House Votes to Extend Reciprocal Trade Law
Washington June 15 The House passed a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act by 363 to 33 amid Democratic opposition to a plan to enlarge the tariff commission The measure renews the presidents power to negotiate lower tariffs in return for concessions and creates a 17 member commission to study permanent reforms The existing agreements remain in force until the act expires next June 12
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Tariff Commission
GOP
United States
U. S
Regular
Solons Invite Justice Clark to Testify
Washington June 15 A House judiciary subcommittee invited Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark to testify at a public hearing about an investigation of the Justice Department when Clark headed the office 1945 to 1949 Three dates were suggested next Thursday Friday or the following Monday The move is said to be unprecedented as historians note no prior Supreme Court appearance before a congressional probe
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Clark
Subcommittee
Keating
Congressional
Olaf Olson
Minneapolis
Collision damages at 618 Madison Street involve Hogg and Berendzen
Autos driven by J. D. Hogg 28 Rt. 2 and Clarence Berendzen 26 Eugene were in a collision at 5 10 p m yesterday at 618 Madison St Police valued damage at 85 to Hogg vehicle and 15 to Berendzen vehicle
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J. D. Hogg
Rt. 2
Clarence Berendzen
Eugene
Madison St
Hogg
Berendzen
Weather Update for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers across Jefferson City and central Missouri. Forecast calls for mild to warm daytime temperatures with localized rain, and no significant storms expected today.
Supreme Court blasts Rosenbergs hope for clemency
The Supreme Court rejected a bid to stay the Rosenbergs execution and urged further briefing on a possible stay as defense lawyers pressed for relief. Justice Douglas signaled willingness to consider a temporary halt while Eisenhower had opposed clemency. the couple faced a Thursday night Sing Sing death by electric chair.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Douglas
Emanuel H. Bloch
Chambers
Bloch
Eisenhower
White House
High
High Court
Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Release plans for U S POWs in Korea motioned by Defense Dept
Tokyo and Washington disclose procedures for freed U. S. prisoners from Korea. Most evacuees travel by sea from Inchon with 30 day convalescent leaves if fit. those unfit sail or fly to the United States after medical review.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
Washington
Defense Department
Japan
United States
Inchon
Seoul
Missouri Senators Vote On Soil Conservation Funding Increase
The Senate defeated by a 4 to 38 tie an amendment by Senator Russell to raise soil conservation payment authorization from 195 million to 225 million dollars in the agriculture appropriations bill. Democrats for Hennings of Missouri voted for, with Symington listed among the pairings.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Hennings
Symington
Dmo
McCarthy Slams Conant Over Book Purge Debate
In Washington on June 15 Senator McCarthy challenged U S High Commissioner Conant over book removal in U S information libraries abroad. Conant urged handling complaints through official channels without public adverting. McCarthy argued Americans deserve to know about Communist literature circulating abroad. Ike decried book burning while praising free debate in public.
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Washington
James B. Conant
Sen. MccCarthy
R-Wis
Conant
U. S
Germany
Harvard University
McCarthy
Senate
Tee Conant
U.S
Executive Department
Ike
Eisenhower
Dartmouth College
America
Rain forecast for Central Missouri today
The hot spell eased as a 90 degree high was recorded at 3 p.m. in central Missouri. Scattered showers and cloudy skies are expected today with highs in the 80s to 100s statewide, cooler northwest, and thundershowers shifting northeast tonight. Butler topped Missouri with 104, followed by Joplin 103, Kansas City 102, Springfield 101, St Joseph 93, and St Louis 90.
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U. S
Kansas City
Missouri
Butler
Joplin
Springfield
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Firm Hikes Oil Prices Prompting Early Market Move
Houston June 15 Humble Oil Refining Company boosted its Texas and New Mexico crude prices by about 25 cents a barrel. Immediate reports said other majors would follow, marking the first nationwide crude price rise since October 1947. All hikes effective at 7 am. Phillips Petroleum led with a 25 cent increase, followed later by Southern Minerals Corporation of Corpus Christi.
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Houston
Humble Oil Refining Company
Texas
New Mexico
Phillips Petroleum Company
Southern Minerals Corporation
Corpus Christi
Tex
Historic Pageant Planned For Fort Osage Next Week
Independence reports a six day historic pageant at Fort Osage beginning June 22 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. A cast of 350 will reenact life at the 1808 post founded by General William Clark and George C. Sibley. Proceeds support restoration work on the site overlooking the Missouri River.
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Independence
Old Missouri
Old Fort Osage
Harry
Big Bend
Missouri River
Trumgan
Jackson County
Mississippi River
William Clark
George C. Sibley
Native Sons of
Kansas City
Army backs Potter over Turtle Creek Dam remarks
Washington June 15 A senior Army official defended Brig Gen W E Potter against charges from Rep Miller of misinforming the House subcommittee hearings on funds for Tuttle Creek Dam Miller said the remark belittled Kansas residents and state leaders but Miller said no deliberate misinforming charge was made and Earl D Johnson replied.
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Washington
W. E. Potter
House
Turtle Creek Dam
Earl D. Johnson
Rep. Miller
Army
Potter
Kansas
Johnson
Miller
Body of Korean Vet Found in Cuivre River
The body of Arthur J. Bauer a Korean War veteran was found in the Cuivre River half a mile east of Old Monroe Details indicate a freak accident with his car located nearby in about 120 feet of water Coroner Joseph Marsh of Lincoln County said evidence suggested the car struck a tree and plunged into the river Fishermen located the body
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Old Monroe
Arthur J. Bauer
Cuivre
Here
Bauer
Joseph ‘Marsh
Lincoln County
Prison riot at New Mexico Penitentiary leaves two killed
Deputy Warden Ralph Tahash killed two ringleaders amid a hostage crisis as state police and guards stormed the New Mexico Penitentiary hospital. Gossett of Arkansas and Benevidez of Albuquerque died after Tahash fired to stop a hostage threat. Tahash, 74 percent hour's, recounted tossing back a tear gas bomb and receiving a revolver and carbine from police. Eight guards were seized during meals. the prison was brought under control by about 2 p.m. Governor Mechem reported non life-threatening injuries to staff.
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Santa FE
N. M
Ralph Tahash
New Mexico Penitentiary
Tahash
Homer Lee Gossett
Plainview
Ark
Adolfo Benevidez
Albuquerque
Gossett
Joe Roach
Morris Abram
Edwin L. Mechem
Stubborn Rok Units Hold Attacking Reds
Fresh Chinese assault battalions hit each side of the weakened East Central Korean Front as Stubborn ROK units held the lines on Finger Ridge and nearby outposts. The Eighth Army reported fierce) fighting with 30,000 to 40,000 Chinese involved across a 15 mile front. Major General Sam Williams named senior military adviser to the ROK corps amid heavy air support and a record 1,667 allied flights.
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Seoul
Republic of Korea
ROK
Finger Ridge
Kumsong
Chrismas Hill
Eighth Army
North
South Korea
Pukhan
Milo Farnell
Sam Williams
U. S
North Korea
38Th Parallel
Senate approves agriculture money bill in 1954 funding
The Senate passed a 1.2 billion agriculture appropriation for fiscal 1954 starting July 1, blocking a Dem sponsored 30 million add on the conservation program. The tie vote 38 to 38 defeated the amendment under Senate rules. Democrats expect farm votes and possible gains next year. The bill funds 716,779,768 for regular Agriculture Department activities.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Agriculture Department
Local Boy, 8 Bruised After Running Into Car
Robert Paul Johnson, eight year old son of Mr and Mrs M F Johnson of 709 Ohio Street, was slightly bruised last night when he ran into an auto driven by Harold Branson, seventeen, of 218 Benton Street near his home at 8 38 p m. Branson said the youth was running backwards and struck the car.
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Robert Paul Johnson
M. F. Johnson
Ohio St
Harold Branson
Benton St
Branson
Skirt Theft Reported From Auto on Madison Street
Miss Alma Lee Oswalt of 105 Madison Street reports two cream fender skirts worth 10 dollars each were stolen from her car over the past several days, according to police.
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Alma Lee Oswalt
Madison St
Physicians Told To Get Tough on Patients Who Smoke
Kansas City report from June 15 notes allergists at the Southwest Allergy Forum urging stronger doctor patient actions. Dr Paul Petit of Beaumont Texas argues that doctors should say your smoking days are over. Dr Lawrence Ogden of New Orleans cites a survey linking smoking to headaches and nasal symptoms. Dr Lawrence Halpin of Cedar Rapids Indiana says tobacco irritates throats and narrows vessels, advising abstinence for at risk patients.
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Kansas City
Paul Petit
Beaumont
Tex
Lawrence D. Ogden
New Orleans
Lawrence L. Halpin
Cedar Rapids
Plane crashes in Costa Rica with 12 aboard
A Costa Rican airliner crashed in the San Ramon Mountains north of San Jose. Twelve aboard included a U.S. native. The U.S. Embassy identified one passenger as Fred Harding, born in Pearsall, Texas, 1898, later of Yucca Valley, California. Search planes found the craft on a mountainside about 16 miles NW of San Isidro. radio reports said at least four survived, including Harding.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
San Ramon Mountains
Here
U. S
Fred Harding
Pearsall
Tex
Yucca Valley
Calif
San Isidro
Vienna Man Fined on Check Charge
Arthur Buschman of Vienna was fined 25 dollars and costs in Magistrate Court for writing a bad check for 264.13 on November 17 1952. Prosecutor James T. Riley said Buschman bought 264.13 worth of merchandise from Le Roy Blount Feed Store in Jefferson City with funds not in his account and paid the store yesterday.
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Arthur Buschman
Vienna
James T. Riley
Buschman
Le‘Roy Blount
Jefferson City
Riley
Navajo Indians Locate Lost Boy Scouts in Canyon
Two Navajo men John Fat and Nesikie Yazzi tracked down Boy Scouts Bud McIntire and Phil Crowley who had wandered 30 miles from Nakai Canyon into the San Juan River area. The boys, from Des Moines Iowa, were found exhausted but in good health after five days of harsh sun. They were brought out by women and a jeep, then plane to Window Rock.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Nakai Canyon
John Fat
Nesikie Yazzi
Des Moines
Bud McIntire
Phil Crowley
San Juan River
Utah
Arizona
McIntire
Hal Howard
Associated Press
Kayenta
Crowley
Riverside Park Road Work Advances in Jefferson City
The Park Board began hard-topping about a mile of Riverside Park roads as part of Park development. Ben Porter said completion will likely occur this week. Latest upgrades include shrubbery, barbecue pits, and tables. A Boy Scouts meet and a lighted softball field were requested but not acted on, with committees appointed to study them. The board also bought a new tractor, pickup, utility cutter, and two mowers to aid maintenance.
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Jefferson City
Ben Porter
Park Board
Paul Doll
Boy Sears
Memorial Pool
Civic Softball League
Lutheran Field
Dix Rd
Porter
Priest Calls Africa Land of Hope and Future
Catholic missionary Reverend Joseph T. McCartin told a Selinger Centre audience that Africa is a land of hope and future development. He warned whites who exploit natives and blamed riots on poverty caused by colonialis m, noting African progress with Basuto bishopric and Zulu advancement in South Africa. He said Communists seek to exploit unrest and extend dissent.
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Africa
Joseph T. McCartin
Missionary
Oblates of Mary
Immaculate
Selinger Centre
Union of South Africa
Basuto
Man Arrested For Wearing Navy Uniform Again
Lawrence Otis Harding of Brockton Massachusetts, arrested for the 18th time for illegally donning a Navy uniform. The 43 year old has posed as sailors from ordinary seaman to vice admiral, this time wearing a petty officer’s uniform. He says the uniform helps his pan handling. He faces up to six months in jail.
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New York
Lawrence Otis Harding
Brockton
Mass
Harding
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Samen
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