Winter Ravages Midwest Floods and Storms Across States
Across the Midwest and Mississippi a fresh wave of blizzards and floods forced about 1,200 people to flee homes. The Tombigbee flood crest at Aberdeen was the biggest in half a century as guards evacuated reluctant rural families by amphibious duck and helicopter.
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Midwest
Mississippi
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Missouri
Illinois
Southwest
Tennessee
Buffalo, Cumberland, Elk, Duck
Harpeth
Alabama
National
Tombigbee
Aberdeen
Columbus
National Guard
May Repeal Tax Benefits Sparks Bipartisan Vote
Washington House hearings moved to repeal two tax provisions from last year’s revision act. Support spans Eisenhower administration and both parties, with critics calling the retroactive step a potential windfall undercutting millions in already filed 1954 returns. Officials warn revenue losses could top a billion dollars if kept.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
The
Treasury
Ways and Means
Baruch Calls Ike A Kid Despite Years On Him
Bernard Baruch, 84, says President Eisenhower, 64, appears fit after a White House visit. He adds Ike is still a kid and looks fine.
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Baruch
Ike
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
Eisenhower
White House
Free World Unity Urged for Possible Big Four Peace Talks
Sen George of Georgia urges new efforts to create free world unity as a prelude to a potential Big Four gathering on world peace. Sen Knowland proposes a preliminary Big Three to align policy before formal talks with Russia. George leads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and favors a top level meeting of the United States Russia Britain and France after West European defense ratification and German rearmament. Eyes Ike's Remarks.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Knowland
R-Calif
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Ike
Russians Return Copter Pilot After Week
The U S Army helicopter pilot 1st Lt. Lewis E. Jacquay of Ft. Wayne Indiana and his German passenger Horst Kuehn were returned to U S officers at a border point near Bad Neustadt Bavaria after a forced landing in East Germany. They had been detained a week after their H13 helicopter went down during a survey flight amid snow squalls.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Iron Curtain
U. S
Bad Neustadt
Bavaria
Lewis E. Jacquay
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Horst Kuehn
U. S. Army
Jacquay
Sharon
Jacquays
Kuehn
Army
East Germany
Weather Conditions Delay Nuclear Test
Weather conditions delayed a planned 500-foot tower blast at the Las Vegas test site. The underground shot yesterday marked the 38th in the series, with the big tower event postponed to tomorrow at the earliest due to weather.
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Las Vegas
Ironworkers Reach 10-Cent Wage Increase Pact
Ironworkers Local 383 AFL signed a new work agreement with the Madison Employers' Council Wednesday night calling for a 10 cent hourly raise.
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Madison
Ironworkers Local 383
AFL
Madison Employers’ Council
Bersohn Repeats Confession Amid Plea for Truth in New York
Malcolm Bersohn, jailed by Chinese Communists, persisted in praising captors and confessing espionage during a Wednesday appearance. He read from a prepared statement claiming guilt and detailing alleged U.S. espionage links, while relatives urged silence.
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New York
Malcolm Bersohn
Bersohn
Peiping Union Medical College
West Coast
Paul McNutt Dies at 63 Former Indiana Governor
Paul V. McNutt 63, once Indiana governor and Philippines envoy, died at his Fifth Avenue apartment in New York. He returned from Manila minutes before his death with wife and daughter Louise present. Cause not disclosed. Nine-time public service figure earned Medal for Merit. later ambassador to the Philippines after 1946 independence.
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New York
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Philippines
McNutt
Manila
Louise
Fifth Ave
New York Hospital
Defense, Health and Welfare Services
War Manpower Commission
Harry S. Truman
Islands
New York City
Washington
Russia proposes two stage arms cuts with global control
Pravda reports Moscow backs a plan to ban nuclear weapons and reduce conventional arms in two 50 percent phases with a permanent international control organization. The proposal, presented to the UN disarmament subcommittee in London, calls for full inspection access and destruction of mass destruction weapons.
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Moscow
Pravda
Russia
Communist Party
London
UN General Assembly
United States Signals Need for British Help
Prime Minister Sidney Holland told New Zealand's parliament that the United States appears ready to acknowledge its survival depends on British American unity. He cited talks with President Eisenhower and other officials during his January Washington visit as shaping this impression.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Sidney G. Holland
United States
Eisenhower
Washington
Case of 19 Kohler Strikers Under Study by Boileau
Circuit Judge Gerald Boileau placed the case of 19 CIO United Auto Workers strikers at Kohler Co under advisement awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on jurisdiction. Defense argues Taft Hartley Act leaves NLRB exclusive jurisdiction. state WERB case read with affidavits describing assaults and blocking non-strikers from Kohler employment office.
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Boileau
Sheboygan
Gerald Boileau
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kohler Co
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Atty
Max Raskin
Milwaukee
National Labor Relations Board
Fair Labor Practices
Arold Murphy
Marinette
Raskin
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
High Court
Beatrice Lampert
Madison
WERB
Marines Return to U S From Korea
Trans port Gen. William M. Black was scheduled to arrive today with 2,673 men of the 1st Marine Division, returning home from Korea.
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San Francisco
William M. Black
1St Marine Division
Korea
Cold snap grips Kenosha and Wisconsin
Unseasonably cold weather continues with readings at 27 at the sewage plant 29 downtown and 30 at American Motors by noon. Yesterday's high 44 and low 17. Forecast calls for mostly fair skies tonight partly cloudy and cold Friday with lows 15 to 20 and highs around 30.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
American Motors
Chinese Reds Fire at Quemoy Amid Invasion Threat
Taipei sources report that Communist Chinese guns on Amoy fired 21 rounds at Quemoy today. No damage was reported on the Nationalist island four miles from the mainland. Observers say brief duels likely occurred as Nationalist forces may have replied. General Wang Shu-Ming flagged soon starting Sabrejet patrols.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy
Quemoy
Chiang Kaishek
Tiger
Wang Shu-Ming
China
House group backs military exemption rule for reservists
Washington report notes a house group voted to let the military decide which reservists are exempt from active duty instead of a civilian appeal board. Attorneys for the Joe Must Go club challenge charges they improperly paid funds linked to efforts to recall Senator McCarthy. The House also approves a large Interior Department funding cut of 16,054,200 dollars.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Interior Department
French Reds Fail to Beat Ratification
In Paris the French Senate, shielded by police, blocked a surprise Communist blitz to delay ratification of German rearmament. Sen Jean Chaitron proposed an immediate vote on an amendment to kill the treaties, but Deputy Speaker Yves Esteve ruled it to be voted on at the end of the debate where it would fail. President Eisenhower had boosted ratification with Big Four talks, as Foreign Minister Piney prepares to present assurances alongside Premier Faure.
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Great Britain
Knowland
Senate
Eisenhower
Paris — i
Jean Chaitron
European Defense Committee
Yves Esteve
France
Antoine Pinay
Edgar Faure
School Children Strike in Belgium Shuts Parish Schools
About 900000 children attending Roman Catholic schools in Belgium were kept home by parents in protest of reduced government subsidies. The action preludes a mass Catholic demonstration planned for Saturday in Brussels amid police deployments and prior clashes.
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Brussels
Belgium
Pope Pius XII Blesses Crowds in St. Peter's Square
The Pope appeared at his study window to bless a crowd in St. Peter's Square including Romans pilgrims tourists and about 400 visiting American sailors.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Square
Pirates Attempt to Seize U S Navy Ship off Hong Kong
Chinese pirates tried to seize the U S Navy ship League Island near Hong Kong on Saturday night. Two armed junks closed in on the 6,050-ton LST as it sailed toward Hong Kong, but fled when another Navy ship answered a radio call for help. No shots were fired.
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Hong Kong —i
U. S. Navy
LST League
Hong Kong
League Island
Far East
Adams Testimony Over Peress Case Sparks Senate Clash
Army Counselor John G. Adams testified he had the last clear chance to block Maj. Irving Peress’s honorable discharge in 1954 but lacked full facts. He defended the record, denied conspiring with White House aides, and said McCarthy’s accusations misstate events as the committee prepared further hearings and a Stevens witness.
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Army
John G. Adams
Maj
Irving Peress
Adams
Peress
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
Senator
Subcommittee
Senate
Congress
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. Ervin
D-N.c
Walter L. Weible
White House
Senate Investigations
Sen. McCarthy
Army Loyalty Board
Pvt
G. David Schine
Brownell
Sherman Adams
Gerald Morgan
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
William Rogers
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Democratic Party
American Legion
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
State Dulies
Wausau
Robert Burkart
Uawcio International
Burkart
William Methfessel
Kohler Village
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