Blatnik accuses House leaders of stalling Seaway bill
Rep. John A. Blatnik charges Republican leaders are stalling action on the St. Lawrence Seaway bill after House Rules Chairman Leo E. Allen announced no further hearings until April 1. Blatnik says delays threaten enactment as Easter recess approaches, while Allen cites need for committee support. Dondero criticizes the delay but cites upcoming absences in the Rules panel.
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Washington
U.P
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
House
St. Lawrence Seaway
Leo E. Allen
R-Nl
House Rules Committee
Allen
Blatnik
House Public Works
Seaway
George A. Dondero
Rmich
House Public Works Committee
Rules Committee
Two Chicago Firemen Die in Near West Side Blaze
Two firemen were killed and 11 others injured when a wall collapsed on them during a near west side fire at a one story brick building housing a paper stock company. The 2 11 alarm blaze disrupted morning traffic as water pressure contributed to the collapse and emergency plans rerouted traffic.
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Chicago
U.P
West Side
Loop
Conservation Group Meeting Postponed in Wisconsin
The state conservation commission meeting set for March 26 was postponed indefinitely. A spokesman cited a quorum issue as four of six commissioners were out of state and no date for an April meeting was set.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Weather forecast notes mixed skies and cold temps
Skies were fair this morning with increasing cloudiness tonight and possible rain or snow on Wednesday. Temperatures were cold for spring. Kenosha reached 42 degrees the warmest in the state, low 30s locally, 15 at Park Falls. At Nash Motors noon reading was 40 degrees. Forecast calls for a low 28 to 34 tonight and a high 40 to 46 Wednesday.
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Kenosha
Park Falls
Nash Motors
Fate of Latin refugee awaits at Inter-American conference
At Caracas the Inter-American conference awaited news on the five year dispute over Peru's Victor Raul Haya de la Torre who sought asylum in Colombia's Lima embassy since 1949. Reports suggested a deal to transfer him to Chile or Uruguay for exile, while Peru pressed for trial. The United States abstained as economic resolutions moved forward despite opposition.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Latin America
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Peru
Colombia
Lima
Evaristo Lourdis
Bogota
Haya de la Torre
Haya
Apra
Economic Committee
United States
White House hints Ike to answer on McCarthy role
The White House urged a direct answer from President Eisenhower at his news conference on whether McCarthy should participate in the army inquiry. GOP leaders also pressed for McCarthy to step aside, with Sen. Hall backing the move as a sound deduction. The Senate subcommittee prepared procedures and possible counsel amid debate over ground rules and testimony.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
James C. Hagerty
Senate
GOP
Leonard Hall
Philadelphia
Hall
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
William J. Jameson
American Bar Assa
ABA Board of Directors
Billings
Mont
Mundt
Ike
Paul Ely
Ely
Indo
China
Housekeeper Wins Part of Hitler Belongings in Munich
A German court ruled Anni Winters, once Hitler’s housekeeper, entitled to part of the confiscated personal belongings from her Munich home dating back to 1950. The decision affects items seized from the Nazifuehrer residence and clarifies ownership after decades.
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Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Anni Winters
Nazifuehrer
Terrorist Kills Shiek Boulay Ahmed El Bantouri in Morocco
A terrorist shot and killed Shiek Boulay Ahmed El Bantouri at his doorway in Port Lyautey Morocco. He was among several pro French Moroccan leaders targeted in seven months of unrest in the French North African protectorate.
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Port Lyautey
Morocco
Shiek Boulay Ahmed el Bantouri
Shiek
Dulles Sees French Victory Hope Amid Chinese Stance
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles voiced optimism about French forces winning in Indo China despite reports the Chinese Communists want to prolong fighting. He maintained no battlefield reverses would derail the Navarre plan and said the US aims for decisive results, even as Geneva talks approach. He noted no evidence of a shift in Beijing’s aggressor mood.
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Washington
U.P
John Foster Dulles
Indo-China
Dulles
Wai. Whue
Tertila Piat
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U. S
Dien Bien Phu
Radford
United States
Dock Strike Violence Erupts in New York Port
Violent clashes occurred as flying squads of strikers attacked AFL workers returning to work in New York and New Jersey piers. Police fired to quell rock and fist fights amid a wildcat strike by the Independent Longshoremen's Association, while Mayor Wagner urged calm and urged workers to stay on the job.
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New York
U.P
AFL
Independent International Longshoremen’s Association
Brooklyn
Manhattan
ILA
Independent Union
New Jersey
United States Lines
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Churchill Sets U S Britain Pact On Mass Retaliation
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the United States must consult Britain before ordering massive retaliation from U S bases in Britain. He said emergency actions would be decided jointly by the two governments, aligning with Eisenhower and Dulles policy. Socialists urged assurance the action would not drag Britain into war without government knowledge.
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London
U.S
Winston Churchill
United States
Britain
U. S
Churchill
House of Commons
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Gore calls meeting to organize McCarthy recall effort
Sauk City editor Leroy Gore scheduled a Sunday meeting to form a state wide organization to operate the recall campaign he launched for Senator Joseph McCarthy's seat.
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Sauk City
Wis
U.P
Leroy Gore
Joseph McCarthy
Haymes Ordered Deported to Argentina
Singer Dick Haymes, born in Buenos Aires, is ordered deported from the United States after a Hawaii visit last June to see his wife Rita Hayworth. The Justice Department cites his World War II neutral grounds denial of citizenship and failure to report a current address as grounds for excludability. Haymes has 10 days to appeal the decision to the board of immigration appeals.
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Washington
U.P
Dick Haymes
Argentina
Haymes
United States
Hawaii
Rita Hayworth
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Joseph A. Dummel
Immigration Service
Justice Department
U. S
Dummel
Board of Immigration Appeals
Buenos Aires
Haymes Deportation Case May Go To Congress or Supreme Court
Attorney Bartley Crum said the Dick Haymes deportation fight could be taken to Congress or the Supreme Court if needed. Rita Hayworth expressed, There is something rotten in these proceedings, I will stand by him. Haymes, Hayworth, and her two children were seen with a boxer dog at their Madison hotel, and he appeared untroubled in a sweat shirt saying he feels the same as always.
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New York
U.P
Dick Haymes
Congress
Supreme Court
Bartley Crum
Crum
Rita Hayworth
Haymes
Miss Hayworth
Madison Hotel
French Launch Little Blitz At Dien Bien Phu
French forces claim a bold assault by a Vietminh company near Dien Bien Phu ended a lull in ground fighting. The sortie used tanks and heavy artillery, with reports of Vietminh hunger and possible final attacks within 48 hours as supply lines weaken.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
U.P
Dien Bien Phu
Col
Christien de Castries
Paris
Saigon
Michigan State taps Fordy Anderson as basketball coach
East Lansing athletic director Ralph H. Young announced Forrest Fordy Anderson of Bradley University as the new head basketball coach at Michigan State. Washington Senator McCarthy said he would trade any vote on the senate subcommittee investigation of his dispute with top army officials if he could still cross examine witnesses.
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Curb McCarthy
Herbert Brownell
Joseph McCarthy
Karl Mundt
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
Brownell
Sen. Mundt
S. D
Sen. McCarthy
Cohn Army Dispute
East Lansing
Mich
U.P
Ralph H. Young
Forrest (Fordy) Anderson
Bradley University
Michigan State
Washington
R-Wis
Senate
Senate panel votes for TV coverage of hearings
Washington reports the Senate investigating subcommittee voted unanimously to permit television coverage of its public hearings into the clash between chairman Senator McCarthy and army officials.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Pentagon still silent on Moss loyalty hearing request
Washington counsel for Annie Lee Moss said the Pentagon has not answered a request to reinstate the suspended army signal corps employee or grant an early loyalty hearing. In Tokyo the Welfare Ministry reported 22 percent of Japanese are undernourished.
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Washington
Annie Lee Moss
Pentagon
Army Signal Corps
Tokyo
Two-Headed Baby Faces Pneumonia Crisis in Indianapolis
Doctors warned a critical turn may come today for Daniel Kaye a two headed infant born December 12 in Indianapolis The child has Daniel Kaye and Donald Ray heads sharing one trunk with four arms Donald may die if Daniel succumbs to pneumonia while Donald remains strongest and feeds the body
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Daniel Kaye
Cecil Hartley
Donald Ray
Donald
Daniel
Students Demonstrate For Trieste's Return
About 100 demonstrators were marched to police headquarters after rioting police broke up the protest demanding Trieste be returned to Italy. Premier Mario Scelba said the Allies’ failure to return Trieste hampers Italy’s participation in Western defense and the European army treaty.
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Rome
Trieste
Italy
Mario Scelba
Dead Japanese Caves On Iwo Jima Face Grim Secrets
An Air Force chaplain and Marine engineers estimate thousands of Japanese soldiers lie buried in honeycombed caves beneath Iwo Jima. Demolition work revealed bodies in major caves while others remain sealed. 18 large cave systems were mapped as the hunt for General Kuribayashi’s last command post continues.
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Iwo Jima
Japan
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Train Destroys Stalled Auto On Tracks In Racine
A stalled automobile on a North Shore crossing was struck and destroyed by a four car train, with the vehicle bursting into flames. Mr and Mrs Raymond Moungey of Racine were occupants who helped push. About 200 passengers were moved to a later train after the incident.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
North Shore
Raymond Moungey
Senators Vote Today on Chavez Seantor Election Victory in NM
The Senate prepares to vote on whether to unseat long serving Democrat Dennis Chavez from New Mexico after a disputed 1952 election. Democrats unite with Sen. Morse, opposing the Cordon amendment to delay a New Mexico outcome. The panel had urged neither Chavez nor Hurley be declared winner amid fraud claims.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Chavez
Wayne Morse
Ind
Ore
GOP
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
William F. Knowland
California
Styles Bridges
N. H
Morse
Cordon
Carl Hayden
R-Ariz
Edwin Mechem
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
D-Mo
Hayden
Charles E. Potter
Mich
Egypt ready to resume Suez talks if Britain admits rights
Cairo reports President Mohamed Naguib said Egypt is prepared to resume negotiations with Britain on the Suez Canal base only if Britain acknowledges Egypt's rights without question.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
Britain
Suez Canal
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