Taft Seeks 15 Billion Budget Cut in New Plan
Sen. Robert Taft outlined a target of a 70 billion dollar budget for the coming fiscal year, with Eisenhower agreeing to a 60 billion goal for 1955. He and other GOP leaders spoke at a New York conference amid hints of tax cuts and broader restraint, while Rep. Taber warned Congress to curb spending across defense and foreign aid.
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Washington
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Senate Policy Committee
Taft
Eisenhower
New York
N. Y
Congress
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
House
Appropriations Committee
State Naval Pilot Scores MIG Kill
Washington A Minnesota naval pilot shot down one of two Russian MIG-15s over the Sea of Japan near a U S task force. He is Lt. I R Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer L Williams of Clinton. Four Panther jets from the task force engaged the Russian trio and scored two kills.
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Washington
Minnesota
Sea of Japan
U. S
Navy
I. R. Williams
Elmer L. Williams
Clinton
Marine
Ike meets Republican anchor men in New York
General Eisenhower meets with key Republican leaders in New York to discuss Korea, cabinet picks, legislative plans, Senate organization, inauguration logistics, liaison with the Truman administration, and possible moves toward the presidency. He plans talks with Taft, Bridges, Wiley, Martin, Porter, and Gough as he prepares for office.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Washington
National
New York
Belman Morin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Korea
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Jack Porter
Lewis K. Gough
The
American Legion
Gough
Wiley
U. S
United Nations
U N
Taft
Martin
House
Senate
Truman
White House
Pentagon
Delivery Boy Delivers Gift for Marine in Korea Tale
Gen Hoyt Vandenberg planned to hand deliver a mysterious package to Marine Pfc Nicholas G. Baldwin in Korea. Baldwin, 24, Minneapolis, learned of the gift by phone and declined to reveal its contents or details, calling it a personal favor from a four star general.
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Seoul
U. S
Pfc
Nicholas G. Baldwin
Minneapolis
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
U. S. Air Force
Spain
Baldwin
Marine
Allied air blitz hits Communist command center near Yalu
Allied warplanes blasted a large Communist military headquarters and oil storage area about 25 miles from the Manchurian border. The U S Fifth Air Force reported four Sabres fought four MiGs, damaging a MiG-15 in the air battle as Gen Hoyt Van Denberg touted U S readiness to strike Manchurian bases. Temperatures fell to eight degrees as infantry repelled Red assaults along the Western and Central fronts near Sniper Ridge.
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North Korea
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U. S
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
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Korea
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Oriskany
Wichita State’s Young President A Tennis Star At 35
University of Wichita president Harry F. Corbin, 35, serves three years and has collected over 30 tennis trophies. The athletic leader blends academic role with sports fame as a youthful college chief.
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Wichita
Kan
University of Wichita
Harry F. Corbin
Three Air Raid Alerts to Be Heard Here in Austin
A three week series of practice air raid alerts will test siren and whistle signals in Austin to confirm audibility citywide. Civil defense head William Pribble urges residents to seek shelter, lie flat, shield eyes, and learn to shut off gas and electricity during any real attack.
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Municipal Light Plant
Hormel
Milwaukee Roundhouse
William Pribble
Austin Civil Defense
Klingsheim Dies At Work In Minnesota Plant
Theodore Klingsheim 44, of 410 Garfield, died at St. Olaf Hospital after collapsing at work in Hormel’s electric truck department. He had been with George A. Hormel & Company since 1934. Funeral plans were set for Friday. survivors include a son Leroy and six daughters, plus his father Peter, a sister and two brothers.
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Garfield
St. Olaf Hospital
George A. Hormel & Company
Klingsheim
Hormel
Tracy E. Barber
Leroy
St. Cloud
Manuel Zepeda
St. Paul
John Haley
John George
Marie
Joyce
Linda
Austin
Peter Klingsheim
Chester
John
Price ceilings lifted on clothing and other items
Washington price stabilizer Tighe Woods said he is ready to suspend ceilings on all clothing and told Congress he will also suspend ceilings on soft drinks. He expects to lift wholesale ceilings on pork and may suspend an order limiting live cattle prices.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Congress
Woman 60 Survives Five Days in Wrecked Car
Mrs. Glen McKnight of St. Joseph Missouri, 60, lay seriously injured for five days in a wrecked car hidden in a weeded gully along a busy highway. She had a broken hip and arm, several broken ribs, and severe shock. A highway grader operator spotted the car from above and alerted emergency services. She was en route from St. Joseph to Bronson when her car left U.S. Highway 275 near Sidney Iowa, plunged 40 feet, and overturned against a culvert.
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In.p
Jack Kraschel
Glen McKnight
St. Joseph, Mo
Damburg Hospital
Strike Hits Arms Plant in New Brighton Minnesota
The Minneapolis Moline Co arm shell plant shut down as 115 maintenance workers went on strike. The AFL International Association of Machinists ordered the walkout to back contract demands. Production workers refused to cross a 50 man picket line as talks since June failed. The firm offered four percent, while the union seeks eight percent. Supervisory and office staff passed the line.
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Minn
Minneapolis-Moline Co
AFL International Association of Machinists
Civil Suit Against Sabu Filed in Fire Loss
Northwestern Mutual Fire Association sues Sabu Das TAGir known as Sabu alleging he started a fire that damaged his Northridge home and seeks return of 19388.68 in fire insurance benefits. The suit was filed yesterday as Sabu tours with a circus in Italy.
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Northwestern Mutual Fire Association
Northridge
Sabu Dastagir
Italy
Braniff Opposes Wisconsin Central Bid to Serve Austin
Braniff Airways challenges Wisconsin Central Airlines request to serve Austin and other Minnesota and North Dakota routes. The Civil Aeronautics Board heard testimony in Washington with Braniff's J W Miller arguing Wisconsin Central cannot provide public service Brans can. The hearing covered routes from Minneapolis to Des Moines and Sioux City via several towns. no carrier testimony on awards for Yankton Mitchell Brookings or Fargo.
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Minneapolis
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Mid- West
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Brookings
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Wilderness hunt loses two men as search expands
Nearly 100 men with two airplanes hunted northeastern Minnesota for two missing hunters Lester Peters and Rollie Bennett. Peters and Bennett, both Minneapolis residents, vanished in Vermillion Dam country and Buyck area as searches report other casualties including self injury, accidental gunfire, and an exhausted hunter found near International Falls.
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Lester Peters
Vermillion Dam
Cook
Rollie Bennett
Buyck
Minneapolis
Lou Wheeler
Don Anderson
Peters
Bennett
Henry Saari
Adolph Johnson
St. Louis County
Chinese Delicacies Arriving as Christmas Gifts
Singapore reports a Chinese canning company sending parcels of preserved ginger chow chow cumquats lychees pig's legs and pickled vegetables to Britain the United States and other Commonwealth countries with orders rising steadily.
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Singapore
Britain
United States
Commonwealth
Michigan Prison Riot Suppressed Without Wounded
In Jackson Michigan Southern Michigan Prison guards used shotguns and a sub machine gun to quell a two hour riot by about 2200 inmates in the mess hall. No serious injuries reported though one convict suffered a scalp cut. Warden Bannan said the situation is under control and most inmates will stay in cells. The prison plans to survey damages, with industries halted.
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Mich
Southern Michigan Prison
Mess Hall
William H. Bannan
Bannan
Douglas Wright Polio Patient Shows Improvement
Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Wright of 402 Sterling traveled to Minneapolis to visit their son Douglas Wright at Sheltering Arms Hospital. He remains in isolation but is improving and will undergo ongoing therapy with no expected permanent paralysis.
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R. R. Wright
Sterling
Minneapolis
Douglas
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pupils in Dist 122 Present Program
A school children’s program was presented at the Dist 122 Mothers Club meeting. Guests from Dist 30 and Dist 45 Clubs attended. After the program, games and an auction were held. Mrs. Laurence Anderson won the door prize and lunch was served.
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Laurence Anderson
Senate-House panel to quiz Woods on meat price rollback plan
The Senate-House Defense Production Committee plans detailed testimony from Price Stabilizer Tighe Woods on meat price controls and the rollback proposal. Critics, including Sen Bricker, urge expiration of controls, while Woods may face orders or explanations on retail meat price cuts. Capehart signals ongoing review of the broader price control program.
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Senate-House Defense Production Committee
Sen
Maybank
DSC
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Defense Production Committee
Congress
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Link Snyder to Tax Case
Investigators say documents show Secretary Snyder took undue interest in a Universal Pictures tax refund claim. A House Ways and Means subcommittee released transcripts and a Justice Department log of calls with ex-revenue chief counsel Charles Oliphant.
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Washington
House
Secretary of the Treasury
House Ways and Means
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Charles Oliphant
The
Revenue Bureau
Oliphant
Universal Pictures, Inc
Universal
New York
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