Democrats Weigh New Dealish Domestic Program Response
Democrats in Congress weigh how to respond to President Eisenhower s new domestic program. While initial bipartisan welcome gave way to disagreement on farm supports taxes and social measures, parties align on foreign policy while military and economic reform questions loom. Senator Johnson signals the message rests on a Democratic premise as party leaders map actions.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Keyocrats
Am of
National Resource Deveent
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
More Men Hospitalized Than Women
A nationwide survey by the AMA Bureau shows 642,156 men versus 564,436 women in late 1953 hospitals. Men exceed women across age groups, including 14 and under and 45-64, with VA hospitals favoring males and nongovernmental hospitals showing more women.
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Chicago
Bureau of Medical Economic Research
The
American Medical Assn
Frank G. Dickinson
Bureau
Veterans Administration
AMA Journal
Campaign Expenses Reported in 1954 Congressional Elections
The losers spent about 800000 more than winners in the 1954 national election campaign for control of Congress. Four Republican national groups spent 3716184 last year, about 28 percent more than Democratic groups led by labor organizations, which totaled 2822631. GOP total by committee is 1803774 for RNC plus 706072 for RCCC plus 373910 for Senate committee and Citizens for Eisenhower. Democratic groups include the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee 251469, Congressional Committee 58916, AFLs League for Political Education 485081, and CIOs PAC 683417.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Political Action Committee
Democratic
Democratic Senate
Congressional Committee
Labor
League For Political Education
AFL
CIO
Sheppard Family matriarch found shot in Rocky River home
Bulletin from Cleveland reports Edythe Sheppard 62 mother of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, recently convicted in his wife’s murder, was found shot at the Rocky River home of Dr. Stephen Sheppard. Police were summoned by Betty Sheppard who found her mother-in-law in bed with a revolver nearby. The wound was to the right side of the face.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Edythe Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Stephen Sheprdpard
Rocky River
Betty Sheppard
Steve
Second Meeting Staged Between Hammarskjold and Chou En Lai
TOKYO. Dag Hammarskjold held a second meeting today with Premier Chou En Lai of Red China and scheduled a third for tomorrow. The three hour forty five minute session followed by more than seven hours of talks with Peiping officials over the release of 11 U.S. airmen and other personnel held in Red China.
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U.N
Chou En-Lai
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Peiping
Hammarskjold
Bombay
Tokyo
Red China
U.S
New York
China
Reds
Military Cuts Still Criticized
Washington observers from both parties question the wisdom of Army Navy and Marine Corps manpower reductions after President Eisenhower's State of the Union. Senator-elect Andren Russell may revive a preparedness subcommittee to probe defense policies and operations while lawmakers largely support long term defense spending for balance and flexibility with emphasis on air power and new weapons.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Free Nations
New Yorker Denies Part In Slaying in Panama
A New Yorker, Mar tin Irving Lipstein, denies involvement in the slaying of Panama president Jose Antonio Remon. Police say detentions justify continued custody as Panama tightens security under a state of siege with rounds of arrests and club closures. Lipstein, held at Panama's airport after the race track attack, spoke with a U.S. Embassy official claiming health and ignorance of his arrest.
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Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Jorge Luis Alfaro
Martin Irving Lipstein
Lipstein
Remon
Juan Franco Race Track
Bills Introduced in State Senate Today
In Raleigh Sen Claude Currie pushed to move individual income tax deadlines from March 15 to April 15 aligning with federal changes. Sen Blythe urged forming a nine member commission to study redrawing senatorial districts for population shifts, with a report due 45 days after adoption. Sen Whitley and others sponsored a repeal of the 1953 secrecy law allowing closed meetings for budget deliberations.
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Raleigh
Senate
Claude Currie
Durham
Advisory Budget Commission
Gov
Hodges
North Carolina
Congress
Sen
Blythe
Mecklenburg
Luther Earnhardt
Barnhardt
Senate Committee On
Adam J. Whitley
Johnston
Legislative Appropriations Committees
Fields Vanish Again From Budapest Amid Cold War Mystery
U S officials say Noel and Herta Fields have vanished from view in Communist Hungary less than a year after their release from five years in a Hungarian jail. The U S legation in Budapest no longer knows their whereabouts as Ravndal presses for information and reports from the Hungarian press conflict with later notices. The case also involves Mann Herman Fields and Erika Glaser Wallach, with scattered sightings and uncertain locations across Switzerland and Soviet camps.
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U.S
Noel
Herta Field
Hungary
Budapest
Christian M. Ravndal
Foreign Office
Ravndal
Field
Hermann
Poland
Switzerland
State Department
Erika Glaser Wallach
Noel Fields
Herta
New Peress Inquiry Is Expected
Senators Daniel and Watkins anticipate a new Senate probe into the Irv Peress case as the chamber reorganizes under Democratic control. Peress, a New York dentist and former Army major linked to the McCarthy Army row, faced questions over an honorable discharge after citing the Fifth Amendment on communism. The move aims to establish official facts through investigation and covers related calls to examine all unfinished inquiries into communism.
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Washington
Daniel
D-Tex
Watkins
Rutah
Irv Peress
Peress
McCarthy
Sen
R-Wis
Army
New York
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
D- Rk
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ithe Peress
Wage hike proposal draws mixed reception in Congress
President Eisenhower’s plan to raise the nationwide minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents an hour wins initial backing in Congress but faces opposition over broader coverage. Senators weigh a larger increase and broader worker inclusion, with some Republicans and AFL CIO voices urging more than 90 cents.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Chary
Sen
Clements
New Democratic Congress
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Labor Committee
Hill
D-Ala
South
Smith
Senate
McNamara
D-Mich
AFL
Murray
D-Mont
Potter
R-Mich
Humoe
D-Minn
Lehman
Morse
Ind-Ore
Extortion Charged To Immigrant In Vancouver Case
A four year old immigrant, Heinz Adam, faces police court today in Vancouver charged with an extortion plot to obtain 210000 from two wealthy businessmen. Notes signed Ku Klux Klan demanded 150000 from William Vincent Astor and 60000 from Harry F. Reifel whose Vancouver dairy farm once employed Adam.
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B.C
Ku Klux Klan
Heinz Adam
Canada
Germany
William Vincent Astor
Astor
United States
Harry F. Reifel
Reifel
Adam
New York
Tighter racial rules urged for armed services plan
NAACP urges stricter rules in the military services reserve plan to curb racial discrimination in National Guard units. Clarence Mitchell warns in a telegram to Defense Secretary Wilson that without changes thousands of colored citizens will be barred from training opportunities and southern exclusion practices will shift training burdens to non southern states.
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Armied Services
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Clarence Mitchell
Defense
Wilson
South
Marines Rescued After Amphibious Craft Trouble Off Beaufort
A seven hour sea and air search recovered all 24 Marines from five amphibious ducks near Beaufort North Carolina. Four crafts landed safely while two capsized and two more were found on sandbars with six rescued by the Coast Guard. An investigation into why the ducks set out in rough water was ordered.
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N.C
Navy
Morehead City
LSD
Beaufort Inlet
Coast Guard
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Lsd’s
Marine Corps
GE to Build 20 Million Dollar Transformer Plant in Hickory
General Electric announced a 20 million dollar distribution transformer plant to be built in the Hickory Newton Conover area. The facility with 400000 square feet will employ about 1100 workers and feature a single story factory and an air conditioned office building. Construction starts soon with completion expected late next year.
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N.C
General Electric Co
Hickory-Newton-Conover
Raymond W. Smith
Pittsfield
Mass
Oakland
Calif
Holyoke
Smith
Hicksory
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Asheville
Two Giant Heliopters Head South to Fort Bragg
Two Piasecki H21C helicopters headed from Morton Pennsylvania to Fort Bragg North Carolina aboard the 8th Helicopter Battalion led by Lt. Col. Theodore F. Schirmacher. The craft carry 22 fully armed men and measure 52 feet by 14 by 16 with 44 foot rotors.
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N.C
Morton
8Th Helicopter Battalion
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Theodore F. Schirmacher
Army
Pennsylvania
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