Stage Set For Talks NATO Summit Heads for Paris
Democratic senators urge Eisenhower to turn NATO from symbol to going concern. Mansfield and Green press for strong Paris leadership to unify Western defenses. NATO ministers meet with Euratom and OEEC talks underway as secret missile discussions surface.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Sen. Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Paris
NATO
Mansfield
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Green
D-Ri
Europe
West
Council of Europe
Council
Western European Union
European Common Market and Atomic Agency
Euratom
U.S
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Mississippi Acts Marriage Mill Ended
Mississippi moves to end child marriages with a July 1 effective date. The reform requires a blood test and a three day waiting period. The bill responds to years of underage unions proscribed in border counties and neon-lit mills near the state line.
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Mississippi
Farm Bureau Seeks Soil Bank Changes and End to Corn Quotas
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged modifications to the soil bank plan and an immediate end to corn acreage allotments. Delegates at the 39th annual meeting in Chicago debated resolutions calling for stronger emphasis on the conservation reserve, larger payments to retire land long term, and elimination of current payment limits. Secretary Benson announced a four state trial allowing up to 10 000 dollars a year to remove entire farms from production, with bids required and government rejection possible.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Puerto Rico
Soi
Farm Bureau
Soil Bank
Benson
Top Scientists Call For Moon Expedition
The Air Force creates a Directorate of Astronautics to plan and manage space war programs beyond normal aircraft and missiles. Projects include the Big Brother space platform and ballistic missile defense with long range radar to intercept ICBMs.
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Air Force
Directorate of Astronautics
USAF
Donald L. Putt
Advisory Committee On Weather Control
Air Force Directorate
Army
We Must Pioneer Living In Outer Space
New York December 12 AP scientists urge a national space program with a $10 billion decade plan. The Rocket and Satellite Research Panel calls for a U.S. Space Establishment led by Von Braun and others to pursue manned moon expeditions and space habitation. They note Russia’s lead in satellites and warn of military potential.
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New York
United States
Moon
Outer Space
Rocket and Satellite Research Panel
National Space Establishment
James R. Killian Jr
Eisenhower
Killian
von Braun
Wernher von Braun
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Joseph Kaplan
U. S
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology
Russia
Armed ‘Forces
American Rocket Society
Rocket Society
Subway Strike Halt Possible
A union meeting was called to vote on ending the walkout that disrupted four days of travel in Manhattan. Frank Zelano says reports of near normal service rely on nonstrikers and returns to work, while transit officials say more motormen reported for duty as 70 percent of trains ran during the 7 to 8 am rush.
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New York
Manhattan
Frank Zelano
Motormen’s Benevolent Assn
Zelano
Transit Authority
Midni
Beck Larceny Case Set to Go to Jury
The grand larceny trial of President Dave Beck of the International Teamsters Union was to be decided by a King County Superior Court jury of seven men and five women. They would rule on whether Beck misappropriated $1,900 from a union owned automobile sale in January 1956 after both sides rested following Beck's brief testimony.
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Dave Beck
International Teamsters Union
King County Superior Court
George H. Revelle
Beck
Cloudy Warmer Weather for Southern Illinois
Parity cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday with a low around 20 tonight and a Friday high in the 40s. Friday night low near 20. Yesterday’s high 24 and noon today 27. Sun rises 7 14 a m sets 4 33 p m. Crab Orchard Lake 1 inch above spillway and Little Grassy Lake at spillway level.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Who Is To Blame For Missile Lag
The Southern Illinoisan will publish a Gallup Poll report Friday asking Americans where blame lies for the United States lagging Russians in rockets and missiles. Respondents were queried on whether the Eisenhower or Truman administrations or military leaders are at fault.
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United States
Southern Illinoisan
Gallup
AFL-CIO Expels Laundry and Bakery Workers Units
The AFL-CIO expulsions target the Laundry and Bakery Workers units for corrupt practices while retaining the distillery Workers. The convention also denounces biased probes into labor corruption and endorses measures to root out abuse without excluding business circles. Officials deny talks of forming a rival federation with ILA or UMW.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Afl-Cio
International Longshoremen’s Assn
ILA
United Mine Workers
UMW
Indonesia on edge as army restricted amid crisis
Jakarta reports the Indonesian Army was ordered confined to barracks while officers wore battle dress and leaders met in secret talks as Sukarno faced possible ouster amid Dutch investments seizure and mass expulsion plans. Reports of subversive agents from Communist countries circulated. Sukarno guarded by armed escorts after previous grenade attack.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Hollan
Djuanda
Isa Anshary
Masjumi
Korea
Sukarno
Wen
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Singapore
Unilever
Stanvac
American Oil Company
Sumatra
Two Die After Cockroach Powder Poisoning Meal
In Chicago a 54 year old babysitter Finis Kittinger and a 2 year old boy Roger Van Horne died after a chicken dinner seasoned with cockroach powder. The two sisters Deborah 3 and Susan 1 were critically ill in hospital. The mother Darlene was at work and the powder was stored on a high pantry shelf. The incident sickened a family and prompted a hospital antidote and police investigation.
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Chicago
Finis Kittinger
Roger van Horne
North
St. Mary and of Nazareth Hospital
Kittinger
Darlene
Duane
van Horne
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Miss
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Zelma
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Sturdivant
Mary Lou
Nevada
PTA
Farm Ureau and Medical Association
League of Women Voters
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Nebraska
Tennessee
Maine
Devil's Kitchen
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Army Corps of Engineers
Crab Orchard Refuge
Seattle
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