Ike Supporters Face Possible Defeat On Tariff Bill
In Washington on February 18, Eisenhower aides feared a House defeat for his liberalized foreign trade program. Speaker Rayburn saved the measure by a one vote margin, prompting Reed to push strong protectionist language. Despite White House opposition, leaders campaigned to sway wavering members as Reed aimed to rework the bill and seek a recommitment to Ways and Means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
Reed
White House
GOP
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Martin
Ways and Means Committee
Greatest Enemy Are Reds Not Democrats Ike Says
President Eisenhower warned Republicans not to lump Communists with Democrats as the party prepares for the 1956 nominating convention in San Francisco on August 20. The GOP committee hailed his talk and urged unity to win, stressing public support for his leadership and the party's future.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Fisenhower
America
Dwight P. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Gun Accident Fatal To Child In Houston
Alan Platter seven died after a stray bullet from a 45 caliber automatic. Playmate Robert Turner seven and Paul Cox Bancy ten told police they were handling pistols at the Bandy home when one went off. The injured boy’s signed statement notes warnings from his mother and resolve not to touch pistols again.
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Houston
Alan Platter
Alan
Robert Turner
Paul Cox Bancy
Convict Sees Pair Near Murder Scene in Phenix City
A former taxi driver testified in the Fuller murder trial that he saw Albert Fuller and Arch Ferrell near the scene about 20 minutes before the slaying of A. Patterson, the anti racketeering crusader. Littleton, a key witness, described Fuller as a chief deputy sheriff in the vice ridden Phenix City, with the case marking the trial’s early identity of suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fuller
Phenix City
Ala
Fuller
Birmingham
OL SA. E. Patterson
Roderick Beddows, Jr
George Gwin
Roderick Beddows
Bernard Sykes
MacDonald Gallion
Cecil Deason
Arch Ferrell
A. 1S
Pateterson
Phenix
Bill Littleton
Ferrell
Patterson
Alabama
Littleton
Ft. Benning, Ga
Columbus, Ga
Malenkov Named Man in the Biggest Pickle
The National Pickle Packers Association designates former Russian premier Georgi Malenkov as Man in the Biggest Pickle reflecting his political fall. No further details provided in the readable text.
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Chicago A
Georgi Malenkovy
National
Contracts Set For Det Buildings At Louisiana Training Institute
Contracts on three of eight planned buildings at the Louisiana Training Institute were awarded by the Louisiana State Building Authority totaling 135 406 as part of a 540 000 project in Baton Rouge. The awards include a 71 260 administrative building and a 39 179 Protestant chapel to H W Chapman of Monroe, and a 24 987 maintenance building to Harry Carpenter of West Monroe. Swanson said more contracts for the trade school building and dormitory may be let March 17 and for a dining hall addition in April. The administrative building will include 14 offices a library a first aid room and waiting area.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Louisiana State Building Authority
A. L. Swanson
Baton Rouge
Monroe Mar
Harry&, Carpenter
West Monroe
Swanson
Guidance Center
Institute
Johns and Neel
Allen Turpin
King Construction Co
Texas
Great Britain Eyes U. S. Corporal Missile Purchase
London and Washington discuss Britain buying Americana arms as their guided missile program matures. Preliminary talks focus on the U S Army Corporal surface to surface missile, with no formal negotiations yet.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
U.S. Army
Defense Department
Tragic killing of 9 year old Kathleen McLaughlin
In Franklin Knolls Michigan a father found his daughter Kathleen McLaughlin near a pond after she vanished. A 16 year old Floyd Diamond confessed to stabbing and bludgeoning the girl during roughhouse play and is held as the suspect. Prosecutor Fred Ziem notes the youth was released from Wayne County Training School recently.
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Detroit
Kathleen McLaughlin
Franklin Knolls
Fred Ziem
Oakland County
Floyd Diamond
Wayne County
Marge Diamond
John J. McLaughlin
Floyd
McLaughlins
Kathleen
Nat
State Troopers Crackdown Targets Tardy Louisiana Drivers
Louisiana roadblocks outside major cities begin a drive against motorists who failed to obtain 1955 auto license plates. Police say the crackdown started on schedule at 8 a.m. with a Feb. 7 deadline for passenger plates and an extra dollar penalty afterward.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Francis Grevemberg
Father In Law Of Monroe Chief Of Police Dies
Archie Raymond Thompson sixty, father in law of Monroe Chief of Police M I Peters, died after a long illness. He lived at 905 South 4th Monroe and was a retired Missouri Pacific railroad worker and World War I veteran. He belonged to First Baptist Monroe and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Survived by wife, one daughter, one brother Sam Thompson, two sisters, two granddaughters. In state at Hall Funeral Home until 2 p m Saturday. service at Old Bethel Church near Clarks with Rev J P Horton officiating. Interment Old Bethel Cemetery. Pallbearers Lloyd Brown Gabe Thomas P P Craven Alvin Andrews George Dent A R Grant.
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Archie Raymond Thompson
Monroe
M. I
Peters
Mr. Thompson
South 4Th Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
First Baptist Church of
Brotherhood of Railroad
M. L. Peters
Sam Thompson
Jin
Old Bethel Church
Lloyd Brown
Gabe Thomas
P. P. Craven
Alvin Andrews
George Dent
A. R. Grant
Recaptured Mood Of Marine Landing At Bloody Iwo Jima
An AP reporter recalls the 1945 Iwo Jima assault ten years later. Marines scramble ashore under shellfire as Buddies pray and endure seasickness amid brutal bombardment and heavy defenses on the bloody beachhead.
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Bloody Iwo
Far East
Nn Iwo Jima
Baton Rouge Garbage Workers Strike For 25 Cent Wage Hike
About 100 city parish garbage and refuse collectors walked out in Baton Rouge to press for a 25 cent hourly raise. Strikes affected one yard fully and others partially, with a prior two day walkout earlier this year. Mayor Jesse Webb Jr. warned of an injunction as parish officials cite that workers cannot bargain collectively.
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Baton Rouge
Public Works
Jesse Webb Jr
Webb
R. Gordon Kean Jr
City Parish
Nationalists claim major naval clash sinks 21 Red vessels
Taipei reports the Chinese Nationalist air force says a bomber sank a submarine off Taishan and that a Red supply convoy suffered heavy losses including eight landing craft and eight armed junks. Nationalist ships reportedly intercepted the convoy 130 miles northwest of Formosa as battle continued.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Islands
East China Sea
Redheld
Taishans
Chiang Kai-shek
Chekiang Province
Nanchishan
Taishan Island
Wenchow Bay
Red Sub Base Reported on Albanian Coast
The London Daily Telegraph says Russia has established a submarine base on the Albanian coast about 25 miles from Greece. Three Soviet submarines of small displacement are reported stationed at Drimades with a first hand Tirana dispatch claiming the base is maintained largely permanently.
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London
London Daily Telegraph
Russia
Albania
Vienna
Drimades
Daily Telegraph
Tirana
Strait of Otranto
Mediterranean
Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Venice
Pineau Seeks Early Ratification of Paris London Pacts
Paris AP report says Christian Pineau, aiming to be France's next premier, pledges swift final ratification of the Paris and London agreements to preserve alliances and Atlantic solidarity. He notes a two week crisis after Mendes France and calls for new talks with Russia and Western disarmament steps.
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Paris
Christian Pineau
France
National Assembly
Pineau
London
Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Russia
Western European Union
Occasional Light Rains Predicted in Twin City Area
The Twin City area can expect occasional light rain showers Friday after 3 p.m. with southeast winds shifting to about 20 mph from the south and gusts. Morning low was 40 degrees, rising to a high of 56 degrees by late morning.
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Twin City
Definite suspect named in Mrs. Quarles murder case
Police said a definite suspect exists in the brutal murder of Mrs. Lucille Quarles but would not identify the person. Evangelist Rev. Jesse Bolin and his wife are heirs to Quarles 35 000 estate and life policy beneficiaries, while a man called Joe and a 12 year old daughter are also noted in the inquiry.
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Houston
Lucille Quarles
Taurateas
Ssvnwven
W. C. Doss
Dallas
Jesse Bolin
Quarles
Bolin
Lewis Bolin
Doss
Bolins
Hermann Field Says Poland Paid Him 50000
London AP reporting that Hermann Field says he spent five years in a Communist Poland cellar and Warsaw paid him 50000 for wrongful arrest. He denies being a communist or agent and cites Opposition to Hitler and Czech occupation, speaking at a London news conference after returning from Switzerland.
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London
Hermann Field
Poland
Warsaw
Communist Party
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Cleveland
Switzerland
Fourteen New Homes Approved In Forsythe Park Addition
City Inspector S. H. Awl issued permits totaling 141600 for fourteen residences in Monroe’s Forsythe Park addition by G. E. Bass and Company. The project covers over 129 homes with costs exceeding 1,000,000, including street and utility work. Most houses are brick veneer or frame, costing 9600 to 10700, to front on Bastrop Drive.
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S. H. Awl
Forsythe Park
Monroe
G. E. Bass and Company, Inc
Awl
de. Bastrop Drive
West Monroe Child Struck By Auto On White's Ferry Road
Janis M. Willis, of Route 4 West Monroe, was hit while chasing a small dog on White's Ferry Road early Friday. She suffered a broken leg and fractured jaw and cuts. Walter M. Caldwell, of Route 4 West Monroe, drove her to St. Francis hospital. State police called the crash unavoidable. no charges filed.
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Route 4
West Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
White’s Ferry
Janis M. Willis
Walter M. Caldwell
Caldwell
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