Eisenhower Uses Triple Play to Push Proposals in Congress
A World This Week summary notes President Eisenhower employs a three-pronged approach to publicize and push proposals. He issues eight special messages to Congress in 16 working days, releases advance details before the State of the Union, and follows with rapid, detailed messages. Observers credit the method with boosting publicity and likely success.
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Peepese Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
Car Makers Run At Capacity In Record 1955 Output
Mass production lines bow to high gear as 1955 output nears 1.9 million cars by March 31. Industry aims for 5.8 million passenger cars and 1.055 million trucks, a level that could rank as the third highest year on record. Ford GM and Chrysler push to dominate, with Chevrolet leading production in 1954 and Ford claiming near record retail sales.
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Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Sidelights on thefts and lockups across cities
A wallet snatcher failed to steal from W E Young in Columbus as Young’s wallet stayed chained. A Richmond bank vault in Washington DC area locked for New Year week due to miscalculated time locks. A Boston sander was recovered from William Aronfsky’s doorway on New Year’s Day 1955, with an optimistic remark about thieves’ changes.
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W. E. Young
Young
Columbus
Ohio
Pentagon
Richmond
Ft. Knox
William Aronfsky
Boston
History: Observer Vindicated By Columbus Hurricane Claim
A historic correction emerges as a Caribbean storm proves Columbus right about a tropical hurricane hitting ships near the West Indies in February 1493, challenging long held beliefs that such hurricanes do not occur in January to May. The U S Weather Bureau in Baltimore acknowledged the sailor's judgment after centuries.
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Baltimore
Weather Fraternity
West Indies
America
Caribbean
Columbus
Traveling Americans build interdenominational union churches abroad
Dr. Robbins W. Barstow of the National Council of Churches reports rapid growth of Protestant union churches serving Americans overseas. More than 70 such churches operate in 35 countries, welcoming Baptists Lutherans Methodists Episcopalians and other denominations in Europe Latin America and the Middle East.
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Robbins W. Barstow
Department of American Communities Overseas
National Council of Churches
Barstow
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
Safety chief cites holiday death toll in record two-day period
National Safety Council president Ned Dearborn called the New Year and Christmas holiday traffic deaths a national disaster after final tabulations showed 687 lives lost to traffic accidents over the two periods, with total accidental deaths reaching 876. He urged stronger laws and enforcement to curb dangerous driving.
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National Safety Council
Council
Ned Dearborn
U.S. Counters Soviet Travel Restrictions Tit for Tat
The State Department imposes sweeping travel limits on Soviet officials in peacetime history. It extends the 1952 notice rule to all Russians except UN staff, bans access to about 1000 counties in 40 states, and blocks border regions near Mexico and the Great Lakes. Some cities remain open, others closed, with travel by car banned except on designated routes.
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U.S
State Department
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Tass
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New York
Russia
U.N. Secretariat
Great Lakes
Pope Pius XII Warns of Cold Calm World state
The pope labels fear as the root of current world affairs. He says groups tolerate others to avoid mutual destruction and thus do not live in true peace, existing in a nonbelligerent but unsettled coexistence.
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Pope Pius XII
Security program results spark Democratic push for details
The Civil Service Commission reported 8,008 federal employees out of the payroll in 16 months under the Eisenhower era security program, including 3,002 fired for security risks. Subversive data existed for 2,096 former employees, while others left as checks continued. Senator Mansfield urged full disclosure of exact subversive separations and names, arguing many cases involve unevaluated information and resignations for unrelated reasons.
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Congress
Civil Service Commission
Eisenhower
Mansfield
Special election and military pay debate in congressional agenda
On Tuesday January 11 a special election is listed in Florida's 6th district. Eisenhower will address Congress on civil service and postal pay raise. Thursday January 13 marks the start of joint Alaska maneuvers by Army and Air Force as Congress discusses armed forces pay. Monday January 17 features a Congress on the budget.
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Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Florida
Army
Air Force
In Short Sentenced Joseph Petersen Jr. seven years in prison
Joseph S. Petersen Jr. sentenced to seven years for removing secret NSA data. Hilled: aviatrix Dianna Bixby perished in Gulf of California crash near Loreto Baja California Mexico. Schlitter suspended as London acting ambassador after wife called England an enemy country. US agrees to Japan two million dollars in Bikini tests damages. Fed Reserve raises margin down payment from 50 to 60 percent.
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Joseph S. Petersen Jr
National Security Agency
Dianna Bixby
Gulf of California
Loreto
Baja California
Bikini
Federal Reserve
Panama mourns Remon as president shot at race track
President Jose Antonio Remon was killed by machinegun fire at Juan Franco race track near Panama City. His funeral cortege moved slowly through streets carried by a fire engine as thousands mourned. Jose Ramon Guizado led the procession after being sworn in, while a state of siege was declared for 10 days to aid the investigation.
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Jose Antonio Remon
National
Juan Franco
Ramon
Jose Ramon Guizado
National Assembly
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