Social Security Plan Demands Wide Support and Debate
Rep Carl T Curtis proposes universal pensions for all retired persons over 65 and five million new aged, 670000 children, and 150000 widows or orphans, funded by a 2 percent tax on all workers under 65. Rep Kean criticizes it as a threat to the trust fund, warning of a huge cost and labor force impact.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Kean
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Curtis
Social Security Trust Fund
Guyernal
Exploration notes show multiple Texas wildcats and a successful Sharon Ridge oil strike
Drill reports detail several wildcat attempts in North Central and Kent counties with depths from 4 695 to 11 000 feet, mixed recoveries of water and mud, no oil shows in some tests, and a completed producer status for Shell Oil Co in the Sharon Ridge 1700 field Southwest Scurry County.
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Wichita Falls
Moncrief No. 1
Green North Dawson Exploration
Orson
O'Donnell
Fisher County
D. W. Stephens
H&tc
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co
Fort Worth
Sears
Nolan County
T&p
LaGorce Oil Co. of
T. E. Weaver
C. B. Johnson
Post
Ab&h Survey
Stonewall Failure
Sojourner Drilling Co
J. D. Patterson
Stonewall County
Swenson
Kent County General Crude Oil
Girard Trust and
North Kent Wildcat
Young
Central-West Kent Project
Ng Oil Co
C. E. Cargile
Kent
Wildcat
Polar
Midwest Oil No
Mary L. Reed
Northwest Kent
Welch
Sharon Ridge Oiler
M. Prior
Abilene No
Shell Oil Co
Sharon Ridge
Scurry County
Yank Alligator Is Too Tough
Berlin dispatch reports 200 keepers seek a truce in a tug of war between Swampy the American alligator from Florida and three Leipzig zoo 'gators from the Russian zone. Swampy, once a 6-foot mascot of the U S Army 6th Infantry Regiment, grew too large and was kept in the zoo aquarium. The three East German alligators arrived recently and tensions rose during a stretching stand off. A strong fence now separates them in the tar basin.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Leipzig
Swampy
Florida
U.S. Army
6Th Infantry
Han
East Germany
Unknown Divisions to Leave Korea Draws Out Transfer
In Seoul General Maxwell D. Taylor announced in a snow covered Korean valley that two divisions would be withdrawn. Eisenhower said the decision to transfer those divisions may take weeks or months before it is carried out.
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Seoul
Maxwell D. Taylor
Oon
8Th Army
U. S
Korea
Eisenhower
State Action Against Unions Taken Tuesday
Texas officials cite evidence from Attorney General Ben Shepperd to justify actions against the Defective Processing and Office Workers of America and the International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. The order accuses the unions of fraud and argues legitimate groups should govern labor activity within Texas. It notes a state finding that several unions are Communist and implies possible revocation of union cards for good cause.
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Austin
Ben Shepperd
Carney
America
Texas
RED Influence
DPOWA
IMMSW
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
State Industrial Commission
CIO
French Pushed By Red Rebels Near Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh forces pressed toward Dien Bien Phu as French sources warn the winter campaign aims at the fortress. The Iron Division closed to within four miles of the strategic plain while French patrols clashed with Vietminh units northwest and southwest of the fort.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
China
Kingdom of
Laos
Thailand
Vietminh
Indictment Says Saint Louis Cop Lied About Kidnap Money
Grand jury indicts Louis Shoulders veteran officer on perjury charge over testimony about $300000 ransom money tied to the Greenlease kidnapping. Hall and Bonnie Heady were executed. half the ransom remains missing. Dolan also linked to suitcases brought to the station.
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Saint Louis
Kansas City
Louis Shoulders
Greenlease
Shoulders
Robert C. Greenlease
Bobby
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Missouri
Elmer Dolan
Hall
St. Louis
Heady
Dolan
Variety
Newstead
Pas
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
John Hager
Tanker Collision Fatal To 4 In Delaware River
A tanker collision in the Delaware River results in four deaths. The incident prompted questions about vessel safety and emergency response, as investigators inspect damage and chart the course of events leading to the tragedy.
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Delaware River
Two Tankers Crash in Fog Kill Four in Delaware River
In fog bound Delaware River early today two tankers Atlantic Dealer and Atlantic Engineer collided while seeking anchorage. At least four crewmen were killed and five remained missing. Officials say all four crew on the 19,000 ton Atlantic Engineer survived. Fires spread up to eighty miles from the Atlantic.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Atlantic Dealer
Atlantic Engineer
Frank L. Pomeroy
Fayetteville
N.C
John S.waller
Middleboro
Mass. Louis
S. Williams
Ocean View
Delacene
A. Mamuel
Venice
Edilberto P. Jamias
Philippine Lands
Thomas P.aunsky
Philadelphia
James Laughlin
Atlantic Ocean
Baltimore
Delaware Canal
Texas license plates seek a slogan debate
The Associated Press reports Texans discuss adding slogans to Texas license tags. Citizens propose options from Lone Star State pride to regionally themed phrases while officials consider what best represents Texas on plates.
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Texas
Michigan
Dallas
Seale
Stewart
Lone Star
Lew Sterrett
Aglank County
Lawther
Austin
D. T. Harkrider
Rubirosa And Hutton To Wed This Afternoon
In New York Porfirio Rubirosa announces plans to marry Barbara Hutton at 4 p m at the Dominican consulate. He arrives at the Hotel Pierre to visit his bride-to-be and says the wedding will be under the law of se property.
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New York
Porfirio Rubirosa
Barbara Hutton
Pierre
Rubirosa
Miss Hutton
Doris Duke
Zsa Zsa
Poeta
Rosa
Barbara
Bock
Boys Lose Eyes From Firecracker Blast
In Waco two teen boys Moran Raley and Claudie Wallace, ages 14, lost sight in one eye after feeding a bottle full of power fire. The incident occurred about 55 miles west in prearevile. Wallace’s father died last summer in a tractor accident. Moran is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Raley and Wallace is the son of Mrs. R. C. Wallace.
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Waco
Moran Raley
Moran
Claudie Wallace
Prearevile
Wallace
R. C. Wallace
W. Raley
Penicillin Shot Proves Fatal To Young Woman
A 28 year old, Mrs Doris Lambert wife of Airman Roland Lambert of Randolph AFB, died at Brooke Army Hospital ten minutes after a penicillin injection. Autopsy cites anaphylactic shock as cause. doctor notes prior penicillin injections had no adverse reaction.
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San Antonio
Doris Lambert
Roland Lambert
Randolph Air Force Base
Brooke Army Hospital
Earl B. Stillson
Forest Fires Held In Check Near Mt Wilson and Mt Baldy
Fire crews contain two San Gabriel blazes with winds light to moderate. One blaze neared Mt Wilson Observatory and TV towers, 800 canapeers, 13 bulldozers, and a ranger unit battled the fire. The Mt Baldy fire burned about 4,000 acres and remained out of control.
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San Gabriel Mountains
Mt. Wilson Observatory
U.S. Forest Service
Mt. Wilson
Mt. Baldy
Russell Long Sees Ike's Preview Plan As Possible Veto Test
Senator Russell Long praised Eisenhower's plan to preview the State of the Union but warned he will not pledge blanket support. He noted Democrats could veto parts of the President's proposals given the Senate’s near split and indicated opposition may arise to some items in the expected address. The White House invited leaders to a January 5 briefing before the public pullout.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Snetbrwer
White House
McCarran
D-Nev
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Gop
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Jack Craft
J. A. Fulghum
Willie Martin
Muriel
Dan Cotton
Thirty-sixth Street
Davie Drinkard
Ae First Street
Oliver McClinton
Twenty-seventh Street
John W. Leftwich
Thirty-second Street
Fred Taylor
Dermott
P. E. Smith
Olin Bearden
Thirtyfourth Street
Konrad Adenauver
Associated Press
Kansas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Hutton
Russell Long
Ike
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