Expanded Social Security Would Extend Coverage Nationwide
House Ways and Means Committee works on a plan to broaden Social Security to about 80 million people, adding doctors dentists and farm workers among others. The administration bill sponsored by Chairman Reed would extend coverage to farm operators, part time farm workers, ministers on optional basis, domestic workers and more state and local government workers, with funding details pending and full agreement not yet reached.
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House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
American Medical Association
American Dental Association
Reed
R-Ny
Selassie’s Visit Hints at Ethiopian Economic Drive
Ethiopia’s Haile Selassie, visiting the United States, seeks American capital and tech aid to double coffee production as his country exports about 40 million dollars of coffee yearly. He tours a Minnesota farm, Grand Coulee Dam, Chicago markets, and Oak Ridge, framing a push for development and a modern Ethiopian nation.
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Haile Selassie I
Ethiopia
United States
Selassie
U.S
Africa
Abyssinia
Minnesota
Grand Coulee Dam
Chicago Stock Yards
Oak Ridge
Wheat surplus signals need for farm policy fix
Officials project a 1954 winter and spring wheat crop near one billion bushels, pushing total supply for next season above 1953 with an 875 million bushel carryover. The outlook comes despite drought and a 20 percent acreage cut, aided by price supports that keep farmers producing.
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U.S
Atomic war viewed as deterrent by Red and US officials
The piece notes that while US and Russian leaders clash on most issues, they align on the idea that atomic war would devastate both sides. It argues such mutual recognition could deter a full-scale conflict, with a biblical verse quoted at the end.
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Russia
United States
Business and education linked in Babson Park column
Babson Park Mass analysis argues schools cannot be divorced from business and calls for discipline reform and teacher shortages. Eisenhower and Marshall cited, with a proposal for research on curricula and a new non profit to drive change. Readers invited to respond to Babson Park 57 Massachusetts.
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Babson Park
Mass
Eisenhower
America
S. L. A. Marshall
The
Detroit News
Korea
Newsweek
New York Times
Summit
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc
Capitol Dome GOP Split on U.S. Financing Debate
Madison Wisconsin column notes Republican officials clash over federal funding for state and local services. It highlights a 1951 anti federal aid stance, yet shows lawmakers seeking Washington subsidies for disease indemnities and other programs, underscoring broader tensions between local fiscal independence and national spending.
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Madison
Wis
Washington
Conservation Department
Legislative Council
Mittee
Gov. Kohler
Milk plans and ice cream bid clash in Washington notebook
Washington coverage recalls Henry Wallace's dairy aid proposal and Ezra Taft Benson's study of milk reconstitution plants in Asia to market surplus U S dairy solids. Costs range 200000 to 500000 dollars per plant, producing 40000 to 80000 quarts daily and possibly ice cream.
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Henry
Ezra Taft Benson
Asia
U.S
Joe McCarthy Finances Under Fire and Gun Controversy
Editor Drew Pearson details McCarthy's finances and gun use as the Senate probes reveal how he siphoned funds, pursued Lustron manuscript fees, and pressed a Pepsi Cola linked note. The piece notes testimony refusals, protection by DC police, and questions raised by the prior Senate investigation.
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Foley
Joe
Appleton
Wis
Lustron Corporation
Senate
McCarthy
Strandlund
Lustron
RFC
Battle Fatigue Slows Down Hearings In Washington
Washington reports describe battle fatigue slowing Senate hearings on McCarthy era probes. Chiefs like Army Secretary Stevens and Senator McCarthy face relentless inquiries as reporters, aides, and clerks push through cross examinations and rapid-fire questions. The piece likens the scene to a war room, with corridors, telegraphs, and a press corps analyzing momentum.
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Washington
NEA
Joseph MacCarthy
Army
Robert Stevens
Roy Cohn
Xk & A
Pentagon CP
Senate
Ray Jenkins
Thomas Prewitt
McCarthy
Western Union
Stevens
First plas tic moving picture screen installed in La Crosse theater
Ten years ago the La Crosse Theaters Company announced the purchase and installation of the first plastic moving picture projection screen in any La Crosse theater as part of Rivoli theater improvements. The Krause building on Third and Main was also announced for purchase by L B Rowley of Rowley Office Equipment Co.
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la Crosse Theater
Edwin Schwalbe
la Crosse Theaters Company
Krause
Third and Main Streets
L. B. Rowley
Rowley Office Equipment Co
Dick Feller
Wilhelm Johnson
Atwater, Mann
la Crosse
Michael Heltznecker
Winnebago St
la Crosse State College
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