Tydings Seeks Contempt Citation for Jaffe
Senate subcommittee backing moves to cite New York greeting card maker Philip J. Jaffe for contempt after he refused to answer questions in the Amerasia documents case. Tydings and four colleagues approve the action. citation must clear Senate panels and go to the Justice Department for prosecution decision.
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Washington
Senate
Philip J. Jaffe
Amerasia
Millard E. Tydings
D-Md
Patrick J. Hurley
Rourke
Hickenlooper
New York
Tydings Committee
Justice Department
Jaffe
Congress
Subcommittee
Edward P. Morgan
Jaffee
Tydings
Full Foreign Relations Committee
Department
Heat Wave Signals Official Start of Summer
Summer officially arrives at 5 37 p m Wednesday with 94 degree heat Tuesday setting a yearly record. Weather Bureau notes longest day of the year while days remain 847 minutes long. Reports of floods in Orange Port Arthur and Galveston. four inch rainfalls, a tornado near Dalhart and a cooling front.
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Weather Bureau
Orange
Port Arthur
Galveston
Dalhart
Associated Press
McDonald ballot case hinges on I dont know reply
The case in the Supreme Court tests if McDonald can be restored to the ballot for an 11th term as agriculture commissioner. His lawyers argue the pledge covers only party nominees in the primary, not presidential nominees, while the Democratic State Executive Committee argues past disloyalty matters. Justice arguments touched on precedent from the 1930 Love case and distinctions between primary and party pledges.
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J. E. McDonald
Supreme Court
Democratic State Executive Committee
Truman
McDonald
Executive Committee
McDonald's
Clint C. Small
Dan Moody
Tom Love
D. W. Wilcox
National Party
Small
Moody
George Sergeant
Dallas
State Committee
Sergeant
John C. Calhoun
J. E. Wheat
Maury Maverick
Wood
Hoover
Love
Brownsville
Volney Taylor
Gov. Moody
Wilcox
cDonald
United States
W. St. John Carwood
Ben Guill
Congress
Jack Porter
Goa
Travis County Officials Face Salary Increases Tied to Population
Travis County population growth to over 160000 triggers pay raises for county officers including the county judge sheriff district attorney district clerk and tax assessor collector new salaries rise from 5500 to 7400 per year with effective dates tied to census results and legislative acts from 1947 and 1949.
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Travis
Tom Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Jim Berger
Sidby
Pai
Forecast of 1952 war risk and 1975 peace idea
Orson weather forecaster claims wars cycle with heat. He cites 2600 years of records and says 1952 is critical. The piece links a warm dry cycle to political tension and notes a long forecast timing.
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Russia
Orson
Senate Adds 10 Million To Old Age Benefit Roll
Acheson warns governors of grim fight against Communist expansion in Europe. He appeals for grass roots support for Truman era policy and assures loyalty within the State Department while defending the Point Four aid program as technical assistance to underdeveloped nations.
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Senate
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Dean Acheson
United States
Europe
State Department
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Acheson
Truman
Russia
Population shifts in Texas Fourth District show overall decline
An Associated Press analysis finds only Grayson County in the Fourth Congressional District gaining population over the last decade, rising from 69,499 in 1940 to 70,122 in 1950. Other counties including Fannin Kaufman Hunt Collin Rains and Rockwall report declines while Dallas grows to 432,805, potentially ranking 23rd to 27th nationally.
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Basus
Grayson County
Fannin
Kaufman
Hunt
Gollin
Rains
Rockwall
Associated Press
Dallas
Denver
Portland
Ore
Atlanta
Oakland
Rochester
Louisville
Columbus
Jersey City
Fannin County
Kaufman County
Hunt County
Collin County
Bridges Appeal Sparks Stay on Citizenship Loss
In San Francisco on June 20 a court order wiping out Harry Bridges' U.S. citizenship was signed but not effective pending an immediate appeal by Bridges' attorneys. He cannot be deported meanwhile. Bridges leads the CIO ILWU and was convicted April 4 of falsely swearing he was not a Communist at his 1945 naturalization hearing. sentenced to five years, free on bail during appeal.
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Bridges
Australia
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Senate passes rise in old age benefits and taxes
The Senate approved a bill boosting old age and survivors insurance benefits by up to 90 percent for current retirees and nearly doubling future benefits. The tax base was raised from 3000 to 3600 dollars, yielding about a nine dollar yearly rise for higher wage earners and their employers. The measure, a key domestic program element, faces conference revisions with House differences to reconcile.
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Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Lucas
D-Iil
Myers
Dpa
George
Finance Committee
Chamber
Neely
D-Wva
Kilgore
DWVA
Incumbents Face Primary Challenge Across Central Texas
In Central Texas, many incumbents face opposition in the Democratic primary set for July 22 as candidates filed in 12 counties. Some races are unopposed, while others show active contention for Congress, the State Board of Education, and county offices. In Gillespie and Blanco, counties follow independent election rules. San Saba combines sheriff and tax assessor posts. The 10th Congressional District remains a contest between Homer Thornberry and Magnesse L. Foster in ten counties. Filing for offices closed at midnight Saturday.
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Ben Gould
Texas
Gillespie County
Blanco County
San Saba
Odus Allen
Brantley Barker
Bill Sutton
Hilly D. Walker
Arch E. Christmas
Homer Thornberry
Magnesse L. Foster
Travis
Williamson
Bastrop
Blanco
Burleson
Burnet
Aldwell
Hays, Lee
Washington
Paul Bolton
State Board of Education
Llano Dentist Dr. A. C. Bowman Dies at 56
Dr. A. C. Bowman 56 retired Llano dentist died in Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital Fort Worth at 6 p.m. Tuesday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by widow Hazel Bowman and siblings in Uvalde Grapevine and Llano. Burial in Llano after funeral Thursday.
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Fort Worth
ANS
A. C. Bowman
Llano
Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital
Hazel Bowman
Austin American
Bowman
Sabinal
A. R. Bowman
Uvalde
State Dental Society
G. M. Worthington
Grapevine
A. G. Mueller
Liano
Johnson Advocates Retaining Yokosuka Base
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson said the US should retain Yokosuka Air Base and Naval Station in Japan after a peace treaty is signed. He and General Omar Bradley toured the former base and discussed its status as a likely permanent US military installation in Japan.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Janan
Southwest Net Stars To Play Seven NCAA Tennis Matches
The Southwest Net Stars field fourteen players who will play seven matches Wednesday in the 66th NCAA Tennis Tournament. Two teams have solid chances to advance and are highlighted by a Texas pair facing Rice in the All-Southwest clash at Caswell No. 1. Heat and early rain disrupted play as stars from UCLA USC SMU and Texas contended in top singles and doubles.
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Stars of the Southwest
Southwest
University of Texas
Clinton Nettleton
Bernard Gerhardt
Rice
Jack Turpin
Chick Harris
Caswell No
Jack Tuero
Tulane
Gilbert Bagley
Princeton
Penick
Southern California
Hugh Stewart
Rollins
Richardo Balbieri
Herb Flam
UCLA
SMU
Ken Crawford
Caswell Courts
USC
Earl Cochell
Jack Shoemaker
Grant Holden
Northwestern
Tom Mulloy
Texas
Julian Oates
James Saunders
Moses
Besant
Illinois
Texas A&m
R. G. Deberry
Robert Duncan
Hurley
McCune
Oklahoma A&m
Herbert Karren
Judy Garland attempted suicide amid health and career woes
Judy Garland cut her throat with a broken glass during a studio conference on her career. MGM said the injury was superficial while friends described her as desperate over illness, contract troubles, and a firing from Annie Get Your Gun.
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Hollywood
Judy Garland
MGM
Carlton Alsop
Vincent Minelli
Fred Astaire
Alsop
Gare
Ny Eapyon
Sunset Strip
Jack Atlas
Minelli
Atlas
Judy
Barkleys
Broadway
Rogers
Boston
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University of Texas, Left
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Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
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Oak Ridge
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Page
Idaho
Centex
Reuben
Ae Sports
Society Senee Ee Eenee
SEN
Walter George
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
US District Court
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D-Wash
Butler
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