Congress Opens Session Amid Cheerful Mood and Hints of Policy Battles
Congress resumes in a friendly tone with prayers and tributes to Chief Justice Vinson and Sam Rayburn. President Eisenhower to deliver the State of the Union at 10 30 a m MST, signaling a year of potential partisan clashes on foreign policy and domestic programs. The Senate GOP Policy Committee outlines a busy week including St Lawrence Seaway or limits on treaty powers as flashpoints.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congress
White House
America
Justice Vinson
House
Sam Rayburn
Eisenhower
Senate House
Gay Good Fellowship
Senate
GOP
St. Lawrence Seaway
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Two Senators Signal Support for Debt Increase
Two key senators said they would back a moderate rise in the national debt limit if needed while Sen Byrd remains opposed to a boost. George and Flanders shifted previously, with Flanders open to up to 10 billion, hoping the need would not arise. Byrd urged economizing to stay under 275 billion.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
George
Dga
Flanders
Eisenhower
Finance Committee
Treasury
Virginia
Senate
Plane Is Missing and Crashes Off Korea Coast
The Navy reports a twin engined Neptune patrol plane with 10 aboard missing and presumed lost off the southwest coast of Korea after last contact Monday. Search continues though no sign of the craft is found. Crew names withheld pending next of kin notification. The plane based at Iwakuni Japan.
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Tokyo
Korea
South Korea
Navy
Iwakuni
Japan
Taxpayer Sends 250 Dollar Overpayment From 20 Years Ago
A Montana taxpayer mailed 250 dollars to the state after two decades of conscience. The envelope from Medford Oregon contained two one hundred dollar bills and a fifty. Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen must review the applicable laws to determine the rightful disposition.
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Helena
State of
Montana
Medford
Ore
Arnold H. Olsen
Montana Power to Acquire Gas Properties in Montana and Wyoming
The Montana Power Co. said it will buy all gas properties of Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. in the Great Falls Havre area and purchase substantial Wyoming gas from MD holdings. The deals become effective Sept. 1 1954 and will boost Montana supply to serve residents and industries.
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Montana Power Co
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Great Falls-Havre
MD Holdings
Big Horn
Wyoming
J. E. Corette
Montana Power
Wyoming Gas
Montana
Corette
Oil Activity Takes Sharp Drop on Montana State Lands
State report shows oil activity on state school lands yielded 702585 for 1953, down 5861767 from 1952 due to lease-method litigation. 238 wells operated by November, mainly Kevin Sunburst fields, with royalties totaling 223054 to permanent funds and no 1953 bonus income.
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Helena
Montana
Lou Bretzke
Bretzke
Kevin-Sunburst
Toole
Glacier
Kevin Sunburst
Pondera
Cat Bank
Bowes
Sumatra
Cat Creek
Glendive
Competiive
Bill to Punish Reds Introduced in Congress
Rep. Clardy of Michigan introduced a bill on Wednesday that would punish membership in the Communist party with a fine up to 5000 dollars and up to ten years in prison. The measure would also outlaw any organization whose aims include government overthrow by force or violence.
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Washington
Communist Party
Rep. Clardy
Rmich
House UN- American Activities Committee
Italians Fend Off Broken Dikes In Po River Delta
In Milan a coordinated effort by police fire brigades and volunteers fought to hold the Po River delta dikes against Adriatic tides. Flood waters swamped six villages, forced evacuations of hundreds from roofs and upper rooms, while sandbagging continued to plug breaches after a deadly 1951 flood.
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Milan
Italy
Adriatic
Europe
Britain
Rovigo
Venice
Bologna
Maddalena
Forti
Pallestrina
Bastementor
Bonelli Levante
Polesine Camerini
Po Valley
Trieste
Genoa
Piacenza
Cremona
Germany
Belgium
France
Butte Officials Weigh Stodden Park as School Site
The Butte School Board still favors Stodden Park for a proposed junior high. City Council was asked what terms it would require, amid talks of land swaps with Walsh Park and the Webster School properties. Fire insurance bids were reviewed as council considered parking space requests after a long meeting.
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Butte
Stodden Park
Walsh Park
George Haney
Webster- Garfield
Webster School
Aluminum Street
Average Doctor's Work and Income and Quick Ad Advice
A medical article notes doctors average 62 hours weekly at $3.76 per hour. It promotes want ads to boost income, urging decluttering, selling used goods, and renting space. An example ad touts a Spin-Drive Washer for sale at $45,000 in State.
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Dial
Quiz Four More Persons in $160,000 Theft
Secret Service agents questioned four more individuals in the ongoing probe of the $160,000 theft from the Federal Bureau of Engraving. Five people, including two women, are in custody as officials pursue the missing $31,700 and trace the money’s movement through Washington and Baltimore.
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A. E. Baughman
Secret Service
Henry J. Holtzclaw
Bureau of Engraving
Bureau
James R. Landis
Landis
Washington
Federal Bureau of Engraving
Baltimore
Weather: Cloudy with rain or snow developing Thursday
The forecast notes cloud cover with rain or snow developing Thursday and lingering Friday. Highest Thursday near 42 and Thursday night low around 25, with Friday highs near 35. Temperatures from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday 5:30 pm show a high of 43 and a low of 14.
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Divide
Ike Would Use A Bomb on Commie China
New York Daily News reports President Eisenhower plans to use an atom bomb on Red China if Korea or Indochina actions resume. A top Republican senator, unnamed, reportedly attended a hush hush White House conference. Hagerty declined comment.
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New York
New York Daily News
Eisenhower
Red
China
Indochina
Washington
Ruth Montgomery
White House
Ike
James C. Hagerty
Curtis introduces Social Security revamp bill in Congress
Rep. Carl T. Curtis unveils a broad reform to fold almost all 65 plus retirees into the OASI program, broaden tax coverage to nearly all workers, raise minimum benefits, and abolish old age assistance, affecting over five million seniors, 675000 children, and 150000 mothers or orphans. Opposing voices from the Eisenhower administration, labor groups, and some Republicans already criticized the plan.
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Curtis
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Oasi Trust Fund
OASI
Eisenhower
Republican House
Laniel Wins Confidence Vote in National Assembly
Premier Joseph Laniel secured a 319 to 249 confidence victory from the National Assembly to back a solid government for the Berlin talks. The vote followed his appeal not to abstain, with support from most allies except the Radical Socialists.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
France
Berlin
Laniel
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Captain Vanishes After Air Crash
Army artillery officer Capt Harvey J Collins 28 of Tacoma Wash walked from a damaged Cub trainer after an apparent suicide attempt at Ft. Sill Oklahoma. He left a note to his wife in the auto at the post airfield and vanished while searchers tracked his flight toward Walters and a crash into a railroad embankment.
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FT. Sinl
Okla
Harvey J. Collins
Tacoma
Wash
Walters
Ft. Sill
Preliminary Parley in Washington to Start at Early Date
The United States and Russia agreed to hold preliminary talks on Eisenhower s atoms for peace plan. Secretary Dulles expects to proceed at an early date with discussions in Washington led by Soviet Ambassador Zarubin. The talks aim to outline how when and where negotiations on the pool of atomic energy for peaceful uses might occur.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Eisenhowerer
Moscow
State Department
Dulles
G. M. Zarubin
Eisenhower
U. S
Henry Suydam
Department
Molotov
Zarubin
Four Men Jailed in Detroit Reuther Shooting
Prosecutors accuse four men of conspiracy and assault with intent to murder CIO President Walter P. Reuther in a 1950 attempt. Names of three jailed men and a fourth sought are disclosed. four others are undercover. Detailing include Carl Renda 35 of Grosse Pointe and Santo Perrone 56, with Perrone sought and Renda bailed at 25000. Clarence Jacobs 48 Tecumseh Ontario jailed on fugitive warrant. Peter Lombardo 51 already in Leavenworth for counterfeit possession.
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Detroit
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Wayne County
Gerald K. O'Brien
O'Brien
Reuther
Kefauver Senate
Carl Renda
Grosse Pointe
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Perrone
Renda
Clarence Jacobs
Tecumseh, Ont
Windsor
Ont
O’brien
Peter Lombardo
Leavenworth
Kaw
Jacobs
New Congress Opens with Young Reporter in Senate Sit-In
Nancy Nichols 11 from Plainfield New Jersey covered her stepfather Harrison Williams Jr as he was sworn in making the first known case of a congressman bringing a private teen reporter. A cheering section from New Jersey attended the ceremony. The Evergreen School pupil explained basics to sixth graders at Plainfield. The day featured routine opening procedures and little activity beyond the oath.
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Washington
Congress
Nancy Nichols
Plainfield
N. J
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Williams
New Jersey
Nancy
Evergreen School
President Eisenhower
White House
Flying Bishop Rescues Stranded Alaska Pilot
Episcopal Bishop William J. Gordon nicknamed the Flying Bishop found and rescued pilot Harry Botsford in subzero Alaska. Gordon and the Civil Air Patrol located the downed Piper Cub, made a ski landing, and ferried Botsford to safety in the central Alaska wilderness.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Episcopal
William J. Gordon
Gordon
America
U. S
Bishop Gordon
Botsford
Cost of Farm Aid in 25 Years Set
Washington reports federal farm aid costs have reached about 14 billion dollars since the Hoover era. The Agriculture Department tally covers price supports soil conservation production payments sugar subsidies and more. Officials warn that further price support funds may be needed as the Commodity Credit Corporation nears its limit and a new program is proposed to cut surpluses and prevent new ones.
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Washington
Hoover Farm Board
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Department
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