Adenauer Sees Victory in West German Treaty Battle
Bonn reports Chancellor Adenauer poised to win ratification of four treaties ending Allied occupation, keeping German sovereignty and rearmament on track. Socialists mount last minute opposition as Bundestag considerations stretch late into the night, with final vote looming. Saar clause faces tight vote as European control debates continue.
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George Boultwood
Bonn
Germany
Paris
West
Konrad Adenauer
Bundestag
Adenauer
Socialist Party
Erich Ollenhauer
West Germany
France
Britain
United States
West European Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bill for Additional Judge Is Introduced
Bills to add another judge in the 10th District were introduced in both the House and Senate. The measures provide that there shall be two district judges in Freeborn, Mower and Fillmore counties. Rep. Jacob Herzog is chief author of the House measure and Sen. P J Holand is sponsor in the Senate.
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House
Senate
Freeborn
Mower
Fillmore
Jacob Herzog
Austin
P. J. Holand
Senate Busies Itself With Congress Pay Raise Battle
Senate rejects a pay raise compromise for Congress and sends the bill back to conference with the House. The measure would raise lawmakers salaries to 22500 with a 1250 tax free allowance and include raises for federal judges vice president and other officials. Kefauver says the House will demand changes as conferees are named to press for elimination of the tax free fund.
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Joe Hall
Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Rep
Walter
Dpa
House
Senate
U. S
Justice Department
D-Pa
West Coast
Sens
Barkley
D-Ky
Holland
D-Fia
Monroney
D-Okla
Williams
Rdel
Knowland
R-Calif
Congress
Civil War Vet Alber Woolson Hospitalized at 108
Albert Woolson, 108, last Union survivor of the Civil War, was hospitalized in Duluth Minnesota with a lung congestion. He was placed in an oxygen tent after a sudden illness that left doctors unsure of full extent. he slept comfortably through the night.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Woolson
Belt Line Work Seen in August
State Sen. P J Holand said grading for the Aus tin Belt Line may start Aug 1 if no delays occur with July 15 letting for contracts. Underpasses plan by mid July with three bridges let mid September. Bridge design and blueprints are delaying progress due to a shortage of state bridge engineers. consultant engineers will be used. The project aims for late fall 1956 completion at about 2 000 000 dollars with Highway 16 as a future federal highway route benefiting Mower County and Austin officials.
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Austin Belt Line
P. J. Holand
Milwaukee and
Great Western Railroads
Holand
State Highway Department
Mower County
Austin City
The
Planning Commission
Dulles Seeks Friendly Talks in Burma Visit
Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Rangoon for full and friendly talks with Burmese leaders. He stated he did not come to woo or be wooed as he met President Ba U and Prime Minister U Nu, with Pact powers noted in Bangkok before heading to Manila.
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Rangoon
Burma
Dulles
U Nu
Bangkok
Sao Khun Hkio
Pakistan
Nepal
Holland
Japan
Italy
Britain
Ba U
Redding Chamber Plans Flight for Civil Defense Day
Redding California chamber directors voted to hold next Friday’s meeting in an airborne plane to promote interest in a Civil Defense Day program at Hamilton Air Force Base north of San Francisco.
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Redding
Calif
Redding Chamber of Commerce
Hamilton Air Force Base
San Francisco
Legislature Enters Final Half With Key Decisions Pending
Minnesota lawmakers close the first half of the 1955 session with many major decisions still ahead. Leaders Miller and Cina express optimism as they prepare for eight weeks of votes on appropriations taxes school aids and reforms while Gov. Freeman’s proposed ten department reorganization looms. House moves to televise home games and consider civil service changes amid hearings on employment and tax plans.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Archie Miller
Hopkins
Fred Cina
Aurora
Senate
Miller
House
Cina
Gov. Freeman
Washington
Central Water Resources Agency
University of Minnesota
House Civil Administration Committee
Civil Service
East
Frazee Sailor Cleared of Murder in Husband Wife Slay Case
Eugene D. Haas, 26, Frazee Minn is acquitted of murdering his wife Myrtle 30 in Memphis Tenn after a 13 hour jury deliberation. The Navy disbursing clerk faced a circumstantial case claiming he hacked and hid her body with only the head found a month after she was reported missing. The verdict followed a three week trial amid courtroom tension and cheering outside. Haas thanked his family and proclaimed his innocence while awaiting the decision.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eugene D. Haas
Frazee
Minn
Haas
Navy
Myrtle
F. H. Chase
Portsmouth
Ervin Haas
Myrtle Haas
T. W. Carpenter
John Siviey
Nationalists Hit Two Red Chinese Craft at Wuchiu
Nationalist warplanes attacked Chinese Communist craft northwest of Wuchiu in the Formosa Strait and destroyed two air force headquarters. The communique said all Nationalist planes returned safely and did not specify ship tonnage.
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Taipei
Formosa
Wuchiu
Formosa Strait
Defense Ministry
O.K. Yui
Legislative Yuan
Chiang Kaishek
Quemoy
Matsus
Pescadores
United States
Foochow
Red
Amoy
Red-held
Nanjih Island
Byrd Faces Senate Test on Proposed $20 Income Tax Cut
House supporters pushed a $20 per person income tax cut with offsetting extensions to corporate and excise levies. Senate questions focus on Byrd and George as they weigh committee action and potential passage amid Treasury revenue impact and political dynamics.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Georgia
Eisenhower
House Democrats
Rayburn
Texas
Faisenhower
Gettysburg
Democrats
Treasury
U.S. Presses for Release of Prisoners in Red China
The United States seeks clemency for 15 American fliers jailed in Red China after returning seven rescued fishermen to Manila. Dag Hammarskjold had urged China to release the fliers, captured during the Korean War, who were sentenced as spies.
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Washington
Red China
United States
U.S. Air Force
Indochina
Hainan Island
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Hammarskjold
Manila
Brotherhood Week meeting canceled in Hialeah
A Brotherhood Week gathering at a Hialeah youth center in Miami area was canceled after sponsoring ministers said they feared violence.
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Brotherhood
Miami
Fla
Hialeah, Fla
Shetsky in Hiding Faces Higher Bond and Judge’s Warrant
Rubin Shetsky, charged with burglary and assault, remains at large in Tulsa County after a judge raised his bond from 7 000 to 20 000 and issued a bench warrant when he left hospital. Bondsman Pete King says he can produce Shetsky any time but will stay hidden until Monday, while the Criminal Court of Appeals considers a dismissal of the orders.
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Tulsa
Okla
Rubin Shetsky
Minneapolis
Chicago
Pete King
Shetsky
W. Lee Johnson
Johnson
Tulsa County
J. Howard Edmondson
Criminal Court of Appeals
Oklahoma City
King
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Red Wing
Jon Webber
Jerry Olson
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