Eisenhower Starts Draft of State of the Union Plan
President Eisenhower, convalescing at Fitzsimons Army Hospital, summoned two aides for an initial briefing on the January State of the Union address. He plans a preliminary draft with Kevin McKann and Maj. Gen. Wilton Persons, while continuing recovery and possible in-person delivery remains uncertain.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Wilton B. Persons
Kevin McKann
Washington
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
New Jersey
Somerset
Bernard M. Shanley
DP&L Faces Strike Call in Dayton Area
Negotiations continue to avert a walkout by 1,750 Dayton Power and Light Co employees in 23 southwestern Ohio counties. Local 175 CIO Utility Workers of America says the union has extended the contract on a day to day basis and will give 24 hours notice before any strike. The union seeks a 20 cent hourly raise with fringe benefits in a one year deal, while DP&L has offered a four percent increase over three years. Current wage scales were not available.
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Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Power and Light Co
CIO Utility Workers of America
Robert Murphy
Unfion
Benson faces reshaping bids as farmers oppose
Senator Olin D. Johnston alleges President Eisenhower will replace Agriculture Secretary Benson next year to appease farmers. Johnston cites farmer disapproval in South Carolina and says Benson abandoned a European trip to work on next year’s farm program recommendations. Benson plans to press Congress on administration proposals including low income farmer aid and repealing marketing quota penalties.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
South Carolina
Dohnston
House
Nixon
White House
U. S
Cabinet Plot Reported To Oust Farm Secretary Benson
Farm Journal reports a 1955 cabinet rift after President Eisenhower's heart attack with Atty. Gen. Brownell Postmaster Summerfield and Harald Stassen backing ouster while Humphrey Wilson Dulles and rest of cabinet back Benson. Nixon sits on the fence as Milton Eisenhower supports Benson. Benson reportedly eyed 1956 nomination bids with strong financial backing.
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Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Benson
Farm Journal Magazine
Farm Magazine
Atty
Tary
British Taxes Deter Romance Headlines In Royal News
The 20 percent rise in Britain's retail tax shifts front page attention from Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend to everyday costs. Coverage notes the couple's limited public sightings, Margaret skipping the royal film night, and a Bill Kerr joke on BBC about the romance amid economic headlines.
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London
Cupid
Britain
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Butler
R. A. Butler
Lausche to Inspect North South Toll Route Rally
Ohio Governor Lausche plans a trip to the Dayton Centerville corridor to assess local opposition to the proposed second Ohio toll road. The move follows resident complaints about the toll route and potential impacts on the region.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Dayton-Centerville
Princess Margaret meets Archbishop on Townsend romance
Princess Margaret made a surprise call on Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher at Lambeth Palace to discuss her romance with Peter Townsend. The meeting followed a London Times editorial urging renunciation of royal rights if she wed the divorced war hero. The archbishop indicated no compromise on the church stance on divorce. Townsend and Margaret are Anglicans.
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London
Margaret
Townsend
Princess Margaret
Plane crashes into bank after firing at work
Private pilot Benjamin Fauth died when his light aircraft plowed through a Bank of America branch at Los Angeles International Airport. Witnesses described a sudden bank towards the building after he had been dismissed from a teller trainee job a day earlier. Diners in a second floor restaurant were shaken but unhurt. Police say he acted to avenge the firing and end his life.
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Los Angeles
International Airport
Benjamin Fauth
Aeronca
Bank of America
Robert J. Workman
Fauth
Toppenish, Wash
E. Fauth
Most Valuable Alaskan Earl Ohmer Dies in Alaska
Dayton native Earl N. Ohmer, 72, once named Most Valuable Man in Alaska by territorial press for wildlife preservation. He died at his Petersburg, Alaska home. Ohmer chaired the Alaska Fish and Game Commission for 23 years.
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Dayton
Ohio
Earl N. Ohmer
Alaska
Territorial Press
Petersburg
Alaskan Press
Alaska Fish and Game Commission
Faure seeks third confidence vote during Geneva talks
Premier Edgar Faure presses for a third confidence vote to survive amid the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Geneva. The议 vote follows a series of parliamentary tests on Algerian policy and government plans to trim Parliament’s term to influence North Africa decisions.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Geneva
Wwe
Dacaeg
Faure
North Africa
Saar
Bao Dai
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Morocco
Pierre Pflimlin
Ice Bound Honeymooners Rescued After Week on Ice
Anchorage reports the Air Force completed a 100 mile rescue of two Bethel couples Owen Beaver David O David Patti Snow and Marguerite Strauss along with two others marooned on an ice lit rivermouth beach for eight days. They planned a Kwillingok wedding and were aided by driftwood fires and air-dropped supplies until a helicopter could reach them.
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Alaska
Air Force
Bethel
Here
Owen Beaver
David O. David
Patti Snow
Marguerite Strauss
Kwillingok
Kuskokwim River
Weekend Weather Outlook With Slight Friday Shower Chance
A stretch of Indian summer continues through Friday with sunny mild days and increasing clouds Friday afternoon. Tonight, fair and not quite as cool with a low near 52. Wednesday’s unofficial high reached 73 at 4 p.m. and the morning low was 44 at 6 a.m.
Security Bid May Tempt Red Allies
The Western powers consider firm security guarantees for Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia against future German aggression if Russia agrees to German unification on Western terms. New frontier clashes Israel and Egypt and shipments of arms to Egypt raise Middle East tensions as Dulles Macmillan Pinay and Molotov prepare to press for action at Geneva. The ministers seek to translate broad aims into concrete results while maintaining a united front against the Soviet Union.
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Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
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State Department
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
V. M. Molotov
Moshe Sharett
Paris
Molotov
Macmillan
Pinay
Palace of Nations
Eisenhower
Bulgania
Missing pet boa constrictor reported by Lakewood youth
Suburban Lakewood police were told by 15 year old Norman James that a four foot pet boa constrictor vanished from its basement pen in his apartment building. Police searched without success until a friend of Norman reportedly took the snake for the night. Co-owners rotate care of the reptile.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
Norman James
Norman
IRS probes tax free groups as review expands
The Internal Revenue Service is examining at least the more controversial cases among over 32 000 tax exempt organizations. Officials say yardstick for political interests under tax exemption is being reconsidered and a broad past review may follow. Justice Department may seek authority to publish filings. IPR and For America recently lost exemptions or deductions. IPR accused of Communist infiltration, denied by its leaders.
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The
Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Service
Treasury
Justice Department
Congress
American Institute of Pacific Relations
For America
IPR
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Senate Grup
United States
Clarence Manion
Notre Dame Law School
Robert E. Wood
Chicago
Case Urged To Bid For Nomination
Washington reports Friends urge Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey to seek the Republican presidential nomination as part of a rising favorite son movement. Analysts anticipate Eisenhower may endorse a slate of younger Republicans if he does not run in 1956.
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Case
Eisenhower
Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Herbert Hoover Jr
Labor Mitchell
Congress
Piano clash over rights in desert tavern dispute
In Wichita Falls Texas a tavern owner fights sheriff deputies closure of piano music citing constitutional rights. Sheriff Weldon Bailey says pianos draw drug use and jam sessions prompting inspections and removal of pianos except Louie Horaney’s Texas Spa. Horaney plans legal action if needed.
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Tex
Louie Horaney
Weldon Bailey
Horaney
Louie
Texas ‘Spa
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