Coffee Probe Urged by Missouri Congresswoman
Washington AP reports Democratic Congresswoman Leonor Sullivan of Missouri urged the Eisenhower administration to address rising coffee prices. She called coffee a luxury beyond reach for households, blaming profiteering and speculation for a 15 cent cup in St. Louis and pound prices around $1.10, signaling possible political pressure over consumer costs.
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Washington
Missouri
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan
St. Louis
South Bend Blaze Claims Fire Fighter Life
In South Bend Indiana fire fighters guarding the smouldering ruins of the Myers Building after a dramatic three story fire that devastated the business district. The blaze, the fiercest in a quarter century, claimed the life of a firefighter.
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South Bend
Ind
Myers Bldg
South Bend Fire Toll Estimated At Four Million
South Bend fire officials estimated damage at four and a half million dollars from yesterday's downtown blaze. The fire killed one firefighter and caused 24 others to be overcome by smoke.
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South Bend
Ind
Fire Chief Succumbs After City Blaze
Battalion Chief Anthony Miller, 45, died after smoke inhalation in a four hour fire that drew all city apparatus to a furnace boiler explosion in a basement. Several other firefighters were hospitalized. Two residents on the top floor were rescued by an aerial ladder as onlookers watched through a smoke shroud.
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Anthony Miller
Six Week Delay Sought On Farm Showdown In Senate
Washington AP reports the Eisenhower administration seeks a minimum six week delay in a Senate clash over its flexible farm price support plan. Senate Agriculture Chairman Aiken backs a March 1 timeline to push other program aspects while urging continued 90 percent parity for major crops. Benson testified that farmers could exceed 90 percent parity with the President's plan, aiming for 100 percent parity in the market.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Benson
Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Vermont
Benson
Winters Gassman Swap Hot Words Across Italy
Rome reports Shelley Winters and Vittorio Gassman clashed over their 21 month marriage. Winters filed for separate maintenance in California and asked support and custody for their 11 month old Vittoria, while Gassman sought a divorce and claimed duty as a father. The couple spoke from Rome and Milan about finances, custody, and the future of their family.
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Shelley Winters
Vittorio Gassman
Italy
Santa Monica
Calif
Vittoria Gassman
Milan
Shelley
Tory
Vittoria
Vittorio
Land Prices Rise Sharply in Tokyo Market
Tokyo auction excerpts show a Ginza dealer asking 305000 for a 25 by 40 foot lot with 20 to inquiries. Land inflation has driven prices up as much as tenfold in three years, traced to postwar population growth and businessmen seeking land protection against a potential economy collapse.
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Tokyo
Ginza
Japan
Film Ban Lifted Court Ruling Cuts Ground From Under Censor
Ohio education director Dr. Clyde Hissong, also state film censor, says the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the film M limits grounds for censorship. The ruling upholds free speech but questions Ohio's prior bans. Ohio previously banned 47 films in a decade and cut sections from others. The panel of censorship boards still reviews questionable films. Moon Is Blue had been banned for objectionable dialogue.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clyde Hissong
U. S. Supreme Court
Superior Films
Hissong
Supreme Court
New York
William O'Neill
U.S
Ohio Supreme Court
Censorship Board
Advisory Board of Censorship
1953 Ohio hunting season claims 13 lives
Ohio wildlife officials report 13 deaths in 1953 hunting seasons, mainly ages 15 to 20, with no deer hunter fatalities. Four deaths were from gunfire during squirrel season and nine across pheasant, rabbit, grouse and duck seasons. Non fatal wounds rose to 86 from 79, and the deer kill nears 4,000 with county totals led by Trumbull and Ashtabula.
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Columbus
Ohio
Division of Wildlife
Trumbull County
Ashtabula
Washington
Harrison
Portage
Geauga
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Vinton
Belmont
Monroe
Mahoning
Holmes
Adams County
Perry County
CAA to Decide Godfrey Case Over Tower Buzzing Claim
The Civil Aeronautics Administration will announce its decision in days on charges that television star Arthur Godfrey deliberately buzzed the Teterboro New Jersey airport control tower. Godfrey met with the CAA yesterday and blamed a strong cross wind for veering toward the tower.
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New York
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Arthur Godfrey
Teterboro
N. J
Godfrey
CAA
India seeks UN recall for Korea debate
Eight nations including the Soviet bloc have approved India's plan to recall the United Nations General Assembly in New York February 9 for debate on Korea. The move signals growing cross bloc support as diplomatic maneuvers unfold at the UN amid the Korean crisis.
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Ny.p
India
Plal
U. N. General Assembly
Korea
Eisenhower weighs farm surpluses for aid plan
President Eisenhower may propose giving up to one billion dollars in farm surpluses to non Communist countries in exchange for agreed development projects aimed at raising living standards. Eligible nations likely include India Pakistan and other Asian countries. The plan would cover a three year period and complement existing aid programs with sales locally to fund guaranteed projects.
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Washington
Eisenhower
India
Pakistan
Asia
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Kidnapped Realtor Rescued in San Francisco
A wealthy San Francisco real estate broker Leonard Moskovitz aged 36 was kidnapped on Saturday and held for 300000 dollars ransom. He was rescued unharmed early today by police who arrested the suspects Har ole Jackson 57 and Joe Lear 43 both Sacramento Calif Lear was picked up talking with the victim’s family and led officers to the hideout. The District Attorney announced the break at 7 am EST. Lieutenant Don Scott said Lear squealed.
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San
Adonis Closer To Deportation
Hackensack New Jersey former kingpin gambler Joe Adonis whose real name is Joseph Doto was found guilty of lying to a Bergen County grand jury about his Passaic birth. The state and the U S government say he was born in Montemorano Italy and a deportation order exists. Sentencing is set for February 2 with possible three years in jail and a $10000 fine.
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Hackensack
N. J
Joe Adonis
Bergen County
Passaic, N
Superior Court
Lester Drenk
Adonis
Joseph Doto
Passaic
Montemorano
Italy
U. S
Senate panel backs two mail deliveries plan debate
The Senate Post Office advisory council publicized 28 recommendations to speed postal modernization and curb rate increases. It did not specifically endorse two daily deliveries but urged careful study while Congress weighs minimal rate hikes. Postmaster General Summerfield criticized the report as delaying action.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Summerfield
Pup
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Inmate Paper Names Rubent as Informer in Detroit Break
Edward R. Rubent, shown in Detroit jail, is named by The Spectator from Jackson Prison as the informer who led police to the hideout of three escaping convicts in the prison’s biggest break last December. Aubert told police he feared he had been marked for murder by the underworld.
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Edward R
Charlie) Rubent
Detroit, Mich
the Spectator
Jackson
Mich
Detroit
Aubert
Underworld
GM Plans Expansion Program
General Motors announced a new billion dollar expansion plan to boost capacity for its automotive divisions. Sixty percent of the funds will be spent this year and the rest by fall 1955. GM president Harlow H. Curtice described an optimistic outlook with a GNP near 365 billion for 1953 levels and a stable employment picture.
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New York
General Motors Today
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors
Anti Red Transfer Still On In Korea War Prisoner Swap
AP report from Panmunjom states Communists demand India withdraw the decision to turn back unrepatriated war prisoners starting tomorrow and reject 349 pro Red POWs. Indians proceed with transfer to U N custody at 9 a m tomorrow, with Allies saying they will be freed by midnight Friday. Pro Red POWs, including 21 Americans, stay in Indian custody for now. Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission chair Lt Gen K S Thim says anti Red prisoners move southeast from stockades as scheduled. Gen John E Hull and Gen Maxwell Taylor plan rapid processing once handed over.
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U.N
Red China
Peiping Radio
K. S. Thim Indian
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
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Korea
U. N
John E. Hull
U. S
Far East
Tokyo
Hull
Maxwell Taylor
Two-Headed Baby Boy Returns Home In Petersbalm
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hartley and their three daughters settled into family life with their two headed baby son Donald Ray and Daniel Kaye born by Caesarean in December. The child, normal below the waist with four arms and two legs, weighed 10 pounds 7 ounces at release. Doctors and nurses accompanied the family home as they adjust to life with the extraordinary infant.
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Petersburg
Ind
Cecil Hartley
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Connie Sue
Shirley Ann
Mary Lou
Sre Denzil Hartley
Hartley
Mrs. Hartley
J. W. Elbert
Elbert
Hartleys
Cecil
Donald Ray
Daniel Kaye
Washington
The Spruce Goose: Hughes’s White Elephant Flying Boat
Hollywood observers recount Howard Hughes and his Spruce Goose, the world’s largest airplane begun in 1943 amid aluminum shortages. Taxpayers funded 18 million dollars with Hughes contributing about 23 million more, while the craft remains grounded and costly. Hughes defends the project as a future aviation milestone, a flying laboratory whose scale may yield engineering breakthroughs for even bigger planes.
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Hollywood
Howard Hughes
Flying Lumberyard
Hughes
Cloudy and Mild With Rain Likely Overnight
Forecasters in Vandalia predict cloudy and mild conditions tonight with scattered drizzle. A low around 35 degrees is forecast, with tomorrow’s high near 42 degrees as wet and foggy weather persists across wide areas and subfreezing readings occur in northern border regions.
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Vandalia
Wisconsin
Montana
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Maine
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