Tightened Ballot Spending Curbs Unlikely This Year
AP reports Senator Hennings proposes to overhaul federal election financing. The plan would extend limits to primaries, cap all committees, raise spending caps to 12 million, and require broader reporting, but passage this year is deemed unlikely. The Justice Department notes that enforcement has been weak with few prosecutions.
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Washington
Senator Hennings
D-Mo
Congress
Warren Olney
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Hennings
Senate Committee On Rules
11 Year Old Confesses to Series of Fires
An 11 year old reportedly confessed to setting fires at two churches a library a school and a stable over the past year. Investigators link the Eliot Congregational church blaze in Newton to arson and say the boy admitted involvement in other fires including Congregation Azereth Israel Roxbury and St Johns parochial school.
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Boston
INS
Eliot Congregational
Newton
John E. Corcoran
Corcoran
Roxbury
Congregation Azereth Israel
Egleston Square
Public
St. Richard’s Church
St. John’s
Stanislaus J. Miaskiewicz
St. John’s Church
Father Miaskiewicz
Forest Hills
All-Out Missile Drive Advised by Anderson
Senator Anderson chairman of the joint congressional atomic energy committee urged that the guided missile research program be put on a crash basis with scientists working around the clock seven days a week.
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Washington
Anderson
D-N.m
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Kefauver Decides Against Indiana Primary Bid
Senator Kefauver announced he will not enter the Indiana presidential preferential primary on Monday, steering clear of the state’s early choice contest.
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Evansville
INS
Kefauver
Indiana
G O P Edge Seen by AFL CIO Analysts in 1956 Race
AFL CIO strategists say Republicans likely to hold an edge in the 1956 presidential contest due to Eisenhower era policies appealing to city voters and party shifts in leadership. The report estimates congressional labor support at 177 House and 38 Senate seats, with a goal of raising at least 1 per member from 25 percent of AFL-CIO membership. Nine area directors were appointed to support the committee’s effort.
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Aflcio
Eisenhower
Afl-Cio
Executive Council
James L. McDevitt
Jack Kroll
Congress
Senate
AFL
CIO
McDevitt- Kroll
McDevitt
Kroll
Political Education Directors Named For Eight States
Gene Larson of Minneapolis will supervise Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska and North and South Dakota as part of the new political education program.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
U S Rushes Food and Clothes to Storm Ridden Italy
The U S army and air force rush food and 10500 blankets to Rome Naples and Catania to aid Italians snowbound in central and southern regions. At Leghorn 40 freight cars loaded with supplies. total meals expected 180000. Casualties top 319 across the impact area as Siberian cold spreads through Europe.
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U. S. Army
Air Force
Italy
Eisenhower
Germany
Rome
Naples
Catania
Sicily
U.S. Army
Leghorn
Gis
Britain Honors Marty Cast With Academy Awards
A 77-year-old actress Katie Johnson returned from retirement to win best British actress for The Lady Killers. Sir Laurence Olivier won best production and best British actor for Richard III. Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair received best foreign actor and actress for Marty. Walt Disney shared honors in the ceremony.
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London
Laurence Olivier
Ernest Borgnine
Betsy Blair
Walt Disney
Britain
Katie Johnson
British Film Academy
Alec Guinness
Olivier
Shakespeare
Richard III
Borgnine
Miss Blair
Marty
Zentmire Dies at 61 in Audubon County
Judson H Zentmire 61 a Soil Conservation Service work unit leader in Audubon County for five years died of a heart attack in Audubon County Hospital after Friday admission He was a 1920 Iowa State College graduate and long time soil conservation worker Survivors include his wife Caroline son Judson F daughter Mrs Wesley Deboth and siblings Services set for Tuesday at 10 30 a m in Audubon Methodist Church with burial at Ames
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Judson H. Zentmire
Soil Conservation Service
Audubon County Soil Conservation District
Audubon County
Big Mound
Zentmire
Iowa State College
CCC
Audubon Lions Club
American Legion
Caroline
Judson F
Wesley Deboth
D. H. Zentmire
Marengo
Zelma Zentmire
Iowa City
Ames
Openings and defense alter a bridge contract
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a hand where West's opening clubs invite a strong defensive sequence. Doug Steen, East, finesses clubs, accounts for hearts and diamonds, and optimizes returns to thwart declarer. The commentary highlights exact lines and strategic implications from the play.
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West
Diamonds
Declarer
South
Steen
One Thing Led to Another for Billy
Pvt. Billy G. Workman, 23, of Fort Knox, was arraigned on six charges of leaving the scene after a chain of accidents involving seven cars. Police report he side swiped a car, struck two parked cars, then hit two more before stopping. Damages were about $2,000. Two soldiers riding with him received minor cuts.
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Louisville
Billy G. Workman
Workman
Fort Knox
113th Cavalry To Have Reunion in Des Moines
Eleventh reunion of the 113th Cavalry involving many Eastern Iowa residents will be at the Fort Des Moines hotel Des Moines February 25. The unit, part of the Iowa National Guard, served as recon for the First Army in fed service since 1940. Registration begins 8:30 a.m. with banquet and dance at 6:30 p.m. Write Red Horsers Inc 614 Boston Ave Des Moines IA for reservations.
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113Th Cavalry
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
113Th
Iowa National Guard
First Army
Red Horsers Inc
Boston Avenue
Brothers claim uranium strike near New York area
Alvin and Vernon Gatling of South River New Jersey say they found a 60000 acre uranium mine about 60 miles southwest of New York City with ore assays averaging two percent and claims of up to 100000 tons of high grade ore. Their lawyer says the AEC granted a license after sufficient ore was proven. The brothers quit their jobs, formed a 100 member company, and have spent about 25000 dollars on the prospect.
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Philadelphia
Atomic Energy Commission
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New York Library of Geology
Life Magazine
Charles Steen
Utah
AEC
Two Tama Indians Charged in Montour Tavern Burglary
Two Tama Indians Wilfred Youngbear and Sam Goose face breaking and entering charges in a Montour tavern burglary. They were linked to David Youngbear and Laverne Youngbear, who are held in Cedar Rapids on federal arson charges for a $50 600 fire at the Indian grade school. A quantity of beer and cigars was reportedly taken. The shrimp industry remains the nation’s largest fishing sector producing about 225 million pounds yearly valued around 50 million dollars according to the U S Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Toledo
Montour
Wilfred Youngbear
Sam Goose
David Youngbear
Laverne
David
Cedar Rapids
Wilfred Younghbear
Goose
Montour Tavern
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Birthday homage to Edgar A. Guest poet of the people
The piece recalls childhood moments with a son turning seventeen and driving a car while celebrating his birthday with family. A closing line shifts to a study noting Alaskan eagles feed two thirds fish and less than one fifth other birds.
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