Hoover Urges Limits on Presidential Power at Iowa Event
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke at his birthplace cottage in West Branch urging Congress to require explicit Senate consent for overseas commitments and curb unrestrained presidential actions. He warned of past moves toward Soviet recognition, Tehran and Yalta concessions, and a China deal fueling Communist expansion, while urging stronger state and local government to check federal bureaucratic growth.
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Tehran
Yalta
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Mongolia
North Korea
Eisenhower
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William S. Beardsley
Wilbur M. Bruckner
Michigan
Secretary of Defense
Bruckner
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
America
Closing Of Congress Delayed Week
GOP leaders told President Eisenhower they now hope to wind up the legislative session next week, delaying the prior Saturday closure. Senate Leader Knowland cited possible filibuster risk on atomic energy will and noted uncertainty about completing action next week. Hagerty said Eisenhower will defer Colorado vacation until both chambers finish. He plans to depart Denver once the House clears its work.
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Eisenhower
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Knowland
California
James C. Hagerty
White House
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House
Denver
Sea
NcCarthy
R-Wis
Martin
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
William F. Knowland
Senate House
Hoover Is Honored By His Birthplace
Herbert Hoover returned to his birth town West Branch Iowa to celebrate his 80th birthday. The procession drew about 50 000 visitors while 4000 lined the station platform as Eisenhower lauded his service and Nixon planned to attend in his stead.
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Iowa
Herbert Hoover
United States
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Cedar Rapids
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Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Eisen
Dulles Seeks Russian Stand on Atom Pool Plan
U S Secretary of State Dulles said Washington is asking Moscow if its rejection of Eisenhower’s atom for peace idea is final. He cited private talks with Foreign Minister Molotov showing fundamental U S and Soviet differences and noted plans to begin talks with other potential contributing countries. He also spoke of a possible Southeast Asia alliance against Communism and described Southern Vietnam as nearly chaotic.
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World Bank
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Southeast Asia
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Ceylon
India
Burma
Indonesia
Pakistan
Czech Soldier Shot Fleeing Into American Berlin
A Czech soldier was wounded in the leg as he fled into the American sector of West Berlin after crossing the East German border. Officials linked his injury to a border crossing during heightened police activity. An August report noted eight Czech political prisoners escaping Reichensperg prison and possibly reaching the West via the East German border.
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Lnto
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Heroke
East Germany
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Neue Zeitung
Reichen-sperg
Czechoslovakia
East Ger
Holland and Indonesia to sever union partnership
The Hague, Netherlands and Indonesia agreed to end their uneasy union, cutting last ties between Holland and the East Indies colony. The Foreign Office said a draft dissolving the union would be signed this afternoon by the two delegations.
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Indonesia
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East Indies
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Indonesia Joins India and Ceylon in SEATO Ban
DAKARTA Indonesia joined India and Ceylon the day in their boycott of the Western proposed Southeast Asia defense organization SEATO.
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India
Ceylon
Seato Bandakarta
Southeast Asia Defense Organization
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Senate panel may cut McCarthy charges from 46 to 10 15
The six member special committee weighing a censure against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy may drop duplicated or unprovable charges, reducing the total to 10 to 15. Chairman Arthur Watkins said hearings begin August 30 with McCarthy allowed cross examination and press access, though radio and TV remain banned. The panel plans to stick to evidence and avoid side issues seen in the Army McCarthy hearings.
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Senate Committee
Joseph R. McCarthy
Special Committee
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
McCarthy
Senate
Primary elections heat three states with Nebraska senate fights
United Press reports three state primaries featuring Nebraska races after twin senatorial deaths, a Democratic gubernatorial runoff in Arkansas between Gov Francis Cherry and Orval Faubus, and Idaho's quiet contest involving Glenn H Taylor. Delaware holds a Senate nomination fight as James H Tunnell Jr and J Allen Frear Jr vie for renomination.
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Glenn H.taylor
Idaho
Arkansas
Francis Cherry
Orval Faubus
Dwight Griswold
Griswold
Butler
GOP
Robert Crosby
Carl T. Curtis
David Martin
Terry Carpenter
Keith Neville
Boy Wonder
Joseph Benesch
Edward A. Dosek
Roman Hruska
James Green
Delaware
United States Senate
J. Allen Frear Jr
Frear
James H. Tunnell Jr
Supreme Court
Congress
Taylor
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Claude J. Burtenshaw
Alvin J. McCormack
Henry C. Dworshak
Les Lambson
State Capitol
Little College
Western Hills
Cherry
Faubus
Commonwealth College
Korean Demonstrators Protest Truce Inspectors in Two Ports
Korean demonstrators shouted anti communist slogans for about 30 minutes outside a Pusan air base and in the East Coast port of Kangnung, then dispersed without incident. The second protest at Kangnung lasted about 15 minutes, the U S Army said.
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Seoul
Mandatory Price Props On Feed Grains Beaten
Two judges and the onetime richest cop in the world faced charges over the Roger Touhy case. Federal Judge John P. Barnes freed Touhy on bond and lambasted Daniel A. Gilbert, Thomas J. Courtney, and Wilbert F. Crowley for perjured testimony and prosecutorial influence. Barnes called Touhy framed and linked the Capone syndicate to the alleged kidnapping setup.
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UPI
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Daniel A. Gilbert
Barnes
Touhy
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Jake
Courtney
Gilbert
Crowley
Factor
Scarface al’ Capone
Capone
Roger Touhy
Jake the Barber
John P. Barnes
Senate rejects mandatory price supports for feed grains
Washington AP The Senate defeated 54 to 33 a move by Sen Milton Young and Sen Hubert Humphrey to impose mandatory price supports on oats barley rye soybeans and grain sorghums. The vote followed two test votes that approved flexible supports for five crops and opposed dairy price raises. Aiken opposed both the bill and the Young Humphrey substitute. The grains program remains discretionary as Benson faced criticism during the debate. Turn to FARM on Page 2.
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Senate
Milton R. Young
R-N.d
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Young-Humphrey
Aiken
George D. Aiken
R.vt
Agriculture Committee
Young Humphrey
Ezra T. Benson
Young
Benson
Airport Aid Fund Shares by State Released
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced the state shares of a 15 million dollar federal airport aid appropriation. Wisconsin is allotted 331,302 dollars. distribution follows a population and area formula with local matching funds required. The Senate and House approved the supplemental bill, and a conference committee reviews it.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Senate
House
Senate House
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Minnesota Weather Summary
Fair and cool tonight with pleasant Wednesday conditions. Wisconsin highs 75-80, lows 45-58. winds N to NNE 15-20 mph, diminishing. Minnesota mostly fair, some showers possible late, highs around 75-80, cooler near Lake Superior. Northwestern observations note cloudy to partly cloudy conditions and a minor rainfall record, with temperatures reaching 73 at noon and a 34 inch river crest increase since Monday.
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Minnesota
Lake Superior
Randall Cauge
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
Seven Communists Indicted in Denver
A federal grand jury in Denver indicted seven Communists on charges of recruiting members for the party in Colorado New York and Utah to undermine the U S government with force and violence The indictments name Patricia Blau Anna Bary Harold Zepelin Louis Martin Johnson Joseph W Scherrer Maia Scherrer and one unnamed Denver member The case follows FBI raids and the plan to move trial schedules to Washington with a special prosecutor assigned Hoover called Bary an important underground member involved in locating Reds in hiding.
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Colorado
New
William F. Tompkins
Department of Justice
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U.S
Donald E. Kelley
Washington
Kelley
Tompkins
Justice Department
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Harold 2Epelin
Denver
Louis “Martin ‘Johnson
Utah
Joseph W
Maia Scherrer
Pueblo
Colo
Mrs. Blau
Los Angeles
Coerado
United States
Communist Party
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bary
Communist Underground
Nationalists Sink Eight Red Gunboats
Taipei Formosa The Chinese Nationalist government reported that a fleet of Nationalist gunboats slipped into Tongshan on Monday night and sank eight Communist vessels in a surprise attack. The Defense Ministry said the Communist ships were unaware and sunk within minutes before any defense could be mounted. All Nationalist boats returned safely to base.
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Formosa
Red China
Tongshan
Defense Ministry
Governors Meet Ike Over Highway Plan Lunch
Gov Kenneth Kennon leads six state governors to a White House luncheon with President Eisenhower to push the proposed 50 billion dollar coast to coast highway system. Attending are Governors Kohler of Wisconsin Wetherby of Kentucky Lausche of Ohio Patterson of Oregon and Pyke of Arizona.
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Eisenhower
White House
Nixon
Bolton Landing
N.Y
Robert Fennon
Louisiana
Dynamite Blast Launches Huge St. Lawrence Hydroelectric Project
A ground breaking ceremony launches the St. Lawrence River hydroelectric project as a joint Canada United States venture. Gov. Dewey and Ontario Premier Frost preside with officials from both nations. The giant dam near Massena will generate about 1 billion kilowatt hours annually, reducing electric bills for New York and New England.
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Massena
N.Y
St. Lawrence River
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Canada
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Polleys Bay
Leslie M. Frost
Robert Saunders
Ontario Hydro- Electric Commission
Louisi St. Lauent
New York
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S. Lawrence
United States
U.S
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Madison Fugitive Pleads Innocent On Bigamy Charge
Robert H. Duffey, 37, a Madison truck driver, pleaded innocent in Superior Court to being a fugitive on a bigamy charge filed in Rockford Illinois. The complaint says he married a Madison woman in 1941 and a Milwaukee woman in 1952, producing four children with his first wife. An extradition hearing is set for August 26.
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Robert H. Duffey
Rockford, Ill
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Duffey
Milwaukee
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