Rigids Farm Price System Restored in Farm Bill Move
Senate and House conferees voted to restore rigid price supports at 90 percent parity for basic crops for one year Rescinded limits on total price support and free bank payments Dual parity method adopted over administration opposition signaling possible veto Benson bowing to soil bank urgency cited by Eisenhower administration officials
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Washington
Senate House
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Eisenhower
Agriculture Benson
House
Senate
Ebiender
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
Malenkov aides vanish amid Soviet power shift
The Daily Mail reports several associates of former Soviet premier Georgi Malenkov have vanished after removal from posts. Russia reports indicate arrests in a Khrushchev move against Malenkov, who is touring British power stations.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Georgi Malenkov
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Malenkov
Fund plan urged by senator to fund party ads
Senator Richard L. Neuberger proposes a federal grant of 1 million dollars to each major political party to purchase radio and television campaign time. The plan calls for federal funding to support national party advertising.
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Washington
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Mediators Weigh Santa Fe Strike Peril
The Santa Fe Railroad asked the National Mediation Board to intervene as a strike by 2,700 conductors, brakemen and yardmen on lines west of Albuquerque looms. A 30-day cooling-off period is expected. Negotiations over rides and working conditions collapsed amid broader labor tension.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railroad
National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Railroad
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
N.M
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pasadena Woman Testifies About Last Meeting With Missing Heiress
Pasadena housewife Gladys Baum testified in Los Angeles Superior Court about her last meeting with Evelyn T. Scott two days before her disappearance. The suit seeks to name F Raymond Throsby trustee of Scott’s $250000 estate, opposing L Ewing Scott husband of the missing woman. Baum described the May 14 dinner at her home with Arthur Baum and Mr Scott, and said she later heard from Mrs Scott by letter.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Pasadena
Superior Court
Evelyn T. Scott
Bel-Air
Gladys Baum
Madeline Dr
Arthur
Mr. Scott
New Freeway Link Opens in Los Angeles
A 1.4 mile Harbor Freeway extension from 23rd to 42nd Street opened in Los Angeles. The new link is expected to ease traffic congestion during events at the Coliseum.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Harbor
23Rd
42Nd St
Coliseum
Rivera Laborer Dies After Fruit Washer Accident
A 30-year-old laborer Marciano Ortega died from shock after his right arm was crushed in a fruit washing machine Friday. He passed away today, authorities said, with the incident under investigation.
Bookkeeper Held in Theft Says She Was Sorry
Miss Clara Bell Olds a 30 year old Los Angeles bookkeeper was held in Memphis on grand larceny and fugitive charges after cashing a 6000 dollar check for her California employer and taking a Las Vegas gambling spree. She told police she had a hell of a good time and wished she had gotten more.
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Memphis
Tenn
California
Clara Bell Olds
Los Angeles
Mrs Jane Karson Granted Uncontested Divorce
Los Angeles reports Mrs Jane Karson aged 35 was granted an uncontested divorce from television writer J Lee Karson aged 39. The decree followed a simple separation process with no contest or trial involved.
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Los Angeles
Jane Karson
J Lee Karson
Dope Raids Net 51 More Suspects
Wholesale arrests of suspected Los Angeles narcotics peddlers continued early today as 51 more suspects were jailed. The raids brought the count to 200 in a county wide operation started at the weekend, involving city county state and federal officers. District Attorney Ernest Roll said 173 indictments for illegal sale and about 50 for possession were expected. The drive targeted small operators and aimed to cut heroin supply in the LA area.
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Los Angeles
Bandera
Firestone Park
Ernest Roll
Merning
Debby Reynolds Pregnant. Baby Due Next November
Actress Debbie Reynolds, wife of Eddie Fisher, is expecting a child next November according to her mother. The report notes the Hollywood star plans to raise the child with Fisher in the film community.
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Hollywood
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Market Dow Jones Stocks Indis and Bond Sales Report
Market figures show Dow Jones indices and sector totals with Industrial, Rails and Utilities trading activity. Bond sales to date reach 268.27 million, with today’s volume noted as 060,000 for 1956 sales.
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K. Ott, Inc
N.oh
Weather outlook with clearing skies and strong winds
Mostly clear today and tomorrow with strong northerly winds in canyons easing this afternoon and night. March temperatures show a high of 71 and a low around 44 with weather notes scattered across sections like society and vital statistics in the San Gabriel Valley edition.
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San Gabriel Valley
World News
Ceiling collapses during Passover service injuring three women
A Bronx synagogue ceiling collapsed during a Passover service at Yeshiva and Mesivta Zichron Moshe injuring three women seated in the balcony. Cantor Max Weisen described a roar like an earthquake as plaster rained down and 30 others escaped unhurt in the 8:55 a.m. incident at 1358 Morris Ave.
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New York
Bronx
Max Weisen
Canton Weisen
Yeshiva and Mesivta Zichron Moshe
Morris Ave
Eisenhower deflects poison ginger ale question humorously
President Eisenhower teased reporters about a possible poisoning scare after three people fell ill from ginger ale aboard a private rail car. Secret service and railroad investigators pursued details while Tuohy described the car and Ike’s light reaction.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Walter J. Tuohy
The
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Tuohy
U, E
Snake Invasion Shocks La Jolla Residents
Dry spell drives rattlesnakes toward La Jolla seacoast as locals seek water. Nine year old Cub Scouts Craig Carter and Andy Judd report seven rattlers and one scorpion killed over three days.
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Craig Carter
Andy Judd
Legg Resigns as Board of Supervisors Chair
Supervisor Herbert C. Legg steps down as chairman citing ill health. Burton W. Chace of Long Beach elected to succeed him, with Legg's term ending December 1.
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Herbert C. Legg
Board of
Supervisors
Burton W. Chace
Long Beach
Legg
Stealing Pie Man No Simple Simon Strikes Strand Bakery
In Marshalltown Iowa the Strand Bakery reports a thief nicknamed Simon stole 144 pies during the night. The incident pits a bold act against a small town bakery and its pie stock.
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Simon
Marshalltown
Iowa
The
Strand Bakery
Judge Fines Eight Poker Players in Burbank
Burbank Municipal Judge Raymond L. Reid fined eight players $50 each for playing poker at a service station with police officers catching them. Three others paid $25 for "viewing" the game after pleading guilty.
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Burbank
CNS
Raymond L. Reid
Direct President Vote Plan Fails in Senate
The Senate rejects 89 to 13 a constitutional amendment for direct popular vote to elect presidents and vice presidents, ending the effort this session.
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Washington
Senate
Court to Rule on Red Prosecutions
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide, likely next term, if the government may prosecute Communist Party members who knowingly advocate violent revolution.
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Washington
Adolescent Rebellion Rock and Roll Firestorm
Hartford reports a psychiatrist labels rock and roll a communicable disease signaling adolescent rebellion. Dr Francis J Braceland of the Institute of Living described the music as cannibalistic and tribal, linking weekend theater disturbances and 11 arrests to insecurity and rebellion among youths.
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Hartford, Conn
Francis J. Braceland
The
Institute of Living
Braceland
Agents seize Communist Party offices in back levy drive
Treasury agents seized Communist Party headquarters and the Daily Worker plant in New York and other cities, alleging tax delinquency. In Philadelphia padlocked offices of the Communist Party of Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware over 389 265 dollars in taxes, a woman protested constitutional rights. San Francisco also seized party offices as California official William Schneiderman announced possible court action to reclaim records.
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New York
W.8
Treasury
United States
New York City
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Communist Party
The
Daily Worker
Communist Party of
Pennsylvania
Delaware
California
William Schneiderman
Boxer Called Creature of McCoyHeadline
Los Angeles reports ICNS manager Harry Kabakoff and lightweight fighter Don Jordan were described as Creatures of Habe McCoy in a colorful tag line referencing the McCoy era and boxing scene.
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Boxer
McCoy
Los Angeles
ICNS
Harry Kabakoff
Don Jordan
Habe McCoy
Kabakoff
Jordan
Knight Advances 30000 For California Boxing Probe
Governor Goodwin J Knight announced an additional 30000 appropriation to fund a continuing probe by a special committee into boxing in California. The move sustains ongoing investigations and supports inquiry actions.
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Sacramento
Ap Ger. Goodwin J. Knight
California
Special boxing and wrestling probe enters seventh day
Governor called inquiry continues in state building as State Investigator James Cox insists Kabakoff and Jordan are linked to McCoy. Matchmaker McCoy rests at home with illness and may resume testimony tomorrow. Cox presses question on purse percentage for Jimmy Garter vs Jordan at the Olympic Auditorium.
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James Cox
McCoy
Cox
Kabakoff
Jimmy Garter
Jordan
Olympic Auditorium
State Athletic Commission
Mrs Cummings Celebrates 101st Birthday in LA
Mary A. Cummings marked her 101st birthday with a champagne and cake party in Los Angeles. Her son Edwin whispered to a reporter that she is really 101, hinting at the common belief she once claimed to be younger.
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Los Angeles
Mary A. Cummings
Edwin
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