Group Launches Hearings Today On Coffee Bill
The Senate Agricultural Committee opened hearings on a bill to place the coffee exchange under federal regulation while the Federal Trade Commission probed possible market cornering. New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange president Geertave Loro Jr warned that regulation could raise prices, citing rising coffee consumption in West Germany and futures market manipulation claims. Chicago police tightened watch on coffee warehouses after a $12,000 hijacked shipment.
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Senate Agricultlural Committee
Coffee Exchange
Federa
Federal Trace Commission
Geetave Loro Jr
New York Critee and Sugar Exchange
West Germany
Guy M. Ghotle Dhowa
Agriculture Committee
Korner Kafe
March of Dimes
Arkansas Pair Nabbed With 28-Pound Marijuana Load
State troopers arrested James Richard Eldridge 36 of Cleveland Ohio and Louise Eison 23 of Albany Georgia in Hope Arkansas after finding 28 pounds of marijuana in a steel trunk in the car Eldridge drove. The pair were held for federal narcotics agents at Del Rio Texas following a tip.
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Hope
Ark
James Richard Eldridge
Cleveland
Ohio
Louise Eison
Albany
del Rio
Tex
Arkansas
Cope
Eldridge
Trouble In Iran Election Toasted by UK Anti-Communists
Tehran reports that UK anti-communists watched Iran's parliamentary elections with frustration as voters cast ballots. One man reportedly went to a hospital after a leg wound occurred during the polling process.
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Tehran
Iran
Weather Forecast Briefs in Regional Almanac
Forecast calls for fair skies today with partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday. Mild temperatures with a high around 0 today, overnight low near 27, tomorrow's high around 15, and yesterday's high near 1.
Knowland Predicts Senate Passage of Treaty Powers Amendment
Sen. Knowland says the Senate will pass a constitutional amendment on treaty powers despite ongoing deadlock. He outlines new language for Bricker but cautions uncertainty about acceptance. Debate centers on limits on executive diplomacy and state repudiation risk, with White House review ongoing.
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Knowland
Senate
Washington
Sen
Calif
GOP
Bricker
Ohio
Reicher
Fisenhower
Senate Judiciary Committee
Seno Morse
Gre
Rnowland
Bo Johnson
Texas
Feader
Johnson
Brownell
Brownel
White House
Dulles Rejects Molotov Peace Plan at Berlin Talks
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles dismissed Soviet Foreign Minister Molotovs German peace plan during the Big Four talks in Berlin. He urged all German elections and a government that truly represents Germany, rejecting charges against the United States Britain and France as attempts to derail negotiations.
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Berlin
John Foster Dulles
Reachesiay M. Molotev
Germany
Abin
Molotev
Dulles
United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Roosevelt suits claim indisputable evidence of infidelities
Los Angeles February 2 Atty Arthur Schifferman for Mrs Romelle Roosevelt said the wife has indisputable evidence of James Roosevelt’s alleged infidelities to support a separate maintenance suit and warned of further charges if Roosevelt contests the action He described a battle of press handouts and noted there is much more to the case including letters signed by Roosevelt in 1945 admitting intimacies with multiple women
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Los Angeles
Romelle Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Arthur Schifferman
Roosevelt
Namning
Schifferman
Samuel Picone
Ground Hog Shadow Signals Six More Weeks of Winter
The Permian Basin observed a shadow on Ground Hog Day with mixed winter signals across Texas. Light rain fell with 12 to 15 hundredths of an inch in Odessa Pecos and Monahans, while temperatures ranged from near freezing in Dalhart to the low 60s in Brownsville and Corpus Christi. The southern region weather suggested no shadow and a milder outlook for Tuesday through Wednesday.
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Permian Basin
Odessa
Air Terminal
Pecos
Monahans
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Caves Mountains
Austin-Waco
Lufkin
Texas Midilands
Dalhart
Brownsville
Corpus Choiisti
Pope Pius Shows Notable Improvement Amid Illness
The Vatican reported Pope Pius XII, 77, has shown notable improvement though intermittent hiccups persist. Officials say tests for cancer are negative and describe the condition as a neuro digestive disturbance linked to a gastric illness since January 26, easing public concern in Rome.
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Vatican City
The
Vatican
Pius
Rome
Train Wreck Toll Revised At Fifty Six Killed
Seoul W Army reports Sunday night train wreck south of Seoul killed 56 and left 125 injured with hospital care ongoing.
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Seoul
Here
Federal Lawyer Outlines Bramblett Payroll Kickback Case
A government prosecutor told a Federal Court jury that Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett kept his wife on the congressional payroll for a year and employed a clerk who did no work but kicked back her entire salary. Bramblett faced charges of false statements to the House disbursing office and of taking $4,036 in kickbacks.
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Washington
Ernest K. Bramblett
Calif
U.S. Atty
William Hitz
Bramblett
House of Representatives
U.S. District Court
Hitz
Auto Driver Is Helpful After Houston Accident
In Houston a teacher Mrs. Alice Cookston backed her car over 3 year old Carol Fowler. She rushed the boy to a hospital where doctors found his carobe missing and later sewed back on. An ambulance driver assisted by receiving the vital piece to speed treatment.
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Houston
Alice Cookston
Carol Douglas Fowler
Negro Admits He Ravished Dallas Woman
Dallas police say Tommy Lee Walker 19 confessed to raping and killing Mrs. H. C. Parker a 29 year old white mother near a dark bridge on Sept 30. He later described taking $5 from her purse and fleeing toward Love Field before riding a bus home.
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Dallas
Tommy Lee Walker
H. C. Parker
Walker
Will Fritz
Fritz
Parker
Love (Air) Field
Action Seen Soon On Judgeship Bill
Washington report notes the House Judiciary Subcommittee plans to press a compromise bill today or tomorrow to create 30 new federal judgeships. The measure would permanentize 21 of 27 seats and include a permanent Eastern Texas seat, with one for Southern Texas.
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Washington
House
Jonas
Jr-Sh
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Texas
Roosevelt Considers Divorce Suit Over Infidelity Letter
James Roosevelt weighs filing for divorce rather than separation after his wife Romelie Roosevelt publicized a 1945 letter naming nine women with whom he allegedly had affairs. Attorneys said a possible mental cruelty ground could be added. Roosevelt apologized to the women and denied the accusations.
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Roosevelt
Haymes Rita Hayworth Barricaded In Hotel Suite
Dick Haymes and Rita Hayworth locked in a 12th floor Hotel Madison suite in New York after deputies with a civil warrant for Haymes arrest were denied entry. The warrant stemmed from Joanne Dru’s claim of $33,323 from a 1949 divorce settlement. Crum, Hayworth’s lawyer, tried to obtain access by keyhole consultation.
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Charles DeLancey
Madison Suite
New York City
Dick Haymes
Haymes
Rita Haworth
United Press
New York
Rita Hayworth
Madison
Midtown Manhattan
Hames
Ratg
Barnley Crum
Rita
New York Supreme Court
James McNally
Joanne Dru
Miss Dru
Lewis Greenbaum
Greenbaum
Fhem Prince Aly
Xhan
Aga Maymes
Riis
Bern
Hayworth
Las Vegas
Nev
U. 3
End of Duval probe near as Shepperd says case nears
Attorney General John Ben Shepperd states a year long inquiry into public funds in Duval county is close to ending. He notes possible federal offenses and confirms joint state federal efforts. Parr, linked to the Benavides district, denies knowledge of the investigation as agents probe school and welfare fund use.
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Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Duval County
George Parr
South Texas
Shepperd
Parr
Alice
Beiny
Sheppard
Houston
Scripps - Howard - Owned Press
Benavides Independent School District
Internal Revenue Bureau
U.S. Postal
Queen Norriman Secures Divorce Decree
Queen Norriman obtained a final divorce from ex King in Cairo. The decree marks the end of their marriage and formalizes the separation.
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Norriman
Cairo
Pilot Killed in Jet Plane Crash in Austin
A jet plane crash in Austin claims the life of a pilot. Details accompany the incident as reported by UP.
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Gustavo Lobo Jr
Lobo
Charman
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Arkansas Police
York
Antonio
Pope
Solon
Negro
Romelie Roosevelt
Manda Roosevelt
Honolulu
Julia Damon
Richard Durant
Semusl B. Precene
United Press Telephoto
Duval
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