Congress approves flexible corn support plan in farm bill
The Senate adopted a compromise plan on corn base acreage for soil bank payments, setting a 56 million acre base or a 51 million acre national allotment after debate. President Eisenhower praised the Senate action as a victory, while critics warned it could raise corn surpluses. Thirteen Democrats and 41 Republicans backed the flexible system. Kilgore’s vacancy and Millikin’s vote are noted.
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Senate
Hickenlooper
R-la
Soil Bank
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Martin
Rla
Truman
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Millikin
R-Colo
Dulles Arrives in India for Talks with Nehru
Secretary of State Dulles arrives in New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Nehru amid guarded security and chilly press commentary. Officials say talks will stress noncontroversial cooperation and areas of agreement while likely avoiding major policy disputes on SEATO, Formosa, and Pakistan aid.
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Kashmir
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the Times
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Formosa
Cooling Trend in Iowa States Overnight
Iowa temperatures fall tonight as northerly winds slow cooling. Lows range five to 10 degrees north to the low 20s south with Saturday highs from the 20s north to around 40 in the southeast. Decorah reports up to three inches of fresh snow, and highways north of a Sioux City Fort Dodge Waterloo Dubuque line remain slick from packed snow and ice. Cedar Rapids records a 41 degree afternoon after a 25 degree high and 18 degree overnight low the prior day.
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Highway Commission
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Fort Dodge
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Cedar Rapids
This Farm Bill Complicates Senate Break for Clarity
The senate paused Thursday night amid confusion over a Daniel Texas amendment to support feed grain prices. Senator Aiken Vermont reported the language as ambiguous and the chamber recessed to Friday while officials draft clearer wording.
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Daniel
Texas
Aiken
Agriculture Committee
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Nixon Is Guest At the Dinner
In Washington the White House said Vice President Nixon attended a private dinner hosted by President Eisenhower. The assistant news secretary denied any attempt to hide the guest list or discuss Nixon's political future, but would not release the full roster.
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Murray Snyder
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Senate
Washington
INS
Nixon
British Expel Cyprus Head Amid Tightened Repression
In Nicosia the British colonial government deported Archbishop Makarios and Orthodox Bishop Kyprianos along with two other Greek Cypriot nationalist leaders. The action follows Britain ending self-rule negotiations and signals a tough policy including restricted telephone and telegraph lines to curb organized nationalist attacks on troops.
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Cyprus
INS
Makarios
Kyprianos
Mediterranean
Britain
Sir John Harding
February Employment Dips Yet Sets Records
U.S. February employment fell 314000 to 62.577 million due to wintry weather and auto-industry layoffs, yet remains the highest February level on record. Unemployment stayed near 2.914 million, with most leaving seasonal work rather than seeking new jobs.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Senate Extends Inquiry Into Oil Lobbyist Influence Case
The Senate voted to extend the investigation by a special committee to March 31 with unanimous consent. An additional 10 000 dollars is approved to finish the inquiry into John M Neff attorney for the Superior Oil Company of California and alleged efforts to sway Senator Case of South Carolina on the natural bill.
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INS
Senate
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John M. Neff
Superior Oil Company of
California
Car exhaust fumes save three in Iowa City apartment
Police and utility workers rescued three people from possible carbon monoxide poisoning when a car in a basement garage ran with the garage door closed, fumes seeping into an upstairs apartment. Bruce Snell, a University of Iowa law student, alerted officers around 3 a.m. The Snell couple and Vernon Rasmussen were hospitalized with non serious conditions.
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University of Iowa Law
Ida Grove
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Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Vernon Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Laren Plumbing Company
The
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Waterloo Mayor Touchae resigns to end political bid
Waterloo Mayor L. A. Pat Touchae, 44, resigns Friday and withdraws from Democratic governor nomination. He becomes executive secretary of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. Councilman Glenn Stech, 47, is named to complete Touchae's unexpired term as the six member council accepts the resignation with regret.
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L. A
Pat” Touchae
Touchae
Theaterloo Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Stech
McKay weighs Senate bid against Morse opposition
Secretary of Interior McKay met with Republican leaders in Portland to decide whether to seek the U S Senate nomination to challenge Democrat Wayne Morse. He flew in from Washington Thursday night for the talks.
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McKay
U. S. Senate
Wayne Morse
Washington
French Raid U.S. Offices
In Tunis an assault on the U S consulate led to a break in and ransacking, then papers torn in the U S Information Service office. In Salonika Greece three thousand students demonstrated attacking the US and British consulates, with windows shattered and police dispersal. A delegation later apologized and offered to pay for damages. Cypriots with Greek ties seek union with Greece to end British rule.
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Isia
U. S
U. S. Information Service
Salonika
Greece
INS
Cyprus
GM Reveals Iron Casting Crankshaft Breakthrough
General Motors researchers announced at the Danville foundry near Pontiac that iron casting can replace the costly drop forged steel method for automobile crankshafts. The metallurgical development was disclosed Friday at the GM technical center near Detroit.
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Mayor Outlines Cedar Rapids Personnel Plan
Cedar Rapids will adopt a coordinated personnel system for about 350 of 545 city workers not under civil service. The plan, led by Mayor Jim Meaghan, introduces a uniform salary scale, a universal applicant questionnaire, and a departmental background survey to centralize and standardize staffing across all city departments and commissions.
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Council
British Soviet leaders Bulganin Khrushchev to extend visit
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Communist Party boss Khrushchev will arrive April 18 for a 10 day stay in Britain, two days longer than planned. They will hold talks with Prime Minister Eden, be received by Queen Elizabeth II, and visit farms and plants while Moscow and London issue identical notices.
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Tragic Fire Claims 12 Kin in Oxford Pennsylvania
A truck driver, John L. Twyman, 39, returned home to find 12 relatives dead after a tarpaper two room dwelling burned. The ages ranged from 16 months to 20, including his wife Catherine, nine children and two grandchildren. Police probe possible foul play. overheated kerosene stove suspected to start the blaze. A neighbor spotted the fire. firefighters arrived late and a neighbor bucket brigade failed.
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INS
John L. Twyman
Catherine
Eleanor
Claudette
John, Jr
Joseph
Steven
Doris
Louis
Janet
Harriet
Andrew
Robert N. Brown
Four Newton High Girls Get 30 Day Jail Terms
Four Newton high school seniors received 30 day jail sentences after admitting to disturbing the peace with a hoax kidnappers tale that sparked a large police manhunt in Independence Kansas. Judge Walter Lo McVey described them as spoiled and noted the case diverted resources and money, while county officials stressed accountability despite their ages.
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Newton
Kansas
Harold Fahrney
Fahrney Girl’s
Walter "Lo McVey
Mrs Meyer Dies Of Burns In Cedar Rapids Apartment Fire
Mrs. W. C. Meyer aged 66 died Friday at 12 50 p m from burns suffered Thursday when flames charred two rooms of her apartment at 202 Fourth Avenue SW Her sister Eunice Nelson and upstairs resident Mrs Emerson Fagenbaum escaped unharmed though Fagenbaum hair was singed The Cedar Rapids death marks the first fire fatalities here since April 3 1955.
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Cedar Rapids
W. C. Meyer
Montgomery Bus Service Drops Sunday Runs in City
Montgomery Bus Lines, boycotted by Negroes for three months, wins permission to suspend Sunday service on most routes due to revenue loss. Protest began Dec 5 amid segregation disputes, with about 70 percent of passengers Black. Fare increases followed and 100 protesters face trial March 19 under a state anti boycott law.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Bus Lines
Egroes
Hitchcock Faces Real Life Mystery in Los Angeles
Movie director Alfred Hitchcock reported to police that a window was broken in his home and $5,000 worth of clothing jewelry liquor silverware and cameras were stolen.
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Los Angeles
Alfred Hitchcock
Today’s Chuckle Wife Jokes About Cowardly Husband
A comic quip plays on marriage and courage as a wife recalls doubting her husband and the husband responds that everyone else shared the same doubt. The exchange turns on a pun and light humor about bravery.
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