Wilson warns steel pay rise could boost defense costs
Former defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilson told Congress the 26-cent hourly raise for CIIO steelworkers could raise defense costs by 5 to 6 billion dollars next year if applied across industry. He urged Congress to boost military appropriations and questioned Wage Stabilization Board powers. He warned of inflation eroding defense purchasing power and advocated a firm policy on pay and price controls.
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Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
General Electric
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Wage Stabilization Board
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WSB
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Weather forecast Bridgeport and New York City brief
Official Weather Bureau data show Bridgeport and vicinity sunny and warm today with a high near 70. Tonight will be fair and cool with a low around 48. Tomorrow remains warm with highs 70 to 75 and northeasterly winds. Citywide tide and almanac details included.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
McGranery Says President Must Exhaust Legal Powers
Judge James P. McGranery told the Senate Judiciary Committee that a president must exhaust powers granted by law before claiming inherent authority. Senators pressed for a yes or no on whether a president may act before statutory enactment, and McGranery replied that no man has the right to step outside the law. The exchange occurred during questions about Truman's steel seizure and McGranery's potential role as attorney general.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
McGranery
Sen
Willis Smith
Smith
Sen. McCarran
D.-Nev
Truman targets real estate lobby at housing confab
President Truman lashed the real estate lobby in a whisper campaign style address at a National Housing conference banquet. He vowed to campaign against opponents who cut federal housing appropriations and urged the nation to “stop it” as he prepared to enter public life after January. The audience gave a standing ovation as he spoke in the Statler hotel ballroom.
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Washington
Truman
Stalin
Statler Hotel
Neighbors Called After 92 Year Old Found in Flat
Police report a 92 year old woman, Mrs. Anna E. Cooper, in a semi conscious state on her kitchen floor after being alone for three days. Officers Crooks and Paolillo forced entry to her second floor flat at 4 30 pm and summoned an ambulance. She was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in fair condition with malnutrition noted. Cooper has no local relatives. a Hartford nephew is being sought. Doctor Soroka believes a heart attack occurred about three days earlier.
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Anna E. Cooper
Thompson Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Jan Soroka
Lieut. Lawson
Robert Crooks
Oswald Paolillo
Mrs. Cooper
Reds Turned Down Allied Prisoner Trade Bid
Gen. Matthew Ridgway announced the communists rejected an Allied offer to swap 12,000 UN prisoners for 70,000 Allied-held Reds who would return to Communist control. He urged acceptance of the whole plan to clear armistice hurdles and warned responsibility for peace rests with the Reds.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Panmunjom
Ridgway
Red Cross
Russia
U.N.C
Bristol Fires Police Commissioner Over Marijuana Info
The Bristol City Council voted five to two to dismiss Police Commissioner William H. Dutton for supplying false information to Hartford officials about marijuana use by Bristol high school students. Mayor Daniel J. Donovan said Dutton presented names and presented a report without proper verification, and refused to cooperate with the police board.
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William H. Dutton
Hartford
Daniel J. Donovan
Dutton
Donovan
Taft Leads Ohio Primary Delegates as Kefauver Tests Florida
Ohio early returns show Taft leading for 32 of 56 GOP delegates with 79 percent in at large totals. Kefauver campaigns for 30 district delegates amid Democratic contest mirrors, while Stassen trails in reported races. Bricker tops Taft at large with 24,557 votes. Brenton leads Stassen on the GOP side.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Stassen
Kefauver
Bulkley
John W. Bricker
J. Paul Brenton
BOOST APPROVED IN VETS' BENEFITS BOOST APPROVED IN VETS' BENEFITS
Senate House conferees reached agreement on two bills to raise veterans benefits by about 214 million dollars yearly to meet cost of living increases. The package includes a 15 percent rise for service connected disability payments 50 to 100 percent disabled and a 5 percent rise for those under 50 percent. It also adds 15 percent to widow benefits with children of service connected deaths and increases pensions for non service connected disability for WWI WWII and Korean veterans. Current payments for some pensions range from 60 to 63 dollars monthly for veterans over 65 or with 10 years service.
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Washington
Senate-House
Bistany in Maine at Time Schuster Slain
The girlfriend of Iurvey Mad Dog Bistany told authorities she was near Arnold Schuster’s Brooklyn home the weekend of his murder. Brooklyn DA Louis Andreozzi quoted her as saying Bistany was in Maine then.
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Maine
Schuster
Iurvey
Willie
Sutton
Arnold Schuster
Brooklyn
Associated Press
Louis Andreozzi
Maxine Maheu Taylor
Shelton
New Bedford
Mass
Andreozzi
Chappy” Mazziotta
Atlantic Avenue
Bay State
Fairfield Board Sets 36.4 Mill Tax Rate for Next Year
Fairfield funds set a 36.4 mill tax rate, up four mills from this year, at a Town Hall meeting. The levy on the grand list reaches $85,926,095, producing $3,127,709 in new revenue, while the Representative Town Meeting approved a net budget of $3,096,091.
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Fairfield Board of Finance
Fairfield
Tucciarrone Captures Stratford Democratic Chair
Councilman Julius Tucciarone 85 Green Street Stratford, a World War II veteran, was elected chair of the Stratford Democratic Town Committee succeeding Herman Wolf after a caucus and meeting last night. Wolf had chaired since 1949 and declined reelection due to business pressures. Catherine Scott was named vice chairman, William Edgett secretary, and Isaac Murov treasurer.
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Julius Tucciarone
Green Street
Stratford
Democratic Town Committee
Herman Wolf
Wolf
Gus Holmgren
Catherine Scott
William Edgett
Isaac Murov
Stratford CD test to sound sirens at six schools
Stratford Civil Defense will test an air raid siren today from noon to 12:15 PM. Sirens will sound at six schools, the Raybestos company, and the Lordship fire house.
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Stratford
Civil Defense Organization
Raybestos Company
Lordship Firehouse
Vivien Kellems Attacks Truman Over Korean War Costs
Vivien Kellems of Stonington Connecticut blasted President Truman in Washington at a Gold Standard League gathering. She compared him to Pontius Pilate and criticized the steel mill effort citing Waterford Connecticut and CIO ties. She urged prayers for a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Constitution and warned voters for November.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Pontius Pilate
Korea
Vivien Kellems
Stonington
Miss Kellems
Waterford
Conn
Phil Murray
CIO Steel
Vivien
Supreme Court
Georgia Senator Russell Leads Florida Presidential Primary
Florida results show Senator Russell leading Senator Kefauver as voting nears one million ballots. Kefauver dominates Miami Dade while Russell gains in rural counties near Georgia and Alabama. write-ins appear for Eisenhower amid a heavy turnout in a high-stakes Southern contest.
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Kefauver
Tennessee
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Dixie
Charles E. Compton
Miami Beach
Carroll S. Shaw
Bob
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Smathers
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