National Toll Road Net Proposed In U S Plan
President Eisenhower era debate on highway funding surfaces as H E Bailey proposes a national turnpike authority with a 1400 million annual revenue stream from auto and truck taxes to build a 40000 mile toll network. A 2 cent gas tax repeal and state federal joint financing shape the plan.
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Washington
H. E. Bailey
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Robert T. Jones Jr
The
Houston Chronicle
Clay
Clay Commission
Bailey
Housing Program Threatened by New Restrictions
Congressional restrictions last year threaten to cap the public housing program at 1000 units for the year. Administration and party leaders meet in closed door talks to push for quick removal of limits as only a few communities have qualified for new contracts under the revised law.
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Washington
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Congress
Administration
Senate
House Banking Committees
Eisenhower
Somerville
Mass
Clarksville
Lausche appoints Blank to Lima Municipal Court seat
Governor Lausche names Carl M. Blank of Lima as judge for the Lima Municipal Court succeeding Paul J. Rockey who moves to probate judge in Allen County Blank has practiced law in Lima for 30 years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Carl M. Blank
Lima
Paul J. Rockey
Allen County
Blank
Planes From Foreign Soil Linked to Costa Rica Fighting
An inter American commission said bombers and machine gunners operated from foreign soil amid a four day war in Costa Rica. Teodoro Picado Jr led rebels while Nicaragua denied involvement. The panel urged OAS action under the Rio pact as observers prepared to fly.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Inter- American
Teodoro Picado
Managua
Nicaragua
Teodoro Jr
Picado
West Point
Los Angeles
Jose Mora
Uruguay
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS Council
Rio de Janeiro
OAS
la Cruz
Water Fails Chute From Plane Over Alaska Exercise
A plane with 33 paratroopers at Ladd Air Force Base Fairbanks Alaska lost one engine during a northbound flight from Whitehorse Yukon Territory to Anchorage. Jumpers landed safely though darkness and freezing weather. Pvt Richard C Welch recalled the jump as a safety precaution with mixed fear.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ladd Air Force Base
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Sewart
Miles City
Mont
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Anchorage
Nenana
Robert Bruckner
Ladd
Richard C. Welch
Mundt Opposes Delaying GOP Convention to September
Sen Mundt warns delaying the 1956 Republican convention until after mid September would squeeze time to line up speakers and organize campaigns. He favors a September or August date to allow a breathing spell before campaigning and supports train campaigning over flying schedules.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
RSD
GOP
Watkins
Utah
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Those Wandering Books Come Home to Boost Middletown Library
Sunday Journal reports on Middletown library use as Emma Hale notes honest patrons returning books. The article previews Society Page photo by Bill Veith and a feature on a Polish wartime slave now a settled Middletown housewife.
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Middletown
Emma Hale
Germany
Hospital steam outage tests Middletown care staff met emergency
A steam boiler failure at Middletown Hospital forced a return to primitive sterilization methods. Bottles and diapers required improvised heating and limited autoclave use. Staff adapted quickly, with nurses and departments pooling resources until repairs restored heat by late afternoon.
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Middletown Hospital
Ethel Roper
Ann Middlemiss
Reds Offer To Share Experience
The Soviet government offered to share its experience in operating an atomic energy power station. Foreign Ministry spokesman Leonid Ilyichev said the USSR is ready to hand over scientific and technical know how and would publish a report to the United Nations Committee on Atomic Energy. No indication was given that foreign scientists could study the station.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Leonid Ilyichev
Soviet Union
United Nations Committee On Atomic Energy
President Wins Support For Extension Of Draft
President Eisenhower won quick bipartisan backing in Congress for a four year draft extension and higher military pay. He urged six month basic training for some 17 and 18 year olds and expanded reserve strength with active duty time in reserves. Leaders voiced cautious support and warned of skirmishes over reserve details and fringe benefits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Arends
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Soviet Charge West German Rearmament Violates Geneva Rules
Moscow says West German rearmament breaches the Geneva Convention by enabling mass destruction weapons. Soviet notes delivered to Britain Italy France the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg warn Paris agreements would allow chemical biological and atomic weapons by the West German army.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Britain
Italy
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Nationalist Planes Hit Red Island
Chinese Nationalist warplanes bombed Tienao Island for the fifth straight day, striking military installations and harrying Communist shipping along a 50 mile stretch off the China mainland. Antiaircraft fire occurred but no Red aircraft. U.S. naval authorities called claims of American destroyers firing on Communist planes or vessels yesterday completely unfounded.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tienao Island
Tachen
Tienao
China
U.S
Chine
Woman Invades House in New Kensington Stow
Unemployed stenographer Grace Jackson Clark 49 of New Kensington Pa approached Speaker Rayburn and asked to speak to the House. She was refused and left. guards searched Capitol and she later surfaced at a local hotel. Calls arise for tighter security as Rayburn orders plainclothes detectives back in galleries.
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Washington P
Rayburn
D-Tex
New Kensington
Capitol
Grace Jackson Clark
House
Bentley
R.mich
Roberts
Ala
Alarm Out For Girl Two Boys
Police pursue three missing Highland Park High School students after they left for a ride Monday night. Joyce Grant 17, Robert C Ballou 17, and Alan Knight vanished with no clues and no family conflicts reported.
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Highland Park
Alfred Samsley
Highland Park High School
Joyce Grant
Robert C. Ballou
Alan Knight
Miss Grant
Rutgers University
Ballou
Knight
Johnson & Johnson
Smalley
Britain Blanketed by Snow and Slush Causes Travel Chaos
Britain faced travel disruption as melting snow and slush clogged roads, halted trains, and delayed flights. Major drifts up to 12 feet buried Midlands routes and London streets while ghost trains battled the lines overnight. Princess Margaret escaped unharmed after a car mishap near Sandringham en route to London. No major casualties reported.
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London
Britain
Big Ben
House of Commons
Midlands
Tamar Valley
Devon
Cornwall
Georgemas
Scottish Highlands
Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth
Royal
Sandringham
the Automobile Assn
Scotland
Lodge heads to capital for talks on fliers release
United Nations chief Henry Cabot Lodge Jr moves to Washington after reporting to Dag Hammarskjold on Peiping discussions aimed at freeing 11 American airmen held by Red China. Hammarskjold outlined progress and the need for U.S. action, with future talks to proceed through diplomatic channels.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Washington
China
U.N
Dag Hamemarskjold
Peleping
Lodge
State Dulles
Hamemarskjold
Red China
U. N
Chou En-lai
United States
Hammarskjold
Idlewild
Peiping
Chow
United Nations Command
Chow En-lai
Chou
Britain
Sir Piersson Dixon
Henri Hoppenot
India
Thur S
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Reds
Helen Homovics
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Bloomfield Moose Club
Red Island
Capital
Crane
Society
7 M Valley News
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