Insurgents receive 11th hour GOP leadership offer
Washington AP reports Republican House leaders offered a compromise to insurgent Republicans to share leadership in the chamber. A new assistant floor leader post would be created and the full House would elect the Policy Committee chair. If defeated Halleck could become GOP floor leader with Martin's long tenure ending after 34 years.
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Chamber
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Martin
Republican House
Republican House Policy Committee
House
Newth Congress
Halleck
New House
Congress
Richard M. Simpson
Pennsylvania
Gerald Ford
Michigan
John Byrnes
Wisconsin
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Freeway Through City Now Designated TH 90 on Map
Minnesota Highway Dept. announces a new statewide numbering plan making the local Austin freeway TH 90. The route connects LaCrescent to Sioux Falls with belt loops around Austin and through Albert Lea and Fairmont, while other segments become TH 35 TH 94 and TH 190 as signs are updated statewide.
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Minnesota Highway Dept
Minnesota
LaCrescent
Winona
Rochester
Albert Lea
Fairmont
Worthington
Laverne
Sioux Falls
S. C
Faribault
Owatonna
Minnesota River
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Forest Lake
Duluth
Hudson
Wis
Twin Cities
St. Cloud
Alexandria
Fergus Falls
Moorhead
Virginia
Tower
St. Louis County
St. Louis Park
Highway Department
Mikoyan Reassures West on Berlin Access
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan told U S officials that free Western access to Berlin would continue. He outlined five points: East Berlin to East Germany, not an Allied expulsion, no ultimatum, and possible UN role to guarantee access as May deadline looms.
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Washington
Anastas I. Mikoyan
United States
Berlin
Kremlin
Mikoyan
State Department
Soviet Union
East Berlin
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
France
Khrushchev
East Germany
United Nations
Rerlin
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Assn
America
Johnston
Minnesota Legislature Opens 61st Session House Speaker Race
The 61st Minnesota Legislature convened with Gov Freeman seeking 84 million more in revenue to sustain services. Freeman to unveil budget plan at a joint session next week. Inaugural address set for Wednesday and education, reapportionment, and classroom issues loom. House Speaker race centered on Rep Ed Chilgren and Rep Lloyd Duxbury.
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Ed Chilgren
Littlefork
Lloyd Duxbury
Caledonia
Alaska Tax Makes Statehood Taxable Benefit Change
The Alaska cost of living allowance for federal employees, once tax free, will be taxable after statehood. Harold T. Swartz announced the rule reflecting Alaska’s admission, while Senate Republicans pushed a plan to streamline committees from 32 to 20 to save time.
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Washington
Statehood
Harold T. Swartz
Internal Revenue
Alaska
Senate
John Zwach
Freeman Budget Message Sparks GOP Charge of Fiscal Tricks
Minnesota Republicans accuse Gov Freeman and the Democratic Farmers Labor party of a complete flip in state finances between election day and the new Legislature. John Mooty warns legislators to expect fiscal trickery as the budget arrives, citing past quotes and accusing the administration of windfalls, reserve shifts, and debt gimmicks to fund current expenditures without long term plans.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Gov, Freeman
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
John Mooty
State Gop
Mooty
Freeman
Brownsdale Hearing Set on District Merger with Hayfield
A public hearing to dissolve Brownsdale School District and attach it to Hayfield is scheduled for 1 p.m. January 22 at the Mower County Courthouse. The Brownsdale petition follows years of merger talks with District 498 Rose Creek and District 492 Austin, with options to deny, grant as asked, or split the district among districts.
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Hayfield
Mower County
Rose Creek
Austin
State Department of Education
County Board
Castro Continues Victory March in Cuba
Provisional government in Havana plans to dissolve Congress and criminal courts and rule by decree until elections within 18 months to two years. Manuel Urrutia named Jose Miro Cardona premier, lifted martial law, and announced a cabinet of 11 with further appointments pending.
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Congress
Criminal Courts
Manuel Urrutia
Capital
Urrutia
Jose Miro Cardona
Havana Bar Assa
Castro
Guerrila
Batista
Interior
Santiago
Cuba
Maj
Camilo
EL Presidente
Winnie, Wife to Bask in Morocco's Sun
Sir Winston and Lady Churchill plan a six week vacation in Marrakech Morocco starting next Monday. The 84 year old statesman will stay in a seventh floor hotel suite he occupied on three prior visits and will bring his easel and paint brushes as he relaxes in the sun near the Atlas Mountains.
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London
Winston
Lady Churchill
Marrakech
Morocco
Statesman
Atlas Mountains
Weather Summary From THE HERALD Site
Readings show high 20 and low 17 in the last 24 hours. At 8 30 a m the temperature registered 2 with clear general weather.
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U. S
Herald
Balloonists float 21 days after Atlantic bid ends at sea
Four Britons in the Small World balloon crossed 1200 miles by air and 2000 by sea after landing in mid ocean. A fisherman rescued them near Bridgetown Barbados on December 22 following a December 12 Canary Islands start. They endured rationing and jettisoned gear to prevent balloon bursts.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
Atlantic
Canary Islands
British West Indian Island
Atlan
Batista Read About Lincoln Then Fell To Castro
Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista showed a curious taste for Abraham Lincoln’s writings, autographed by Carl Sandburg who said Batista read “Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.” Sandburg noted the reading did him no good as Castro’s revolution toppled Batista, capping with a rueful “Hurrah for Castro.”
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Flat Rock
N.C
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Batista
Lincoln
Sandburg
Fidel Castro
Castro
Demos Push for Faster Space and Missile Programs
On the eve of a new Congress, top Democrats led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged accelerated space and missile programs. They cited the Soviet rocket success and urged detailed review of a $40.9 billion defense outline while Republicans signaled a speedup with plans for a manned moon mission.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Eisenhower
White House
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Anti Reds Reported Gaining Strength Near Tibet Front
The Formosa newspaper Hsin Sheng Pao claims anti Communist forces grow stronger near Lhasa Tibet and along the Kansu Sinkiang border. It says more than 10 000 armed guerrillas operate in southern Tibet.
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Formosa
Lhasa
Tibet
Kansu
Sinkiang
Hsin Sheng Pao
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Parkview
Linda
Gay
Georgia
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Larry Vroman
Lansing
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St. Paul Chamber of Commerce
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