Senate committee approves statewide daylight time bill in Minnesota
The Senate General Legislation Committee approved a statewide daylight saving bill moving the time from the fourth Sunday in May to Labor Day. The vote was 11 to 7 with sponsors Sen. Harold O Loughlin and others backing the measure. A separate bill banning daylight time and a referendum proposal for 1960 were also advanced.
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Harold O'Loughlin
St. Paul
Joseph Wadheim
Tyler
Louis Murray
East Grand Forks
Leslie Westin
Sen
Murray
Henderson
Twin Cities
Duluth
Gov Freeman to Explain Tax Program at Town Hall
Gov Orville Freeman will outline his tax plan at 8 p.m. tonight in Christgau Hall at Austin High School. He will discuss withholding in the income tax as an alternative to a sales tax and will hold a post meeting press conference at the Labor Center to answer questions about the administration’s program.
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Christgau Hall
Austin High School
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Labor Center
Senate votes down draft proposal amid Berlin crisis
The Senate rejected 68 to 24 a plan to create a civilian commission to study peacetime draft alternatives. Sen. Francis Case and Sen. Wayne Morse urged a four year selective service extension, while Morse pressed to limit it to two years. The four year measure had broad Senate Armed Services Committee support after House action. Morse argued against rushed legislation due to the Berlin crisis. Des Moines notes Iowa lawmakers view Nebraska session as less effective.
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Washington
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Sen
RSD
Congress
Students in Union High Face Action Over Profanity
In Union New Jersey AP reports several high school students face disciplinary action after uttering hell and damn during a weekend performance of The Man Who Came to Dinner. The play’s original script includes the words but the senior class had agreed to remove them. Principal Harry Cooke investigates whether the incident was a deliberate rebuke to censorship.
Most Townships Hold Tax Line Opposition to Daylight Saving
Rural Minnesota townships held their annual meetings to set next year’s budgets. While several areas raised taxes, most kept expenditures level. Lyle Township passed a resolution opposing daylight saving time and road dust measures were debated in Spring Valley. Elections elected supervisors for three years and other officers for two years. some races and results are noted, but overall levy figures and outcomes remain fluid as results arrive.
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Austin
Lyle
Spring Valley
Moscow
Beaver
Eisenhower warns on ground war and taxes in Berlin talk
President Eisenhower urged higher taxes for defense expansion and said the United States would not initiate a ground war in Europe. He defended a 870000 Army and 175000 Marines, warned against Soviet baiting, and questioned a Berlin war outcome while dismissing Khrushchev’s West Berlin proposals as wisecracks.
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Eisenhower
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Berlin
United States
Fisenhower
Hawaii Statehood Bill Gains Momentum in Senate and House
In Washington, Hawaii statehood moves to the Senate and House as both chambers plan quick action. Senate co sponsorship reaches 56 members while House predicts about 100 vote margin. Rules Committee clears six hours of debate with Thursday action anticipated. Senator Henry M Jackson lauds Hawaii as a diplomatic state uniting East and West in mutual trust and diversity.
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Hawaii
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Senate
House
Chamber
House Rules Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Senate Territories
Eisenhower defends sober stance on Berlin and defense
President Eisenhower says the United States will do what is needed to protect its rights but will not rule out nuclear options. He urges sober debate over Berlin tensions, warns against hysterical reactions, and rejects quick war rhetoric while defending defense spending and tax funding.
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Eisenhower
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Fisenhower
Berlin
Wealthy hotel owner charged in plot to hire killer for wife
Kris Albert, 46, owner of Sea Breeze Hotel on Santa Catalina Island, is accused of trying to hire Michael Angulo to kill his estranged wife who suffers multiple sclerosis. The plan collapsed when Angulo reported the scheme at the Malibu sheriff's substation. Mrs Albert has two teenage daughters.
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Kris Albert
Sea Breeze
Avaton
Santa Catalina Island
Albert
Malibu
Michael F. Angulo
Agooura
Khrushchev Proposes Free City Berlin With Western Garrison
Soviet Premier Khrushchev hints at keeping a small Western garrison in West Berlin if the city becomes a free city with a Soviet garrison. this follows his Nov 27 note reversing earlier demilitarization talks and signals a tense path toward a foreign ministers conference and possible summit with Eisenhower, Macmillan, and de Gaulle.
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Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Free City
Soviet Union
East Berlin
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Revolt in Iraq Deepens Rift With Nasser Regime
Iraq reports quelling a revolt against Premier Abdel Karim Kassem as relations with President Nasser's UAR plummet to a new low. Baghdad claims the rebellion was crushed while rumors spread that rebel officers were involved.
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Lebanon
Iraq
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Baghdad
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kassem
U.A.R
Middle East
Cairo
Jet Bombers Miss Collision by Inches Over Mountain Home
Two B47 jets narrowly avoided collision at 30,000 feet near Mountain Home AFB Idaho. Both aircraft landed safely after circling to burn fuel. all crews unharmed.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Mountain Home Air Force Base
No Trace Found of Plane Victims
Searchers failed to locate 23 Brazilians aboard a Brazilian Air Force Catalina that went down near Curralindo along the Amazon River. The crew of five plus 1 passenger included three women and two children.
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Lung
Amazon River
Air Force
Curralindo
Weather Readings From Herald Site on Fire Station Roof
Weather report from The Herald Weather Site shows 8:30 a.m. reading of 21 with high 33 and low 7 in the past 24 hours. Forecast notes general weather as partly cloudy.
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Herald
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