Defense policy clash tests Eisenhower era shifts
The article outlines a U S policy divide over defense cuts and foreign affairs. Secretary Wilson touts deeper armed forces reductions while Secretary Dulles cites weapon advances. Senator Knowland pushes for tougher stance on China and coexistence with Russia. Debate looms on Asia aid and budget balancing amid nonpartisan tensions. The result is a protracted, partisan policy fight impacting defense and diplomacy.
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Knowland
R-Calif
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Russia
China
Senate
Congress
Probe Report Attacks Foundations by House Committee
A special House committee report accuses Ford Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations of forming an intellectual cartel that promotes socialism. Republican signatories include Reece Goodwin Wolcott. Goodwin disowns major conclusions. Democratic members Hays and Prost deride the report as a crackpot view led by staff.
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Ford
Rockefeller
Carnegie
United States
Rep. Goodwin
Massachusetts
Reece
Tennessee
Rep
Wolcott
Michigan
Ohio
Prost
Idaho
Senate Banking Committee report on housing scandal and foundations
The 14 page housing inquiry blamed profits siphoned from FHA insured mortgages and alleged widespread irregularities in housing programs. It cited a windfall of 76 million dollars in 437 projects and urged scrutiny of foundations shaping public policy. The report urged caution about empirical research and warned socialism as an internal menace while noting externally communism as a greater danger.
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Senate Banking Committe
FHA
Capehart
R-Ind
White House
Armed Services to Trim 403000 Personnel by 1956
Defense Secretary Wilson announced a plan to cut 403000 military personnel by June 1956. Draft calls will fall by about 50 percent starting February, with the Army dropping to one million, Navy to 650000, and Marines to 190000 while the Air Force grows to 975000. The Air Force only will avoid the trim as the others shrink under a revived year earlier program. The Army may decide whether to maintain its 19 division total as five training divisions convert to combat units.
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Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Council
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Burma
Peiping
Formosa
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
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Indochina
Europe
Far East
Congress
Steelmills Run High Amid Holiday Production Surge
U S steel mills operate at 73.6 percent capacity this week, aiming for 1 756 000 tons, down 8.2 points from last week. Auto industry demand fuels the rise as Big Three push cars, amid European and domestic demand, with potential future auto workers strike driving stockpiling. Army reductions hinge on manpower limits, while Pentagon preserves bases and shifts to reserve training, with six divisions remaining in Europe and no immediate base closures.
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Britain
West Germany
Belgium
U.S
U N Chief Dag Hammarskjold to visit Peiping
Dag Hammarskjold plans a trip to Peiping to press the Chinese Communists to improve behavior in international affairs and to address the cases of 11 American airmen jailed on spy charges and other U.N. personnel still held from the Korean War. the move signals partial recognition amid Cold War tensions.
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Sheppard appeals next Thursday in Cleveland
Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard faces a new trial request by attorney William J. Corrigan before Judge Edward Blythin in Cleveland to seek relief from his second degree murder conviction for the July 4 death of his wife Marilyn. The move, a legal formality before an appeal, comes after a dramatic trial that featured a seven to five juror panel and five weeks of court proceedings.
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William J. Corrigan
Edward Blythin
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sam Sheppard
Marilyn
Dr. Sheppard
Ohio
Merilyn
Lake Erie
Bay Village
Dr. Shepard
Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Blythin
James Hilton dies at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach
Screenwriter and novelist James Hilton, author of Goodbye Mr Chips and The Horizon, dies at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach California at age 54. Lt. Gen Anthony C McAuliffe, famed for replying Nuts to a Nazi surrender demand, named commanding general of U S Army forces in Europe. Irmgard Schmidt sentenced to five years for seducing secrets from U S intelligence officers.
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James Hilton
Chips
Seaside Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Anthony C.’ McAuliie
Europe
Irmgard
Margarethe Schmidt
U.S
Bear steals dynamite sticks from Blue Ridge tool box
Westfield police place red forged parking tags to summon overtime parkers for holiday safety. Amatuer magician Ralph Dennler receives and returns a check for $5000 after a Dayton plant party promise, while a bear breaks into a parkway toolbox and eats 14 sticks of dynamite.
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Weill
Black Mountain
N. C
Westfield
Parkers
Ralph J. Denniler
Dayton
Dennler
Calendar notes mark statehood and Gadsden Purchase anniversaries
Dates listed honor Texas statehood on December 29, the 101st anniversary of the Gadsden Purchase on December 30, and New Year’s Day on January 1.
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Texas
Gadsden Purchase
Predicting 1955 Economic Trends From Clem Johnston
Clem D Johnston president of the U S Chamber of Commerce forecasts 1955 should be the best year in U S history overall. King Paul I of Greece appeals for calm over Cyprus and U K U S stance, saying friends who disappointed us now guarantee security of the free world as of today and in the future.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
King Paul I
Greece
United States
Britain
U.N
Cyprus
Free World
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