Nicaragua Honduras border clash shocks Somoza regime
In Managua President Somoza announced that Honduran forces attacked Mocoron, with initial reports of 25 Nicaraguan soldiers killed and later officials citing 35 dead. He said five Honduran planes strafed a Nicaraguan post and vowed Nicaragua would defend its integrity.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Honduras
Somoza
Mocoron
U. S
Thomas E. Whelan
Whelan
Tegucigalpa
Macoron
Eisenhower presidential helicopters cost 201000
Washington officials told a House committee that the two helicopters ordered for President Eisenhower will cost 201000, plus spare parts. New York Secretary of the Navy Gates opposes a single combined military service for the nation.
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Washington
Air Force
House
Eisenhower
New York
Navy
Gates
Dow Drops Out Of Texas Tourney
Fort Worth Texas Bud Holscher of Apple Valley California replaced Don Finsterwald in the 12th annual 25000 Colonial National Invitation Golf Tournament Finsterwald withdrew to return to his Ohio home where his wife is hospitalized.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Bud Holscher
Apple Valley
Calif
Don Finsterwald
Finsterwald
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Makes Largest Real Estate Tax Payment in 1956
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. paid the biggest single amount in Hocking County first-half real estate taxes for 1956, totaling $83,937.44. The next largest payment was $44,871.52 by Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Treasurer Ralph Moorhead expects the total first-half collections to reach about $420,000 with $407,323.28 posted so far.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Hocking County
Ohio Fuel
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Ralph Moorhead
Beck Summoned To New Hearing In Senate Racketeering Probe
Teamster leader Dave Beck is summoned to a Wednesday public hearing by the Senate special committee probing labor union racketeering. He will appear without former senator James H. Duff, who says he withdrew from Beck’s employ. Duff’s associate Arthur D. Condon sat with Beck at the prior hearing as Beck invoked the Fifth Amendment amid questions about misappropriating union funds. Beck also faces an active income tax probe.
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Washington
Dave Beck
Senate
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
McClellan
D-Ark
Beck
Senate Committee
Duff
Arthur D. Condon
Teamster
Representation Election Underway At Carborundum
Hal Kennedy of Cincinnati Region 9 NLRB is conducting a representation election today at Carborundum Leaven plant. The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union petitions to represent about 320 production, maintenance and cafeteria employees. Carborundum officials consented at a hearing on April 24.
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Hal Kennedy
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
Leven
the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Missing Hocking Youth Found in Clermont County
A 16 year old Laurelville youth missing from his home since April 23 has been found in Batavia Clermont County. Juvenile Officer George Johnson reported the boy will be returned by his parents and a hearing will be held in Hocking County Juvenile Court later.
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Laurelville Rt. 2
Batavia
Clermont County
George Johnson
Johnson
Hocking County
Ohio House OKs resolution on Daylight Saving Time
The Ohio House narrowly adopted a resolution warning that Columbus voters face confusion if they choose Daylight Saving Time next Tuesday. It notes that while the city observes fast time, state offices would remain on slow Eastern Standard Time.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Ohio Assembly Faces Logjam as May Deadline Looms
The Ohio Legislature moves toward a frantic dash to finish by May 24. Key actions include tax stamp elimination, dog sales to medical centers, and creation of a separate Department of Insurance. Debate focuses on costs and administrative impact amid a crowded schedule and last three days before recess.
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Ohio
102Nd General Assembly
Adenauer Challenges Soviets Over Disarmament Pact
West Germany 1954 pledges to renounce atomic, bacteriological, and chemical weapons and accept strict control of all arms face Soviet refusal to permit inspections. Adenauer cited Russia's intent to impose Communist rule and urged NATO unity to defend Europe. The meeting in Bad Godesberg signals NATO leaders seeking tougher defense with nuclear capabilities.
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Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
West Germany
Adenauer
NATO
East Germany
Russia
Alliance
Free World
Gaetano Martino
NATO Council
Lord Ismay
Britain
Ismay
Stadhalle
Bad Godesberg
Paul- Henry Spaak
Europe
Fire hits Euclid Homes admin building in Euclid
Fire swept a two story brick administration building of the Euclid Homes housing project in Euclid early today causing unofficial damage estimated at 70000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Euclid Homes
Euclid
DAR To Honor 4 Junior High Pupils Friday
The Daughters of the American Revolution assembly will be at Logan junior high school at 2 30 p.m. Friday in the auditorium. Mrs Paul Monks regent will announce medals to the eighth grade top history test scorers and to the ninth grade top in good citizenship. Rev Thomas C Smallsteed of Logan St Matthew Lutheran Church will be speaker. Central school pupils will provide special music under Miss Minnie Louise Bowen.
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Logan Junior High School
Paul Monks
Governor Worthington
Anthony Toerner
DAR
Thomas C. Smallsteed
Logan St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Central School
Minnie Louise Bowen
City Schools
Safe Driver Point System Passed By Ohio House
The Ohio House Judiciary Committee recommended passage of a bill establishing a point system to promote safe driving. Accumulation of 12 penalty points could suspend driving rights, with six points for manslaughter related, DUI or drugged driving, hit and run, and loss of license driving. Three points for reckless operation or speeding and two for other moving violations. Suspensions may last one year and require new driving tests.
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Columbus
Ohio House Judiciary Committee
Poland Receives US Aid Offer After Talks
Washington officials tentatively offered Poland aid totaling 95 million dollars with about 65 million dollars in surplus farm commodities as part of the package.
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Washington
U.S
Poland
Commerce Group Raps Ike Spending at 45th Annual Meeting
The U S Chamber of Commerce adopted 69 policy declarations at its 45th annual meeting. Delegates urged opposition to Eisenhower administration programs including four year federal loans for school construction and subsidies for public housing. The group also backed extending Social Security to more workers and leaving atomic plant construction to the utility sector. Philip S Talbott was introduced as the new chamber president at a banquet in Washington.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Chamber
Congress
Philip S. Talbott
Washington, D. C
Eisenhower Depicted as Irritable and Nervous by Democrats
The Democratic Digest portrays President Eisenhower after 100 days in his second term as irritable, ailing, and nervous. It claims he avoids his desk, travels for golf, and faces isolation by a palace guard while losing party support.
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Washington
Democratic Digest
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
Ike
Benson urges Congress for remedial farm policy review
Secretary Benson tells Senate Agriculture Committee that current farm laws are failing and urges new ideas. He criticizes late 1930s crop controls and the 1954 price supports, praises leeway in price setting, and warns taxpayers face rising costs as technology shifts farming. No concrete proposals are offered.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
Eisenhower
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Communism Facing Decline, Nixon Predicts Global Change
Vice President Nixon tells Chicago crowd that last year’s uprisings in Poland and Hungary signal an internal revolt that will topple Communism. He says Kremlin leaders doubt their armies and sense unrest in colleges and within the Communist party.
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Chicago
Nixon
Poland
Hungary
Kremlin
Communist Party
Government Payroll Rise and February Dip
The federal payroll grew by 2,470 in March to 2,392,987, per the Senate House Committee on Reduction of Non essential Expenditures. Due to a short month the payroll fell to 847,617,000 in February from a January peak above 1 billion.
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Washington P
Senate House Committee
Doctrine Aide To Skip Mideast Tour
Washington officials disclosed a revised Mid east schedule for James P. Richards to avoid Jordan Egypt and Syria while promoting Eisen hower plan for U S backing against communism. He aims to be here by May 9 to aid foreign aid talks and a presidential meeting with congressional leaders.
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Washington
James P. Richards
Jordan
Egypt
Syria
Middle East
U. S
Eisenhower
Richards
Congress
United States
Saudi Arabia
Wilson Quips Over Obsolete Gear and Pigeons
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson tells a House Appropriations Military subcommittee that they have disposed of carrier pigeons as obsolete gear. He notes the department handles about 142 billion dollars of surplus property annually while Rep. Errett Scrivner jokes the item won’t balance the budget.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
House Appropriations
Pentagon
Errett Scrivner
R-Kan
Wilson
Defense Department
Rainfall Drenches Texas And Ohio As Floods Persist
The Associated Press reports heavy rain in east Texas and showery weather nationwide. A low pressure near Louisiana fed rain from the southeast to the Great Lakes, with Dallas hit by flash floods and Deweyville preparing evacuations as Sabine and Trinity rivers swelled. Across the region cool air and lower temperatures followed showers with forecasts for cooler nights and Friday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Miami
Trinity River
Dallas
Sabine
Trinity
Deweyville
Orange
Tex
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Miami University Silences Bel ls In Old Harrison Hall
Harrison Hall at Miami University, built starting in 1821 and a campus symbol, has its bells silenced after inspectors deem the structure unsafe for regular classroom use. Dr. John D. Millett seeks emergency funds to replace the hall, hoping to commence a new building by 1958.
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Old Harrison Hall
Oxford
Harrison Hall
Ohio
State Grant College
John D. Millett
Millett
Miami
Benjamin Harrison
The
United States
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