Eisenhower Seeks 5 Percent Pay Hike for Civil Service and Postal Workers
President Dwight Eisenhower asked Congress to raise salaries for about 1.5 million federal workers by roughly 5 percent, aligning pay with proposed postal rate increases. He also urged a government health insurance plan and new postal rate structure to fund deficits, proposing a permanent postal rate commission and higher rates on first, second, and third class mail.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Civil Service
White House
Hocking County Sees Snowfall With More Ahead
Hocking Countians woke to about an inch and a half of snow this morning. Roads froze early but were in good condition by noon. Temperatures fell from 38 to 27 overnight, with a noon high of 36. Forecasters expect a colder day tomorrow with a chance of light snow at night.
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Hocking
Five day forecast says near normal temperatures
The forecast calls for normal max 35 to 39 and min 20 to 24 with little change Wednesday and Thursday. Colder conditions expected over the weekend with below normal temperatures and a chance of snow or a mix late Wednesday into Thursday and snow likely on the weekend.
Blockade Fought as Path to Free 11 U.S. Fliers
United Nations reports progress in Dag Hammarskjold Peiping talks toward freeing 11 imprisoned American airmen. Senator Alexander Smith calls for a China blockade if talks fail, while Knowland resuggests a blockade regardless of allies. Diplomats see hopeful signs despite no explicit release.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Washington
H. Alexander Smith
United States
China
Peiping
Red China
Chou Enlai
New York
U. S
Hammarskjold
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Dulles
Chou
U.S. State Department
London
Father Alone As Kerosene Stove Explodes
The home of Floyd Perry near Greendale burned after a kerosene stove exploded. Perry, alone at the time, escaped with only a dresser. his wife and six children were away. The family seeks a rental nearby Logan and Red Cross aid is requested for clothing and furniture.
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Greendale
William UN Rt
Logan
Mary Thompson
Red Cross
Bob White May Be Given To Hunters In Ohio
Ohio hunters may gain an annual quail season after Rep. Paul B. Siple introduced a bill for at least 10 days. The quail, once banned since 1913 and recently restored to the gamebird list, could be hunted again as the 101st General Assembly opens its second week with 85 bills filed.
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Columbus
Bob White
Ohio
Audubon Society
Wildlife Division
Paul B. Siple
D-Lawrence
101St General Assembly
Abandonment of Farm Tied to Belmont Lake Project
In Belmont County near St. Clairsville an Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station research farm may be abandoned due to plans for a five and a half acre lake. In Portsmouth Ohio police assisted in questioning two men linked to a group of safecrackers using Portsmouth as a base.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
St. Clairsville
Belmont County
Vincennes
Ind
Portsmouth
Ohio
American freed from Vorkuta warns of USSR prison revolt
A former US prisoner released from the Soviet Vorkuta labor camp warned that Russia’s prison system is a vast network that needs only a start to erupt into open revolt. In Columbus delegates of the Ohio Milk Producers Federation concluded a two day conference with officers elected.
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Russia
Columbus
Ohio Milk Producers Federation
Sohio Truck Fire Damages Keller Vehicle in New Straitsville
Hugh Keller of Zanesville Avenue owned a Sohio oil truck that burned almost completely in New Straitsville. Damage was estimated at 2600 by associate Tom O'Donnell. Eight New Straitsville firefighters fought the rear-origin blaze, kept it from a gasoline compartment, and prevented a major explosion. The driver lost brakes, drove into an embankment, and authorities monitored for rekindle.
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Federal highway plan seeks $101 billion overhaul
A presidential commission presents to the White House a $101 billion federal state highway program aiming to modernize the system for potential national emergencies. It endorses Eisenhower’s broader $54 billion plan over ten years, with a proposed new federal agency to finance via bonds and a shift to federal funding covering most interstate development costs.
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White House
Eisenhower
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Jenkins Loses House Atomic Energy Post in Party Shift
Washington Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio yesterday lost his seat on the Senate House Committee on Atomic Energy to Rep. John Dempsey of New Mexico amid a party shift as the House majority moved from Republican to Democratic control.
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New York
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Simpson
Pennsylvania
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GOP
Nixon Sought For Second Term In 1956 Ticket
Washington reports drumbeat for a second Eisenhower Nixon term. Sen. H Alexander Smith backs Nixon for second place on the Republican ticket amid GOP praise and Democratic criticism. Dewey and Hall attend White House stag dinner as White House pace for 1956 develops.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
White House
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Enhower
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Taft Home Sold to Washington Attorney
The Georgetown residence of the late Senator Robert A. Taft is set to be occupied by David Ginsburg, a Washington attorney and former general counsel of the Office of Price Administration in the early 1940s.
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Washington
Georgetown
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
David Ginsburg
Office of Price Administration
Religion and education wed in American life say church leader
Cincinnati Methodist leaders gather for annual meetings and an assembly. Bishop Costen Harrell called religion and education inseparable in the nation’s schools, urging churches to fund colleges and use them to teach Christian values. He likened church colleges to interpreters of Christian teaching guiding students toward faith.
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Costen J. Harrell
America
Republic
National Assn. of Schools and Colleges
Methodist Church
West Church
Charlotte
N.C
Church
Church College
Costa Rica says rebel force seizes Villa Queseda near frontier
President Jose Figueres announced that a small rebel aerial force has taken Villa Queseda, a Costa Rican village about 50 miles south of the Nicaraguan frontier, amid a feud with Nicaragua.
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Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Villa Queseda
State Leader urges lawmakers to avoid new operating tax
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche, delivering a State of the State message to the Legislature, warns of a deepening money problem and rejects new taxes. He calls for belt-tightening, slashing budget requests to fit projected $706 million revenue for the next two years and outlines broad proposals across education, school construction, film and book censorship, agriculture, strip mines, natural resources, mental hygiene and welfare.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
101St General Assembly
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General Assembly
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Treasury
Congress Leaders Predict OK For Tariff-Cut Request
Congressional leaders forecast early approval of President Eisenhower’s plan to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act with tariff cuts, tax incentives abroad, and more global trade measures. Hearings begin next week as party leaders and committee chairs signal support and opposition from Republicans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
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Cooper
D-Tenn
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Ways and Means Committee
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