United Press names 1954 top news stories list
United Press editors list the ten biggest stories of 1954 led by McCarthy hearings and their condemnation. Other items include the shooting of five congressmen, Indochina peace with Dien Bien Phu, Geneva talks, Democrats gaining control of Congress, ruling against school segregation, and notable events such as Bannister’s mile, Pope Pius XII illness, Vargas death, Phoenix City corruption exposure, and three Atlantic coast hurricanes. The year also saw Guatemala defeat in the West, and various international and domestic headlines.
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New York
Wisconsin
Collesques
United Press
House of Representatives
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
House
Senate
Supreme Court
United Nations General Assembly
Guatemala
Roger Bannister
Samuel Sheppard
Ottig
Pius XII
Vargas
Brazil
Phenix City
Ala
Sast
German Girl Sentenced Five Years In Spying Case
Irmgard Schmidt, 24, was sentenced in Berlin to five years in prison for passing information to the Soviet Union. The German Fraulein pleaded guilty to handling data for Russians and denied the charge of seeking specific orders. the order of battle charge was dropped. The prosecutor said her blend of beauty and brains helped her gain access to a high-ranking American Air Force officer. The court heard pleas for clemency citing pressure from Soviet oppression.
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Berlin
U. S
Soviet Union
Ahhond
Irmgard Schmidt
Redalimost
Deenaha
Fraulein
Air Force
Irmgard
U.S. Air Force
Umgard
New Laws to Extend Social Security Coverage
Survey of new Social Security laws expands coverage to about 10 million workers including farmers and household workers. Benefits rise from $5 to $35.80 monthly for disabled and retired workers, with higher maximums for future retirees. Tax increases accompany higher benefits, and provisions include a drop out for four lowest earnings years and a revised formula using 58 percent of the first 110 dollars plus 20 percent of the next 240 in average earnings. Disabled workers gain a frozen earnings record during nonworking periods.
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Washington
Congress
House Committee Urges Study Of GI Social Security Plans
A House committee report recommends studying five military survivor programs and a proposed GI Social Security plan. It notes current VA and government benefits cost about 363 million dollars yearly and urges simplification, clearer information, and a possible Social Security trust fund integration.
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House
Washington
INS
High House Committee
Willis
William H.bates
Mass
Veterans’ Administration
Sur
Lincoln
Neb
Paul Q. Guyer
Sion
University of Nebraska
Santa Claus Expected At Castro Valley Legion Party
Readable text notes Santa Claus is expected to attend a Castro Valley Legion party for local children. A school in Castro Valley is preparing activities for about 649 or 635 children, with focus on naive entries.
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Santa
Claus
V.legion
Castro Valley
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Record Cabinet
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Hayward
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