Eisenhower to Ask Congress for At Least 3 Billion in Aid
The Eisenhower administration is nearing a request to Congress for a minimum of three billion dollars to continue economic and military aid to allied nations. Officials expect the budget message on January 17 and a regional allocation plan, with emphasis on Far East support and limited Western European funding.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State
Treasury and
Defense Departments
Foreign Operations Administration
U.S
Far East
Pacific
Formosa
Indochina
Western
Europe
Ams
Spain
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Five Asian Premiers Push Africa Asia Cooperation Rally
At a Jakarta rally, five Colombo Pact premiers led by President Soekarno urged Africa Asia cooperation. They outlined inviting 25 nations for a Bandung April conference to form an Asian African bloc as a regional counter to the Cold War powers.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Ahmed Soekarno
Africa
Asia
India
Burma
Ceylon
Pakistan
Jkarta
Bogor
Bandung
Russia
West
Jawarhalal Nehru
Sir John Kotelawala
U Nu
Mohammed Ali
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Japan
China
Formosa
Korea
Kotelawala
Red China
Koreas
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Gold Coast
Iraq
Jordan
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Nepal
the Philipines
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Yria
Thailand
Turkey
Yemen
Cutter Tows Two Vessels Into Harbor
The Coast Guard cutter Cherokee towed a disabled tugboat Ocean Prince and the former attack cargo ship Polana into Lynnhaven Roads after the tug developed engine trouble off Cape Hatteras. Earlier, Ocrocoke Lifeboat Station towed both vessels to standby near the Cherokee arrival. A commercial tug D T Sheridan was sent from Baltimore to resume the Polana’s voyage to Jacksonville, Florida.
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Norfolk, Va
Coast Guard
Lynnhaven Roads
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Ocracoke
Ocean Prince
Flef Ae
See Ee
Norfolk
D. T. Sheridan
Baltimore
Maritime Administration
Jacksonville
Fla
James River Reserve Fleet
Arctic Storm Stalls as Midwest Struggles With Severe Weather
A massive arctic air blast stalled from Lake Ontario to southern Nebraska after days of heavy snowfall and freezing rain. At least 22 deaths were linked to the storm, with fatalities in Illinois Michigan and Oklahoma. The Weather Bureau warned of continued frigid conditions shifting east slowly across the nation. Snowfalls ranged up to nearly a foot in the central Mississippi Valley as crews dig out in Kansas Texas Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Rockies
Lake Ontario
Illinois
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Canada
Billings
Mont
Chadron
Neb
Rapid City
S.D
Wyoming
Sheridan
Wyo
Colorado
Fraser
Eagle
Florida
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Montana
Southwest
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Fort Scott
Kan
Michian
Indiana
Iowa
New York
New England
Michigan
Enst
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Ransom Note Demands 25000 for Missing Bronx Girl
Parents of 16 year old Jacqueline Berg report a note postmarked Shanks Village N Y demanding $25000 to ensure the girl’s life. Jacqueline and 17 year old Daniel Braccioditta disappeared on Oct 4 after she left a note about marrying a neighborhood boy. Police seek leads while family appeals for public help.
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New York
Frank Berg
Bronx
N.Y
Jacqueline Berg
Frank MacDonald
General Post Office
Shanks Village
Rockland County
Daniel Braccioditta
Jacqueline
Evertune
U N Leader Begins Peiping Mission in China Crisis
Dag Hammarskjold leaves New York for a mission to win freedom for 110 U N fliers and other personnel held by Communist China. U S delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr plans to greet him at Idlewild, with stops in London and New Delhi before reaching Peiping around January 4 or 5 for talks with Premier Chou En-lai.
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United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
U. S
China
Henry Cabot Lotes Jr
Idlewild
Lodge
Assembly
Hammarskjold
London
New Delhi
Nehru
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Fight For New Trial Launched
Judge Edward Blythin heard a motion for a new trial by Dr. Samuel Sheppard, convicted of second degree murder for the July 4 bludgeoning of his pregnant wife Marilyn. The defense cited 41 trial errors and filed a second petition claiming newly discovered evidence. A separate hearing is set for January 8 on that portion.
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Cleveland
Edward Blythin
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn
Bay Village
Sheppard
Blythin
J. Spencer Houk
Scene Ree
Luella Williams
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Williams
Ry Sheppard
James C. Bird
Louise Feuchter
Neuberger says husband’s career tops her own political plans
Oregon State Rep. Maurine Neuberger, three times elected, says her husband Richard Neuberger’s career takes priority and that her days as a lawmaker are numbered. She plans to remain in Washington to aid him while keeping a Portland home base.
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Washington
Oregon
Maurine Neuberger
VU. S
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Doris Fleeson
Neubergers
Mrs. Neuberger
Portland
Oregon House
State Senate
Neuberger
Oregon League of Warren Voters
Brownell Seeks Add 27 Organizations to Subversive List
Atty General Brownell announced plans to add 27 groups to the subversive list used to screen federal employees. Notices went out alleging each group is Communist dominated and giving 10 days to contest the listing with a possible hearing. The move raises total proposed listings to 27 nationwide and in Puerto Rico.
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Brownell
Puerto Rico
Security Case Gets Attention in Des Moines
Des Moines Register reports former Army intelligence officer Wolf Ladejinsky was labeled a security risk by Agriculture Department security chief John G. Cassity, who urged Secretary Benson to end Ladejinsky’s role as agricultural attaché in Japan. Cassity cited his anti communist writings and relatives in Russia, while Ladejinsky denies disloyalty and notes prior security checks cleared him. Benson fired Ladejinsky December 16 after a DH statement outlining grounds for action and ordered a formal security board hearing before reinstatement.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Army
Wolf Ladejinsky
John G. Cassity
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Washington
Clark Mollenhoff
Ladejinsky
Japan
The
Register
Cassity
State Department
Agriculture Department
Ladecage
Russia
Pore
Lade
Amtorg
Red Fronts
Aament
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
U.S
Sabeah
University of Utah
France Narrowly Approves Western European Union Pact
The French National Assembly passed the WEU treaty by 287 to 260 after a tense vote. The decision preserves Premier Mendes France in office and moves the package to the Senate for debate, with final ratification possibly delayed by a constitutional change.
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Paris
National Assembly
Europe
London
Pierre Mendes-France
WEU
Assembly
Council of the Republic
Senate
Mendes-France
Russia
Com
Junk Mail Ended in City Deliveries After March 31 1955
Postmaster General Summerfield announced the discontinuation of city and town deliveries of junk mail or simplified address mail after March 31 1955. The experiment began 15 months ago and faced protests over postal system congestion. Rural routes and boxholder mail remain on reduced rates.
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Washington
Summerfield
Post Office Department
Rep
Murray
D-Tenn
House Post Office Committee
Congress
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Senate Post Office Committee
Reds Accuse Mendes-France of Lying
Moscow radio and Tass accused French Premier Pierre Mendes-France of lying about Russians in speeches urging German rearmament. They noted Mendes-France’s margin fell on his second confidence vote on admitting West Germany to NATO. Tass said he justified German militarism and claimed the Soviet Union showed initiative in handling international problems.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio
Tass
Pierre Mendes
West Germany
Mendes-France
Britain
United States
France
Science Works On Smog Banishing Air Pollution
Berkeley report from Lawrence Hitchcock of the California Air Pollution Foundation at an AAAS symposium outlines air pollution as a fourfold threat to city futures. He cites auto and industrial emissions in the Los Angeles Basin and notes hidden gaseous pollutants, health risks, costly cleanup, and the need for health studies, detection methods, and new technologies to reduce pollution.
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Berkeley
Calif
Lauren B. Hitchcock
California Air Pollution Foundation
Los Angeles
Ile
Poiuan
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Andre le Troquer
le Troquer
Jacques Duclos
Communist Bloc
Sayin
Reds
By Alton L. Blakeslee
AP Science Reporter
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