Vetoed Gas Bill Still Live Issue
President Eisenhower vetoed the natural gas bill but endorsed its principles, keeping the issue alive for future Congress. The veto cited concerns about integrity and political influence while urging new language to protect customers with fair prices. Senators and representatives framed it as political theater and debated future action and potential campaigns.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Isenhower
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Truman
McNamara
D-Mich
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Senate
Howard B. Keck
Oi! Co
California
Fulbright
D-Ark
Harris
Priest
D-Tenn
House Commerce Committee
Bender
Ohio
Case
Philip
S. D
Ellender
D-La
Poage
D-Tex
Albert
House
Sparkman
Ala
23 Are Unhurt In Air Crash
Twenty three people escaped unharmed after an Eastern Airlines twin engine plane slid in mud and overturned in Owensboro Kentucky. The crash left a wing torn and the fuselage nose down yet all aboard survived thanks to safety belts and calm steward Robert Schroter of Chicago.
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Owensboro
Eastern Air Lines
Air Age
Robert Schroter
Chicago
Louisiana to Discuss Race Issue at LSU Board Session
Louisiana State University officials convened in executive session to consider stricter admission standards and a policy on playing against Negro athletes. The NAACP warned that race based requirements could jeopardize accreditation and AAU participation, while advocates urged fitness and health criteria.
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Louisiana State University
Board of Supervisors
W. M. Rainach
Louisiana Legislative Segregation Committee
James Corbett
National Assn., For the Advancement of Colored People
Clarence Laws
Association
Laws
NAACP
A. P. Tureaud
New Orleans
Rainach
Univer
Post Office Moves To Cut Down Deficit
Washington officials announce belt tightening at the Post Office Department to end the year with the smallest possible deficit. They warn the department may receive less than the $3 billion requested for operations next year starting July 1. No layoffs planned, but fewer temporaries may be hired. vacation leave may be deferred voluntarily. The current year appropriation is $2,721,700,000 with a projected $41 million deficit for fiscal 1956. The House reduced next year’s request by $26,100,000.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
Opposition coalition challenges Karamanlis in Greece elections
A Democratic Union coalition of seven opposition parties ranging from right to Red seeks to oust Premier Constantine Karamanlis in nationwide polls. They accuse him of being Britain's and the United States’ puppet, call for independent foreign policy, and back amnesty for Communists while criticizing Cyprus policy and NATO ties. Karamanlis dismisses the move as monstrous and says Moscow has won the round.
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Athens
Red
Constantine Karamanlis
The
Democratic Union
Karamanlis
Britain
United State
Cyprus
Greece
Moscow
Communist Party
United States
Constantine Tsaldaris
George Papandreos
Sophocles Venizelos
Karamanilis
NATO
Balkan
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Karamantis
Klathmonos Square
Inquest Planned Over MIT Student Thomas Clark Death
Waltham mass district attorney moved for an inquest into the death of MIT student Thomas L Clark 18 drowned in Cambridge Reservoir after a fraternity hazing. Clark was found in weeds under ice after frogmen recovered him near the Waltham Lincoln line. Authorities say he was blindfolded and told to return to MIT before 8 am to join Delta Kappa Epsilon. police note misperception of the frozen water led to a fatal fall. Martin will seek court order within two weeks after pathology findings.
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Waltham
Mass
Atty Ephraim Martin
Thomas L. Clark
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clark
Cambridge
Harvey
Ill
Waltham-Lincoln
Mit
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Martin
Middlesex County Superior Court
Mother Unhappy So Boy Kills Her
In Pawtucket Rhode Island police seek a juvenile court waiver for a 16 year old who admits killing his mother Evelyn 44 to end a broken marriage. The youth described pumping bullets into her while she swept a rental trailer near Narragansett Park with her husband Frank. The medical examiner cites a gunshot wound to the chest and lungs as the cause of death.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Harris
Evelyn
Arthur E. O'Dea
Frar
Narragansett Park
Stalin Denounced At Red Congress
At the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party Anastas Mikoyan denounced Stalin’s writings and one man rule while praising collective leadership Khrushchev set the tone with a long keynote. The party urged critical review of Stalin era works and policies including Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR and The History of the Communist Party. Georgi Malenkov spoke on heavy industry after his February resignation.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Anastas Mikoyan
Ieciencal
Stalin
Mikoyan
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Sta Lin
Ussr
Communist Party
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Mad Dog Back In Death Row At Indiana Prison
Les Irwin known as the Mad Dog killer is back on death row at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, facing a scheduled June 12 electric chair execution for six robbery slayings. The 31-year-old escaped Gibson County Jail in Princeton January 18 using cardboard key parts.
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Michigan City
Ind
Lesle Irwin
Indiana
San Francisco
Irvin
Gibson Count
Princeton
Ike Golfs Once More and Plans Quail Hunt in Georgia
President Eisenhower, energized after his first golf since his September heart attack, hunted quail at Humphrey’s plantation in Thomasville, plans a possible bid for a second term, and played golf and bridge with Humphrey, Whitney, and Mrs. Doud.
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Ike
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Thomasville
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
William E. Robinson
New York
John Hay Whitney
Howard M. Snyder
Stevenson Says GOP Smearing Blasts Nixon and Allies
Adlai E. Stevenson accused Vice President Nixon and Republican operatives of a smile and smear campaign that misleads Americans about peace. He warned of Soviet influence and warned that the administration is divided and unprepared to meet rising challenges while criticizing Nixon for politicizing the segregation issue.
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Salt Lake City
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nixon
Orote
Stevenson
France
Germany
Formosa Strait
Middle East
Supreme Court
Dahl's Crashed Plane Located in Northern Quebec
Montreal report confirms loss of Harold E Whitey Dahl in a DC3 crash over northern Quebec. The wreck was spotted by a Canadian search plane revealing Dahl dead along with another victim and a survivor, Eric Pearson of Miami. The other deceased was Walt Givens, also linked to Miami. Dahl, noted for a Spanish Civil War Death Sentence and later theft conviction, had a long aviation career and spent years in legal troubles.
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Montreal
Harold E. “Whitey
Dahl
Quebec
Eric Pearson
Miami
Fla
Dorval Air Transport
Walt Givens
Champaign
Ill
Francisco Franco
Franco
Spain
Los Angeles
California
Plane Crashes Near Oakland Bay Area Killing 38
A Marine Corps transport plane crashed 21 miles from Alameda Naval Air Station, killing 38 aboard. The disaster followed a separate four-death Air Force B52 crash near Tracy. Eight survivors among 173 being reassigned to Treasure Island, with pilot Maj Alexander Watson among the dead.
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Oakland
Calif
Marine Corps
San Francisco Bay Area
Tracy
Alameda Naval Air Station
el Toro
Camp Pendleton Marine Bases
California
Treasure Island Navy Base
Camp Pendleton
Maj
Alexander Watson 32
Santa Ana
Arms Ruling Brings New Pressures
The State Department faces pressure from Saudi Arabia Israel and Congress after a White House backed embargo on arms to the Middle East. Saudi seeks delivery of 18 Walker Bulldog tanks held at New York port while Israel questions the scope of the embargo and requests weapons funding. A Senate probe is demanded and the administration reviews deliveries to Egypt and Arab states amid broader Arab Israeli tensions.
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Washington
State Department
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
New York
Israel
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Bahamas
Eisenhower
Egypt
United States
Czechoslovakia
Troops Move Against Rebels in Peru Amid Coup Claims
In Peru naval forces loyal to President Odria move toward Iquitos as rebels allegedly hold the city. A government communique says units south of Iquitos cooperate to suppress the revolt. Rebel forces claim control of Iquitos, while authorities announce the arrest of ex ambassador Pedro Belgran as instigator.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Odria
Iquitos
Amazon River
Pedro Belgran
United States
Benson backs Eisenhower farm plan at Des Moines gathering
Secretary of Agriculture Benson urged quick passage of the Eisenhower farm program to ease farm distress and curb surpluses. He praised the Senate committee for approving the soil bank and criticized wartime price supports. Benson also hinted at President Eisenhower seeking a second term and offered to serve with another agriculture secretary.
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Des Moines
Benson
National Farm Institute
anti-Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Pilot Dies In Takeoff Crash At Wright Patterson AFB
First Lt Alvin Hammel aged 27 from Bunker Hill Air Force Base Indiana died after his T33 jet trainer failed to climb after takeoff from Wright Patterson AFB Ohio. Officials said he reported trouble two minutes post takeoff and radio and radar contact was lost. The crash occurred about seven miles from the base on a farm.
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Dayton
Ohio
Alvin Hammel
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Peru
Ind
Wright - Patterson Afb
Hammel
Wright- Patterson
Bangor Me
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Karston
Iowa Supreme Court
Karstons
Stanley Johnson
Mad Dog
By Howard S. Benedict
Alameda Strip
Treasure Island
Watson
Oakland Municipal
Naval Air Station
Niles
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Transocean Air Lines
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Ray Stephens
12Th Naval District
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