Refugee family aid efforts amid March deadline
The Hirsch family seeks rescue by March 31 amnesty in Hungary as Rev. Raymond M Best notes local church and community efforts. Funds reach about a fraction of the $1,000 needed while offers for work and resources surge. Hirsch, once a bicycle trainer, declines sexton posts to keep construction work, and the family remains hopeful but cautious about returning to Budapest.
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Hungary
Gasca Ak
Raymond M. ‘Best
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Hirsches
Bost
Feeily
Budapest
Hirsch
Ratepee
U S Aid Officials Murdered Amid Iran talks
U S officials were killed after a kidnapping near Iran shahr and Port Chahbahar as James Richards concluded talks with Iranian leaders. The incident disrupted aid plans and a joint communique pledged greater Iran military funding while cutting new arms deliveries.
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Kevin M. Carroll
Issaquah
James Richards
Eisenhower
Middle East
United States
Iran
Prayer Quiet Times Link God to Action
Prayer becomes effective when we separate from worldly activity to talk with God and hear His voice. Quiet times align thoughts with faith, guiding deeds toward unselfish, Godlike fellowship and everyday tasks. Strengthen contact with God through more prayerful silence.
Regional school furniture meeting held in High Point
About 30 members of the National School Service Institute Region 5 met in High Point hosted by Hughes-Rankin Co. Delegates from Carolinas and Virginia attended sessions starting at 1 30 p m with a dinner tonight. Lloyd Hughes was elected regional director for a three year term.
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National School Service Institute
Hughes-Rankin Co
High Point
Carolinas
Virginia
Dot Lewis
John B. Brain
National Association
Omaha
Neb
Joe Shue
Richmond
Dave McCurrach
Chicago
Lloyd Hughes
Shue
Hughes
Beck Aide Testifies He Bought Items For Beck With Union Funds
Nathan Shefferman Chicago public relations consultant testified he bought items totaling about 85 000 for Dave Beck until 1953 using what he believed were union funds He said he paid with his own money and was reimbursed later He cited dental work and various purchases and suggested other items may have gone to Beck Jr and Mrs Beck The hearing questioned whether Teamsters funds were used and Beck invoked the Fifth Amendment.
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Washington
Nathan Shefferman
Chicago
Dave Beck
Shefferman
Beck
Dave Beck Jr
Kennedy
Senate
Ert F
Conse
Eades
Teamster
Adams' Drug Prescriptions Cited At Trial
London prosecutors allege Dr John Bodkin Adams drugged Mrs Ed ith Alice Morell to gain an inheritance. Dr Arthur Douthwaite testified that there was no justification for morphia and heroin injections. Nurses' records show a mix of morphia and heroin given to the 81 year old, whose death in 1950 prompted the case.
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London
John Bodkin Adams
Arthur Henry Douthwaite
Adams
Edith Alice Morell
Egypt Plan for Suez Canal Backed by Hammarskjold Return
Dag Hammarskjold left Cairo for the U N headquarters with Egypt's canal plan. Informants said the plan modifies Nasser's views and aims to reassure the United States. It reasserts the 1888 Constantinople Convention to ensure free shipping while allowing Egypt to refuse passage to enemy ships. A canal users group on tolls and improvements was not addressed in the plan.
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Cairo
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Hammarskjold
Nasser
Old
Suez Canal Co
Constantinople
Four Siblings Celebrate March 26 Birthday Bash
At Philip McNamara home toys overflowed as the family marked the birthdays of four children all born on March 26. Beth Mari, 13. Dennis, 6. and twins Timothy and Thomas, 3, shared the celebration with festive gifts and a holiday mood.
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Philip McNamara
Maribeth
Dennis
Timothy
Thomas
Byrd Claims Ike Controls 70 Billion in Funds
Sen. Byrd charges President Eisenhower controls a backlog of 70 billion dollars in available funds and that Congress cannot enact real spending cuts without his cooperation. He urges Eisenhower to propose reductions in the 71.8 billion dollar FY budget and cites existing balances as leverage.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Knowland
California
Saltonstall
Mass
Percival Brundage
White House
Snowstorm Brings Limited Drought Relief Across Plains
The six state High Plains region from southwestern Nebraska to the Texas Panhandle faced a blizzard with winds up to 80 miles per hour. Snow totals reached 14 inches with drifts up to 30 feet, aiding drought but not enough to restore subsoil moisture. Officials noted cattle losses may reach thousands and some crops suffered damage despite renewed road and rail movement.
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High Plains
Kansas
U.S
Garden City
Kan
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Plains
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Roy Freeland
State Agriculture Board
Olympic Champions Connolly and Fiktova wed in Prague
Olympic hammer thrower Harold Connolly and Czech discus queen Olgar Fiktova married in Prague after civil, Roman Catholic, and Protestant ceremonies. A priest warned Connolly of church excommunication, noting he would lose access to sacraments, while the couple already faced religious complications from their cross border romance. The civil ceremony was held in the medieval town hall.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Harold Connolly
Olgar Fiktova
Boston
Ee oSeee
Olga
Salvator United Lutheran
Connolly
Bread price rise expected in South Carolina
The Associated Press reports South Carolina housewives may pay a penny more per loaf for popular bread brands this week as the first general price increase since 1954 spreads from Georgia and North Carolina. Palmetto Baking and American Bakeries raised prices while Claussens Bakery in Columbia said theirs had not yet changed.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Columbia Baking Co
Columbia
Southern Bread
Florence
Merita
R. H. Jennings
Palmetto Baking Co
Orangeburg
Palmetto
Jennings
O. L. Cross
American Bakeries
Claussens Bakery
Eisenhower Says Fifth Amendment Shows Hidden Facts
President Eisenhower commented on testimony by Dave Beck noting the common reaction that invoking the Fifth Amendment signals something a person does not want to reveal. He declined legal judgments but defended Congress’s investigative role and its dignity, and offered no opinion on the AFL-CIO ethics code Beck opposed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Congress
Afl-Cio
Beck
House Takes Up Rises In Prices
Washington reports the House moves to authorize a Democratic led investigation of national money and credit policies amid Republican opposition. The plan, chaired by Rep Patman, aims to study the nature and adequacy of the financial system as part of a nonpartisan commission.
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Washington
House
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Nonpartisan
Congress
Eisenhower Warns on Government Spending and Health Cruise
President Eisenhower cautioned that cutting foreign aid and defense spending could harm the nation. He discussed budget negotiations and a proposed $71.8 million savings in mutual security programs. On a Bermuda cruise to improve health, he said he felt better though still coughs and a sunlit voyage raised his vigor.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Sen
Dva
Sve
Macmillan
Bermuda
Oldest Triplets in Marlboro Celebrate 89th Birthday
Faith MacDonnell Hope Daniels and Charity Murphy, the nation’s oldest living triplets, celebrate their 89th birthday in Marlboro Massachusetts. All are widows and well known in the community.
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Marlboro
Mass
Faith, Hope and
Charity
Annie Faith MacDonnell
Ellen Hope Daniels
Nora Charity Murphy
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Frances Hamilton Kleinmann
Long Beach
Calif
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William Hamilton
Eyen
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Kleinmann
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