Perish In Crash Of World's Largest Bomber
Seven of ten aboard were killed when a B36 bomber crashed after takeoff from Fairchild Air Force Base. Survivors crawled to safety as the fire and smoke engulfed the wreck. Names of identified dead and the five million dollar bomber described. cause under investigation. Major policy note follows on Ike urging broader power to cut tariffs. Dulles calls for united action to prevent Communist dominance in Indochina and Southeast Asia at a Waldorf speech.
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Eisenhower seeks broader power to cut tariffs and curb aid
President Eisenhower asked Congress for expanded authority to cut tariffs and reduce foreign aid as part of a four point program. He urged curbing grants, promoting buy American preferences, and boosting domestic firms in government purchases while stressing the need to expand exports and foreign investment to strengthen allies and the free world.
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Second U S Hydrogen Blast Reported From Marshall Islands
The United States detonated its second thermonuclear test in the Marshall Islands, announced by the AEC. The March 26 blast reportedly far surpasses earlier yields, with estimates suggesting 600 to 700 times the power of Hiroshima. Congress and officials await fuller briefing amid growing public interest.
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Economic Measures Get Push
Senate Republicans led by Ferguson plan to push President Eisenhower's economic program as a priority. They seek early action on a House tax revision, housing authorization, social security expansion, hospital construction, highways, handicapped rehabilitation, and welfare reform, with emphasis on a farm bill and Taft-Hartley revision. The push aims to ease the shift from a Korean War to a peace economy and may include a major excise tax cut approved to spur business.
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Solons Confident He Will Sign Excise Bill
Washington AP Congress moves to send President Eisenhower a compromise excise tax cut bill saving about 999 million dollars a year. Leaders expect a prompt signature after final House Senate conference form. The measure lowers duties on appliances, film, cosmetics and more while extending existing rates on cigarettes automobiles gasoline and alcohol to April 1 1955.
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Old Battle Over Pearl Harbor Is Opened Again
Rear Adm. Robert A. Theobald ret asserts that President Franklin D. Roosevelt deliberately goaded Japan into war by keeping the Pearl Harbor fleet ready to be attacked. He says military commanders bore no blame, while top officials knew two months in advance of Japan’s plan but failed to warn Hawaii.
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Churchill backs U S hydrogen bomb tests in Pacific
London Prime Minister Churchill urged support for American hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific, saying U S possession deters a potential Third World War. He rejected Laborite calls to urge more tests and argued halting progress would harm the free world.
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Feighan predicts stronger H bomb within month
Rep Feighan of Ohio told the House yesterday that an H bomb will be detonated within a month and that it could be two to three times more powerful than the March 1 device.
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Two Key Senators Unveil New Dairy Price Program
Washington reports a proposed government dairy price support system advanced by Senators Aiken and Anderson aims to shield producers from parity drops. The plan ties milk supports to feed prices, direct fluid milk support, and allows surplus disposal through aid programs and market controls, with distribution obligations on processors.
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Back At Work Annie Lee Moss Reinstated in Washington
Annie Lee Moss, a Signal Corps employee suspended after testifying before the McCarthy subcommittee, is shown back at her desk in the Pentagon Washington. She denies membership in a Communist cell.
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Ulbricht Demands Western Forces Leave East Germany
Berlin. Walter Ulbricht, East Germany’s top Communist, urged Western powers to pull their military missions from the Soviet zone. He argued such missions conflict with East Germany’s sovereignty and said the republic is ready to establish normal diplomatic relations with the United States Britain and France. The move follows a Soviet pledge to treat East Germany as a sovereign state.
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Wintry Weather Hits Wide Areas Of Nation
Storm blankets the nation from Rockies to New England with snow sleet and freezing rain. At least 16 deaths attributed to the blizzard include eight in western New York five in Toledo Ohio and three in Iowa. Snow totals reach 13 inches in Rochester New York and Buffalo New Jersey reports 13 inches. Weather stations show subzero readings from Montana to New England amid ongoing arctic air.
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Dems Seek To Salvage Ike's Plan
Democrats in Congress attempted to salvage President Eisenhower's public housing program amid a split with GOP allies. The House moved to consider a $5.57 billion funding bill for the Public Housing Administration and other agencies while a shelf provision would cap new low rent units at 20,000 for the coming year and 15,000 the next, effectively ending the program after contracts.
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Employment Leveling Off Across Ohio
Ohio unemployment figures show a mixed week with about 1,000 fewer jobless for seven days or more but nearly 1,000 additional lay-offs. As of last Saturday 115,972 Ohioans had been unemployed one week or more, with 15,470 laid off or fired that week. Canton and Toledo show slight improvement amid the broader slowdown.
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Five Die In Plane Crash At Pope Air Force Base
A crippled Flying Boxcar carrying nine men crashed in flames into the 82nd Division mess hall at Pope AFB near Fort Bragg North Carolina after taking off for Louisville Witnesses said the pilot attempted a landing on a parade field before striking the officers quarters snapping a power pole and sliding across the ground Five killed and eleven injured were reported by the Pope Public Information Office with the crew members identified as part of the Parachute Maintenance Co of the 82nd Division.
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Moscow Tour Set for Soviet Union Sightseeing
A group of 15 American journalists will depart by plane for Moscow for a 20 day sightseeing tour of the Soviet Union. The delegation includes three women reporters and several editors from U.S. newspapers.
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