Nixon Blocks Rigid Farm Price Supports Debate
Senate Democrats vow new bid to restore rigid price supports after Vice President Nixon’s tie breaking vote blocked millable wheat. The chamber split 45 to 45 on an amendment to eliminate 90 percent supports for wheat from the farm aid bill. Administration forces earlier knocked out rigid supports for peanuts corn cotton and rice by 54 to 41. Democrats see a path to win a bare majority for all five crops next week.
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Washington
Senate
Democrats
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Amaueil
Lyndon B. Johnson
Farm bill vote blocks wheat price supports amendment
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin backed 90 percent price supports on milling quality wheat but opposed the resolution. The measure failed 46 to 45 without a tie, as Vice President Nixon cast a tie breaking vote in favor of eliminating the provision, aiding Eisenhower farm policy. McNamara opposed. Humphrey and Thye supported opposing sides. Potter and McCarthy stance unclear.
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Washington
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Nixon
McCarthy
Potter
R-Mich
McNamara
D-Mich
Minnesota
Humphrey
Thye
Senate Vote Shows Division Over Wheat Price Supports
Friday night senators split along party lines over rigid wheat price supports with a 45 45 tie after Johnson recaps. The omni bus farm bill awaits final action next week with provisions for dairy price supports dual parity rice two price program and a soil bank to reduce surpluses while corn acreage increases from 43 to 51 million acres and mandatory feed grain supports are approved. Democratic attempts to pass hog and beef supports failed.
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Senate
Chrysler Announces Stock Purchase Plan for Salaried Staff
Detroit Chrysler Corp. announced a stock purchase program for salaried employees similar to plans at Ford and General Motors. The move aligns with competing industry practices to bolster employee ownership and retention.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Snow Forecast Shifts Across State With Heavy Warnings
Heavy snow warnings extend across the south and east central areas this afternoon and tonight. A mix of snow and rain is likely near the Illinois border with 4 to 8 inches expected over the weekend. Cloudy on Sunday with snow diminishing to flurries. tonight's low 25 to 30 degrees, Sunday highs 20 to 30. Temperatures at noon reach 36 to 38 across city readings.
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Illinois
American Motors
Census counts six million service receipts in KS county
The 1954 census of business preliminary report from the Census Bureau shows 359 service establishments in Kansas county with total receipts of about 6,351,000 and a combined payroll of 1,825,000. There were 837 employees, 665 full time, 349 proprietors in unincorporated businesses.
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Kenosha County
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Hospital Workers Vote To Strike In Madison
About 190 union employees at Madison General Hospital voted to strike to back a new contract. The In ternational Building Trades Union wants a 40 hour week, a 30 cent per hour raise, and a union shop. The city owned hospital offered 3 cents an hour and refused a union shop. Another negotiating session is set for Monday.
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Madison
General Hospital
Tom Beaudoin
International Building Trades Union
Beaudoin
Impeachment Drive Aims to Oust Gov Folsom Over Lucy Incident
In Birmingham a white citizens council petitions for Gov James E Folsom to be impeached charging he connived in letting Autherine Lucy enter the University of Alabama. The effort debuted at a 4000 member rally as Lucy seeks re admission and court actions unfold on segregation battles across the region.
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Birmingham
Ala
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Folsom
Miss Lucy
Federal District Court
Hobart Grooms
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia General Assembly
Congress may push controls on Western trade with Russia
Washington Senator Jack son of Washington suggested Congress could deter Western trade with Russia by drafting mandatory controls into foreign aid legislation. The remark reflects looming debate over trade policy and sanctions amid evolving relations with Moscow.
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Washington
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
Congress
Russia
Blaze Fatal in Milwaukee Leaves Woman Dead
An elderly woman, Mrs Grace Thompson 61, died in a five alarm blaze on Milwaukee south side. Four others hospitalized with smoke inhalation and minor injuries. Damage estimated at 120000 with 100000 to the building and 20000 to contents. Two other nearby buildings also caught fire with minimal damage.
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Milwaukee
iPp
Grace Thompson
Ed Wischer
Veterans population by state announced by VA
The Veterans Administration announced Wisconsin's veteran population as of December 31 at 459,000, with Minnesota at 437,000, Illinois at 1,326,000, and New York leading at 2,230,000.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
New York
Violence from North Africa roils Paris and Algeria
French officials brace for new emergency powers as North Africa violence spills into Paris streets. Riot police guard the Assembly as Algerian workers march on parliament. In Tunis and Algiers mobs attack French targets, with hundreds jailed and dozens killed in clashes.
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Paris
Tunisia
Algeria
Tunis
U. S
Algiers
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Mollet
France
Cyprus Crisis Sparks Greek Protests and British Tensions
Mobs clash with British police in Cyprus while thousands in Athens protest the expulsion of Archbishop Makarios. Greek anger spreads to Salonika and Nicosia as tear gas, strikes, and arson mark escalating tensions threatening NATO unity.
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Greece
Cyprus
Makarios
Salonika
Spyridon
Holy Synod of the
Greek Orthodox Church
Athens University
U. S
Nicosia
Court of St. James
Britain
NATO
Kyrenia
Constantine Karamanlie
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Israel Jordan in New Clash Near Jerusalem
Israeli police forced back Jordanian infiltrators in a brief firefight that killed two. The border incident occurs as Arab leaders meet in Cairo to coordinate policy against Israel amid mounting Middle East tension and U N involvement.
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Israel
Jordan
Jerusalem
Cairo
Naham
Amman
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Middle East
Washington
United States
United Nations Security Council
E. L. M. Burns
Thornton Considered To Replace McKay
Washington reports former Colorado governor Dan Thornton under White House review to replace Interior Secretary McKay. McKay said he would leave the Cabinet about June 1 to pursue Oregon’s Senate seat now held by Morse who seeks re election as a Democrat.
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Washington
Dan Thornton
Colorado
White House
McKay
Oregon
Senate
Sen
Morse
Agriculture Department Reports 1956 Crop Prospects Strongly Favorable
Washington reports the Agriculture Department finds 1956 crop prospects strongly favorable in most areas. This outlook reflects favorable weather and growing conditions across key farming regions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farmer Proxmire Says Farmers Persecuted By Politics
Merrill Wisconsin Democrats rally as William Proxmire declares the American farmer a persecuted minority. He argues farmers are politically weak due to being outnumbered and economically weak with little money, demanding farm justice against Republican demagogues led by John Byrnes.
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Merrill
William Proxmire
Democratic Party
Proxmire
John Byrnes
Byrnes
Green Bay
Republican School For Politics
Madison
Wisconsin Highways Report Ice Covers Several Cities
Wisconsin State Motor Vehicle Department reports icy spots on major highways in multiple areas. Regions listed include West Bend Sheboygan Appleton Sparta Stevens Point Wisconsin Rapids Black River Falls Tomahawk Rhinelander Wausau and Antigo with other areas described as clear.
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Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
West Bend
Sheboygan
Appleton
Sparta
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Rapids
Black River Falls
Tomahawk
Rhinelander
Wausau
Antigo
Man Unhurt as Plow Skids Into Ditch in Rockland
Rockland Maine reports Dewey Tripp a city snow plow driver escaped serious harm when his plow skidded off a road Friday and plunged into a ditch. He swallowed a lit cigarette but suffered no major injuries.
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Rockland
M— Dewey Tripp
Tripp
Four Iowa girls to be released for kidnap hoax
Four teenage girls from Iowa will be released Sunday after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace in a hoax kidnapping that sent 28 police cars on a search from Newton to Independence, 300 miles away. Judge Walter L. McVey said parole, with school attendance required, will take effect Sunday morning.
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Iowa
Independence
Kan
Sheriff's Office
Judy Damman
Janeane Fahrney
Lois Davis
Gloria Jensma
Edward
Walter L. McVey
McVey
Jeanene Fahrney
Montgomery County
Bill to Boost Great Lakes Ship Building
The Senate Commerce Committee set an April 16 hearing on a bill to encourage larger faster cargo vessels for the Great Lakes. Senator Potter of Michigan sponsors the measure to authorize the Commerce Department to extend credit toward new ships and, in return, the government would acquire obsolete vessels for a national defense reserve fleet.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Great Lakes
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Commerce Department
National Defense Reserve
Thomson Expected To Enter Wisconsin Governor Race Tonight
Supporters of Attorney General Vernon Thomson expect him to announce his candidacy at a testimonial dinner in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin GOP race opened after Governor Walter Kohler declared he would not seek re election in 1956, though he did not abandon politics. A previous testimonial in Richland Center drew a large crowd and tonight's Fragles Club dinner is expected to host about 350 people as they celebrate Thomson’s rise from Richland County farm boy to attorney general.
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Vernon Thomson
Wisconsin
Walter Kohler
Kohler
Thomson
Richland Center
Russell Darrow
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