Addition to Middletown Hospital Groundbreaking Ceremony
A ceremony on Hospital Hill marked the start of a 1.5 million dollar expansion at Middletown Hospital. Leaders including Charles Hook and Colin Gardner spoke of the project as a faith-filled, forward-looking investment for the city’s future.
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Dave Regan
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E. T. Gardner
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Logan T. Johnston
$2,500 Pay Hike Urged
Rep Ayres proposed raising congressional salaries from 12,500 to 15,000 and boosting the expense account to offset costs. The plan would also grant six government trips annually between Washington and districts, replacing the current one.
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AFL Urges Immediate Public Works to Fight Slump
AFL leaders gathered in Miami Beach urged President Eisenhower to implement a quick public works program to spur the economy. They cited 2,360,000 unemployed per government figures, claiming real job losses approach 3,350,000 since June. The council also urged raising the federal minimum wage to 1.25, expanding unemployment benefits, doubling housing aid, and extending tax relief for low earners.
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Eisenhower
George Meany
AFL Council
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Smith urges target date for U S withdrawal from Japan
Senator H Alexander Smith of New Jersey proposes setting a future withdrawal date for American troops in Japan, suggesting four to five years to bring troops home. He argues a date could spur Japan to accelerate defense, open new markets to prevent continued aid dependence, and notes Formosa could become a base for Chinese democracy forces. He doubts China or Korea will soon restart fighting.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
United States
Japan
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
Asia
New Jersey
China
Formosa
Korea
Synghman
South Korea
Solon To Speak on Communism in Government
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin will speak in Canton on Friday about communism in government as part of an eight day tour led by the Senate Committee on Government Operations.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy R-Wis
Senate Committee On Government Operations
Canton
Paris Opens Warm Halls as Cold Kills Six in 24 Hours
Paris officials order warm shelters in each ward to aid the homeless after six deaths blamed on near zero cold in 24 hours. Police cars will ferry individuals to shelters on request.
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Paris
U S May Agree Today to Resume Korea Talks
Washington AP U S lawmakers press to salvage Bricker constitutional amendment on treaty powers amid a legal standoff. Senators Knowland Ferguson and Millikin seek acceptable language for Eisenhower and Bricker as secrecy surrounds a second day of talks. Bricker resists changing a key section stating non treaty international agreements require congressional action to become U S law.
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Groundhog sees shadow delaying spring in Vandalia area
Forecasters predict partly cloudy mild weather for today tonight and tomorrow in the Miami Valley. Lows near 32 tonight and highs around 54 tomorrow. The groundhogs reportedly saw their shadows and returned to their dens for six more weeks of winter, the official groundhog also seeing his.
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Miami Valley
Vietminh push across Indochina in multiple invasions
Vietminh forces strike in several sectors across Laos and Vietnam. Units including Division 308 and Iron Division advance from northwest Vietnam into northern Laos threatening Luang Prabang, while others confront French forces around Thakhek and Dien Bien Phu. In the Red River delta, Division 320 attacks guard posts near Ninh Binh and Nam Dinh, and in the south, Viet Minh resistance grows along the coast from Cap Varella to Faifo as French efforts push back.
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United Nations resumes US hires after long loyalty freeze
The United Nations slowly resumes hiring American citizens for permanent posts after a yearlong loyalty investigation freeze. Two Americans cleared for permanent staff roles. another approved for flood control work in Thailand but not yet hired. Dag Hammarskjold oversees 100 vacancies while staff study results await.
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Byron Price
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Groundhog Sees His Shadow Kills Early Spring Hopes
In Quarryville Pa five groundhogs declared official forecasts on groundhog day for Lancaster County. Hibernating Governor Charles Hess of the Slumbering Lodge of Groundhogs announced six more weeks of winter citing radar and modern gadgets. Lodge members tested an atom machine and will report at tonight’s annual dinner.
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Lancaster Couny
Charles Hess
Pennsylvania
Hess
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Charles F. Hess
War Wideer Truck Tax Battle Between Kentucky and Ohio
In Ironton Ohio Kentucky began enforcing its weight tax on trucks after Ohio imposed the highway use tax effective Oct 1 1953. Weigh stations were set up across east Kentucky and at bridges in Ashland Coal Grove Louisa and Covington Newport to ensure trucks carry Kentucky licenses. Ohio trucks without licenses faced delays while drivers obtained them at county seats.
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Ohio
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P. D. Avant
Eastern Kentucky Motor Transportation Department
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Here
Avant
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South Portsmouth
Catlettsburg
Maysville
Covington-Newport
Milton
Louisville
George M. Catlett
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Senate May Ask Warren To Testify
President Eisenhower’s pick Earl Warren for chief justice faces public scrutiny as the Senate weighs whether he should testify. Senator Langer leads the Judiciary panel and says Warren will appear before the subcommittee and the full committee. About 100 communications were received opposing Warren, though no senator has opposed the appointment.
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Eisenhower
Earl Warren
United States
California
Senate
Sen
Langer
Judiciary
Warren
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Runaway Army Tank Crashes in Los Angeles Parking Lot
A 27 ton Army tank rolled off Lakewood boulevard and crushed five cars in a parking lot. It snapped a power pole and toppled a steel sign, flattened a mailbox, and knocked a sign into a house trailer. No injuries except resident W. O. Robert B. Duke of Altadena who was badly shaken.
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Los Angeles
Lakewood Boulevard
W. O
Robert B. Duke
Altadena
Diplomats Weigh Face Saving Reply In Korean Talks
In Washington AP top diplomats seek a wording to restart Panmunjom talks with the Communists while saving face for both sides. Dean walked out of December talks after Red charges of U S complicity in freeing 27 000 anti Communist prisoners. The Communists demand his return but offer no retract. Officials fear a wording that avoids a propaganda victory and allows resumed discussions.
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United States
Korea
State Department
Arthur H. Dean
Panmunjom
Jean Peace
Department
Dee
Dean
South Korea
Dulles
Orient
Reds Claim New Way To Waterproof
The Leningrad Pravda reports a hydrofobization process from Leningrad University scientists that supposedly creates water repellent fabrics. It claims treated materials resist water by altering molecular interactions, enabling rainwear and ordinary cottons to repel moisture like rubber.
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Leningrad Pravda
Leningrad University
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