Farm Area House Members Oppose Foreign Aid Cut
Farm area lawmakers oppose a 20000000 cut in Marshall Plan funds amid debate on a foreign aid bill. The measure totals 2272457000 for next fiscal year with 2100000000 for European recovery and 27046000 for Palestine refugees, while an amendment ties surplus sales to market purchases and farm price supports.
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Farm Area House
Washington
Hise Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Frimars
Palestine
Foreign Affairs Committee
Farm State
L. S
Cooley
D-Nc
Ponge
D-Tex
Mouse Agriculture Committee
Chrysler Offers Big Trust Fund to Back Pension Plan
Chrysler Corp offered a $30 million trust fund to guarantee pensions for about 489,000 striking workers, aiming to end the 59 day walkout amid a push for pension funding through a trust rather than a promise to pay. The offer, described as broadening eligibility and adding hospitalization and insurance, would involve joint accounting but not joint control, while the UAW seeks equal administration rights.
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Detroit
I4y
Chrysler Corp
Oday
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
VAW
Lynch to be featured in Kingsport Tunes-News feature
Lynch, a mining town in eastern Kentucky with 7,000 residents, will be highlighted in the Kingsport Tunes-News Sunday feature for Lynch, Ky. community context and locale.
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Lynch
East Farm Girl
Kentucky
Artificial Hand to Aid Town's News Feature
Eleven year old Betty Lou Marbury who lost her right hand last December to stop a cancerous tumor will be fitted with an artificial hand in Memphis tomorrow. She is part of Times-News feature package by staffers Eliis Binkley and Bil Maples, drawing on photos and human interest pieces to lead Sunday layouts. Brownsville Tenn. reports the event as a hopeful community moment.
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Eliis Binkley
Bil Maples
Owil
Brownsville
Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Memphis
Belgians stage 16000-strong protest in Brussels over Leopold III
A 24-hour general strike by Socialists sparked a violent Brussels parade. Beating and vandalism followed as crowds chanted Abdica Leopold while streetcars ran in defiance and traffic stalled for hours. Spaak warned Leopold's return would mean trouble. referendum support split the country.
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Leopold III
Socialist Party
Brussels
Paul-Henri Spaak
Leopold
Leopald
Plane Crewmen Win Dramatic Fight With Fire
A United Airlines twin engine cargo plane landed safely at Philadelphia International Airport after two crewmen battled flames for fifteen minutes. Pilot Paul C. Cane of Metuchen New Jersey reported smoke near the automatic direction finder as the craft flew from Akron Ohio to Newark New Jersey with a stop in Philadelphia. Cane directed use of a hand extinguisher while arranging fire equipment at the tower.
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Philadelphia
United Airlines
Paul C. Cane
Metuchen
N. J
Lancaster
Akron
Ohio
Newark
New Jersey
Cane
Frank Farrell
Truman Oils Suntan Ignores Speculation
President Truman poured oil on his suntan today and ignored speculation about new appointments. He has not decided on a chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, though he is considering the post at the winter White House. Rumors of W. Stuart Symington possibly moving from the Air Force to the National Security Resources Board circulate, but aides advise caution.
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Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Ramora
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
National Security Resources Board
Mr. Truman
Nude mannikin shocks crowd in dressed window display
A completely nude mannikin is placed among fully dressed duplicates in a crowded storefront window on Broad Street. A woman in rolled jeans and loafers passes by, while a young man strolls smoking through an unusually long holder, creating a surreal street scene.
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Broad Street
U. S. Moves to Launch Anti Red Drive in Far East
The United States plans an anti-Communist aid program for Southeast Asia. Ambassadors and congressmen will review options next Monday as experts push for swift economic political and military steps. Chinese Communists and Ho Chi Minh are cited as strengthening in Indochina and Burma.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
China
Philip G. Jessup
State Acheson
Senate
House
Jessup
Acheson
Far East
Japan
India
Ohe
Indochina
Burma
Action la
Ho Chi Minh
Kefauver Predicts Early Crime Probe
Senator Kefauver predicts swift Senate approval of a nationwide crime inquiry focusing on gangs in major elites. A $50,000 Senate Judiciary Committee fund was approved to back the probe, which could broaden to underworld activities violating federal law while not interfering with states legalizing gambling. The resolution sets a July 31 time limit with hopes for action soon. Senator Lehman supports an early start.
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Washington
Senate
Kefauver
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kefanver
Lehman D-Lib-Ny
New York
Eisenhower warns U S disarmed below safety level
General Eisenhower cautions that the United States has reduced armaments below a safety threshold amid global tension. He warns that world leaders understand this weakening and calls for caution until other nations also bolster defenses. He outlines a fourfold peace formula and urges a strong United Nations with police power. He notes American disarmament has gone beyond what he would advise for safety.
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Eisenhower
U.S
New York
Dwight
United States
Europe
Elaenhower
Columbian University
United Nations
Americas
Over 1 000 Sign In Registration
More than 1 000 Sullivan County voters registered for the April 8 County Democratic Primary during a three day supplementary county registration. Heaviest activity was in the 17th District Bristol wards with 298 new names. In the 11th District Kingsport area 174 registered, Dickson Ward 53. No registrations in the 4th District and three in Cedar Grove Ward. The three day registration targeted those who had never registered or moved addresses.
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Sullivan County
Bristol
Kingsport
Dickson
Cedar Grove
Demos
Nationwide Railway Strike Threatened Seeks Third Crew
Chicago report on an 80,000 member vote by the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen threatening a nationwide strike over demand for a third crew member on Diesel locomotives. President David B. Robertson said no strike date is set while talks continue.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Firemen
David B. Robertson
Rail Brotherhood
Furtther
Bull Runs Through Chattanooga Police Busy Hour
A 850 pound Hereford bull escaped from a stockyard fence and roamed downtown Chattanooga for about an hour. Police and stockyard workers pursued the animal from Union Station to Broad Street, where rocks were thrown at it before it was cornered in a pipe storage shed.
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Chattanooga
Tonn
Union Station
Broad Street
John Service Denies Red Allegations in Loyalty Row
John Stewart Service, accused by Senator McCarthy of pro Communist leanings, declared he has never been a communist or fellow traveler. He will fly to Washington to face the loyalty board as his family heads to India and he defends his record as a loyal American officer.
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John Stewart Bervice
McCarthy
R-Wii
State Department
Department
Washington
U. S
Island Mail
New Delhi
India
United States
Oscar Winners Highlight 1949 Film Honors In Hollywood
Olivia De Havilland and Broderick Crawford won special honors as All The King's Men and The Heiress led the 1949 Oscar awards. Mercedes McCambridge won best supporting actress for All The King's Men. Dean Jagger earned best supporting actor for Twelve O Clock High. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter To Three Wives also received top honours.
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Hollywood
Olivia de Havilland
Broderick Crawford
Mercedes McCambridge
Dean Jagger
Dewey
Truman
Miss de Havilland
James Stewart
Academy
Bette Davis
Spencer Tracy
Fredric Mareh
Luise Ratner
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Military Budget May Be Revised
Washington reports that Senator Ferguson proposes Eisenhower be questioned by the Senate Appropriations Committee after his Columbia University address in New York. The speech claiming disarmament beyond the point of safety spurs calls for a budget review as Secretaries testify behind closed doors to address potential Air Force concerns and overall military spending.
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Washington
Dwight I
Eisenhower
America
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Appropriations Committee
Columbbia University
New York
Senate
Secretar
Bymington
Robertson
D-Va
Syntington
Elisenhower
Air Force
Discovery May Lengthen Life Through Tissue Building Test
Washington scientists report a method to determine if you receive enough of the building blocks for new tissues in the body. The test could measure exact nutritional values of proteins in foods such as meats milk eggs cereals dry beans and soybeans. It may help nutritionists and doctors tailor life extending diets.
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Washington
Departmentas
Johnson City Cat Wins Top Honors at DC Show
A three-year-old blue Persian named Blue Face Heirloom owned by Mrs. R A Lacy of Johnson City won top honors at the annual Washington DC cat show last week drawing over two thousand attendees.
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Johnson City
Spt
Diina
R. A. Lacy
Washington, D. C
Two Fliers Make Long Parachute Hump To Safety
A B-50 bomber on a routine Davis-Monthan training flight exploded at 17 000 feet over the Arizona desert killing 12 airmen. Two survivors, First Lt. William T. Gentry of Kokomo Indiana and Capt. John M. H. Lee of Gaastra Michigan, parachuted to safety and were hospitalized. The aircraft broke apart in flight, leaving flaming wreckage over a five mile area.
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Ind
John MH. Lee
Gaastra
Mich
Lee
Gentry
Davis-Montana Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
House Group Okays Air Defense Program
Ruth Cowan reports the House Armed Services Committee voted to authorize a military construction program totaling 889,068,181 dollars aimed at strengthening U S air defense. The amended Senate bill moves toward House action as defense requests for high priority projects total 187,142,771 dollars.
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Ruth Cowan
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Sponsora
United States
Senate
House
Defense Department
Air Force
Army
Navy
Congress
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