Congressmen Alter Expenses Revealed by Knight Syndicate
A Knight newspapers dispatch reports dozens of House expense bills have been altered to hide motives for spending tax dollars. Receipts for hotel and travel charges in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel case tied to Rep. Oren Harris and other lawmakers show bar and food notations. House rules permit per diem without receipts, but higher expenses require documentation.
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House
Knight Newspapers
Don Oberdorfer
Walter Pincus
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Honolulu
Oren Harris
Harris
Rep
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Burleson
Western Union CTU reach wage contract avert strike
Western Union and the Commercial Telegraphers Union reached a contract early today ending the threat of a strike. The agreement includes a 10 cent per hour wage increase starting June 1 with a further five cent raise next January. Final talks stretched to the early hours, and signing was delayed by paperwork. Records show expenses for Congress members at hotels and personal hotel bills for wives were noted by reporters.
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E. L. Hageman
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Burleson
Dispatch
Royal Hawaiian
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Plaza
New York
Jamaica
Summit Flop Spurs U S Defensive Moves Worldwide
Washington officials say the Pentagon plans new standby and reinforcement measures as Khrushchev issues threats over Berlin The Airlift scenario is reviewed with potential use of 250 C-124s to sustain Berlin while reinforcing anti missile defenses and boosting Atlas Polaris and Nike Zeus programs amid possible early January budget needs.
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South Korea
Department of Defense
East Germany
Formosa
Jury to Probe Cost of Building Missouri Bridges
Federal Grand Jury to review bridge costs in Missouri highway projects. Subpoenas target four St. Louis steel firms and five others as part of a nationwide DOJ inquiry into excess costs. See notes on funding shares and progress of the interstate program.
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Chicago
Antitrust Division
U. S. Department of Justice
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William Webster
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Truman to Work On Demo Platform
Former President Harry S. Truman will serve on the Democratic national convention platform committee and help draft the Civil Rights plank. Missouri party official Mark R. Holloran sent Truman’s name to Rep. Chester Bowles, committee chairman. Truman warned of stiff resistance from extremists and said he would be ready.
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Chester Bowles
Independence
World Today Foretells Ike in Unpleasant Foreign Spot
James Marlow analyzes how a future trip by Dwight D. Eisenhower could provoke anti American protests and jeopardize U S prestige as he contemplates a June visit to Japan amid a storm of opposition from Japanese leftists and Communist groups while Nixon weighs a political future.
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Committee Approves Wilson Dam Project
Washington AP reports the Senate Public Works Committee approved the 18,081,000 Wilson Dam flood control project in Kansas. The panel also backed 207,000 for Army Engineers in the Missouri River basin and 60,000,000 for the Reclamation Bureau in a rivers and harbors authorization bill totaling 1.547 billion, well above the House version. Congress must appropriate funds before construction begins.
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Senate Public Works Committee
Wilson
Kansas
Army Engineers
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Reclamation Bureau
House
Congress
Gary Cooper Hospitalized For Minor Surgery
Los Angeles AP reports actor Gary Cooper is in a hospital for minor corrective intestinal surgery. He previously had an operation in Boston five weeks ago and entered the hospital Monday. He is expected to be released in a week to 10 days.
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Los Angeles
Gary Cooper
Cooper
Boston
California Republicans mull third Nixon poll test
A group backing Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller weighs a third California poll to gauge Vice President Richard M. Nixon's voting strength in Nixon's home state. Earlier polls were financed by supporters seeking a broader Republican nomination view.
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San Francisco
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Beverly Hills Summit Protest Radiates Political Confidence
Beverly Hills hosts a $100-a-plate testimonial dinner for Gov. Edmund G. Brown as Kennedy Johnson and Symington endorse him. The event previews a California delegation vote on the June primary and a July convention, amid questions of united support and foreign policy debates.
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California
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Beverly Hilton
Johnson
War Party
Peace Party
America
Khrushchev
Symington—Kennedy
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Chicago Horse Rescued From Basement by Anti Cruelty Society
Tommy the horse, living alone in a basement stable, is rescued after authorities plan to cut through concrete to remove him. Julius Pekovsky, a fruit peddler, alerted J. J. Shaffer of the Anti Cruelty Society. Shaffer says the horse is not suffering but in a bad spot. workers will lift him via ramp or winch.
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Anti-Cruelty Society
J. J. Shaffer
Shaffer
Julius Pekovsky
Pekovsky
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