Dulles Warns Middle East Over Soviet Expansion Threat
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warns the Middle East of Soviet moves to add the region to the Communist bloc. He vows U S help to defend if requested under the Baghdad Pact and calls for collective security as Washington readies for talks in Ankara.
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John Foster Dulles
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Russia
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Eisenhower
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Turkey
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Baghdad
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Iraq
Pakistan
Britain
Free World
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New England Storm Battering Coast With Freezing Rain
The winter storm battered New England and New York with freezing rain and gale winds after dumping up to 18 inches of snow in the Midwest. Deaths rose to 44 in the Midwest and 7 in the Kansas City area. Schools closed as conditions worsened across several states.
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New York State
Midwest
Kansas City
Odessa
Weather Bureau
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Upper New York State
Boston
Nashua
N.H
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Illinois
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Iowa
Nebraska
Canadian
North Dakota
Tax Withholding Statement Due Before Feb 1
Employers are reminded that employees receive two copies of a Withholding Statement Form W-2 on or before Friday Jan 31. John L. Tolar of the IRS in Monroe explains the form shows total wages and taxes withheld for 1957 and includes sick pay in wages though no tax is withheld. If corrections are needed after distribution a corrected statement must be issued marked corrected by employer.
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John L. Tolar
Internal Revenue Service
Monroe
Tolar
Slot Machines To Go On Trial In Louisville
Eight slot machines face trial in Louisville on gambling charges. First Assistant County Attorney Sal Pinto seeks forfeiture under a statute declaring machines used or intended for gambling are condemned. Pinto said owners will represent the machines, not themselves. Two Veterans of Foreign Wars posts are named codefendants.
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Louisville
First Asst
Atty
Sal Pinto
Pinto
Secret Probers May Quiz McElroy on Attack Strategy Report
Secretary of Defense McElroy could be questioned by the Senate Preparedness subcommittee about a top secret report urging a military attack strategy to offset Soviet power. Lyndon Johnson and Chester Nimitz both oppose preventive war, while the document stresses deterrence and strategic planning.
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Defense McElroy
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Fleet Arm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Johnson
U.S
Russia
United States
Free World
Modeling student Harriet Buie cited at Stephens College
Editor K D Norris reports Lions club reassurance that registration with the secretary of state is complete. Harriet Buie of Ft Necessity is among 18 students named to Stephens College modeling squad in Columbia Missouri. Harriet, a senior, has training in modeling.
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West Monroe Lions Boar
West Monroe Lions Club
Bobby Wilson
Secretary of State
Harriet Buie
Ft. Necessity
Stephens College
Columbia, MO
Harriet
Ousted Union Officials Face Senate Inquiry Over Hidden Profits
Two ousted Operating Engineers officials, Victor Swanson and Ed Doran, appear before Senate probes on charges tied to 39 955.76 dollars in hidden profits from a San Francisco land deal. Testimony describes profits routed via dummies from 1953 Stockton land purchases and a 300 000 labor center project as factions clash at a 1956 convention.
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Washington
Operating Engineers Union
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Victor S. Swanson
San Francisco
Ed Doran
Jocal
Swanson
Maloney
McClellan
D-Ark
Pierre Salinger
Doran and
Salinger
Stockton
Calif
Mahon urges faster defense program decisions
Rep George H. Mahon says a business as usual approach slows defense speedup but urges prompt, decisive action. He notes progress on some essential decisions and stresses the urgency as the House weighs Eisenhower's emergency defense fund, with a vote anticipated Thursday and no expected budget cuts.
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Washington
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House
Russia
Mahon
Appropriations
Eisenhower
Emergency Defense Fund
Appropriations Committee
Scientist labels visa rules as silly little international spitballs
Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation blasted U S visa limits on visiting Russian scientists as queer and unbelievable during testimony to the House Government Information subcommittee. He cited Moscow to MIT access but barred Harvard Medical School as an example of overreach and harm to scientific exchange.
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Washington
U.S
Warren Weaver
Rockefeller Foundation
United States
House
Government Information Subcommittee
State Department
Russia
Weaver
National Science Foundation
The
American Assn. For the Advancement of Science
U. S
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Fort Worth Montgomery Ward Manager Photo Caption
A staff photo features the Montgomery Ward manager in Fort Worth flanked by notable officials. Seated left to right are Harry Dixon, Monroe Transit official. B C Worley, Fort Smith traffic chief. Louis A Schwartz, New Orleans bureau leader. and A A Zurborg, River Brand Rice Mills traffic head in Houston.
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Montgomery Ward
Fort Worth
Harry Dixon
Traffic Management Service
Monroe
B. C. Worley
Fort Smith
Ark
Louis A. Schwartz
National Shippers Advisory Board
New Orleans
River Brand Rice Mills
Houston
Jim St. Julian
Southwest Shippers Advisory Board
Virginia Hotel
Southwestern Industrial Traffic League
R. O. Nelson
Dallas
P. N. Haskell
Houston, Texas
Chamber of Commerce
R. T. Wilbanks
Federal Reserve Cuts Discount Rate Boosts Business Outlook
The Federal Reserve Board approves a 3 to 2 percent discount rate cut for the Philadelphia district effective today, signaling easier credit. Banks like Chase Manhattan lower prime rates, sparking optimism on Wall Street though some cite disappointment that the move not deeper. The decision is seen as a strategic use of monetary tools to aid business expansion and borrowing nationwide.
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Federal Reserve Board
Philadelphia Reserve Bank
Pacific Coast Stock Exchange
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
New York
Chase Manhattan
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Eisenhower
Congress
Vaccine supplies rise as Asian flu fears persist
Dr. Ben Freedman of Louisiana's health department said vaccine supplies are more plentiful but warned of a possible Asian flu outbreak through March. The polyvalent vaccine now available could immunize against all influenza types in one dose, amid thousands of Louisiana cases last summer and fall.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Ben Freedman
State Health Department
U. S. Health Department
Freedman
Girl Convicted Of Killing Roommate Faces Sanity Trial
Elaine Soule, 20, was found guilty of second degree murder in Redwood City California. The all female jury deliberated 2 hours 43 minutes before the verdict and will determine sanity and potential sentence between five years and life. Soule testified she struck her roommate.
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Redwood City
Calif
Elaine Soule
Elaine
Soule Found Not Guilty In Burlingame Murder Trial
Catherine Elvins known as Kit Elvins 19 Seattle stabbed 20 times with a butcher knife and struck with an iron July 24 in Burlingame apartment. The jury deliberated over first or second degree murder with defense arguing manslaughter and prosecutor asserting malice. Judge Blum instructed on second degree murder as the likely verdict despite a request for manslaughter.
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Catherine
Kit) Elvins
Seattle
Burlingame
Dutch Ship Rams Sinks Fishing Tug Near Venice La
A Dutch fruit vessel the Bonita rammed and sank the fishing boat Indian Prince on the Mississippi River north of Venice Louisiana. One crewman was rescued and four men were reported missing as the Coast Guard and Plaquemines Parish deputies searched with a cutter and helicopter. The Bonita reported only one survivor and did not identify the missing men.
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Venice
Coast Guard
Plaquemines Parish
Bonita
The
Marine Sergeant Receives Two Year Brig Sentence
Marine Sgt Adrian A McLane of Philadelphia is sentenced to two years imprisonment at hard labor for cruelty and assault against U S Navy prisoners at the Sasebo brig in Japan. He is reduced to private, forfeits pay, dishonorably discharged, and will be reviewed by higher authorities.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Adrian A. McLane
Philadelphia
McLane
Navy
Sasebo
30 Dead As Rebellion Ends In Caracas Violence
Caracas endured savage street fighting as the nationwide rebellion against President Marcos Perez Jimenez appeared to end. At least 30 people were killed in Caracas with more than 100 hurt and around 1,000 arrested reported by UPI. Radio and TV resumed normal broadcasting and a curfew ended.
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Marcos Perez Jimenez
Venezuela
Caracas
United Press
Joseph Taylor
International Airlines
Radio
Washington
Nine men in Greenville flogging case admit Klan ties
In Greenville County, nine of eleven defendants admit Klan membership in the July 21 1957 flogging of Claud Cruell a 58 year old Baptist deacon who owned 100 acre farm near Travelers Rest. The attack occurred as the Cruells cared for neighbors seven children.
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Greenville
S.C
James R. Mann
Ku Klux Klan
Greenville County
Claud Cruell
Travelers Rest
Here
Fannie
Cruells
Sherwood Turner
Cruell
Weather Update Twin Cities Forecast
Clear today and rain tomorrow with improving skies tonight. Temperatures rise from 34 to 38 tonight to 54 to 58 tomorrow. CAA reports 30 degrees at 7 am and 35 by mid-morning. High yesterday reached 45 degrees.
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Twin Cities
CAA
Selman Field
Mercury
Best Drivers Here's Proof At Last Men
Cathy Cinders, LA driving instructor, argues men are better drivers due to confidence and stubbornness. She concedes women learn faster, but says men drive better after learning. Her four years teaching in Los Angeles frames the claim amid busy freeways and road tests.
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Cathy Cinders
Cathy
Okefmnokee Swamp
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