Defend Foreign Expense Defend Foreign Expense
President Eisenhower administration officials forcefully defended foreign aid and trade programs amid criticism. Secretary of State Dulles called the 3.9 billion bid program anti-recession and said cuts would threaten employment and security. Labor Secretary Mitchell warned Congress that tariff negotiation authority impacts jobs, noting unemployment hit a 16 year high of 5,173,000 in mid February.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James P. Mitchell
House
Ways & Means Committee
Congress
Mitchell
New Naval Force to Hunt Out Subs
The Navy forms a new antisubmarine task force named Force Alfa commanded by Rear Admiral John S. Thach. The group will exploit advanced weapons including an atomic depth charge and operate early in April with an aircraft carrier, antisubmarine aircraft, a helicopter squadron, destroyers, patrol planes and submarines.
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Washington
Navy
John S. Thach
Atlantic
Kadil Jerauld Wright
Thach
Adm
F. T. Watkins
Riot Quelled at Ohio State Prison
About ten prisoners rioted and started a small fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus on Monday night. The riot was quickly subdued as guards and highway patrolmen rushed the scene. The warden blamed a blanket yank and noted the disturbance began near the prison’s stone walls in the downtown area. Fire squads and police contained the blaze and restored order.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis Saids
Elvis Presley Begins Army Life At Fort Chaffee
Elvis Presley enters military service as a $78-a-month rookie, leaving behind Cadillacs and a glittering career. He takes the oath, leads a group of inductees, and departs from Memphis aboard an Army bus en route to Fort Chaffee Arkansas amid rain and fan attention.
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Granville Allison
Memphis
Elvis Presley
Presley
Anita Wood
Judy Spreckles
Adolph Spreckles
Vernon Presley
Fort Chaffee, Ark
Miss Wood
Jackson
Tenn
Miss Spreckles
Ates
Draft Board
Presley Cadillac
Sunrise
Maine
Beale Sts
Kennedy Veterans Hospital Induction Center
Army
Induction Station
Fort Chaffee
New Asian Flu Studied Delayed Second Wave Assessment
The U S Public Health Service said it is studying a new Asian flu virus strain linked to the winter epidemic's second wave. Samples and a report were requested from New York City's Health Department, which isolated the new strain. The service has not confirmed a second wave started.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
New York City
Health Department
New York
The
Health Service
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