House Overrides Tax Veto in 299 to 108 Vote
Washington July 18 Congress overrode President Truman 299 to 108 to pass the revived 4 billion dollar income tax reduction bill. The Senate was expected to sustain the veto, killing the tax cut for the year. Republican leaders accused Truman of political veto use as they cited his objections on inflation unfairness and the international crisis with the Russian bloc.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Carroll Reece
White House
Russia
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Harold Knutson
Tax-Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Senate Tax Fight on Marshall Plan Aid Reaches House
President Truman warns against the revised Republican tax plan while House leaders push to override a veto. Speaker Martin presses for a vote with Knutson signaling a decision to confront Americans in 1948 if the bill fails. Truman argues the plan is premature and fiscally unsound amid Cold War tensions and Europe recovery doubts.
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Knutson
Truman
Six Vehicle Pileup Injures Amarillo Residents
Two Amarilloans suffer minor injuries in a six car and one truck wreck on Highway 66 west of Amarillo in a heavy rain. Victims are D. D. Millwee and L. P. McKee, treated at Northwest Texas Hospital and a Tucumcari hospital respectively.
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L. J. West
Alabama
West
Millwee
McKee
Two Fatally Injured in Road Crash Near Goodnight
A head on collision between a grain truck and a Lincoln sedan on Highway 287 three miles west of Goodnight left two dead and two injured. Dead are Mrs C H Minton Jr of Fort Worth and Roy Ryan a Fort Worth livestock broker. Injured are C H Minton Jr and Mrs Roy Ryan. The crash occurred about 8 30 p m as they were passing another car en route to Las Vegas New Mexico. Funeral plans not announced.
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New Mexico State Line
Nash
Deloyd D. Millwee
L. K. Cheatham
Childress
California
Millwee
Ford
C. H. Minton, Jr
Circle Ridge Drive
Fort Worth
Roy Ryan
Clarendon Hospital
Bluebonnet Packing Company
Goodnight
Highway 287
Jack Simmons
Las Vegas
Minton
Ryn
Greece Danger Spot, Says Eaton
United States House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Charles A. Eaton warned the House Rules Committee that the U S is within sight of a shooting war in Greece and accused the Soviet Union of taking off its mask due to Marshall plan diplomacy. The UN group report is noted in the context of rising tensions.
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Charles A. Eaton
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Greece
New Jersey
House Rules Committee
Soviet Union
George C. Marshall
Europe
Eaton warns of Greece Russia stake in foreign trips debate
Eaton says America must hold the fort in Greece or risk Russia taking over and threatens mankind’s destiny. He asks the Rules Committee to approve a resolution allowing the Foreign Affairs Committee to travel abroad this summer, defending overseas trips as beneficial and urging approval for up to 100 participants.
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Greece
Russia
Eaton
Rules Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Texas cattlemen urge total slaughter in foot and mouth fight
Texas cattlemen Robert J. Kleberg Jr and Thomas R. Armstrong testified before the House Appropriations Committee urging complete slaughter and burial of all animals in infected Mexican zones to eradicate foot and mouth disease. They criticized Mexican buffer zones and called for using all infected area meat despite authorities’ disapproval. The panel considered 65 million dollars requested by the Agriculture Department but recommended no new major funding now, allowing use of general funds pending better cost estimates.
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Mexico
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Congress
Department
Robert J. Kleberg
King Ranch
Thomas R. Armstrong
Armstrong Ranch
Texas
Kleberg
Armstrong
Refugees Battle British Aboard Exodus Off Palestine Coast
About 4500 Jewish immigrants aboard the refugee ship Exodus fought a 4 hour clash with a 50 man British boarding party off the Palestine coast. Five British destroyers escorted the vessel toward Haifa for detention camps in Cyprus while no fatalities were reported. The Exodus, formerly the President Warfield, is linked to Hagana efforts and UN Palestine inquiry amid ongoing tensions.
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Palestine
Haifa
Cyprus
President Warfield
Exodus
Baltimore
Normandy
Hagana
Jewish Underground Defense Organization
United Nations Special Commission On Palestine
Immints
Haganah High Command
Lebanon
Ramdas Sinking Claims 721 Aboard Off Bombay Coast
About 70 survivors were found today from 721 aboard the 400 ton steamer Ramdas after she sank yesterday in the storm swept Arabian Sea 12 miles south of Bombay near Guill Island. The vessel capsized in five minutes under two giant waves.
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India
Ramdas
Guill Island
Missionary Meeting At Amarillo Bible Church Tonight
The Amarillo Bible Church at Fifteenth and Ong hosts its regular monthly missionary meeting tonight announced by the pastor Rev. H. A. Somerville. Special speaker Rev. FE. N. Landry, formerly a Roman Catholic priest for 15 years, now doing home missionary work in Louisiana with his family.
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Amarillo
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and cool this afternoon and tonight with Saturday fair and rising temperatures. The Panhandle South Plains Pecos Valley to the west show scattered thundershowers, not quite as warm. New Mexico sees clear to partly cloudy skies with afternoon or evening storms in the northern mountains. High 92, low 64, noon 75. Precipitation 0.71 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Rain spreads across Panhandle as heat breaks and storms lash region
Widespread rains drenched the Panhandle last night ending an 18 day dry spell and easing heat. Pampa led with 2.04 inches, Amarillo measured 0.71 inches, and Dalhart reported 61 degrees low as Portales man J. Naithen Hawk, 47, was killed by lightning amid thunder and winds.
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Adrian
Clarendon
Amarillo
English Field
Dalhart
Honors
Portales
J. Naithen Hawk
Pima
Ariz
Tulia
Plainview
Speaker Martin Now on Deck for Presidency
President Truman signed the Presidential succession bill placing Speaker Joseph Martin of Massachusetts in line to replace the President if unable to serve. The measure shifts the line ahead of Secretary Marshall, with the Senate President pro tempore and cabinet officers following.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Mb Dee
Senate
Vandenberg
House
Funeral services held for baby burned in scalding accident
Final rites were held today for 2 year old Larry King Nixon who died after falling into a large container of boiling water at the family farm home near Marlin Texas The boy was the son of Mr and Mrs J W Nixon and his mother said she moved the container from a stove and it toppled onto the child
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U.P
Larry King Nixon
Larry
J. W. Nixon
Flag on Iwo Jima Will Not Be Hauled Down
Tokyo dispatch reports the American flag on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima will not be hauled down despite severe rain and wind erosion. The crumbling access road has closed to tourists, as officials seek a maintenance method avoiding costly rebuilding while preserving the memorial.
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Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Mount Suribachi
Louisiana Night Club Manager Charged With Manslaughter
Jimmy Monsur manager of a Lake Charles night club dining room was charged with manslaughter in the death of 19 year old John L. Blackburn of Port Arthur Texas. Blackburn was shot after he hurled a saucer during a flying disk prank. The incident occurred Saturday night at the Roller Palace.
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Jimmy Monsur
John L. Blackburn
Port Arthur
Tex
Blackburn
Henry A. Reid
Rain Fueled Small Fire At Southern Oxygen Company
A carbide can burst in a sheet iron warehouse at 2509 East Third, sparking a fire that rain caused to ignite. Firefighters used carbon dioxide to smother the blaze, which burned for nearly two hours but caused little damage before 5:30 a.m. The incident involved calcium carbide, used to generate acetylene gas for welding.
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Southern Oxygen Company
East Third
Grain Men Clash With Gurley Over Panhandle Wheat Shipping
Panhandle grain officials accuse Fred Gurley Santa Fe president of passing the buck on wheat movement delays. Bob Yeager cites stalled shipments from Honey Switch to Amarillo and Muleshoe as proof of railroad slowdowns. Gurley defends efforts to move the record crop and calls shuttling an old trade practice.
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Panhandle Grain Fraternity
Fred Gurley
The
Santa Fe
Bob Yeager
Panhandle Feed & Grain Dealers Association
Gurley
Foo Ete
Panhandle
Yeager
Denver
Globe
Amarillo
Atention
Poochpal Frees 75 Prisoners at St Louis Pound
St Louis pound officials faced a chaotic night after an unknown intruder released 75 of the 12 percent prisoners. Assistant Superintendent Roscor Thompson said the dogs are likely scattered across town and will take long to recapture.
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Poochpal
St. Louis
Roscor Thompson
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