Senators Clash Over Air Power Cuts in Senate Row
In Washington today lawmakers from both parties condemned proposed Air Force budget cuts as risky. Senator Taft urged speedier buildup, while President Eisenhower prepared a national radio address on defense spending. Secretary Wilson faces Senate scrutiny over a five billion dollar reduction aimed at trimming to 114 wings by mid-1954 with a 120-wing goal by mid-1955.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Senate
Eisenhower
Air Force
White House
GOP
Wilson
Askalso
Rep. W. Ster
Cole
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
Truman
Ohio House Eyes Final Money Bill
The Ohio House Finance Committee began informal review of the 323.4 million dollar additions and betterments bill, funded from the state surplus. The measure funds welfare buildings and capital improvements, with hearings forecast to start late in the week.
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Columbus
House Finance Committee
General Assembly
House
Treasury
Herbert Defenbacher
Defenbacher
Assembly
Senate
Athens
Circleville
Cuyahoga Falls
Delaware
Ravenna
Kenton
Port Clinton
Sidney
Ohio Penitentiary
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Bowling Green
Miami
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Central State College
PUC Denies Fuel Curbs in Ohio Gas Supply Order
The Ohio Utilities Commission ordered Ohio Fuel Gas Co and its wholesale customers to supply gas to Ohio on the same basis as other states, denying a request to freeze new installations. Ohio uses about half of Columbia Gas System sales in seven states, so the commission required similar winter installations and set allocation percentages among subsidiaries.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio
Columbia Gas System
Ohio Fuel Gas
Columbia
Albany Gas Co
Athens
Roy Proffitt
Meigs County
River Gas Co
Chesterhill Division
New Lexington farmer slain after quarrel
Hours of drinking and bickering between Perry County farmers led to the fatal shooting of George Kilbarger 35 of New Lexington. Rudolph Elfrink 50 admitted the shooting and faces murder or manslaughter charges. he is held without charge. The incident occurred in a farm house near St. Aloysius Academy after a supper time dispute.
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New Lexington
D.—P
Perry County
George Kilbarger
Robert Tague
Rudolph Elfrink
Tague
Elfrink
St. Aloysius Academy
Gulf Storm Toll Rises With Flood Devastation Across Louisiana
Four people die as extreme winds and heavy rain lash the Gulf states. Louisiana faces 12 inches of weekend rainfall, forcing 2000 families from homes. Floodwaters isolate communities, threaten the Calcasieu River, wash out bridges, and ruin crops. Two children drown in Lebeau, a man in a bayou, and two railroad workers remain missing after a landslide near Vidalia.
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Gulf States
Louisiana
Calcasieu
Lebeau
Vidalia
Knights of Columbus Oppose Ohio Film Censorship
At the Ohio state convention the Knights of Columbus voted to oppose a bill abolishing film censorship. Delegates from 152 councils and 50 000 members urged the Legislature to declare Good Friday a legal holiday and asked the federal government to place In God We Trust on all stamps. Larry Rogers of Warren was elected state deputy.
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Columbus
Knights of Columbus
Ohio
K of C
Larry Rogers
Warren
Woman pilot Cochran breaks sound barrier at Mojave
Jacqueline Cochran, 43, becomes the first woman to fly faster than sound on a 100 kilometer course near Rogers Dry Lake. Timed at 652.337 mph, she shatters the 635.686 mph jet record set in 1951 and tops the prior women’s mark of 534.375 mph.
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Los Angeles
America
Jacqueline Cochran
Rogers Dry Lake
Mojave
Miss Cochran
National Aeronautical Association
Col
Fred Ascani
U. S. Air Force
Mme
Jacqueline Auriol
France
Floyd B. Odlum
Maj
Charles Yeager
B&O Strike Call Issued delays pending talks
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen authorized a strike against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad set for 6 a.m. Saturday EST, citing grievances and unissued awards from the Railroad Adjustment Board. National Mediation Board involvement followed negotiations that stalled in Baltimore. The operator runs across 13 eastern states.
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National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Independent
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood
Railroad Adjustment Board
Union and
Railroad
Baltimore
Cc. L. Nichols
BRT
Mississippi
Administration to Take Stand on Taft Hartley Act Soon
Secretary of Labor Durkin said the Eisenhower administration will announce a position on Taft Hartley changes very shortly and he plans to testify to Senate and House Labor Committees after the stand is known. He also protested an 11 percent cut in the Labor Department appropriation by the House committee.
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Washington
Durkin
Senate
House Labor Committees
Labor Department
House Appropriations Committee
Economy Moves To Delay Peacetime Atomic Power
Washington the Eisenhower administration plans to delay peacetime atomic power projects including reactors for aircraft and carriers and industrial power reactors while preserving weapons work and power plants for submarines. Rep W Sterling Cole says overall cuts around 30 percent for the new budget begin July 1 with no reductions to the Portsmouth plant or submarine power projects.
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Washington
Eisenhower
W. Sterling Cole
R-N.y
Truman
Cole
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
House Appropriations Committee
Portsmouth
Pro-Western Japanese Premier Yoshida Retains Post
Shigeru Yoshida, 75, was chosen prime minister by the House, defeating Mamoru Shigemitsu 204 to 116. The result sustains Yoshida’s pro American stance as he begins a fifth cabinet amid a coalition reshaping the House leadership.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
House
Liberal Party
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Progressive Party
Yoshida
Socialist Party
Rghtist
Iran Expels Yank Writer
Tehran announces the expulsion of Marc Purdue Associated Press correspondent for sending what it calls false and provocative news against Iran interests. Foreign Minister Hossein Fatemi says Purdue must leave within three days with no further details provided. Purdue has been in Iran since last September amid government moves against foreign press.
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Tehran
Iran
Marc Purdue
Associated Press
Hossein Fatemi
Purdue
Oi! Co
Wind Storms Hit Galveston and Texas Coast
Wild winds gusting to 84 mph struck Galveston killing a 35 year old construction worker Arthur Allen and injuring at least two others. Tornadoes were sighted near Terrell Waxahachie and Beeville while heavy winds and rain hit Freeport and floods threatened Sabine Neches and Brazos river mouths.
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Galveston
Tex
Arthur Allen
Allen
Texas
Terrell
Dallas
Waxahachie
Beeville
Rumors of A Plant Cutbacks Discounted by Congressman
Washington reports Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins said AEC Chairman Gordon Dean told him there is absolutely nothing to rumors the plant near Waverly, C H, might be curtailed. Jenkins quoted Dean as saying the commission is very well satisfied with progress at the Pike County plant.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Atomic Energy Commission
Waverly
Jenkins
Gordon Dean
Commission
Pike County
Ninth Atomic Blast Shakes Nevada Coast and Bishop
A powerful ninth test near Yucca Flat shook Bishop California and nearby Las Vegas Nevada. The blast released strong shock waves felt in Bishop and Las Vegas with no immediate damage reported. The Atomic Energy Commission listed 60 tests overall with 47 aircraft and 1 armor unit observing. Military personnel included 600 Camp Desert Rock troops and 400 staff officers nationwide.
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Nev
Bishop
Calif
Nevada Desert
Proving Ground
Yucca Flat
Armed Forces
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Strategic Air Command
Roswell
N. M
Camp Desert Rock
Girl 6 Struck Alighting From Bus at Meyers Crossing
A six year old girl sustained a fractured skull after a car struck her as she crossed from a school bus on Route 33 near Meyers Crossing in Nelsonville. Sandra Bentley was rushed to Mount St Mary Hospital and later to Children's Hospital Columbus for skull surgery. The Canadian couple honeymoon was delayed. driver Arline Hensel and husband Herman were married in Windsor.
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Nelsonville
Myers Crossing
Sandra Bentley
Robert Bentley
Jackson Farm
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Chil
Dren's Hospital
Columbus
Sandra
Deanville School
Children’s Hospital
Arline E. Hensel
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Leonard Breeze
Breeze
Bentley Farm
Comby Safety Service
Ange
York Township
Buchtel
Deanville
Kimberly
Hensel
Cargher
Arthur Kenney
Lay
Air Force Grounds Top U.S. Jet Aces After Record Wins
Capt. Joseph McConnell Jr., of Apple Valley California, the leading U S jet ace, is grounded from combat missions after his 16th kill in North Korea. Capt Manuel Fernandez Jr of Miami Florida remains his rival with 14 kills. both will return home soon. The six day air battles left Reds with 36 MIGs downed and 16 damaged on the ground and two ground assaults along the front in central and eastern Korea were repelled by South Korean bayonets and bullets.
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Joseph McConnell, Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
McConnell
Seoul
Joseph McConnell Jr
Korea
North Korea
Manuel Fernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
Fernandez
Air Force
Sabre
North Kore
U S Returns Plane To Satellite Regime
BERLIN The United States today gave Czechoslovakia back the airliner used by four freedom seeking Czechs to flee to the West two months ago. Negotiations for return had been underway for weeks, officials said the gesture had no link to the Czech release of AP reporter William N Oatis.
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Berlin
United States
Czechoslovakia
West
U. S
Hi Commission
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Enemy shore guns hit Yank destroyer off Korea
Washington reports Brush struck by enemy shore guns off Wonsan Korea last Friday nine American sailors wounded six seriously. Navy says wounded transferred to other ships and Brush resumed patrol duty.
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Washington
Brush
Wonsan
Korea
Navy
OU Files Application For Television Station
Ohio University has applied to the Federal Communications Commission for an educational television station at Athens Ohio. The university seeks Channel 62 a commercial outlet to be used exclusively for educational purposes.
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Washington
Ohio University
Federal Communications Commission
Athens
Writer Richard Tregaskis wins uncontested divorce
Marian Tregaskis testified that writer Richard Tregaskis long absences from home broke up their marriage and that cruelty was the grounds for the divorce granted Monday in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Richard Tregaskis
Marian
Iranian Mob Stones Yanked American Soldiers
An American sergeant suffered a head wound when a mob of Communist partisans stoned him and another soldier in Tehran. Sergeant Thomas Quirk of Brooklyn and Sergeant Frank W. Corpe of Akron were in an Army vehicle. police forced them toward the crowd as it shouted Yankee go home.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S.S
Thomas Quirk
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank W. Corpe
Akron
Weather outlook shows temperatures above normal for days ahead
The forecast indicates temperatures two to five degrees above normal from Wednesday through Sunday with normal highs ranging 71 to 78 and lows 50 to 53. A slight warm up Wednesday, showers Thursday, then weekend showers totaling about an inch.
Allies Hint Time Limit For Parley
The Korean truce talks were recessed for six more days as UN Command sources discussed potential prisoner releases. They consider freeing 34,000 North Korean inmates who refuse to return to communism and potentially 14,500 Chinese captives, while a time-bound armistice plan might be explored.
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Tokyo
Panm
Clark
Reds
South Korea
UN Command
William K. Harrison Jr
College Fires Instructor Over Fake Oxford Degrees
Robert Peters 35 a short balding Englishman was arrested in Wooster for illegal entry after being fired from the College of Wooster where officials said his Oxford University degrees and letters of recommendation were false. Dean Taeusch called him personable with a brilliant mind despite the ruse.
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Cleveland
College of Wooster
Robert Peters
Wooster
H. William Taeusch
Peters
Oxford University
Eisenhower to Seek Six Month Extension of Excess Profits Tax
President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress to extend the excess profits tax for six months beyond July 1 and to keep individual income taxes at current levels for the rest of the year. GOP leaders reported after a White House conference with Eisenhower outlining fiscal proposals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
GOP
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rep. Short
Rmo
House Armeded Services Committee
White House
Oatis Describes Eight Hour Interrogations Before Prague Trial
William N. Oatis, AP correspondent held in Prague for 25 months, says he was questioned for up to eight hours daily during two months before his espionage trial. He explains he was not fully briefed on all case aspects and recalls injections he believed were sugar solutions. He plans to reunite with his wife and study a retrial, noting some questions about embassy work and his info-sharing.
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New York
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
United States
Prague
Laurabelle
Oatis
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