Senate hints at break in long money bill deadlock
Rumor says the Texas Senate may take up five House appropriation bills on Monday and pass them with minor restorations to resolve the stalemate. Gov Jester seeks to defuse deficit fears with a possible summer session and tax options. lawmakers weigh restoring cuts to cotton research and commissions.
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House
James E. Taylor
Finance
Taylor
Beauford Jester
Senate Finance Committee
Kyle Vick
Waco
John L. Crosthwait
Ray
Texas Tech
Aeronautics Commission and Veterans Affairs Commission
Crosthwait
West Germany adopts constitution uniting 11 states
West Germany's new constitution unites 11 states in a federal republic. The North Rhine-Westphalia legislature approved the charter 153 to 38 in Düsseldorf amid Communist demonstrations. Other states followed, with Bremen voting 77 to 9 and few resisting.
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North Rhine-Westphalia
Duesseldorf
United States
Britain
France
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Rhineland-Palatinate
South Baden
Hamburg
North Rhine- Westphalia
Schleswig-Holstein
Lower Saxony
Hess
Tornadoes Strike Oklahoma and Kansas for Fourth Night
Tornadoes blasted Oklahoma and Kansas injuring none reported but causing damage across at least four towns. Balko Beaver and Gage were hit in Oklahoma with a plane hangar and admin building damaged at Gage. Woodward and other areas reported large funnels and structural damage on farms and facilities.
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Kansas
Balko
Beaver
Oklahoma Panhandle
Gage
Woodward
American Airlines
Ada
Ardmore
Garden City
Scott City
Fires Rage as Shanghai Air Link Is Cut
Shanghai faces air and sea disruption as Communist forces siege the city. Lungwha Airport suspends operations amid red artillery threats while fires burn east of the Whangpoo River at the Pootung waterfront, with damage blamed on a high explosive shell and at least one US oil dock attacked. Ships brave small arms fire as the Woosung River remains open. The latest communique notes Reds withdrawing from some Pootung positions.
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Whangpoo River
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Standard Oil
Woosung's
Whangpoo
Shankhai
Senate Hearing Lets Lewd on AEC Loyalty Claims
Senator Ferguson accuses the Atomic Energy Commission of keeping loyalty suspects under cover on AEC payrolls for over 10 months. The clash with AEC Chairman David Lilienthal occurred at a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing amid disclosures of a Communist fellow under the student aid program. Lilienthal acknowledged questions about loyalty of as many as three of 500 scholarship recipients and said Dr Isader Edelman holds a $3750 yearly fellowship but lacks security clearance. Edelman is to testify next Tuesday.
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Ferguson
R-Mich
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Hans Freistadt
Lilienthal
Atomic Commission
Wherry
R-Neb
Boston
Isader S. Edelman
FBI
Edelman
Clark
Justice Department
Arnold Johnson
Communist Party
National Legislative Committee
Rep
Hobbs
D-Ala
House Judiciary
Gerhart Eisler
House un-American Activities Committee
England
The
Commission
Michigan
Argonne Atomic Laboratories
Chicago
Stolen Goods Recovered In Austin Furniture Heist
Police recovered 4000 dollars worth of furniture and materials stolen from Economy Furniture Company in Austin after 15 searches. Detectives Weaver and Cantwell seized upholstery, draperies, plastic cloth and other items sold on the installment plan. Also noted: related arrests and federal inquiries in national security cases ongoing.
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Economy Furniture Company
East Fifth
Leo Weaver
S. L. Cantwell
Milton Smith
Smith
Chicago
Justice of the Peace
J. Travis Blakeslee
Cantwell
Weaver
Diosionio Castrulta
East Ninth
Western Berlin Traffic Snarled by Western Germany Strike
Fifteen thousand Western Berlin railroad workers walked out at midnight causing a citywide disruption nine days after the blockade ended. Russians allowed limited West German truck traffic on the autobahn Helmstedt Berlin but kept export permits tied to Soviet zone rules. Four power talks in Karlshorst considered East West trade and transit rights as Berlin’s supply lines shift with the strike and a tense transit debate.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Karlshortst
Western Berlin
West Berlin
US and Britain reject Russian push for Greek war talks
The United States and Britain rejected a Moscow backed plan for a big power conference to settle the Greek civil war. Washington and London insisted negotiations occur within the United Nations with the Greek government, while noting continued Soviet and Balkan support for Greek guerrillas. The State Department said talks began April 26 at the UN secretary general’s residence and that Greece must be free from foreign military aid for any settlement. Athens showed little enthusiasm for the proposals.
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United States
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US State Department
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Tass
Greece
London
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New York
Hector McNeil
Andrei Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Gromyko
Albania
Bulgaria
Trygve Lie
Rusk
McNeil
UN General Assembly
Reece
Balkans
Soviet Union
United Nations
Athens
Acheson Heads to Paris Parley Over Germany Future
Secretary of State Acheson flies to Paris after a presidential send off to gauge Soviet willingness to settle Germany on Western terms. Washington officials ponder if the Big Four foreign ministers conference will become an East West propaganda clash or initiate a new era of Soviet Western accord.
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Truman
Acheson
Paris
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Vienna
Karl Gruber
Austria
Economy Bloc Fails on Flood Bill Vote Sparks Pork Debate
The Senate passed a $751.4 million flood control and river harbor bill despite GOP and Democratic critics calling the measure pork. The vote came after amendments to cut spending failed, with McKellar defending the bill as essential for natural resource development.
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Washington
Senate Economy Bloc
Army
Douglas
McKellar
D-Tenn
Appropriations Committee
Michigan Central Railroad
Illinois
Senate
Trinity Flood Endangers Texas Crop Land
Rosser May 20 The Trinity River flood waters rose toward 38 feet threatening Ellis and Kaufman County farm lands. Levees held with 5,000 acres under water in Southern Dallas County and 1000000 in crop damage estimated near Ferris. Fort Worth and Dallas mobilized aid as flood conditions forecast to worsen in Trinidad and Henderson County.
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Trinity River
Texas
Ellis
Kaufman County
Trinity
Dallas County
Fred Cox
Ferris
Dallas Levee
Fort Worth
Dallas
Dallas News
Fort Worth Star Telegram
US Weather Bureau
Trinidad
Henderson County
Athens
E. T. Keck
Texas Power and Light Company
Pay Raise Bill Stalls in House Over Military Pay Hikes
In Washington a 400 million dollar annual military pay increase stalled after five hours of debate as lawmakers protest large raises for high ranking officers. Next week decision is delayed.
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House
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