Hemingway and Wife Reported Safe After Africa Plane Crash
Kampala dispatch says Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife crashed in the wild Upper Nile country near Murchison Falls Uganda. Pilot Capt. R. C. Jude saw a silver Cessna among scrub trees and noted the plane appeared little damaged with one wheel broken.
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Kampala
Uganda
Ernest Hemingway
Upper Nile
R. C. Jude
British Overseas Airways Corp
Murchison Falls
Jude
RAF
Hemingway
Nairobi
Kenya
Lake Victoria
Lake Albert
Victoria River
Masindi
Butiaba
Khartoum
Cairo
Africa
Mary
Tice's Health Plan Gets AMA Boost
AMA Board endorses general objectives of Eisenhower health plan while urging further study of the proposed private pre pay reinsurance concept. Trustees say it is unclear if the plan is true reinsurance or a government subsidy, following the Jan. 18 Congressional message. The AMA called the message aligned with long held principles.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Assa
Eisenhower
Congress
AMA
Edward J. McCormick
Association
Board of Trustees
Dwight H. Murray
Napa
Calif
American Medical Assn
McCarthy urges broader probes to root out corruption
Senator McCarthy urged Congress to expand investigations into fraud and subversion by public servants. He said the task requires expansion of committees and continued operations, with 1.2 million dollars sought for this year's measures after last year's funding.
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Washington
INS
Joseph R. McCarthy
Congress
Wisconsin Republican
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
McCarty
Senate
Reed Urges Gradual Tax Cut To Prewar Levels
Representative Daniel A. Reed, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, called for a gradual 23.7 percent reduction in income taxes to undo wartime increases from Korea. He noted overall rates rose 33.7 percent during the war, with a 10 percent cut already enacted on January 1.
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Reed
Washington
INS
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means
Johnson calls for Brownell resignation over loyalty firings
Sen. Olin Johnston accuses the Eisenhower administration of deficit and demagoguery in detailing 2,200 federal dismissals under the security program. He demands Brownell disclose indictments and, if none exist, resign for failing to prosecute alleged disloyal government employees.
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Washington
Olin Johnson
D-Sc
Eisenhower
Gen
Brownell
Johnston
Communist Party
Total
British Bombers Drive Mau Mau From Kenyan Jungle
In Kenya, British bombers press the anti Mau Mau campaign as ground forces move through dense forests to target the shadow army. Officials warn the 15 month war may last longer, with leaders like Dedyan Kinathi and Mathenge wounded or captured.
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Richard C. Massack
Nairobi
Kenya
Crown
Dedyan Kinathi
Russia
Nairchi
W. L. Gibson
Sir George Erskine
Britain
Asia
China
Erskine
King’s African Rifles
Highland Forest
Report Urges Three Year Extension Of Trade Pacts
Senator George D. then says Congress should extend the reciprocal trade agreements program for three years. The 17 member Commission on Foreign Economic Policy urged broader freer world trade and gave authority for the president to lower tariffs by up to five percent annually in negotiations. Rep Javits plans to introduce a bill to extend the commission’s life for another year to continue studies and support implementation.
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Washington
George D-Ga
Congress
Commission On Foreign Economic Policy
George
Senate Finance Committee
Clarence B. Randall
Chicago
The
Inland Steel Co
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Javits
R-Lib-Ny
Russia withholds more goods from Mao as China seeks supplies
London dispatch reports Soviet industry cannot fulfill all of Peiping's demands for machinery and tools. Moscow cites home needs and payment doubts, while re exporting cheap Chinese products persists. Kremlin notes plans for consumer goods limit exports to China.
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London
Kreimlin
Peiping
Sovi
China
Mao Tze-tung
Moscow
Peipng
Mao
Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Pressar
Definition of Rumor and Its Fading Echoes
A note defines rumor as something spoken with little chance of truth that travels quickly and settles in gossip. It suggests rumors distort facts as they pass from one person to another and fade when confronted with evidence.
Eisenhower to Urge Housing Plan Emphasizing Private Roles
President Eisenhower will urge Congress to back a multi faceted housing program stressing private industry in low income housing. The budget includes 35 000 public housing units and an experimental FHA mortgage plan with no down payment and four year pay back to spur privately built modest homes. The proposal follows the Cole committee report and may propose removing government from buying and selling mortgages, a point lenders favor.
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Washington
Eisenhower Willl
Congress
Eisenhower
Albert M. Cole
Federal Housing Administration
White House
Eysenhower
Prostitution Ring Raids Target Charleston Hotels
Charleston police arrest 11 bellboys for procuring women in five city hotels including Holley Ruffner Kanawha Worthy and Vickers. Officers say arrests cover early Saturday and Sunday. names listed for four men and details show hotel locations and addresses.
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Robert L. Crouse
Holley
Ruffner
Kanawha
Worthy
Vickers
Crouse
Willis Faucett
Washington St
E. Randolph Ervin
Rand
Ernest Campbell
Charies- Onl
Galveston
Ickes and Mrs Roosevelt Feud Over Housing Campain
In a 1933 diary chapter Ickes recounts his uneasy relations with Mrs Roosevelt over the West Virginia Arthurdale housing project. He notes her charm yet worries over her interference and a push to displace him from the cabinet. He describes a trip to the Hoover Camp, lunch, and concerns about 60 to 75 houses and rushed start.
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Ickes
White House
Col. Howe
Mrs. Roosevelt
Secret Service
Myelf
Reedsville
West Virginia
Arthurdale
Allied Allies Plan to Deter Soviet Aggression in Europe
Western powers reportedly agreed to tell Russia they would back a united democratic Germany renouncing force. Dulles Eden and Bidault meet Molotov to outline a joint strategy rejecting Russia’s position and urging a peaceful German settlement under a German government that guarantees peace.
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Russia
Germany
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Soeviet
V. M. Molotoy
United States
Britain
France
Churchill
Locarno
West Germany
Oder-Niesse
Poland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
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U. S
Allied Control Authority
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Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
Austria
Red China
Nellsen
Iron Curtain
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