Byrd Blasts Tax Cut Plans and Proposes Budget Balance
Senator Harry Byrd denounces current tax reduction proposals as reckless and outlines a plan to balance the 1954 federal budget. He calls for $6.8 billion in spending cuts, $1 billion recaptured from government corporations, and $2.1 billion by delaying automatic tax cuts, while limiting 1954 military outlays and foreign aid.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Eisenhower
Congress
Byrd
House
House Appropriations Committee
Independent Offices
Interior Department
Truman
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Eisert
Daniel A. Reed
House Rules Committee
Mr.Truman
Atomic Blast Sends Scions Hats Sailing
LAS VEGAS witnesses describe an eight mile distant Yucca Flat test. Hats flew off as a shock wave swept the desert and a riflelike crack echoed, while congressmen pondered use in Korea and urged caution about full scale atomic war. Named observers include John Bell Williams and others from multiple states.
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Las Vegas
Yucca
Ai Tower
John Bell Williams
Korea
Williams
John A. Blatnick
D-Mini
George M. Gant
D-Ala
H. R. Gross
R-Iowa
Leroy Johnson
Rcalif
Clarence E. Kilburn
R-Ny
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
D-Minh
Howard W. Miller
Dkan
Hubert B. Scudder
Samul W. Yorty
D-Calif
Gardner R. Withrow
R-Wis
Frank J. Becker
William L. Springer
R-Ill
Laurie Battle
Hospital Heads Deny Criticism Over Deposits Policy
Hospital leaders defend patient charges noting lower rates than similar facilities and deny requiring deposits for emergencies. Memorial Hospital follows a policy of deposits for maternity cases without insurance, but insists no emergency admits are refused and aims to serve the greatest number.
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Board of Trustees
Peters
Memorial Hospital
Inventor’s Electro-Cat mousetrap poised for mass production
Albert Burns of Farmland Indiana unveils the Electro-Cat a plug in device that lures a mouse with cheese or bait then tilts a platform and hurls the rodent into a steel plate killing it. Afterward the drawer holds the remains and the trap resets for a next capture with a future disposable drawer liner named Mouse-O-Taner.
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Ind
Albert Burns
Burns
Atom Drone Crash During Nevada Atomic Test Flight
A unmanned drone attempting the first flight through an atomic blast envelop crashed near Yucca Mountain during a spring test in Nevada. No casualties occurred among troops in trenches nearby as the blast and heat wave disrupted control signals and shook the area.
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Las Vegas
Nevada Proving Ground
Navy Adc
Atomic Energy Commission
Wie
City
Utah
Yucca
Control Point
Truce Talks Resume Amid Prisoner Return Controversy
United Nations armistice talks resume with Lt Gen William K Harrison and Korean general Nam I meeting at 2 p m. as both sides weigh neutral supervision for prisoner repatriation amid reports of atrocities and ongoing fighting. The POW exchange continues with 75 South Koreans 17 Americans and other nationals handed over in a rising total of 684-79 prisoners returned.
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William K. Harrison
United Nations
Nam I
United Nations Command
Far East
Mark W. Clark
U. S
U. N. Pro
Oday
Liberated POWs Describe Brutal Death Toll in Korea
Liberated American prisoners recount estimates of about 4 000 Allied deaths from Communist brutality or neglect in Red Tae camps. report that 1 500 to 1 800 died in Camp No 3 Pyoktong and 800 at Camp No 5, with total near 7 000 across POW camps. Names include Cpl Wendell Treffery, MSgt Gilbert Christie, Theodore Juern, Kim Hak No, Thomas Barnes, and Albert Howard.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Red Tae
United Nations
Isan
Wilfred Burchett
U. N
Burchett
Winnington
Pyoktong
Cpl
Wendell H. Treffery
Terryville, Conn
Gilbert Christie
Montezuma
Ind
Theodore A. Juern
Forest Park
Ill
Hyrmic
Kim Hak No
Pfe
Thomas R. Barnes
Dadeville
Ala
John King
Orlando
Fla
Albert Howard
Nashville
Tenn
Tokyo
Wallet mischief leaves man walletless in bar meet
In Sacramento California Robert L Bowen reports meeting a man in a bar who warned him about losing a wallet from a hip. After several drinks the stranger demonstrated the danger and Bowen's wallet vanished.
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Sacramento
Calif
Robert L. Bowen
POW Camp Death Toll Report Reveals Harsh Conditions
Navy Ens. Marvin Broomhead, 26, of Salt Lake City says POWs in Tokyo endured inadequate care while a quoted official notes about 2,000 deaths in the camp. Sergeant Robert A. Lee of Troy, Alabama, recalls only 70 to 80 of 350 Americans survived the December 1950 freezing period due to starvation and lack of medical care.
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Navy
Ens
Marvin
Broomhead
Salt Lake City
Utah
Robert A. Lee
Troy
Ala
Tokyo
Death Valley
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