Four Deaths Reported In Spring Blizzard
A punishing spring blizzard left five states snowbound with winds to 80 mph. Four deaths were attributed to the storm as marooned travelers were found and aid crews searched cars buried by drifts. Ranchers faced massive livestock losses.
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Iowa
Illinois
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Senators Demand Heavy Budget Cuts for Tax Relief
Senators Mundt and H Alexander Smith press for real budget reductions next year to fund a general tax cut. Mundt says his farmer constituents' mail pushes for cuts in Eisenhower's 71.8 billion dollar budget, noting unprecedented pressure to ease taxes.
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Lent reflections bloom into faith and fiscal debate
A Lent message uses bulbs sprouting as a metaphor for spiritual renewal while lawmakers discuss budget cuts and tax relief. Senator Byrd supports cuts, Knowland warns on wartime taxes, Bridges seeks a 3.3 billion cut, and Humphrey critiques modern Republicanism amid rising costs.
Town Gets Help From 2,000 Miles Away
Forrest Mason at his oil delivery firm in Swampscott hears a two way radio message about Coolidge buried under debris. Police relay the information to Kansas via Teletype as atmospheric conditions affect communications.
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Mass
Forrest Mason
Coolidge
Mason
Kansas
Beck Faces Senate Probe Over Teamster Funds
Beck's attorney says he will appear to answer questions about a $270 000 transfer from union treasuries. Senator McClellan states no evidence of a loan or gift, while Beck canceled a planned flight amid investigation into Teamster loans made while he led the Western Conference. He claims full repayment of the funds.
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Duff
Teamsters
Eisenhower to Allow Atomic Warheads for Britain
President Eisenhower plans to make atomic warheads available for British guided missiles under U S control. The move aims to bolster Britain's firepower while keeping U S oversight, with fast transfer power to Britain in an atomic war.
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Eisenhower
Wiai
Dulles
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Morrell Will Change Revealed In Court Testimony
London lawyer Hubert Sogno testified that Dr John Bodkin Adams sought to alter the will of 81 year old Edith Morrell claiming she promised gifts. He said Morrell’s will would include a Rolls Royce and contents of a bank box. The testimony related to alleged gifts amid the murder trial.
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Hubert Sogno
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Admiral Wright Warns of Rising Soviet Sub Contacts
Admiral Jerauld Wright, head of the U S Atlantic Fleet, notes a definite rise in suspected Russian submarine contacts in the Atlantic. He cites deeper water cruising by subs, ongoing Barrier Atlantic air sea warning ops, and a larger undersea fleet, with official patrols and radar coverage expanding.
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Policy Directives Spelled Out After Four Day Meeting
The Big Two leaders concluded a four day meeting with a joint communique detailing 800 words of understandings. The statement notes the United States will supply certain guided missiles to assist Britain’s defenses in the atomic age and offers limited observer facilities in ongoing disputes with Egypt over the Gaza Strip the Gulf of Aqaba and the Suez Canal. Macmillan called the talks a great success and said conclusions on large issues have been reached and points tidied up.
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Economic Pact Binds Six Nations in Common Market
Six Western European states Germany France Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg sign a common market and Euratom treaty in Rome to eliminate borders and tariffs. A supranational atomic pool and a shared external tariff are planned with ratifications due over 12 to 17 years. A West European army was proposed but vetoed by France.
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Harold Hill electrocuted for slaying Augusta grocer
Harold E Hill the former Sumter South Carolina man was executed by electric chair in Reidsville Georgia for the knife slaying of an elderly Augusta grocer. He observed his 25th birthday in the death cell and died after the chair was applied at 10 38 am. He proclaimed God bless everybody as his last words. The 1954 murder followed a robbery during which Frederick Noegel 66 was killed.
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Harold E. Hill
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Sumter
S. C
Frederick Noegel
Britain faces million man strike across engineering sector
A large scale walkout paralyzes Britain’s machine tool industries as engineers join protests. The Confederation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Unions leads a plan to expand to three million workers in 4,300 plants by April 6 if wage demands fail. Labor Minister Iain McLeod urged talks while shipyards also strike, threatening export impact.
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London
Britain
Iain Mcleod
Confederation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Unions
U N clears sunken tug to open Suez Canal for 10000 ton ships
UN salvage crews raised the 841 ton tug Edgar Bonnet in the Suez to resume passage for 10 000 ton ships as Egypt waits on a formal opening date. The Abukir frigate still blocks the southern entrance but 10000 tonners can skirt it while UNEF status and Gaza concerns loom. Dag Hammarskjold nears the end of his Cairo mission with hints of concessions from Egypt on canal operation and未 clear conditions on UNEF and the Gaza Strip remain unresolved.
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