Eisenhower warns on Middle East crisis and Cyprus dispute
President Eisenhower said American allied interests would be gravely jeopardized if war breaks out in the Middle East or if the Cyprus dispute continues. He noted United Nations action as a factor and said the United States would aid Greece and Britain in seeking a Cyprus solution while avoiding an arms race.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Cyprus
Nikolai Bulganin
Congress
John Foster Dulles
United States
Israel
United Nations
Greece
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
NATO
State Department
Department
America
Carlson to seek second six year term in Kansas
Senator Frank Carlson announced his candidacy for a second six year term today. The Kansas Republican and ally of President Eisenhower becomes the first GOP figure to declare for the post in the president's home state.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
Kan
Eisenhower
Senate votes on dairy price supports and cotton parity
The Senate rejected a plan to raise dairy price supports to 90 percent of parity and approved a cotton parity formula. The change would cut cotton price supports by about two cents a pound. In London, Prime Minister Eden defended deporting Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus and said Britain sought only a denouncement of terrorism from the archbishop.
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Washington
Senate
London
Eden
Makarios
Cyprus
Britain
Basilio Saxton Title Bout Weighs In At Chicago Stadium
Chicago welterweight champion Carmen Basilio weighed 146 pounds and challenger Johnny Saxton 149 for their 15 round title fight at Chicago Stadium tonight. Police disclosed a clue in the strangulation case of three Chicago boys, with fingernail and foot scrapings pointing to a large factory or shop and a stainless steel handling environment.
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Chicago
Carmen Basilio
Johnny Saxton
New York
Chicago Stadium
Arsenic Poisonings Taint Alabama Family Tragedy
Montgomery prosecutors pursue a case against 49 year old Rhonda Bell Martin who allegedly confessed to poisoning six relatives including her mother two husbands and three children with arsenic. She reportedly admitted to lacing drinks and milk with poison and to obtaining insurance on the victims.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Bell Martin
Circuit
William F. Thetford
Claude Martin
Martin
Ronald
Thetford
Iriogene Garrett
Anna Carolyn Galiett
Ellyn Elizabeth Garrett
George Garrett
Mary Frances Gibbons
Garrett
Martins
Kenosha Forms Science and Engineering Council to Fight Scarcity
Kenosha launches the Kenosha Science and Engineering Council Inc to rally manufacturers, business, and schools against the national shortage of engineers and scientists. The group aims to boost student interest, provide guidance and financial aid, and grow local industry ties. Membership fees fund council projects.
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Kenosha
Kenosha Science and Engineering Council, Inc
United States
America
Kenosha Science and Engineering Council Inc
Frank I. Wilen
Mary A. Doherty
Phil Sander
Simmons Co
Boundaries For Several Schools Approved With One Deferred
The board of education adopted boundary changes for Bain Columbus Lincoln Durkee Forest Park Roosevelt McKinley Wilson Sunnyside Southport and Weiskopf schools but deferred action on shifting Grant and Jefferson schools citing safety and traffic concerns. A portable at Roosevelt was proposed as an overcrowding solution with residents and officials noting minimal park molestation complaints and crossings supervision. A committee was named to study the issue further and new elementary school names Forest Park and Sunnyside were confirmed.
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Board of Education
Grant and Jefferson
Bain
Columbus
Lincoln Elementary
Durkee
Forest Park
Roosevelt
McKinley
Wilson
Sunnyside
Southport
Weiskopf
Grant
Jefferson
Washington Rd
38Th St
Jefferson School
Washington Bowl
Roosevelt School
Mary Zicarelli
H. R. Maurer
Joseph Zuffa
Robert Hastings
Leslie Schlax
Zicarelli
Hastings
Zuffa
Schlax
Orville Leonard
Carl Young
Lincoln Junior High
Thelma Keyes
Washington Junior High
Victor Contrucci
McKinley Junior High
East Germans Behead Two After Secret Trial
West Berlin group League of Free Jurists claims the East German regime executed Otto Grotewohl’s former secretary Ellis Barezatis aged 44 and former prime minister’s office employee Karl Laurenz aged 51 for espionage after a secret trial sentenced them last October.
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Berlin
Red
Otto Grotewohl
League of Free Jurists
West Berlin
Reds
Grotewohl
Ellis Barezatis
Karl Laurenz
Hires Hall to Present Family's Side of Case
Henry Piper 72, wealthy Mount Morris area farmer, held a meeting to clear his family of four fires culminating in a $30 000 barn blaze on his property. He defended wife Cora and son Morris 35, accused local officials of bungled inquiry and claimed a tenant arson suspect fled the state.
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Hall
Oregon
Henry Piper
William Stratton
Piper
Mount Morris
Cora
Morris
Arkansas
Pipers
New Hampshire Primary Sets Nixon Kefauver Wins Delegates
Returns from New Hampshire show Vice President Nixon winning 21 000 write in votes and Kefauver securing all 12 Democratic delegates Eighty thousand plus total votes cast with Kefauver leading in preference by about 21 340 to Stevensons 3 991 The GOP slate backs Eisenhower while Knowland trails with limited write ins
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Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Nixon
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
San Knowland
R-Calif
Knowland
Warren
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Kefauver
Stevenson
Gov. Herter
Massachusetts
Bridges
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Wadena
Minn
Minnesota
James A. Finnegan
Gov. Stevenson
Democratic Party Organization
Truman
Monsignor Crean, Two Housekeepers Die in Cathedral Fire
A pre dawn blaze at St Marys Cathedral in Trenton killed Rt Rev Msgr Richard T Crean 55 and two housekeepers Miss Mary Brennan and Miss Mary Donnellan after flames towered the 85 year old church spire. Fire damaged the rectory and four stories. three priests and another housekeeper were injured. Firefighters also evacuated 800 children from Jefferson Grammar School five hours later.
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Trenton
N. J
St. Mary's
Richard T. Crean
Msgr. Crean
Mary Brennen
Mary Donnellan
Jefferson Grammar School
Base funding cut by 4000 in Air Force plan near Kenosha
Congress trimmed 4000 from the Air Force request for the Richard Bong jet base near Kenosha. The House Armed Services panel cut the line from 6,805,000 to 6,801,000 with no stated reasons. The Truax Field budget was raised at the same time.
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Congress
Richard Bong
Kenosha
House
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Truax Field
Madison
Kenosha County
Farm Fight Nearing End in Senate Wheat Price Plan
The Senate advances a farm bill with a domestic parity plan for wheat by a 54 39 vote written by Democrats and wheat state Republicans. The program guarantees wheat used for human food a return equal to 100 percent parity, while export and livestock feed wheat sell at market price. It would not take effect before the 1957 crop and requires a two thirds farmer referendum and approval by the agriculture secretary.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Eisenhower Says He’d Be Happy To Have Nixon On Any Ticket
President Eisenhower stated he would be happy to have Vice President Nixon on any political ticket with him but stopped short of an official endorsement for a running mate. He stressed he and Nixon are very close and warned against attempts to wedge them apart. He also touched on Israel arms, school integration comments, and the urgency for a farm bill as planting season nears.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Dick Nixon
New Hampshire
State Dulles
Israel
U. S
State Department
Congress
Supreme Court
Freight workers return to NY Central after court halt
In Utica New York freight handlers and shipping clerks of the New York Central Railroad resumed work today under a court order that stopped a three day strike.
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Utica
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Television to monitor New London High study hall
New London school board approves installing a high front study hall TV system to watch students from the principal’s office. General Precision Laboratories of Pleasantville will install on trial at about 2700 dollars with monthly rent credits toward purchase. Superintendent Loftboro says it could relieve teacher shortages though concerns about privacy arise.
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New London
New London High School
P.M. Loftboro
General Precision Laboratories
Pleasantville
N. Y
Loosboro
Loofboro
Polio case count in Wisconsin stays six this year
The State Board of Health reports six polio cases in Wisconsin so far this year, the same tally as at this point in 1955.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Weather Recap From Kenosha Snow and Cold
A surprise one inch snow dumped on Kenosha early today with no further snow expected. Morning lows ranged from 2 below at Wausau to 25 at Beloit, Kenosha's midnight low 23. Noonday temps 34 in downtown and American Motors area, 32 at the wastewater plant. Highs Tuesday 40 at Beloit and Milwaukee. Kenoshans felt 39 degrees with blue skies. Tonight and Thursday forecast cold with lows 10-15 and highs 22-28.
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Kenosha
Wausau
Beloit
American Motors
Milwaukee
Kenoshans
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William Fitzgerald
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