Secrecy Critics Fault Eisenhower Foreign Policy Moves
Democrats in Congress charge the Eisenhower administration bypassed them on major moves like the Saudi Arabia tank shipment. They urge fuller consultation, while some lawmakers defend Secretary Dulles as others call for better liaison with both houses and prior notice before actions in the Middle East.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Saudi Arabia
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Judd
R-Minn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Dulles
Richards
Middle East
Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
State Department
Israel
High Seas
Saudi Arabian
Dulles
New Battle Looms Over Trade Data
Washington Senate Investigations subcommittee weighs compelling federal officials to reveal details of easing East-West trade curbs. Tensions rise as Len McCarthy pushes for contempt citations if Weeks withholds documents. McClellan trims executive branch guard on withholdings while Hoover cites breach of trust if disclosures occur.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Len McCarthy
R-Wis
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Grand
McClellan
D-Ark
Philip A. Ray
Commerce Department
Subcommittee
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
Herbert Hoover Jr
MacClellan
Hoover
State
Commerce and Defense
International Cooperation Administration
Executive Branch
Ray
U.S. Policy Committee
Flimsy Excuse For This Theft
Louisville police said clues are scanty in a series of burglaries where seven women reported thieves entered unlocked basements and stole rayon and nylon undergarments. Losses reached as high as nineteen dollars.
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Louisville
Seven Fishermen Rescued on Ice Floe Drift in Lake Erie
Coast Guardsmen rescued seven ice fishermen trapped on an ice floe drifting toward Canada two miles north of Marblehead Lighthouse in Lake Erie. An additional man jumped to safety when the ice broke away.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Canada
Lake Erie
Marblehead
Ohio Turnpike Revenues Reach $792 202 in January
Ohio Turnpike revenues for January totaled 792 202 dollars with 669 989 from tolls on 528 851 vehicles. Service station and restaurant concessions added 120 764, while operating expenses reached 348 859, leaving income before debt payments at 443 343.42.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Secret Killings by Beattyville Boy Shocks Community
A 12 year old boy confessed to shooting his father Brack 65 and brother Luther 19 then setting their remote cabin afire with kerosene. He and his 9 year old sister Hallie hid the killings for three days before authorities heard the tale. The boy said he used a .22 rifle on Luther and killed his father when he investigated the first shot. He is jailed without formal charges as investigators seek rifles and money reportedly hidden. The grandmother noted nothing unusual and the mother, Mrs Brandenburg, had died about a month earlier.
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Beattyville
Cecil Kincaid
William Brandenburg
Brack
Luther
Hallie
William
Kincaid
Wiliam
Europe Grim Freeze Deepens Death Toll Rises
Heavy snow and bitter winds blanket Europe on day 22 of the deep freeze. The toll tops 737 with France, Italy, Britain and Germany among hardest hit as thaw fears mix with flood risk and renewed cold snap reports.
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London
Europe
Italy
East Europe
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Stalinvaros Steel
Britain
France
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Austria
Spain
Sweden
Portugal
Belgium
Switzerland
Norway
Poland
Balearic Islands
Lower
Istanbul
Ankara
Maryland Senate Act Bans Unit as Wood Measure Term
In Annapolis the Maryland Legislature debates a 30 day session limit to budget issues and public welfare. The Senate approved a bill prohibiting the term unit as a standard measure for wood intended for any purpose and sent it to the House for action.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Senate
House
Weather Balloon Flies Across Oceans Then Sinks Off Europe
The Navy says the most successful U S weather balloon launched from Japan sank in the Atlantic off Europe after crossing the Pacific Canada the United States and Mexico. The sphere carried no photographic gear and Russia accuses the United States of using balloons for reconnaissance.
Ohio River to crest under flood stage in Cincinnati
The Ohio River is forecast to crest at about 51 feet in Cincinnati, one foot below flood stage, the Weather Bureau reported. The river rose about a tenth of a foot an hour on Monday. officials expect no rain for several days.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Disqualification of Lausche delegates by Ohio board
Cleveland two Lausche pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention are disqualified for insufficient valid signatures on nominating petitions. City official Ralph S Locher and former councilman Edward L Puce l and councilman Wilson M Latovic faced action, with partners citing signatures signed by husbands. Remaining Lausche candidate Zoltan Gombos holds the 21st district, while anti Lausche candidates Charles V Carr and Jack P Russell seek the seats.
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Cleveland
Frank J Lausche
Curahoga County
Locher
Latovic
Lausche
Pucel
Dan W. Duffey
Stephen A. Zona
Gove
Zoltan Gombos
State Racing Commission
Charles V. Carr
Jack P. Russell
Growing Boys Awarded Ample Expense Funds
New York presides a Surrogate Court order granting William Woodward Jr. estate funds to his two sons William Woodward III and James. Each boy receives 30 003 dollars for 1956 for school tuition horseback riding lessons dancing and music lessons travel and incidentals. Their mother Mrs Ann Woodward sought maintenance education and support after the patriarch was killed on October 30. The widow receives a life income from a third of the 10 million dollar estate with a trust for each son and they share in a 2.8 million dollar banker’s trust.
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New York
William Woodward Jr
George Frankenthaler
William Woodward III
James
Ann Woodward
Long Island
Woodward
William Woodward
Ohio State University launches WOSU TV station
Columbus Ohio reports that WOSU TV, the Ohio State University educational station, began broadcasting on Monday as one of 20 such stations nationwide. It is the only university operated TV station in the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus University
Wosu-Tv
Broader Inquiry Looms In Campaign Donations
A Senate and federal probe widen into use of oil money in political contributions. The investigation centers on a $2,500 offer to Sen. Francis Case by John M Neff of Superior Oil and the related Nebraska GOP donation. Donald R. Ross testified Neff sought to hire him and gift funds for his children. Neff declined comment.
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Washington
The
Senate
Francis Case
RSD
Joseph Wishart
Nebraska
Republican Finance
John M Neff
Superior Oil Co
California
Neff
Lexington
Neb
Case
Senate Committee
Federal Grand Jury
GOP
Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
Senate Gop Policy Committee
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Donald R. Ross
U.S
Ross
Lexington Savings and Loan Association
Ivan Evans
Broken Bow
Ned
Curtis
Hruska
Hunter Ike Plans Foray Against Quail
President Eisenhower plans more quail hunting today with Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey. The President bagged eight birds yesterday and Humphrey got five during their fourth day of hunting at the Cabinet officer's plantation estate in Thomasville, Ga. They will likely remain there until Saturday morning. Humphrey will fly to New York tomorrow then return Thursday. White House secretary Hagerty said Ike may play golf at Glen Arven tomorrow after his first nine holes since the September heart attack.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Washington
New York
James C. Hagerty
White House
Glen Arven Country Club
Mud Saves Worker In 100 Foot Fall
In Amarillo Texas two doctors credited a power line and soft mud with saving the life of Paul Martinez a 32 year old construction worker who fell more than 100 feet from the Petroleum Building downtown. Martinez suffered a compound fracture of his right leg a cut ankle and shock after landing in a mud filled alley.
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Amarillo
Tex
Paul Martinez
Czechs blame U S balloon for airliner disaster
Prague radio cites American balloon as cause of January 18 crash that killed 22 and injured four, saying the balloon flew from a Western Germany base into Czechoslovak territory. Vienna and other communist outlets echo charge amid U S weather and propaganda balloon concerns.
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U.S
Prague
Germany
Vienna
Volksstimme
Wild Mountain
Leveca
Bratislava
Kosice
United States
U. S
Europe
Adenauer Threatens Ouster After Rhine-West defeat
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned the Free Democratic rebels they risk removal from the coalition after their 102 to 96 defeat in North Rhine Westphalia. Socialist Fritz Steinhoff replaced Premier Karl Arnold as the CDU alliance vows to topple Adenauer’s one party dominance and shift French policy.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Free Democratic Party
West Germany
Free Democrats
Rhur
North Rhine-Westphalia
Karl Arnold
Adenauer
Fritz Steinhoff
Arnold
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Socialist-Free Democrat Alliance
Steinhoff
Bundesrat
Bavaria
Cold February Weather Forecast For Miami Valley
The Miami Valley is expected to stay cloudy and cold through Thursday as a large high pressure ridge over Canada dominates the pattern. Forecasters predict partly cloudy and colder conditions today tonight and Thursday with a high near 35 and a low around 22. An unofficial high yesterday reached 42 degrees and the morning low dipped to 26 with a trace of snow reported.
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Miami Valley
Canada
Helping Hands Lead to Moonshine Seizure in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky investigators Jyde T. Rea and Milton Kafo glis stopped to help Eddie Coleman 41 change a flat tire. Coleman placed a flat tire in the back seat raising suspicion. They opened the trunk and found 17 gallons of moonshine whisky. Coleman was charged with possessing the liquor.
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Louisville
Jyde T. Rea
Milton Kafoglis
Federal
Alcohol Tax Unit
Eddie Coleman
Coleman
Bulganin Calls Peaceful Atomic Energy Drive for Communism
In Moscow Bulganin urged the 20th Communist party Congress to harness atomic energy for peaceful use to advance communism. He claimed the Soviet Union leads in peaceful atomic applications, endorsed the five year plan, and praised Khrushchev's stance on peaceful coexistence while stressing collective leadership and the end of the Stalin cult.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Bulganin
Communist Central Committee
Nikita S. Krushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Stalin
Army Films Show Flight Of Missile
The Army released pictures of the Redstone missile in flight with the launch date and site undisclosed. Images show the rocket thundering into the stratosphere and being lifted onto a test stand at Redstone Arsenal Alabama. The stand equals a 15 story building and the missile appears about 45 feet long with 15 feet of length carrying the warhead. The Redstone’s range is reported at 200 to 300 miles, with goals to reach about 1500 miles.
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Washington 7
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Intsville
Ala
Kefauver Calls to Lower Voting Age to 18 at Minnesota Convocation
Sen. Kefauver urged lowering the voting age to 18 during a University of Minnesota convocation, arguing younger voters are needed as life expectancy rises. He said a balance of viewpoints is essential and plans a final rally in Minneapolis before continuing his Minnesota tour.
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Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Minnesota
Labor Auditorium
Adlai Stevenson
Faribault
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
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