President pleads for full funds in foreign aid fight
President Truman urges Senate to restore nearly 6.8 billion dollars in foreign aid after House cuts totaling 1.94 billion, warning that reducing aid endangers European and Asian allies and risks Communist subversion and American security. He accuses some lawmakers of playing politics and threatens the Kremlin.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
House
Europe
Asia
America
White House
Kremlin
Grand Jury Opens Next Monday in Indiana County
District Attorney J. Murray Buterbaugh released the trial list for the Indiana County Grand Jury convening next Monday. Defendants face charges including burglary larceny receiving stolen property and vehicle offenses on Monday June 2 at 1 50 p m and Tuesday June 3 at 9 a m.
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J. Murray Butterbaugh
Indiana County Grand Jury
Lester Smith
Melvin A. Deyarmin
Calvin Taylor
Alex Socci
Alex Solki
Alex Salkay
Scott Palmer
Wayne F. Hess
Christ H. Lute
Potatoes Ceiling Prices Seen Lifting End Shortage
Richard W. Jones of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Association told the Hungry Club in Pittsburgh that lifting potato ceiling prices will end the shortage. He warned costs may rise to about 12 hundredweight temporarily while buyers resist, with OPS wholesale ceilings around 16.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Produce Association
Richard W. Jones
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Association
Hungry Club
Conally Urges $6.9 Billion Foreign Aid Vote In Senate
Senator Tom Conally, chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, removing his spectacles to address the Senate urged a $6.9 billion foreign aid package. He warned that failure could endanger global security and opened a likely extended debate on mutual security.
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Washington
Tom Conally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
POWs at Koje Set To Agree With New Commander
Reports from Koje Do prison Camp say 6000 POWs in Compound 95 led by Reds are ready to obey Gen Boatner. They demand a meeting, burial of eight slain prisoners, and a funeral for all inmates. Col Fitzgerald told the Reds they must bury the dead before talks. An American soldier was disciplined for disobeying orders. Earth-moving work to search for tunnels found none.
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KGJE
Island
Korea
Haydon L. Boatner
United Nations
Maurice J. Fitzgerald
Reds
Fitzgerald
Red
Boatner
College Hall Confab Here
Arthur Hianhard and architects Marker and Johnstone met at Indiana State Teachers College to review preliminary sketches for a new building replacing Leonard Hall. American Cancer Society funds exceed the goal by 3,000,000 while a fire destroyed the old structure on April 14, 1952. Plans target summer completion with bids possible by October 1952 under Dr Willis E Pratt.
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S. Arthur Hianhard
General State Authority
Indiana State Teachers College
Marker and Johnstone
Pittsburgh
Leonard
Indiana County
The
American Cancer Society
Pennsylvania
Willis E. Pratt
Martial Law Ordered In South Korea
Gen James A Van Fleet met with President Syngman Rhee in Pusan as martial law was declared in the city and 22 counties in three southern provinces. Rhee cited guerrilla violence and ambushes against U S troops, including five soldiers killed at Tongnae.
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Pusan
Korea
James A. ‘van Fleet
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Eighth Army
van Fleet
United Nations
Rhee
U. S
John J. Muncie
United States
U. N
U.S
Tongnae
Martial
New Bence's Opens Here in Indiana
Bence's, an all-new and ultra modern men's store, will open in Indiana tomorrow with a two day grand opening for the public. Located at 642 Philadelphia Street, the remodeled building formerly housed the Fun House. Owner William Bence of Clymer says the store offers customer comfort and a new shopping experience. Clyde Wine, longtime clothing man, will manage the Indiana location, part of the Bence's family business with brothers operating stores in Clymer.
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Bence's
Indiana
Philadelphia Street
Fun House
William Bence
Clymer
Bence
Bence’s
Clyde
Dinah” Wine
Ridgway Takes Command in Europe After Arrival
Gen. Matthew Ridgway arrives in Europe to assume command of NATO fighting forces. He asserts the alliance can defend against Communism through multilateral effort as he is to replace Gen. Eisenhower in a few days amid Communist threats. In Washington James F. McGranery becomes attorney general, taking oath at 10 a.m. McGranery leaves a Philadelphia federal judgeship to helm the Justice Department during investigations and political attacks tied to corporate influence and the Racketeer Act.
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New York
Matthew, Jr
Matthew Paris
North Atlantic Treaty B
Ridgway
la Guardia Organization
Gen
Far East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Matthew
Bi Ridgway
Europe
NATO
Korea
United Nations
Washington
James F Pattick
McGranery
Vinson
Justice Department
X House Committee
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
Congress
Philadelphia
Orly Field
Jess Cer
Normandy
Wor
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Lea McGranery
Three County Men Get Draft Papers
Three Indiana County men will be inducted into the service June 5 according to the Selective Service Board announcement. Named are William Williams, Glen Campbell, Richard Franklin Overly, Black Link, and William J. Blatt of Indiana. The men will report to the draft board in 74 minutes.
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Indiana County
Selective Service Board
William Williams
Glen Campbell
Richard Franklin Overly
Black Link
William J. Blatt
Indiana
Guerrillas Attack U.S. Army Camp in Korea
About 30 guerrillas overran a small U S Army camp eight miles north of Pusan. Five American soldiers and a Korean houseboy were killed, two Americans wounded, two escaped harm. Guerrillas seized two .30 caliber machine guns seven rifles and 2,000 rounds. A convoy left the gravel pit as the attack began.
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Tongnae
Korea
Pusan
Tanberries
Shorty
Wayne
Shorty's
Fense
Erin Wensel
Ata U.N
Veiled Red Threat Looms Over Six-Party Talks in Korea
At Panmunjom talks resuming after a three day recess the Reds issued a veiled threat of a new offensive over the prisoner of war issue. Nam Il accused Allies of slaughtering POWs and insisted on return of 142,000 captives. The UN rejected forced repatriation and offered a rescreening option. Nam refused.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Nam Il
Koje Island
Korean People’s Army
U.N
Willian P. Nuckols
Nam
William K. Harrison, Jr
IL A
Harrison
Nam I
Accident Causes $900 In Damages Near Black Lick
A car driven by Roy Cribbs Josephine went over an embankment near Black Lick about six this morning and landed in a yard. Passenger Edna Palmer of Homer City escaped injury. Police said they were investigating and damages were estimated at $900.
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Roy Cribbs
Josephine
Black Lick
Edna Palmer
Homer City
Hearing Delayed For Blairsville Recreation Valuation
A Blairsville meeting in Pittsburgh to set value for recreation area condemned for the Conemantyh Dam flood control project has been postponed indefinitely. Borough officials seek 170,240 from the government to replace the property flooded by the dam. the government has offered 69,000. Memorial Day flowers advertise Learn's Greenhouse and Learn to Drive classes offered by William Wilt with driver training this summer.
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Pittsburgh
Blairsville
Conemantyh Dam
William Wilt
Ford
McGill Motors Inc
Four Jailed For Larceny In Indiana County
Four men identified as John Dixon 25 William Yeager 19 William Barr 18 and Clarence Neal 35 waived preliminary hearing and were jailed on larceny charges for thefts in the northern part of Indiana County. They appeared before Justice Waller H. Jackson. State police from Punxsutawney conducted the tests. The notice also mentions local events and products including Ford charcoal briquets and a Memorial Day sale.
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Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Waller H. Jackson
John Dixon
Yatesboro
William Yeager
Rossiter
William Barr
Clarence Neal
Clee
Tlon
Punxsutawney
Reprisals Hint at Tense West Berlin After Treaty
The AP report notes Communist steps severing telephone lines between East and West Berlin and 17 long distance links to West Germany, signaling retaliation for West Germany's peace pact with the Western Allies. Radio telephones still operate, Allied officials report normal lines elsewhere, while border guards halt Allied patrols on the autobahn to Helmstedt.
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WVU
Renin
Ener Eee
West Germany
West Berlin
Helmstedt
East
Wilhelm Zaisser
The
Red
West
Two Men Sentenced in Indiana County Court
George E. Broad, 41, Indiana RD 3, given one to two years in the Western Penitentiary and costs for burglary and receiving stolen goods, to start after parole time. William Abersole of Pittsburgh fined 250 dollars and costs and ordered to serve six months in Indiana County Jail after a Route 42 accident.
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Indiana County
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Texas Republicans Democrats split over dual convention delegates
In Texas both parties moved toward two sets of delegates for the presidential conventions. Mineral Wells Republicans and San Antonio Democrats faced internal splits with Eisenhower Taft factions and Truman supporters vying for favored seats. Houston organizer Jack Porter warned of a walkout if pro-Eisenhower delegates were not seated, following a partial seating of 310 of 519 disputed delegates.
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Associated Press
Texas
Mineral Wells
San Antonio
Dwight Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Jack Porter
Houston
Eisenhower
Ea 1
Y Porter
Taft
County pays 3000 for bakery bills in dispute
Indiana County commissioners and Greiner Baking Company settled a long running dispute over baked goods for the Indiana County Home and Willard Home. The board unanimously approved a 3000 settlement, closing suits that had grown from 4045.05 and 750 claims. Also approved were plans for a new barn at County Howe with bids called.
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Indiana
Greiner Baking Company of
Indiana County
Willerd
Greiner’s
Willard
H. Ay Orr
William B. Hilde=brand
Lloyd C. Rosensteel
Paul Botselford
County
Howe
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Cherryhill
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Washington Presbyterian
Grange Hall Memorial
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