House Votes to Kill Most Price Curbs Amid Grants
Washington June 26 The House passed an amendment to end most price controls at midnight Monday and wipe out nearly all rent ceilings by Sept 30. The roll call was 211 to 185 with Republicans and Southern Democrats in the majority. The measure would strip authority from the stabilization board and urge Truman to invoke Taft-Hartley on the steel strike, sending the bill to a Senate-House conference committee for a compromise.
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House Votes to Override Immigration Bill Veto
The House, voting 217 to 113, overrides President Truman’s veto on the immigration reform bill, sending it to the Senate for confirmation. Sen. Pat McCarran predicts Senate support to rebuff the President. the measure seeks to codify immigration laws and uses a national origins quota system that critics say favors English, German, and Irish migrants.
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Skipper Honored By Coast Guard For Rescuing 41
Merchant Marine Captain Robert Durkin of 1323 Florida Ave was announced yesterday by Capt. Thomas Y. Awelt acting commander of the 1th Coast Guard District as receiving Coast Guard honors for rescuing 41 crew members of the stricken Japanese coastal steamer Tetsuzan Maru. Durkin aboard the S S Mathew Luckenbach stood by the vessel for three days in a storm and launched lifeboats on January 5 when all boats were stove in, saving the crew after the ship had run out of firewood and was taking water far east of Japan on a voyage from Takubar, China, to San Francisco.
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Night Intruder Startles Man at Bedside
Charles O Connell of 1215 T Ocean Bird reported to police that at 3 10 am a man stood at his bed in his apartment and he asked what the intruder wanted. The man rummaged through the window and doorway but did not steal anything. O Connell exclaimed questions about the intrusion.
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