Dows Urges Open Policy for Peacetime Atomic Power
A Nine member congress appointed panel urged the United States to end secrecy on atomic knowledge to speed peacetime uses. The 900 page report foresees atomic power aiding electricity, food production and development abroad, with recommendations on fusion data access, uranium markets, and nuclear powered transport.
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U.S
Sutherland Bows C. Dows
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and
Dows
Robert McKinney
Santa Fe
N. M
Ernest Breech
George, Brown
John R. Dunning
Frank, M. Folsom
T. Keith
Defense Department
AEC
U. S
Drouth Areas Get Heaviest Fall of Snow
A winter storm covered Iowa with up to eight inches of snow and continued through Thursday. The heaviest accumulations were in the southwest, with school closures and slick highways statewide. Temperatures dipped below zero in some areas, with Cedar Rapids reporting three inches and a 24 degree reading at 2:30 PM.
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Drouth Areas
Weather Bureau
Ilowa
Cedar Rapids
Lenox
The
Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
Miday
West Liberty
Fairfield
Oelwein
Cedar Falls
Mason City
Humboldt
Cherokee
Spencer
Denison
Atlantic
Osceola
Des Moines
Iowa
United Air Lines
Omaha
Sioux City
Lamoni
Negro Merchants Boycott Over Segregation Rift in Tennessee
In Jackson Tennessee a soft drink boycott targets the Dr Pepper Bottling Company after its owner joined a Tennessee suit against the state’s gradual desegregation plan for colleges. About a dozen Negro merchants canceled accounts, while NAACP members called the action spontaneous though not officially affiliated. The suit seeks to bar state officials from funding desegregated colleges as the phased plan would extend access from graduate levels upward over several years.
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Jackson, Tenn
M. C. Jolly
Dr. Pepper
Tennessee Natlon
Nashville Chancery Court
Isaiah Savage
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
West Tennessee
Memphis
Mollet Becomes France's Socialist Premier In Unity Pact
In Paris Joseph E. Dynan reports Guy Mollet, Socialist Party secretary, is confirmed as France's twenty second postwar premier leading a leftist non Communist republican front with Radicals. The vote was 420 to 71 with 83 abstentions. The cabinet includes seven Socialists and three Radicals.
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Paris
France
Lover
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Mollet
Popular Front
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
Republican Front
Pierre Mendes France
Mendes-France
Western European Union
North Atlantic Alliance
Singer Billy Daniels Charged In Harlem Club Shooting
New York AP Billy Daniels aged 40 is charged with felonious assault and illegal pistol possession after a late night Harlem club shooting that wounded James Jackson a 33 year old prize fight trainer. Daniels was released on 2500 dollars bail and said he remembers nothing about the incident.
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NEW York
Billy Daniels
Harlem
Daniels
Copacabana
James Jackson
Jackson
Tell
Eight American Protestant Leaders To Visit Russia
An eight member delegation of American Protestant leaders was named to make a 10 day trip to Russia to foster mutual understanding. Sponsored by the National Council of Churches the visit marks the broadest church contact with Russia in 40 years and precedes a Russian Orthodox exchange in June. The group includes leaders from Episcopal Lutheran Presbyterian Baptist Congregational and Methodist bodies with several council officials and specialists in international affairs.
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New York
Russia
National Council of Churches
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
Franklin Clark Fry
United Lutheran Church
Eugene Carson Blake
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Paul B. Anderson
Council
Charles C. Parlin
Postal Rate Boost Promoted by Eisenhower Administration
The administration urged Congress to approve higher postal rates to reduce red ink. A five year 780 million dollar plan would modernize facilities and build new post offices. Proposals include raising a three cent letter to four cents and airmail from six to seven cents.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Post Office Department
Red
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Food Price Index Inches Up Again
New York AP reports wholesale food costs per Dun and Bradstreet rose slightly this week while remaining over 13 percent below levels a year earlier. The index sits at 5.95 versus 5.89 last week, a six year low of 5.86 two weeks ago, and 6.85 a year ago.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Egyptian Premier Tables Aid Offer for Aswan Dam
Egyptian Prime Minister Nasser reportedly tabled a U S aid offer to help build the dam at Aswan on the upper Nile. The report notes the quiet handling of the message amid regional tensions and development plans.
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INS
Nasser
Aswan
Vile
Oregon Governor Patterson Dies in Heart Attack
Gov. Paul L. Patterson of Oregon, the leading Republican hope to challenge Senator Wayne Morse, died of a heart attack Tuesday night at 55 while with advisers at the Arlington club. Elmo Smith will become acting governor until a fall election successor is chosen.
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Portland
Paul L. Patterson
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Patterson
Senate
Arlington Club
Filmer Deetz
Morse
State Senate
Elmo Smith
John Day
Smith
Condition of Bob Burns Is Critical
ENCINO Calif AP Bob Burns 64 bazooka blowing Arkansas storyteller of the Thirties was critically ill Wednesday with in kidney disorder.
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Bob Burns
Encino
Calif
Arkansas
Experimental Plymouth on transport crashes near London
A 1956 Plymouth experimental sports car on an auto transport was struck by an overturning semi on highway 30 near London. The semi veered into the Rex Feed and Elevator office, shattering a plate glass window. driver Robert Matts of Albert Lea, Minn. was unhurt. The truck carried butter. dirt from a sewer project caused the skid.
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the Gazette
Lowden
Denver
London
Robert Matts
Albert Lea
Minn
Rex Feed and Elevator Company
Feed Company
Matts
Wedding Etiquette Urges Decent Behavior at Ceremonies
London based Rev G S Crookshank vented about wedding antics he calls hooliganish. He condemns front row grooms smoking cigars before the bride arrives and grooms wearing strong drink, audience catcalls, and overall rowdy conduct at services.
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London
Yei
G. S.crookshank
Crookshank
Eisenhower to Register to Vote in Pennsylvania
President Eisenhower will travel to Gettysburg on Thursday for a weekend at his farm and plans to register Friday to vote in Pennsylvania for the first time. Mrs. Eisenhower will accompany him and also plans to register. The couple has moved their legal residence from New York.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Eisenhowers
New York
Reds Demand Norway Free Their Vessels
Moscow says the seizure of Soviet trawlers by Norway is a misunderstanding but insists ships were outside four mile limit. Norway has sent torpedo boats and a frigate to Ale sund herring waters. fourteen Soviet boats seized in three days amid protests.
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Reds
Norway
London
Russia
Moscow
Alesund
Agriculture Dept Seeks 25 Percent Cut in Corn Acreage
Washington AP reports the agriculture department proposes a 25 percent reduction in corn planting this year within a designated 840 county area across 23 states to curb surplus. The plan targets 43 280 543 acres, down from last year's 49 842 697, and would affect price support loan eligibility for farmers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Midwest
mid-Atlantic
House Votes for Naval Expansion
The House approved a 1.414 billion dollar navy construction program by a 358 to 3 vote. Sponsored by Rep. Vinson, the bill authorizes 23 ships including the world’s first nuclear powered surface vessel a guided missile light cruiser and six nuclear powered submarines along with numerous landing craft and modernizations.
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Washington
INS
House
Vinson
D-Ga
Dora
Marshall
D-Minn
Crumpacker
R-Ind
German court refuses bail for former security chief
The West German supreme court ruled that Dr Otto John must remain in custody on Wednesday. It dismissed an appeal to release him on bail citing grave suspicion of gross breach of state security. The court said there is no danger he might flee if freed.
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Bonn
INS
Supreme Federal Court
Otto John
John
Soviets Agree to 30-Year Loan for Afghanistan
Moscow and Kabul sign a loan pact worth 100.6 million dollars over thirty years. The arrangement follows a December visit by Premier Bulganin and Party Boss Khrushchev and ties Soviet aid to Afghanistan’s landlocked status and long term development.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Afghanistan
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Kruglov Ousted as Police Head in Moscow Shakeup
In Moscow a government purge unseated S N Kruglov, minister of internal affairs since July 1953. He is replaced by N P Dudorov, deputy Moscow mayor and party construction chief, as Western observers note the move precedes the 20th Soviet Communist party congress. Kruglov’s militia had faced criticism for hooliganism and public disorder at sports events.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Lavrenty P. Beria
S. N. Kruglov
Beria
Kruglov
Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
N. P. Dudorov
Dudorov
Central Committee
Council of Minsters
Armenia
Tehran
Yalta
Potsdam
Eisenhower Name Filed for Minnesota Primary Bid
Senator Thye of Minnesota entered Eisenhower's name for the March 20 Minnesota primary asserting the president will seek re election. Governor Craig of Indiana volunteered to file Eisenhower in the Indiana May 8 primary, noting consent may not be required. A Minnesota affidavit option to withdraw by February 25 exists.
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Washington
Thye
R-Minn
Eisenhower
Minnesota
George N. Craig
Indiana
Didate
Craig
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