Soil Bank Plan Approval in Farm Bill Study
Eisenhower’s soil bank plan wins Senate House conferees approval as part of a 1 700 000 000 dollar package for farmers Election year payments include 1 200 000 000 for paying farmers to reduce production and 500 million for buying pork and other perishables Not yet decided if participation will be voluntary or compulsory The plan under discussion would pay 714 million annually for four years to farmers cutting back on cotton wheat corn rice tobacco and peanuts and up to 4 2 million a year to farmers who divert 25 to 30 million acres to grasses trees or similar soil building practices Aimed at raising farm income while curbing overproduction
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Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Senate House
Conference Committee
Senate
House
Mystery Grows In Slaying Of Farmer's Wife
Ky farmer's wife Mary Lou Wessels, 23, was slain on her farm near Wine Grove. She was strangled with binder twine and left beside a shed. coroner reports possible rape. Husband Thomas R. Wessels, 29, found the body after returning from Ft Knox assignment. he says he entered through a window and found two infant sons asleep. Investigators seek a killer's possible trademark as three stones were found on her chest.
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Wine Grove
Mary Lou Wessels
Thomas R. Wessels
Ft. Knox
James A. Alvey
Accident Is Fatal In UW A Collision
A Friday car truck crash in Cincinnati killed Mrs. Stella Callier, age 30, according to police reports.
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Cincinnati
Stella Callier
Dangerous Michigan milk strike sparks road clash warnings
DETROIT AP a week into Michigan milk strike disrupts Detroit supplies. Gov G Mennen Williams warns against private force on roads as two groups split from the Michigan Milk Producers Assn forming the Fair Share Bargaining Assn. Pickets block creameries and dump milk from trucks en route to Detroit. State police ready to intervene if needed.
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Inichigan
G. Mennen Williams
Ollowed
Cutte
Michigan Milk Producers Assn
Fair Share Bargaining Assn
Fair Share Bargai Assn
Truit
Williams
Cincinnati Slaying Trial Opens April 23
Robert Jackson goes on trial here April 23 on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of city detective Water Hart during a holdup last Sept. 19. Willie Barnett, 35, and Lemual Sam Trotter, 28, were indicted for first degree murder in Hart's death. Trotter is at large. Barnett was committed to Lima State Hospital after being adjudged insane.
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Cincinnati
Robert Jackson
Water Hart
Jackson
Willie Barnett
Lemual Sam Trotter
Hart
Trotter
Barnett
Lima State Hospital
Soviet Leaders Meet Swedish Premier in Moscow Visit
In Moscow Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders opened talks with Swedish Premier Tage Erlander who arrived for a goodwill tour. Moscow announced a lift of travel bans on Georgia and Armenia to allow Erlander’s party to visit, while purge victims in Iron Curtain states see further rehabilitation as Hungary clears Laszlo Rajk’s 1949 treason case.
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Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Tage Erlander
Georgia
Armenia
Erlander
Joseph Stalin
Khrushchev
Stalin
Iron Curtain
An Spychalski
Waclaw Komar
Hungary
Laszlo Rajk
Open Skies idea gains Soviet backing for three month arms freeze
London Moscow radio reports Russia accepted the basic Open Skies concept and proposed a three month freeze to 1955 levels followed by cuts in conventional forces. Tass outlined a plan for a world arms curb, creation of an international control agency, and talks on Red China's military forces.
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Moscow Radio
Russia
Eisenhower
Tass
United States
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Red China
Britain
France
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Europe
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West Germany
China
Army Backed In Claim Over Civil Workers
A ruling by the Court of Military Appeals upholds military jurisdiction over civilians living or working at overseas bases. It concerns two murder conviction cases, with the Supreme Court already reviewing conflicting federal rulings. Charles F. Burney was convicted of assault in the shooting of John L. Clark at Johnson Air Force Base in Japan, receiving a $730 fine instead of a year in jail. Clark was wounded in a December 29, 1954 shooting described as a form of Russian roulette. Burney, a Philco employee, later worked at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas.
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Military Appeals Panel
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John L. Clark
Johnson Air Force Base
Japan
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Burney
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Philco
Carswell Air Force Base
Texas
Powell says Eisenhower a prisoner of segregation aides
Rep Adam Clayton Powell charges in a radio address that President Eisenhower, while blameless personally, is a prisoner of a palace guard favoring segregation. He notes that in two years he did much for equality but recent months saw a shift as aides push back against civil rights.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
Eisenhower
Powell
Fire destroys part of St Gregory's Seminary in Cincinnati
Fire at St Gregory Seminary Cincinnati gutting kitchens dining rooms chapel and recreation rooms. Water supply hampered efforts and loss estimated at least 230000. Library of Msgr Charles Spencer saved though other volumes lost. Students were on Easter vacation and meals disrupted.
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Cincinnati
St. Gregory Seminary
Robert J. Sherry
Barney Houston
Houston
Monsignor
Sherry
College Library
Msgr
Charles Spencer
Karl J
Grace Kelly Ends Easter Visit Ahead of Monaco Wedding
Philadelphia report states Grace Kelly returns home for Easter with her family before her April 18-19 wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco. She will arrive from New York, dine with her parents Mr and Mrs John B Kelly, attend Easter Mass at St Bridget’s, and attend a yachting shower at Mrs James Hamilton’s Penn Valley home with school friends and childhood acquaintances.
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Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Monaco
New York
John B. Kelly
James Hamilton
Penn Valley
Miss Kelly
St. Bridget’s Church
East Falls
City
Vetoes Red China At Parley
President Eisenhower reaffirmed U S refusal to recognize Communist China or admit it to the United Nations Canadian leaders at White Sulphur Springs near Summers West Virginia pressed no change. The talks included Mexican participation and echoed U S policy while Canada expressed growing impatience with the status quo.
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Washington
Eisenhower
China
United Nations
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
U. S
Red China
Eden
Peiping
U. N
Louis St. Laurent
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Dulles
Aberdeen man kills three then dies by self in bizarre spree
Fred W. Leach, 76, of Aberdeen Gardens, shot four people with a .38 revolver, killing himself, Ayda B. Hanson Sawyer, 60, George W. Frye, 50, and Oretha Frye, 52. Gasoline was poured on bodies and splashed through rooms. Coroner E. B. Riley and deputies linked the killings to a plan for his own funeral and burial. Leach had arranged with a funeral home for his funeral and indicated he would leave his property to the Fryes for their care. A ramshackle but well furnished home, near the Wishkah River, was the scene of the killings this week.
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Wash
Fred W. Leach
Leach
Aberdeen Gardens
Wishkah River
Ida B. Hanson Sawyer
George W. Frye
Oretha Frye
E. B. Riley
Grays Habor
Richard Best
Ian Kileap
Grays Harbor
Fryes
Oletha
George Frye
Sawyer
Ben Meservey
Gubernatorial Candidate Faces Jail in Nonsupport Warrants
Clarksbury W Va Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Albert D Willer spent a night in jail on nonsupport warrants, blaming opponent Robert Mollohan. A public hearing was set for 9 30 a m with bail for the two charges at 1000 dollars. Willer, former WV CIO Council president, surrendered after warrants were issued and charged his woes to Mollohan who is also running.
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W. Va
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Harry QO. Morrison
Viller
Morrison
Willer
West Virginia State Cio Council
Harrison County
Robert H. Mollohan
D-Wva
Molchan
Robert B. Ziegler
Easter Joy Across World At Sunrise Services
The Christian world marks Easter with sunrise services and pageantry from Jerusalem to Rome to Hollywood Bowl. Catholic rites include the ancient fire lit at the Easter vigil, while weather varies nationwide with delays possible from rain or snow. Pilgrims travel by plane train car and even ski lift to celebrated sites from the Grand Canyon to Memorial Stadium.
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Hollywood Bowl
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Holy Land
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Oregon
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Fla
Arizona
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Denver
Colo
Natural Bridge
Miami
Nomination for Nixon Seems Sure
Washington reports Vice President Nixon appears highly likely to be renominated by the GOP with Eisenhower, as Rep. Hugh Scott says the convention will decide but the ticket will be Eisenhower and Nixon. Some liberals and Dewey allies floated changes, but opposition declined after Eisenhower’s remarks and Nixon’s NH votes. Reports of 4500 Minnesota ballots ruined by write in efforts added to the flare of party line discussions.
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Washington
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Florida Fire Under Control
Florida's largest forest fire in years is under control after an aerial survey of the 110000 acre blaze in northeast Florida. State Forester C H Coulter said many treetops remain green, suggesting survival unless insects advance. The fire burned forests in Columbia and Baker counties and crossed into Georgia, consuming about 300 acres in the state.
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Tallahassee
Fila
Florida
C. H. Coulter
Columbia
Baker
Georgia Line
Fall Injuries Fatal In Cincinnati
Mrs. Margaret Tallen, 93, widow, died Friday from injuries suffered in a fall on March 14 in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Margaret Tallen
Prisoner 78 Receives Ohio Easter Commutation
COLUMBUS Ohio Charles Wright 78 known as Daddy Wright to inmates at Ohio Penitentiary was among nine murderers granted Easter commutations by Gov Frank Lausche. The nine life termers had their first degree murder convictions reduced to second degree making them parole eligible. Wright's history includes 1906 murder of saloon keeper Henry Raisch and two prison escapes. The group had served a combined 223 years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Wright
Wright
Ohio Penitentiary
Frank J. Lausche
Hamilton County
Henry Raisch
Wricht
Robert Musch
Virginia
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