Taft Pledges Big Tax Cut If Elected President
Taft of Ohio pledged a straight 15 percent tax cut if he becomes president. He argued current taxes are inflationary and said first year spending could drop to about 70 billion dollars, with a second year target of 60 billion including 40 billion for armed forces and Europe aid and 20 billion for domestic use. He claimed a 14 percent tax cut could follow.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
L Am
Hel
Europe
Pentagon
Reds Protest Allied Three Day Recess at Panmunjom
MUNSAN Korea. Reds accuse UN of unjustified walkout during a three day recess. Allied liaison officers counter that U N planes found no markings at POW camps 2 6 9 and 10 despite Reds claims. The exchange occurred at a United Nations Command meeting. The Reds did not ask to end the recess early as last week.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
United Nations
U.N
United Nations Command
Reds
Red
High Temperatures Hit Vitarm Area Yesterday
Indiana borough police logged an official high of 90 degrees at 4:00 p.m. and a 94 degree reading on Locust Street at 5:00 p.m. The weather forecast had predicted a high of 95 to 97 degrees.
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Indiana Borough
Locust Street
U S Defense Crippled By Steel Strike
The strikebound steel industry is limping with only 12 percent of its normal 2,134,000 ton weekly output. Fifteen percent of mills operate, many under independent union contracts. CIO steelworkers totaling 650,000 are on strike, while the White House presses for a wartime production program and expects announcements soon. Weirton Steel and Armco remain operating producers.
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Pittsburgh
National Defense Program
Philip Murray
CIO
White House
Union
Weirton Steel Company
Armco
Defense
Local Panel Monday Eve Open To All
A public forum on what form of foreign aid America should have will be held Monday evening with four Indiana leaders as panelists. Moderated by Willis E. Pratt, the discussion will feature Dr R Cordier, B L McLuckie, Dr Harry Burton Boyd, and Harriey Handler with questions and debate. See Local Panel continued on Page 8.
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America
Indiana
Los Angeles
Calif
Podunk
U.S.A
R. Wil Cordier
B. L. McLuckie
Harryy Burton Boyd
Harriey Handler
Willis E. Pratt
Indianas Chamber of Commerce
Muncy
Theuilding
Hot Fight Predicted In Patronage Changes
Washington reports a Senate clash over postmaster general patronage reforms to name 21 584 federal jobs and 94 US marshal posts plus 52 customs positions. Truman seeks department head appointments through civil service rules while bipartisan foes fear loss of Congress and Senate input as the plan aims for civil service reform progress.
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Washington
Senate
Overland
Truman
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
U.S
Secretary of the Treasury
Civil Service Commission
Eisenhower Confident of Victory in GOP Race
Denver AP reports backstage remarks show General Eisenhower displaying a harsher “give em hell” tone than in public. He says Taft is among isolationists who favor pulling back, predicts he will win the GOP nomination, doubts Dulles can draft a policy acceptable to both, opposes a permanent five star rank, and urges federal and local pump priming during low moods. Delegates from Oregon Arizona Colorado Utah Wyoming met him. impressions were strong though no polls were cited.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Ohio
United States
John [Foster Dulles
Taft
GOP
Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Burglary Report At Breck-Melunkin Dairy Plant
Indiana police investigated a burglary at the Breck Melunkin Dairy Company located at 1163 Water Street. Thieves forced entry between midnight and 1230 this morning but failed to take any money or valuables. officials stated the safe remained intact.
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Breck-Melunkin Dairy Company
Water Street
Indiana
Malik Ready To File Germ War Charges
United Nations dispatches say Malik prepared to charge the United States with germ warfare in Korea and to accuse Western powers of excluding 14 nations from the UN. He plans to push two Security Council items: ratify the 1925 Geneva Protocol and urge a General Assembly recommendation on prohibiting bacteriological weapons.
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United Nations
N.Y. W
Russia
Ple A
Malik
United States
Korea
Security Council
General Assembly
Senate Kills Seaway Bill in 43 to 40 Vote
Washington reports the Senate rejected a bill to join Canada on the 818 million dollar St Lawrence Seaway and power project, voting 43 to 40 and sending the measure back to the Foreign Relations Committee for further study. The decision mirrors a 1947 action as Congress adjourns toward the national political convention. In Indiana a garage fire destroyed a home garage valued at 200 dollars, started by children with a bonfire, with Mrs Lena Pasquini as owner and Mrs Margaret Renosky and Ben Avon nearby.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Sen. O'Conor
D—Md
Foreign Relations Committee
Margaret Renosky
Ben Avon
Congress
Renosky
Indiana
P.m
Ira Edwards
Lena Pasquini
Waits Years For Patent Invention Approval
Dr. H. J. DeVries of 620 Philadelphia Street Indiana received notice that his pressure hooker lid patent was approved. Filing date was August 1 1947 with approval on June 4 1952. He may market the invention to a cooker maker or start manufacturing himself.
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H. J. DeVries
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
DeVries
Drowned girl, 12, after pond incident near Warren
Twelve year old Gale Everett Yaegle slipped from an inner tube while playing and drowned yesterday in a pond three miles south of Warren.
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Warren, Fa
Gale Everett Yaegle
Warren
Finleyville Man Held For Assault
Eugene McCreary 25 of Finleyville was held on 25000 bond after pleading innocent to aggravated assault and battery against Mrs. Mary Gannon 30 at a Pittsburgh event. He allegedly ambushed her near her home last week tearing clothing and beating her before escape. Police Sgt. Le Carr testified McCreary gave a signed statement admitting the attack. He is the father of two.
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Pittsburgh
Eugene McCreary
Finleyville
Mary Gannon
David L. Lawrence
American Veterans
McCreary
Saturn
Gannon
County GOP Election Set For Friday in Courthouse
The Titans County Republican Committee will meet Friday June 20 at 2 00 p m to elect officers including chairman vice chairman secretary and treasurer for two year terms A proposed change in committee rules will also be considered at the session held in the courthouse local notice indicates Friday date confusion with Thursday as meeting day remains Friday this week
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Titans County Reyuisican Committee
Area Dairy Men Seek Price Hike at State Hearing
Johnstown Altoona district dairy farmers will attend a State Milk Control Commission hearing next Tuesday at Hollidaysburg to seek a 12 to 24 percent milk price increase. Attorneys Snyder and Peclor will represent the dairy men. producers would receive $6.06 per hundred pounds instead of $5.92, with current retail milk at 22 cents per quart. Public relations director Janes Betts says farmers have not covered costs and profits have eroded, claiming farmers now earn about 13 cents less per milk than four years ago.
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Johnstown-Altoona
Indiana County
State Milk Control Commission
Hollidaysburg
Murray Peclor
Indiana
John J. Snyder
New Cumberland
Snyder i
Dairies
Janes Betts
New Florence
D. 2
Altoona-Johnstown Allied Milk Producers Cooperative
Killed In Blast At National Radiator Plant
A fatal explosion in New Castle Pennsylvania claimed the life of George Duda a foundryman at the National Radiator Co yesterday. The accident occurred at the work site and authorities began securing details of the blast and investigating the cause.
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New Castle
George Duda
The
National Radiator Co
One State Confab on Taft Set for Hershey
Harrisburg reports only one statewide meeting on June 24 between Sen. Robert A. Taft and Pennsylvania Republican delegates. Robertson Cameron, state executive director of Citizens for Taft, said the gathering will be at Hershey. Gov. John Fine had suggested a Pittsburgh meeting might occur.
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Harrisburg
Robert A. Taft
Pennsylvania
Robertson Cameron
Citizens For Taft
Hershey
Johns
Fine
Pittsburgh
Taft-Hartley use sought to reopen steel mills
Washington reports the House planned to join the Senate in asking President Truman to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to end the steel strike. Rep. Howard W. Smith said many Democrats and Republicans support the move. The measure accompanies a renewal of wage and price controls set to expire June 30. Debates begin today with votes expected tomorrow as mills edge toward operation for defense needs.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
John R. Steelman
Steelman
CIO United Steelworkers
County Girl Goes To Belgium On Exchange Program
Miss Georgena Risinger a 21 year old Indiana RD 1 receptionist will sail next Wednesday on HMS Georgic to live with Belgian farming families for about four months as part of the international farm youth exchange. She will pass through Washington for orientation by the Agriculture and State Departments and may not return until early November. She plans to visit Copenhagen and land near Le Havre, France, learning farming methods and customs as part of the state sponsored program.
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Indiana
Belgium
International Farm Youth Exchange
Georgena Risinger
William C. Gray
Will Salk
HMS Georgic
Washington, D. C
Departments of Agriculture and State
Miss Risinger
Indiana R. D. 1
State and
Agriculture Departments
Risinger
Copenhagen
Denmark
le Havre
France
Children warned for picking flowers in borough lawns
Indiana borough police report several complaints of children picking flowers from private properties harming lawns. Police Chief Howard Sanford warns that offenders will be arrested and fined. Indoor Camp Homer City Nater ine Church sessions run 7 48 each evening through dune 22nd 25D.
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Indiana
Howard Sanford
Homer City
Naterine
Boy Scout Camp Opens Sunday at Seph Mack
Nearly five hundred Scouts from the William Penn Council will attend Camp Seph Mack for a seven week session beginning Sunday, June 22. Hartzell will direct program and facilities while Cliffor Doney of Punxsutawney High School becomes Camp Seph Mack director for the season. reservations are heavy as staff plans are finalized.
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James W. Armour
Gordon Scnuts
America
Hartzell
Seph
Schiff
Mendham
N. Y
Frederick Stahlman
Indiana
John P. Fern
Stout
Boys Small
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