Momentous Session Of Congress Begins
Congress opens in Washington for a pivotal session with party balance tight in both chambers. Democrats lead Republicans in the Senate by one seat and trail by four in the House, shaping battle lines for the Eisenhower agenda and the upcoming midterm elections.
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Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Nixon
Taft
Ohio
Thomas A. Burke
State of the Union
Colder Weather Heads for Wisconsin with Light Snow
The Weather Bureau forecast colder conditions and light snow in Wisconsin tonight and Thursday ending mild weather. Lows 25 to 30 with a high near 30. Reported temperatures include 38 at Nash Motors, 35 at the sewage treatment plant, and 35 downtown. Tuesday’s high 39 and low 36 marked recent readings.
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Wisconsin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Nash Motors
Reasonable Debt Limit Hike Hinted By Senators
Sen George of Georgia signaled support for a "reasonable" rise in the 275 billion dollar national debt limit if needed while stressing it remains distasteful. Sen Flanders of Vermont also favored a hike up to ten billion, hoping spending cuts prevail. The issue sits with the Senate Finance Committee amid debate on a proposed 15 billion increase, as Treasury officials urge action. Millikin cautions cautious handling and consideration of Social Security tax reductions.
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H. Alexander Smith
R-N. J
Senate Labor Committee
Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
White House
Flanders
R-Vt
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
House
Finance Group
Millikin
R-Corp
Finance Committee
Treasury
Congress
Violent Storm Kills Four in Argentina
Violent winds hail and rain swept central Argentina Tuesday night killing four people. Roofs were ripped off homes trees uprooted and crops damaged across the region in a wide scale disaster.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Communists claim 320 Allied planes crossed Korean buffer since July
Panmunjom reports Communist officials charge that 320 Allied planes have violated the Korean buffer zone and entered Red territory since the armistice was signed last July.
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Panmunjom
Gales Lash West Europe Hit by Severe Winter Storms
Winter gales blanketed Western Europe with freezing temperatures and Adriatic floods. The Po river delta near Rovigo saw three feet of floodwater submerge villages and farmland while roadways froze in London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Brussels, and Paris. Northern Italy faced its worst snowstorm in 15 years, isolating villages and hindering travel as rescue teams sought a climber lost in the Tyrol blizzard.
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Adriatic Sea
Italy
Europe
Rovigo
Berlin
Frankfurt
Brussels
Paris
Adriatic
Venice
St. Mark’s Square
Trieste
Italian Alps
Apennines
Tyrol
Trento
Man Dies After Being Struck On Highway 23
Wilbur James, 56, of Glen Beulah was struck and killed by a truck Tuesday while walking along Highway 23 two and a half miles west of Greenbush Sheboygan County authorities reported.
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Greenbush
Wis
U.P
Wilbur James
Glen Beulah
Highway 23
Here
Sheboygan
Eisenhower vows retaliation if Red China intervenes
President Eisenhower told congressional leaders the United States will retaliate directly at Red China if the Chinese renew the Korean war or intervene in Indo China. U.S. envoy Bohlen met Molotov in Moscow seeking atomic energy pool talks. France passes 1954 budget totaling 10.7 billion with 171.42 million in cuts. Wisconsin assemblyman blames the state boys school for turning into a gang hub.
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IEE
Red China
Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
United States
Indo-China
U. S
Bohlen
Molotov Moscow
Charles E. Bohlen
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Paris
France
Waukesha
Alfred R. Ludvigsen
Hartland
Wisconsin School For Boys
Boy, 3, Drowns After Falling Through Ice in Wisconsin
In Stoughton Wisconsin David Popanz three years old fell through thin ice on the Yahara river while playing with a companion. His companion David Offer Dahl was rescued by William Calhoun but the Popanz boy did not survive.
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Stoughton
Wis
U.P
David Popanz
Carl Popanz
Yahara
David Offerdahl
William Calhoun
Calhoun
Popanz
Taylor warns ROK on attacks over POWs at Panmunjom
General Maxwell D. Taylor bluntly told South Korea that the 8th Army will not permit any assault by ROK forces against Indian custodians of prisoners at Panmunjom. He dismissed Seoul’s claim that Indian prisoner rosters were illegal and noted Pyun Yung Tai’s press statements and Rhee government plans.
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Seoul
Maxwell D. Taylor
Republic of Korea
Panmunjom
Taylor
South Korea
UNC
ROK
India
Pyun Yung Tai
Pyun
Syngman Rhee
Italy Again Must Fill Premier Job
Italy faces a new government crisis as Giuseppe Pella resigns amid Christian Democrat rifts over land reform and agriculture posts. Amid economic stress and Communist strength, President Einaudi starts talks to name a caretaker premier with observers expecting a Monday decision.
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Italy
Rome
Giuseppe Pella
Christian Democrat Party
Alcide de Gasperi
United States
U.S
Clare Boothe Luge
Dulles
Luigi Einaudi
Einaudi
Pella
de Gasperi
Sen
Salvadore Aldisio
Rocco Salomone
Coffee Prices Climb As Frost Hits Brazilian Crop
New York U P reports coffee drinkers may soon pay over 1 a pound as wholesalers lift prices 3 to 4 cents. Distributors cite tighter world supply from frost damaged Brazilian crops and higher costs at the producing end. Roasters paid a record 68 cents a pound for mild Colombian green coffee, up 4 percent.
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New York
U.P
Congress opens session with fragile party leadership
Washington U P reports the new session starts with a Senate split of 47 Knowland votes and 48 for Lyndon Johnson. Senator Johnson leads the nominal minority with a 48 member following while Knowland commands 47.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
William F. Knowland
Rcal
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Rockefeller says ex-wife asks 10 million in divorce talks
Standard Oil heir Winthrop Rockefeller accuses Bobo Rockefeller of demanding 10 million in settlement and repudiating a prior 5.5 million agreement. He alleges she misstates finances and notes he will pursue divorce in Arkansas. She defends negotiating and hires new counsel while denying lack of support.
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New York
Iu.p
Standard Oil
Winthrop Rockefeller
Bobo
Little Rock
Ark
Rockefeller
Park Avenue
Fourth Arrest In Theft Case
Washington police announce the Secret Service has arrested a fourth suspect in the New Year's Eve theft of $160,000 in new twenty dollar bills from the Bureau of Inoraving. The case centers on an ongoing investigation with authorities seeking further details and cooperation from involved agencies.
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Washington
The
Secret Service Today
Bureau of Inoraving
Secret Service robs theft ring nets $128,300 in Virginia
A bureau employee Irving Grant his wife Mamie Landis and two other Negro suspects were arrested after a dawn state police tip led to the recovery of 128,300 in cash stolen from a currency plant in Fauquier County Virginia. Landis and his wife faced bail while James Landis and William Giles aided in hiding the loot. The missing 31,700 may have gone to a fourth participant.
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Wee
Charles Howard Nelson
The
Secret Service
Treasury
Nelson
Maryland
Virginia
Irving Grant
Mamie Landis
James Rufus Landis
Landis
Mamie
William Giles
Landises
Fauquier
A. E. Baughman
Railroads Win 10 Percent Pay Rise for Mail Hauling
The Post Office Department approves a 10 percent increase in pay to railroads for transporting the U.S. mail, down from an initial 45 percent request. Spokesmen say the rise costs about $30 million annually, far below the potential $140 million if the higher rate had been granted.
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Washington
U.P
Post Office Department
LU. S
Rail unions push for 30 percent wage boost in nationwide talks
Negotiators for 139 railroads and about 35 000 engineers joined ongoing talks to bar gain on demands from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The dispute centers on a 30 percent wage increase amid widespread labor tension.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Four Charged in Detroit Plot Against CIO Leader
Four men including Carl Renda and Clarence Jacobs were charged in Detroit with a 1948 assassination attempt on CIO President Walter P. Reuther. Arrests included one in Canada. another serves a federal term. The probe names Santo Perrone and Peter Lobardo among key figures in a long-running manhunt. Rewards total $200,000.
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Detroit
Canada
Carl Renda
Grosse Pointe
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Clarence Jacobs
Tecumseh, Ont
Amercan
Renda
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Peter Lobardo
Leavenworth
John P O'Hara
Reuther
Atlantic City
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Mae
Communist MIG to Get More Tests United tests for MIG jet fighter
A Communist MIG jet fighter, turned over to the UN by a fleeing Korean pilot on September 21, is en route to the United States for further testing. The aircraft was handed to the Allies in Seoul by North Korean Lt. Noh Kum Suk who had received $100,000 from General Mark Clark.
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U. S
Panmunjom
Kenneth Young
U. S. State Department
India
Switzerland
Sweden
Young
Washington
United States
Arthur Dean
Russia
NNEC
Tokyo
Seoul
Noh Kum Suk
Mark Clark
Wisconsin Cigaret and Liquor Taxes Edge National Trend
Wisconsin residents smoked more cigarettes and drank more hard liquor in 1953 than 1952 while beer tax receipts fell 15 percent. Cigaret taxes rose to 10.62 million and liquor taxes to 9.02 million, but beer levies dropped from 3.05 million to 2.59 million amid a Milwaukee brewery strike and a tax collection system shift.
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Madison
Wisconsin
David H. Prichard
Prichard
Milwaukee
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