House Foes Set Battle On Farm Price Support
In Washington opposing House factions clash over farm price supports. The debate targets junking flexible supports and restoring high rigid price props for basic commodities to parity. The showdown hinges on votes and possible veto by President Eisenhower, with implications for wheat corn and dairy prices.
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Scientific facts aim to ease fears on polio shots
A Nevada report outlines key points about the polio vaccine. It notes the killed-virus formulation cannot cause polio, discusses possible but unlikely live-virus contamination, and explains timing matters for effective immunity. It cites Cutter Labs withdrawal, regional case patterns, and the vaccine’s overall safety record.
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Ell Ully
Senator Sees Constitution Unthreatened by Treaty Limits
In Washington Senator Kefauver questioned the Bricker amendment to curb treaty power, calling it meaningless. Secretary Dulles told a Senate subcommittee that most of the proposal would intrude on presidential authority, and that the Constitution cannot be violated by treaties or executive agreements. Kefauver, an opponent of Bricker, dismissed the review as unnecessary and pointed to no point in it.
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Control Eyed For Vaccine
An early start for polio vaccine distribution prompted debate over federal controls. The Eisenhower administration has not endorsed such measures, while an advisory liberal government panel urged voluntary controls to address supply and prioritization. Several congress members call for federal rules to direct vaccine first to children aged 5 to 9.
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Mechem's Measure Goes Up for Vote
Columbus Ohio Senate vote centers on a measure by Majority Leader C Stanley Mechem to require the state water pollution board to advise smaller municipalities facing mandatory sewage systems for the first time. The article notes 296 million Sobare in Japan economy from individual purchases last year.
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Faulkner Wins 1955 Pulitzer for Fiction A Fable
New York reports William Faulkner, 57, wins the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for A Fable an allegorical World War I novel. Tennessee Williams earns drama prize for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with Mississippi roots and earlier Streetcar Named Desire prize in 1948. Menotti wins music prize for The Saint of Bleecker Street. Local reporting honors go to Tex reporters Caro Brown and Roland K Towery for courageous coverage amid corruption in Duval County and Cuero area.
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Steel Firm Seeks Chief as Fairless Retires
The board of U and Steel Corp considers a successor for Benjamin F Fairless who retires at 69. Roger M Blough, vice chairman and general counsel, and Clifford F Hood, president of Big Steel, are named as possible replacements. Hood may become chair while Fairless remains a director and committee member.
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Boy 4 Grabs Wheel Dies In Girard Auto Crash
A four year old boy, Jerry van Huftel, grabbed the steering wheel yesterday in Girard causing the auto to veer off a hill and embankment, killing him. The driver, his brother James Van Muttel, sustained minor injuries while another child, David, age two, escaped with minor harm.
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Union merging hits snag over a name
Washington backed AFL CIO effort to merge into a single labor union group stalls over the chosen name. AFL wants the new body to bear its own name while CIO proposes a fresh title such as American Congress of Labor.
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Opposition to Trade Bill Seems Gone
Senator Byrd of Virginia said most Senate opposition to the liberalized foreign trade bill had disappeared as floor debate continued. He indicated a possible time-limited agreement to finish debate and pass the bill with little to no changes by tomorrow night. Majority Leader Johnson said he was pursuing a time limitation agreement, reliant on unanimous consent, while Senator Malone, a critic of the program, signaled few votes against passage.
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Solon Unveils Jobless Pay Compromise
A Solon proposal to modify Ohio jobless benefits pits a GOP compromise against CIO backed bills. The plan would raise weekly payments, extend duration, and grant executive powers tied to trade talks, while reflecting ongoing debates over unemployment relief and national security trade policy. The debate centers on boosting aid, curbing imports, and political maneuvering ahead of elections.
Chou Talk Is Doubted in Talks on Formosa Cease Fire
Senator Alexander Smith of New Jersey questions Secretary Dulles and President Eisenhower about possible talks with Communist China on Formosa. He doubts Chou En Lai will follow through and fears Communist-Nationalist differences could block a cease-fire plan. Smith doubts Chiang Kai-shek would attend any conference with the Communists.
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Daughter Born to Bevo and Mrs Clarence Francis
In Liverpool AST a daughter named Marjorie Anna was born at city hospital to Mrs Clarence Francis wife of Bevo the basketball star from Rio Grande College Bevo a pro with the Boston Whirlwinds spends off season in the area and works at Waterford Park race track The baby weighs seven pounds and joins the couple newsroom notes their 3 year old son watches over the family
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Ohio Studies Refugee Aid Meeting Today
Columbus reports the Ohio governor's committee on refugee aid meets to seek ways to help about 218000 people become Americans. Margaret A. Mahoney, Ohio industrial relations director, will chair the temporary group and discuss implementing the federal program.
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Diem Gains Backing as U S Presses For Support
Reported instructions to Ambassador J Lawton Collins push for full backing of Diem in South Vietnam with threats to cut aid if Bao Dai and French resist. France and Vietnam leaders urged to endorse Diem amid Saigon clashes and shifting American plans to stabilize the southern state.
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Victory Is Closer in Diem Era Politics
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem’s Nationalist army and Cao Dai troops join to crush Binh Xuyen rebels as Diem pushes to depose Bao Dai. An assembly of party officials and municipal leaders is convened to decide on the National Revolutionary Committee’s recommendation to oust the ex-emperor, with the army's voice expected in the final decision.
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Polio cases fall in five-state region report shows
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports fewer young polio cases in an eastern north central region spanning Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin. Up to April 23 the area logged 129 cases versus 213 a year ago and 161 average.
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Heiress Seeks Divorce From Hank Greenberg Over Custody
Gimbel Greenberg heiress of department store fortune files for divorce from Hank Greenberg the Cleveland baseball manager. She cites gross neglect and extreme cruelty and seeks custody of three children Glenn 8 Stephen 4 Alva 2. Greenberg expresses distress as the case moves forward.
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Defense Secretary Wilson cites bias toward overstaffing military
In testimony to a House Appropriations subcommittee, Defense Secretary Wilson warned that military officials often request more forces than necessary. He said history shows listening to military personnel can lead to bankrupting or even a dictatorship.
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Five Day Forecast Shows Warm, Above Normal Temperatures
The forecast predicts temperatures averaging about 10 degrees above normal with highs near 60 and lows around 44 to 48. Expect warm, well above normal conditions through Sunday with a brief cooling trend Friday. Scattered light showers possible in some areas, totaling about two tenths of an inch.
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Morale depresses atomic test progress in Nevada
In CITY Nev civilian and military morale shook, delaying the atomic test. Civil defense workers balked as the big open shot neared, though Harold L. Goodwin of the Federal Civil Defense Administration urged workers to stay. An Ohio spokesman said some would remain to participate despite the pullouts.
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Ohio House Committee Head Discusses Chillicothe Dump Background
The Ohio House committee leader spoke last night about a Chillicothe dumping site. He described the background of a purchase intended to keep the area in compliance and protected from violations.
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Coroner and Wife Charged In Drugs Fraud Case
Batavia Ohio reports that Coroner Frederick Skeen and his wife Helen are to appear in mayor s court on charges of fraudulently obtaining morphine. State narcotics inspector Jack Braunstein says the couple prescribed morphine for patients and replaced it with a harmless drug at their Clermont County office.
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Free SalK vaccine drive aids eight thousand daily in city clinics
Montreals quenceniy reports about 390 youngsters brought to city clinics on opening day of free vaccination transport program. Authorities aim to process up to 8000 daily as inoculations spark parental concern and speculation in the United States. In Nelsonville, Bert Baldridge, 24, is sentenced for armed robbery and prior terms. Beall cashing postal money orders. sports notes include women’s events.
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Grand jury to hear witness in Ohio Penitentiary escape case
Laurens County resident Maxine is to testify before a federal grand jury regarding lifer Pat McDermott who escaped from the Ohio Penitentiary with a woman last November. FBI agents in Cincinnati say no link to Ming Price, a life prisoner for a 1928 murder, has been established. Judge Horn ordered a local woman held as a material witness in a $1,000 bond. The escape remains unsolved with McDermott still at large.
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Ming Price
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Washington woman on trial for allegedly lying in Lamb case
Marie Watvisg, a 1-year-old turnabout witc hess, appears in federal court on charges she lied under oath while testifying for the government in the Edward Lamb case. The defendant, described as a divorcee and grandmother, faces accusations she was pressured by a Federal Communications Commission official to testify falsely against Lamb.
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Edward Lam
Walter Fe Powelle
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