Eisenhower Pushes Air Power and a Stronger Reserve
Editorial notes President Eisenhower’s State of the Union focus on defense spending, airpower, and more nuclear weapons. It describes shifting war planning toward the Air Force, cutting Navy and Army roles, while stressing better pay housing and medical care for troops, and a trained civilian reserve with potential penalties for reserve neglect.
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Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
84Th Congress
Congress
Wilson
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Nike
Con
Soviet Cartoonists Target Bureaucrats in Crocodile Magazine
The Soviet humor scene, limited by party aims, still uses satire to lampoon bureaucrats and flawed industry in the color pages of the state beloved Crocodile. Its cartoons reveal life behind the Iron Curtain, entertaining outsiders and insiders alike.
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Soviet Union
Communist Party
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
Iron Curtain
Eisenhower urges bipartisan tariffs and foreign trade policy
President Eisenhower presents a foreign economic policy stressing tariffs as strategic tools. He argues private investment abroad, American capital and know-how strengthen the free world and could form the basis for a bipartisan approach to tariffs and foreign trade, amid mixed congressional reception.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
London
Kremlin
United States
Knowland Questions Eisenhower Renomination Motives
Senator Knowland of California doubts President Eisenhower or the Republican Party want a reluctant candidate for 1956. He says a candidate pressured into running would be unsuitable, underscoring concerns about Eisenhower’s willingness to seek a new term.
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Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Ogata Seeks Japan’s Prime Ministership in Liberal Drive
Taketora Ogata, 66, president of Japan’s Liberal party, argues his bloc can form a conservative coalition to name the prime minister as elections loom in March. He cites Liberal strength, potential leftist mergers, and a pro-US, anti-Communist platform to back his bid while warning against China engagement and rapid rearming.
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U.S
Europe
Asia
Denmark
United States
Eisenhoar
West
Tokyo
Japan
Taketora Ogata
Liberal Party
Ogata
Democratic Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
Shigeru
Asahi
Democrats
Leen
Far East
China
Peiping
In Short Elected Speaker of National Assembly in France
Pierre Schneiter, foe of Premier Mendes-France, chosen as speaker signaling potential weakening of Mendes-France support. Sarah Reeves of Jacksonville, a stewardess, praised for guiding 10 passengers to safety after a National Airlines takeoff crash in St. Petersburg. Yugoslavia and Red China establish full diplomatic relations after Russian-initiated talks.
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Pierre Schneiter
Mendes-France
French National Assembly
Sarah Reeves
Jacksonville
Fla
National Airlines
St. Petersburg
Russia
Yugoslavia
RedChina
Old Freshmen Veterans Rewarded by Barkley Praise
A political fragment notes Alben Barkley as "the Grand Old Man of the Democratic party" and describes veterans being rewarded with assignments in line with his wisdom experience and ability. The tone mirrors a praise pending fuller context.
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Alben Barkley
Democratic Party
Latin American tangle sparks Costa Rica Nicaragua clash
Costa Rica reports a plane strike on San Jose amid cross border tensions with Nicaragua. President Figueres accuses active aggression. Somoza calls the charge foolish. The OAS orders an immediate investigation as regional tensions flare. In U.S. politics, Lyndon Johnson assigns Barkley to Foreign Relations and Finance panels, with Morse joining Foreign Relations and Banking and Currency. O'Mahoney to Judiciary and Interior.
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Nicaragua
Costa Rica
San Jose
Jose Figueres
Anastasio Somoza
Figueres
Council of the Organization of American States
U.S. State Department
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Barkley
Senate
Truman
Congress
Sen
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Republican Party
Morse
Banking and Currency
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Judiciary
Interior
Dilemmas of Overdue Books and Bold Burglar Tales
Sidelights in Tokyo show library fines upset lovers of books who refuse to surrender overdue items. In Newark burglars target Phillips Products Co offices, stealing two typewriters a check writer $37 and the alarm. In Phoenix a thief raided the city hall night depository taking $70 to $100 in traffic fines and the tickets, leaving police puzzled over who paid.
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Newark
N. J
Phillips Products Co
Phoenix
Ariz
Slave Freed Report From Vorkuta Camp Berlin News
Detroit man John H. Noble, 31, recounts life in Vorkuta Soviet labor camp after 9 years imprisonment. He describes a July 1953 revolt, Beria influence, and a vast prisoner population. Noble cites Germans, Poles, two other Americans, and notes upcoming release of Pvt Verdine. State Department confirms notice to the Embassy in Moscow.
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Berlin
John H. Noble
Detroit
Noble
Dresden
Germany
Young Noble
Siberian
Vorkuta
Arctic
Russia
Moscow
L. P. Beria
Beria
Soviet Union
Georgi Malenkov
William C. Marchuk
Norristown
William Verdine
Starks
State Department
Pvt. Verdine
Convention Dates Highlight Early January Schedule
Dates list events for New York City with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers opening on Tuesday January 18 and the American Meteorological Society opening on Monday January 24. An Eisenhower economy message is set for Thursday January 20 in Congress.
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Eisenhower
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
New York City
Congress
American Meteorological Society
Hard-Sell Competition Shapes 1955 Retail Outlook
At the National Retail Dry Goods Association 44th convention in New York, 200 merchants foresee higher sales first half of 1955 but worry over rising costs. They plan capital outlays for outlying stores and non self-serve fixtures, plus charges for services beyond the norm. A West Coast oil firm boosts morale with new uniforms and HR training after a nationwide workwear study.
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National Retail Drygoods Assn
New York
Stifter Adetlettion
General
Petroleum Corp
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
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