Rayburn Foresees Early House Action on Federal School Aid
Speaker Rayburn said Democratic leaders will seek an early House decision on federal school aid as Congress returns in January. He anticipated some form of aid for construction of new schoolhouses but noted battles over provisions, including an antisegregation amendment opposed by Southern members.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Congress
House Education Committee
White House Conference On Education
House Vocation Committee
Rules Committee
Rules Group
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Barden
DNC
Education Committee
Powell
Hughes Huge Helicopter Lifts 7800-Pound Truck in Test
Culver City Cal when Hughes Aircraft’s XH17 helicopter, the world’s largest, hoisted a 7800 pound trailer van in final tests. The rotor spans 136 feet, speeds reach 70 mph, powered by gas turbines. The company says planned production will aid warfare by transporting heavy loads and troops across rough terrain.
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Culver City
Calif
Ward Hughes
Hughes
Hughes Topl Co
Air Force
Dulles and NATO grapple with revived cold war fronts
U S Secretary of State Dulles told the NATO Council that the East West cold war has resumed with new Soviet fronts in the Middle East and South Asia. He cautioned unity remains essential as ministers study retooling defense for the atomic age and reflect on Russia's renewed political and military pressure.
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Paris
U. S
Dulles
NATO Council of Ministers
Soviet Union
Middle East
South Asia
Geneva
NATO
U. S Defense
Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
Russia
Sixteen nations gain immediate UN seats at last vote
The General Assembly ended a five year freeze by admitting 16 new members to total UN membership of six. Spain was the last to apply and join while Japan and Outer Mongolia remained excluded. The United States called the outcome a victory for free nations and warned of future action on Japan.
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General Assembly
U.N
Security Council
U. S
Japan
Outer Mongolia
China
U. N
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Paul Martin
Canada
Soviet Union
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Sobolev
Outre Mongolia
Formosa
Belgium
Dominican Republic
Netherlands
Philippines
Cuba
Greece
Albania
John facing questions after transfer to Wiesbaden HQ
Former West German intelligence chief Otto John, 46, was moved from Bonn to the federal criminal police in Wiesbaden for further questioning. A government spokesman said John knew he faced treason charges before fleeing to East Germany in 1954 and returning.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
John
Bonn
Federal Criminal Police
Hermann Dullien
East Germany
West Germany
Federal Supreme Court
Hendrik Bonde - Hendriksen
Berlin
Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
West Berlin
Karlshort
East Zone
Rusone
Moscow
Soviet
Crimea
East Berlin
Bonde-Hendriksen
California Ballot Battle Looms Between Stevenson Kefauver
The June California primary could pit Adlai Stevenson against Estes Kefauver for the Democratic nomination. Stevenson added California Florida Pennsylvania Illinois to his primaries plan while Kefauver signaled a run and a formal declaration. Ohio Governor Lausche floated as a favorite son option and Republican hopes center on Knowland as Eisenhower weighs re election.
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Associated Press
California
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
Tennessee
Florida
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Minnesota
Midwest
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Sen
Knowland
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Colder Weather With Snow Flurries Across Regions
Weather reports show windy cold conditions and possible snow flurries through Friday from the Rockies to the Appalachians. Miami Valley forecasts highs near 25 and lows around 10 today, with continued cold, windy weather and light snowfall downtown about .06 inches and about an inch in other areas.
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Rockies
Appalachians
Midwest
Miami Valley
Middletown
Wagner Sees GOP With No Candidate for 1956
St. Louis report says New York mayor Wagner and Democratic Chairman Butler predict a Democratic victory in 1956 at a dinner of about 900 attendees. Wagner cites a GOP fear of a split field while Butler doubts any Republican path to victory in 1956, noting Truman’s absence due to illness.
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ST. Louis
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Eisenhowever
Wagner
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Maine
Vermont
Truman Wired
Eisenhower Christmas plans include quiet Gettysburg visit
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will attend a Gettysburg Christmas event but likely spend the evening at home. Hagerty says this is the usual pre Christmas lull not an extension of rest periods. The couple may return to Washington mid next week and greet a fourth grandchild born to Barbara Eisenhower.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Lincoln Square
Eisenhowers
White House
James C. Hagerty
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
Barbara
Wheels mislead driver as dump truck loses rear axles
Ray Solomon drove along Sherman Way when a pair of rear wheels detached from his dump truck and rolled 300 feet across a lawn into a house front room. Mrs Dernberger was unhurt. Stop by motorists revealed he had only half as many wheels as believed.
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van Nuys
Calif
Ray Solomon
Sherman Way
Avedene Dernberger
Solomon
Knowland calls for debt cut before tax relief
Sen. Knowland said the national debt should be reduced by at least a billion dollars before any tax cuts. He warned against optimistic tax-cut hopes in the election-year session and noted tax relief would not be possible before April 15 or later. He cited likely higher defense spending next year and pending corporate and excise tax extensions due by March 31.
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Washington
Knowland
Calif
House
Senate
Congress
White House
Cops Recover Stolen Jewels in Johannesburg Hotel Bust
Police recovered about 98 percent of jewels worth nearly $600000 stolen from Mrs. Harry Oppenheimer. The gems were found in a cardboard box in a hotel suite, two men were arrested in connection with the theft.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Harry Oppenheimer
Ernest Oppenheimer
DONT WORRY JUDGE IT S ALL IN FAMILY
Superior Judge Louis H. Burke held a custody case under submission involving Joan Underhill Mary Underhill and Marys 3 year old daughter Kathleen The kinship chain reveals Joan is Kathleens aunt and stepgrandmother while Jons husband Charles is grandfather and stepuncle to Kathleen creating a tangled family tie in the court filing
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Los Angeles
Louis H. Burke
Joan Underhill
Mary Underhill
Mary
Kathleen
Joan
Burke
Charles
Charles Jr
Love-Crazed Youth Kills Three in Vandergrift Area
State police report a 17 year old, John Fallone, killed Warren and Irene Smail and William Smail, wounded officer Gus Zanos, then shot at pursuing officers before being captured near Vandergrift Pennsylvania. Fallone was wounded in a gun battle and hospitalized in Kittanning with head injuries.
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Gus Zanos
Apollo
John Fallone
Fallone
Vandergrift
Pittsburgh
Kittanning
Zanos
Ladys Smail
Warren Smail
Irene Smail
William A. Smail
Warren
Gladys
Justice of the Peace
Homer King
Smails
King
Smail
Falone
J. Warren Smail
William Smail
Justice of Peace
Ernest
Communism Not For Him Ex GI Tenneson Returns Home
Richard R. Tenneson a 22 year old former GI who spent two years in Red China said communism is fine for those who want it but not for him He declined repatriation after Korea and criticized American policy He arrived from Hong Kong and flew to Minneapolis for Christmas with his mother Portia Howe of Alden Minn He said he was advised by consular officials not to discuss his views and he emphasized he faced no charges despite his captivity in China
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Tokyo
Richard R. Tenneson
Red
China
Korea
Hong Kong
Minneapolis
Portia Howe
Alden
Minn
Tenneson
House Probers Turn Up New List Of Reds
The House Un American Activities Committee says hearings yielded 48 names of Communists not previously listed. Prof Herbert Fuchs and Mortimer Reimer testified these names, first mentioned in Chicago, included former National Labor Relations Board and War Labor Board officials. The two provided many names as alleged Communists. A committee aide verified 48 names were new to public testimony.
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Chicago
House UN- American Activities Committee
Herbert Fuchs
American University
Washington, D.C
Mortimer Reimer
Cleveland
Riemer
National Lawyers Guild
Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Fuchs
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Man Plans Marriage as Christmas Gift in Kentucky Case
In Lexington a Juvenile Trial Commissioner W Rodes Clay hears a man who says he will marry the mother of his 8 year old son. The couple have lived together 11 years and the marriage is described as her Christmas present.
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Lexington
W. Rodes Clay
GM Hit With FTC Charge Over Genuine Parts Claim
The FTC accuses General Motors of falsely labeling replacement parts as genuine Chevrolet to imply superiority over non GM parts. GM allegedly buys parts from other makers and promotes them as exclusive to GM, a claim FTC calls deceptive. GM has 30 days to respond ahead of a February 14 hearing in Detroit.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Federal
Senate Antitrust
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Harlow Curtice
Taney
Detroit
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