Eisenhower Proposes $7 Billion Three-Year School Plan
President Eisenhower urges Congress to authorize a seven billion dollar emergency school construction program over three years. The package would channel one point one billion federal funds to buy local school bonds, provide nine hundred million in loans and two hundred million in grants, and include twenty million to plan long term financing, with five million for related needs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Airmen Suffer Cuts After One Car Crash West of Roswell
Two airmen from the 812th Air Police Squadron were treated at the Walker Base hospital after a 1951 Ford DeLuxe veered off U S Highway 70 380, rolled 624 feet on the shoulder, toppled 2 1 2 times and pinned one man beneath the vehicle near Riverside. Eldon Ronald 26 and Stewart Couch 24 were dismissed after checks.
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Walker Base
Roswell
T-Segt
Eldon T. Ronald
Stewart Couch
812Th Air Police Sqdn
Sam Cole
Santos Martinez
McKnight Ranch
Riverside
U. S
Westrum
Bill Allen
Don Smith
Tinnie
Bill Driggers
Ruidoso
New Mexico
Senate approves Formosa Mutual Defense Treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Formosa Mutual Defense Treaty binding the United States to defend Chiang Kai-shek’s island refuge. The panel voted 11 to 2 and anticipated rapid action toward ratification, possibly Thursday.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Formosa
Senate
Weather reading shows mild temperatures and clear skies
A three hour interval report from yesterday afternoon to today shows a high near 62 and a low around 25 with a mostly clear forecast through tomorrow. Sunrise is at 6 49 and sunset at 5 36 with a 10.8 hour day. No precipitation in the past 24 hours and year to date total trace 0.29 inches.
Truck Weight Bill Hikes Maximum Load in New Mexico
Santa Fe AP report on S116 backed by the Truckers Association and introduced by the Senate majority leader would permit haulers to use 20 percent heavier loads on New Mexico highways. Senator Murry Morgan notes the bill follows truckers’ requests and would remove the existing special dim e limits.
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Morgan
New Mexico
House
Anderson Carter
D-Roosevelt
DeBaca
Senate
Carter
Virgil McCollum
D-Eddy
McCollum
Simms
Albuquerque
House Public Affairs Committee
Reuben Pankey
Tachen People Flock Aboard Landing Craft
Formosa evacuees stream aboard American and U S naval transports under a protective armada as warships avoid dark anchoring. U S planes clash with antiaircraft on Yikiangshan and civilian loading begins at Keelung with two transports, Henrico and Lenawee, loading civilians for evacuation. Further details withheld.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
Jim Becker
Estes
Yikiangshan
Henrico
Lenawee
Keelung
Red China
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Secrecy Rules Scrutiny at Atomic Energy Committee
Sen Anderson heads the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee as Beckerley urges easing AEC secrecy rules. Beckerley argues such controls hamper domestic atomic energy growth and have little effect on Russia's nuclear program. Sessions continue as he cites democracy risks in information control and calls for focused national security gains.
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Washington
Sen. Anderson
D-N.m
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
James G. Beckerley
AEC
Russia
Anderson
Beckerley
Commission
Congressional Committee On
Tachen Island Fishermen Face Potential Trap
Report from Taipei warnings describe 15,000 civilians at Tachen Island, many fisher folk, sailing without radios. As Nationalist withdrawal unfolds, they may return to Formosa to find families relocated and Communist troops awaiting them onshore.
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Formosa
Tachen Island
Land Management Policy Outlined For Wool Growers
Edward Woozley of the Bureau of Land Management told the New Mexico Wool Growers Association that the agency aims to restore lands for multiple uses while conserving resources. He discussed the Army’s plan to withdraw about 438 000 acres near Ft. Bliss to expand an anti air craft range and missile training base, noting protests from livestock and mineral interests and a secretary review of the hearing record. He urged cooperative range use between livestock grazers and oil operators and described ongoing uranium prospecting regulatory steps to minimize surface disturbance.
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Edward Woozley
Washington
New Mexico Wool Growers Assi
BLM
New Mexico
Ft. Bliss
Department of Interior
Woozley
Woolzey
United States
Bulganin’s Rise From Cheka to Soviet Military Leader
Bulganin rose from early Cheka work to top army control under Stalin. Born 1895 in Nizhni Novgorod, he spent years as a political police figure, guiding armed forces policy and defending party interests while balancing officer morale.
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van Dyke
Bulganin
Stalin
Communist Party
Kremlin
Nizhni Novgorod
Gorky
Volga River
Russia
GPU
MVD
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Cheka
Che
Defense Chief Bulganin Is New Premier
The Soviet Union elevates defense minister Nikolai Bulganin to premier after Malenkov resigns. Khrushchev gains prominence as Molotov denounces the United States over Formosa and China, urging UN action. Molotov outlines a stance of heavy industry focus and anti US aggression while Malenkov steps aside amid authority shifts.
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Nikolai Bulganin
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Georgi M. Malenkov
Supreme Soviet
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khruschev
Nikolai A. Bulganin
V.M. Molotov
China
United Nations
U. N
Molotov declares hydrogen bombs and US weaker in war
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in a 22 hour policy statement claims hydrogen bombs have been developed with such success the United States would seem backward. He warns that in future war world civilization would survive only to destroy the rotten social system. Also pictured, Pierre Mendes France leaves Elysee after his cabinet is toppled by the French assembly in a 319 to 273 confidence vote following debates on North Africa.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
United States
Soviet Union
Bens
Pierre Mendes - France
Elysee Palace
Paris
National Assembly
France
Molotov
China
United Nations
U. N
Formosa
Chinese People’s Republic
West Germany
Europe
Far East
Stalin
Africa
India
Indonesia
Burma
Artesia Right of Way Encroachments Block Road Work
The State Highway Department requests Artesia to clear encroachments from a 21 year old right of way on Flint Street from Park Street to Eagle Draw. Signs and gasoline pumps plus other encroachments must be removed to allow the urban project.
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Artesia
State Highway Department
Flint Street
W. D. Ela Rue
William Yeager
Park Street
Eagle Draw
North Ace
Doug Fowler
New Mexico Finance Firms Back State Bill
The New Mexico Association of Finance Companies voted to support the administration's bill to regulate their industry. A spokesman said the legislative committee and 14 small loan companies' representatives joined the board in unanimous approval.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Association of Finance Companies
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United States Weather Bureau
Rolls Near Riverside
Bureau of Land Management
By Tom Whitney
Associated Press
Khrushchev
Pescadores
Marshal Bulganin
Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Bulgarin
Vasily
St. Mary's
M. Borgia
St. Mary’s Hospital
L. W. Lander
Chaves
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Bob Murphy
Richards, Hart
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