H-Bomb Show Off Opposed by AEC Colleagues
Four atomic energy commissioners opposed colleague Thomas E. Murray’s plan for a dramatic H-bomb show of force to press world leaders on peace. Murray proposed a meeting at the Pacific Proving Grounds at Eniwetok to witness an H-bomb explosion, aimed at deterence against Soviet and Chinese aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy
AEC
Thomas E. Murray
New York
Senate
Murray
Fordham University Law School
Eniwetok
Pacific Proving Grounds
Aye Apa
Lleagues
Commission
Pacific
Free World
Lewis L. Strauss
Willard F. Libby
John von Neumann
Harold S. Vance
Eisenhower
Truman
Lausche Gives Mixed Signals On 1956 Plans In Cincinnati
Ohio governor Frank Lausche spoke at the Queen City Club saying his odds of a U S Senate bid may be higher than another gubernatorial term. He avoided a firm Yes or No on running, hinted he might not seek a sixth term, and discussed possible Democratic presidential nomination and support for Adlai Stevenson. He noted he might accept a convention slot if offered and commented on Stevenson’s renomination chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Queen City Club
U. S
Senate
George Bender
Ohio
Adai Stevenson
Stevenson
Eradicate Own Ills And Win Cold War, Small Towns Told
University professor Dr. Richard Poston urged 11th annual conference on small communities to eradicate local ills to win the cold war. He said democracy depends on citizen participation and national unity to avoid war and strengthen minds and hearts abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Russia
Richard Poston
Southern Illinois University
Poston
United States
Ohio OIC Spent 400,903 in Push Against Unemployment Boost
The Ohio Information Committee reported spending 400,903 for advertising literature and organization work to defeat the CIC plan to raise unemployment compensation. Voters defeated the proposal by nearly two to one on November 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Information Committee
OIC
CIC
Secretary of State
CIO
Amok Igorot slays five, wounds two in Manila attack
An Igorot tribesman ran amok Thursday night in Manila, hacking five persons to death and critically slashing two others before fleeing into the mountains. The motive and exact location remain under police inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Stevenson Kefauver ticket talk spreads in Democratic hopes
Democrats rally around a Stevenson Kefauver potential ticket as the party expands the 1956 convention to 2744 delegates and 1896 alternates. Supporters cite Stevenson strength in several states, while Kefauver weighs a possible second-place run or vice presidency. The party reports $750000 raised in nine months, with a $100 dinner expected to add about $200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Paul Ziffren
California
National Committee
Vid Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Adair E. Stevenson
Lawrence
Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
George F. Rock
Colorado
Stevenson-Kafauver
Douglas F. Hunt
Minnesota
Tracy ©. McCraken
Wyoming
Averell Harriman
New York
Harry Wall
Idaho
Soviets Push to Block Mongolia in UN Membership Vote
United States and Soviet officials maneuver behind the scenes as Moscow claims six of seven Security Council votes for Outer Mongolia while Washington vows not to veto any of Russia’s five allied candidates. The U N council faces 18 applicant nations next week amid U S Soviet tensions over membership. Russia warns it will veto American backed candidates if Mongolia fails to qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Security Council
Russia
Outer Mongolia
Council
United States
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Five Day Forecast Shows Cooler Trend Ahead
The outlook projects temperatures averaging 3 to 5 degrees below normal with normal highs near 45 to 48 and lows around 32 to 34. Expect a cold weekend with a warming start Monday then a cooling late Tuesday into Wednesday. Snow or rain is possible Saturday and again Tuesday, with total precipitation between half an inch and one inch.
Curly Locks Found Hiding Two Brothers in Kenosha
Kenosha Wisconsin two boys aged 15 and 11 were found living in a dim hotel room with their mother wearing girls clothing and long curls. Welfare officials led by juvenile probation officer Janet Theleen opened a court investigation into parental decisions while the father, a Chicago driver school worker, claimed long hair runs in his family. The boys were taken to a hospital for malnutrition checks. The mother remained in a jail hospital room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
South
Downstate
Illinois
Janet Theleen
Kenosha County
Laws Studied To Handle State Building Program
Ohio lawmakers debated bond issuance for a 150 million dollar program to improve state hospitals prisons and schools. The Legislative Service Commission will draft the bill as a special session on January 16 weighs bond limits. Supporters urged full 30 million annual bonds, while others favored funding only already planned facilities and blueprints, delaying larger projects until 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
General Assembly
William H. Dedding
Hamilton
Frank J. Lausche
House
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Service Commission
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Rathens
Cloud
New State School Board
Soviet Leaders Begin 18 Day Goodwill Visit to India
Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev arrived in New Delhi to start an 18 day goodwill tour. Nehru greeted them as crowds gathered at the airport while a 100 man honor guard saluted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nehru
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Andri Gromyko
Soviet Union
Government Moves To Fight Inflation
The Federal Reserve Board tightened credit by raising the discount rate from 2% to 2% across six reserve banks. This marks the most restrictive lending cost in 20 years, reversing a period of policy easing that began in 1935 and limiting business borrowing as a step to curb inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
Germans Recovering Paris Economy Hit Peak Production
The West German economy reached its highest ever level of production in the first half of 1955, according to the Organisation for European Economic Co operation report issued today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Enrollment in Ohio colleges reaches 124631, Mahn reports
Ohio college enrollment stands at 124631 with 88938 full time students including 28197 freshmen. Mahn notes token increases since 1954, predicts growth over two decades, and outlines distribution across state, municipal, private and Catholic colleges, adding Ohio ranks sixth nationally in total students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Association of Ohio College Registrars
Ohio College Association
State Department of Education
Ohio University
Robert E. Mahn
Registrars’ Association
Mahn
U.S. Steady In Buildup
U S Deputy Secretary of Defense Reuben B Robertson Jr says America’s defense strength will grow steadily over the long term to leverage major technological advances. He spoke at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce convention in Columbus. Earlier, George T Fonda of Weirton Steel noted union leaders should probe why members opposed higher jobless benefits, linking layoffs to younger, short time workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Reuben B. Robertson, Jr
U. S
America
Robertson
Hamilton
Ohio
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
George T. Fonda
Weirton
W. Va
Steel Co
Fonda
Farm Income Seen 10 Per Cent Lower, More Decline Coming
The Agriculture Department projects total farm net income for 1955 at about 10.6 billion dollars, down from 11.8 billion in 1954, with higher production costs and some further decline expected in 1956 as farmers face thinner profits while non-agricultural earnings rise. Cash receipts for 1955 are expected to be around one billion dollars less than 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U. S
Benoon
Premier Hussein Ala Leaves Tehran for Baghdad Alliance Meeting
Iran's premier Hussein Ala, wounded by a would-be assassin the previous Thursday, travels by train to Iraq for the first full meeting of the Baghdad Defense Alliance. He reports he is feeling fine as he departs for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Hussein Ala
Iraq
Baghdad Defense Alliance
Push Given To Make Salk Shots Push Given To Make Salk Shots
Polio experts at the American Public Health Association meeting endorsed full scale production of the Salk polio vaccine. They rejected a Canadian rumor about live virus and noted a bottleneck fix in virus filtering, ensuring all viruses receive formaldehyde for safety. Jonas E Salk and others cited evidence the vaccine protects very young infants and did not cause this year’s Massachusetts outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Public Health Association
R. D. DeFries
Toronto
Jonas E. Salk
Massachusetts
United States
Fire Deaths Investigated in Exhumation Order
Jackson Common Pleas Judge James E Kinnison ordered exhumation of four fire victims two miles west of Jackson after arson suspicions. Victims include Eva Elkins 55 and her grandchildren Linda Combs 4 Victoria Addis 7 Timothy Addis 4. Prosecutor Mary Nicholson Snyder said exhumation likely Monday amid signs of pre fire death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Common Pleas
James E. Kinnison
Jackson County
Mary Nicholson Snyder
Thomas Eva Elkins
Linda Combs
Victoria Addis
Timothy Addis
Elkins
Here
Thomas Elkins
Snyder
Henry Addis
Ohio sewage plants to cost 100 million dollars
The State Water Pollution Control Board says municipal sewage-treatment plants under construction in Ohio will cost 100 million dollars when completed. The new projects will serve more than three million persons. Construction of plants is under way in 19 cities including Portsmouth Sidney Steubenville Nelsonville Middletown Marietta and Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Water Pollution Control Board
Ohio
Portsmouth
Sidney
Steubenville
Nelsonville
Middletown
Marietta
Hamilton
New Argentine Rulers Meet Labor's Challenge
Buenos Aires five day old government claims victory as Peronista labor leaders call off a faltering general strike. CGT, deposed by orders outlawing the strike, met with Labor Minister Paul Migone and unanimously ceased the three day walkout. The government, while softly handling unions, maintains pressure on strike leaders, nationalists in the armed forces, and clergy amid a wide crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peronista
Leld-Line
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Paul Migone
Juan D. Peron
Pedro Aramburu
Aramburu
Plane Crash Near Charleston Mountains Kills 14 Aboard
An Air Force transport with 14 personnel aboard crashed high in the Charleston Mountains near Mt Charleston, Nevada. An Arctic rescue team from March Air Force Base braved subzero cold to reach the wreckage amid clouds and high winds. The plane had departed Burbank, California, en route to Groom Dry Lake near Camp Mercury in Nevada.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Charleston
Nevada Atomic Bombing Range
March Air Force Base
Calif
Mt. Charleston
Here
Groom Dry Lock
AEC
Camp Mercury
Burbank
Foreign aid totals exceed 51 billion over decade
A Commerce Department report shows the United States has supplied more than 51 billion dollars in foreign aid during the last ten years. The figure highlights sustained U S assistance across multiple regions and programs, reflecting ongoing diplomatic and development commitments.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Hunted Man Surrenders in Logan beating case
Ralph Canter, 26, Sugar Grove Route 1, turned himself in at the Hocking County Courthouse about 10 30 am. A warrant charging assault and battery had been issued last Sunday after Mary Leona Thompson, 47, was found beaten along Route 33 north of Logan. He was arraigned before Magistrate E B Bright and held to the grand jury under a $500 bond. Thompson, beaten on the face and body, said she was attacked by a man she had left at a local tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
A. J. Waldron
Ralph Canter
Sugar Grove
Hocking County
Canter
Mary Leona Thompson
E. B. Bright
Thompson
Author Penalized for Refusing to Name Ideas
In Washington Harvey OConnor was fined 500 dollars and received a one year suspended jail term after refusing to disclose if he was a Communist when his books were used in overseas libraries. He said his writings were the real reason for the court appearance and defended the First Amendment as central to the case.
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Washington
Harvey O'Connor
U. S
O'Connor
Los Angeles Man Found With $110000 in U S Steel Stock
Sidney Langdale aged 69 was believed to live on an old age pension but posthumous checks show he owned more than 110000 dollars in U S Steel stock. The discovery followed his death and raised questions about his finances and past income records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert Graham
FBI
Los Angeles
Sidney Langdale
U. S
Ten Steps From the Chair Delays Fairris Execution
In McAlester Oklahoma the 21 year old Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr escaped the electric chair by a 60 day stay granted by Governor Raymond Gary after new evidence emerged. Companions Raymond Price and James Skinner implicated in the detective slaying remain serving life terms. The Pardon and Parole Board will review the matter on November 28 29 amid police skepticism of Price confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Harbie Franklin Fairris, Jr
H. C. McLeod
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Raymond Gary
Fairris
State Pardon and Parole Board
Raymond Carrol Price
Oklahoma City
Bennie Cravatt
Price
James Skinner
Dallas
Cravatt
Oklahoma
State Capitol
Pardon and Parole Board
Ter
Roy Bergman
Texas
Paris
Tex
Harbie Franklin Fairris
Margie Zeglen
Goree
Engines Fail Asl Airliner Crashes, 27 Soldiers Die
A non scheduled airliner carrying 66 servicemen returning from the Far East crashed after takeoff from Boeing Field, killing at least 27 and wounding 46. The DC4 with home base in Miami Springs struck a hillside and two houses as it burned. Survivors included a woman and children. many soldiers wandered the scene in shock as fire and ice delayed aid.
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Seattle
Peninsular Air Transport Co
Far East
Peninsular Air Time
Chicago
Newark
N. J
Miami Springs
Fla
Boeing Field
Donald Renard
T Gen
R. L. Howze
Herbert Gardiner
Boeing Airplane Co
Red Defense Hits Agent in Lorain Soviet Cell Trial
In Cleveland the defense portrayed FBI informant Frank Peoples as ignorant of Communist doctrine while arguing a Lorain Red cell could not sabotage industry. Peoples, 51, said to have reported to the FBI 1947–1951, linked 10 of 11 defendants to Communist activity as prosecutors seek Smith Act violations. He admitted under cross examination he never read the training books used at a 1948 Lorain class.
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Cleveland
FBI
Lorain
Frank Peoples
Peoples
Communist Party
Ohio
George Watt
Hymen Schlesinger
West Is Strongest Because of Industry
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther told the Dallas Council of World Affairs that U S industrial strength must back an alliance system to win the protracted cold war against Russia He said only America and its allies can balance power through vast industrial capacity and coordinated defense.
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Dallas
United States
Russia
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Dallas Council of World Affairs
Gruenther
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