conveyor project. Riverlake seeks a 100 mile belt from Cleveland to East Liv er to move iron ore and coal, with past bids in 1949 and 1951 for similar status.
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Lake Exe
Leaders in Poland and Albania face potential ouster
Vienna paper Rheiter Zeitung speculates that Poland’s Josef Cyrankiewicz and Albania’s Mehmet Shehu may be forced from office. The Hungarian Communist party Central Committee has ousted party secretaries, as Imre Nagy risks removal amid internal power shifts.
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Hungarian Communist Party
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Vienna
Austria
rheiter-Zeitung
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Albania
Hungary
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Mehmet Shec
Hungaran Communist Party
Cyrankiewicz
Shehu
Missing planes with seven aboard in Utah weather
Two planes with seven persons aboard disappeared in Utah. Air Force and civilian pilots cited bad weather likely hampering search efforts as authorities tracked the twin engined light plane and another craft carrying four people including a 14 year old boy.
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Salt Lake City
Uph
Ike Follows Order Goes Swimming In White House Pool
Peter H Steenbergen dies at 908 Main St, funeral set at Presbyterian Ehusch Saturday at 10 am with Rev Robert Ray officiating. Eisenhower aides discuss presidents health and exercise needs amid calls for more activity, including swimming at the White House pool.
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Ohio River Valley News Alleges Industrial Core and Agricultural Role
An encyclopedia notes the Ohio River Valley as a key industrial hub and farming region. It highlights Ohio as leading in rubber capital and heavy industry, with Cleveland and other powers shaping the nation’s economy while recognizing agricultural shifts and Ohio’s political legacy.
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