Price Controls Extended but Rollbacks Curbed Senate Passes Bill
The Senate approved an eight month extension of price wage and rent controls with a Wherry amendment banning new rollbacks. The House backed a July stopgap avoiding major changes, sending the measure to the Senate for final action amid debate on inflation controls.
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Senate
Truman
Maybank
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Moody
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Wherry
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Spare Tire Rule Returns to New Cars by September
Washington reports that the spare tire will be reinstated on new cars by September. Rep. Dempsey says officials from the national production authority assured him the ban on a fifth tire will be lifted by that time.
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Washington
Dempsey
TNM
National Production Authority
NPA
Patrol Bomber Crash Kills Eight Navy Men
KEY WEST Fla Eight Navy men were killed and one escaped with a broken leg when a patrol bomber crashed Friday One crewman was alive when recovered from the water by rescue craft but died of injuries after reaching the naval hospital
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Key West
Fla
Enche
Naval Hospital
Postpone Hearings On TV Channel Assignments
Washington The Federal Communications Commission Friday postponed hearings on the assignment of new television channels to individual cities until July 23. The sessions had been due to start July 9.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Truce Ends Strike on United Air Lines
A pilots strike that halted United Airlines operations for ten days ended with a Friday truce. About 990 pilots were ordered to return to work at 2:45 p.m. CST. Thomas E. Bickers of the National Mediation Board announced the agreement after talks with United officials and AFL Airlines Association agents. The board will immediately seek a settlement to get the system back on track.
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Chicago
United Airlines
Thomas E. Bickers
National Mediation Board
AFL
Airline Pilots Association
Bickers
Weather Likely To Be Very Wet Across Nebraska
The five day outlook warns heavy rainfall totals of one to three inches locally and two to four inches across eastern Nebraska. Cooler temperatures are expected with highs near the normal range and 7 to 10 degrees below in Nebraska. Rain starts Friday night with a light shower, Saturday may be dry with 80s for a high. Flooding covers hundreds of thousands of acres in Kansas and Missouri, with dikes weakening and evacuees in Sedalia. Major wheat centers face harvest delays as five rivers surge, Manhattan and Junction City brace for major floods. National Guardsmen patrol dikes in Topeka to protect sections of the capital.
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Kansas
Missour
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Charles
St. Louis
Sedalia
Manhattan
Junction City
Kansas River
National
Topeka
Short Court Session Forfeits Bonds On Two Defendants
Municipal Judge A. Nielsen presided over a rapid session lasting under a minute with two cases on the docket. Lee H. Baker, 72, of 552 Mynster street, and Gale R. Knoke, 36, of Griswold, did not appear. Bonds forfeited: Baker $12, Knoke $83.
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Lee H. Baker
Mynster Street
Gale R. Knoke
Griswold
Nielsen
Baker
Knoke
Hearing July 26 on Rate Increase for Moves
The Iowa state commerce commission sets a July 26 hearing on a proposed about 20 percent rate rise for moving household goods within Iowa. The Iowa Warehousemen's Association seeks higher charges for transporting household goods in "closed heady, van type" equipment for 15 miles or more inside the state.
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Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Iowa Warehousemen's Association
U S Population Tops 154 Million Figure
The census bureau announced that the total U S population including troops abroad surpassed 154 million this month and could reach 155 million by year end. Over the past year the population grew about 0.22 percent per month, approximately 200,000 people monthly.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Ithe Bureau
New Appeal by Grady to Iran to Save Oil Flow
In Tehran Grady pressed Premier Mossadegh for concessions to assure Western oil flow from Iran’s Abadan refinery. After a 90 minute talk Grady warned prospects look dim despite a promise to suspend anti-sabotage measures. British officials hopeful as technicians may stay to keep the refinery open.
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Iran
Tehran
U. 8
Henry F. Grady
Mohammed Mossadegh
Abadan
Mossadegh
Tran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Truman
President of AT and T Dies in New York
Leroy A Wilson aged 50, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, died Thursday in New York after a two week illness. Wilson rose from traffic clerk to head of the Bell system in 29 years and had been a patient at Presbyterian Hospital.
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New York
Leroy A Wilson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wilson
Presbyterian Hospital
RFC Boss Strips RFC Loan Power to Washington
Administrator Stuart Symington stripped the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of loan granting authority at field offices. All loan authorizations except disaster loans will go through the Washington office. Field managers may regain power later after examples set a higher standard, with emphasis on essential loans and concern over small, questionable farm and flower business advances.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Symington
To Remain in U. S. But Still Hopes to Share British Estate
Akron man James N. Gape of Cuyahoga Falls chose to stay in the United States while seeking a way to share a 254000 British estate left by a cousin. He faced a life relocation offer to England with a Saturday deadline and sought legal means to maintain American citizenship while receiving the bequest. If unresolved, he will remain in the United States with his family.
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Akron
James N. Gape
Cuyahoga Falls
United States
Gape
England
Order Surrender of Top Communists Ordered to Begin Sentences
New York authorities ordered the convicted communist leaders to surrender at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the federal courthouse to begin serving their sentences. The order, issued by United States Attorney Irving H. Saypol, sets ten defendants to five years and one to three years.
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Yhe
United States
Irving H. Saypol
Firing Upheld by Board at Iowa School for the Deaf
The state board of education in Iowa City upheld the firing of four teachers at the Iowa School for the Deaf after a 45 minute hearing. The board cited continued insubordination, rejecting claims of retaliation for AFL union activities. Moran and Leila McQuern face nonrenewal. Beverly Peterson and Ruth Robey receive day-to-day contracts. The teachers union vows legal action, potentially to the state supreme court. Maurice W. Soulis named assistant director of the Iowa extension service at Iowa State College.
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Iowa School For the Deaf
Associated Press
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Berg’s
William Moran
Leila McQuern
Berg
Beverly Peterson
Ruth Robey
Moran
Miss McQuern
American Federation of Teachers
AFL
Robey
Board of Education
Council Bluffs
Miss Peterson
John Cosgrove
Des Moines
Iowa State
Ames
Maurice W. Soulis
Iowa Extension Service
Iowa State College
Charles E. Friley
Budget relief and Korea cease fire moves spark parliament and Ridgway action
Budget talks in Ridgway City Hall target a 1952 spending ceiling with a July 25 adoption deadline set by City Manager Oliver Comstock and Finance Director Nels Hansen. In Washington, U N calls for a Korea armistice surface as Ridgway could convene talks with North and South Korean and Chinese forces within hours. officials weigh terms and potential cease fire along the 38th parallel amid cautious optimism and political debate.
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William J. Sebald
Japan
Pusan
John J.muccio
U.S
Clarence Ryee
38Th Parallel
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South Korea
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United Nations
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Lovett
Washington
State Department
Jacob Malik
United States
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
London
Russia
Bridges
North Korea
Gillette
Release of Pilots and Jets Promised by Czechoslovakia
The State Department said Czecho Slovakia agreed to release two Western pilots and their U. S. jet fighters held after emergency landings near Prague on June 8. Ambassador Briggs had pressed the issue after a Czech note promised freedom but gave no date.
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State Department
U. S
Prague
Ellis O. Briggs
Briggs
Germany
Two Crewmen Die as Train Plunges Near Shelbyville
A passenger train the Meadowlark struck a track wash-out near Shelbyville Sl. Thursday night and plunged down a 30-foot creek embankment. Two crewmen were killed and a dozen passengers injured as the diesel locomotive plunged through a trestle into Brush Creek, with four cars tumbling down the grade. The fireman and mail clerk died in the crash.
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Chicago and Eastern
Meadowlark
Here
Rev Malverson Resigns Pastorate for False Army Assignment
Federal investigation reveals a con man posing as a colonel recruited ministers and theology students for a fictitious unit named G.12. Rev Arlin M Halvorsen of Harlan resigned his Bethel Baptist church post after receiving fake orders to Lincoln and Helena. About 2000 dollars were bilked from nine victims in Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota.
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Harlan
Osaka
Bure
James L. Dalton
Omaha Tbi
Lee Capell
Dalton
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Bethel Baptist Church
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U S Spending to 90 Billion by 1953 Budget Hearing
Elmer Staats told the Senate Finance Committee that federal outlays may reach 90 billion dollars for the year ending mid 1953 and defense costs could require 40 billion annually after the current military buildup. Senators pressed on civilian payrolls and waste cutting, Staats arguing major cuts require scrapping congressionally directed programs.
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Defense Department
Elmer B. Staats
Bureau of the Budget
Senate Finance Committee
Stants
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
Pentagon
Staats
Wallace Slated for State Personnel Job
DES MOINES Arthur T. Wallace longtime personnel assistant to the state executive council was reported Friday to be slated for appointment as state personnel director a new office created by the last legislature. The appointment will be made by Glenn Sarsfield after he takes over as state comptroller Monday. Sarsfield has been an assistant to Comptroller Ray Johnson who becomes a member of the state tax commission through appointment by Gov. William S Beardsley. Changes in state positions under the governor s second administration became effective with the start of the new fiscal year July 1. Wallace has been handling personnel matters for the executive council since July 1 1947. He set up a system of classifying positions of state employees which provided a scale of minimum and maximum salaries.
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Oliver D. Comstock
Comstock
Nels Hansen
Des Moines
Arthur T. Wallace
State Executive Council
Glenn Sarsfield
Sarsfield
Ray Johnson
State Tax Commission
William S. Beardsley
Wallace
Executive Council
Ames Professor Jay Woodrow Dies at 67 in Ames Home
Dr. Jay A Woodrow long time head of the physics department at Iowa State College died of a heart attack at his home on Friday. He came to Iowa State in 1921 and served on the physics staff since then except for 1927 28 studying in England on a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation scholarship.
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Jay W. Woodrow
Ames
Jay A. Woodrow
Towa State College
Woodrow
Iowa State
England
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Davenport man held for questioning in roommate murder
Ja Ray Greenlee Jr, 24, sought since morning in the Davenport shooting case, was arrested about 2:30 pm Friday at his parents home. He offered no resistance and is held for questioning at the Davenport city jail regarding the murder of his roommate Robert Smith, 22.
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Davenport
Bettendorf
Ray Greenlee, Jr
Robert Smith
Retailers to tag all articles with ceiling prices Monday
Washington report says the office of price stabilization, expecting an extension of price control powers by Congress, reminded retailers to tag every item with the proper ceiling price starting Monday. The notice underscores ongoing federal price controls and enforcement actions.
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Congress
Office of
Pri 2 Stabilization
Federal charges allege monopoly attempt against NY union
The federal government charged the Western Newspaper Union of New York City on Friday with attempting to monopolize supplies and services to the rural printing industry. The case implicates the union in an effort to dominate the market for rural printing needs.
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Federal
Western Newspaper Union of
New York City
Fighting on Korean front diminishes as cease-fire pace rises
In Tokyo a report says the fighting war nearly ends on the Korean front as cease-fire efforts grow. A small fierce blaze gripped a hill northwest of Yonchan during the afternoon on the western front. The ridge changed hands six times before allied forces withdrew, leaving communists in possession of the hill.
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Yonchan
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