Eisenhower Vetoes Farm Price Support Freeze
President Eisenhower vetoed the farm price support freeze bill calling it ill advised. He requested a thaw instead of a freeze and warned the measure would raise government warehousing, limit market growth, and delay agriculture’s transition to parity. He noted the veto would stand unless Congress overrides with a two-thirds vote.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenwer
Alee
Senate
House
Pilot's Quick Dive Saves 60 Lives at Idlewild
Captain Jack Guthrie a DC6 pilot with 14 years service plunged his airliner into a abrupt 100 foot dive to avert a midair collision near Idlewild Airport New York. He said he saw a twin engine plane bearing down and saved 60 passengers and crew with calm control during the emergency.
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New York
National Airlines
Jack Guthrie
Guthrie
Idlewild
Miami
Mines Idle for 60th Anniversary Eight-Hour Day
All area mines will be idle Tuesday marking the 60th anniversary of the eight-hour contract signed April 1 1898. Before the pact workers in central fields logged ten hours daily. At the time Williamson County had five mines including Old Burr near Carterville and Fredonia Brush nearby.
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Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Williamson County
Old Burr
Carterville
Fredonia
Brush
Marion
Illinois Weekend Toll Tops Ten Dead On Highways
At least ten people died on Illinois roads during the first sunny spring weekend. A crash near St. Charles killed four riders when their car spun into a tree on State Route 31. In Joliet area, a mother and her 19 year old daughter in law perished in a two car crash and a burning vehicle. Three others were injured.
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Illinois
St. Charles
Lloyd C. Highland
Ottawa
Lou Ann Gray
Janice Strausberger
Elgin
James C. Zidow
Joliet
Stanford hikers rescued from Sierra by helicopter
Four Stanford University hikers stranded for days in the High Sierra were rescued by an Army helicopter and taken to Lewis Memorial Hospital in good condition. The group of two women and two men had been on a six day 60 mile hike and were located by Bob Symonds before the rescue led by Chief Ranger Oscar Sedergren.
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Yosemite National Park
Stanford University
High Sierra
Oscar Sedergren
Lenore Lamb
Orinda
Calif
Margaret Nieves
S . Wash Fiche
M. Roberts
Neenah
Wis
William Pope
San Francisco
Yosemite Park
Pope
Oscar A. Sedergren
Roberts
Lewis Memorial Hospital
Air Force
Hamilton Field
Caterpillar Ends Four Day Week At East Peoria Plant
Caterpillar Tractor Co. resumes a normal five day week at its East Peoria plant, ending a 10 week period of curtailed production. About 21,000 workers receive full pay for the first time since January 13 when the plant reduced hours due to high tractor inventories.
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Caterpillar Tractor Co
East Peoria
Russia Defers A Bomb Tests Amid Western Skepticism
The United States dismissed Russia's halt proposal as mere words and called for a UN supervised ban with verification. Washington urged pursuing the issue through the United Nations while stating readiness to respond to a supervised suspension of tests. Congress criticism followed, accusing the Kremlin of trying to embarrass the U S before its Pacific test series.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Free Nations
State Department
Kremlin
United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Eisenhower
Pacific
Soviet Union
Khrushchev Gambles On Nuclear Test Move
The article analyzes Khrushchev's bold gamble in announcing Soviet nuclear tests as a political strike. It argues the move aims to boost Soviet influence in Asia and Africa, pressuring the United States to respond with a similarly bold, imaginative approach. It notes Kommunist monthly urging relentless ideological competition and warns against capitulation to capitalist monopoly.
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Moscow
Kommunist
Anr
U.S.S.R
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Asia
Africa
Khrushchev
Europe
Night School Town Meetings On Idaho Education
Idaho residents hold statewide town meetings to discuss education policy and science emphasis amid national space concerns. Sessions wrap into a statewide Boise conference on April 21, with Milan Ryder asserting near full state coverage and noting only a few districts will meet later.
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Boise
Idaho
Weiser
Idaho Citizens For Education
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois
Generally fair conditions with warmer temperatures ahead. Tonight and Tuesday look mild with lows near 40 and highs around 60. Yesterday's high 54 and noon today 58 with sunrise at 5 46 and sunset at 6 24.
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Southern
Illinois
Stolen 14 foot boat reported near Carbondale
A 14 foot aluminum boat belonging to L A Wells of 701 West Cherry Carbondale was reported stolen Saturday night from Thompson Lake near Carbondale. A chain mooring the $250 boat was broken by thieves.
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L. A. Wells
W.cherry
Carbondale
New Thompson Lake
Thelves
Thieves Take 25 Cases Of Beer In Herrin Warehouse
Thieves broke a door lock to steal 25 cases of beer from Frank Ballowe’s warehouse at 700 S. 16th St. Saturday night. In a second break in at Charles Denham Grocery, 920 S. Park Ave., some change and cigarette packs were taken after a door window was broken.
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Frank Ballowe
S. 16Th St
Ballowe
Charles Denham
S. Park Ave
Western Big Three urge Moscow talks on April summit plan
London reports the Western Big Three propose starting diplomatic exchanges in Moscow in late April to prep for a summit with the Soviet Union. The note to the Kremlin reaffirms Washington London and Paris aim for thorough advance work and a ministers meeting to follow. The Soviet stance opposes a pre summit foreign ministers gathering.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union suspends nuclear tests amid Western hesitations
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko announced in Moscow that the Soviet Union would halt hydrogen and atomic tests but reserve the right to resume if the United States and Britain do not join the suspension. The move came after a Supreme Soviet resolution urged a halt, with no fixed date. The decision, welcomed by deputies, hinges on other powers' actions and the duration of any ban remains unclear.
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Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
Khrushchev
Gromyko
United States
Britain
NATO
Science fair exhibits set for Murphysboro pupils
More than 60 Murphysboro Unit School District 186 students will display science projects at Murphysboro High School library from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in a public science fair show organized by Assistant Unit Superintendent James Blackwood.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro High School
Asst
James Blackwood
Water Levels Near Spillways Rise At Two Lakes
Crab Orchard Lake sits 6 inches above its spillway while Little Grassy Lake is 1 inch above its spillway, signaling rising water levels.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Bulganin Reappointed to Head of Soviet State Bank
Premier Khrushchev names Nikolai Bulganin to lead the Soviet State Bank and reappoints Mikoyan and Gromyko in key posts. The Supreme Soviet approves unanimously as Khrushchev outlines plans to distribute tractor station machinery to collective farms.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Anastas Mikoyan
Andrei Gromyko
Supreme Soviet
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
F. R. Kozlov
Alexei N. Kosygin
Demitri F. Ustinov
Josef Kuzmin
Bulgarin
Economic Plan
Alexander Zasyadko
Dirt Pile Fun For Carbondale Boys Near Church
In spring a dirt pile behind the University Baptist Church attracts five year olds Mike Graper and Denny Evans from Carbondale. Mike is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Graper of 1008 Walkup Street Denny is the son of Mr and Mrs Keith Erans of 1110 Walkup Street.
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Carbondale
Mike Graper
Denny
Fred Graper
Walkup St
Keith Erans
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Peoria
U.S
Durham
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U.N. Disarmament Commission
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