McCarthy Attacks Watkins Over Open Questions
Sen McCarthy accused Sen Watkins of cowardice for stating he would not answer future oral questions. The exchange followed Watkins’ censure remarks and a vow to answer questions only if submitted in advance. McCarthy urged Watkins to appear before his subcommittee on the Peress case during a Milwaukee birthday event.
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Milwaukee
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Arthur Watkins
Utah
McCarthy
Washington
Watkins
Senate
McCarthy Subcommittee
Irving Peress
U. S. Pushes West German Pact Program
The Eisenhower administration advances its plan to rearm West Germany and integrate it into NATO despite Moscow demands for a European security system. Dulles affirms no talks with the Soviets on European issues until West Germany’s alliance role is official. President to send documents to the Senate granting West Germany near full sovereignty and NATO membership.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Germany
Moscow
West
State Department
Dulles
Toledo
Ohio
White House
James C. Hagerty
Senate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Molotov
Berlin
United States
London
Paris
Bonn
Democrats Hint Reductions in Excise Taxes
The House Ways and Means Committee signaled support for possible cuts to excise taxes next year as Democrats prepare to take control in January. Current law would trigger automatic reductions on April 1 for autos, gasoline, liquor, cigarettes, beer, wine, and trucks, potentially reducing revenue by about one billion dollars annually.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Power Deal Dispute Between Dixon and Yates
This feature recounts the Dixon Yates electric power contract squabble behind the scenes. It traces the need for more Tennessee Valley power, the decision against new public plants, and how TVA and AEC roles intertwined with a proposed private generation scheme. The plan would free TVA to provide half its Paducah output to the AEC while two private utilities would build a West Memphis plant to supply TVA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
TVA
Commission
Paducah
Eisenhower
Congress
Edgar H. Dixon
Eugene A. Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Dixon Yates contract gets go ahead from party line vote
The Republican led Senate atomic energy committee approved the Dixon Yates contract for President Eisenhower by a 10 to 8 party line vote. Democrats vow to block the private power project in the next Congress and pursue fund withholding or cancellation. The SEC must hold hearings on the bond issue and some secondary contracts may be completed before any effective date.
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Congress Washington
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Securities and Exchange Commission
Rep
Holifield
Dcalif
Dixon-Yates
Dixie Governors Split on School Segregation Stand
Governors from seven southern states pledged to maintain racial segregation in public schools at the 20th Southern Governors Conference closing in Boca Raton Florida. The session elected Lawrence Weatherby of Kentucky as chairman for 1955 and postponed action on a separate but equal school facilities amendment after an executive session.
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Boca Raton
Fla
INS
Southern Governors Conference
Lawrence Weatherby
Kentucky
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Point Clear, A
Charley E. Johns
Florida
Allen Shivers
Texas
Resolutions Committee
16 Believed Dead in Coal Mine Blasts
Two blasts hit Jamison Coal and Coke Company No 9 mine in Farmington West Virginia on Saturday. One man killed outside, 15 trapped underground believed dead as rescue crews face poisonous gas and slow progress reopening entrances.
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Farmington
W. Va
Jamison
Howard Jenkins
William Berry
Northern District
State Mines Department
West Virginia
Monongah
Illinois
St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Carlson Says McCarthy Debate Shifts To Communism Issue
Senator Carlson notes the McCarthy censure fight has moved from conduct to a test of pro or anti communism. He accuses McCarthy of seeking martyrdom and laments debate based on accusation rather than substantive issues. Carlson sits on the six man panel that urged censure.
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Washington
Carlson
R-Kan
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Senate
CBS
Capitol
MendesFrance on Way to America for Peace Talks
French Premier Pierre Mendes France travels with his wife to Ottawa for a three day stay then proceeds to Washington. He aims to engage in top level talks in the United States on November 17 to advance peace consolidation efforts.
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Paris
INS
Pierre Mendes-France
United States
Canada
Mendes-France
Ottawa
Washington
Beauty queen wife dies after fall from Waldorf seventh floor
Carole Ready, 26, wife of a Waldorf-Astoria vice president, leapt from a bathroom window on the seventh floor, landing on 50th Street near Park Avenue. She had recently left Marymount College and suffered a nervous breakdown after the birth of her third child. The baby was with Ready when the tragedy occurred.
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New York
Carole Ready
Ready
Young Ready
Payne Whitney
New York Hospital
Readys
Pills Swallowed by Pupils Alarm Belle Vue School
DETROIT AP A frantic Belle Vue school call said four first graders swallowed pills possibly poison. Police rushed them to hospital for analysis which showed the pills were harmless saccharine. Clyde DeLong seven said he did not take any pills. Joe had merely ridden along.
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Detroit
Bellevue
Clyde DeLong
Joe
Sweet Row Boat Lie Sparks Cheeky Quip
A playful exchange has one woman teasing another about a supposed yacht size and a demanding rowing task. The remark highlights rumored bravado and social banter in a lighthearted moment.
President Eisenhower phoned Toledo girl who sent Good Luck Medal
Patricia Gilbert, 13, of Toledo, received a personal call from President Eisenhower after sending him Hopalong Cassidy Good Luck Medal. The President thanked her, spoke about school, and promised a letter from the White House. He then hunted ducks and pheasants before returning to Washington.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Patricia Elaine Gilbert
Toledo
Ohio
Patricia
Washington
White House
Ins
United States
President Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower
Cedar Point Club
Lake Erie
Maumee Bay
Hopalong Cassidy
James C. ‘Hagerty
Washington National Airport
Columbine
Cabinet
Christmas aid to 200000 West Berliners planned
The United States government will distribute Christmas packages next month to about 200000 needy residents of West Berlin. Each package will contain 13 pounds of food and essentials.
Generous Traveler Trips Bellhop With Big Cash Tip
A 66 year old Philadelphia bellhop named Mike McDonald received a small tip that grew into a $100 gesture after an elderly woman first handed him four one dollar bills and then gave him the larger note. The driver later asked if the amount was enough and the woman reversed to present the $100 bill.
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Philadelphia
INS
Philadphia
Mike McDonald
McDonald
Hermann Field To Reunite With Wife In Switzerland
Mrs. Hermann Field said her husband will meet her alone in Switzerland soon after five years of imprisonment by Communist authorities in Warsaw. She noted he arranged the trip by telephone and is now fit to travel. Field, a Cleveland architect, was arrested by Polish authorities while seeking his brother Noel Field, who vanished behind the Iron Curtain.
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Hermann Field
Switzerland
London
INS
Thas
Field
Cleveland
Noel Field
Contrary Heifer Takes Up Sewer Home in Decatur
A 500 pound heifer named Stuffy settled in a Decatur sewer end near a four foot diameter pipe. Rescuers failed to move her, with plans for a full crew Monday. Owner Earnest Florian and workers kept hay and water available while securing the herd.
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Decatur, Ill
Stuffy
Earnest Florian
Thomas Gallagher
Gallagher
Robert
James Spotes
Paul Morgan
Dalton City
Morgan
Stuff
Florian
Miss America Evelyn Ay Weds Navy Ensign in PA Church
Evelyn Ay Miss America 1954 married Navy Ensign Carl Sempier in Ephrata Pennsylvania at a Trinity Lutheran church. A crowd of hundreds including Amish plain folks filled the area, forcing a side entrance detour for the ceremony. The couple met on the Philadelphia campus as former Penn students and the wedding was the town’s big event since her Atlantic City return with the crown.
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Lancaster County
Ephrata Trinity Lutheran Church
Penn
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Two Flyers Bail Out at 45200 Feet in Ejection Test
Washington AP Two Air Force officers safely parachuted from 45200 feet in test jumps from a B 47 jet bomber over the Gulf of Mexico. Capt Edward G Sperry of Tacoma Washington and Lt Henry P Nielsen of Staten Island New York made successive August jumps to test a new ejection seat. The prior record was 42000 feet set in August 1950 by Maj Vincent Mazza at Wright Field Ohio.
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Washington
Air Force
Edward G. Sperry
Tacoma
Wash
Henry P
Nielsen
Staten Island
N.Y
Gulf of Mexico
Vincent Mazza
Wright Air Development Center
Dayton
Ohio
Denier
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Darrell Garwood
Dixie
Southern Association of Science and Industry
Virginia
George McKay
McKay
Waldorf-Astoria
Lakeside Hunting Club
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
U. 8
S. Santa
Heifer
Cedar Rapids
G.l. Gazette
Iowa
Financial
Navy Ensign
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