Seventy ninth Congress Ends With Mixed Record Of Action
The 79th Congress ends its session after a year of wartime and postwar transition. It ratified the UN charter and related measures, extended lend lease, and rewrote the GI Bill. Domestic actions included large appropriations, debt limit rise, and tax cuts, with many items left for next year such as universal military training and atomic energy control.
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Congress in flux as 79th session winds down this year
Lawmakers rejected White House labor plans by Christmas and balked at a work-or-fight law. They blocked repeal of the Johnson Act loans rule and halted treaty ratification by both chambers. Truman’s proposal for presidential succession was shelved and unemployment reform stalled. Investigations expanded into Pearl Harbor, China policy, and medical finances. The House created a permanent Un-American Activities Committee. Senate and House work lingers with a Dakota dam dispute and a war powers act extension awaiting action.
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Four Athletes Hurt In Bus Collision
A Southwestern Louisiana Institute basketball bus to Houston collided with a loaded gasoline truck near Nome Texas. Four players Roy Long Audley Gordon Charles D Johnson and Kenneth R B Chapman were hospitalized with minor injuries and coach Dutch Reinhardt sustained a possible broken nose. They were taken to Hotel Dieu Hospital in Beaumont.
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Foreman Returns from Ware in Scarborough
Scarborough foreman Scarborough Foreman 2019 Polk returns from Ware. His brother A D accompanies him back home.
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Sailor Walks to Houston After Train Refusal
In Houston a sailor named Jimmy Krekas walked from San Diego to Houston after being denied a star ride on a train or plane. He left his ship for Christmas, hit the highway, and six hours after reaching San Antonio was back home with his family.
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