Senate Defeats Plan To Limit Treaty Powers
President Eisenhower wins a major Senate victory as 60 lawmakers vote to kill a constitutional amendment restricting treaty powers. The George proposal would have required congressional approval for international agreements. Kilgore provides the final no vote. Senate leaders and administration officials signal no amendment will pass, impacting war powers and diplomacy strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen. George
George
Sen. Kilgore
D-W Va
Associated
Sen
Knowland
California
Search For Plane With Nine Aboard
Rescue teams pursued a missing Los Angeles to Minneapolis Convair 240 with nine aboard. The plane vanished late yesterday near Wright Junction about 80 miles north of Casper, Wyoming, with military and Civil Air Patrol planes from Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota involved. Ground searches stretched across eastern Wyoming and eastern South Dakota as amphibious planes aided the effort along a 183 mile corridor to Rapid City.
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Casper
Wyo
Clea Skies
Wyoming
South Dakota
Yester
Wright Junction
Ciil
Colorado
Rapid City
S. D
44Th Air Rescue Squadron
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
Woman in England Married U S Soldier Without Permission
Teresa Smith, 23, once lived as a G I in England sharing a hut with seven G I s at a Great Burtonwood air base in 1950. She married James C. Viars Jr. two years later in Warrington, England without superiors’ approval. He later said he knew of his wife’s uniform adventure and it made no difference to him. she now seeks to join him in Dayton Ohio.
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Teresa Smith
James C. Viars, Jr
Dayton
Ohio
England
Great Burtonwood
Viars
Warrington
Ohioan
Four Killed As Flying Boxcar Buzzes Town Then Crashes
In Huntingdon Tennessee an Air Force C119 exploded during a routine town buzz over the courthouse. Four crew members died as the aircraft crashed near a field. Pilot Jack Jenkins Jr. and Airman Franklin D. Levy were identified among the dead.
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Huntingdon
Fee
Homer DeMoss
Freeman Taylor
Jack Jenkins Jr
Hammond
Ind
Franklin D. Levy
Lake Arthur
J. H. Williams
R. M. Murray
Stevens Will Stay Secretary of the Army Amid McCarthy Clash
A high administration source says Robert T. Stevens will remain as secretary of the Army despite criticism over his conduct in the McCarthy quarrel. The source notes advisers warned against challenging McCarthy at a televised hearing, suggesting Stevens would look worse if it occurred. McCarthy says differences with Stevens depend on his pledge to let questions probe Maj Irving Peress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly Washington
Eisenhower
Robert T. Stevens
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Stevens
McCarthy
Congress
White House
Irving Peress
Senate
Peress
New York
Army
Knowland Challenged By Langer Over Committee Chair
Senate majority leader Knowland faced a direct challenge from Senator Langer who urged revamping the time-honored seniority system for selecting committee chairs. Langer, criticizing Earl Warren's nomination, pressed for a plan to overhaul seniority to allow a more flexible chair selection reflecting the majority. Knowland invited no direct reply, avoiding confrontation on the matter.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Langer
R-Nd
Judiciary Committee
Earl Warren
Senate
North Dakota
Mob Seizes Parliament in Damascus Amid Political Turmoil
Beir ut reports Syrian army rebels ousting Shi shekly and forcing interim president Kuzbari to hold power while rebels demand full purge of pro Shi elements. Damascus remains volatile as the army garrison withdraws and talks of a new constitutional election widen.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Adib Shishekly
Damascus
Maahmoun el Kuzbari
Shawkat Shkeir
Kuzbari
Shishekly
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Aleppo
Maahmoun el Kurbari
Aghayat
Homs
Hachem Attassi
Shi Shekly
Attassi
French Beat Off Ambush Near Thai Binh
French Union troops with tank support repelled a Vietminh ambush in the Red River delta near Thai Binh. About fifty rebels were killed and nine captured after mortars machine guns rifles and grenades fired from rice fields. Rebels estimated at 300 to 400 fled into the fields.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Thai Binh
Allied Policy Suffers British Labor Party Split Over German Rearmament
London AP reports a split in Britain's Labor Party over rearming West Germany. Bevanites led by Aneurin Bevan won 104 votes to 9 in a caucus, signaling a broad division on EDC and West German military contributions that could dampen Western unity and influence continental socialist support.
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London
Britain
Socialist Labor Party
West Germany
Sters
France
United States
West Europe
Labor Party
EDC
Italy
Lowce
Iself
Brussels
Clement Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Aneurin Bevan
Soviet Generals Pay Tribute To Communist Party Stalin
A parade of top Soviet generals praised the Communist party and Stalin in Moscow press on army day. Articles stress party devotion, hint at Kremlin control over the armed forces, amid a post Beria power struggle and a coordinated set of pieces from Pravda Izvestia Komsomolskaya Pravda and Trud by senior officers and admirals.
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Communist Party
Stalin
Associated Press
Moscow
Kremlin
Lavrenty
P. Beria
Interior Ministry
A. S. Zheltov
Pravda
Izvestia
Vasily D. Sokolovsky
Adm
N. G. Kuznetsov
Komsomolskaya Prav
Economic Weather Vane Nears Amid Gloomy Reports
Washington reports rising unemployment and lower farm prices as a looming economic test. Senate House Economic Committee urged timely steps to spur investment and spending while Democrats warn of recession. Agriculture data show farm prices fell 0.4 percent mid January to mid February. Unemployment insured claims rose to 2,178,400 for the week ended Feb 13.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Whower
Senate
House Economic Committee
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Whitey Ford Signs 1954 Contract With Yankees
Pitcher Whitey Ford capitulated to an ultimatum from the New York Yankees and signed his 1954 contract for a reported $15 000. This was a raise of $4,000. Yankee officials told Ford to sign within two days and begin getting into shape or the club would plan to proceed without him.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Whitey Ford
New York Yankees
Yankee
Ford
Secret Service seeks passer of missing government checks
Washington agents hunt for the passer of 5800 government checks that vanished ten years ago and have begun resurfacing in recent weeks. George William Schneidler, noted above, once served time in California for perjury.
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Secret Service
Washington
Sough
George William Schneider
California
Lausche to Act On Ohio Water Shortage Demand
Governor Lausche agreed to issue a statewide proclamation urging residents of Ohio cities to conserve water amid a growing shortage that experts warn could become critical. He plans an executive committee to form a governor's water resources panel and seeks broad public support to raise awareness.
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COLIM
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Citizens Water Resources Committee
Opposition outlawed in Mexico political crackdown
Mexico's Interior Ministry banned the Federated People's party led by Gen Miguel Henríquez Guzmán, alleging constant subversive agitation. The party, which won 17 percent in 1952, faces protests from its followers the Henriquistas as authorities move to curb its influence while the communist party remains legal.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Federated Peole’s
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Revolutionary Institutional Party
Interior Ministry
Miguel Henriquez Guzman
Ruiz Cortines
Henriquez
Henriquistas
Smarquist Union
Man Avila Camacho
Communist Party
Scattered Showers Predicted Across Miami Valley and Kentucky
Forecasters at Vandalia Weather Station warn of scattered showers and windy, colder conditions tonight in the Miami Valley with a chance of occasional showers in the valley. The Associated Press reports Kentucky will see wind and thundershowers mainly in central and eastern regions, with colder temperatures likely in the west reaching 32 to 38 degrees. Sunday in Kentucky is expected partly cloudy and colder. No high temperature forecast was released for Kentucky tomorrow. Middletown records a high of 46 and a low of 31 the previous day.
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Associated Press
Kentucky
Middletown
Egypt Crisis Looms as Naguib Ousted Leader Faces Plot
In Cairo a split within the army over Gen. Mohammed Naguib’s ouster sparks a crisis. Lt Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser is named premier as troops and jet fighters surround the Cairo area. The council warns of severe action against disturbance and tightens control at Abbassia. Col. Nasser is reported to be in full control and further details are awaited.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Revolutionary Council
Fed Een
Gama! Abdel Nasser
Naguib
Council
Abbassia
Nasser
Nile Republic
Fuad Nasr
Senate Move To Liberalize Pension Plan Hits Final Vote
Washington senators approved a liberalized pension measure for 531 members and 4 300 staffers by a 61-30 vote. President's veto seemed unlikely, with critics noting added annual taxpayer costs and concerns over future funding of the congressional retirement fund.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Williams
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Congressional Pension Fund
Army Transports Due To Dock In San Francisco
The Gen. J. C. Breckinridge is due to dock Wednesday with 2 155 military passengers from Yokohama Okinawa and Honolulu. The Gen. A. E. Anderson will dock with 2 259 military personnel from Yokohama on March 7.
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San Francisco
J.C. Breckinridge
Yokohama
Okinawa
Honolulu
Gen. A. E. Anderson
Ted Bee
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