New Budget Sets Defense at About Forty-One Billion
Washington sources say President Truman will send a 1954 budget totaling about 41.0 billion dollars for the Defense Department, over half of the 79.0 billion dollar total. The White House trimmed a billion for 1954 armaments by delaying deliveries to 1955, then restored the amount with a billion extra for bases and public works.
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Congress
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Eisenhower
Steel Journal predicts high price in 1953
The Steel journal forecast for 1953 says prices will stay high despite some consumer price advantages from competition. U S steel ingot capacity rose to 116–117 million tons, about half the world’s 1952 production. Output rose in most countries. U S demand remained strong with autos, construction, and container making driving sales. civilian use expected to dominate early 1953.
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Steel Magazine
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Hydrogen Found in Atmospheres of Neptune and Uranus
Astronomers report detection of hydrogen in the upper atmospheres of the ice giants Neptune and Uranus, marking a notable measurement of light elements on distant worlds.
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Neptune
Uranus
Final Tribute Draws 20000 At Hank Williams Funeral
Thousands of mourners packed Montgomery Alabama’s Municipal Auditorium and streets for the funeral of Hank Williams. Stars from the Grand Ole Opry performed as fans filed past his open casket, with autopsy results expected today. Williams left an estimated one million dollars and music that shaped hillbilly and country.
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Ala
Hank Williams
Fire Department
Municipal Auditorium
Grand Ole Opry
Williams
Shoe Shine
West Virginia
Opry
Roy Acuff Sand Wiliams
Ernest Tubbs
Red Foley
Nashville, Tenn
W.W. Stone
Henry Lyons
Senators See Filibuster Reform Move Headed for Defeat
Washington reports privately that several senators expect the anti filibuster effort to fail. Republicans and southern Democrats unite to block the move as Congress prepares to count electoral votes and declare Eisenhower president. The session follows Truman State of the Union and budget messages with inauguration looming January 20.
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Senate
House
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clinton P. Radovan
D-N.m
Truman
Eisenhower
Dynamite Dam Spillway Attack Probed in Phenix City
Russell County crime crusaders offer to pay for lie detector tests in the dynamiting of a private dam spillway near Phenix City. Sheriff H Ralph Mathews says John Thomas Caps 39 and Billy Kent 28 admitted the act but deny directing the crusade. Three arrests anticipated as the case links to vandalism against Dr R B McCann and Russell Betterment Association attorneys.
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Ala
Russell County
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Crusaders Against Crime
Here
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John Thomas Capps
Billy Kent
Mathews
R. B. McCann
Russell Betterment Association
McCann
RBA
Hugh Bent
Ree Idey
Robert Brown
A. L. Patterson
Phoenix City
Probers Charge U N Loyalty Checks Were Secondary
Senate Internal Security subcommittee released a State Department memo showing loyalty screening for United Nations workers gave secondary emphasis to loyalty. The 1949 arrangements advised adverse reports on Americans to the U N while Byrnes in 1946 said Hiss headed the agency recruiting U N delegates but had no role in hiring U N staff.
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State Department
United States
United Nations
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
U.N
Pat McCarran
D—Nev
Subcommittee
James F. Byrnes
Alger Hiss
U. S
Byrnes
Hiss
Two Leaders Accused In Red Purge
East German communists accuse two top West German party leaders of being American agents and Zionists. The resolution ties them to the Prague trial of Slansky and Clementis, cites Merker and Mueller, and hints at a purge linked to postwar anti-Semitic plots.
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Vladimir Clementis
Neues Deutschland
Paul Merker
Kurt Mueller
Merker
Mueller
Slansky
Prague
Clementis
Eisler
West Berlin
United States
Ernst Thaelmann
Communist Party
Communist Party Central Committee
Ruth Fischer
Israel
Unemployment in Red Canton
Hong Kong dispatches report more than 130000 registered unemployed in Canton a major southern Chinese city. A labor migration plan approved by the Red administrative council will send about 1000 unemployed men every ten days to work projects in other areas.
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Hong Kong
Canton
South China
Red Administrative Council
Sing Tao Jih Pao
Licensing reform discussed by North Carolina General Assembly
A study of licensing boards and procedures outlines nationwide inconsistencies and calls for a centralized state licensing department. Proposals include a governor appointed director, separate profession divisions, and five member examining boards with public representation. The aim is uniform hearings, revocation rules, and funding from the general fund while preserving public protection and entry across professions.
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North Carolina
Assembly
Council of State Governments
Governors Conference
Governors’ Conference
Council
California
Department of Professional and Vocational
Washington
Department of Licenses
Utah
Department of Business
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Council of State Governments Drafting Committee
Department of Licensing
Special Examining Board
General Fund
Cntlegy
Nort Carolina
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