Aiken predicts Congress will keep present farm price support
Senator Aiken chairing the Agriculture Committee expects next year’s Congress to retain the current farm price support law with likely moves toward permanent pricing and continued congressional oversight. He notes the 1954 session will tackle taxes foreign aid and social programs amid party pressure for changes. Given global tensions, Aiken says limited presidential authority to dispose of surpluses could alter famine relief and aid strategies.
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Ohio
Eisenhower
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East Germans arrest 50,000 amid June unrest
East Germany reports 50 000 arrests for rebellion as authorities display iron fist and promise leniency for some. Romania loosens aid as bread and oil reach the public while Western observers note ongoing discontent yet control remains.
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East Germany
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Otto Grotewohl
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West Berlin
Eisleben
Zeiss Optical Works
Jena
Halle
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Poland
Vienna
Kremlin
East Europe
Kremin
Lightning Ignites Ammunition Dump in Chicago
A fire on Chicago's Northwest Side last night sparked by lightning set off an Army ammunition dump. About 3000 residents were evacuated. no injuries were reported. Firefighting crews controlled the blaze quickly, averting possible explosions at adjacent ammunition stores.
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Chicago
Thunderstorms Cool Heat Wave Across Midwest
The Midwest saw heavy storms Sunday with winds up to 100 mph at Waterloo Iowa. Lightning killed two Iowa farmers and ignited an ammunition dump during a Chicago fireworks display. Rantoul Illinois recorded 3.56 inches of rain as severe weather spread through Iowa Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Chicago
Rantoul
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Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
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Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
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Scouts Head For Conclave Jamboree City Fires Ocean Scenes
Scouts prepare for a national gathering at a 3000 acre California campsite. Next week 50,000 Boy Scouts arrive by train bus and car to occupy Jamboree City. Thirty thousand tents will rise on the hills as boys explore the Pacific and enjoy evening fires.
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California
Pacific
Orderly Denies Guilt In Alleged Kidnapping Case
Los Angeles sheriff's deputies say no evidence links an unemployed hospital orderly to the June 20 disappearance of Stella Darlene Nolan. William R. Nolan, 20, formerly of Tacoma Washington and a foster cousin of the missing child, was arrested Friday and denied knowing the girl, claiming he hadn't seen her for months.
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Stella Darlene Nolan
William R. Nolan
Tacoma
Wash
Hillsboro Auditor G Stanley Miller Dies at 71
G Stanley Miller, 71, longtime Highland County Auditor for 14 years and former sheriff, died Sunday in Hillsboro. He served in local government for decades and was a prominent law enforcement figure.
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Hillsboro
G. Stanley Miller
Highland County
Solons Speed Toward Swift Adjournment
Washington reports Congress aims to end the year within four weeks. Senate to extend long days while House moves faster on money bills. Republican leaders expect passage of key tax measures, including extension of the excess profits tax beyond June 30.
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Congress
Senate
House
GOP
Ways and Means Committee
Daniel A. Reed
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
California
Agency Boss Resigns Post Amid Information War
President Eisenhower accepted Dr. Robert L. Johnsons resignation as chief of the Overseas Information Service. Johnson said doctors warned the strains of the post were too much. Eisenhower cited concern for his health and accepted the resignation dated today. Johnson had led the agency since February after being asked by Eisenhower.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert L. Johnson
Overseas Information Service
Johnson
Air Force Funds Seen Rising by About a Billion
Sen Mc Clellan predicted the Senate would increase the $11.048 billion Air Force appropriation authorized by the House for the next 12 months by about one billion dollars. The forecast comes amid ongoing wartime funding debates in Washington.
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D-Ark
Senate
House
Winds Hamper Bid To Stem Forest Fire
Southern California faced its worst forest fire in 11 years as the Angeles National Forest blaze surpassed 40 000 acres in the San Gabriel Mountains. Foresters warned control was unlikely as high winds and low humidity hampered more than a thousand firefighters. The blaze has destroyed eight dwellings and spread along a 48 mile front with new outbreaks in Cooper Canyon and Santaigo Canyon threatening watershed areas.
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California
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San Gabriel Mountains
Tie Ridge
Pallet Creek
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Santiago Canyon
Reds Release Jap Anglers
Japanese fishing boats held by Red China returned to Nagasaki with 23 crewmen after nearly six months. The two 70-ton vessels were captured in the East China Sea, deemed Chinese territorial waters.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Red China
Nagasaki
East China Sea
Japan
Army plan to sustain trained reserve falters in action
Washington report shows only about 4.17 percent of draftees completing two years of active service join reserve training units. Army officials cite lack of compulsion and no punitive provisions in the selective service law. General James Lawton Collins favors amending the law to reduce reserve time for those who volunteer to join organized reserve units or the National Guard.
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Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
National Guard
Collins
Face-Saving Compromise On Korean Truce Talks Reported
A South Korean source says the United States offered a two point face saving plan to win Rhee's approval of a truce but Rhee rejected it. The plan would allow South Korea to walk out after 90 days if no progress toward unification is made and resuming talks would be discussed only with Senate ratification. Robertson and Rhee held a one hour session as Taylor met U. S advisers in Seoul.
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Syngman Rhee
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Korea
Associated Press
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Walter S. Robertson
Hisenhower
U.S
South Korea
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Robertson
Washington
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Truman
Eisenhower
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nation records 100 fatalities over the holiday
The Fourth of July weekend saw 413 deaths nationwide with 249 in traffic, 118 drownings, and 45 in other accidents. A 15 year old, Edward Nolta, died in Willow California from a falling unexploded aerial bomb at a supervised fireworks show. The toll was smaller than 1952 three day Independence Day totals and 1951 figures.
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National Safety Council
Edward Nolta
Willow
Calif
Envoy Urged By Desania
A Danish editor urges President Eisenhower to appoint a new American ambassador to Denmark after six months without a envoy. The editorial notes Denmark’s need for a U S representative and concerns over a vacancy since Eugenie Anderson left the post.
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Denmark
Eisenhower
Eugenie Anderson
Truman
Nationaltidente
Doctors Eye Results Of Anti Polio Shots
Health officials in Montgomery Alabama monitor the mass immunization effort after 32 000 children received gamma globulin shots last week with 86 polio cases counted so far and no new reports in two days. Dr A H Graham cautions it is too early to declare victory.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. H. Graham
Taft To Miss Senate Sessions This Week
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio is in New York Hospital for a hip ailment checkup. He recently relinquished active GOP leadership duties in the Senate. He entered the hospital Saturday night and his condition was reported as good. No expected discharge date is given.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York Hospital
GOP
Senate
Taft
New Haven Editor Roger Connolly Dies at 52
Roger A. Connolly 52 managing editor of the New Haven Register died of a heart ailment Sunday in New Haven Connecticut. The longtime journalist led the paper's editorial desk and contributed to coverage across city events and state politics.
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New Haven, Conn
Roger A. Connolly
The
New Haven Register
Ohio weekend accidents claim 24 lives across several causes
Over the Fourth of July weekend 24 people died in Ohio from traffic crashes drownings and other mishaps. The deaths include six children with victims ranging from a baby in a small boat incident to a 40 year old man in a boating accident near Lakeview. Authorities note comparisons with prior weekends in the series of fatal incidents.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Bingo Rouns
Doris Rouns
Youngstown
Mary L. Chaney
Geneva
Gilberta A. Halil
Mildred Hall
Portsmouth
Wheelersburg
Alonzo Mayo
Route 2
Steubenville
Wheeling
W. Va
Richard H. Phillips
Columbus
Indian Lake
Lakeview
State Senate Action Looms On Road Bill
In Columbus the 100th General Assembly nears its penultimate week as the Senate Taxation Committee is expected to back the axle mile tax on trucks and a one cent gasoline increase. Republicans aim to enact a highway program, with the tax and levy projected to raise 42 million dollars yearly for new inter urban highways.
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100Th General Assembly
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House
Senate Taxation Committee
Move To Halt Polio Spread In Caldwell County
In Lenoir North Carolina Caldwell County launches mass immunization of 10 800 children under nine to curb a polio epidemic that has 84 deaths and two fatalities. Dr William Happer county health officer leads doctors nurses and volunteers with gamma globulin inoculations at four school lunchroom clinics aided by National Polio Foundation staff.
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N. C
Caldwell County
William Happer
National Polio Foundation
United States
Jet Breaks London Paris Flight Record
A British RAF fighter set speed records for a London Paris route with times of 19 minutes 18 seconds and 19 minutes 14.3 seconds. French Mystere Mark IV jets broke the sound barrier over Paris, causing panic as sonic booms shattered shop windows.
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RAF
London
Britain
Hawker
Rhee Critics Win Inquiry Into Raid on DNP HQ
The National Assembly voted to investigate a raid by about 30 anti truce demonstrators on the Democratic Nationalist party headquarters in Pusan. DNP leader Dr Chough Pyung Ok was arrested by police for opposing Rhee's demand that South Korea continue fighting if UN halts. Two DNP members were injured.
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Korea
National Assembly
Democratic Nationalist Party
Democratic Nationalist
Syngman Rhee
Chough Pyung Ok
Rhee
South Korea
Japanese ships dock as 1007 repatriates reach Honshu port
Two Japanese vessels arrived at a Western Honshu port bringing back 1007 repatriates from Red China. The arrivals mark another installment in postwar evacuation efforts coordinated by Japanese authorities and relief agencies.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Red China
Solon barred from witnessing atomic test by security rule
Representative Condon says he was denied a Nevada test view on security grounds while other lawmakers were invited. He confronted Atomic Energy Commission Chair Gordon Dean after returning to Washington and seeks clarity on congressional access to atomic tests. He plans to raise the issue on the House floor.
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Condon
D-Calif
Congress
Nevada
Las Vegas
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Dean
Rain Storms Halt Korean Air Battles
Allied planes were grounded as heavy rains lashed Korea, with up to 5 percent inches of rain since Sunday. The Fifth Air Force said the downpour would continue 24 hours, while infantry wrestled in mud and bunkers collapsed, slowing supply traffic along the 155 mile front.
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Seoul
Korea
China Sea
Fifth Air Force
Woman Shoots Self in Long Beach Note to Friends
Arta Mae Christiansen left a note to friends Mr and Mrs Dif ford Stubblefield before killing herself in her Long Beach home. Police said she died Saturday and her husband Oswald could not explain the motive. The note spoke of eyes, as the couple have corneal ulcers.
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Long Beach
Calif
Difford Stubblefield
Arta Mae Christiansen
Oswald
Expert Urges Official Action For Storm Warning System
In Stillwater Oklahoma UP reports Dr H L Jones from Oklahoma A and M College says tornadoes can be identified and tracked with a mechanical system to warn communities. He proposes nationwide stations costing about 300000 dollars each, needing six men per station, with states and federal or private funding. Tornadoes in early 1953 have already claimed over 250 lives.
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Stillwater
Okla
H. L. Jones
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Jones
Race Winner Still Awaited During Powder Puff Derby
In Long Beach California feminine crews led as the seventh annual Powder Puff Derby neared its end with 40 to 42 planes still en route. Early results showed 49 starters and 1 plane out with engine trouble near Palmyra New York.
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Long Beach
Calif
Winslow
Albuquerque
Amerrillo
Tex
Peoria
Amarita
Palmyra
N, Y
Truman Warned For Improper Driving On Pennsylvania Pike
Pittsburgh report says former President Truman was stopped by a state policeman on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Sunday after his car was seen driving improperly. The officer cautioned him to be more careful as the car was pulled over near Manley Stampler to allow vehicles to pass.
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Polceman
Truman
Pennsylvania
Manley Stampler
Truman Auto
Twin Causes listed in worst air crash near Okyo
Far East Air Forces named two causes in history’s deadliest air disaster the C124 Globemaster crash near Okyo killing 129 U S airmen A mechanical failure and pilot error were cited FEAF said Globemasters grounded since June 18 have resumed regular operations
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Far East Air Forces
Okyo
U. 8. Services
FEAF
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