Mill City Post Office workers suspended in Hatch Act case
The Civil Service Commission finds 12 current and former Minneapolis and St Paul post office employees violated the Hatch Act by engaging in Democratic party political activities between 1949 and 1952. Penalties range from dismissal to 90 days. three were cleared. Alfred Broms was dismissed, Arnold Chulik suspended for one year, and ten others received nine day suspensions.
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Washington
The
Civil Service Commission Today
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Commission
Alfred ©. Broms
Minneapolis
Broms
Arnold J. Chulik
Chulik
Eugene H. Keating
Bert E. Grant
Harry S. Rosenblatt
St. Paul
John J. Brennan
Walter J. Hogan
Leo J. Saunders
Earl D. Woolery
Colin E. Rude
Clifford A. Carlson
Allen P. Roberts
U S Seeks Honest Agreement With Russia On Arms
London dispatch reports the United States aims for an honest workable arms reduction deal with Russia but sees little optimism. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said the U S would lead when a scheme is ready, amid talks with Britain France Canada and Russia at the UN disarmament subcommittee meeting. He urged Moscow to honor its February statement on wider international cooperation for peaceful atomic energy.
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London
United States
Russia
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
Britain
France
Canada
United Nations
Eisenhower
Police trustie returns found billfold to cops in Waco
In Waco Texas a jail trust y returned a found billfold to police after locating it downtown. The owner was later notified and the investigation proceeded with the recovered belongings.
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Waco, Tex
Nine Airmen Die As KC97 Tanker Crashes After Takeoff
A four engine Air Force KC97 tanker on a refueling mission caught fire after takeoff from Sedalia base and crashed six miles northwest of Windsor Missouri. Nine of the eleven crew members were killed. two parachuted to safety and two were missing. Witnesses described a bright flash and an enormous explosion as the aircraft plummeted to a farm.
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Air Force
Windsor
540Th
Sedalia
Sedalia Air Force Base
Missouri
Rock Island
Asa Gunn
Eldon
Stanley C. Beach
Lambert Lake Maine
Walter H. Polk
Knoxville, Tenn
D. D. Stiles
Gregory
34Qth
New Subzero Wave Hits Minnesota Forecasters Predict
Temperatures fall across southern Minnesota with 18 above at 1 am down to 4 above by noon. Tonight's low expected 5 to 10 below. Northern Minnesota to drop to 10 to 18 below. Friday highs in the south projected 10 to 15 above. Skies partly cloudy.
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Minnesota
Austin
House Expected to Pass $20 Tax Reduction
Democrats push a $20 per person income tax cut with a $815 million annual revenue loss and a broader $2.2 billion yearly impact. The measure bundles the cut with extensions to corporate rates and other levies, while Eisenhower aides seek GOP defections. Republicans hope to block the cut in the Senate if it clears the House.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
Senate
Dulles Eden Talk Open Thailand Conference Spotlight
At Bangkok Dulles and Eden may discuss Formosa and offshore islands as Southeast Asia defense talks enter a second day. Dulles warned of rising internal pressures on communism and urged maintaining a united U.S. Pacific force with 400 warships, 300000 troops, and 350000 manpower.
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U.S
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Far East
Free World
South Korea
Japan
Indochina
Rangoon
Burma
Laos
Vsit
Cambodia
Pacific
U.S. Pacific
Britain backs Soviet arms talks plan at UN subcommittee
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament Britain would support the Soviet call for an international disarmament conference this year if East‑West talks succeed. Delegates from Britain, Russia, the United States, France and Canada meet in London to resume UN disarmament subcommittee sessions.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Russia
United States
France
Canada
U. N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
House of Commons
Mid Continent Spreads Bitter Cold Across Central U S
Arctic air plummets temperatures across the Dakotas and northern Texas Oklahoma, with 10 below zero readings in Dickinson North Dakota. Blowing snow disrupts travel as a 100 to 200 mile belt of snow follows the cold front eastward toward the Midwest. Southeast enjoys mild readings in the 40s and 50s.
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Mid-Continent
Dakotas
Texas
Oklahoma
Rockies
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Dickinson
N.D
Miami
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Oslo radio staff strike for higher wages
Seventy three announcers and other staff members walked out of the government run Norwegian radio network yesterday demanding higher pay. Two officials stayed to keep the network on air with weather reports music and tape recordings of programs.
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Oslo
Norway
Pedestrian Breaks Car Window After Blocked Crossing
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a pedestrian frustrated by heavy traffic smashed a car window as he attempted to cross. The crash halted traffic until police arrived. The man, reported sober, admitted guilt and pledged to pay for the window.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Nationalists Withdraw Civilians From Nanchishan Island
Nationalist China announced that all civilians had left Nanchishan, a small island 23 miles from the Red mainland and 140 miles north of Formosa. About 2,000 civilians were evacuated as military action and diminished Red threat followed by pressure from army commanders. Lt. Gen. Roger Ramey and U.S. advisers coordinated with Nationalist officials amid questions of U.S. support and strategic value.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Nanchishan
Red
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Islands
U.S
Formosa Strait
Pescadores
Eisenhower
Peilungshan
Roger Ramey
Sth Air Force
Airport scent ban blocks cologne machines for women lounges
Allegheny County commissioners rejected a plan to install cologne dispensing machines in the airport women’s lounges. They argued the odor would offend too many women and face objections.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Faure Forms France’s New Government Amid Crisis
Paris reports Premier Edgar Faure begins urgent work with a mostly unfamiliar cabinet after the 309-210 vote to back his leadership. Key issues include the partial budget, West Germany treaties, Tunisia self government talks, wage rises, and tax revision.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Faure
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes- France
Antoine Pinay
Mendes-France
West Germany
Council of the Republic
Tunisia
Radical Socialists
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
de Gaullists
Late Arrivers See Pinza Show In New York
From Paris to Broadway a group of 22 travelers, mostly Americans abroad, arrived seven hours late to attend Ezio Pinza in the musical Fanny. Bad weather diverted the flight via Boston and Pittsburgh to Idlewild Airport before landing. After the performance the group enjoyed a backstage party with Pinza.
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New York
Paris
Broadway
Ezio Pinza
Boston
Pittsburgh
Washington
Idlewild
Pinza
Wastebasket Holds Rayburns Advance Copy of Ike Message
Washington report shows President Eisenhower’s advance White House messages were misrouted to waste baskets due to poor Democratic communication. Rayburn and lawmakers received and distributed copies inconsistently, delaying access for the House speaker and risking a rift between branches.
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Wastebasket
Rayburns
Washington
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Congress
House
White House
James C. Hagerty
Governor Gains Early Hearing on Withholding Tax Plan
The Minnesota House tax committee opened hearings on Gov. Freeman's wage withholding proposal. William G. Burkman refuted double taxation claims and stressed no current tax increases while outlining the plan's structure and exclusions. Joe Robertson noted potential 5 percent more tax returns and $2 million in added revenue next biennium, with Freeman forecasting $23 million more over two years.
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ST. Paul
Freeman
Minnesota
House of Representatives
William G. Burkman
State Income Tax Division
E. J. Chilgren
Littlefork
Gov
Joe Robertson
Tax Department
Burkman
Kentucky
Oregon
Delaware
Vermont
Colorado
Arizona
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