Knowland Won't Seek Re-Election
William F Knowland, 48, of California announced he will not run for re election when his Senate term ends in 1958. He is speculated as a possible 1958 California governor candidate and future White House contender in 1960. Vice President Nixon praised his service and California Governor Knight faced questions about his own 1958 plans as Knowland retires to be close to family.
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William F. Knowland
California
Washington
Knowland
Eisenhower
White House
Eisen
Hower
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
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Robert C. Kirkwood
Goodwin J
Knight
Olied
Knowl
Knowlard
Joseph R. Knowland
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Army Seeks Recovery Of Secret Guided Missile Paper
The Army seeks copies of a secret document on guided missiles that fell into unauthorized hands. Army Secretary Wilber Brucker announced an investigation and questioned Col John C. Nickerson Jr., chief of the field coordination branch, as part of the probe. The document reportedly covered Defense Secretary Wilsons directive on which guided missiles fall under Air Force or Army control.
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Washington
Army Secreary
Wilber MM. Brucker
John C. Nickerson Jr
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Bracker
Wisconsin main roads clear of ice and snow
Wisconsin state highway officials report all main state roads are generally clear and offer good winter driving conditions. Lesser traveled roads remain with scattered slippery stretches, mainly in sheltered areas.
Income Source Big Problem In School Aid Plan
The Wisconsin Education Committee faces funding doubts for a 50 million dollar school aid bill. Proposals consider an income tax hike or previously floated sales tax, but Gov. Thomson opposes a sales tax, leaving financing unresolved. Other measures would raise the state share of operating costs and arrange a 26 percent annexation referendum.
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Verson Thomson
W. W. Clark
R-Vesper
Education Committee
Clark
Legislative Council
Jisse
William C. Kahl
Eisenhower backs tax moves and delinquency study plan
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders briefed on a continuation of excise and corporate taxes with a capitation date near April 1. Senate and House Republicans outlined a priority list including fast action on anti Communist Middle East policy and a joint federal state local study on juvenile delinquency with about three million dollars in funding.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ann Ced
White House
Keowland
Maier Sion
Congress
Knowland
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Martin
Massiehuse
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Middle East
Milk truck crash damages car in New Jersey snow
In Jersey City Charles Burns was awakened by a crash near his home when a milk truck skidded on fresh snow and struck his parked car. Inside Burns’s car were apologetic notes from two other drivers.
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Jersey City
Charles Burns
Finances and Taxes Dominate Wisconsin Legislature Session
Wisconsin lawmakers return to Madison for a six month session to decide state finances and taxes. Proposals include a two percent sales tax and higher income taxes, with debates over education, highways, judicial reform, and local aid. Governor Thomson inherits a budget track and hearings proceed before full Assembly and Senate action.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Bond Issue Resolution Advances for High School Plan
The Common Council approved $10,000 for cost estimates on alternative high school construction options and adopted initial resolutions for a $1,400,000 bond issue for two elementary schools and storm sewer work. The session featured pointed remarks on board decisions, a referendum result, and consideration of remodeling the current high school site for a two‑school system.
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iCouncils
Carl Mai- Taho
Ald
Mailahn
Edmund Prier
Siewert
Board of Education
Georgze Oaks
Hays Walks Out Of Closed Middle East Meet In Protest
Democratic Rep Wayne Hays left a closed door session with Secretary of State Dulles criticizing secrecy over Eisenhower's Middle East doctrine. He argued the committee should have access to information used to justify possible troop authorizations. The incident occurred as the administration pressed to move the proposal up in Congress.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
Wayne L. Heys
Ohio
Eisenhower
Russia
Hays
Thomas S. Gordon Dill
Dulles
W House
Senate
Willam F. Knowland -Call
White House
Mideast
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
U.S
Noah M. Mason
Mason
Knowland
Jace
Feenhower
Tho
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thomas Gordon
D-Nl
Wash
Fire Follows Protest Over Housing in Negra
In Rossville Georgia a mysterious fire destroyed a small building on John Crane’s Dry Valley farm hours after a white mob opposed a plan to base a Negro farm worker there. The crowd, reported by the Chattanooga Times, arrived by foot and car. no law enforcement was seen and Crane claimed he would not allow the Negro to live on the farm.
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Dry Valley
John Crane
Crane
Sand the Burdine
Geopie
Chattanoora Times
Cra
Times
Wdis
Walker County
the Times
Easy Bull at City Park Zoo Dies of Ulcers
The only bull among ten buffaloes at City Park Zoo died yesterday from ulcers. Superintendent Clyde Hill called him easy going and easy to handle, saying he could not imagine the animal ever getting ulcers.
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Denver
City Park Zoo
Clyde Hill
Hungarians Flee to Join Freedom Bands
Vienna reports hundreds of Hungarians flee into forests and mountains to join resistance bands amid Red terror. Refugees say fighting with Soviet troops intensified near Pecs and across western Bakony and Matra regions as Janos Kadar moves to purge opponents.
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Red
Red Army
Pecs
Janos Kadar
Tt Mer PS Ted
Bakony
Hungary
Matra
finngaran-Yurnstay
Prescott Pioneer Boy Scout Leader Dies in Chicago
Harvey H. Prescott aged 67, a pioneer Boy Scout leader and former banker from St. Charles Minnesota, died Monday in Chicago of a heart ailment. He served in Minnesota North Dakota Missouri and Illinois, retiring in 1955 as administrative assistant to Scout executive L. D. Cornell. He helped shape field work policies and aided scouting expansion to South America. He is survived by his widow, a son, a daughter and eight grandchildren.
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Chicago
Harvey H. Prescot
Prescott
St. Charles
Minn
Boy Scouts
Minnesota
North Dakota
Missouri
Ilinois
L. D. Cornell
South America
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