Eisenhower Pushes Health Insurance Expansion Plan
President Eisenhower asked Congress to bolster private health insurance through a federal reinsurance fund and to extend coverage to farm families and low income households. The plan aims to reduce costs of prolonged illness and support home care, with no government subsidy or private-insurer competition. He urged grants for delinquency prevention, anti-pollution programs, nurses training, and a mortgage-insurance system for health facilities. The budget references a 100 million capital fund, with 25 million in initial year use, and follow-up details to come from Secretary Hobby.
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Eisenhower
Congress
America
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Welfare
Hobby
James C. Hagerty
White House
U. S
Ridgway Opposes Army Cut Jeopardizing Far East Safety
Gen. Matthew Ridgway testifies before the House Armed Services Committee that the proposed Army reduction by President Eisenhower could threaten U.S. security in the Far East. He opposes a 149,000-man cut by June 30, 1956, while saying the Army will execute whatever decision civilians choose. The hearing probes joint chiefs of staff approval and administration authority over manpower changes amid debate over wartime tech and strategic reallocations.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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U. S
Far East
Army
House Armed Services Committee
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services
Congress
Joint Chiefs
Rep. Cole
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Cole
Failure to Note Address Costs Cracksman
Chicago AP report says Clarence Phoenix, 43, nearly opened a safe after 10 hours of hacking through steel and concrete. He wandered to the wrong address, triggering a burglar alarm at 519 North Clark Street and was captured as police closed in. He admitted using a portable radio to monitor police calls.
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Chicago
Clarence Phoenix
Thhe
North Side
Phoenix
N. Clark Street
N.clark Street
Reds Hammer Tachens Evacuation Edict Awaited
Formosa-Chinese Communist bombers struck the Tachen Islands killing 16 and wounding 24 as Nationalists dismantled evacuation equipment. Bombers hit Lower Tachen while Nationalists replied with raids on Yiklangshan. The U S Seventh Fleet prepared to evacuate 10,000 troops and 206,000 islanders once Washington and Taipei authorize. Refugees said garrison moved to abandon base as Chiang Kai Shek demanded U S commitment to Quemoy and Matsu. Admiral Stump cautioned against public pledge to avoid tension.
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Yiklangshan
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Taipei
Chiang Kaishek
U. S
Quemoy
Matsu
Felix Stump
U. S. Pacific
Britain
Selves
Iowa Temperatures Bring Warmth After Subzero Hail
A warm spell lifts Iowa temperatures with Cedar Rapids reaching 37 after a week of subzero readings. Forecasters predict rain possible Tuesday as clouds bring mixed precipitation. The report notes no subzero statewide readings overnight for the first time in a week and hints at a potential withdrawal window tied to safety concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Fowa
Drivetrainer Classroom Training Starts at Iowa State
Cedar Falls based article describes Iowa State Teachers College using a five place Drivetrainer unit loaned by the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company for driver education research. The program includes behind the wheel trials for high school students and a controlled study comparing Drivetrainer instruction with dual control cars. Forty East High pupils participate in the experiment with half trained on the Drivetrainer and half on dual control cars.
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Iowa State Teachers College
M. J. Nelson
Teachers College
Richard Meyerhoff
East High School
Waterloo
Woodcock
East High
Bert Woodcock
Gordon Rhum
Aetna
Drivatrainer
Ewart Stenmark
Fred
Rédy Public Safety
Hospitals Seek Court Ruling on Pathologist Fees
Iowa hospitals and the Iowa Hospital Association ask Polk County District Court for a declaratory judgment to overturn a Feb 19 1954 attorney general opinion that hospitals pay pathologists as employees may amount to practicing medicine without a license. The petition names the State Board of Medical Examiners and leaders of the Iowa Association of Pathologists as defendants.
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Iowa
Lowa Hospital Association
Polk County
Iowa State Medical Society
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Town State Board of Medical
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Ita
Laws Association of Pathologists
Frank C. Coleman
Ht. F. Birg
Deyton Countryman
the Hospital Association
Iowa Association of Pathologists
State Board of Medical Examiners
U N Discussed At White House Cease Fire Talks
Washington AP says a White House conference Sunday night focused on a United Nations cease-fire. Doctor reports Stenmark had frostbitten feet while others stayed in good condition. The meeting explored an active and economical path to halt hostilities amid storms and avalanches mentioned in Sweden and California locations.
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Hoover, Jr
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North Sweden
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Wood High School
Los Angeles
Hagerty
Lodge
Oak Park
New Zealand
Springfield
Mass
Court Rules Code Covers Theaters Too
The Supreme Court ruled that the championship prize fight and legitimate theater businesses fall under anti trust laws. The ruling was unanimous for theaters but split 6 2 on boxing with Justice Frankfurter dissenting on boxing joined by Justice Minton. The case involved the Justice Department seeking to prosecute boxing as a monopoly and contrasted boxing television revenue with baseball.
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Supreme Court
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Minton
Jackson
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Department
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
New York
U.S
John C. Knox
Who Taught Him To Drive Truck?
GALVESTON UP Phillips Vetot 6 has promised police and his parents he'll walk home from now on. Officers found a boy behind the wheel of a moving truck with no driver. He said he had to go home and didn't want to walk.
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Phillips Vetot
Hunter Buried Eight Days Survives Avalanche
A Swedish hunter buried by an avalanche for eight days survived by waving a red movie ticket as rescuers finally reached him in Tarnaby Sweden.
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Tarnaby
Sweden
Girl Crashes Plane On Eisenhower Golf Course
An 18 year old girl named Juan Larper crashed a Piper Cub on the prestigious Burning Tree Club course where President Eisenhower plays. Major Redford M Rand piloted the plane and made a forced landing before Rand and Joann fled the scene in a taxi.
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Eisenhower
Juan Larper
Redford M. Rand
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Joann
U N Security Council Backs Invitation to Red China
At the United Nations, the Security Council rejected a Soviet bid to bar Nationalist China from Formosa cease fire talks and proposed inviting Peiping to send a representative. The debate highlighted U.S. opposition and Western support for extending invitation while Russia pressed for broader accusations and troop withdrawals.
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Molitov
China
United Nations
HN. Y
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New Zealand
Red China
Arkady A. Sobolev
Peiping
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Formosa
Russia
Thing
Matsu
Quemoy
Pescatores Islands
Bobo Feuds Over Dad with Cousin in Washington
Barbara Rockefeller quarrels with cousin a glass factory worker over the care of Julius Pauleskas 68, Barbara’s ill father. Pauline Pauleskas wants to keep the former coal miner at her Washington home while Barbara, living in New York, seeks a rest home for him.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Bobo
Julius Pauleskas
Pauline Pauleskas
Boba
New York
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Bobe
Four Die in Ga House Fire
Mrs. George Sledge aged 29 and her four children perished when a three room frame house burned in Rossville Georgia early Monday. The father a 32 year old automobile mechanic suffered burns while trying to rescue them.
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George Sledge
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