Benson Attacks Government Hog Purchases For Farmers
Secretary of Agriculture Benson told Minnesota farmers that a government hog buying program would hurt them more than help, arguing that purchases at supported prices would not raise hog prices and could spur overproduction and rationing. He noted the potential cost could reach billions and warned against broad government intervention despite surpluses driving farm income down in 1944.
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Austin
Minn
Benson
Farmers
Midwest
U. S
Broiler
Groundhog Emmie Dies Before Groundhog Day At Philadelphia Zoo
In Philadelphia the zoo reports that Emmie the groundhog died just one day before Groundhog Day. An autopsy found no clear cause while curator Fred Ulmer cited weather as the likely factor. Emmie had been prepared to perform the annual forecast.
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Zoo
Philadelphia
Emmie
Fred Ulmer
Mollet Rejects Communist Bloc Commitments
Paris Socialist premier Guy Mollet refuses support from the 151 member Communist bloc stating he will make no commitments to the Communists and will instead commit to Parliament and France.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
France
Parliament
Luce: Italy Stands Fast With the West Against Communism
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, the U.S. ambassador to Italy, said Italy remains firmly aligned with the West and would continue to do so if the Western world maintains its resolve against communism. She emphasized steadfast support for Western unity amid Cold War tensions.
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New York
Clare Boothe Luce
U.S
Italy
Doctor White Says Cripples Help World Progress
Dr Paul Dudley White a famed heart specialist refused to answer direct questions about President Eisenhower's condition but stated that much of the world's important work has been done by cripples not only those with heart ailments but with other ailments as well
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Chicago
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Crinples
Truman says health not enough for presidency again
Former President Harry S. Truman responds to news he appeared healthy enough to run for president a second time saying it does not seem possible that any man can be healthy enough for the presidency.
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New York
Truman
McNamara attacks oil lobby in gas bill lobbying push
Senator Pat McNamara blasts oil giants for using vast money and aggressive tactics in an unprecedented lobbying campaign to influence the natural gas bill. He terms their pressure fair and foul as they seek the outcome they want.
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Washington
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Harriman Submits Record Budget for New York
Gov. Averell Harriman presented a record high $1,494,700,000 budget with a $40,000,000 income tax cut. He called the plan tight and urged a one year tax relief for 1955, favoring low income families, while Republicans proposed a separate $50,000,000 income tax abatement program. Expenditures exceed 1955 estimates by $173,600,000. with federal aid total outlays reach $1,842,064,000.
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Albany
N.Y
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Angry motorist jailed in Long Beach assault case
Fred Goodall must serve 10 weekends in jail after being convicted of assault for beating gasoline station attendant Wallace F E Brown when Brown refused to wipe his windshield after Goodall bought $1 worth of gasoline last November 19. Testimony showed the attack followed the windshield demand.
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Long Beach
Calif
Fred Goodall
Goodall
Wallace FE. Brown
Oil Big Factor In the Eden Talks
Oil looms large in discussions between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Eden over how to counter the Russian threat in the Middle East. The region contains about two thirds of global proved oil reserves, with output near 20 million barrels daily and a yearly take around one billion dollars. Western Europe increasingly relies on Middle East oil, while American firms press for peacetime development through pipelines, refineries, and expanded tanker fleets as they hedge against potential war disruptions.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Eisenhower
Eden
Middle East
Europe
Russia
Western Europe
Western Hemisphere
United States
Venezuela
Mediterranean
England
British Old Crocks Face Death Warrant
London reports a government plan to require all prewar and postwar obsolete cars to pass stringent safety tests. A pilot scheme found 97 percent of pre-1945 vehicles have major faults, potentially forcing hundreds of thousands to quit the roads or lose licenses amid a car shortage and high taxes.
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London
Britain
Reds Treating U S Like a Donkey by James Marlow
In a Washington byline, James Marlow argues the Soviet Union has alternated threats and appeasement toward the United States since Stalin, noting leadership changes under Malenkov, Bulganin, Khrushchev, and Molotov. He cites Geneva summit interactions, Molotov’s ultimatums, and China’s Formosa threat as examples of persistent pressure and shifting tactics.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Joseph Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
V. M. Molotov
Eisenhower
Geneva
Russia
Molotov
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Asia
Khrushchev
Argentine Eyes Muffling Of Horns
Buenos Aires authorities push to suppress car horns in a bold move after years without traffic lights. Starting April 1 drivers may honk only in emergencies, with license suspensions for violators. The rule gives right of way to the vehicle on your right at intersections.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Milne, Creator of Pooh, Dies at 74 in Hartfield
Alan Alexander Milne, author of children classics and playwright of Mr. Pim Passes By and The Dover Road, died after three years of poor health. He gained fame with Pooh verse books for his son Christopher Robin, including When We Were Very Young, Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six, and The House at Pooh Corner.
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Hartfield
England
Christopher Robin
Winnie-the-Pooh
Alan Alexander Milne
Pim
Dover Road
Michael and
Mary
Milne
Winnie the-Pooh
Pooh Corner
Road Sign Paid For Salt Lake City
The Utah Road Commission received an unsigned letter from someone in Butler Pennsylvania claiming a sign was stolen and enclosing a five dollar bill. Officials note that road signs vary in value from two dollars twenty five cents up to fifty dollars depending on size.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Road Commission
Butler
Love-Struck Boy Kills Nurse at Massachusetts Memorial
Charles Atwood Jr., 21, of East Bridgewater, admitted shooting Rose Marie Da Silva, 18, a Brockton nurse, after she rejected him. He fired five shots as she descended hospital stairs, killing her. Atwood, discharged from the Army for a nervous condition, was booked on suspicion of murder.
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Boston
Rose Marie da Silva
Brockton
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
Charles Atwood Jr
East Bridgewater
Warren Blair
Atwood
da Silva
Miss da Silva
Blair
Korea
State Receives 27 360 New Doses Of Polio Vaccine
Oklahoma officials said a new allotment of 27 360 polio vaccine doses brings the state total to over 135 000 since the federal allocation program began. Epidemiologist Dr J O Wails noted the shots from Eli Lilly were part of a national release of 2 265 12 cubic centimeters.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Health Department
J. O. Wails
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Eisenhower entered Minnesota primary race
Senator Thye of Minnesota announced he is entering Eisenhower's name in the Minnesota March 20 primary, confident of a re election bid. Governor Craig of Indiana said he will file Eisenhower's name in the May 8 Indiana primary. Consent of the candidate is not required in Minnesota, and Eisenhower could remove his name by filing an affidavit by Feb. 25 if not a candidate. Eisenhower is due for a physical Feb. 10–15 to check his recovery from a heart attack, and he has not clearly stated his decision.
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Washington
Thye
Rminn
Eisenhower
Minnesota
George N. Craig
Indiana
Craig
White House
New Hampshire
Illinois
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Snug Brand Denture Cushions Ad
Compact two liner denture cushions promise to grip gums as living tissue. Sold for 1.50 dollars for upper or lower plates at all druggists with money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Baby Sitter Fails In Rescue Amid Fatal Fire Tragedy
In EAST LOS ANGELES two young sisters, Gloria Lujan four and Luisa five, perished in an upstairs bedroom fire sparked by paint thinner in the kitchen. Babysitter Bessie Long forty one, evacuated a ten month old brother Carlos, but the girls could not escape as flames repelled her climb to a ladder outside.
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Los Angeles
Gloria Lujan
Luisa
Bessie Long
Carlos
Sheriff's Deputies
Mrs. Long
United Drys Meet To Elect Officers At Capital
Oklahoma City report says United Drys directors convene Wednesday night at the YMCA to elect officers and review committee reports ahead of Thursday statewide assembly. Executive secretary Dr. Stanley Niles notes the board will meet, with about 400 delegates planned for Thursday events including a luncheon by Gov. Raymond Gary and a final public rally at the municipal auditorium where an important resolution will be introduced.
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Oklahoma City
The
United Drys
Stanley Niles
Association
YMCA
Raymond Gary
Municipal Auditorium
Niles
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