Taft May Lose 3 Delegates in Nebraska
A Nebraska delegate reshuffle lowers Taft on the first ballot by up to three votes while Eisenhower gains one. The panel shows Taft 13, Eisenhower 2, Wedemeyer 1, and two uncommitted. Kefauver leads Democratic delegate shifts with Townsend and Busch aligning to Kefauver after Nebraska primary results. One Eskimo language note appears at article end.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Kefauver
Associated Press
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Robert
Kerr
Okla
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Willard E. Townsend
Lincoln
Paul R. Busch
Howells
Townsend
President Truman
Sen
Truman
Bushh
R. C. Johnson
Mead
Robert G. Simmons, Jr
Scottsbluff
Johnson
Simmons
Film Stars learn fencing from expert in Hollywood
Belgian master Jean Hermann trains film stars in dueling for swashbuckling movies. He lists actors and actresses admired for fencing and explains that movie duels are slowed down or sped up for dramatic effect and camera work. He details his career from the 1936 Olympics to teaching at USC and the LA Athletic Club.
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Hollywood
En Garde
Jean Heremans
Jean
Stewart Granger
Errol Flynn
Cornel Wilde
Basil Rathbone
Robert Taylor
Mel Ferrer
Tony Curtis
Jean Simmons
June Allyson
Belgium
Europe
Sweden
Holland
England
U.S
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Andrews named director of industrial development
Eugene R. Andrews of Minneapolis was named director of industrial development for the Minnesota Department of Business Research and Development to steer state efforts in business growth and development.
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ST. Paul
Eugene R. Andrews
Minneapolis
Minnesota Department of Business Research and Development
Senate OKs Half Billion Farm Funds Amid Budget Clash
In Washington the Senate approved over 1% billion dollars for government farm programs starting July 1. The bill, passed by voice vote, returns to the House which approved 115 million less than the Senate figure. A key fight centered on trimming future payments to farmers in soil conservation efforts, with Sen. Anderson backed by Sen. Douglas. Senator Russell defended maintaining the higher future payments as a plan for the coming crop year.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Sen
Anderson
D-Nm
Secretary of Agriculture
Douglas
D-Ill
Agriculture Department
Congress
Russell
D-Ga
Farm policy clash over payment cuts draws Senate clash
National farm groups urged payment reductions as an investment in the future. Russell argued the cuts halved the payments and tied debate to subsidies for big entities. Senator Aiken backed trimming subsidies for railroads utilities shipping lines and airlines while pushing a $110 million CCC price support increase.
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National Farm Organizations
The
Farm Bureau
National Grange
Russell
Sen
Aiken
R-Vt
Republican Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Agriculture Department
Hickenlooper backs U.S. lead over Russians on H bomb
Senator Hickenlooper, ranking Republican on the Senate Atomic Energy Committee, disputes a colleague's view that the USSR could outstrip the United States in hydrogen bomb development. He says the United States remains far ahead in atomic weapons and materials.
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Washington
Sen
Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Russia
Atomic Energy Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
House
United States
Wiley Rebukes Air Power Talk as Reckless
Sen. Alexander Wiley denounces reliance on air power as reckless and warns it could spark fears of Europe being blasted into atomic ruins if invaded. He contrast s Taft and Eisenhower on foreign policy and cautions against feeding Soviet propaganda while stressing not committing to any single doctrine or ally.
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Washington
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Senate Today
Europe
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Robert A. Taft
R-O
U. S
Taft
Wisconsin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Russia
Germany
Elbe
Rhine
Pyrenees
Push Hunt for Blue Phantom Auto Sniper
DECATUR Illinois state police expanded the manhunt for a blue sedan gunman nicknamed the blue phantom after eight motorists were shot at since two weeks ago. A state police plane scanned Central Illinois while roadblocks covered Towanda to near Springfield. One driver was injured and George M. Cushing of Pontiac suffered a cut arm as a blue sedan fired on him ten miles north of Bloomington.
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Decatur
Ill
Illinois
Towanda
Springfield
George M. Cushing
Pontiac
Bloom
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Olla
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Oks
Kinsman’s N Store
Milwaukee
Air Power
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