Congress To Convene Wednesday for New Session Shifts
Congress opens its 48th session with Republicans relinquishing control to Democrats. Sam Rayburn will become speaker as Lyndon Johnson takes Senate majority leadership. Eisenhower plans state of the union and five special messages, including a health plan and a federal state highway proposal.
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Walter George
State of the Union
Park and Tilford Distillers Sold to Schenley Industries
New York firm Schenley Industries Inc has acquired a controlling stake in Park and Tilford Distillers Corp for about 6.5 million dollars, securing majority ownership and potential operational integration.
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Park and Tilford Distillers Corp
Curb Russians Travel in U S Sparks Travel Barriers
The United States announced that 27 percent of U S territory would be off limits to Russians in a retaliatory act after Soviet travel restrictions on U S citizens. The move creates barred areas and closed cities within the United States as part of the tit-for-tat protest.
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Wisconsin Counties Banned from Travel to the Soviet Union
Kenosha and ten other Wisconsin counties were listed as closed to travel by Soviet citizens holding USSR passports. The move aims to restrict access to about 27 percent of U S land area, including segments of 39 states, much of the Mexican border and the Great Lakes Canadian border area. Soviet officials report roughly 30 percent of their land is closed to U S citizens or other foreigners.
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13 year old girl confesses to fatal shooting of father
Topka Kansas report states Linda Lee Lantis 13 admitted to police she killed her father Lawrence R Lantis 46 at their home after a dispute over a boyfriend. She used a .22 rifle she had earned a marksmanship medal with earlier that day.
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Top-Ranking Soviet Official Missing in Vienna
Austrian police report a top ranking Soviet official missing in Vienna. Lt. Col. Gregori Rapalov, 42, is described as the director of Asia, a network of Austrian enterprises run by Russians.
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Gregori Rapalov
Congress Opens 167 Year Tradition With Meditation Room
Capitol staff unveils a private 17 foot square meditation room off the rotunda amid Capitol tensions. A stained glass window, oak altar, blue walls and green carpet create a calm space with Bibles and prayer books. Clergymen from multiple faiths consulted. Rep. Brooks Hays and Sen. Monroney back the project.
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Veterans Benefits Go To Peace Basis With Eisenhower Cut
President Eisenhower ends wartime veterans entitlements effective January 31, shifting to a peacetime framework. The proclamation curtails scholarships up to 5760 dollars, mustering-out pay, unemployment insurance, loan guarantees, and free hospitalization with wartime compensation reduced to 80 percent for post January 31 injuries.
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Balky Witnesses Balk at McCarthy Testimony
Several witnesses refused to testify at an all day hearing led by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. McCarthy called it a swan song and accused opponents of trying to delay the subcommittee’s work. Contempt action was threatened against Edwin Garfield of Allston, Massachusetts.
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Allston
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Archbishop Resigns DuBuque See as Rohlman Steps Down
Pope Pius XII accepts the resignation of Archbishop Henry P. Rohlman of Dubuque Iowa. He is succeeded automatically by Archbishop Leo Binz who will assume the archbishopric.
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Russia May Release Two Americans
U S officials expressed confidence Russia will free two long missing Americans William T Marchuk and John Noble without demanding the return of 11 Russian children in the West. The note to the U S Embassy linked the cases but Moscow denied conditions on release.
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United States
Nationwide Diet elections planned in Japan on Feb 27
Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama's government announced nationwide Diet elections set for February 27. Transport Minister Takeo Miki stated the plan tonight outlining the electoral schedule and their government strategy.
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Panama President Remon Assassinated in Sudden Attack
Former Panamanian President Arnulfo Arias was arrested after pre-dawn raids following the slaying of President Jose Antonio Remon at Juan Franco race track. Police said over 20 others were arrested as Remon’s bodyguard clashed with attackers. two bystanders died and three companions were wounded. Foreign Minister Jose Ramon Guizado was sworn in as president in a 3 am session, with the cabinet asserting order nationwide.
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Holiday Traffic Death Toll 299 Sets New Record
United Press reports New Year weekend highway deaths reached 299, part of a holiday toll that tops prior two day records. The tally includes 29 fire deaths, 4 airplane crashes, and 58 other accidents, with Texas 25, California 20, and New York 18 leading the states.
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Eight Nations Set Meeting In Bangkok For Manila Pact
The eight Manila pact nations will hold a Bangkok meeting on Feb. 23 to map strategy against Communist aggression in Southeast Asia. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will represent the United States with other foreign ministers attending the discussions.
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Incoming and Outgoing Texas Sheriffs Clash in Athens
In Athens Texas the incoming sheriff J W Brownlow and outgoing sheriff Jess Sweeten clash New Year’s Eve outside the jail. Brownlow says Sweeten pulled a 45 caliber gun and Brownlow knocked him down. Sweeten denies serious harm and says only two blows were exchanged. No hard feelings, residents note rumors faded after downtown sighting.
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Nehru cool toward UN mission in Peiping talks
Indian Prime Minister Nehru rebuffed a UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold suggestion that a senior Indian diplomat accompany him to Peiping saying India abstained from a General Assembly vote. Hammarskjold continues his drive to secure release of 11 American airmen and other UN personnel held by the Reds.
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Calcutta
Rajendra Prasad
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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West Germany recalls diplomat over party remark
West Germany recalled Charge d'Affaires Oskar Schlitter and his wife Daisy after she described Britain as an enemy foreign country at a Christmas party in London. Bonn expressed regret for the remark and ordered the couple to return to answer questions arising from British and German newspaper reports.
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Canada Ends Year With Violent Weekend Toll
At least 37 Canadians were killed during the New Year’s holiday weekend amid a surge in violence. The toll reflected widespread deadly incidents across multiple regions as authorities investigated the causes and response efforts intensified.
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Mrs Wise Among Five Taking Oath In Wisconsin
Wisconsin governors sworn in, including Gov Kohler starting his third term and Warren Knowles as lieutenant governor. Mrs Wise becomes secretary of state, the first woman in the post, part of a Republican administration with longtime officials including Vernon Thomson and Warren R. Smith.
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Wisconsin
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Weather watch notes brisk snap with mixed precipitation
The noon thermometer at the sewage plant reached 46 with colder air forecast for tonight and Tuesday. American Motors logged 43, downtown 44. Tonight cloudy with rain or drizzle then snow flurries, lows 25 to 32. Tuesday cloudy with snow flurries, highs 28 to 35. Yesterday’s high 36, low 21. today’s early low 32.
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Eisenhower has no plans for London trip
White House secretary James Hagerty said there are no plans for President Eisenhower to visit London for a conference with Prime Minister Churchill. In Chicago, hog prices at the Union Stock Yards fell to the lowest in over two years as a large supply pushed butcher hog prices down about 25 to 50 cents per hundred pounds.
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Orioles Buy Outfielder Hoot Evers From Tigers
Orioles announce the purchase of outfielder Hoot Evers from Detroit Tigers. Seoul accuses Communists of constructing over 40 air bases and deploying 110000 additional troops.
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