Showdown in House Over Agriculture Budget Vote
The House and Senate clash over 457 million for multiple agencies as the Farm Department debate centers on soil conservation payments for 1954. Taber seeks a 55 million cut from the committee’s 140 million program, opposing McCormack who defends conservation funds amid broader budget differences with Truman and Eisenhower.
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Washington
Country Boys
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Taber
R-Ny
Eisenhower
Truman
Limestone Trust
Rep. McCormack
National Association of Manufacturers
U N Defenders Punish Reds After Western Korea Assault
U N infantrymen using knives bayonets grenades and rifle butts killed more than 200 of 300 attacking Red soldiers in a 25 minute fight for Outpost Yoke near T Bone Hill in Western Korea. Five Chinese were confirmed dead with others wounded as air and naval forces bombed supply areas destroying buildings dumps trucks and roads across North and South Korea.
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Seoul
U. N
Korea
Eighth Army
T-Bone Hill
U. S
North Korea
Haeju
Sinanju
Air Force
Navy
Jury Blames Death by Own Action in Triple Slaying
Iowa City 17 year old Charles Nelson, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Nelson, was found dead with a head wound after a night of alleged involvement in the April 8 killings of Mrs James Oiler and Beverly Brenneman. A Johnson County grand jury ruled the youth bore responsibility for the deaths by his own actions.
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City
Iowa City
Johnson County
Charles Nelson
Carl Nelson
James Oiler
Beverly Brenneman
William Meardon
FBI delay stalls U.N. delegate appointment
Washington reports that an FBI investigation of Mrs. Mildred McAfee Horton delayed her clearance for a post in the U S delegation to the United Nations. Bertha Adkins said the delay kept her from being sworn in as delegate to the U N Social and Economic Commission in time for the current meeting. FBI clearance for all appointees follows Eisenhower administration policy.
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Washington
FBI
Mildred McAfee Horton
U. S
United Nations
Republican National Committee
Bertha Adkins
Horton
U. N. Social and Economic Commission
Eisenhower Narrows Budget Gap With Air Power Emphasis
President Eisenhower said the defense budget will devote 60 cents of every dollar to air power for the Navy and Air Force. He urged Congress to keep the excess profits tax and resist early tax cuts, arguing that high revenues are needed to maintain security and a strong dollar amid global danger. The address signaled a middle way approach amid plans to protect air strength and avoid immediate reductions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Air Force
Navy
Congress
Russia
Vandals Stir LeRoy s Ire at Wildwood Park
LeRoy Village Council offers a 50 dollar reward for information on park vandalism at Wildwood Park Monday night. Sheriff Reinartz and Major Chesebrough report breakage of a south padlock gate and interior chain gate ram, plus damage to a stove and barbecue pit.
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Leroy
Wildwood Park
Albert Reinartz
Merrill Chesebrough
Chesebrough
State to Call 19 in Trial at Mason City
The state prepares to call up to 19 witnesses in the murder trial of Mike Hinich 63 a former Mason City cement plant worker accused of fatally shooting his wife Dorothy 30 in a tavern July 12 He pleads innocent and is free on $10 000 bond Four state witnesses testified Tuesday as a District Court jury of six men and six women sat ready for more testimony.
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Mason City
Mike Hinich
Hinich
Dorothy
Taft Calls for Complete Revision of Farm Program
Senator Taft urged a full reconsideration of the farm program by the Eisenhower Administration. Speaking to Ohio farmers he warned of politically unpalatable choices as he noted three billion dollars of stored farm products could rise to six billion by year end.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Fisenhower
Senate
Ousting 50 From N Y Apartment
City Marshal William Goldston used a sledge to force entry into a three room apartment and evict 50 residents who had locked themselves in. Police aided escort of both Negro and White occupants, including Mrs. Michael Decatur and family, after a lengthy lock down by Parkchester tenants. Two white men resisting were charged with disorderly conduct.
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New York
William Goldston
Michael Decatur
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Parkchester
Bronx
Decatur
British Haul Red Troops on Ships
Senate hearing reports 100 British flag ships traded with Red China in early 1952 and two British-owned firms in Hong Kong transported Communist troops along China’s coast. Wheelock Marden Co. ships allegedly hauled U S aid goods. Charles Dickens ship tied to February 1952 incident. Senators McCarthy and McClellan press for tougher East Asia trade stance.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
China
Robert Kennedy
Hong Kong
Wheelock Marden Co
U. S. Mutual Security Agency
MSA
Kennedy
Charles Dickens
Subcommittee
Wheelock-Marden Co
Sens
McCarthy
R-Wis
McClellan
D-Ark
United Nations
Korea
U. S
U. N
State Department
Roberta Quinlan Wins Divorce From Wall Street Broker
Roberta Quinlan, 31, television and night club singer, was granted a divorce yesterday from John J. Quinlan Jr., a Wall Street broker of Farmingdale, New York.
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ST. Louis
Roberta Quinlan
John J. Quinlan Jr
Wall Street
Farmingdale, N.Y
Polish pilot crashes MIG jet on Bornholm island
A young Polish pilot crash landed a Soviet built MIG on Roenue Bornholm Denmark. Eyewitnesses saw the jet wrapped in canvas as police withheld details. Authorities noted possible asylum request and ties to Lt. Franciszek Jarecki who previously surrendered his MIG to Allied experts and is in the United States seeking U.S. citizenship.
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Bornholm
Baltic Sea
Poland
Roenue
Denmark
Baltic
Franciszek Jarecki
Jarecki
United States
U. S. Air Force
Slupsk Air Base
U. N
Far East
Korea
South Amana Blaze Destroys Landmark Grocery Store
Fire on Highway 6 in South Amana destroyed the upper story and roof of a brick grocery store and sandwich shop, reporting estimated damage between 15000 and 25000 dollars after a two hour blaze. The building is a known landmark to thousands of travelers.
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Marengo
South Amana
Atom Cannon Test Set For Next Monday
In Las Vegas, the Army and the Atomic Energy Commission prepared for a historic firing next Monday of a nuclear shell from a new 280 mm cannon. The ninth blast of the spring series occurred days earlier, with a drifting radioactive cloud prompting vehicle washings in Utah and Nevada.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Army
Atomic Energy Commission
Blame Pilot Error in Fatal Detroit Lakes Plane Crash
A coroner's jury ruled that pilot error caused the May 8 crash at Detroit Lakes Municipal Airport. Gaylord Lund, 21, was killed. his brother Allan, 23, was injured when the light plane lost speed during a landing attempt.
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Detroit Lakes. Minn
Gaylord Lund
Detroit Lakes
Allan
Gaylord
Mill City Woman Dies in Auto Mishap
A Minneapolis woman died of injuries from a two car crash near Brainerd Minnesota Tuesday. Mrs Richard B Roos 31 of 3710 Humboldt N died after the collision between a car driven by her husband and a second car driven by Arnold M Hegge 35 of rural Brainerd.
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Brainerd
Minn
Minneapolis
Here
Richard B. Roos
Humbolt
Godfrey Improve After Hip Surgery at Massachusetts General
Massachusetts General Hospital reports Arthur Godfrey is already moving his hip through a greater range than in years after Friday surgery. Doctors say the operation aimed to reconstruct both hips, which were shattered in a plane crash 22 years ago.
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Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Paulo
Escapees Near Little Falls Spur Search After Auto Found
Three Minnesota inmates from St. Cloud Reformatory, Robert Pingeon 20 Lamberton Exach Jensen 21 Worthington and Marvin Quernemoen 24 Elbow Lake, fled May 2 in the farm supervisor Charence Jennings 96 car found 11 miles west of Little Falls. The vehicle had run out of gas and was undamaged, providing a clue to the fugitives route.
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Charence Jennings
F. W. Radke
Little Falls
Here
Robert Pingeon
Lamberton
Exach Jensen
Worth
Precipitation Slight in Spotty Showers
Intermittent showers brought 0.5 inch of rain since 6 p m Tuesday. Temperatures ranged from a low of 58 to a high of 78 at noon. The day featured brief sunshine between gloomy cloud cover.
Field of 6 Brings Out 1 600 Voters
Voters Tuesday chose Dr. R. R. Wright and Richard Dougherty to the Austin School Board. Wright led with 858 votes and Dougherty had 766 in a six-candidate field. Total turnout was 1,600, the largest in a decade, with two new members replacing those not seeking re-election.
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R. R. Wright
Richard Dougherty
Austin School Board
Wright
Austin Clinic
Dougherty
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Harold Westby
W. B. Grise
George Peter
Lawrence Dewey
N. H. Camm
J. H. Pe Karna
Austin
Shaw
Central
Whittier
Webster
Neveln
Saints Best
Sumner
Dewey
Lincoln
Central School
P. A. Lemmen
Brooks Cutter
Kleo Gildner
Roy Tedrow
Shaw School
Nevela
Saints Rest
Jet Hurdles North Pole Flight and Transatlantic B47 Missions
The Air Force disclosed jet milestones including the first jet flight over the North Pole and a nonstop six B47 bomber launch across the Atlantic from Limestone, Maine to Fairford England. Two B47s flew five hours 38 minutes each way, returning within two weeks. A B47 refueled in midair to set distance and endurance marks, operating from Edwards Air Force Base.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Air Force
North Pole
Atlantic
Fairford
England
Limestone
United States
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Polar
Fielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Strategic Air Command
306Th
MacDill Air Forge Base
Tampa
Fla
Car Dealer Loses in $150,000 Suit
Audubon Court jury rules for seven auto dealers in Coulter suit over 1951 Audubon ad about a midwestern auto theft ring. Coulter, a Coon Rapids dealer, claimed losses from cars stolen and fraudulently sold as used or new. Defendants argued the ad was a trade at home presentation and not actionable.
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Audubon
George N. Coulter
Coon Rapids
Audubon County
Coulter
Wisconsin
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Anne Palma
Bernice D’antonio
Pelling Place
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Webster & A6
Martin A. Nelson
Minnesota Supreme Court
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AEC
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