Reds Fear Ike in Middle East Strategy
Western diplomats in Moscow report the Kremlin fears Eisenhower's Middle East plan and seeks a concrete counterattack. They say the Soviet leadership sees it as encirclement, notes economic strain from satellites, and questions the military emphasis of the program after Britain's and France's invasion of Egypt.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Middle East
Dmitri Shepilov
Soviet Union
U. S
Egypt
Poland
Romania
East Germany
False alarm mystery at Laguna Beach High School
Laguna Beach California firefighters investigated a false alarm that emptied the school. Fire Chief Homer Mann described the moment as bewildering while inspecting a gym fire box, as students and staff exited in response to the emergency alert.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Laguna Beach High School
Homer Mann
Mann
Knowland May Step Down Leading to California Governor Bid
Key aides say Len Knowland may not seek the 1960 Republican nomination and will retire from the Senate in January 1959. The California Republican’s surprise retirement plan shifts possible clashes with Mary Fae Knight in a gubernatorial primary and potentially a Nixon run for president.
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Washington
Len. Knowland
Cal
Senate
California
Knowland
Mary Fae J. Knight
Knight
Eisenhower
Nixon
Oakland Tribune
Drought in Texas Seen as National Farm Struggle
President Eisenhower surveyed Texas drought damage while noting the human cost. Agriculture officials report 870,000 acres plowed to curb wind erosion and 6.2 million acres at risk of windblown loss, with farmers needing cheap credit or cost sharing to cope with the crisis.
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Dallas
Eisenhower
Texas
John White
H. N
Red) Smith
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Ohioans Freeze as Record Cold Grips State
Ohio shivers under zero and below readings as cold blasts from Canada sweep the state. Athens records 14 below, with Akron Toledo and Cincinnati also deeply below normal. Weather officials warn of extended cold with slippery roads and continued much below normal temperatures.
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Athens
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Toledo
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Fremont
Columbus
Cleveland
Dayton
Cincinnati
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Marion
Chesapeake
Millport
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Highway Patrol
Cambridge
State Highway Department
Mansfield
Jefferson
Chillicothe
McConnelsville
St. Clairsville
Ohio Turnpike
Weather Bureau
Weather News
House Moves to Trim 71 Billion Budget Request
Washington. The House Appropriations Committee began closed door reviews of Eisenhower's request totaling 71.8 billion for the next fiscal year. Subcommittees planned to reduce the Interior Post Office and Treasury budgets from the 73.3 billion requested. Some Democrats and Republicans called the total inflationary as the record peace year budget prompts calls for sharp cuts. The President projects a year end surplus of 1.8 billion to help reduce the debt, with hopes of tax relief in 1938 election year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Interior
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Rea
Congress
Holidays Would Move to Mondays Under Senate Bill
Senator Potter proposes a plan to observe New Year's Day Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day and Veterans Day on the Monday nearest their dates creating at least five three day holiday weekends annually.
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Washington
Sen. Potter (Rich
Israel Told to Withdraw From Gaza in Five Days
Asian and African delegates urged the United Nations to demand Israel withdraw all forces from Egypt and the Gaza Strip within five days. Hammarskjold would report on completion within five days. Israel maintained withdrawal from Sinai except Sharm el Sheikh area essential for Red Sea navigation.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Jolt Hinke
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Abba Eban
Hammarskjold
Sinai Desert
Sharm el Sheikh
Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Eilat
Sharm el
Mediterranean
Palestine
New York
Times
Washington
Water Hoax Hits University of Oklahoma
In Norman Oklahoma a prank caller warned of no water at 16 sorority and 24 fraternity homes on Tuesday. Water remained available on schedule yesterday and the caller is being sought by annoyed kitchen staff and about 3 000 students.
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Norman
Okla Wa
University of Oklahoma
Leveled House Gas Explosions Kill Two in Peoria
In Peoria Illinois two rapid fire gas line blasts leveled a house and a two story building last night killing Perry Traub and John J Heitzman. Five people were injured and several others were unaccounted for including Einfeldt and his son Robert Jr. Authorities said Traub reported a gas leak and Heitzman and Einfeldt joined him to inspect the line before the blasts.
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Peoria
Ill
Perry Traub
John J. Heitzman
Heitzman
Robert J. Einfeldt
Einfeldt
Robert Jr
Kenneth
Opal
Central Illinois Light Co
Traub
Telegram Not Sent By Stassen
Harold E. Stassen denied sending a forged telegram to the Republican National Committee naming Meade Alcorn as party chair. Rep. B. Carroll Reece reported receiving the message from Stamford, Connecticut, while Stassen vowed an investigation into who used his name. Other GOP members said they had not received similar communications as a subcommittee plans talks with President Eisenhower on Hall’s successor.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Republican National Committee
Nixon
William F. Knowland
Leonard Hall
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Stamford
Conn
Stassen
Reece
Nixons
Knowlands
Meade Alcorn
Teeman
Connecticut
Hall
GOP
Eisenhower
New York
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GOP Committee
House
National Committee
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Cecil Harden
Indiana
Car Collision Kills Two Involving Gas Tank Truck
A two-vehicle crash near Tower City Ohio on Wednesday killed Gerald A Cashe 30 of Bloomville Ohio and injured no one else. Joan A Hohnadel 46 of Georgetown Minn the truck driver survived unharmed.
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N. CD
Gerald A. Cashe
Bloomville
Ohio
Seneca County
Joan A. Hohnadel
Georgetown
Minn
Cold Snap Looms Over Middletown Weather Scene
The region endures 7 below zero as Middletown faces the season’s longest cold spell. Forecasts call for cloudy, windy, cold conditions with light snow possible today through Friday. highs near 20 and lows around zero. Yesterday’s high reached 10 above at 2:30 PM.
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Middletown
Midwest Cold Wave Eases as East Sees Record Lows
A week-long cold wave eased in the Midwest while the East endured more record low temperatures. Readings fell to subzero in Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia with peaks of -14 on Big Savage Mountain Maryland and -12 in Youngstown. Snow and gusty winds spread from the Plains toward the Great Lakes and Appalachians as a warming trend moved slowly east.
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Ohio
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Pittsburg
Parkersburg
W. Va
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Cleveland
West Virginia
Elkins
Randolph County
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Maryland
Tennessee
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Canada
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
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Mississippi River
Montana
North Dakota
Colored Radar Being Perfected
Beverly Hills California radar device aids air traffic control by displaying landing airplanes in one color taking off in a second color and planes at a distance in a third color.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Monaco announces baby names for Grace and Rainier
Prince Rainier confirms names for the future prince or princess to be born in the palace. A boy would be Gregoire and a girl Caroline, with Georges Pierre Richard and Louise as middle names. Birth is planned inside the palace with no twins. Public baptism set for four to six weeks after birth.
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Prince Rainier
Grace
Gregoire
Caroline
Greg-wahr
Gregory
Georges Pierre Richard
Louise
Monaco
Grimaldis
Kellys
Philadelphia
Palace i
The Fussy Boss Scolds A Desk For Cigarette Butt
In a humorous scene a fussy boss walks the office aisle spots a cigarette butt and asks the nearest meek man if it is his. The man replies you can have it you saw it first, turning the exchange into a comic moment of office etiquette.
Bomb Found in West Side Drug Store After Warning Calls
Police found a homemade bomb in a Cleveland west side drug store after two calls warned of a 8 30 p m and a 9 00 p m explosion. The device was a cardboard box with a jar of colored liquid and three batteries. Ten customers were inside the store when found.
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West Side
Charles Ruxin
Reliable Leader Drug Co
David Domizi
Fairview Park
Greater Cleveland
Athens
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