Smith cites blockade option if airmen not freed
Sen. T. Alexander Smith proposes asking allies to blockade the China coast if the 11 U S airmen imprisoned as spies are not released. He says economic squeezing could work, needs English support, and notes Eisenhower Dulles oppose a blockade now. Hammarskjold's Peiping talks yield no release. U N report due Saturday.
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California
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State Department
Noble Says Red Slave Camps In Brink Of Revolt
John H. Noble, 31, a Detroit man released from Vorkuta, warns in West Berlin that Russia’s vast prison network is a gigantic tinderbox and "needs only a start" to ignite open revolt after 90 years of confinement.
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Vorkuta
Russia
John H. Noble
Detroit
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Federal Panel Proposes 101 Billion Road Plan
A presidential commission presents to the White House a 101 billion dollar federal state highway program aimed at modernizing highways for potential national emergencies. The plan endorses Eisenhower's 54 billion over 10 years and proposes a new federal agency to finance via bonds.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower Proposes Pay Bump for Civil Service and Postal Workers
President Eisenhower urged Congress to raise Civil Service and postal workers’ pay by about 5 percent and to boost postal rates. He also proposed a government health insurance program, with annual costs of $339.5 million for the pay rise and $55 million for the health plan. He sent two messages, tying postal rate increases to pay hikes, and urged creation of a permanent postal rate commission.
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Eisenhower
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Civil Service
Nixon Backing for Second Term Prompts GOP War of Words
Washington AP reports Sen. H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey backs Richard Nixon for a second term on the Republican ticket in 1956. Party leaders defend Nixon against Democratic attacks while Dewey and Hall attend a White House dinner amid talk of Eisenhower's renomination and campaign tactics.
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R-Nj
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GOP
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United States
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New York
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Thradshriuinee
Sen. Smith
Americans For Democratic Action
Butte
Mont
Communist Party
Democratic Party
San Francisco
Korea
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
13 Reds Ordered Arrested For Conspiracy
Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman issued warrants for 13 second string Communist leaders who were ordered to begin serving prison terms after being convicted under the Smith Act for conspiracy to overthrow the U S government by force and violence. The 13 include Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Pettis Perry Alexander Bittelman Alexander Trachtenberg Victor J Jerome Louis Weinstock Arnold S Johnson Albert Lannon Betty Gannett and others with bail set at 25000 each. The U S Supreme Court refused to review the case.
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New York
Irving R. Kaufman
Kaufman
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Communist Party
National Committee
Pettis Perry
Negro Commission
Alexander Bittelama
National Education Commission
Alexander Trachtenberg
Victor J. Jerome
Louis Weinstock
National Review Commission
Arnold S. Johnson
Albert Lannon
Betty Gannett
Tariff Cut Plan Faces Early Approval In Congress
President Eisenhower’s proposal for a three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act and a 15 percent tariff cut draws cross party support and signals likely early congressional action. Hearings are set to begin next Monday as Democrats push the bill with Rep. Cooper leading and Sen. Byrd backing. Opposition comes from senior Republicans on Ways and Means and Finance, while Speaker Rayburn signals possible expansion of the law.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Ways and Means
Reed
New York
Jenkins
Ohio
Simpson
Pennsylvania
Millikin
R-Cole
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
Sheppard Kept Under Constant Watch After Mother’s Funeral
Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, 31, remained in a fourth floor observation cell in Cleveland county jail after attending his mother Ethel Niles Sheppard’s funeral. He wept at the service for his despondent mother who had shot herself following his life sentence for his wife Marilyn’s murder. The appellate court will decide next Monday whether he stays in jail, goes to Ohio Penitentiary, or is released on bail.
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Sheppard
Ethel Niles Sheppard
Marilyn
Lakewood
Michael A. Uccello
Detroit Avenue
Alfred C. Kreke
Bay Methodist Church
Richard A. Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Richard N. Sheppard
Sam
Ohio
Columbus
Byrd May Lose Post On Watchdog Committee
Senate leadership weighs removing Sen. Byrd from chair of the Nonessential Federal Expenditures watchdog panel known as the Byrd committee after 14 years. A source says Byrd may resign. Rep. Cannon of Missouri is named potential successor. The steering group also assigns Barkley O Mahoney Morse to key panels as Democrats seek committee balance.
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Byrd
D-Va
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Missouri
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Barkley
Kentucky
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Morse
Ind-ore
O'Mahoney
Interior
Judiciary Committee
District of Columbia
Poison Deaths Under Scrutiny in Springfield
Police probe two poisoning deaths in Springfield Ohio involving an elderly man Raymond Chamberlin 67 who died at Springfield City Hospital and his housekeeper Carrie Robbins 60 who died the day before. A bottle labeled red wine found during cleaning is being tested for contents.
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Springfield
Ohio
Raymond Chamberlin
Springfield City Hospital
Carrie Robbins
Chamberlin
Ohio sees 1954 as safest year with fewer deaths
Ohio Safety Council President Henri M. Marc reported 1954 casualty figures show traffic deaths down 218 from 1953 and home deaths down 123. The state recorded 55.5 fatal accidents per 100 000, an eight percent drop from 1953, with traffic deaths making up 39 percent of total.
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Ohio
Ohio Safety Council
Henri M. Marc
Marc
American Pad and Textile Co
Nationalist Air Strikes Hit Red Forces Near Tachen
Nationalist warplanes bombed Red held Tienao Island 15 miles north of the Tachen Islands and Red warships off Sungmen in Chekiang. The Defense Ministry said hundreds of bombs were dropped on Tienao installations as the Reds reported several ships damaged or destroyed.
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Formosa
Tienao Island
Tachen Islands
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Chekiang Province
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Defense Ministry
Tienao
Costa Rican Town Taken By Rebels
President Jose Figueres says a small rebel aerial force has seized Villa Quesada, a 3,500 resident village 30 miles south of the Nicaraguan frontier. Communications cut, relations with Nicaragua threatened, and OAS cautioned both nations to avoid escalation.
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Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Villa Queseda
Mario Esquival
Rodolfo Quiros
Cosa
Villa Quesada
Council of the Organization of American States
Washington
Central American
Swarthmore Dorm Shooting Ends in Fatality
Swarthmore College student Robert Bechtel 22 of Pottstown admitted firing five shots into a dorm room, killing Holmes Strozier 18 of Akron Ohio. Witt 19 of Fanwood New Jersey escaped unharmed as Bechtel surrendered at Swarthmore Police Station after returning home for a rifle following alleged pranks. Bechtel said an intolerable rage over previous campus pranks triggered the attack.
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Swarthmore College
Delaware County
Robert Bechtel
Pottstown
Holmes Strozier
Akron
Ohio
Strozier
Robert L. Witt
Fanwood
N.J
Bechtel
Witt
Hunt
John Allen Strozier
Navy Hires Ed Erdelatz For Five More Years As Coach
Annapolis Md Ed Erdelatz agreed today to coach Navy football teams for another five years according to the Naval Academy athletic director. He will lead the midshipmen in upcoming seasons maintaining stability in the program.
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Eddie Erdelatz
Navy
Naval Academy
Lausche Rules Out New Taxes in State of the State
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche declared in a 12,000 word State of the State message that the state should not carry any new taxes as it faces a budget gap of about 76 million dollars over the next two years. He outlined broad recommendations on education, school construction, state boards, film and book censorship, agriculture, strip mining reclamation, and natural resources while vowing to cut spending to fit anticipated income of 706 million dollars. The address stressed authority to issue bonds for school construction and called for a statewide water plan and cost controls across agencies.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
101St General Assembly
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General Assembly
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Supreme Court of the
United States
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