Eisenhower to address nation on TV and radio Monday
President Eisenhower will deliver a nationwide extemporaneous address Monday night on critical international and domestic questions. The program will be broadcast 7:30 to 8 p.m. CST on NBC CBS and ABC and 9:30 to 10 p.m. on ABC NBC and CBS radio networks, with a follow up talk from Attorney General Brownell next Friday. The White House described the talk as a public calmative after a March 17 news conference outlining fears and hysteria. President at Camp David working from a preliminary draft with family nearby and a visit to Gettysburg battlefield en route.
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Arrests Blamed On Aching Tooth
Paul Rides the Horse, 28, of Prior, Montana, told a police judge that his five drunkenness arrests this year stem from a toothache remedy his friend recommended. He said the tooth has ached for three months and he poured whisky on it whenever it hurt.
ILA Ends New York Dock Strike After 29 Days
The International Longshoremen's Association ordered members back to work in New York to end a 29 day strike that disrupted the bi state waterfront. The ILA faced legal actions and an injunction from the New York state supreme court prohibiting further strike activity or violence by the union or its locals.
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Partly cloudy and cold tonight with a low around 18
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight with a low near 18. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high around 38 to 43.
Police chief defends order to shoot tires of speeders
Vincennes Indiana police chief James Harlow defends his directive to fire at speeding vehicles tires if suspects refuse to stop. State officials call the policy illegal and dangerous while residents and local officers split on its merits.
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Distraught Father Restraints Self in Sea Search for Lost Baby
In Hermosa Beach California a 19 month old boy, Michael McDonald, wandered from a fenced yard and disappeared into the Pacific. His parents begged for calm as police lifeguards and neighbors searched through the afternoon into night with no sign of the child or body.
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Power Outage Planned In Kenwood Area
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company will cut electric power briefly between 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday in Kenwood Cedar Rapids. Feeders at the Twenty-ninth street substation will be transferred affecting homes from Twenty-ninth to Thirty-fourth streets NE. Service is expected to resume by 10 a.m.
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Sears In Unless Solid Evidence Yielded
Senator Mundt said Samuel P. Sears will be Senate counsel in the McCarthy army dispute unless solid evidence bars him. Senate investigators plan to question Sears on 1952 pro McCarthy statements. Mundt says dismissal only with sufficient grounds. Defense appoints Joseph M. Welch to represent the army in the inquiry.
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Welch to take post as public service figure in likely McCarthy era
Welch a Primghar Indiana native told reporters he accepts the post as a public service and will work without pay. He declined to state support for McCarthy but said he will disclose the facts. Mundt charged that vicious smears are aimed at Seare to undermine him before he begins.
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Tax Boss Slips Up on Payment
Richmond AP report says T Coleman Andrews, national head of federal tax collections, admitted a missed Virginia personal income tax payment and a 25 dollar fine. He filed his state return late due to federal duties, with a bookkeeper handling Virginia filing.
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French Hold Firm At Dien Bien Phu Against Red Assaults
Defenders of Dien Bien Phu refused to budge as waves of Communist infantry and artillery pressed the fortress. Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries ordered exhausted troops to stand firm despite heavy losses and dwindling relief. A morale boosting but dire situation unfolds as the siege enters its fourth day.
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Hoegh urges end to commercial WOI TV setup
Iowa Attorney General Leo A. Hoegh urged curtailing WOI TV commercial programs as private industry takes over public obligations. He said state entities should not compete with private outlets and noted WOI TV’s past pledge to drop commercials when private stations began local service.
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House Bars Ike's Public Housing Plan
Washington The House voted 352 to 36 to kill President Eisenhower's public housing proposals and then passed a broader housing bill. Southern Democrats helped derail the plan 211 to 176, while the measure expands low down payments and slum clearance and requires FHA approval to prevent city-scale risk. The Senate now considers the bill.
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Des Moines Man Convicted in Drake Iowa State Bribery Case
A Des Moines businessman Floren di Paglia, 27, was found guilty by a district court jury of attempting to bribe Drake basketball star Ben Bumbry to fix the Drake Iowa State game on December 22. The verdict followed brief deliberations and sentencing is set for April 17.
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Western nations push early U N Disarmament Commission meeting
The United States Britain and France urged an early session of the U N Disarmament Commission to discuss control of the H bomb and other arms. Dr T F Tsiang of Nationalist China, set to chair April, signaled a likely meeting next week. The Russians indicated willingness to attend.
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Grandma Barber Returns to Work at 85
Grandma Huntington, 85, returns to barbering after three months sidelined by a broken arm. The Rochester, Vermont, grandmother works part time in the trade she learned 65 years ago, with her grandson as employer.
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Iowa GOP Sets July 23 for State Convention in Des Moines
The Republican state central committee announced Des Moines will host the state convention on July 23, with Fort Dodge chosen for the judicial convention on July 30. About 3,000 delegates are expected for each convention, chosen at county events July 2. Rep. Tom Martin gave a noon talk as the party’s lone U.S. senate candidate.
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Death of Texan Leaves 3 Vets of Confederacy
In Austin Texas Thomas Evans Riddle 107 dies at the Texas Confederate Home for Men after four years dwellings. He served with the 12th Tennessee infantry in Civil War final 18 months. Surviving Confederates are Walter W Williams 111 Franklin Texas John Salling 106 Slant Va and William A Lundy 105 Laurel Hill Fla. Union veteran Albert Woolson 107 Duluth remains only Grand Army of the Republic survivor.
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