Congress Faces 1956 Election Year Legislative Battle
Congress will confront taxes farm price supports highway and housing issues in its 1956 session. Democrats push tax relief, defend social programs, and seek swift action on a nationwide highway plan and school construction. Hawaii Alaska statehood and flood insurance hearings loom as housing and resource actions await.
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INS
Congress
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate
G.O.P
House
Hawaii
Alaska
Eisenhower
Democrat Blast at McKay Called False by G O P
A heated exchange outlines charges over an attack on Interior Secretary Douglas McKay. The Republican Party calls the Democratic Digest article intentional falsehoods while Democrats rebut that GOP claims misstate facts and fail to address key points.
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McKay
Washington
INS
Douglas McKay
Democratic Digest
Miracle Recovery After Six Week Coma For Boy In Chicago
Five year old Kenny Krajewski survived a six week coma after being struck by a car in front of his home August 30 in Chicago. Doctors called the recovery miraculous as he regained movement in his right hand and legs and began speaking single syllables. He was taken off the critical list last week and now eats by mouth.
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Chicago
Kenny Krajewski
Kenny
St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
Sergeant Promotion Won after 57 Years
In Turin Italy Giovanini Petrini 79 was officially promoted to sergeant of the Bersaglieri. The promotion was proposed when he was a corporal in 1898, marking a long-awaited advancement after 57 years.
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Turin
Italy
Giovanini Petrini
Bersaglieri
Petrini
Coe To Sponsor Essay Contest For Midwest Heritage
High school students from a ten state area may enter an essay competition titled The Heritage That Is Mine with cash prizes of 25 15 and 10 dollars. Winners join a three day conference at Coe College in Cedar Rapids April 5 7 and teachers receive travel support. Essays due January 31 to Prof Paul Glad with student work attested by the supervising teacher.
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Coe College
John J. Murray
Coe History Department
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Murray
Midwest
Second High for Bank Clearings Is Recorded
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids reached their second high of all time for the week ended Oct. 29 at 7.47 million dollars. The record still stands at 7.72 million for the week ended May 14. Previous week totals show 5.87 million for Oct. 23, 1954, with Oct. 22 at 6.39 million.
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Cedar Rapids
Clearing House
Pentagon assigns 1955 value to U S defense holdings
The Defense Department announced a total value of 123.866 billion dollars for its global property equipment and supplies as of January 1 1955, with Navy holdings at 64.4 billion and aircraft stock at 14 311 units. The Army and Air Force were valued at 34 and 33.356 billion respectively, while land and buildings were given a nominal 214 billion.
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Washington
Pentagon
Navy
Army
Air Force
Continental
United States
Indiana
Massachusetts
Stuntman Injured in Film Scene in Idylwild
Idyllwild California AP reports stuntman Robert Hoy age 25 worked five years with minor injuries before joining a film production. In his first scene a pistol exploded in his face, sending him to the hospital for treatment and ongoing recuperation.
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Idyllwild
Calif
Robert Hoy
San Francisco Ministers Back Oxnam After Attack
Nearly 100 Bay area Protestant ministers and the Northern California Nevada Council of Churches voiced strong support for Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam. They called him a thoroughly consecrated Christian and endorsed his appearance at the Festival of Faith in Oakland following an earlier personal attack by opponents over his political views.
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San Francisco
G. Bromley Oxnam
Bay Area
Washington
California-Nevada
John Wilkins
G. Brom
Non-Farm Employment Exceeds 1955 Figure in Iowa
Des Moines reports that Iowa industrial payrolls rose in September with over 4,300 new workers, lifting total non-farm employment to 639 150. Gains in trade services and government offset a manufacturing loss of more than 2,050 due to labor disputes, while non-manufacturing sectors reached a peak above 1953 levels.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Kindergarten pupil suffers fractured collarbone in fall
Terry Bieber, a kindergarten pupil, fractured his collarbone in a fall at the Oxford Junction school playground last week.
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Terry Bieber
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