Senator Urges Quick Action on Ike Program in April
Washington AP Senator Ferguson of Michigan urged a faster pace on President Eisenhower's legislative program, stating April will be a make-or-break month for action. He pressed for clear steps and timelines to push through key proposals.
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Faith, Hope and Charity
Marlboro
Eisenhower
Mass
Annie Faith McDonnell
Ellen Hope Daniels
Nora Charity Murphy
Ike
Washington
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Michigan
McCarthy
R-Wiscut
Congress
Legislative Branch
Taft-Hartley Revision Bill Nears Passage
Senators push to move the Taft-Hartley revision forward with Republicans criticizing Democrats for delaying actions. Ferguson plans to advance major President proposals from committee by early May to meet a July adjournment deadline. Smith states the White House guidance clears the way for a speedy Senate bill except the labor disputes vote provision. Mansfield cautions limited progress with only a handful of the President’s 196 proposals likely to pass.
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Washington
H. Ben Smith
Senate Ee
Smith
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
Congress
Taft-Hartlevy
National Labor Relations Board
No Man’s Land
NLRB
Committee Republicans
Anti-Red Resolution Is Okayed At Caracas Conference
In a full dress session of the 10th Inter American Conference in Caracas the United States secured approval of a resolution urging collective action to keep communism out of the Western Hemisphere. Seventeen republics voted yes, Guatemala voted no, while Mexico and Argentina abstained. The move marked a diplomatic victory for Secretary of State John Foster Dulles who extended his stay to promote the anti-Red doctrine.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
Guatemala
Mexico
Argentina
John Foster Dulles
Defense costs seen rising beyond current estimates
Senators on the Armed Services Committee heard from Robert C. Sprague about continental defense plans likely lifting annual defense costs to multi billions. Sen. Byrd noted confidence Congress would not cut federal taxes if warned of the spending. Symington referenced hydrogen bomb test leaks while discussing new safety measures and anticipated expenditures.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Armed Services Committee
Robert C. Sprague
Senate
Eisenhower
White House
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Armed Services Committee
Congress
GOP Chief Lambaster McCarthy Criticized by Hall
AP reports Republican National Committee Chairman Leonard W. Hall said Sen. McCarthy has done more harm than good in his clashes with Army officials. Hall condemned the Wisconsin senator's recent conduct as reducing Senate effectiveness, while urging party unity and highlighting 1954 election goals to mobilize voters.
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Omaha
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hall
Senate
Wisconsin
Subcommittee
Roy Cohn
Army
Stevens
John G. Adams
Cohn
Adams
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
GOP
Tugboat Crews Back New York Waterfront Strike
New York tugboat crews joined the 23 day waterfront stri ke supporting ILA in a renewed labor dispute. The New York Shipping Assn plans three legal moves including a Taft Hartley injunction appeal and state court injunctions to end the walkout as NLRB cites contempt and ports remain divided.
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New York
New York Shipping Assn
International Longshoremen's Assn
Ind
National Labor Relations Board
Arthur Leff
Leff
ILA
AFL
Washington
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission
Boston
Baltimore
NLRB
Japan notes new radiated fishing boats after H bomb tests
Tokyo reports two more fishing boats returning from the Marshall Islands showed radiation effects and were quarantined. Fukuryu Maru remains the key case as officials assess warnings and costs. No crew fears are voiced, and one ship traveled far from Bikini.
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Tokyo
Marshall Island
U. S
Bikini Test Site
U.S
Yaizu
Bikini
Misaki
U S Sends New Flock Of Planes To Indochina
The Defense Department announced 25 more B26 fighter bombers will be ferried to Indochina for French use in round the clock bombardment of Vietminh forces besieging Dien Bien Phu. American crews, ammunition, and defense supplies are shipped as part of additional aid to the French.
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Washington
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Defense Department
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S
Science Aims to Define and Treat Hangovers
New York report says Yale Center for Alcoholic Studies leads a project to test remedies and seek a measurable hangover definition. Dr. Selden D. Bacon warns against quick cures and outlines studies on alcohol's role, crime links, and alcoholism prevalence among 65 million drinkers.
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New York
Selden D. Bacon
Yale Center For Alcoholic Studies
Bacon
National Committee On Alcoholism
Yale Studies
Yale University
Connecticut Commission On Alcoholism
Unemployment Drop Reported Across States
The Bureau of Employment Security notes insured unemployed fell for a second week to 2,187,100 as of March 13, with declines in 32 states and DC and increases in 16 states. The February 27 peak was 2,213,959, and figures exclude uninsured workers.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
District of Columbia
Kremlin Moves Against Bureaucrats Reported
A Kremlin decree aims to cut red tape and reassign tens of thousands of Soviet officials to productive work. Khrushchev disclosed the measure, noting resistance from bureaucrats, with offices moved closer to regional enterprises and central staff reduced.
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New York
Kremlin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchevy
Central Committee
Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Silria
Dnepropetrovsk
Ukraine
Archangel
Murmansk
Navy Flier Uses Wings To Push Pilotless P Mi
Lt. C. W. Vandenberg of Ripon California piloted an F9F6 Cougar at 300 mph to nudge a pilotless plane away from the San Diego coast. He did not touch wings, but said the wing tip lift could have diverted the airframe. The other jet later ditched at sea and co-pilot J R Maccoun of Dutch Flat survived after bail out.
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San Diego
Calif
C. W. Vandenberg
Ripon
Vandenberg
J. R. Maccoun
Dutch Flat
U. S. Coast Guard
E. Maccoun
Navy
Maccoun
Justice Douglas Leads 180 Mile Canal Trail Trek
Associate Justice William O. Douglas appears fatigued as he and companions trek along an old canal trail from Cumberland Maryland toward Washington D C. The group aims to reach the capital by late today covering more than 180 miles on this walking expedition.
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William 0. Douglas
Camp Kanawha
Douglas
Cumberland
Washington
Naton
Government Sticking To Butter Plan Amid Price Move
Washington reports the government remains committed to lowering dairy price supports from 90 to 75 percent of parity by April 1. Simultaneously, a purchase and resale plan for butter and cheese is used to avert shortages, while McCarthy probes financial aspects of the shift.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Agriculture Department
D. Morse
Commodity Credit Corp
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Chicago
Midwest
French Request Brief Cease Fire At Dien Bien Phu
French pleas for a brief cease fire to permit mercy flights for wounded at Dien Bien Phu clash with ongoing Viet Minh bombardment. Paris accuses Communist led rebels of ignoring Red Cross marked transport planes.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
East Germany Gets Soviet Backed Nuclear Plant Start
West Berlin reports the Soviet Union grants East Germany permission to build its first atomic pile near the Czechoslovakian border in the Russian zone. Plutonium goes to Russia for research. by products stay in East Germany for medical and industrial uses. Several East German universities engage in atomic research under guidance of returning German scientists.
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Berlin
Information Bureau West
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
West Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Pennsylvania sergeant convicted in killing 9 year old girl
M. S Sgt Maurice L Schick a World War II veteran from Cannonsburg Pa was found guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced to die by a court martial. The defense argued insanity with psychiatrists testifying Schick was schizophrenic while under truth serum. He showed a stiff salute and calm facade as the verdict and death sentence were read.
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Tokyo
Pennsylvania
Maurice L. Schick
Cannonsburg
Schick
Susan Rothschild
Here
Takeo Doi
Doil
Weather Summary: Rain and Snow Across Regions
Light rain and snow covered broad areas with no severe storms reported. Rain affected the Pacific Northwest and northern Mississippi to South Carolina, with drizzle along the Texas coast. Clear skies prevailed from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, and warmer readings appeared from the Central Rockies to the Plains. Summer like heat reached 90 in Florida, with mild conditions along the Atlantic coast.
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Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Great Plains
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Great Lakes
North Atlantic States
West Texas
California
Central Rockies
Plains Ae
Oie Ward
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Two GIs Killed in Seoul Live-Fire Training
Two soldiers of the U S 65th Infantry Regiment were killed yesterday during a live-fire infantry training attack in the 6th Corps area, the Army said today.
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Seoul
U. S
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