Republican Senate Chiefs Postpone Farm Showdown
Washington AP Senate Republican leaders postponed a pivotal clash over farm price supports. Leader Knowland delayed debate on a wool production bill tied to Eisenhower farm policy, signaling a May or later return as attention shifts to the Hawaii Alaska statehood bill. A bid to extend high price supports faces bipartisan farm state opposition.
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Eisnhower
Knowland
R-Calif
Eisenhower
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Agriculture Committee
Congress
New Look would have happened under any administration
Admiral Arthur Radford, chair of the Joint Chiefs, says the military New Look was inevitable and not a move to massed atomic retaliation alone. He describes a strategy of targeted retaliation with potential reduction of ground forces, while Senate hearings probe service role reshuffles and Army funding concerns.
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Washington
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Armed Services
Army
Radford
Re-Enlistees May Get Cash Bonus
W Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon may offer a large cash incentive to reenlist as dismissals decline. A plan to add incentives would be sent to Congress next month and could raise bonuses well beyond the current $300, possibly up to $2,000.
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Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Radford
Congress
Eisenhower Proposal Advances In Senate Panel
The proposal to lower the voting age to 18 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 7 to 3 vote, marking the first leg completed in its journey through Congress. President Eisenhower had urged passage as part of a broader reform package.
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Eisenhower
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McCarthy Debated by Party Leaders Before Georgetown Students
In a heated exchange at Georgetown University before about 1000 students, Republican chairman Leonard Hall and Democratic chair Stephen Mitchell sparred over Sen. McCarthy. Mitchell accused the GOP of failing to control McCarthy and conducting vilification, while Hall retorted with references to former President Truman. McCarthy prepared for planned road tours this week.
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Leonard W. Hall
Stephen A. Mitchell
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McCarthy
R-Wis
Georgetown University
Mitchell
Republians
GOP
Hall
Truman
Bevatron unveils largest nuclear research instrument
BERKELEY Calif AP scientists unveil the Bevatron at the University of California, a 135 foot diameter, 10,000 ton racetrack collider funded by the Atomic Energy Commission. It aims to probe atomic nuclei beyond present knowledge, building on prior breakthroughs from protons to uranium fission and the atomic bomb. It took six years to design and four to construct, with initial operations reaching five billion volts.
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Ernest O. Lawrence
Radiation Laboratory
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Brookhaven
N. Y
Senate probes McCarthy clash to be aired at hearings
The Senate Investigations subcommittee voted to hold public hearings under oath on bitter charges between Sen. McCarthy and Army officials. McCarthy agreed to a sideline role with Sen. Mundt acting as chairman. In Washington, the Rules Committee asked the Senate to vote on unseating Sen Chavez of New Mexico.
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Chavez
FBI Agent in Disguise Helps Trap Extortionist
In Los Angeles an undercover FBI agent posed as a Max Factor Jr. associate to trap Wendell Ringholz, who sought $30,000 by threatening bomb destruction of Factor and family. Ringholz, held on $10,000 bond, planned a newspaper ad and staged drops, marking a week of negotiations and multiple planted packages. Factor and family were alerted by the extortion scheme and Ringholz’s arrest followed a rapid arraignment.
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FBI
Max Factor Jr
Factor
Tune
Wendell Martin Ringholz
Fernando Valley
Mildred
Donald
Beverly Hills
Mark
Ringholz
Cleveland
Ohio
FBI Imme
Outcome Still In Doubt In Savage Dien Bien Phu Battle
Broken, bullet-riddled Vietminh corps dangled from barbed wire as heavily outnumbered French Union troops fought to hold Dien Bien Phu. The outcome, crucial to the Geneva conference, remained in doubt early today in the fiercest battle of the Indochina war.
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Dien Bien Phu
Dulles Affirms Backing for Paris London Retaliation
Secretary Dulles said Eisenhower can retaliate against attacks on Paris or London under the North Atlantic Treaty and the Inter-American Defense Treaty, just as for New York or Chicago. The report shifts to Vietnam where Vietminh forces launched a major assault on French Union defenses in Indo China, seizing two northern strongpoints while French high command warned the center remained encircled. The French garrison, including Moroccan, Vietnamese, Algerian, and Legion units, reported 2,500 Vietminh killed or wounded and predicted the offensive would wane in two days as supply lines thin.
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Saigon
McCarthy rejects shifting probe to another group
Senator McCarthy opposes moving the investigations to a different panel and insists on his right to participate. He faces pressure from Mundt and other Republicans to defer, while the subcommittee debates rules in a closed session amid accusations of improper tactics by Army officials and McCarthy aides.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
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Roy Cohn
David Schine
Senate
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Senate Gop
Guerrilla instructor Levy seeks pardon from Pa Pardons Board
Yank Levy once taught guerrilla warfare to GIs and served as an instructor for Britain and the United States. Convicted in 1927 for holdups, he served six years, was deported to Canada, then fought as a guerrilla in Spain before arthritis and finances prompted a pardon bid. A Jewish service group helped push for a clean record.
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Jewish Committee For Personal Service
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Weather forecast for Miami Valley looks fair and warmer
Tonight will be cold with a low around 25 degrees and a high near 45 degrees tomorrow in the Miami Valley. Midway Middletown saw a high of 34 and a low of 25 yesterday, while today’s low was 24. The AP five day Ohio outlook suggests temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal and a chance of rain Saturday totaling 0.2 to 0.5 inch.
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Vandalia Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Ohio
Army Hiring Dock Workers In New York Ports
The Army begins civil service hiring of longshoremen to load troop and cargo ships at Brooklyn Island and Jersey City bases. Eleven ships bound for Europe and Indochina are tied up due to the waterfront strike now in its 12th day.
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Wildcat
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Ila
William V. Bradley
Canada To Get Tariff Assurances
Washington prepares to assure Canada that the Eisenhower administration will pursue a liberal tariff and trade policy. Dulles leads talks with Pearson and allies as officials pledge to consult before any instant retaliation decisions. The plan includes extending reciprocity to relax tariffs, avoiding dumping surplus ag products, and seeking allied input on trade moves.
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Canada
Eisenhower
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Vester B. Pearson
Pearson
National Press Club
Dulles
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Humphrey
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Weeks
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Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Eisenhower Opposes Democratic Tax Cut Plan
Washington AP President Eisenhower labels the Democratic move to raise personal exemption levels as unsafe and urges Congress to back the GDP tax overhaul bill instead. House leaders quote him energizing Republicans and Democrats to his stance while Democrats prepare to push their own exemption increase, arguing relief for low income families and larger families.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Martin
R-Mass
Rep
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
George
Congress
Ohio School Fight Taken To Lausche
In Ohio the South Point school strike against the firing of two teachers, Athletic Coach Jack Dick and English teacher John Ayers, has drawn attention from Gov. Lausche who adopts a hands off stance. Parents, with petitions, head to Columbus to urge action while students continue class cuts in protest. The board insists students return to class as tensions rise in the 700 resident town.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
South Point
Ironton
Jack Dick
John Ayers
Ohio River
Atomic Ashes Burn 23 Nips
Japan seeks compensation from the United States after 23 fishermen were exposed to radioactive ash from a secret atomic blast in the central Pacific. Crew members were burned and blistered during a two hour snow-white ash shower. Five remain in hospitals with one in serious condition and doctors warn of potential bone marrow effects.
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