Ike Says Farm Bill Falls Short of Needs
President Eisenhower told Republican leaders the farm bill fails the test of a good bill. House GOP aims to recommit with instructions, targeting removal of rigid price supports and avoiding continued surpluses hurting farmers and the economy.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Martin
Massachusetts
White House
Senate
Senate House
Knowland
California
Sen. Saltonstall
Rep. Arends
Illinois
Agriculture Benson
Congress
Egypt Faces Israeli Raids as Arab Attacks Escalate
Egyptian charges of an Israeli Gaza raid and Arab Fedayeen strikes kept tensions high along the Arab Israeli borders. Israeli and Egyptian forces traded fire near Deir el Balah as Hammarskjold hurried to the region. One Israeli worker killed, others wounded. an Egyptian outpost reported casualties on both sides.
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Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Pius XII
Rome
U. N
E. L. M. Burns
Egypt
Gaza
Deir Eballah
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel
Judean Hills
Negev
Eziot
Negev Demilitarized Zone
Judean
500000 More Jobs in March
The Commerce Department reported that employment rose by half a million in March while unemployment stayed near 2,800,000. About 63,100,000 people held jobs in early March, a gain from February, with March 1955 figures also mentioned. The March increase is linked to spring agricultural and outdoor work, plus stronger trade and service hiring due to Easter.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Six Minnesota Scientists Win Heart Grants
Grants totaling 53 500 were awarded by the American Heart Association to six Minnesota researchers for heart and blood vessel disease work. Recipients include Dr. H Mead Cavert Dr. Hiroshi Kaida Dr. Victor Lorber from the University of Minnesota Medical School Dr. Alan P. Thal Dr. Richard DeWall from University Hospitals and Dr. Newton C. Birkhead of the Mayo Foundation Rochester.
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ST. Paul
American Heart Assn
Minnesota
Association
H. Mead Cavert
Hiroshi Kaida
Victor Lorber
University of Minnesota Medical School
Alan P. Thal
Richard DeWall
University Hospitals
Newton C. Birkhead
Mayo Foundation
Rochester
Farmers Produce Co. turkey plant workers strike in Willmar
About 25 employees at the Farmers Produce Co. turkey processing plant in Willmar walked out in support of wage demands.
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Willmar, Minn
Farmers Produce Co
GOP Establishes Seven Work Committees for Campaign Meet
GOP leaders announce seven campaign work committees for the April 16 17 strategy conference in Washington. Each panel includes three national committee members two senators and two representatives with selections led by national Senate and House campaign chairmen Barbara Gunderson of South Dakota and George F Etzell of Minnesota.
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Washington
Republicans
GOP
Senate
House
Barbara Gunderson
South Dakota
George F. Etzell
Minnesota
Fire Devastates Downtown First Congregational Church
Early today a blaze gutted the downtown church building formerly occupied by the First Congregational Church at Mill and St Paul streets. The congregation moved out February 27 but retains possession and lost equipment and records. Austin plans to take the site by June 1 under a contract for deed unless relinquished sooner. Fire discovered at 3 14 am by Policeman Joe Simmons who heard an explosion and saw flames.
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First Congregational Church
Mill
St. Paul
City of Austin
Joe Simmons
Union Seeks Premium Pay for Saturdays
David J. McDonald leader of the CIO United Steelworkers spoke at the Lake Superior district conference in Duluth about plans to push for premium pay for weekend work. He said the union aims to negotiate a wage hike and layoff pay for area workers while discouraging Saturday and Sunday shifts.
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Duluth
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
Pittsburg
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
McDonald
Steel and Aluminum
Faribault Club Raid Uncovers Large Gambling Equipment Haul
Federal and county agents raid the Aragon Civic and Social Club near Faribault Minnesota finding about 3500 dollars worth of punch boards and merchandise prizes including shotguns radios fishing gear watches and toy animals. Two men held but no charges filed.
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Faribault, Minn
Minnesota
Aragon Civic and Social Club
Three Children Killed in Sioux Falls Church Cave-In
In Sioux Falls South Dakota a cave-in in an excavation between two churches trapped three children Rodney Hansen 10 Gary Soderberg 7 and Dick Soderberg 5. They were buried under wet clay in a 20 foot deep hole and died. Police were alerted at 7 32 p m as the cave in occurred during the afternoon and rescue efforts drew a crowd of about 50 watchers.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Rodney Hansen
Gary
Dick Soderberg
Hansen Boy
Gary Soderberg
11Th
Minnesota and
Dakota Avenues
First Lutheran Church
First Congregational Church
Man Found Dead Under His Tractor
Constantine Zak, 41, of Little Falls, was found dead under his tractor Saturday night after freeing a car and another tractor that bogged in a neighbor's driveway. Zak, a Minnesota Power and Light truck driver, was found by his wife shortly after pulling the vehicles from mud. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death.
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Little Falls
Minn
Constantine Zak
Zak
The
Minnesota Power and Light Co
Simon Wielinski
Sobieski
Wielinski
Christgau to Address City Centennial Dinner
Victor Christgau director of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance will speak at the Austin centennial dinner April 17 as the city marks 100 years. Honored guests include Mrs John H Skinner and George Anderson with hosts escorting guests to Queen's Hall. The banquet, sponsored by the Mower County Pioneer and Historical Society, will also unveil a county courthouse annex seal commemorating 100th anniversary.
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Victor Christgau
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Washington
Austin
John H. Skinner
George Anderson
Queen's Hall
Wold Drug Store
The
Mower County
General Mills Wins Balloon Gondola Contract for 90,000-Foot Jump
The Air Research and Development Command awarded General Mills a contract to build a 7 by 7 foot gondola for experimental parachute jumps from 90,000 feet. Two Air Force volunteers will test three ascents, aiming to reach 63k, 75k and 90k feet, with partially pressurized suits and automatic chutes. The 90,000-foot leap would top the current 45,200-foot record set by Lt. Henry P. Nielson and Capt. Edward G. Sperry in 1954 over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Baltimore
Air Research and Development Command
General Mills
Minneapolis
Air Force
Henry P. Nielson
Edward G. Sperry
Gulf of Mexico
Father Tells Grace Kelly Don’t Let People Push You By
The bride's father John Kelly met Grace Kelly aboard the Constitution and urged her to stay true to herself, not concede to protocol. Grace rested after a lively evening, and a relaxed day followed her voyage to Monaco to wed Prince Rainier III. A small party and games preceded a late cocktail, as wedding plans continued aboard the liner.
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Constitution
Grace Kelly
John Kelly
Kelly
Grace
New York
Temperatures and Plans for Voyage Socials
Ernest H. Nelson notes the captain's dinner as the voyage winds down. On Tuesday the Constitution will stop at Algeciras Spain to disembark some passengers and pick up others.
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Ernest H. Nelson
Algeciras
Spain
Boy is found alive after hiding in trunk
Four year old John Schwartz hid in an old trunk during hide and seek and was found two hours later almost unconscious in the back yard. His brothers heard a noise and opened the lid, revealing him trapped inside the trunk.
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ST. Paul
John Schwartz
John
Tyke
Eis Proposal Seeks Broad Civil Rights Legislation
The Eisenhower administration asks Congress to enact a wide civil rights program. Proposals include a bipartisan grievance commission, a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department under an additional assistant attorney general, and direct access to federal courts for rights complaints. Present law requires exhaustion of state remedies before federal action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Gen
Brownell
Justice Department
Red Wing Selects Barbara Richardson Miss Red Wing
Barbara Richardson a 17 year old high school senior was chosen Miss Red Wing and will compete in the Miss Minnesota Contest in Albert Lea next month representing the Red Wing community.
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Red Wing
Minn
Barbara Richardson
Minnesota
Albert Les
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Bud) Lahana
Robert Ryshavy
First National Bank
Lahan
EF. R. Weseman
Donald Catenack
Water
Tobar
Crane
George Geannakouri
Deneen
Bell Telephone
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
C. Gordon Beale
Bel Air
Board of Trustees
Richard Garbisch
Christgau
Cynthia Lowry
Prince Rainier III of
Monaco
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