Tax handling of soil bank funds eyed in 1956 cases
Washington house investigators report farmers collected federal crop insurance on lands also paid soil bank not grow payments. The hearings cite double payments and misapplied land use with emphasis on 1956 fall elections and Midwest corn belt distributions.
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House
House Agriculture Appropriations
Federal Soil Bank
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Whitten
M-Mass
Asst. Secretary of Agriculture
Marvin L. McLain
Midwest Farm Belt
Soil Bank
McLain
Howard J. Doggett
Soil Bank Division
Commodity Stabilization Service
Leftists Win Three Seats In Syria
In weekend polls pro Egypt leftists captured three parliamentary seats, defeating right wing candidates in Damascus Suweida and Houran districts. Riad el Maliki won in Damascus with 20 929 votes while Mustafa Sibai and Abou Asal won in other contests amid charges of ballot irregularities and a light turnout.
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Damascus
Syria
Shukri Kuwaily
Riad el Maliki
Egypt
Fl Maliki
Mustafa Sibai
Houran
Sheik Ixar el
Sibai
Shukri Kuwady
United States Spends Over 62 Million in Foreign Aid Since World War II
The Commerce Department reported that since the end of World War II the United States has allocated more than 62 million dollars to foreign aid programs. About 30 percent of the total has been in military grants.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Tourist Finds Middle East Safer Than United States
Baghdad native Nadhim Mohammed Bashka, 27, bicycling to Chicago from Iraq, reports safe passage through Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. He says two youths mugged him in Dover New Jersey after crossing the Atlantic by ship.
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Pittsburgh
Nadhim Mohammed Bashka
Baghdad
Iraq
Chicago
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Dover
N. J
Atlantic
Byrnes to Speak at Ohio Bar Association Meeting
James F. Byrnes, former U S Supreme Court justice, will address the 77th annual meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association in Columbus on Friday night.
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Columbus
Ohio
James F. Byrnes
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio State Bar Association
Q4 Municipal Primaries Scheduled for Tuesday
Voters in 94 municipalities including Columbus will cast ballots in primaries on Tuesday with daylight saving time measures in Columbus. Some areas forego primaries if no opposition, while others vote on bond issues and tax levies. Winners advance to the November 5 general election.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cease Fire Signed By Nicaragua and Honduras
Nicaragua and Honduras agreed to halt border skirmishing with President Luis Somoza signing the cease fire Sunday night. The three-man Honduran junta and a formal signing in Tegucigalpa followed as the OAS peace mission led by Richard Arias helped negotiate and sign the pact.
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Nicaragua
Honduras
Luis Somoza
Organization of American States
Tegucigalpa
Richard Arias
Panama
OSA
Somoza
Texas Floods Abate As Dry Air Halts Rain
Texas rivers and streams re ceded from flood levels after nearly three weeks of unsettled weather. The Weather Bureau said dry cool air was sweeping across the state as a low pressure system moved north of Texas, ending the heavy rainfall chance.
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Dallas
Texas
Weather Bureau
Italy postal and telegraph workers strike again
In Rome and across Italy about 100000 postal and telegraph employees walked out in a second delta of the year demanding higher pay and better conditions. The nationwide action disrupted mail and communications services.
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Rome
Italy
OU President Urges Quality Not Numbers
Ohio University President John C. Baker told the National Association of State Universities delegates that excellence in education matters more than headcount. He urged selective admissions, higher standards, and continued support for financial aid to aid deserving students despite rising costs.
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New York
Ohio University
John C. Baker
National Association of State Universities
Baker
NASU
Ohio Commission On Education
Civil Defense Evacuation Near Deposit Feels Like Picnic
About 1500 people from Binghamton region moved into a rural village Sunday for the nation's largest civil defense evacuation. Leaders praised remarkable cooperation as residents returned to a relaxed, picnic like atmosphere after the drill.
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Deposit
N. Y
Binghamton
Weather Outlook Fair and Cool With Frost Risk
Forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with scattered frost potential and Tuesday turning fair and mild. Low temperatures 53 to 40, frost warnings for tonight in West Virginia. Temperatures to average near normal with gradual warming into Friday, a slight chance of showers on Saturday and little or no rain through Friday.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Boy Fires Gun at Noise Kills Aunt
Wayne West Virginia boy Buddy Claxton 15 said he heard a noise outside his farm home Sunday night and fired from a rifle at a door slam near the family's parked car. His aunt Mrs Anna Pauline Hysell a deaf mute died from the shot.
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West Virginia
Wayne
W. Va
Buddy Claxton
Anna Pauline Hysell
McCarthy Eulogized At Washington Funeral Mass
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was eulogized as a fearless watchman who warned Americans about communism. More than 1100 mourners filled St Matthew's Cathedral for the solemn mass with a Marine honor guard and a later Senate Chamber service.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Senate
Wisconsin
Patrick A. O'Boyle
Accidents Kill 14 on Ohio Highways
An Associated Press survey from Friday evening to Sunday midnight found 21 accidental deaths in Ohio over the weekend. Four fatalities occurred in fires, two babies suffocated, and one person drowned, with 14 traffic fatalities accounted for.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Manville Marries Texas Showgirl in Quick Hotel Pierre Ceremony
New York veteran socialite Tommy Manville wed 27 year old Texas showgirl Patricia Gaston in a 60 second ceremony at Hotel Pierre. The San Antonio native becomes Manville's 10th wife. He vowed the quick nuptials will last, calling it the fastest ceremony and noting a chemistry he felt from their first meeting.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Texas
Patricia Gaston
Manville
Pierre
San Antonio
Protest at legation over citizenship ruling in Saigon
More than 1000 locally born Chinese stormed Nationalist China's legation in Saigon to protest a law making them Vietnamese citizens. The demonstration underscored tense ethnic and political issues in the colonial era.
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Saigon
China
Legation
Italian Leadership Tottering as Social Democrats Plan Walkout
In Rome the three year old government teeters as anti Communist Social Democrats push to leave the coalition. They pledge NATO and U S ties remain, while domestic policy faces shakeup. Segni's Christian Democrats would hold a slim majority without the SDs. Vice Premier Saragat called for the walkout at a mass meeting, saying the government cannot continue.
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Free Europe
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Christian Democrat
Antonio Segni
Social Democrats
Segni
Christian Democrats
Liberal Party
Chamber of Deputies
The
Republicans
Giuseppe Saragat
Center Bloc
Saragat
Israel Celebrates Ninth Independence Day Display
TEL AVIV Israel celebrated its ninth independence day with a large military display featuring booty from Sinai war including Soviet T34 tanks and American Shermans. Border incidents continued and heightened regional tensions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai
OU Art Instructor Wins Double First
An Ohio University art instructor and former Toledoan, Robert J. Firemark, won first prize in oil painting for Fire in the City and the roulette medal for the outstanding group of paintings at Toledo area artists’ 39th annual exhibition. The Toledo Museum of Art will host the show through May 26.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ohio University
Civil Liberties Group Blasts Catholic Tactics
The American Civil Liberties Union accused a Roman Catholic group, the National Organization for Decent Literature, of using boycotts and blacklists to censor what Americans may read. The ACLU said the tactics seriously violate freedom.
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New York
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
National Organization For Decent Literature
Ohio Committee on Aging to meet in Columbus
A state wide Committee on Aging will convene in Columbus on Friday to discuss the welfare of 804,000 Ohioans aged 65 and over.
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Columbus
Ohio
Teamsters Denounce AFL-CIO Hearing As Inquisition
The Teamsters executive board denounced AFL-CIO charges as slander during a closed ethics hearing. President Dave Beck and James Hoffa attended amid tax evasion and bribery indictments, raising fears the union could be ousted and replaced by a new truck drivers’ group. Beck faces Senate inquiries on union fund use as the hearing proceeds.
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Teamsters Union Executive Board
Afl-Cio
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Ethical Practices Committee
Beck
James R. Hoffa
Senabe
Danbkete Maesidben Fend
Aie Mnaackess Cuinitillee
Teamsters Union
Teamsters Board
Ethical Practices Group
al J. Hayes
Machinist’ Union
Hayes
Frank W. Brewster
Western Conference of
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Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Unrest in Colombia Amid Rojas Pinilla Move to Reelect
In Bogota 35,000 troops occupy the capital as protests erupt over President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's plan for a hand picked Constituent Assembly. Police use tear gas and dyed water to disperse demonstrations while a priest denounces the government during Sunday mass. The government vows calm, but some individuals are jailed.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Man Drowns After Attempted Rescue by Father and Sons
In Marysville Kansas a boy fell into the Blue River Sunday prompting a rescue attempt. Clarence Koch 35 and three of his seven sons, aged 8, 7 and 6, died when Koch dived in to save them. The other boys clung to him as he sank entangled in a trotline.
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Marysville
Kan
Blue River
Clarence Koch
Koch
Democrats To Attack GOP Money Policies
Democratic leaders plan to target the Eisenhower administration's tight money policies as a main issue for retaining Congress in 1958. Governors and leaders argue high interest rates hurt farmers and consumers while Stevenson and Truman call for balanced fiscal scrutiny and foreign policy contrast.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Smathers
Florida
Adiai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Paul M. Butler
Major Riot Reported in Jaroslaw Poland
In Jaroslaw a garrison town in southwest Poland a major riot prompted over 1000 police and troops to restore order just before the weekend. Szpandar Mlodych cited as serious against Communist authority with hints of a military mutiny including General Kuropieska and a military commission. The disturbance began with a soldier's arrest for drunkenness and drew hundreds who pelted a police station with stones.
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Warsaw
Jaroslaw
Poland
Szpandar Mlodych
Kuropieska
Sehaerf Elected Austria President After Postwar Vote
Sehaerf defeated Dr Wolfgang Denk in Vienna to win the presidency for six years. The 67 year old Socialist leader, former vice chancellor, heads a Conservative Socialist coalition and is strongly anti Communism. The post was open after Theodor Koerner's January death. Vote total: 2,259,097 to 2,160,424.
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Vienna
Adolf Schaerf
Austria
Wolfgang Denk
Theodor Koerner
Schaerf
Koerner
Karl Renner
Veteran sportscaster Clem McCarthy injured in auto crash
New York broadcaster Clem McCarthy, 80, who called more than twenty Kentucky Derbies, was seriously injured in a Saturday night automobile accident a few hours after this year’s Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
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New York
Clem MccCarthy
Kentucky
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Democratic Advisory Body Formed
A new 24 member Democratic advisory council was formed adopting a plan of operations and criticizing the Eisenhower administration. Ten members include former President Truman and Adlai E Stevenson. Congress leaders have been cool but will consult with the group periodically.
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Washington
Democratic Advisory Council
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Congress
Manslaughter Charged in Bludgeon Slaying Near Zanesville
Harold Norman, 34, was charged with manslaughter after allegedly hitting Harold Pitts, 30, with a piece of board during an argument. Pitts died from a skull fracture at University Hospital in Columbus after the Saturday incident. Deputy Sheriff Carl Yinger identified the weapon and sequence of events.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Harold Norman
Harold Pitts
Sheriffs Office
Pitts
University Hospital
Columbus
Carl Yinger
Plumbers Strike Across Summit Medina and Portage Counties
About 700 plumbers in Summit Medina and Portage counties went on strike today signaling widespread work stoppage across northeast Ohio.
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Akron
Summit
Medina
Portage Counties
Balloon test ends with dummy crash near Cresco Iowa
A 275 foot General Mills balloon carrying dummy parachutist Sad Sam failed to release from its gondola and landed in a tree near Cresco Iowa after reaching 90 000 feet. The test aimed at future 90 000 foot manned Air Force jumps but release devices malfunctioned and prevented the jump.
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Iowa
General Mills, Inc
Cresco
New Brighton
St. Paul
Minn
Red Wing
Twin Cities
Henry P. Nielsen
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