Britain Welcomes Mideast Plan As Solid Foundation
Britain backs President Eisenhower six point plan for Middle East stability while voicing disappointment at Soviet tone. United Nations session hears Gromyko call for US and UK troop withdrawals from Lebanon and Jordan as Hammarskjold aides push for a broader conference. Jordan endorses economic aid. Ceylon and India seek separate withdrawal resolutions.
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Britain
Mideast
United Nations, N.Y
Selwyn Lloyd
General Assembly
Eisenhower
Middle East
Lloyd
Andrei A. Gromyko
Monem Rifai
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Gromyko
U.N
Mahmoud Fawzi
United Arab Republic
Ceylon
India
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Balloon crash injures builder and researcher in Ashland test flight
In Ashland Wisconsin a training balloon gondola crashed during a test flight over Lake Superior injuring balloon builder Otto Winzen and Air Force researcher Captain Grover Schock. The pair were en route to a solo stratosphere test and the mission was postponed.
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Ashland
Wis
Air Force
Grover Schock
Otto C. Winzen
Lake Superior
Schock
George Ruff
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Holloman Air Force, Base
N. M
Galesburg
Winzen
Winzen Research, Inc
Minneapolis
Ken
Keith Wilder
Wisconsin State Traffic Patrol
Bayfield County Sheriff's Office
Gordon Shefchick
Tom Bouchard
Civil Air Patrol
Chequamegon Bay
David Simons
Holloman
M. Lee Lewis
Navy
St. Paul
Minn
South St. Paul
Otto Winzen
Shock
Air Force Pool
Unifyx
Allies applaud while Reds scorn Ike Middle East plan
In London the six point proposal for Middle East peace drew mixed reactions at the U N General Assembly with allies praising the approach as conciliatory and practical while Communist states and Arab nationalists urged immediate troop withdrawal.Western and Asian partners showed varied support with the Philippines backing the police force and Japan favoring the aid program. Soviets and Egyptian media blasted the plan citing insufficient withdrawal and delay. Peiping radio and Voice of America reported heavy jamming of broadcasts during the debate.
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Britain
United States
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Eisenhower
U.N
London
Middle East
U.N. General Assembly
Southeast Asia
Andrei Gromyko
Assembly
L’unita
L’humanite
Pravda
Communist Party
Cairo
al Ahram
Peiping
Gromyko
Voice of America
Soviet Union
Diocese Buys Woodlawn Cemetery and 50 More Acres
The La Crosse Diocese buys Woodlawn Cemetery and about 50 adjoining acres north of Holy Cross Seminary. The sale keeps Woodlawn non sectarian and allows potential future expansion for diocesan facilities. George Kickbush will continue as manager and lawyers for both sides are named in the transaction.
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Woodlawn
Thomas E. Woolley
la Crosse Trust Co
George Kickbush
Woodlawn Cemetery
Woolley
Holy Cross Seminary
la Crosse
John P. Treacy
Treacy
Wisconsin teen wins Fisher Body scholarship in model car contest
Daniel Braun of Fond du Lac Wisconsin won a $1000 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild model car scholarship on Wednesday night. Braun and ten other boys received $1000 scholarships for outstanding designs at the event in Flint Michigan.
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Flint, Mich
Daniel Braun
Fond du Lac
Wis
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Braun
Senate Passes Aid To Education Bill Amid Debate
The Senate approved a broad aid to education bill by 62 to 26 after a 14 hour session. It costs about 1.3 billion dollars and funds about 23 000 college scholarships, with Cooper amending grants to 250 a year and loans up to 750 a year. The measure also covers graduate fellowships and state grants for equipment and teacher training, with Indiana excluded by amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
John S. Cooper
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Sen
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Cooper
National Defense
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
McNamara
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
Indiana
Skunks Invade City as Trapper Hired in Sacramento
In Sacramento a skunk invasion totals 13 certain and 3 probable kills, with an estimated 500 animals in a southwestern residential area. City Pound master George Martin says victory hinges on catching them, as a professional trapper is brought in to curb the infestation.
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Skunks
Trapper
Sacramento
Calif
George Martin
President on Right Track Congress backs Ike in Mideast plan
Senator Mansfield says President Eisenhower will win overwhelming congressional support for a bold six point Middle East program. He urges immediate UN action and concrete steps with broad bipartisan backing. Morse Humphrey and Capehart praise the President while urging concrete implementation. See CONGRESS Page 3
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Middle East
Mansfield
Senate
United Nations General Assembly
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. N
United Nations
Soviet Union
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
General Assembly
Morse
U.N. Vy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Congress
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Plane crash off Ireland 99 aboard may be worst in aviation history
A KLM Super Constellation with 99 aboard crashed 130 miles west of Ireland after leaving Shannon. Wreckage sighted. 50 Americans listed on passenger list. Officials warned survival unlikely as ships and RAF planes search the stormy Atlantic.
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Shannon
Ireland
Amsterdam
Atlantic Ocean
KLM
Trans World Airways
Atlantic
Everett Wolf
London
Wolf
Royal Dutch Airlines
Pan American Airways
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Dirkzwagers Shipping Agency
Rotterdam
Irish
New York
Gander
Pan American World Airways
Mld
Pan American
Compromise Ends House Farm Bill Deadlock
The House passed an eleventh hour compromise farm bill by voice vote, sending it to the Senate for conference. It preserves cotton and rice acreage at 16 million and the current price support parity, extends the Wool Subsidy Act for three years, and loosens price supports to ease next year’s cuts. Senate leaders warned major changes likely, with further negotiations to adjust differences.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Benson
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Laurence E. Gooding Jr
Charles, Herriott and Clemens
Milwaukee
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Cgee
John Chadwick
Sen. Mansfield
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