Farm Bill Gets Final Approval
Washington The Senate approved the administration farm bill after a late night vote, with 31 Republicans and 13 Democrats for. The House already passed the measure 208 to 47 after fending off a farm bloc effort to kill it. President Eisenhower hailed the victory as a milestone for his goals and pledged to seek its enactment. McCarthy of Wisconsin opposed the conference report, voting against the measure sent to the White House.
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White House
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House
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Calif
Knowland
Californian
Wayne Morse
Ezra T. Benson
McCarthy
Sen
Wisconsin
Conference Committee
Dutch Captain Reports Shots By Red Vessel
Dutch captain H Pick reports a Russian cruiser fired on his 400 ton coastal steamer Dora in the Gulf of Finland near the Finnish border. The Ivan halted then opened fire again, prompting Pick to continue voyage. he notes no hit confirmed and the Dora lacks radio gear. The Dora’s owners expect Aberdeen next week.
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Gulf of Finland
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North Holland
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Finnish Gulf
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Ivan
Tyan
Dora
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Melmont
Mittman
Jerome Lieber
L. Robert Trachtenberg
Land
Jack Koslow
Brookayn
Koslow
Brooklyn
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Kostow
Rheingold Ulrich
Washington Park
Williamsburg
McCarren Park
Greenpoint
Lawyer Not McCarthy To Quiz Witnesses In Censure Hearings
Sen Joseph R McCarthy will not personally cross examine witnesses at the Senate censure hearings his attorney Edward Bennett Williams said he will ask the questions Williams will lead the questioning The committee rules allow either McCarthy or his attorney to cross examine witnesses Chadwick the new counsel for the committee arrives to prepare hearings and Chairman Watkins plans to start Aug 30 with possible brief delay to secure counsel Watkins told reporters he expects a swift process with hearings proceeding through completion and Chadwick described as a country lawyer from Chester Pa will handle the committee dialogue on Page 2
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Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Edward Bennett Williams
McCarthy
E. Wallace Chadwick
Gen
George C. Marshall
Chadwick
Pennsylvania
Wis
Arthur
Ex-King Farouk Sings With Cafe Entertainer
Exiled former Egyptian monarch Farouk sat with a cafe entertainer on Tuesday and sang for about an hour. He finished with a Swiss yodeling number in a brief, light moment during his stay.
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Romeo
Farouk
Egypt
Rep Shafer dies after liver ailment in Washington
Rep. Paul W. Shafer of Michigan, 61, died Tuesday at Walter Reed Hospital after liver illness. The House paused adjournment to honor him. Shafer, a Battle Creek Republican, served on the Armed Services Committee desde 1937 and had a journalism background. His wife had died July 5.
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House
Paul W. Shafer
Michigan
Walter Reed Hospital
Shafer
Battle Creek
Mich
George W. Calver
Capitol
House Armed Services Committee
Tie
Congress
Burly teens confess to crime spree in New York
Four burly teenagers confessed to police Tuesday night to a crime spree that included two murders, horse whipping two girls, and beating two homeless men. They were arrested after a passerby witnessed the attack on a Black man in the East River. Millman and Lieberman face homicide charges. Trachtenberg is a juvenile delinquent. Koslow and Silver face felonious assault and potential homicide charges if the body is found.
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Millman
Lieberman
Trachtenberg
Koslow
Ulrickson
Silver
East River
Mendes-France Faces Bitter Opposition to European Army Plan
French Premier Pierre Mendes-France arrived in Brussels to push a softened European army plan for the EDC. The proposal limits German unit deployment to occupied soil and faces strong opposition from West Germany Italy Belgium and Holland while the United States warns that acceptance could trigger a strategic reappraisal. Britain urges revision as the conference of EDC powers opens.
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Britain
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France
Peurifoy Seen as Likely Thailand Envoy
Washington report says John E. Peurifoy ambassador to Guatemala is under consideration for the post of American ambassador to Thailand. The 46 year old diplomat was told of a possible transfer during White House and State Department talks. He helped curb Communist influence in Guatemala and has been central to anti Communist diplomacy.
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Washington
John E. Peurifoy
Guatemala
Thailand
White House
State Department
William
Wild Bill) Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Jin Line
Donovan
Peurifoy
Guaemala
Reds Warn U S on Korea Withdrawal and Formosa Plan
South Korean lawmakers demanded action as reports floated U.S. plans to withdraw most troops from Korea by end of 1954, leaving three U.S. divisions. President Rhee pressed for three ROK divisions per U.S. unit, while protests and discussions with U.S. officials spread across Seoul. An Army spokesman in Washington denied withdrawal plans.
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U.S
Korea
National Assembly
T ‘al
Washington
Assembly
Lee Ki,Poong
U. S
South Korea
U.N
8Th Army
South Hkoorea
U. N
North
Lee
British Start Quitting Suez
British troops began leaving the Suez Canal zone toward Malta, the first of 80,000 servicemen slated to depart over 20 months, marking the start of Britain’s end of a 62 year occupation. Green beret Royal Marines boarded the Glasgow and the Gambia as the exodus commenced under a July 27 agreement with Egypt.
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Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Malta
Third
Royal Marine Brigade
Glasgow
Gambia
Britain
Hoover Jr Confirmed by Senate as Under Secretary
Herbert Hoover Jr the son of the former president was confirmed by unanimous consent as under secretary of state replacing Gen Walter Bedell Smith who resigns to enter private business Hoover 51 has served as John Foster Dulles special consultant on the Anglo Iranian oil dispute The nomination move followed a hastily called Foreign Relations Committee meeting and was backed by Chairman H Alexander Smith Ike urged swift Senate action as White House sought passage before adjournment
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State Department
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Bedell Smith
John Foster Dulles
Smith
Senate
Hoover
Walter] Bedell Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
H.alexander Smith
R-Nj
Ike
William F. Knowland
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Russia
White House
Regents OK Budget Totals For State Colleges
The Board of State College Regents reported totals of 6 602 453 for 1935 36 and 6 900 545 for 1956 57 for the nine state colleges revenue and expense plan. No faculty salary increases were proposed but salaries will move to an academic year basis with summer pay. Academic rank for teachers will be provided, allowing promotions from associate to full professor. Enrollment growth prompts 24 new teachers in 1955 56 and 20 in 1956 57. Dormitory rates rise starting with the 1935 summer session, older dorms by 50 cents weekly and new dorms by at least 5 dollars weekly. Regent Eugene Murphy of La Crosse hosted at his Mississippi River summer home.
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Regents
Eugene Murphy
la Crossa
Mississippi River
Compromise Sought on Anti Red Bill in Congress
Washington AP report says administration leaders seek language to implement anti Communist measures without nullifying existing laws. House and Senate backed outlawing the party, but a short clause criminalizing membership risks veto from President Eisenhower. Conference committee to resolve wording.
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House
Senate
Communist Party
Eisenhower
House-Senate
Democrats
Typhoon Kills 39 in Kyushu at 115 mph
A 115 mph typhoon ripped Kyushu killing an estimated 39 persons. Up to 20 inches of rain flooded rivers and swept away homes. The storm damaged Amami Oshima and other areas, with total losses running into millions of dollars.
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Honshu
U.S. Army
Amami Oshima
U S Naval Heads Meet On Formosa
Adm Felix B Stump arrived to discuss joint defense of Formosa with Chinese Nationalist leaders and fleet commanders. He traveled aboard a destroyer handed to Nationalists after refit. Secret talks reportedly planned to map defense plans amid Eisenhower’s warning to Repel any invasion by Communist forces.
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Felix B. Stump
U.S. Pacific
U.S
Eisenhower Warns Reds on Formosa Invasion Threat
President Eisenhower told a news conference that if the Chinese Communists attempt to invade Formosa they would have to run over the United States Seventh Fleet. He said any such attack would be resisted and noted US carriers Hornet and Philippine Sea nearby. Fresh evidence of no immediate invasion plans was cited by authorities, while looming threats were seen as part of a broader Far East war of nerves following Korea and Indochina. The chiefs of the 1st and 7th fleets were to visit Formosa to plan defenses with Nationalist leaders.
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7Th Fleet
Formosa
Washington
Mitchel
Lnk
Bobby Jones
TVA
UH. Peeerrerne Yrerrette
South China Seas
Aidiett Cenier
Red Tame
Chiang Kai Shek
Philippine Sea
Formosan
U.S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Truman
Chou En Lai
Chow
Far East
Prime Minister of Pakistan to Visit Eisenhower in October
Washington dispatch reports Prime Minister Mohammed Ali of Pakistan will visit President Eisenhower to brief the White House. He is slated to arrive in the United States in October and, after brief stops in other cities, will come to Washington on October 16 as an official guest.
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Mohammed Ali
Pakistan
Eisenhower
White House
United States
House Puts Final OK On Energy Bill
Washington AEC Chairman Strauss predicts the atomic energy bill will quicken peacetime nuclear power and widen private industry access. After a 13 day Senate filibuster the House passed the measure, sending it to the White House for President Eisenhower’s signature. The bill broadens sharing of atomic secrets and accelerates the world atom energy agency plan.
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Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
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White ‘House
Eisenhower
Strauss
World Atomic Energy Agency
Senate
America
Bulganin jokes and champagne cork strike at Indonesia Embassy
In Moscow a reception marking Indonesia’s independence drew Soviet leader Nikolai Bulganin, American diplomat Walter Walmsley Jr, and other envoys. A champagne cork burst, striking Bulganin and Indonesian Ambassador Subandrio on the foreheads while Bulganin quipped about using cannons. The event followed recent diplomatic socials amid rising non Communist nation engagement.
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Bulganin
Walmsley
Nikolai Bulganin
U.S
Charles E. D
Walter Walmsley Jr
Bohlen
Indonesia
Bulwamin
Subandrio
Wisconsin Weather Forecast With Showers and Warmth Ahead
The Wisconsin region faces cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms moving through the west while the east and south see partly cloudy conditions and warmer temperatures. Tonight’s lows range from 50 to 36 in the northwest and 56 to 62 in the southeast, with Thursday expected to reach 60 in the northwest. Randall gauge on the Fox River shows 10 inches above the Menasha dam crest, down 3.4 inches since Tuesday. Buckstaff Observatory notes a maximum 73 and minimum 55 for the period, with no new precipitation and month and year deficiencies recorded.
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Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
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