Postal Wage Hike Voted by Congress
The Senate approved an 8.8 percent average pay boost for about half a million postal workers, with House support, and sent the bill to President Eisenhower who indicated a veto is possible. The compromise bill cost about 178 million dollars annually and would raise at least seven percent for all workers, with higher increases for reclassified positions. The administration criticized inequities and urged a veto, while postmaster general Summerfield pressed for passage. The move follows earlier Senate and House measures and references a 1951 wage history.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Summerfield
Post Office Department
Soviet Union offers peace with high price and disarmament terms
The Soviet Union proposed world peace to the United Nations with strict conditions. Moscow demanded dismantling foreign bases and a virtual gag on Western media, plus withdrawal of troops from Germany. Western leaders weighed the plan amid cautious optimism about disarmament prospects.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Washington
United Nations
Germany
Ike Sees Big Four Parley Could Clear Air
President Eisenhower said a Big Four summit could clear the air and reveal Soviet intent to ease tensions. He stressed the talks are exploratory and cautioned against expecting rapid turnaround, noting no assurance of success and keeping strength of position.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bulganin
NATO Council Ends Paris Parley Calls for Truce in Formosa
The NATO Council urged a ceasefire in the Formosa area during a three day Paris meeting. The communique backed a four power summit with Russia and urged negotiations on German unification and arms reduction. Dulles Macmillan and Pinay studied a new Soviet disarmament proposal amid cautious Western approval. Lester Pearson noted a potential significant Russian proposal with concessions on troop levels.
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NATO Council
Paris
Formosa
U.P
Russia
Far East
John Foster Dulles
France
United Kingdom
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Dulles
Harold Macmillian
Antoine Pinay
Britain
Lester Pearson
Jacob Ma‘lik
Earthquake Rocks North-Central Ecuador
A strong quake shook Quito and surrounding provinces in the morning, cracking walls and toppling church spires. Initial reports noted no casualties though residents fled in panic as tremors lasted about 30 seconds with aftershocks. Reports from Tuscan and Ibarra cited widespread building damage.
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Quito
Ecuador
U.P
Tuscan
Ibarra
Carchi
Imbabura
Weather outlook with showers and cooler temperatures
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers and cooler conditions. Thursday highs near 55 while Wednesday peaks at 65 and 29. Montana forecasts show increasing clouds and scattered showers across east and west Thursday with cooler air and locally strong winds, little temperature change Friday.
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Montana
Winter Wheat Crop Seen for State Record
Montana officials forecast a 1955 winter wheat crop of 38,784,000 bushels from a 24 bushel average, potentially the largest on record and surpassing the 1948 crop by 1.6 million. Acreage remaining for harvest is 1,616,000 acres with favorable prospects in the Basin and Triangle areas. moisture is generally ample, with timely rains needed in some areas and Minnesota-style conditions.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Northcentral
Eisenhower backs Salk vaccine amid safety pause
President Eisenhower reaffirmed faith in the Salk polio vaccine and predicted it will wipe out infantile paralysis in the United States. He noted scientists may have shortcut tests while praising caution as a public health pause prompts double checking of manufacturing safeguards.
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Washington
Fisenhower
United States
U. S. Public Health Service
Eisenhower
Public Health Service
Russia Opens Door to Western Big Four Conference
Soviet Premier Bulganin told East European military officials that Moscow regards positively the Western proposal for a top level four-power meeting. He stressed disarmament plans and Formosan settlement efforts while urging a conference only if it reduces international tension and yields trust among nations.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.P
Nikolai Bulganin
Russia
Bulganin
United States
China
Inland Sea Ferry Disaster Toll Reaches 128 Dead
In fogged waters of Japan's Inland Sea two ferries collided. The Shiun Maru sank in minutes with at least 932 aboard. 128 confirmed dead and 29 missing, many students on a class trip. About 775 rescued, search hampered by tides and depth off Shikoku.
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Takamatsu
Japan
Japan National Railways
Shikoku Island
Oddly Dressed Kids Don’t Remain Odd
Psychologists say children’s early clothing tastes change as they grow and do not reliably predict adult preferences. If a child favors a bike, building set, or electric train, check Want Ads for a good deal or place a Wanted To Buy ad so sellers can reach you.
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Sheridan
US protests attack by Chinese planes off Korea
The United States protested to Red China over what the State Department called an unwarranted and illegal attack by Communist MiGs on U. S. Sabre jets off North Korea. Gen Maxwell D. Taylor was ordered to deliver the protest to the Military Armistice Commission. The Air Force reported 12 to 16 MiGs attacked eight Sabres, with two or three Red planes shot down and American planes suffering no losses.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Red China
U. S
Korea
State Department
Maxwell D. Taylor
United Nations
Military Armistice Commission
Department
Taylor
North Korea
House Debates $31.5B Military Appropriation and Pentagon Buying Policy
The House opened debate on a 31.488 billion dollar military appropriation bill with Democrats attacking Pentagon buying policies and Republicans defending them. Rep. Mahon accused the Defense Secretary of a colossal failure to control costs and said the taxpayer is losing his shirt while industry reaps enrichment. He said a full probe into contract policies aims to secure more defense for dollars. Rep. Wigglesworth defended progress under the Eisenhower administration, noting improvements but acknowledging ongoing issues. The bill largely mirrors President Eisenhower’s request, except for a $744.609 million reduction, and would indirectly approve manpower cuts of 102,000 in the next fiscal year. Efforts to block that reduction are expected to fail. Mahon added that officials told the committee Russia is developing an intercontinental ballistic missile with range to threaten the U.S. mainland.
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Washington
House
Pentagon
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Wilson
Rep
Wigglesworth
Mass
Eisenhower
Mahon
Russia
United States
Montana Land Board Delays Oil Lease Plans With Mineral Survey
Three Democratic members voted to delay leasing state oil lands in Montana. A mineral survey for all state lands will precede any lease date, with the board calling for data from Oil and Gas Conservation and other sources. The motions set bidding rules and oppose indefinite or price ceiling leases, while Gov. Aronson abstained.
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State Board
Helena
U.P
Montana
Land Board
Atty
Arnold Olsen
Public Instruction
Mary M. Condon
Sam W. Mitchell
Olsen
Condon
Mitchell
J. Hugo Aronson
Board
Land Department
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Aronson
Haiphong to fall to Vietminh as French order curfew
French authorities imposed a 24 hour curfew in Haiphong as Geneva timetable forces the handover to the Vietminh. Residents were told to stay indoors from 8 p.m. Thursday while Vietminh troops prepare to enter the city and French troops retire to Do Son.
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Haiphong
North
Viet Nam
Indochina
An Lac
Do Son
Welcome Mat Out for Soviet Union Agriculture Mission
The State Department said an unofficial U S farming delegation will visit the USSR to study American methods. President Eisenhower said plans for agricultural missions are finalized, with the Soviets expected to send an official delegation while the U S hosts an unofficial group.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
Lincoln White
United States
White
Eisenhower
Ussr
South Viet Nam War Flares Anew
Civil war in South Viet Nam flared anew as rebel Hoa Hoa and Binh Xuyen forces attacked National Army units. Hoa Hoa troops led by Gen Ba Cut struck in the lower Mekong Basin in the south.
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Saigon
Indochina
U.P
Viet Nam
Hoa Hoa
Binh Xuyen
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ba Cut
Mekong
Dulles Abandons Vienna Trip Over Austrian Treaty Deadlock
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles plans to travel to Vienna were scrubbed as Russia blocks a final Austrian debt settlement. Ambassadors with the Big Four want a ready treaty for signing, but Moscow’s stance and word of a stalled draft push the weekend meeting toward possible postponement. Molotov’s Vienna plans and a dinner with Pinay and MacMillan were announced by Moscow radio, with no hint of the current impasse.
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Vienna
A.P
John Foster Dulles
Paris
U. S
Russia
Dulles
United States
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Antoine Pinay
Harold MacMillan
Molotov
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