Beef prices fall but cattlemen seek freedom from controls
Washington debate over beef prices continues as cattlemen express confidence in Eisenhower policy while resisting government price supports. Article notes price drops, record cattle numbers, and drought driven surges in market supply, advising readers of industry mood and the push for market-based adjustments.
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Eisenhower
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Whitehead
FT. Worth
Tex
Washington
Congress
Benson
Department of Agriculture
Voice Official Fired By State Department
Washington The State Department suspended Alfred H. Morton chief of the Voice of America division for defying a ban on using material from Communist writers. Morton sent a memo voicing disagreement with the order issued Feb 19. Senate probes questioned Voice funds and potential Communist ties among staff.
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Washington
State Department Today
Voice of America Broadcasting Division
Alfred H. Morton
International Broadcasting Service
New York
Asst
Carl McCardle
Morton
Voice
Senate
The
Howard Fast
Fast
Moscow
Sen.McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
Robert L. Johnson
Temple University
Department
International Information Administration
Voice of America
Wilson Compton
Dulles
Johnson
Compton
Congress
Start Trial of Weinberg on Perjury Charges
Dr Joseph W Weinberg a central figure in an atomic spying probe faces trial on perjury charges for denying Communist party membership and memory of Steve Nelson prior to April 26 1949 The House Un American Activities Committee had earlier questioned him as Scientist X and alleged he spied for Russia in a matter linked to atomic secrets.
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Washington
Joseph W. Weinberg
House Un-American Activities Committee
Weinberg
Russia
Communist Party
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Johnson Named Acting Director of Overseas Information Service
Dr. Robert L. Johnson 58 president of Temple University was named acting chief of the Overseas Information Service to study the entire program including the Voice of America. Johnson will decide after a month of review whether to accept the post and explore options such as independence from the State Department.
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Robert L. Johnson
Temple University
State Department
Voice of America
Washington
Overseas Information Service
White House
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Johnson
International Information Service
IIA
Information Service
Senate Government Operations Committee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Mece-Carthy
Sen. McCarthy
Dulles
W B Bigelow Dies Coal Company Officer
Willis B. Bigelow longtime president and since 1952 chairman of Whitebreast Coal Company died suddenly early Tuesday. Born in La Crosse he was the youngest son of Capt Volney A and Letitia Bigelow. Survived by brother Walter H and nephew John, both of La Crosse. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. Hellwig Morris Funeral Home with Rev Robert D. Winter officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Willis B. Bigelow
S. 17Th St
Whitebreast Coal Company
la Crosse
Capt
Volney A
Letitia Bigelow
Bigelow
Harry
Walter H
John
Hellwig-Morris Funeral Home
Robert D. Winter
Oak Grove Cemetery
Clark denounces Peiping germ warfare charges as false
Gen Mark Clark blasted Communist propaganda accusing the U N of germ warfare in Korea. He dismissed the Peiping radio claims and alleged captured American confessions as fabricated and the result of Communist brain washing and coercion.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
U. N
Frank H. Schwable
Arlington
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Red Korea
Clark
Peiping
United Nations Command
North Korea
Senate group seeks views of Sec Dulles on Yalta repudiation
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear Secretary of State Dulles on possible changes to Eisenhower’s resolution denouncing perverted interpretations of international agreements. Taft expects debate on repudiation of Yalta while Republicans push for stronger condemnation but caution against premature action. The House and Senate push for unity against Soviet aims with leaders urging quick approval of the measure.
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Senate Group
Sec. Dulles
Washington
Senate ‘Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Eisenhower
Congress
Soviet Union
Wiley
Yalta Agreement
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
France
U. S
Yalta
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
State Department
Russia
Ferguson
Tehran
Europe
Asia
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Mansfield
D-Mont
White House
Rep
Vorys
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Cook resigns as chairman of the SEC
Donald C. Cook resigns today from the chairmanship of the Securities and Exchange Commission leaving two vacancies on the five member body. In his letter he asks the President to accept the resignation soon but would stay until a successor is chosen. Cook, 43, of Escanaba Michigan, cites a return to private life and family obligations after 15 of 17 years in government service.
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Washington
Donald C. ‘Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cook
Eisenhower
Escanaba
Mich
SEC
U S Team Heads to U N Meeting as Vishinsky Arrives
A new U S delegation led by Lodge Jr braces for a critical United Nations General Assembly session with nine point agenda on Korea and peace. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky arrives aboard the Queen Mary with top Iron Curtain ministers as U N veterans prepare fireworks. Meanwhile Circuit Judge Neprud vacates a temporary injunction against the city following arguments from city officials and Christie’s attorney.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. S
United Nations General Assembly
Korea
Eisenhower
U. N
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Vaclav David
Czechoslovakia
Stanislaw Skrzesczewski
Poland
Kuzma Kisselev
White Russia
A. M. Baranovsky
Ukraine
David
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
James J. Wadsworth
U.N
Ernest A. Gross
Delega
Lincoln Neprud
James Christie
Neprud
Atty
Leonard Roraff
Thomas Skemp
Christie
Fred Steele
Andrei Vishinsky
New York
U. N. General Assembly
Seaway Bill Moves Forward Under Senator Wiley
Senator Wiley leads a new push for Senate approval of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. A five member subcommittee will hold hearings likely in mid March with potential 13 to 2 committee support. The plan authorizes 100 million dollars in revenue bonds for the seaway and allows New York State to build the American half of the project.
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Congress
Taft
Ohio
Knowland
Calif
Green
D-Ai
Sparkman
D-Ala
Sen
George
Dga
Wiley
Senate
St. Lawrence
Canada
Soulanges
Lachine Rapids
Canadian
Lake Erie
Atlantic
New York State
St.Lawrence
Desperadoes Slain in Havana Gun Battle
Three fugitives and a sailor assisting police were killed last night in a Havana suburb during a gun battle with officers. A fifth man died later from wounds received in the shooting.
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Havana
La Follette Found Shot Dead at 58 in Wisconsin Home
Former U S senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin was found dead in his Milwaukee area home with a pistol beside him. A longtime public figure, he had suffered heart illness and faded from active politics after 1946.
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Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Wisiconsin
W. R. Voight
la Follette
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Congress
Milwaukee
Sears Roebuck Co
United Fruit Co
Voight
Sears Roebuck
Allies Break Red Trap in Western Front Battle
Allied raiders of about 40 infantry and tanks escaped encirclement after a five hour fight southeast of Panmunjom. The Eighth Army reported roughly 60 Communist dead and over 40 wounded as heavy exchanges continued along the 155 mile front. Air power pounded targets near Wonsan and the Kowan rail yard while other clashes forced withdrawals along the Central Front and near Pyongyang.
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Seoul
U. N
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Okinawa
Wonsan
Kowan
the Hook
Pyongyang
Red Labs
Pukhan River
Communist Teachers Accused Of Damaging Outside Classes
New York economics professor Dr William H Withers told Senate investigators that Communist teachers do greater damage outside classrooms by masking beliefs and gaining student popularity He testified at the resumed subcommittee hearing led by Senator Jenner to expose subversion in education Oxnam criticized the probe as undermining academic freedom and religion in schools The witness recalled being invited to join the Communist party in the 1930s during the congressional investigation into education.
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Washington
New York
Senate
William H. Withers
Queens College
Internal Security Subcommittee
Jenner
R-Ind
Bromley Oxnam
Oxnam
Aspeech
Moscow
Withers
Communist Party
Adverse examination raises notice issues in council probe
City Attorney Fred E. Steele argues in Circuit Court that notices must be served on all adverse parties in the council special investigating committee probe. Only the committee members Mayor Ahrens Police Chief Long and Steele were served. They are set to appear at a Wednesday adverse hearing as the court dismisses and vacates the injunction and the three actions it restrained.
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Common Council
Special Investigating Committee
Fred E. Steele
Alice Moore
Steele
Henry Ahrens
George Long
Neprud
Police and Fire Commission
Christie
Alice Dickson
Roraff
Clubs Invited To Join Plan Crews aim La Crosse council
About 150 city clubs and organizations are being contacted by the Southside Businessmen’s Association to form a La Crosse Council of Clubs. Each club will have two representatives. postcards asking participation must be returned by March 20. If enough respond, a mass meeting will be set. Officer elections follow. First meeting not before April 7 municipal elections.
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Southside Businessmen's Association
la Crosse
Improvement Council
Businessmen's Association
Businessmen’s Association
Weather update for La Crosse area tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions persist tonight and Wednesday. Snow is expected Wednesday afternoon with light accumulation. Lows fall to 24, highs reach 35 with limited temperature rise.
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la Crosse
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U.S
Lodge Neprud
By Osgood Caruthers
Seaway
Sen. Wiley
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Germany
Hanover
Bulletin
Bob LaFollette
Robert LA Follette
Stan Carter
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