Molotov proposes 50 year European security pact to erase NATO
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov outlined a European security plan at the Big Four conference calling for a 50 year general security treaty binding all European nations. The pact would include East and West Germany and would be open to all states regardless of social system. It would require collective action against any attack and reject coalitions that contradict UN charter aims. Moscow says the plan targets Western defense and EDC. More on page two-A.
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Government Blocks Sale Of Farm Products To Reds
Washington Secretary of Commerce Weeks announced no sale of government stocks or surplus farm products to Russia or its allies. Applications to sell private non-strategic farm products to the Soviet bloc may be favorably considered. Licenses from the Commerce Department are required for trade with Russia or Communist allies. Weeks rejected Dwayne Andreas request to export 3,000 tons of government owned surplus cottonseed oil to Czechoslovakia.
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Soviet Bloc
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Week
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Minnesota
Czechoslovakia
Rhee Vows to Reopen War Against Chinese Reds
President Syngman Rhee declared in Seoul he is determined to relaunch fighting against Chinese Reds in North Korea if needed without American support. He warned time is running out and Korea cannot survive a prolonged armistice, citing Soviet weapons and a growing military buildup as reasons to strike first.
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Yalu River
Bramblett Promises Legal Fight After Conviction
Lawyers for Rep. Bramblett vow to pursue appeals to the Supreme Court to overturn his payroll falsification conviction in a salary kickback scheme. The 52 year old California congressman faces seven counts with up to five years and ten thousand dollars per count, while awaiting sentencing after bail was set at 2500 dollars.
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Washington
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Pacific Grove
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U. S
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Arlington
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Eisenhower Warns GOP Against Extreme Partisanship
President Eisenhower urged his administration to avoid extreme partisan remarks about Democrats and asked the Republican National Committee to show similar tolerance. He said the times are too serious for such conduct and some parts of his legislative agenda will require Democratic support to pass Congress.
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Unemployment Insurance Payments Rise in January
North Carolina reports January unemployment payments totaling 3.159 million, up from December and far above January 1953. Over the 12 months ending Jan 31, payments reached 22.283 million, as job applications rose to 18,983 in January and the active job seeker file stood at 66,708.
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Toay
Henry E. Kendall
North Carolina
Kendall
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Northern workers return to the cotton belt amid farm layoffs
Unemployed Southerners who went North in the 1940s are drifting back as Northern layoffs ease. Farm leaders warn the backflow strains the cotton belt amid acreage cuts and day labor shifts. Officials expect a clearer picture by April as planting begins and additional layoffs slow.
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Missouri Bootheel
Hilton Bracey
Missouri Bay Producers Assn
Big Steer Leads Police Wild Chase in Memphis
A stray steer roamed Longview Heights triggering a two hour police chase through a maze of streets. The animal led a crowd of motorists, narrowly missed several people, and collided with a squad car before dying from exhaustion. Ownership remains undetermined.
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Humane Society
Senate Moves to Control Coffee Speculation
The Senate voted to extend government controls to coffee futures trading, sending the bill to the House. The measure, amid protests over rising coffee prices, would add coffee to Commodity Exchange Authority oversight and seeks trader lists from the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange. Senator Beall pledges to publicize speculators if records are not voluntarily provided.
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D-Tenn
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R-Vi
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Exchange
Leon Israel
Yfred Boedtker
Lobo
Weinberg admits killing Max Bodenheim in New York
Police said 25 year old dishwasher Harold Weinberg confessed to shooting writer Max Bodenheim and fled after the slayings of Bodenheim and his wife Ruth Fagan. Weinberg was captured in a basement tenement near the crime scene. investigators planned to question him about the stabbing.
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Max Bodenheim
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Bodenheim
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Edward J. Drum Jr
Cy Goll
Harry Feigman
Congress Approves 681 Million CCC Bill To Sustain Farm Prices
Congress passes 681 million dollars to fund the Commodity Credit Corp. CCC funds may cover only four to eight weeks prompting calls for a 1.4 billion boost to borrowing authority. Senator Aiken warns CCC will need more by next summer as loan activity rises with sagging prices.
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Eisenhower says U.S. avoids hot war in Indochina
President Eisenhower asserted that every action on Indochina is calculated to prevent U.S. engagement in a hot war. He also noted 200 American technicians will not fight and are to be withdrawn by June 15, amid Senate concerns and reports of plans discussed in secret sessions.
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Saltonstall
Eisenhower backs higher highway funding and tax delay
President Eisenhower endorsed a plan to raise federal highway aid from 575 million to 800 million, with state and local matches. A bill by Rep. McGregor would also authorize 64% million annually for federal road work. He urged delaying a one half cent gas tax cut to fund the increase and discussed other political items and troop withdrawals from Korea.
Six Testify Against Godfrey Over Teterboro Near-Miss
Six witnesses testified that Arthur Godfrey radioed no mechanical trouble after narrowly missing the tower at Teterboro New Jersey on January 7. The CAA asked CAB to suspend his pilot certificate for 30 days or until he provides an acceptable medical certificate.
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CAA
CAB
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Ruppar
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