Conference on Radio Bill Seeks Libel and Rate Safeguards
A Senate-House conference considers a bill to shield radio and TV stations from libel suits tied to broadcasts of political candidates and to cap candidate rate hikes. The measure would require equal time for opponents if time is sold, bar censoring speeches, and would not bar discrimination against newspaper publishers seeking licenses. The debate centers on campaign speeches and FCC policies amid broadcaster concerns of potential lawsuits.
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Washington
House
Horan
Senate
Federal Communication Commission
Local Weather Report Forecasts Showers and Mild Temperatures
Showers moved into northern Wisconsin this morning and are expected to reach other areas by tonight. Tomorrow will be fair and cooler from Kenosha with a low near 58 and a high in the low 80s. Yesterday the high reached 92 and the low fell to 63. Noon today measured 82 in the area.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Bloody Hill T Quiet After Six Days of Frontline Fighting
On the Korean front near Bloody Hill T U S infantrymen seized the point last Thursday after six days of heavy fighting. Chinese counterattacks with battalion strength were repelled for five nights as Red shelling waned. The Eighth Army reported reduced activity along the 155 mile front with patrol skirmishes, air raids in support of ground troops destroying troops and assets, supply centers, rail yards, and vehicles.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
U. S. Eighth Army
Yangdok
Chorwon
Sukchon
Rescue Burned Girl Despite Church Rules
Officers entered an Ozarks church in Mountain Grove Missouri to remove 16 year old Ruth Carder who had suffered severe burns from an oil stove blast. The girl had received no medical aid for 24 hours as worshipers prayed for healing. She was taken to a Springfield hospital for treatment amid church protests.
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Springfield
Ozarks Mountain
Ruth Carder
Free Pentecost Mission
Mountain Grove
Cora Carder
Jim Baker
Garner Moody
Baker
Kenosha Soldier Jack J. Oglesby Dies in Korea
Pvt. Jack J. Oglesby, 21, of Kenosha died in Korea on June 11 from a hemorrhagic fever. Born Aug. 13, 1930, he was a Nash Motors welder before enlisting July 25, 1951. He served with the Eighth Army field artillery and is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Oglesby and a brother Merle. He was the 13th Kenoshan to die in Korea.
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Jack J. Oglesby
Korea
George Oglesby
31St Ave
Kenosha
St. Mary’s
Nash Motors, Pvt
Oglesby
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
CYO
Uaw-Cio
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Eighth Army Field Artillery
Merle
Seven Die In Brooklyn Fire Trapping On Ledge Rescue
A four story Brooklyn apartment blaze killed seven people. Juan Colon aged 33 his wife Marie 30 and children Juan Jr 3 and Nereida 18 months were trapped on a second floor ledge 144 feet long. Neighbor Leroy Fredericks 20 climbed the ledge and carried the infant to safety as the family escaped to the adjacent house.
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New York
Brooklyn
Juan Colon
Marie
Juan Jr
Nereida
Leroy Fredericks
Colon
Fredericks
Senate Kills Seaway Plan For This Session
The Senate voted 43 to 40 to send the St. Lawrence Seaway bill back to the Foreign Relations Committee, effectively killing the project for this session. President Truman urged against failure, calling it a major economic mistake. Sen. Connally led the opposition to recommittal with support from Taft Kefauver Moody and others proposing a regional compact option.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Congress
Truman
Foreign Relations Committee
Herbert R. O’connor
D-Md
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Taft
Canada
United States
Kefauver
Sen
Blair Moody
D-Mich
Moody
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin
Army Engineers
Federal Power Commission
Senate kills Truman plan over postmaster selection
Senate rejects President Truman's reorganization plan aimed at removing Senate approval from postmaster appointments affecting 21 438 posts. Plan praised as merit system advance and criticized as boosting postmaster general power. Also notes U S casualties in Korea now 109 971 up 259 and bankers blast savings and loan groups over public misperception of being banks. Agency created by dirt in flaxseed loss cited at about 3 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Korea
U.P
Defense Department
Lewis Pledges 10 Million for Steelstrike Support
John L. Lewis told CIO Steelworkers their mine workers are in the fight with you and pledged a 10 million dollar fund to aid the strike. He urged full union backing in a message to Philip Murray and criticized Taft Hartley as a crime against American labor.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Philip Murray
Murray
Swedes and Danes react to Soviet attack claim
Angry Swedes denounce Russia after a Soviet jet shot down a Swedish Catalina rescue aircraft in international Baltic waters. Denmark orders its air men to shoot back if Soviet forces strike, amid international protest and cabinet meetings in Stockholm about the incident.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Foreign Policy Council
Copenhagen
Adm
E. J. Quistgaard
Denmark
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Stalin
Sweish Air Force
County pension report faults lax administration cost 21630
A pension committee report to the county board finds lax administration in the Kenosha county pension department costing 21630 since 1947. It cites John P. Newhouse for failing to certify eligibility and urges unifying welfare functions and appointing a temporary director. The board defers action for further study and a special meeting.
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Pension Committee
State Department
US Public Welfare
Twney
John P. Newhouse
Kenosha County
Wisconsin
Leslie J. Schlax
Harry Copen
Joseph Molinaro
W. W. Davis
Pension Department
Newhouse
Judge Davis
Peter W. Harris
Joseph Rhode
General Fund
Schlax
Harris
Rhode
Eisenhower Reveals New Mood At GOP Meetings
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told western GOP delegates and a small group of newsmen that he will win the GOP nomination and criticized Taft isolationists. He warned against peacetime five star ranks and urged pump priming and work programs during low mood.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Ohio
United States
John Foster Dulles
Taft
Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
UN Ousts 15 American UN Staff Over Subversive Ties
The New York Times reports the United Nations has fired 15 American Secretariat staff for alleged illegal Communist activities and plans to dismiss over 30 more by 1952 end. Charges stem from US agencies and a New York grand jury probe. several staffers have been called before the jury. Irving Kaplan, an economist, was ousted after refusing to answer if he was a spy.
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New York
New York Times
United Nations
the Times
Washington
Department of Justice
State Department
New York Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Irving Kaplan
Kaplan
Trygve Lie
Lie
Warns of Red False Promises at National Congress
Milwaukee dispatch reports Rev. F W Strickland of Topeka Kansas warned about false promises of communism at the National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Milwaukee. About 6 000 of 10 000 delegates attended the opening session urging adoption of resolutions to warn Negroes nationwide. He said forceful Christianity, not communism, is needed for the Negro race to achieve equal rights in American democracy.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Topeka
Kans
F. W. Strickland
National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress
Strickland
Spuds No Longer Big Scarce Item
The nation's potato shortage is over with plenty of spuds in markets nationwide. Prices have fallen as much as a third from two weeks ago after price ceilings were suspended. Wholesale prices near old ceilings in major cities. Some dealers see a normal level, others expect further cuts before prices stabilize.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Ike May Enter Army If Not Elected
Denver reports that General Dwight D. Eisenhower may return to active Army duty if he fails to win the Republican nomination for the presidency. He gave up five star pay and allowances totaling over ten thousand dollars annually to campaign and does not want permanent retirement.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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