Western powers plan safeguards on Tunisian arms deal
United States and France reportedly reached a plan to supply Tunisia with Western arms while avoiding rebel capture in Algeria. Dulles and Pineau led three hour talks at the State Department with Stevenson attending NATO discussions. Bourguiba seeks Western guns for his 4000 man army and Pineau floated pooling NATO scientific resources.
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Washington
United States
France
Tunisia
Atlantic Alliance
Dulles
Christian Pineau
State Department
Pineau
NATO
Stevenson
Habib Bourguiba
Soviet Bloc
Allies Seek Early Talks With France Over Algeria Outlook
London reports White House and British officials plan urgent talks with France to avert a drift in North Africa. They fear Soviet expansion, Franco financial crisis, and potential extremist shifts could destabilize the Atlantic Alliance, aiming for a settlement with moderate Algerian leaders.
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London
France
Algeria
Wamartad Tadaca
Suas
Britain
America
Soviet Union
Africa
Middle East
U.S
Atlantic Alliance
United States
UN Endorses Disarmament Talk Expansion Plan
The General Assembly backed expanding the Disarmament Commission to 25 members with four Communist nations and three neutrals, approving 60 to 9. It rejected a 32 member plan, 38 to 19. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov warned the USSR would boycott further meetings unless the 32 member proposal is adopted.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN General Assembly
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
India Needs Another Five Year Plan Says Nehru
Prime Minister Nehru urged Parliament to proceed with India's second five year plan worth 15 billion dollars to advance development. He claimed over 75 percent of power is produced by burning cow dung and announced plans for more atomic research centers to avoid falling behind in the Sputnik era.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
Weather summary for Ohio and West Virginia region
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today and tonight. Thursday features partly to mostly cloudy skies with snow flurries possible in extreme north. Highs mainly in the 40s, lows 26 to 35, colder in the mountains 25 to 30. West Virginia expect cloudy and cool with highs 40 to 46 and lows 25 to 35. Elsewhere, Boston and Chicago cloudy, New York clear, Los Angeles clear, Miami clear, Milwaukee snow.
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Ohnto
West Virginia
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Angeles
Miami
Milwaukee
New Orleans
New York
Army Urges All-Out Antimissile Plan for 1961
The New York Times reports the administration pressed by the Army to field an operational antimissile by 1961 at a three year cost of six to seven billion dollars. Washington dispatch calls it a dramatic proposal to defend against Soviet transpolar ICBMs. Gen Maxwell D. Taylor presented it to the Joint Chiefs and Secretary McElroy.
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New York
New York Times
Washington Dispatch
the Times
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense McElroy
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Hearings Planned on Belleville Ohio River Dam Project
Huntington Corps of Engineers announced a public hearing in Marietta on December 10 regarding a proposed new Ohio River dam at Belleville West Virginia about 20 miles below Parkersburg.
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Huntington
W.va
Huntington Corps of Engineers
Marietta
Belleville
Parkersburg
Secrecy In Satellite Status Attacked As Senators Seek Facts
Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said the Senate inquiry into the missile program will pursue facts over politics. The Armed Services Preparedness subcommittee will hold hearings next week amid blame game over missile and satellite production. Senator Bridges urged the investigation, while Senator Anderson warned Russia leads in missiles and called for rapid U.S. satellite progress. Harold E. Stassen claimed the U.S. is not far behind Russia in space research and urged swift action over the next five years.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
Truman
Meade Alcorn
Congress
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Sen. Bridges
United States
Colorado Springs
Colo
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
Three-State Committee Forms on Import Export Policy
A regional panel of union and industrial representatives from Ohio Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia formed the Committee on Import-Export Policy to push tariff law changes. Joseph Wells president of the U S Potters Assn East Liverpool was elected chairman.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United States
Tuesday
Nationmade
Joseph Wells
U. S. Potters Assn
East Liverpool
Sheriff Disputes Skull Collection in Gein Case
Madison authorities report Ed Gein, 51, showing little remorse during lengthy questioning over the slaying of Mrs. Bernice Worden and the discovery of 10 human skulls at his farm near Plainfield. Sheriff Wanserski said one skull identified as Mary Hogan, a 54 year old missing Portage County woman, and Gein admitted butchering Worden but said he does not recall killing her.
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Madison
Wis
Ed Gein
Charles Wilson
Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
Gein
Bernice Worden
Plainfield
Herbert Wanserski
Portage County
Wanserski
Mary Hogan
House OF Horrors
Dave Sharkey
Wisconsin Rapids
Sign Missing At Fatal Boston-Montreal Train Crash
Medford reports say a Boston and Maine train on the Montreal to Boston run derailed at 70 mph after a trackside warning sign was removed. The engineer and fireman were killed and 23 injured as the train jumped an 11 foot trestle. Officials noted warnings that temporary tracks required 15 mph speed and questioned why signs were absent. Union leader Duggan said signs were removed by unknown persons.
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Medford
Mass
Montreal
Boston
Maine
William Marsden
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
W. Paul Duggan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
U S Plans Major Expansion of Helium Production
The Interior Department reports a federal push to expand helium output to support missiles and defense work. It outlines plans for a long range program to reclaim helium from natural gas, possibly aided by a Soviet Sputnik design, with a proposed new plant costing about 14 million dollars to raise annual output by about 240 million cubic feet.
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Washington
Interior Department
Sputnik
Soviet Union
Bureau OF Mines
Free World
Congress
Farm Families To Receive Social Security Benefits
Government projections show about half a million farm families will gain Social Security benefits by mid-1958. Self-employed farmers became eligible in 1955, with payments estimated to average around $1,000 annually, totaling about 500 million dollars. An additional 100,000 families may receive larger payments as farm earnings are added to wage income.
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Washington
Act of Congress
Agriculture Department
Number of Jobless Ohioans Passes 70 000
Columbus reports 70 044 Ohioans drawing unemployment benefits one week or more as of last Saturday. The Bureau notes an increase of about 7000 claimants in the past week signaling a rising jobless count.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Faubus Rejects Guard Duty in Arkansas Schools
Gov. Orval Faubus says he will not order state police or National Guardsmen to guard students in Arkansas schools. He warns guardsmen will be court-martialed if they fail to enforce federal integration orders, criticizing the planned withdrawal of federal troops from Central High School in Little Rock as unfair to guardsmen.
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Shreveport
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Shreveport News Club
Central High School
Little Rock
Million-dollar check can’t pay small fine in Columbus
John N. Bachman a Columbus technical writer had a paycheck for nine million dollars but could not pay a 25 speeding fine. He discovered the amount was 9 000 028 65 after attempting to use it to settle the fine. The Columbus cab company issued the check and later deducted part of it leaving 28 65 and the 25 fine unpaid.
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Columbus
John N. Bachman
Bachman
Columbus Cab Company
Defense Fund of 2 Million Set for Hoffa
The Tribune reported a possible two million dollar legal defense fund is being raised by International Brotherhood of Teamsters officials for James R. Hoffa and other officers. Harold J. Gibbons said he hopes for 1000 dollar contributions from 2000 officers in 800 locals including Canada. The fund aims to help those under federal or Senate investigations who lack funds for legal defense.
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the Tribune
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
The
Tribune
Harold J. Gibbons
St. Louis
Teamsters International
Gibbons
Canada
Hoffa
Senate
Pennsy AA Profits Continue To Drop
Pennsylvania Railroad reports a 42 percent drop in earnings for the first ten months of 1957, despite higher gross revenue. The nation’s largest railroad shows profits shrinking while revenue rises.
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Pennsy AA
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
America
Renew Plea To Farmers
Washington reports farmers will face continued pressure next year to expand size and efficiency amid rising costs and stable prices. The Agriculture Department says the squeeze will push a cautious stance on spending and debt as producers seek higher output per acre or per cow to improve net incomes.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Rise Expected In Smokers Rise Expected In Smokers
The Agriculture Department forecasts about 15 percent higher cigarette consumption in 1965 than the current year. The forecast hinges on health concerns not causing lasting declines and assumes male smokers rise about 10 percent and female smokers at least 33 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Leaders Work Toward Algerian Settlement
President Habib Bourguiba flew to Morocco to discuss a regional approach with King Mohammed V for a conference of Tunisian, Moroccan and Algerian rebel leaders. The talks aim to craft new proposals to France to settle the three-year rebellion.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Morocco
Mohammed V
France
Bourguiba
Mohammed
Knowlton bid tops for Miami University business school
The Knowl ton Construction Co of Bellefon taine submitted the apparent low bid of 1 083 500 dollars for general construction work on the Miami University school of business administration building.
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Columbus
Knowlton Construction Co
Bellefontaine
School of Business
Miami University
Investigator Says Air Force Withheld Satellite Plans
Congressional investigator Rep. Moss said the Air Force learned of Russian satellite launch plans months early but failed to warn the public. He cited a 1961 briefing and a blueprint of secrecy at high level, while Defense official Murray Snyder defended openness and faulted Moss for seeking to curb information. A private firm reportedly gave the Air Force an analysis of Russian publications predicting a satellite launch as early as September 17.
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Air Force
Moss
D-Calif
Robert Cutler
Eisenhower
America
House
Pentagon
Asst
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Associated Press Managing Editors Assn
Washington
Freedom of Information
Robert Dechert
Defense Department
Dechert
Russia
Senator Seeks Funds For Canal Routes
Senator Ed ward Martin of Pennsylvania intends to obtain federal funds to survey routes for a Lake Erie to Ohio River canal link. A meeting with 19 Pittsburgh industry executives approved seeking aid. Two routes discussed: Beaver and Mahoning rivers via Beaver Falls to Youngstown, or Allegheny River to Meadville then French Creek to Lake Erie.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Martin
Gerard Swope Dies at 84 Former GE President
Gerard Swope former president of General Electric Co dies at home at age 84 after illness. He led GE through major mid century expansion and shaped corporate strategy during his tenure.
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New York
Gerard Swope
General Electric Co
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