Russians Offer Price for Release of Three Americans
The note handed to the U S Embassy in Moscow reportedly proposed a price for freeing three American prisoners held since 1945 1949. The State Department remained reticent and would not discuss the message. The three are William T Marchuk William A Verdine and John H Nobie. A Vienna report claims the men were seen at a camp southeast of Moscow in good health and expected release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
State Department
Dulles
Wiliam T. Marchuk
Brackenridge
William A. Verdine
Starks
John H. Nobie
Detroit
Marchuk
Verdine
West Germany
Dresden
Noble
Germany
Vienna
United States
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
Formosa
Army Cuts Under Senate Review In Defense Plan Probe
Senate leaders plan a careful inquiry into administration defense plans including a proposed Army strength cut from 1,343,000 to 1,100,000 by June and a further 100,000 next year. Gen Ridgway to be questioned. draft discharges of 44,000 and 3,400 reserve lieutenants eyed for early release. Monroney and Kerr oppose cuts fearing weakened perimeter defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russell
Ridgway
Army Chief of Staff
Kerr
Oklahoma
Mansfield
Montana
Army- Navy-Air Force Journal
Eisenhower
Monroney
Lausche Attacks Ohio Bell Rate Hike and Names Utilities Watch
Gov. Lausche denounces a 7% rate increase by Ohio Bell and says his next public utilities commissioner will favor the public. He names three possible replacements for Ray O. Martin and criticizes the rate law as unjust, arguing it benefits utilities over customers. The ruling raises company after tax return to about 3.2 million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Public Utilities Commission
Lausche
Ray O. Martin
Ivan W. Alrey
Columbus Public Utilities
Ohio State University Economics Department
Edward J. Kenealy
Cleveland
W. Harper Annat
Wooster
State Commerce Department
Ohio Bell
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Public Utilities Service
Robert L. Moulton
Ralph Winter
Hammarskjold Talks At Orly With Mendes France
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold spoke for an hour at Orly Airfield with Premier Pierre Mendes France before departing for New Delhi to pursue talks in Red China and other matters on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Oyl
Pierre Mendes - France
New Delhi
Red
China
Malenkov Avoids Direct Answer on Four-Power Talks
Premier Georgi Malenkov sidestepped a direct reply on whether he would welcome four power talks to settle world problems. He favored diplomatic negotiations for Far East issues and criticized Western rearmament and a network of American bases as drivers of tension. He noted the Western Powers push separate solutions, not a four power conference. A British official later forecast Moscow would seek talks with the West over an Eastern issue after France ratified Paris rearmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
West Germany
Soviet Union
Charles Edward Shutt
Washington
Telenews
France
Great Britain
U.S.S.R
United States
Germany
Ussr
Winston Churchill
Malenkoy
Formosa
Korea
Paris
Year Long Prayer Starts U S Greets 1955 With Revelry And Reverence
New York crowds in Times Square and Broadway set the tone as 1955 began with revelry and faith. Watch Night services opened the year nationwide as a Methodist led chain of prayer aims to unite churches. President Eisenhower hosted an informal New Year dinner with golfing companions in Augusta. The National Safety Council warned of high holiday traffic deaths while celebrations continued in homes, theaters, and streets. Early 1955 babies marked the year in Great Falls and Syracuse with newborns announced just after midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Times Square
Lower Manhattan
Broadway
Wall Street
Old Trinity Church
Churches of Ll
Board of Evangelism
The
Methodist Church
Eisenhower
Augusta
Ga.) National Golf Club
National Safety Council
Boston
Great Falls
Mont
Lowell W. Voses
Voses
Great Falls Air Force Base
Midniight
Syracuse
N. Y
John King
St. Mary’s Hospital
Macon
O. M. Bolin
Philadelphia
Res Street
Crime Fighting Unit Proposed by Kefauver
Sen. Kefauver said he will seek a new Congress bill to create a national advisory agency on crime to assist state and local governments in fighting organized crime including drug traffic and gambling. He plans to consult Attorney General Brownell and FBI Director Hoover for early Senate consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congress
Senate Crime Committee
Atty
McClellan Rules Out One Man Hearings as Chairman
Sen McClellan of Arkansas says he will not allow one man hearings by the Senate Investigations subcommittee when he becomes chairman succeeding MacCarthy. He vows to keep exposing Communists in government under Democratic control. He expects a subcommittee budget of at least 150000 this year after receiving 214000 in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congress
MacCarthy
Sixty One Floats Entered In Annual Rose Parade
Pasadena Calif sixty one floats vie for the Tournament of Roses as Chief Justice Earl Warren serves as grand marshal. June 21 year old Miriam Stevenson Miss Universe 1954 attends as guest. long list of entries includes Long Beach float A Thing of Beauty San Diego delta wing jet and West Point band and other celebrants in the two hour parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Colorado Street
Earl Warren
Marilyn Smuin
Long Beach
Miriam Stevenson
Winnsboro
S. C
Marine Corps
Erie
Portland, Ore
San Diego
Glendale
U. S
West Point
Jelke Faces Second Trial
Jelke, 24, heir to a three million dollar margar ine fortune, must be tried again on compulsory prostitution charges after New York's Court of Appeals ruled the 1953 trial was unfair due to press and public closure. The court also decided the press cannot force open trials on its own. Jelke had been convicted in General Sessions Court in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Jelke
New York State
Court of Appeals
New York City
General Sessions Court
Plane crash after Gator Bowl trip kills four in Alabama
Four people die when a private plane returning from the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville Florida crashes in Alabama. Victims include Hoke L Vandigriff prominent Montgomery contractor and sportsman. Charles Womack pilot. Dorothy Scott employee of Vandigriff. and Mrs W M Hurst wife of a Montgomery Fire Department captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamer
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Hoke L. Vandigriff
Montgomery
Vandigriff
Montgomery Rebels
State Patrol
Charlies Womack
Montgomery Vandigriff
Dorothy Scott
Vandigriff's
W. M. Hurst
Montgomery Fire Department
AFL Teamsters Strike Threatens New York Fruit and Veggies
A May 60 percent shortage fear looms as 1,200 Local 202 AFL Teamsters walk out over contract terms with Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn and Queens markets. Brooklyn Terminal Assn offers wage rise. union seeks higher package. Markets closed for a holiday, delaying impact until tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFL Teamsters
Local 202
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Queens
Charles Ulrich
Brooklyn Terminal Assn
Brooklyn Group
United Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Assn
Malaria Cure Developed From Prisoner Trials
Dr. Carl I. Pirkle of the U S Public Health Service says experiments at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary using primaquine and chloroquine on about 300 prisoners established an effective treatment and preventive for malaria. Trials lasted six years with 50 dollars and 30 days cut from each participant’s sentence. no casualties occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Carl I. Pirkle
U. S. Public Health Service
Pirkle
National Institute of Health
Defense Department
Illinois State
Joliet
Talks Continue Between Radford and Chiang in Formosa
Adm Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff, kept informal talks with Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei Formosa. He plans to visit South Korea and meet President Syngman Rhee after his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
Arthur W. Radford
U.S
Minimum Pay Hike Proposed Not Far Enough Says Murray
Senator Murray backs Eisenhower's plan to raise the minimum wage to 90 cents but says it should be higher. Senator Russell cautions that any increase could raise farm labor costs as prices fall. President Eisenhower is expected to propose a substantial percentage increase in the State of the Union message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Russell
D-Ga
James C. Hagerty
Augusta
Crack Train Strikes Auto Killing Three Teens
A westbound New York Central Knickerbocker Express struck a car near Batavia New York killing three teenagers Donald L Faulkner Gary Schneider of Wyoming and David Gerould of Gaines ville. A fourth passenger James Seyfried 15 also of Wyoming was rescued and reported in fair condition at St Jerome's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
New York Central
Knickerbocker Express
New York
Irvin A. Cole
Donald L. Faulkner
Gary Schneider
Wyoming
David Gerould
Gainsville
Cole
Sands Hotel Pays Guests Food Bills in New Year Gesture
The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas announced a $100,000 New Year gesture with free food and drink hotel wide from midnight. Patrons at the Copa Room were refunded for dinner tabs and told to expect more, including a champagne breakfast for 1000 guests. Owners Freedman and Entratter highlighted the offer as appreciation for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
New
Sands Hotel
Lena Horne
Jake Freedman
Jack Entratter
Freedman
Entratter
Ground Observer Corps to Expand Across Nation in 1955
The Continental Air Defense Command announces expansion of the Ground Observer Corps to all 48 states during 1955. More than a million civilian volunteers will man spotter posts and filter centers. The corps already includes over 380,000 volunteers, with 13,000 observer posts and 43 filter centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Continental Air Defense Command
Ground Observer Corps
Emergency Ordinance Puts Middletown in City Sanitation
In a late year emergency session the Middletown City Commission created a new sanitation division within the Department of Public Utilities to take over garbage collection. Rates stay as in 1954, with new dumping charges set to discourage non resident disposal and encourage private collection, while the city lacks equipment and funds to begin operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
City Sanitary Service Co
Sanitation
Department of Public Utilities
Howard H. Kramer
Kramer
Central Ave
Commission
Francis Carmody
City Commission
Frank G. Barger
The
William W. Denham
Barger
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Schenectady
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