Leaders Forecast Early Approval of Tariff Reduction Plan
Washington lawmakers from both parties forecast quick approval of President Eisenhower’s three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act to cut tariffs by 15 percent. Hearings will begin next Monday led by Rep. Cooper with strong cross party support and opposition from senior Republicans. The act, enacted 20 years ago, allows tariff cuts in exchange for foreign concessions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
Standard Oil to Give Ohio Babies Stock
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio marks its 85th birthday by offering to pay for one share of its common stock for every baby born in Ohio that day. About 600 births expected. parents may accept by check and are not required to purchase the stock. The firm traces to 1870 and split into 34 firms in 1911. It operates refineries in Cleveland Lima Toledo and Latonia Ky with its main Cleveland refinery operating continuously since 1870.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio
Ohio
Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil of Ohio
Lima
Toledo
Latonia
Nixon Gains Support For 1956 Campaign
Washington reports Sen. H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey endorses Richard Nixon for second place on the 1956 Republican ticket. Smith praises Nixon as capable and urges renomination efforts while GOP leaders push a broad campaign against Democratic attacks. Dewey endorses Eisenhower and Nixon as the ticket.
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Washington
Nixon
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Smith
New Jersey
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Presi
Sandstorms to be named for men in Midland
Midland Tex readers learn of a sandstorm naming plan with a three member advisory board. The board includes a woman chosen to ensure masculine storm names, Chamber of Commerce manager Delbert Downing, and meteorologist W M Perry with Barbara Culver as the named female member. The story notes sandstorms in west Texas can have personality and deserve strong names.
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Midland
Texan
George
West
Texas
Bill Collyns
The
Midland Reporter-Telegram Today
Chamber of Commerce
W. M. Perry
U.S. Weather Bureau
Perry
Barbara Culver
State Board of the American Assn. of
University Women
Delbert Downing
Butte Man Pleads Guilty Over Worthless Check
In Butte Montana a defendant pleaded guilty to passing a worthless check. He told the court that people are tickled to death to get checks and he can always find someone to take a check. The remarks highlighted the defendant’s claim of widespread acceptance of checks.
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Butte, Mont
Lovers near death in volcanic crater bid ends
Two young lovers leapt into a boiling crater in Japan to end a doomed romance. After 33 hours they were rescued by seven policemen who carried them up the slopes amid sulphur fumes. The woman Miss Setsumi Endo 21 was badly injured and in critical condition. The man Satoru Takayanagi 22 escaped largely unhurt. both previously believed incurable.
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Tokyo
Asahi
Setsumi Endo
Satoru Takayanagi
Takayanagi
Desert Lion Graziani Dies in Rome at 72
Marshal Rodolfo Graziani once called the Desert Lion of World War II died in a Rome clinic at age 72 before an operation. An unrepentant Fascist, he lost honors and spent years in retirement. Once a leader in the neo fascist MSI, he later served as honorary president of a minority faction in 1953.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
Graziani
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Stepmother Killed By 13 Year Old Boy
GLEN HEAD New York A 13 year old boy told police he shot his stepmother to death because she was too strict Kenneth R Corcoran Jr recalled no mother other than Irma Corcoran 49 wife of a Navy lieutenant now 39 The slaying occurred at the front door of the Corcoran home Saturday night police quoted the boy saying she picked on me She said I closed the door too hard She said I wore my shoes out too fast She said I scuffed her rugs Police held the boy as a juvenile delinquent.
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Glen Head
N.Y
Kenneth R. Corcoran Jr
Irma Corcoran
Corcoran
Kenneth
Demand for Red China Blockade Renewed if Mission Fails
Senator H. Alexander Smith proposed inviting allies to join a blockade of Red China if United Nations efforts fail to secure the release of American airmen. He said economic pressure could be the best sanction, though risky, and noted England's support would be needed for effectiveness. Eisenhower and Dulles oppose a blockade now. Hammarskjold’s talks in Peiping yielded no release, but the secret talks were deemed useful. The State Department offered no comment pending Hammarskjold’s report.
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Red China
Washington
H. Alexander Smith
United States
United Nations
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Chou En-lai
New York
U.S
Hammarskjold
China
Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Dulles
Smith
England
Russia
Secretary of State
Heiping
Sparks Brothers Captured by Posse in Pleasants County
A state and county posse captured Hubert and Billy Sparks early Monday in an abandoned Pleasants County house, ending a long search. The brothers, wanted for armed robbery and larceny, were found asleep. tear gas subdued them, and they were jailed in Pleasants County. Washington County, Ohio authorities hold a felony warrant for both.
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ST. Marys
W.va
Sparks Brothers
Pleasants County
Hubert
Billy
F. W. Lanham
Here
Billy the Weasel
C. C. East
Washington County
Ohio
Railroads and Truck Firms Form Policy Board
Eastern railroads and major trucking firms have created the Council of Eastern Rail and Truck Common Carriers to ease tensions between rail and highway carriers. Co chairmen Walter J. Tahy of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and D L Sutherland of Middle Atlantic Transportation Co lead a seven railroad and seven trucking official group to reconcile issues affecting public service.
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New York
Mississippi
Council of Eastern Rail
Walter J. Tahy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
D. L. Sutherland
Middle Atlantic Transportation Co
Tuahy
Eastern Railroad
Luciano to Open Haberdashery Shop in Naples
Hard boiled crime figure Lucky Luciano, deported NYC king of vice, plans a haberdashery in Naples. He jokes about selling neckties while noting police pressure to show legitimate income and a rent dispute delaying the shop. He remains confident he will make money and downplays safety concerns.
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Naples
Italy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York
King of Vice
Haberdashery
Luciano
Chile forms Ibanez government to end eight day crisis
President Carlos Ibanez announced a new government largely drawn from his Agrarian Laborite party and officers. The move ends an eight day cabinet crisis sparked by Congress demand to lift a state of limited martial law to cope with labor unrest in the nation.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Agrarian Laborite Party
Anny
Congress
Inflation Threat Still Prevalent
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey warned that inflation could return if not guarded against. He cited cautious government action plus broad cooperation as essential while stressing a balanced budget, prudent debt management, and steady monetary policy to stabilize the dollar and enable growth.
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Washington
Treasury
Humphrey
U.S. News and World Report
U.S
False Teeth That Loosen Need Not Embarrass
Many wearers suffer embarrassment when plates drop or slip. Sprinkle FASTEETH powder on plates to hold teeth more firmly and feel comfortable. It does not sour and helps odor control. Obtain FASTEETH at drug counters.
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