Eisenhower asks Congress to raise immigration quota
President Eisenhower urged Congress to overhaul immigration laws to raise the annual quota to 220000, citing past growth and current economic needs. He proposed granting discretionary power to the attorney general, removing fingerprinting for visitors, and setting aside 5000 quota numbers for non nationality specific admission, plus using unused quotas next year.
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Missing Neptune Plane Found Safe In Venezuela
The U S Navy reports a Neptune P2V patrol bomber missing on a Antarctica rescue mission was found safe in Venezuela with all seven aboard unharmed. Pilot Lt Cmdr John H Torbert led the flight from Patuxent Naval Station and was en route via Puerto Rico.
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South America
Navy Department
Washington
Freight rate hikes ripple through rail and road transport
La Crosse Traffic Bureau notes widespread rate increases effective February across rail, motor carrier, and barge services. Rail seven percent rise applies Feb 25 with uniform classifications causing shifts in Chicago to La Crosse routes. Motor carriers in the Midwest move to a new seven percent rise on Feb 9, plus blanket increases by some freight forwarders. Coal barge rates rise and a new rail scale cuts class rates by 16 to 20 percent in transcontinental areas.
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U S Seeks To Avoid Balloons Crossing Soviet Territory
The United States notified the Soviet Union it would seek to avoid launching weather balloons that could cross the USSR to prevent boundary incidents. It urged Moscow to return any balloon instruments found. In Tokyo, a Russian made weather balloon found in northern Japan is being analyzed by U S and Japanese intelligence, measuring about 5 by 34 feet.
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Dispute Over Investigation Of Campaign Offer Continues
Senator Hennings says he will resign as elections subcommittee chair in due course amid a fight with Senate leadership over investigating a 2500 campaign fund offer to Senator Case. A special committee led by Johnson and Knowland is probing, with Case claiming the offer aimed to sway his vote on a natural gas bill. The panel moves ahead. Case and six others under subpoena will testify in hearings beginning Friday.
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Eisenhower Tackling Duties In Old Manner At White House
President Eisenhower, stressing energy in office, has been tackling tough Cabinet issues in the old manner. Aide Max Rabb notes he works long hours, spares himself, and avoids music as he weighs a possible second-term decision amid health concerns.
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What Do People Want Ike To Do
La Crosse Tribune previews a Gallup Poll revealing public opinion on whether Dwight D. Eisenhower should run for president again. The feature promises analysis on Likelihood of a second term and voter expectations ahead of next Friday's issue.
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Alabama Campus Calm Amid Race Integration Crisis
Two crises confront the University of Alabama as Autherine Lucy stands barred from classes despite a federal ruling against racial denial. Dean of admissions William Adams faces contempt action for the university’s enrollment refusal of Polly Ann Hudson while a national outcry grows over Lucy’s exclusion and campus violence.
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New York
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Thomson To Give 2 Talks On Tuesday
Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thomson will speak twice in La Crosse next Tuesday. He will address current issues at the Lincoln Day meeting of the La Crosse Federation of Republican Women at the YWCA at 2 p.m. Earlier at noon he will speak to the Kiwanis Club. The Federation invites both men and women to attend the YWCA event.
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Doe Excites City as Deer Roams La Crosse Neighborhood
A 100 pound doe deer caused excitement in the eastern part of La Crosse on Wednesday. It moved through alleys and yards from the bluffs east of the city, with residents Adrian Fuchs and A M Paulson reporting sightings near 2212 State Street and 220 N 21st Street. The animal wandered toward Main Street before a dog chased it away.
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Big Three Begin Talks On Mideast
Washington opens a three nation conference with the United States Britain and France to assess military economic and political options for a Middle East crisis. The talks seek to strengthen a 1950 declaration and consider steps through the UN while warning against actions outside the world body. Ambassadors Zeineddine and Eban caution that outside action would be dangerous or illegal.
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Eden
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General Assembly
Farid Zeineddine
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George Allen
Abba Eban
Allen
Middle East
Three Negroes Enter UNC Student Body Without Incident
Three Negro undergraduates joined the 6,500-student University of North Carolina campus with no violent reaction beyond raised eyebrows. Leroy and Ralph Frazier and John Lewis Brandon navigated freshman life amid ongoing legal appeals challenging school segregation as they pursue education at the historic white university in Chapel Hill.
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Southern University
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Eisenhower Eyes March 1 as Decision Point on Re election
President Eisenhower said he should have enough information by March 1 to decide about seeking a second term. He indicated a formal announcement would follow soon after if he has the necessary information, possibly via a nationwide TV and radio broadcast. He also discussed Warren and Milton Eisenhower’s potential political futures, guided missiles, and Middle East tensions as talks with Britain and France proceed. He noted no firm view on signing or vetoing the natural gas bill.
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Weather outlook for La Crosse area
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. A little colder tonight with a low of 15 and a high of 35 degrees.
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