Eisenhower seeks authority to share atomic info with allies
President Eisenhower asked Congress to allow limited sharing of battlefield atomic weapon data with friendly nations and to permit exchange of peacetime nuclear production information with allies. He argued reforms are needed as atomic power advances outpace the 1946 act and stressed safeguards to protect defense interests.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Free World
America
Court Rejects 1953 Dispatch As Evidence In Schwable Probe
A marine corps court refused to admit a Feb 21 1953 news dispatch claiming a Communist confession by Col Frank H Schwable as evidence. Defense argued no direct link to Schwable. proceedings focus on possible disciplinary action for yielding under pressure. Jerome testified Schwable was informed of capture conduct rules and called him capable and conscientious.
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Washington
INS
Marine Corps
Frank H. Schwable
Court of Inquiry
Schwable
Paul D. Sherman
Clayton C. Jerome
Marine Air Wing
Korea
U. S
Strikes Grip Italian Plants Across Northern Italy
A Communist led general strike paralyzed central northern Italy, with workers in Milan and Turin walking off to press higher pay. The action broadened into a political move to pressure the government, as thousands stopped work and violence erupted in Turin injuring at least a dozen.
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Milan
Italy
Turin
American Housewives See Frost Damage Hit Brazilian Coffee
Four American housewives visiting Brazil with the General Federation of Women's Clubs toured plantations and warehouses and reported distress at frost damage blamed for rising prices. They welcomed planned increases in production and noted experimental stations improving coffee quality, while confirming no coffee is held back at production points.
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Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Brazil
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Theodore S. Chapman
Jerseyville
Ill
Woodford Schroeder
Grosse Point
Mich
Carl E. Swanback
Huron
Ohio
Gilbert S. Loeb
Waterville
Maine
The
Brazilian Coffee Institute
Motorist Lectures Pedestrian Sparks Egg Toss
In Burlington AP a motorist stopped to lecture a woman crossing on red lights. She retorted about family troubles and a missed TV payment then swung a sack of eggs at him. The eggs hit his face as she crossed while the light turned green.
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Burlington
Jensen Seeks Re‑Election To Cedar Rapids School Board
Cedar Rapids bricklayer Jensen, 33, announced March 9 he will run again for the school board, his fourth bid in races since 1951. He fills a one year vacancy, lives at 69 Twentieth Avenue SW, and has led Local 1 bricklayers and the state conference of bricklayers and plasterers unions. Two other candidates, Elmer F. Grissel Jr. and Mrs. Jensen Irving Church ill, also filed papers.
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Cedar Rapids News
B. A. Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Jensen
Twentieth Avenue
Elmer F. Grissel, Jr
Fifth Avenue Road
Jensen Irving Churchill
Nineteenth Street
Bricklayers Union No. 1
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Tax Cuts for Retired Voted
The house ways and means committee approved tax cuts for millions of retired workers totaling about 300 million dollars a year. A provision by Rep. Mason exempts 1,200 dollars of annual retirement income from personal income taxes, effective with the 1954 tax bill due in early 1955. For those over 65 the exemption also covers dividends rents interest pensions or annuities. Those under 65 gain only from a public or private retirement plan.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mason
R-Ill
Three Die In Crash Near Springfield
Three men were killed when two trailer trucks collided head on four miles east of Springfield Missouri and burst into flames early Wednesday.
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Springfield
INS
Stenaport
Cole outlines hydrogen threat and defense needs
Rep. Cole warns in Chicago that a 1952 Marshall Islands thermonuclear blast would devastate a city and outlines the need for a continental defense with interceptor squadrons and missiles armed with atomic warheads to deter Soviet attack, while signaling ongoing hydrogen program progress.
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Chicago
U. S
Pacific
Rep
Cole
R-N. Y
Senate-House
Marshall Islands
Eisenhower
National Sand and Gravel Assn
Eniwetok Atoll
North American
Ben Hayes Fractured Neck Denied Hospital Care
Ben Hayes, 34, left a hospital after believing an X ray was the only treatment for a broken neck. He returned days later in fair condition as police searched for his rural home. A doctor warned that a sudden jolt could cause permanent injury after a porch fall Monday.
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Memphis
Ben Hayes
Hayes
Eisenhower urges public opinion rally for highway safety
President Eisenhower told a White House conference on highway safety that soaring traffic fatalities can be reduced by mobilizing public opinion. He noted 38,000 deaths last year and urged citizen involvement alongside safety enforcement, training, and education groups.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower
Roosevelt Case In Court Ends In Mediation
In Pasadena the $3000-a-month permanent support suit by Romelle Roosevelt against James Roosevelt closed with the court taking the case under advisement. No date was set for a decision.
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Pasadena
INS
Romelle Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Machines Swamped by Paycheck Deductions
Cincinnati payroll machines struggle as county employees face heavy deductions. County Auditor George Guckenberger says new machines may be needed to subtract a new city of Cincinnati earnings tax.
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Cincinnati
George Guckenberger
Surplus Food Distribution Planned for Iowa Unemployed
Washington report says Iowa will receive free surplus food for about 30 000 unemployed once arrangements are made. Leonard Trainer of the agriculture department notes Iowa will follow the pattern used with about a dozen states. Dairy products form most of the surplus items.
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Washington
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Leonard R. Trainer
Food Distribution Division
William S. Beardsley
Trainer
Department
Chicago
Analysis of Ousted Federal Staff Security Risk Figures
Washington AP report says 2200 federal employees were removed as security risks with a four category breakdown. Civil Service Commission chair Philip Young ordered the analysis to aid the National Security Council, noting disclosure remains undecided and stressing government work is a privilege not a right.
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Washington
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
National Security Council
Young
Congress
Wright Named Atlantic Theater Commander and Fleet Chief
The White House said Admiral Jerauld Wright will become supreme commander of allied forces in the Atlantic and commander in chief of the U S Atlantic fleet. He will replace Admiral Lynden D McCormick on April 12. McCormick will head the Naval War College at Newport. Wright, a World War II hero, has led U S Navy forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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Washington
White House
Jerauld Wright
Atlantic
Lynden D. McCormick
Eisenhower
Wright
U. S. Atlantic Fleet
U. S. Atlantic Command
McCormick
Naval War College At
Newport
Richand Connery
Okinawa
Mark Clark
North Africa
Seraph
Henri Giraud
France
Africa
U. S. Navy
Mediterranean
Food Cost Index Edges Higher in Two and a Half Years
New York AP reports wholesale food prices tracked by the Dun and Bradstreet index rose to a fresh two and a half year high. The index stood at 7.11 this week, up from 7.09 last week and 20 a year earlier, marking a 14.7 percent year over year increase.
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New York
Eisenhower signals possible tax cuts to avert recession
President Eisenhower said he will use all government powers if March shows economic downturn and may consider further tax cuts to spur consumer buying. He urged caution and warned that a persistent decline would require drastic action. The CIO and Chamber clashed over unemployment reaching over 3 million and the economy’s direction. The Commerce Department reported 3,087,000 unemployed in early January, with unemployment rate around 4.9 percent, reflecting shifts from new survey methods.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
CIO
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Walter P. Reuther
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Chamber
Commerce Department
Census Bureau
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