Rift in GOP Could Threaten Taft Hartley Plan
A brewing Republican rift over labor policy centers on Taft Hartley reform. Senator Taft faces possible Republican defections as a bipartisan group pushes five amendments, aiming to temper the Taft Hartley Act while the administration seeks a revised Wagner Act approach. Support from Morse Aiken Tobey and Smith signals mounting cross party pressure ahead of a policy conference.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate
E.S.T
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Commerce -Justice Departments
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
GOP
Morse Ores
Aiken
Tobey
Margaret Chase Smith
Law &Er
Kirsten to sue Berle over TV burlesque of voice
Hollywood soprano Dorothy Kirsten announced plans to sue Milton Berle for an NBC TV skit she described as a burlesque of her voice and appearance. Berle through his attorney called the allegations baseless and said the singing was by Katherine Mastice, not a wigged impersonator.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Dorothy Kirsten
Milton Berie
Berle
New York
Katherine Mastice
Kirsten
Misa Mastice
Southern operators press to drop memorial and work rules
Bluefield dispatch: Southern coal operators push John L. Lewis to strike from the contract the “able and willing” work clause and the memorial shut down provision. They demand four major changes, threaten public bargaining openness, and signal possible memorial action amid a looming deadlock with the United Mine Workers. Coast Guard reports a charter plane crash off San Juan with 47 believed dead of 73 aboard. survivors rescued, all Puerto Rican.
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BigPlane
Bluefield
W. Va
P—Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Washington
Joseph E. Moody
Coal Producers Association
John Owens
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Sam Juan
Laughters and Harkleroad Held on Robbery Charges
Lexington suspects Laughters 26 and Harkleroad 28 of Kingsport Tenn were charged with a 5917.52 liquor store robbery in Lexington. Stopped in Lancaster Ky for traffic violations, police found 77 cases of whisky tied to the haul. They face $10,000 bonds on storehouse breaking charges as a hearing set for Thursday.
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Lexington
Burton Laughters
James Harkleroad
Kingsport
Tenn
Lancaster
Fayette County
Walter Franklin
Chiis Franklin
United Wholesale Liquor Co., Inc
Jones
Jmer
Laughters
Harkleread
Franklin
Sullivan County
Scott County
Addington
Gate City
Douglas Falin
Kings' Bort
State Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Sullivan Circuit Court
Chambers Feared Death Yet Dined With Hiss
New York witness Chambers testified before a federal jury that he feared kidnapping or assassination when visiting Alger Hiss at his Washington home in late 1938. He said he stayed for supper despite his fear and admitted breaking with the Communist Party to persuade Hiss to do the same.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Washington
Chambers
Hiss
Communist Party
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Stryker
Georgia's No 1 Communist Bails Out Then Jails
Homer B. Chase, chairman of Georgia's Communist Party, was found guilty yesterday of threatening a Cartersville youth. He was held on a $5,000 peace bond and remained in jail pondering whether to post the bond or stay in jail until next month. He said five thousand dollars is a lot of money for a working man and a few days rest might do him good.
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Allanta
Georgia
Homer B. Chase
Communist Party
Cartersville
Boy’s Trial Set In Dana’s Slaying
Roanoke Virginia June 27 trial date set for 48 year old Lee Buddy Scott charged with the murder of Dana Marie Weaver at the Christ Episcopal Church parish house. Scott indicted by a five man grand jury after questioning two witnesses. Attorney T Warren Messick present. case set for a full week on Hastings court docket.
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Roanoke
Lee
Buddy) Scott
Pretty Dana Marie Weaver
Hastings Court
Scott
Frank H. Webb
Charles M. Irvin
T. Warren Messick
Mur Ering
Maurie
Jefferson High School
Christ Episcopal Church
Hare
Virginia
Bristol City Election Promises Three Way Mayor Race
Bristol Tenn voters face a close municipal contest today with a three cornered mayoral race among Fred V. Vance the 20 year incumbent W A S Furlow who came close last time and Frank D Nichter a newcomer. For two city commission posts two incumbents and a challenger compete while the race for commissioner of streets and public improvements features G Sonn George Green and E F Pope.
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Bristol, Tenn
Fred V.vance
W. A. S. Furlow
Vance
Frank D. Nichf‘ter
George W. Vance
Finance and Accounts
Luther Mullins
G. Sonn
George Green
E. F. Pope
Weather record notes high heat and cool nights
City filter plant logged an official high of 90 yesterday with cooler air in town centers. Overnight lows reached 57 in the early morning and 65 at midnight on Monday. Forecasts suggest another hot day ahead as summer begins June 22.
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Jay
Mercury
Jeffries Quits Kingsport Cherokees Manager Post
Irvine Jeffries resigned as manager of the Kingsport Cherokees ball club after a weekend rebound, surprising Cherokees president H Joseph Higgins. The team had just won two straight against Johnson City Cards, leaving the club near the cellar in the Appalachian League. Jeffries, a former major league third baseman, had joined the Cherokees in 1949 and previously worked as a Chicago White Sox scout.
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Irvine Jeffries
Kingsport Cherokees
Haseball
Jeffries
Cherokees
Johnson City
J Cards
Pittsburgh Pirates
H. Joseph Higgins
Kingsport
Chisago White Sox
Probers Question Why Red Skipped Prosecution
House Un American Activities Committee members pressed President Truman to explain why Russian agent Andrei Schevchenko was allowed to leave the United States in 1946 without arrest or prosecution. Witness Loren Haas and others testified that Bell Aircraft insiders aided the agent by feeding doctored information under FBI oversight. Byrnes at the State Department reportedly blocked action, an FBI source later recalled.
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Washington
Velde ¢Bill
Truman
Andrei Schevchenko
Velde
House Un-American Activities Committee
Schevchenko
Bell Aircraft Company
Buffalo
N. C
FBI
Joseph J. Franey
Niagara Falls
Loren G. Haas
Buffa
Haas
Byrnes
State Department
Heannot
James F. Byrnes
Tablet Proves Promising For Treatment Of Stomach Ulcers
AP science report from Allant ie City notes a tablet therapy using sodium carboxymethylcellulose with magnesium oxide coating the stomach lining to buffer acid. In 105 patients, the new method reduced relapses and symptoms versus aluminum hydroxide, with 61 percent symptom-free after one year. Doctors say the preparation is nonconstipating and may rank among top ulcer therapies.
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Frank Garey
Allantie City
American Medical Association
P. Bralow
Hines Veterans Hospital
Hines, Ill
M. A. Spellberg
University of Illinois School of Medi
Essary
Time Ran Out For Donnie Woodard in Gallant Battle
Vernon Texas mourns 10 year old Donnie Woodard who died after 27 days with 70 percent burns. He survived 8 hours past expectations amid oxygen, transfusions, and injections, recalling a wish for a pony. Family and community funded a Donnie Woodard Fund as his condition worsened. Funeral services set for Tuesday with schoolmates as pallbearers.
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Donnie
Vernon, Tex
Donnie Woodard
Jack Restive
Texas
Akx
Deane
James W. Woodard
South Lockatt School
Street Scenes Reveal Hazy Social Exchange
An elderly man grins during a private conversation with a fellow, while a young man lifts his trousers to display a sunburn as a high school girl with short hair and white collars shows a tan line, highlighting self-conscious moments and youthful embarrassment in a public setting.
Elizabeth Taylor Plans Spring Engagement Announcement
Elizabeth Taylor of the movies announced to Mrs. Francis Taylor that the actress will wed William D. Pawley Jr. next spring in Beverly Hills. The couple’s engagement confirmed follows a formal statement about the wedding timetable and venue.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Elizabeth Taylor
William D. Pawley, Jr
Francis Taylor
Brazil
Peru
John Alden Enright
Taylor
Beverly ‘Hills
Calif
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mayer
Arsahowsia
Skipalou
Coast Guard
San Diego
Lake stages at Cherokee and Douging reservoirs
The observed stage at Cherokee Reservoir dam at six am Tuesday measured 1041.3 feet above mean sea level and at Douging Reservoir at six am 1013 feet above mean sea level.
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Cherokee Reservoir
Douging Reservoir
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