New Twists In U.S.-Red Relationship
U S Soviet relations take new twists with two ambassadors’ travels and Poland’s Rapacki plan for a nuclear free zone. Thompson briefs Eisenhower’s cabinet then returns to Moscow as Menshikov meets Dulles. State Dept signals cautious support for easing tension while warning Poland’s plan is dangerous.
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Washington
U.S
Europe
Llewellyn Thompson
Eisenhower
Moscow
Mikhail Menshikov
State Department
Dulles
Menshikov
Nicerties
Poland
Thompson
West Germany
Lincoln White
Adam Rapacki
U.N. Lastctober
Czechoslovakia
East
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Civil Rights Popped Up Again As 1958 Issue
Washington February 7 the House Appropriations Committee refused to fund the six man Civil Rights Commission under the 1959 general government matters bill and deferred a $750,000 request. The panel noted that the staff director must be Senate confirmed and no staff exists yet.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Civil Rights Commission
Senate
House
Civil Rights Commission Fund
Romney Calls for Big Three Split to curb power
American Motors President George Romney urged Congress to break up the automakers and the United Auto Workers to curb economic power. He proposed limits when a firm exceeds 35 percent of industry sales or spans multiple basic industries, aiming to create several new firms from Ford and General Motors.
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George Romney
American Motors Corp
House-Senate Antitrust and
Romney
General Motors
Ford
United Auto Workers
Washington
American Motors
Congress
ITE
Toyulink
United Auto Workers Union
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Korea Reds Urge Cut in Manpower for Koreas
North Korea proposed trimming armed forces on both sides to 100 000 men or less and U S and Chinese troops withdrawn from Korea. Premier Kim Il Sung argued for a minimum force and neutrally supervised elections to unite the peninsula. Peiping radio quoted Ambassador Li Young.
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Hong Kong
North Korea
North
South Korea
Peiping
Li Young
Kim Il Sung
Sung
U.S
South Korean National Assembly
United States
Korea
Children Welfare Charter Approved in Divorce Law
The House of Commons approved a children’s charter on Feb 7 establishing youngsters rights in divorce cases. Courts must ensure practical welfare arrangements before decree or separation becomes absolute, and a court welfare service will aid judges in custody decisions. Conservative and Labour members welcomed the law.
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London
House of Commons
Last U. S. Combat Troops Leave Japan
The U S Army announced the final combat ground troops have departed Japan fulfilling a June agreement with Japan's Prime Minister. The last unit was an Honest John rocket battalion bound for Korea, entered Japan in 1955 amid strong labor and leftist protests. remaining forces are mainly supply and active units.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Eisenhower
Kishi
Korea
Unions Face Clean-Up Deadline Set by AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO orders 137 unions to fully adopt anti corruption codes by April 15 to avoid further Congressional action. President Meany and the Executive Council warned those lagging will be investigated. the move aims to preserve internal democracy and prevent government takeovers.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Congress
George Meany
Meany
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Ethical Practice Committee
Executive Council
Ethical Prairies Group
Prominent Scientist Bound by Red Tape Revealed
Mrs. Fred L. Whipple, wife of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory director, says in a Harvard Dames address that in 1946 her husband, a Harvard astronomer, wrote a paper for a California nonprofit. He later sought data but was told the material was classified top secret and he lacked security clearance.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Harvard Dames
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
California
Sparkman Outlines Crash Program for Housing and Urban Renewal
Sen. Sparkman urged Congress to seize initiative from the White House and push a crash program to stimulate home construction and urban renewal. He proposed bills to provide mortgage funds, expand urban renewal with long-term funding, house families displaced by government actions, and extend VA home loan guarantees. Sen. Gore warned of a drift to low mood and pledged public works, credit expansion, and nuclear development steps to revive the economy.
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Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Congress
White House
Treasury Anderson
Senate
House Economic Committee
Anderson
VA — Veterans Administration
Sen. Gore
Tennessee
Gore
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hopeful debate over tax cuts cited by Anderson
Secretary of the Treasury Anderson told the Senate House Economic Committee that a tax cut is unwarranted unless the economy worsens. He warned of possible bad news before improvement and did not rule out a standby bill, though he favored no immediate action. Meanwhile Congress moved on unemployment funding for veterans and federal workers, while tax revision hearings argued for broader rate cuts and relief across brackets. President Eisenhower said a tax cut could be used if needed but expects an uptick by midyear.
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Congress
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
Federation
Eisenhower
Anderson
Senate House Economic Committee
Senate
House Appropriations
House
Ways and Means
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Council
Clarence D. Laylin
Columbus
Ohio
Laylin
Paul Ziffren
Los Angeles
Democratic National
Carter W. Atkins
Connecticut Public Expenditure Council
Below Normal Temperatures Forecast for West Virginia
The weather bureau predicts five days of below normal temperatures across West Virginia with highs around 33 in the north and 36 in the south. Snow flurries Saturday and possible snow Sunday or Monday may total about one quarter inch of precipitation.
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Huntington
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Itinerant Negro Admits Five Murders After Lie Detector
Jeremiah McCray, a drifting suspect from Alabama, confessed to six killings and detailed four more to Virginia state police. The statements linked to the 1956 Alabama shooting spree and the Ladysmith murder of Jeanette Griffin, with another suspect jailed for the same crime. Police verified facts, noting one claimed victim survived.
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Richmond
Virginia
Jeremiah McCray
Rodney H. Holland
Ohio
Georgia
Alabama
Holland
Atlas Missile Self-Destructs After Flight Test
Air Force Atlas launching today near Cape Canaveral ended in self-destruction minutes after engines cut off. Officials say the self-destruction was not deliberate, possibly from residual fuel igniting, with range safety officer assuming a safe coasting trajectory. The test followed delays and featured reporters from rooftops to beaches observing the event.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlas
Air Force Range Safety Officer
Vanguard
Cape Canaveral Test Center
GE Man Heads Space Program
Secretary of Defense McElroy named Roy W. Johnson of General Electric to head the new Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA. Johnson will direct antimissile missiles space vehicles and other frontier projects as the Air Force handles manned flight vehicles and the X15 project. Johnson, 52, will take ARPA leadership on April 1 with a $10 million annual fund and requests for $340 million more in the next fiscal year. He currently runs GE electronics and resides in Stamford Connecticut.
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Washington
McElroy
Air Force
Roy W. Johnson
General Electric Co
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Armed Services
ARPA
Congress
Roy Johnson
General Electric
Johnson Sow
New York
Stamford
Conn
Editors Protest Paper Curtain Against Government Secrecy
Harrold Cross and J R Wiggins of the American Society of Newspaper Editors urge the House Government Information subcommittee to pass a bill limiting secrecy. They argues against a climate of pervasive government concealment and call the amendment a modest step toward disclosure.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Harold Cross
J. R. Wiggins
House Government Information Subcommittee
Wiggins
Washington Post
ASNE
Cross
Subcommittee
Moss
D-Calif
Congress
Gadi
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