Eisenhower warns of Soviet and Red China threat
President Eisenhower told Congress that Soviet and Chinese communism threaten the free world and urged expanded foreign aid, military power, and collective security. He outlined steps including deterrent power, atomic warning, enhanced foreign aid totaling about 2.9 billion, and a fair Arab Israel settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Free Nations
Eisenhower
Congress
Israel
United States
Eastland says no Communist influence found in major papers
Sen James Eastland announced the Senate Internal Security subcommittee found no evidence of Communist attempts to shape content in recognized metropolitan papers. Otto Albertson, a proofreader for the New York Times, was called as the fifth witness in the second day of hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunkhead
Senate
Internal Security
James iGlaser
Daily Worker
New York
The
Gerhardt Eisler
Washington
James O. Eastland
Eastland
Senate Internal Security
Todey
Otto Albertson
New Yorks Times
Dmiss
Daly Worker
Shelton seeks half of wedding picture in divorce case
William Gene Shelton Beck filed for divorce from Pessi Loz and asked the chancery court to compel his wife to give him half of their wedding picture. The filing indicates a property dispute within the divorce proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
William Gene Shelton Beck
Pessi Loz
Chancery Court
Picire
Archbishop Palace Bomb Damage Raises Vatican Succession Hopes
An attack on Archbishop’s Palace in Milan injured two senior Roman Catholic prelates, seen as leading papal succession candidates. Police hunt the alleged Communist attackers amid French election turmoil claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aglan
Tals
Milan
Edi
Jialigza
Msgrs
Hearing Stated On Sewage Disposal Plant
A public hearing is planned for January 7 on the application by Jefferson County village of Johnson Creek to build a sewage disposal plant and set sewer rates. A TNT blast damaged a ground floor area, injuring none, with about 200 windows broken and a six room apartment damaged. Ballistic expert A. Bizzari led the official probe starting at 19:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bizzari
Patents Ice Commission
Jefferson Countyj
Johnson Creek
Carl Martoni
Times
Clintonville Man Arrested in Bank Holdup
A Clintonville man with a 30 year criminal record was arrested in connection with the August Embarass Wisconsin State Bank robbery. Earl Everett Bodah is accused of using a gun to steal about 2050 from cashier Willis Anton and two granddaughters. He awaits appearance before a U S magistrate in Green Bay. The FBI reports multiple bank robbery cases across Wisconsin and notes Bodah’s prior sentences, including a 1956 term for a rape-related charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Hrass
Wis
State Bank
FBI
James Poster
Earl Everett -Bodah
Clintonville
Brown County
Green Bay
U.S. Covre
Ion Reynolds Jr
Bodeh
Willisem Anton
Anton
Waupacea
Fay
Bodah
Edward Minor
U.S
Floyd Jenkins
Bocak
Wisconsin
Waupun
Ror Kuehl
St. Louis
Sra
Petaukee
Merten
Waukesha County
Robert Sehibline
Fosé du Lec
Farelteville
N.C
Merton
al Bank
Li Geneva
Pentagon drag in coast guard reserve plans under scrutiny
House Armed Services subcommittee chair Overton Brooks questions whether the Pentagon is delaying the 1960 readiness program. The Coast Guard plan to take 2,000 men yearly faces inaction as weeks pass and draft boards induct volunteers, while only a fraction of the early 1960 target has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armed Services
Overton Brooks
D-1
Ito
Pentagon
Coast Guard
Alan
Aco
Weeks
Drak
Om Reserve
Buiding
Breer Orly
1956 to Be Year of Informed Voter in Wisconsin
Gov. Walter J. Kohler declared 1956 should be the year of the informed voter to boost registration. He backed a nonpartisan effort by the American Heritage Foundation running Jan 1 to Nov 6 to encourage citizen registration and turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler
Madison
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin Citigens
American Heritage Foundation
Eisenhower backs soil bank as core of farm program
President Eisenhower called a soil bank plan the heart of his new farm program to curb surpluses and rising costs. He said Congress will be asked to back measures to bolster surplus disposal, increase research, and expand farm markets, while supporting flexible price measures. The plan would include an acreage reserve paying farmers at current prices and a conservation reserve with about 359 million dollars to be drawn from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Union
Congress
Eiserhower
Mir
Ezra T. Benson
Voting age and DC representation proposals under Eisenhower
President Eisenhower reiterated long standing requests on suffrage issues. He urged Congress to allow District of Columbia residents to vote and noted constitutional change would be required to lower the nationwide voting age from 21 to 18, a proposal first raised in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
States
District of Columbia
Congress
No Intention Of Resigning States McKay
Washington reports Interior Secretary James P. McKay says he has no intention of resigning during President Eisenhower's term. He notes he did not seek the post and may retire when he turns 63, but adds no decision is final and will cross that bridge later. He also rejects pressure from Democrats to quit over timber and water policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Wer
Qederaz
Lincoln
Meade
McKay
Eisenhower
MehKay
French May Call Assembly Ahead of Time
Paris reports say Socialist leader Guy Mollet and Pierre Mendes France pressed for an urgent conference to consider an immediate convocation of the National Assembly to end government paralysis. The assembly meets Jan 19 with Edgar Faure heading a powerless cabinet as the crisis deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Guy Aiollet
Pierre Mendes
France
National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Cebine
Mollet Ndes
Socialist Party of Paris
Free 2
Epee
Mendes-France
Bob Faure
Des Presumebi
Eisenhower urges tax cuts while warning on debt
President Eisenhower told Congress there should be a 20 tax cut now but rules out an election year cut. He urged debt reduction before further tax relief and asked to keep excise and corporate taxes unchanged for another year. The State of the Union message called for more spending at home and abroad and warned of growing threats from Russia and Communist China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Mme
China
Ker West
Eisenhower Makes No Hint on Second Term in State of the Union
The Washington report notes President Eisenhower offered no hint about a second term in his 5000 word State of the Union address. He discussed the current administration, pledged to push his legislative program, and did not refer to his health or an election year in the closing paragraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington PF
Eisenhower
State of the Union
Fog Lifts Yet West Floods Hit Several Areas
A weather front brought fog lift on the East Coast while the West faced floods and heavy travel disruption. Snohomish County roads closed, flash flood watches in effect for Columbia Basin towns Connell and Mesa, and a derailment near Multnomah Falls. a new cold wave threatens zero temperatures and high winds across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Dervon C
Musiaket Betel
Wwashegor
Seattle
Snohomish
Westinghouse Officials Seek Arbitration Plea Amid Violence
Westinghouse Electric officials ask the Federal Mediation Service to submit issues for a fact finding board on disputed labor talks in Philadelphia. The offer, accepted by the International Union of Electrical Workers, would not bind either side to the board's findings. Violence flared at Mansfield plant injuring several and prompting walkouts as unions clash over production jobs and strike tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Federal
Philadelphia
International Union of Electrical Workers
Joseph Finnegan
Finnegan
IGE
James E. Care
Westin House
Gar i Mansfield
Oho
Westinghouse
Pavel Mar
United Electrical Workers
Racis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red China
Pres
Geneva
Russia
Tam
Erchan
Ana Giacomo Lerhep
Red
Boina
Pope Pius
Carrier
Forrestal
Comdr
Werner
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Soil Bank
Ent
di Hay
Honolul
Hawai
Iure
Eisenhof
White House
Rey
Chelsea
New York City
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!