Ike's Commission To Draw Up Farm Program Confers
President-elect Eisenhower named a 14 member interim farm commission to draft policy including price supports and soil subsidies. First meetings planned January 6 and 7 on the University of Maryland campus with Dean W. I. Myers coordinating. Members come from farm groups, industry, and land grant colleges. Meanwhile talks on extending the international wheat agreement continue, with the U S seeking terms before the July 31 expiry and debates over subsidies totaling about 200 million dollars yearly.
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Eisenhower
University of Maryland
W. I. Myers
Cornell University
GOP
Congress
Taft Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Agriculture Department
U. S
Governor's Fired Secretary Returns as Lt. Governor Aide
Minnie Mae Powell, fired from Gov. Murray’s team last November, rejoined the Oklahoma statehouse as secretary to Lt. Gov. James Berry. Berry, who will be acting governor when Murray leaves, says Powell was efficient and previously served as his secretary during Murray’s absence. Powell also worked at the state Democratic party headquarters during the general election campaign. Murray did not explain Powell’s dismissal.
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Oklahoma City
Minnie Mae Powell
Johnston Murray
Statehouse
James E. Berry
Powell
Murray
Berry
Democratic Party
City Of Big Muscles hosts Carl Sandburg birthday party
Chicago celebrated Carl Sandburg turning 75 with a birthday dinner set for 6 30 p m at the Blackstone Crystal Room and a weekend event in Galesburg his birthplace. The poet spoke of aging and commented on modern America noting television as a major time waster while praising enduring human resilience.
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Chicago
Carl Sandburg
Windy City
Hell
Blackstone
America
Grant Park
Funeral Rites Held for Roy Evans 68 at Temple Cemetery
Roy Evans 68 died Saturday at his home 916 Bell. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Monday in Ritter Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev. H. Tom Wiles of First Baptist Church. Burial followed in Temple cemetery. Pioneer club members attended in a body. Honorary bearers were C. E. Price James Timmons Leonard Jones Rufus Carothers John Seaman E. L. Richardson Hugh Carothers and John F. Thomas. Bearers at Temple were L. H. Hensley A. V. Singleton Charles M. Henderson Jim Henderson Ray Hunt and Walter Hunt.
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Bell
Ritter Funeral Home
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Temple Cemetery
Pioneer Club
C. E. Price
James Timmons
Leonard Jones
Rufus Carothers
John Seaman
E. L. Richardson
Hugh Carothers
John F. Thomas
Temple
L. H. Hensley
A. V. Singleton
Charles M. Henderson
Jim Henderson
Ray Hunt
Walter Hunt
Graveside rites for infant son of Osiecki family
Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at Post cemetery for Frank Osiecki Jr infant son of Maj and Mrs Frank Osiecki of 2201 North 19th who died at birth Friday night. Chaplain Benjamin Marshall conducted the service with Becker Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Frank Osiecki, Jr
Frank Osiecki
North 19Th
Post Cemetery
Benjamin Marshall
Becker Funeral Home
John G Fatheree services held for 83 year old
John G. Fatheree, 83, died Friday at his home 1107 Monroe. Services were at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Ritter Funeral Home chapel. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery. Bearers were Clyde Honeycutt Roy Davis D E Oswalt Carl Froneberger W R Howeth and Russell Riddle.
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Monroe
Ritter Funeral Home Chapel
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Clyde Honeycutt
Roy Davis
D. E. Oswalt
Carl Froneberger
W. R. Howeth
Russell Riddle
Spanish Vessel Monte Urbosa Collides With Rosa Maersk Off Buenos Aires
A 7,723 ton Spanish ship Monte Urbosa collided with the 8,192 ton Danish tanker Rosa Maersk in darkness off Buenos Aires. One crewman on Monte Urbosa was killed and two Chilean student passengers were injured.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Monte Urbosa
Rosa Maersk
LA Dogs Neurotic Nervous Dogs Treated by Psychologist
LA society says 700000 dogs in the city, about 250000 neurotic or near it, and has hired canine psychologist Bert Turnquist to offer free treatment for noise related neurosis. He notes dogs’ hearing is four times human and suggests exposing them to noise during visits to desensitize them.
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Los Angeles
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Bert Turnquist
Former Secretary Morgenthau Leaves New York Hospital
Henry Morgenthau Jr former Treasury Secretary has exited New York hospital after an abdominal operation two weeks earlier. Doctors report his condition is good.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
New York Hospital
Turkey Federation Plans 25 Percent Production Cut
In Dallas the American Turkey Federation will urge members to cut 1953 turkey production by 25 percent after a glut last year. President Vv'. T. Geurts of Oregon City cites 12 million turkeys in storage with no market. The meeting discusses a national advertising push to boost consumption, building on last year’s campaign that raised per person use from two to six pounds.
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American Turkey Federation
Federation
Thursay
Geurts
M. C. Small
Mount Morris
Ill
Firemen Will Burn House For School
Firemen from Oklahoma and southern Kansas will train at a four day school in Ponca City in April. The Oklahoma A&M fire training school bought a two story six room frame house for demonstrations of new firefighting methods. Ponca City fire chief Kenneth Long said the program will showcase fighting house fires with fog methods used for gasoline fires for several years.
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Ponca City
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oklahoma A&m Fire Training School
Kenneth Long
Gunfight Leaves Two Dead in Havana
Police identify the dead as two men killed early today in Havana during a gunfight with a group of men described by authorities as gangsters. A third man was gravely wounded in the incident.
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Havana
Kiddies Learn By TV During Baltimore Walkout
In Baltimore schools closed by a city workers strike, 80,000 pupils tune in to teleteaching on WMAR WBAL-TV and WAAM to cover lessons. Sanitation and sewer services deteriorate as 174 schools reopen briefly, and Mayor d Alesandro meets AFL Teamsters reps seeking a contract, with talks continuing.
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Walkout Grips
Baltimore
WMAR
Wbal-Tv
WAAM
Sewer and Water Department
William H. Lemmel
Public Instruction
City Hall
Thomas d’Alesandro
Mother Dies in Texas Snyder
Mrs. W. P. Reed of Snyder travels to Plainview after word that her mother Mrs. Lee Miller died following a fall on Friday that caused a broken hip and other injuries.
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Texas
Snyder
W. P. Reed
Plainview
Lee Miller
New Jersey Mayor Faces Rackets Probe Testimony
Newark New Jersey Mayor John V. Kenny of Jersey City returns to testify before the New Jersey Law Enforcement Council on waterfront rackets after a prior refusal. Kenny had defended his innocence, insisting witnesses against him were politically inspired, and his name has surfaced in linked New York crime inquiries.
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Newark
N. J
John V. Kenny
Jersey City
New Jersey Law Enforcement Council
Kenny
New York
Wife collapses after death notice in Idaho Falls tragedy
In Idaho Falls, Mrs Clyde Drainard, 72, hurried to her 84-year-old husband’s bedside when told he was dying. She collapsed at the doorway, dying eight minutes later. The brief report records the sudden double misfortune following the husband’s critical condition.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Clyde Drainard
Drainard
Actress Blanche Starr dies in Los Angeles at 72
The 72 year old character actress Blanche Starr known on stage as Blanche Rose and who appeared in numerous Broadway productions in the 1890s died yesterday in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Blanche Starr
Blanche Rose
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