GOP Dinners Pay Tribute To President
Republican dinners across the country praised President Eisenhower while he offered no decision on running for a second term. The Madison Square Garden event drew 17,000 attendees and over a million dollars in donations as other cities hosted similarly large gatherings supporting the administration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New York
Madison Square Garden
Treasury
George Humphrey
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Sheraton Park Hotel
Washington, D. C
Senate
William Knowland
Palm Beach
Fla
Knowland
Pittsburgh
William Penn Hotel
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Halleck
Sen
George Gender
Sherman Adams
Hartford
Conn
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Houston
Tex
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Los Angeles
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Milwaukee
Douglas McKay
Casper
Wyo
Wendell Barnes
Albuquerque
N. M
Howard Pyle
Denver
Weeks
Wisconsin
GOP
Republican Party
America
Democratic Party
Simon Legree
Dixon- Yates
Riots Surge in Bombay Over Nehru Plan to Redraw Map
Rioting flared in Bombay State with fires at cotton warehouses as protests spread to West Bengal Orissa and Bihar. Police say 51 dead in Bombay with 1,806 arrests. Nehru aide V K Krishna Menon arrives to discuss the crisis. clashes continue amid calls to redraw state boundaries.
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Bombay
India
Nehru
West Bengal
Orissa
Bihar
Bombay City
Congress Party
V. K. Krishna Menon
New Delhi
New York
Menon
Nasik
Kalachowki
Belgaum
Poona
East India
Calcutta
Sparkman Blasts GOP Accomplishments
Senator Sparkman of Alabama accuses the Eisenhower administration of bluffing and blustering without liberating any nation from communism or holding the containment line. He labels GOP claims as hollow and ineffective in shaping foreign policy.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Kentucky Bill Seeks Death Penalty for Narcotics Sales to Youth
Frankfort lawmakers received a bill proposing the death penalty for selling narcotics to persons under 21 in Kentucky. The measure targets drug crimes with youth involvement and faces legislative debate.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
J I Case UAW Reach Tentative Contract Pact
Racine report says J I Case Co and United Auto Workers Local 180 announced a tentative agreement on a new farm implements contract. Old pact expired in 1952. agreement reached in 15th bargaining session mediated by federal conciliators. Ratification planned for Jan 28 or 29. contract runs through December 1957 with wage increases and new benefits but no layoff pay, union shop, or dues checkoff.
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UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Detroit
New Atom Use in Los Angeles Decontamination Lab
A Los Angeles laboratory is testing atomic energy for sewage decontamination. The project explores using atomic methods to treat wastewater and reduce contaminants.
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Los Angeles
McCarthy backs bill to exempt gas producers from federal controls
Senator Joseph McCarthy argued for a measure to nullify the Phillips Petroleum ruling and exempt independent natural gas producers from federal regulation. He warned continued controls would raise prices for Wisconsin residents and risk cutting off distant supplies, opposing Wisconsin leaders and colleagues.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
Senate
Walter Kohler
Supreme Court
Phillips Petroleum Co
Federal Power Commission
Congressional
Union Meets Pittsburgh Westinghouse to End 97-Day Strike
Union leaders and Westinghouse Electric Corp. held talks after a crippling 97 day strike as Pittsburgh based company revenue fell 37,119,000 from 1954. The International Union of Electrical Workers participated in today’s session seeking a resolution.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
International Union of Electrical Workers
Fire guts Al's Cheese Market on Highway 41
Alfred Walkush and wife Carolyn escaped a fast interior blaze at Al's Cheese Market on Highway 41 near the state line. Both suffered second degree burns and were treated at Kenosha hospital in fair condition. Bristol Newport fire crews battled the flames. Pleasant Prairie fought a chimney fire elsewhere and could not respond to the market.
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Alfred Walush
Carolyn
Kenosha Hospital
Hy. 41
Wisconsin
State Line
Lake County
Wallace and Farrar
Bristol
Newport
Pleasant Prairie
Walter Stein
Cooper Rd
Evening News
Kenosha County
Alfred Walkush
25 000 Idled By Big Three
Detroit auto industry trims production as 25 000 workers are laid off in a month. Plymouth Division of Chrysler laid off 10 350 workers, 8 350 in Detroit and 2 000 at Evansville plants. Ford and GM also announced about 15 000 layoffs to align dealer stocks with demand.
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Detroit
Plymouth
Chrysler Corp
Evansville
Ind
William J. Bird
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Wisconsin Report Notes Slippery Highway Sections
Eight regions including Monroe Shawa no La Crosse Sparta Tomahawk Rhinelander Antigo and Merrill report slippery spots on main highways requiring careful driving. State Motor Vehicle Department notes overall good winter driving conditions elsewhere in Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Monroe
Shawano
la Crosse
Sparta
Tomahawk
Rhinelander
Antigo
Merrill
Blast Probe Nears End in Maritime Salem Disaster
Coast Guard expected to finish inquiry into the tanker explosion that killed or missing 19 aboard the Maritime Salem near Lake Charles Louisiana. Testimony indicated a leaking tank and hot pipe may have triggered two blasts that lit the refinery docks area as salvage teams recovered six more badly burned bodies.
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Lake Charles
U. S. Coast Guard
Maritime
Salem
Cities Service
McCarthy Seeks Help From Oxnam in Australia Tour
Senator McCarthy says Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam will assist in the Australian tour of Czech figure Prof Josef L Hromadka praised by McCarthy as the top Communist religious spokesman. Oxnam and McCarthy clash over anti Communist aims with Hromadka to lecture in Australia culminating in a Sydney rally on Feb 5.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
G. Bromley Oxnam
Hromadka
Australia
Sydney
Hi-Fi Radio Units Installed At Fort Belvoir Mess Halls
The second battalion of the engineer center regiment at Fort Belvoir announced it has installed hi-fi radio units in its mess halls to enhance mealtime atmosphere.
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Ft. Belvoir
Engineer Center Regiment
Frigid Midwestern Weekend Forecast Grips Kenosha
An Arctic air mass chilled the Midwest with near zero readings. Kenosha saw a morning low of 1 below zero and midday highs around 10 above downtown, 9 at American Motors, and 5 at the sewage plant. Sunrise 7:13, sunset 4:52. Tonight and Sunday look very cold with lows 5 to 10 below and highs 8 to 15 above. Previous day highs reached 31 with a 15 low.
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Midwest
Kenoshans
American Motors
Auto-Lite and Union Settle Nine-Day La Crosse Strike
Auto-Lite and United Auto Workers Local 396 reached a settlement to end a nine day strike at the La Crosse plant. The agreement followed a 17 hour negotiating session and was announced by John R. Padesky the plant manager and Alvin Danielson the UAW Local 396 president.
Wisconsin highway toll drops below last year
A two car crash in eastern Waukesha county Friday night killed Robert Raht 46 sales manager for Hein Werner Co and injured eight others including Wyn Gilham of Waukesha. The Wisconsin highway death toll for 1956 rose to 28, short of the 38 a year earlier as Mrs Rahn remained in critical condition.
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Waukesha
Waukesha County
Wisconsin
Robert Raht
Hein-Werner Co
Raht
Wyn Gilham
Milwaukee
Gilham
A. O. Rahn
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Rahn
Body of Fisherman John Murphy Found in Ice Hole
The body of 73 year old John Murphy of Mayville was recovered from Horicon Marsh Friday. Two ice fishermen spotted him in a hole chipped in the ice and officials believe he fell in while ice fishing.
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Mayville
Wis
John Murphy
Horicon Marsh
Beatings Charged at Foster Home in Waukesha
Mrs. Jane Schneck 51 Nashotah to be arraigned in Oconomowoc Municipal Court on cruelty to children and assault charges after two foster boys aged 13 and 14 reported cuts bruises and scalp wounds. Richard and Eugene said injuries came from beatings at the Schneck residence. officials said prior abuse reports were unproved. Richard fled Wednesday and told his teacher Nanicy Olson in Oconomowoc, prompting sheriff involvement.
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Waukesha
Wis
Jane Schneck
Nashotah
Oconomowoe
Dist. Atty
James D'Amato
D'Amato
Richard
Eugene Antonia
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Schneck
Milwaukee County Welfare Department
D’amato
Nanicy Olson, Oconomowoe
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