Trade dispute over Nationalist China and Red China links
Under secretary Herbert Hoover Jr and Foreign Aid Chief John Hollister clash over East West trade data. Hoover says no direct contact between Nationalist China and Communist China, while Hollister lists Formosa as importer of Red China goods and Hong Kong as intermediary. Hearings paused as officials withhold data citing national security concerns.
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Herbert Hoover, Jr
John B. Hollister
China
Hoover
Senate Investi
Gations
Hollister
Congress
Formosa
Hong Kong
McClellan
D-Ark
Oil Tanker Explosion Rocks City
BAYTOWN TEXAS A spectacular blast tore through the 10 000 ton tanker Esso Paterson at a dock as kerosene burnt. Two crewmen were hospitalized after the explosion which sent orange flames 300 feet into the sky and shook Houston’s outskirts twenty five miles away. Firefighters halted the blaze in about an hour amid near panic.
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Tex
Esso Paterson
Houston Ship Canal
Houston
Texas City
Stevenson Confident in California Victory for Democratic Nomination
Adlai Stevenson, buoyed by California reception, predicts winning the state’s Democratic primary over Estes Kefauver. Kefauver concedes Stevenson leads in California but notes he is gaining ground as both candidates head east after California campaigning.
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Adlai Stevenson
California
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Stevenson
San Francisco
Labor Temple
Adlai
Los Angeles
Indiana Dems For Kefauver
Indiana delegates to the Democratic National Convention pledged solid support for Kefauver after the Thursday midnight filing deadline. Eisenhower is set to receive full support from Indiana Republicans, though a splinter group candidate filed in the May 8 presidential primary. Adlai Stevenson did not enter.
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Estes Kefauver
Indiana
Eisenhower
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Lausche Denies VP Hints As Editorial Praises Him
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche called an Ashland Times Gazette editorial imaginary and fanciful for linking him to a Republican ticket with Eisenhower. Lausche told publisher he neither approved nor disapproved, expressing gratitude for the kind remarks.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Eisenhower
Ashland Times-Gazette
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Lausche
Robert Beer
Bossy Mothers Said to Produce Weak Soldiers
Berkeley experts report that children raised by domineering mothers tend to cope poorly in emergencies. Jerald N. Walker and Tor Meeland from Fort Ord presented findings to the Western Psychological Association through the Human Resources Research Office.
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Berkeley
Calif
P-Army
Western Psychological Association
Jerald N. Walker
Tor Meeland
Human Resources Research Office
Fort Ord
Wheat Farmers Face Choice as Farm Bill Talks Pause
Wheat farmers may choose in 1957 between 90 percent parity price supports and a domestic parity program approved by the Senate. Conferees delaying final agreement for Easter recess, with a mid afternoon halt expected until next week. Ellender said the domestic parity plan would be permanent unless Congress revises it, and penalties remain for excess wheat under both schemes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ellender
D-La
Congress
Eliender
Montos and accomplice nabbed in Memphis motel
FBI agents captured Nick George Montos and Robert Lloyd Jones in a Memphis suburb after tear gas bombs forced them from a motel room. Montos, twice on the FBI's 10 most wanted list, and Jones, serving a life sentence for murder, surrendered following the assault.
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Tenn
Nick George Montos
FBI
Montos
Robert Lloyd Jones
C. E. Piper
Montes
Jones
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Piper
Congress Ends Easter Recess Ahead of Potential Explosive Sessions
Congress takes a 10 day Easter holiday as it starts a new session returning April 9. Major issues expected include farm policy social security foreign aid education highway housing civil rights and tax changes. The Senate debates gas exemptions and the electoral college while the House passes six appropriations bills and other measures awaiting Senate action.
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Washington
Congress
Tee
House
Senate
French Mystere jets reportedly heading to Israel
Well informed sources say 12 Mystere jet interceptors are en route to Israel with some already passing through Rome. Officials would not comment. The move aligns with Western efforts to curb Middle East arms shipments, and Israel has pressed for deliveries since the Soviet armament of the Arabs expanded.
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Israel
Rome
Ern
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Marcel Dassault Aviation
United States UN
Soviet Bloc
France
Russia
Ex Wife Shoots Father of Five in Home Near Hartford Depot
Ruth Miller, 29, shot and killed ex husband Leroy Miller, 31, a cement finisher, at their small frame house near Hartford depot around 8:30 p.m. He died en route to Mason Clinic. Miller faced a hear ing before Justice A M Goodwin as authorities file alcohol and domestic abuse notes.
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Point Pleasant
Hartford
Leroy Miller
Kgger Creek
Mason Clinic
Miller
Ruth Katheri
Mce Daniels Miller
Mason County
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Good Friday Procession Halted by Jerusalem Split
Thousands gathered in Jerusalem for the annual Good Friday pilgrimage as tensions along the Israel Arab divide affected the rites. Pilgrims traced the Way of the Cross from Pontius Pilate’s courtyard to Cenacle but the Last Supper ceremony stopped short due to the city division.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Jusalem
Israel
Old City
St. Saviour's Church
Cenacle
St. Mark's Church
U S Info Agency Pushes Leaflet Campaign on Stalin Era Purges
The United States Information Agency funds pamphlets and leaflets abroad under titles like Some Honest Questions to examine Soviet leaders Khrushchev Malenkov and Bulganin. The material questions the silence during Stalin era purges and urges readers to review the record of the 1920s to 1940s purges.
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Vienna
United States Information Agency
Soviet Union
U. S
Russia
Stalin
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Bulganin
Fire Out of Control in Downtown Galion
A fire early today swept two old frame buildings in Galion's business district and remained out of control for hours. Families living in five apartments above the establishments escaped with no injuries.
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Galion
Medina Gazette backs O'Neill for Republican governor nomination
The Medina County Gazette endorses Attorney General C William ONeill in the race against Lt Governor John W Brown of Medina for the Republican nomination for governor.
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Medina
Medina County
William O'Neill
John W. Brown
Lonely Hearts Fraud Alleged in Cincinnati Case
Mrs. Georgetta Blanton, 61, faces a preliminary hearing April 12 on a charge of mail fraud linked to a nationwide lonely hearts scam. The arrest followed her use of a 20 year old photo to solicit money from men, claiming trips to meet correspondents while she remained in Cincinnati. She denied wrongdoing as federal prosecutors cited multiple potential victims.
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Cincinnati
Georgetta Blanton
George Heitzler
U. S
Charles Dent
Clinton
Iowa
Blanton
Lonely Hearts”’ Clubs
Wanderer Camargo Detained After Repeated Airport Stowaways
Wanderley da Cunah Camargo, 20, was arrested by New York police for the second time in five weeks after stowing away on a plane from Rio de Janeiro. On his first flight a shoe fell from his hiding place revealing him. this time he traveled barefoot.
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New York
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Jury Frees Strikers From Riot Charges
Nine members of a union striking the Westinghouse Electric Corp. plant in Lester were found innocent of riot charges by a Delaware County Court jury. The verdict clears the way for renewed negotiations to end the ongoing strike at the plant.
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Media
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Lester
Delaware County
Foster Couple Convicted in Minor Marriage Case
In Bucyrus Ohio a juvenile court jury found Karlene 11 who later claimed to be 17 and Stanley Thorn 19 guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Carl and Mrs Gans of Galion face up to one year in jail or a $1000 fine. Sentencing date not set.
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Ohio
Carl Ganslof Galion
Mason
Pomeroy
Vivian Widdie
Gan
Don J. Young
Norwalk
Karlene
Stanley Thorn
Galion
Morgantown
W. Va
Thorn
Icelandic Parliament debates US troop withdrawal move
Iceland's Parliament approved a resolution calling for departure of U.S. troops, a NATO force since 1951, seen as a political maneuver ahead of June elections. Washington expressed concern, Moscow cheered, while Icelandic officials said the move signals strategic pressure rather than firing tensions with servicemen.
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Iceland
U.S
North Atlantic
Washington
Moscow
Farmers Party
Reds
Mands
Arctic Circle
New York
Reds Seek Seized Assets
The Communist party and the Daily Worker offer 2850 dollars to recover property seized by the government on income tax liens. Donald R. Moysey, NY district director of Internal Revenue, declined the funds for now while inventory is incomplete, and invited formal submission of a financial arrangement by the party and newspaper lawyers. Moysey met with the attorneys and the plan would apply the money to the tax liens or be returned if adjudication shows no taxes owed.
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New York
Communist Party
The
Daily Worker
Donald R. Moysey
Internal Revenue
Moysey
Hero Navy Cross recipient faces postal job dismissal
Springfield Senator George Bender will seek a hearing for George M. Neal, a Korean War hero and Navy Cross recipient, who faces dismissal as a probationary postal clerk-carrier set for April 13. Officials cite habitual lateness, failure to lock a mail box, and misdelivered mail, while Neal claims charges omit common postal faults and that even regulars err in delivery.
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Springfield
George Bender
Ohio
Bender
George M. Neal
Neal
Five Day Outlook Shows Below Normal Temperatures
Five day forecast calls for average temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal with a high near 57 and a low around 37. Warmer conditions expected Saturday and Sunday, cooler Monday through Wednesday, with rain likely Sunday and Monday totaling about a half to one inch.
Liquor Board Grants Temporary Permit Quotas Across Ohio
Ohio State Liquor Board issues emergency regulations allowing new hard liquor permits under the 1950 population ratio applied to 1956 figures. Permits limited to statutory quotas with per 2500 population limits, 60 day effect, covering D-3 D-3A D-4 and D-5 classes and beer wine permits governed by prior rules.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Director of Liquor Control
Ohio
Supreme Court
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