Eisenhower vetoes farm price freeze bill in 1950
President Eisenhower vetoed a farm price support freeze, saying a thaw is needed and the move would harm markets and farm families. He outlined a five point program and warned a two thirds veto override would be unlikely, as Republicans urged rejection. The bill would have set minimum 1957 prices for one year, affecting warehousing and market growth.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Ocean Frontier United States Falls Behind In Sea Battle
The United States may be losing to the Soviet Union the biggest sea battle in mankind's history in a high stakes contest described by Everett and Allen.
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Everett
Allen
Prayer and sea power mix in wartime science briefing
The article contrasts religious reflection with a call to prayer and then shifts to U.S. oceanography lagging behind the Soviet Union. Experts warn Soviet ships, bigger vessels, and rapid data collection threaten American leadership in marine science, with implications for military and economic power, including potential weather control and nuclear defense uses.
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U.S
United States
U.S.S.R
America
Standard Times
U S Questions Soviet One Country H Bomb Test Order
The State Department questioned the reliability of the Soviet Union's one country stop order on hydrogen bomb tests and urged Moscow to work with the United Nations in an orderly way. Washington urged UN studies for a comprehensive first stage disarmament proposal and urged technical work to carry it out. The U S statement said the Kremlin openly defies the UN by boycotting the Disarmament Commission and warned free nations must deter aggression with verifiable plans, not vague Soviet intentions.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Andnaanate Department
United Nations
Moscow
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
Weather Dumps Rain Across Carolinas Then Clears
The Associated Press reports heavy rain fell across the Carolinas with totals from Charleston 2.38 inches to Raleigh 0.30. Forecasters expect northeast winds to push clearing skies by tomorrow with milder temperatures and eventual sunshine. The rain and hard freezes have delayed farm plowing plans.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Myrtle Beach
Asheville
Hickory
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Khrushchev Appoints Bulganin to State Bank Post
Premier Khrushchev names Nikolai Bulganin head of the Soviet State Bank and retains most of his old cabinet. Anastas Mikoyan becomes first deputy premier. Gen. Ivan Serov returns as chairman of State Security. Andrei Gromyko stays foreign minister. Khrushchev lists four more deputies and outlines shifts while Malenkov era figures move within the government.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet State Bank
Bulganin
Anastas Mikoyan
Ivan Serov
Andrei Gromyko
Supreme Soviet
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
F. A. Kozlov
Alexei N. Kosygin
Demitri F. Ustinov
Josef Kuzmin
Bulgarin
Economic Plan
Alexander Zasyadko
Zasyadko
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Kozlov
Leningrad
Communist
Russian Federation
Howie Johnson Wins Azalea Open Playoff Over Palmer
Howie Johnson of Glenwoodie Illinois defeated Arnold Palmer by one stroke in an 18 hole Azalea Open playoff at the Cape Fear Country Club. Johnson posted a 77 five over par while Palmer finished at 78 after a self applied penalty stroke on the 14th green influenced the outcome.
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Wilmington
N.C
Howie Johnson
Glenwoodie
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
Latrobe
Johnson
Cape Fear
Plasmin 10 dissolves clots in early trials at Roswell Park
Dr. Julian Ambrus reports plasmin 10 dissolves clots in legs of 35 patients and may treat heart arterial clots. The compound found at Roswell Park Memorial Institute targets clots up to five days old, with varying effectiveness on older ones. Researchers include Dr. Clara Ambrus and colleagues J E Sokal C Markus N Beck and G E Collins.
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AP Science
Buffalo, N.Y
Tony
Roswell Park Memorial
Julian Ambrus
American Cancer Society
Boston
Ambrus
Clara Ambrus
J. E. Sokal
C. Markus
N. Beck
G. E. Collins
Turncoat Sullivan Returns from Communist China
The 27 year old former US Army sergeant from Omaha Nebraska and Santa Barbara California, who was dishonorably discharged after refusing repatriation from Korea, crossed the border and said he hoped to be the first of three Negro turncoats to go home. He claimed Peiping treated him well during four years and two months in China and that he joined to study and work for peace.
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Hong Kong
China
LaRance Sullivan
US. Army
Korea
Sullivan
Omaha
Neb
Santa Barbara
Calif
Peiping
Civil rights funding fight shapes House Easter recess
Congress moves toward a 10 day Easter break while pressing bills to fund a six member civil rights investigating commission. The $750 000 allocation for the commission begins July 1, with Southern Democrats opposing any funding as a tie vote blocks cutting the allotment to $600 000.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Commission
Recession Debate Sees Democrats and Republicans at Odds
Washington report shows Democrats arguing administration policies will steer the country through a second recession while Republicans cite nine billion dollars in actions and twenty one requested measures as having an immeasurable dollar impact. Talks of tax cuts surface as advisers weigh recovery steps and timing.
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Washington
Congress
Gabriel Hauge
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
House
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
Soviets Declare Partial Halt on Atomic Tests
The Soviet Union announced a suspension of hen and atomic bomb tests with a loophole allowing reactivation if the West does not join. Foreign Minister Gromyko told a parliamentary session the halt would take effect once approved, and urged U S and Britain to participate. The move follows Khrushchev’s cabinet and was praised by deputies as a potential step toward global security.
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Gromyko
Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Britain
U.S
Truman
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
NATO
Weather Break May Permit Rescue At Yosemite Students
A brief weather break may allow air rescue crews to reach four Stanford Alpine Club students marooned at 11 600 feet in the High Sierra. One may be seriously ill with pneumonia. a prior air drop failed due to a storm.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Stanford University
High Sierra
William Pope
San Francisco
Stanford Alpine Club
Silver Lake
Yosemite
Little Yosemite Valley
Pope
Bart Hooley
Reno
Nev
Max Allen
University of California
Park Headquarters
Michael M. Roberts
Neenah
Wis
Lenore Lamb
Orinda
Margaret Meyer
Seattle
Bob Symons
Bishop
Merced Lake Station
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