Democrats Attack Eisenhower Defense Plan in Controversy
The article surveys reactions to Eisenhower’s defense job plan as Flemming outlines aid to unemployed regions and favors for bids from areas with high unemployment. Senators and representatives from Georgia criticize the plan as unfair while others defend parts of it including tax write-offs and set-aside procurement shares. The debate references a Senate amendment limiting contracts to low bidders and political fallout with Knowland and Maybank, amid broader warnings of economic dislocation and a return to state rights versus federal policy.
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Arthur &. Flemming
Defense Mobilization
Memming
Eli.gible
Truman
New England
Sen
George
D-Ga
Rep
Lanham
Congress
Executive Department
James C. Davis
Vinson
Sallon
R-Mass
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Senhower
Flemming
Maybank
Knowland
Cali
Senate
Defense
Defense Department
Senate House
Maybank Stein
United States
Sparkman
Beaste Exchange
Bill Knowland
U. S. Senate
Sen. Hill
Four Killed Five Missing In Tanker Collision On Delaware River
Early morning fog shrouded the Delaware River as two oil tankers collided near the river’s main channel south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Four crewmembers died and five were missing, with a lifeboat crew rescued and the Copiapo Chilean freighter aiding in recoveries. The area is a busy waterway between Philadelphia and the Atlantic, with past collisions remembered near Wilmington and the river’s bottlenecks at Deepwater and routes to Baltimore Washington and Norfolk.
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State Road Barracks
Delaware
Copiapo
Delaware Memorial Bridge
New Jersey Turnpike
Deepwater
Baltimore
Washington
Delmarva Peninsula
Norfolk
Eisenhower Eyes Golf Round Amid Busy Washington Visit
President Eisenhower planned to take a break for a round at Augusta National as no formal meetings were scheduled. He had limited play since arriving in Augusta on Christmas Day, with work dominating the rest of the week ahead of Congress facing his upcoming State of the Union message.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Reds End Casts With New Year Cessations
TOKYO peiping radio of Communist China announces it will cancel two English language broadcasts for New Year. The move affects the propaganda outlet and reduces programming for the holiday.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Corisa
Paint Bomb Hurled In Store Strike
Pittsburgh reports a paint bomb and a rock hurled at May Stern & Co president Harry M. Epstein's home after a district attorney warning on strike violence. The incidents involve AFL unions in a wage dispute affecting 3,100 striking workers across five department stores with about 8,100 nonstriking workers.
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Pittsburgh
Harry M. Epstein
May Stern & Co
Dist. Atty
James F. Malone
May-Stern
AFL
Teamsters Local 249
Furniture
Pittsburgh Deliveries, Inc
May Stern
Malone
Bigj
Thomas B. Misva
Harne’s
Joseph P. Pascarella
Delber
Furman
Youngstown
Ohio
French Units Clash Twice In Indochina
French forces report heavy air strafing as Vietminh Division 318 nears Dien Bien Phu 180 miles west of Hanoi. French officials fear a hard siege amid the Thai mountain rice bowl region. A fall could grant the Vietminh a strategic foothold toward Laos and northern invasion routes.
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Iron Division
China
Viatjminh
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
France
Laos
Changes in Congress Are Doubtful
Washington Rep Kean predicted Congress will not adopt Rep Curtis plan to pay social security pensions to all over 65. Curtis outlined universal pension and higher minimum benefits, funded by tax boosts, doubling beneficiaries and moving welfare to state local programs. Kean called it a dangerous raid on the trust fund and said it would fail in Congress.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Rep
Kean
Eisenhower
Congress
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Curtis
Baby Townsend
Athens
Greece
U. S
Bassador Cavendish Cannon
America
Mountein
Oxname
Lonian Islands
Jury Finds Shoulders Guilty Of Perjury In Kidnap Trial
Jury convicts police officer Shoulders of perjury in a kidnapping case. Testimony reveals details of money handling and suitcase placements at the St. Louis police station. A grand jury disclosed the testimony. bond for Shoulders set at $10,000 and a warrant issued for arrest.
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Shoulders
Force
St. Louis
Hall
John Hager
Hager
Dolan
Heady
Richard M. Dunn
Barrest
Eisenhower Eyes Meet With Democrats On Budget Plan
Senator Ferguson says Eisenhower will listen to Democratic objections and may alter the message. Senator Russell signals possible opposition to some proposals, citing ongoing commissions. He reiterates opposition to Hawaii statehood and backs a $5 billion debt limit increase over the current $275 billion cap, opposing a $15 billion rise.
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Ferguson
Russell
Eisenhower
Congress
Hawaii
House
Senate
GOP
Soviet Diplomats To Receive Long Service Honors
Moscow announces medals and honors for Soviet diplomats after 10 years in the foreign ministry. Awards scale from a service medal at ten years to Orders of Lenin and Red Banner milestones at higher years, with potential delays for poor recommendations.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Order of the Red Banner of Labor
Ex-Treasury Head Freed Of Charges In 1940s Suit
A federal judge dismissed Abram J. Berkwitz’s stock deal suit against Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey and executives of Pittsburgh Consolidation Co. and M. A. Hanna Co. The action, alleging irregular stock transactions in 1946–47, faced board and stockholder approvals. Berkwitz, 72, in ill health, chose not to proceed, risking about $20,000 in costs if he lost.
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Pittsburgh
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Austin L. Staley
U. S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
U. S. District Court
Abram J. Berkwitz
New York
Brookline
Mass
Pittsburgh Consolidation Co. Co
M. A. Hanna Co
Cleveland
Humphrey
Berkwitz
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation
Hanna
R. L. Ireland
Atty. Premo J. Columbus
Bedford Faces Severe Water Shortage and Drought Aid
Bedford borough rushed 18 million gallons of water to the reservoir over three days as daily use nears one million. Restrictions on auto washing and outdoor scrubbing reduced demand but not enough. Somerset Hospital reports a critical shortage though it draws water from a separate source and is not currently affected. Civil defense aid and volunteer labor have aided efforts since last July.
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Bernard A. Newell
Somerset Hospital
Richard Pile
Newell
Harrisburg
Bedford
Murphy
Civil Defense
Bedford Hospital
Magsaysay Takes Over Manila Rule
Ramon Magsaysay sworn in as Philippines president before about 100000 in Luneta Square Manila pledges an honest efficient government. He outlines seven point program to improve rural living conditions purge land tenure injustice boost development cooperate with the United States and Asian nations and strengthen internal security under the US mutual defense treaty. He calls on Communist rebels to surrender and vows no compromise with disloyalty.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Magsaysay
Kremlin
Elpidio Quirino
Nacionalista Party
Quirino
Luneta Square
Manila Bay
Barros
United States
United Nations
Obituary for Anna Mabel Watson Agnew in Indiana PA area
Anna Mabel Watson Agnew of 824 School Street Indiana Pennsylvania died suddenly at home on December 28 1953. Born October 1 1886 in Indiana she lived in Templeton Armstrong County Pa Hammond Indiana and Pittsburgh before returning to Indiana in 1937. She was music supervisor in Conemaugh Johnstown and Leechburg schools and later active in Christ Episcopal Church Indiana. Survived by son James Watson Agnew of Penndel Pa and daughter Judith Byington of Wooster Ohio plus three granddaughters, one brother Colonel Richard W. Watson, and sister Mrs. Charles Otis Trainer. Funeral December 31 at Brick Episcopal Church. Interment Oakland Cemetery Indiana.
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Anna Mabel Watson
Agnew
School Street
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Matthew Clark
Juliet Whitey Watson
Templeton
Armatrong County
Penna
Hammond
Pittsburgh
Indiana Model School
Keith School
ISTC
Indiana High School
St. Xavier's Academy
Indiana Normal School
Indian State Teacher's College
Conemaugh
Johnstown
Leechburg
Indiana County
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Legion ‘Auxiliary of
Mothers of Democracy
Monday Music Club
New Century Club
Rector's Guild
St. Agnes Altar Guild
Christ Episcopal Church
James Watson Agnew
Penndel
Bucks County
Judith Byington
Donald W. Moorhead
Wooster
Ohio
Rebecca Lynn Agnew
Jane Ann
Cheryl Byington Moorhead
Richard W. Watson
Charles Otis (Muldee
Mark H. ‘Watson
J. Herman Watson
Helen Watson
Fisher
Robinson's
North Seventh Street
Brick Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Ninth Street
Douglas Kierstead
Oakland Cemetery
Accident on pogo stick injures executive in Nashville
Nashville investment firm executive W Edward L Kirkpatrick was hospitalized with a broken elbow after attempting to hop on a Christmas pogo stick. The incident occurred on a wet spot at his home. In Indiana Hospital he died December 28, Rose Ruffney Kerr and Rosemary Mickey are noted in obituaries. Funeral plans listed for December 31 in Hillsdale and Wilkinsburg areas.
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Nashville
Tenn
Edward L
Kirkpatrick
Kirk
Patrick
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