Senate Defeats Constitutional Treaty Curb Proposed
The Senate rejected all constitutional amendment proposals restricting presidential power to make treaties. The George substitute won 61 30 after five weeks of debate, failing to reach the two thirds needed. President Eisenhower and Attorney General Brownell opposed the George plan, while Bricker urged broader limits.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Knowland
George
Bricker
Iowans for Plan Washington Vote on George Amendment
Iowa senators Hickenlooper and Gillette aligned with the majority that failed to pass the George amendment. The measure drew 32 Republicans and 28 Democrats in support, with opposition from 16 Democrats 14 Republicans and one independent.
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Washington
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Gillette
West
Senate Defeats George Amendment On Treaty Powers
The Senate rejected the George amendment amid White House pressure to vote against it or abstain. Senator Knowland urged support before final votes but said Eisenhower had not changed position. The defeat marks a victory for lawmakers defending constitutional treaty safeguards led by Hennings and Wiley against executive overreach.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
George
House
Senate
White House
Administration
Eisenhower
Knowland
Californian
Executive Department
Legislative
Thomas C. Hennings
D-Mo
Senate Foreign Relations
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy And Colder Tonight
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low 20 to 24. Sunday remains partly cloudy and cold with a high near 29 to 32.
France Hints Peiping Deal In Indo China
French War Secretary Pierre de Chevigne suggested France could back China's entry into the concert of nations if Red China agrees to end the Indo China war. He warned against prolonging the conflict while seeking an honorable settlement and noted a need to consider Russia’s aims. French Union forces repelled two Viet Minh assaults in the Red River delta as planes hit retreating Communists from Luang Prabang.
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Hanoi
Pierre de Chevigne
France
China
Red China
Chevigne
Russia
Red River Delta
Luang Prabang
Bible Story Gets Up-to-Date Touch
MEMPHIS AP story describes a Sunday school class where a teacher asks pupils to illustrate a Bible tale. One boy draws a long sports car with three faces peering out, claiming it shows the Lord driving Adam and Eve from Eden.
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Memphis
Garden of Eden
Ensign Seeks License Then Switches to Dog Permit
Cedar Grove New Jersey police puzzled by Ensign Robert Ziegler who first asked for a marriage license, then returned with $2.25 to buy a dog license. He left with a blonde passenger in his car after the odd exchange.
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Cedar Grove
N. J
Donald Schneider
Robert Ziegler
Police
Ziegler
Prelate Calls For A Week Of TV And Radio Abstinence
In Philadelphia Archbishop John F. O'Hara urges Southeast Pennsylvania Catholics to disconnect television or radio for a week. The pastoral letter asks families to reassess what is gained or lost, noting conversation and duties may improve without propaganda. Fulton Sheen program cited as popular example. An aide says no program is singled out.
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Philadelphia
John F. O'Hara
Pennsylvania
Fulton J. Sheen
New York
O'Hara
New York Town Gets Blue Rain
In Rensselaer New York residents observed blue rain after pink snow last month with vapor from a General Aniline Corporation plant kettle cooking neptune blue dye infiltrating rain over about a square mile. Plant personnel relations manager Curtis L Collison explained the blue tint came from the dye release while a previous vat of red dyestuff caused the pink snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer, N. Y
General Aniline Corporation
Curtis L. Collison
Neptune
Senate approves pension rise for Congress
The Senate passed a bill by 61 to 30 to liberalize pensions for all Congress members and their aides and sent it to President Eisenhower. Sen. Williams protested the measure as unfair to two and a half million other federal workers. The changes boost a pension basis to 242 percent of pay for the first 15 years and include up to five years of military service credit.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhowler
Congress
Iowa
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Con
Williams
Congressional
Civil Service Retirement Fund
Unemployment Claims Rise Again in Mid February
Washington reports mid February unemployment claims rising to 2,179,000, the highest since February 1, 1950, with initial claims totaling 324,000, up 5,386 from the prior week. The data show unemployment continuing to trend upward.
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Washington
Labor Department
Burglar Falls Asleep After Night of Break-ins
Jackson police find Kelly Wiles asleep under a fur coat after burglarizing three stores in Jackson Mississippi. The break-ins occurred early Friday with two prior burglaries.
Mrs Moss Suspension Revealed Amid Senate Probe
The lawyer for Annie Lee Moss said she has been suspended from her Army Signal Corps job pending adjudication after McCarthy accused her of Communist ties. McCarthy claimed Moss was named by witnesses as a Communist, though Moss denies ever being a member.
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Washington
Annie Lee Moss
Army Signal Corps
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
George E. C. Hayes
Hayes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Mary Markward
FBI
Signal Corps
Moss
House
American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Pentagon
Subcommittee
Gunman Robs Finance Firm Driver After Rejected Loan
In Charlotte an employee of a finance company spotted a gunman who robbed the firm of 842 dollars on Friday. The suspect had been refused a loan 30 minutes earlier for lack of suitable references.
Silliman Named G.O.P. Chairman For Linn County
Cedar Rapids attorney B D Silliman was unanimously elected to lead Linn County Republicans succeeding Ted Birdsall who resigned after serving since February 1950. Silliman pledged unity and neutral stance in elections and planned to fill vacancies on the central committee to strengthen party organization.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
B. D. Silliman
County Central Committee
Ted Birdsall
Silliman
Roosevelt Hotel
Birdsall
Central Committee
McCarthy May Stump in Iowa Against Gillette
Senator McCarthy may visit Iowa in the fall to campaign against Senator Gillette in the 1952 re election bid. A GOP spokesman says McCarthy would be effective in the effort and McCarthy says he would enjoy campaigning against Gillette. Gillette once led a senate subcommittee that investigated McCarthy in 1951 before quitting.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Iowa
Gillette
D-la
G.O.P
Senate
No Coffee Price Drop for Years Says U S Women
Four American housewives returning from Brazil report coffee prices will rise and stay high for two to three years. They cite increased world consumption, frost damage in Brazil, and higher Brazilian labor costs. They deny manipulation or cornering of supplies and note the Senate coffee subcommittee is studying such reports.
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Washington
Brazil
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Theodore Chapman
Jerseyville
Ill
Beall
R-Md
Senate
U. S
Zaro Woodford Schroeder
Grosse Point
Mich
Federation International Affairs
Carl] E. Swanbeck
Huron
Ohio
Federation Home
Gilbert F. Loebs
Waterville
Maine
Federation Consumer
Pilot Follows Buzz Custom Crash Kills 4 in Huntingdon
In Huntingdon Tennessee an Air Force C 119 exploded during a hometown tradition of buzzing the courthouse killing four crew members Lt Jack Jenkins Jr 24 and Lt J C Peachey 26 Airman David A Probus 24 and Airman Franklin D Levy 24. The crash overwrote a four block area with burning fuel as townspeople watched terror stricken.
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Huntingdon
Jack Jenkins, Jr
Mabel Jenkins
J. C. Peachey
Prescott
Ark
David A. Probus
Hammond
Ind
Franklin D. Levy
Lake Arthur
Continued Cool Seen for Sunday
Weather men forecast continued cool and cloudy conditions in Iowa for Sunday with a chance of showers Monday night or Tuesday. The southeast corner may see light snow while most of the state stays dry as a storm center moves south into Arkansas. Temperatures hover near freezing with warmer weather expected Monday. Roads range from clear to snow packed and icy in eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids recorded 35 degrees at 2:30 p.m. with a north northwest wind.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Arkansas
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
B 36 Bomber Burns On Runway At Fairchild Base
A three and a half million dollar B-36 bomber caught fire during a routine warmup at Fairchild Air Force Base. The aircraft, destroyed by the blaze, sent all 20 crew members scrambling to safety unharmed after the piston engine fire was spotted by an alert crewman.
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Spokane
Fairchild Air Force Base
Metal Piece Fells From Jet Smashes Car at O’Hare
George Babcock of Kenilworth reports a metal fragment fell from an F86D fighter plane and struck his windshield near O’Hare airport, causing hood and body damage but no injuries. It was the second such incident in eight days, following a Des Plaines rocket strike on a girls’ school with no casualties.
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Chicago
George Babcock
Kenilworth
O'Hare
Des Plaines
Ill
Egypt Restores Naguib as President After Riot Drama
Gen Mohamed Naguib is reinstated as Egypt’s president after a brief ouster while Col Gamal Abdel Nasser remains prime minister. The return ends two tense days of civil-military maneuvering, amid air force flights and tank parades in Cairo.
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J. Walter Collins
Cairo
Mohamed Naguib
Egypt
Col
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Army Revolutionary Council
Naguib
Army
Revolutionary Council
Nasser
Kasheb Mcheddin
Syrian rebels press for ouster of pro Shishekly forces in Beirut
Syrian army rebels who forced President Adib Shishekly into exile launched planes and leaflets from Damascus on Saturday to end pro Shishekly influence in Beirut. They seized the parliament house as Col Shawkat Shkeir reportedly resigned and Interim President Maahmoun El Kuzbari announced he would serve until a constitutional election within two months. Shishekly is exiled in Saudi Arabia.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Adib Shishekly
Damascus
Maahmoun el Kuzbari
Meirut
Shawkat Shkeir
Kuzbari
Shishekly
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Woman Indicted in Poison Boxes
Letha Della Overton aged 49 wife of a Lake Wales Sunday school superintendent was indicted on five counts for mailing arsenic loaded candy to First Baptist Church members in Lake Wales including the Bearean Bible class. She pled guilty at a Feb. 3 preliminary hearing to mailing poisonous matter with intent to kill or injure. Police say she said social neglect by Bible class members prompted the act.
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Tampa
Lake Wales
Letha Della Overton
First Baptist Church
K. M. Mellick
Husky thieves vanish 1000-pound kettle from Racine warehouse
A 1000-pound copper kettle, heavy enough to require six men to lift, has disappeared from the Racine warehouse of the S. Malted Milk Company. Police search ongoing as theft investigation proceeds.
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Lick Maltled Milk Company
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Etta Moten Barnett
Association of Founders and Friends of
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Edward J. Sparling
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