Farm Bill Debate Shifts to Senate Floor Ellender Seeks Fast Vote
Senate debate on the farm bill opened with Sen. Ellender urging a return to higher price supports to put more dollars in farmers pockets. An amendment to keep flexible supports was offered as the measure faced further controversial provisions and a vote was not expected before next week. Ellender pressed for passage by March 15 in both chambers.
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Ethyl plant in Baton Rouge operates on skeleton crew
Ethyl Corp plant in Baton Rouge, a GM and Standard Oil of New Jersey subsidiary, continues production with supervisory staff amid a 2,200 worker strike. Company officials say supply will remain steady as talks focus on fringe benefits and job classification. hourly wage is about 2.71 with a proposed six percent increase. A Houston plant and a Sarnia Canada site are part of Ethyl’s expansion. Dupont runs a similar operation in Deepwater New Jersey.
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Ethyl] Corp
W. J. Henry
Ethyl
General Motors
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Houston
Tex
Sarnia
Canada
Detroit
Dupont
Deepwater
N.J
United Mine Workers
Unknown boy found beaten in Tucumcari prompts N Y detective doubt
A severely bruised unnamed boy was found outside a Tucumcari service station. Nassau County detective Inspector Stuyvesant Pinnell doubted the child is Steven Damman, the missing New York City area boy, after a father said the photo did not match. The hospital report noted a broken nose, multiple bruises, and a healing burn on the palm.
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Stuyvesant Pinnell
Nassau County
N. Y
Damman
Pinnell
A.J.C
Jerry Damman
East Meadow
N.Y
Steven
Tucumcari General Hospital
Thunderstorms Possible in Twin City Thursday Afternoon
Forecasters expect thunderstorms or light rain in the Twin City area Thursday afternoon after 3:30 p.m. Cloudy conditions persist, with south winds around 14 mph. Morning high 68 and low 54, with Thursday night lows 54 to 58 and Friday high 74 to 78.
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Eisenhower pressed to run rumors denied by Hagerty
President Eisenhower's press secretary James Hagerty said he knows of no word from the President on seeking a second term. He denied a Detroit News report that Sherman Adams and RNC Chairman Leonard Hall told GOP leaders Eisenhower would publicly announce a bid next week.
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Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Sherman
Detroit News
Washington
Adams
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Ford dealers pressed $50,000 for Eisenhower 1952 campaign
Former Chicago Ford dealer Milton Ratner testified before a Senate subcommittee that Ford Motor Co told Chicago dealers to raise 50 000 for Eisenhower in 1952. He said the call came from the office of Henry Ford and that he refused to contribute. Ratner recalled another dealer phoning him about a 1 000 obligation for the campaign.
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Chicago
Ford Motor Co
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Milton Ratner
Ford
Henry Ford
Ratner
Senate
Eisenhower
Martha Washington Beaked Whale Dazzles California Tourists
A rare Cuvier's beaked whale nicknamed Martha Washington was stranded near Santa Catalina Island, towed to Marineland of the Pacific, and placed in a tank. Curator Kenneth Norris calls her the first captive beaked whale in the region, a 4 to 5 year old 1200 pound, 14 foot youngster awaiting feeding.
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Martha Washington
Polar
al Hansen
Santa Catalina Island
Marineland of the Pacific
Los Angeles County
Marineland
Kenneth Norris
North Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Martha
Eisenhower unveils 88,000 pounds uranium for peace efforts
President Eisenhower announces a new program to release 88,000 pounds of uranium 235 for peaceful atomic projects at home and abroad. He frames the move as a test of faith in using atomic energy to promote world peace and challenges the Soviet Union to follow suit.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Nikola Bulganin
Dallas Minister Denounces Racial Integration Beliefs
Dr. W A Criswell of First Baptist Church of Dallas called advocates of racial integration infidels in dirty shirts and dead from the neck up. Billy Graham said he and his pastor have disagreed on the race question. Texas Baptist officials largely declined to comment on Criswell's statements.
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Texas
W. A. Criswell
First Baptist Church of
South Carolina General Assembly
Columbia
S.C
Billy Graham
Tokyo
Criswell
Texas Baptist General Convention
T. C. Gardner
Convention
Fire ravages Hugh L White game reserve near Columbia
Firefighters battled multiple blazes across the 12 000 acre Hugh L White game reserve 10 miles southeast of Columbia Mississippi. No immediate damage estimate given arson suspected as more than a hundred acres burned with new fires breaking out at 15 to 20 minute intervals. Winds fanned the fires and crews including tractors bull dozers volunteers from Pearl River County aided the effort with no injuries reported. The reserve lies in De Soto National Forest and is home to deer turkey and other wildlife.
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Columbia
Miss
Hugh L. White
Pearl River County
Mississippi
de Soto National Forest
King Arrested in Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr a 27 year old Dexter Avenue Baptist Church minister had his home bombed amid the Montgomery bus boycott and was arrested on antiboycott charges after surrendering to sheriff officials. He posted 300 bond and was among the 24th Negro ministers taken into custody along with more than 50 others in widespread indictments that may total about 90 defendants.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King, Jr
Dexter Ave
Alabama
King
Tennessee
Mac Butler
Chicago
Berserk Chinese Laborer Slays Doctor at City Hospital
In Cook County Hospital Chicago a 76 year old Chinese laborer Jim Go stabbed Dr Bruno Epstein 25, in the chest and abdomen during a mental breakdown. He carried two six inch butcher knives and was subdued after nurses and doctors restrained him with a chair. The suspect, who spoke little English, was in the hospital from January 9 to February 9 for a hernia operation.
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Cook County Hospital
Bruno Epstein
Jim Go
Frozen Europe Death Toll Tops 804 Amid Deep Freeze
London reports at least 804 dead as Europe endures the coldest winter in memory. Central Europe faces shrinking food and fuel stocks. Ice packs drift down the North Sea and Baltic temperatures fall to four above zero. Shipping halts on Dutch canals and Italian landslides strike Vasto near Pescara. Northern Italy braces for more snow.
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Europe
North Sea
Germany
Baltic
Netherlands
Italy
Vasto
Pescara
Eisenhower Tries Laughing at Mistakes On Golf Course
President Eisenhower, amid a heart attack recovery, jokes about laughing at errors as he tees off at Glen Arven. His opening drives falter in the woods, prompting exasperation before a timely fourth shot salvages the moment.
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Eisenhower
Thomasville
Glen Arven Country Club
John Walter
Brazilian Revolt Leader Flees After Air Strikes In Santarem
Government forces seized Santarem as rebel Maj Haroldo Veloso fled into the jungle after air strikes reduced his air power to a single C47. The 450 loyal soldiers occupied the river town and detained a Beech trainer believed set to attack a troop ship upriver. Veloso had launched the revolt from Rio de Janeiro on Feb 11.
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Brazil
Amazon
Santarem
Vargas
Jacare- Acanga
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Haroldo Veloso
Veloso
Lashley quadruplets mark 15th birthday with private lunch
Leitchfield Kentucky reports Martine Beulah Mildred and John Lashley celebrate turning 15 with an ice cream party for eight classmates at their Catholic school. The siblings plan future careers from secretary work to farming while the family farm spans 131 acres.
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Lashley
Lashleys
Martine
Beulah
Mildred
John
Ann Sothern
Mayors and Council Members Set for State Meet
Twin Cities mayors and council members will attend the Louisiana Municipal Association's 19th annual convention in Lake Charles March 15 to 17. Mayor John Coon and officials Frank X. Cline C. Wayne Huckaby P A Poag Wood H Thompson L T Harper plan to attend. Mayor J Allan Norris of West Monroe urges full turnout as A T Burkett Amos Hood C E Ponder Roy Cash and L L Wood join the delegation. Association president Armand Vintor of New Iberia aims for 100 percent municipal representation as the three day conference nears.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana Municipal Associations
Lake Chales
John Coon
Frank X. Cline
C. Wayne Huckaby
P. A. Poag
Wood H. Thompson
L. T. Harper
J. Allan Norris
West Monroe
A. T. Burkett
Amos Hood
C. E. Ponder
Roy Cash
L. L. Wood
Armand Vintor
New Iberia
Louisiana
Shreveport Man Finds Wife Dead Of Suffocation
A Shreveport machinist returned home to find his 22 year old wife, Mrs. Marvel Estelle Moore, dead on the bed. Deputy Coroner Dr. Charles S. Boone ruled the death as suffocation, noting heaters were on all day and windows closed. The couple moved here about 12 days ago from Natchitoches.
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Charles S. Boone
Marvel Estelle Moore
Boone
John W. Moore
Natchitoches
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