Showdown Near On Barkley s Filibuster Ruling Base Point Pricing Is Defended
Washington March 11 A senate committee heard that outlawing basing point pricing would raise consumer prices and threaten security. A trade policy unit backed a bill to permit the method where no price fixing conspiracy exists, while a subcommittee urged further study and quick action to block FTC moves. The policy notes the system shifts freight costs into uniform prices, sparking debate after Supreme Court rulings questioned legality and industries shifted to FOB mill pricing, charging buyers freight.
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Senate
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Federal Trade Commission
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Supreme Court
Two Tar Heels Parachute From Stricken B 29 Bomber
A B 29 crash in northwestern Colorado sent 11 crew members parachuting from 20,000 feet during a training flight from Salina Kansas. Pilot 1st Lt. Robert Hickman and five others were brought to Craig shortly after. Civil Air Patrol located the remaining five who were uninjured. Snow blankets the area as skiing parties retrieved the crew near Maybell about 800 miles northwest of Colorado Springs.
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Colorado
Smoky Hill
Salina
Kan
Maybell
Robert B. Hickman
Civil Air Patrol
Colorado Springs
Robert Hickman
Asheville
N.C
Donald L. Kaiser
Robert W. Lege
Webster Springs
W. Va
Richard ©. Allen
Baltimore, Md
Howard M. House
Nashville
Israel and Trans-Jordan prepare for armistice
Israel and Trans-Jordan sign a formal cease fire at Rhodes for their Palestine front as U N observers move to the Aqaba frontier. Britain hints at protection of allies while Iraq keeps silent on its stance.
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Trans-Jordan
Associated Press
Rhodes
Palestine
Red Sea
Aqaba
Tel Aviv
U. N
Nablus
Iraq
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Britain
Ministeriof
Hector McNeil
Ralph
Bunche
U.N
McNeil
Gulf of Aqaba
Young Mother Claims Roemer Forcibly Took Her To Georgia
Mrs Daphine Privette 22 says Jack Bridges who faces murder charges forced her to accompany him to Georgia after the killing of her husband Ekston Norris Privette 22. Bondsman reports Bridges admitted the slaying as Wake Superior Court set next week for trial.
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Middlesex
Georgia
Daphine Privette
Jack Bridges
eKston Norris Privette
Privette
Raleigh
Wake County
Robert Pleasants
Bridges
Wake Superior Court
Youth Farms Training Shops For Prisoners
Youthful and first term prisoners will receive training on farms and in woodwork shops under the Umstead bill. It would convert Camp Butner into a modern prison camp for 100 youthful prisoners and first offenders. The program follows a 1947 commission recommendation praised by Senator Penny. Other bills cover assaults on under twelve and life sentences by mercy verdicts.
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Raleigh
Umstead
State Hospital Board of Control
Camp Butner
Durham
Penny
Greensboro
Cherry
Memors
Senate
Worthington
Capitol
House
Rent control decontrol plan targets rural areas in bid to save urban ceilings
The administration proposes scrapping ceilings in more than 100 rural and small city areas while Rep. Patman warns of a nationwide strike if industrial rent controls are ended. The move accompanies a House showdown as leaders rush to vote before night fall.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Congress
House
Truman
Tighe Woods
Currie pushes measure to maintain all state roads including city streets
In Raleigh on March 11 Senator Claude Currie introduced a bill requiring the State Highway Commission to maintain all public vehicular routes, including city streets. He argued gas tax funds should benefit city roads, estimating 8,000 miles inside cities and a $5 million annual cost. The commission warned the order would be large and slow to adopt.
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Peace Safer In Stalin's Hands Than In Molotov's
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues a leadership change in Soviet Russia would not improve world peace. He maintains Stalin, while aging, keeps tighter control and prevents war, while Molotov’s rise could loosen the lid on Berlin and global tensions.
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Molotov
Dewitt MacKenzie
Florida
Soviet Russia
Vyacheslav Molotov
Ikely
Moscow
Alleged Spy Refuses To Answer At Arraignment
A Russian engineer Valentine A. Gubitchev refused to answer questions at his arraignment in federal court claiming diplomatic immunity. Judge Rifkind kept his $100,000 bail and postponed pleading on the indictment. Judith Coplon pleaded innocent to three counts of espionage and her trial was set for April 1.
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Valentine A. Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
U. S. Justice Department
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Gubitchey
United Nations
Refkind
Gubitche
Miss Coplon
Gains Are Small On Stock Market
New York stocks showed only small gains on light volume with modest advances for U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Studebaker Deere Anaconda Copper American Telephone Westinghouse Radio Du Pont American Woolen Southern Pacific Northern Pacific and Standard Oil NJ. Losses appeared for Packard Montgomery Ward Distillers Lockheed Columbia Gas American Can Dow Chemical and Southern Railway.
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Columbia Gas
American Can
Dow Chemical
Land Southern Railway
Speculation Heats Over U S Senate Appointment
Speculation runs hot in Leigh over who will fill the late U S Senator J Melville Broughton’s seat. Gov Scott has not indicated a choice and said he would not announce this week. Leading names include Waynick McLendon Royster and Umstead with Royster supported by tobacco interests and Umstead a former contender.
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U. S
J. Melville Broughton
Scott
Hsd
Broughton
Washington
Capitol Hill
Ipus Waynick
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Fred Royster
Henderson
Willam Umstead
Durham
Umstead
Josiah Bailey
Royster
State House of Representatives
State Farm Bureau
McLendon
Waynick
High Point
Raleigh
Assembly moves fast as lawmakers push local bills
Stimulated by a sense the log jam is broken and urged by committee leaders, the general assembly speeds action with calendar committee powers. In rapid action, 29 bills were introduced in the house and 24 in the senate, while watchful interests guard against undesired legislation and subcommittees meet at odd hours.
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General Assembly
Ealing
The
Assembly
Senate showdown on filibuster rule test in Washington
Senate set for a test on breaking the Southern filibuster with a vote expected between 5 and 6 p.m. EST. Democratic leader Lucas of Illinois seeks to table Senator Russell's appeal challenging Vice President Barkley's ruling on limiting debate.
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Senate
Lucas
Ilinois
Barkley
Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Russel
Apeal
Royall Levels Accusation At Soviet Russia
Washington March 11.4 today accused Russia of duplicity and falsification. He called her blockade of Berlin a day to day threat to the peace of the world and said the future of the Berlin situation is hard to prophesy. He asserted the United States will not surrender its rights nor its principles and will continue to avoid war.
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Russia
Berlin
Europe
Soviet Union
Stalin
Washington
Army Department
America
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