Taft Sees Senate UK on Housing Progress
Senator Taft predicts the Senate will pass his version of the long range housing bill amid a dispute with McCarthy and others. The TEW bill aims to boost home construction with a goal of 15,000,000 new dwellings by 1958. McCarthy forecasts are uncertain as the House stance remains unclear.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
House
Harold E. Stassen
Welcome Given to Riding Group in Desert Club Gathering
Newton T Bass of Long Beach, president of Apple Valley Ran chos, Inc., entertained 30 members of the Rancheros Visitadores at the Branding Tron Club in the desert development's business district. Several Long Beach residents belong to the riding group.
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Newton T. Bass
Long Beach
Apple Valley Ranchos, Inc
Rancheros Visitadores
Desert Development
Tennessee Delegates Unpledged at State Convention
Tennessee Democratic convention in Nashville voted to keep delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia unpledged but unit voting. An anti-Truman resolution was rejected after a heated debate, despite crump county backing and opposition to Truman civil rights progress and FEPC.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Tennessee Party
South
Shelby County
Memphis
E. H. Crump
President Truman
FEPC
Snow and Cold Grip Midwest as Weather Varies Across Regions
Snow and freezing temperatures swept parts of the Midwest with wind and rain in the Lake Superior area. The freezing belt stretched through northern Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan and into the Dakotas and Nebraska. Cooler winds were forecast for the north central states while the south and east stayed milder and western states enjoyed moderate to above normal readings.
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Chaco
Midwest
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Michigan
Dakotas
Nebraska
North Central
Pacific Coast
Child Rescued From Abandoned Well in Penawawa
April 16 in Penawawa Patricia McCully aged 4 fell 45 feet to the bottom of an abandoned well and was rescued after obeying her father's instruction. Virgil McCully pulled her to safety with a rope after she placed a loop around her wrist. The rescue lasted over an hour as she wedged to escape drowning.
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Penawawa
Patricia McCully
Virgil McCully
Misdirected drink triggers Atlanta fire alarm scare
An ambulance driver misdirected a drink at Grady Hospital, triggering a fire alarm and summoning downtown units. After investigation, staff resumed duties as patients and responders returned to normal.
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Atlanta
Mammoth Grady Hospital
KU Students Barred From Lawrence Eatery in Race Clash
Twenty six members of a Kansas University affiliated group identified as the Committee on Racial Equality were denied service at a Lawrence restaurant after the owner refused for three hours. The group, including 10 Negroes and the rest white, said they sought equal dining access for themselves and friends, regardless of race.
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Lawrence
Kan
Area Elarity
Pdity
W. E. Murphy
Kansas University
Committee On Racial Equality
New Technique Draws Crowd At Burke Rally In Baltimore
In Baltimore on April 16, supporters of Democrat Paul Burke for Congress staged a rally using a roped street centerpiece television showing a professional basketball game. During halftime Burke spoke to about 2000 people hoping to secure the party nomination for Maryland’s Third Congressional District.
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Baltimore
Paul Burke
Congress
Burke
Ryland
Wainwright to chair Veterans for MacArthur clubs
In San Antonio on April 16 VP Gen Jonathan M Wainwright agreed to chair the Veterans for MacArthur divisions of the MacArthur for President Clubs of America. The move comes at the request of Warren E Wright national coordinator for the clubs and is hailed as a standout development in MacArthur activities.
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Wainwright
San Antonio
Texas
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Veterans For MacArthur
MacArthur
Eye Doctors Fete at Baltimore Ophthalmology Meet
In Baltimore on April 16, more than 200 eye doctors attended a Wilmer Institute clinical meeting at Johns Hopkins Hospital marking the 200th anniversary of cataract surgery. Dr. Alan C. Woods praised the technique of removing the cloudy film as highly beneficial to mankind. The surgeons from across the country were to conclude the institute residents association meeting today. the operation was first described by Jacques Daviel in 1743.
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Baltimore
Wilmer
Jacques Daviel
Wage Rises Sought by Ford Braniff Workers
Wage hikes of about 25 cents an hour will be sought for Ford Motor Co. and Braniff International Airways union employees. John W. Vinson of the United Automobile Workers said demands for 600 Braniff maintenance workers will be submitted next Tuesday. Ford negotiations to begin nationally before June 15. In other items, a power-line delay, a lightning death in New York, and bomber transfers at Fort Worth are noted.
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Dallas
Ford Motor Co
Branifé International Airways
John W. Vinson
United Automobile Workers
Braniff
Ford
Peace Plane Trip Booked for World Peace Effort
LOS ANGELES April 16 UP A peace plane will depart April 25 carrying 50 Los Angeles clergymen and laymen. Chairman Robert B Pettengill said the flight will supplement a peace train likely leaving April 20 with delegates from California and nearby states. The travelers aim to confer in Chicago with Dr Robert Maynard Hutchins and then seek talks in Washington with President Truman and lawmakers before visiting Lake Success to press for UN Charter revision or a world constitutional convention.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Robert B. Pettengill
Pettengill
California
Fether
Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Truman
Lake Success
United Nations Organization
U. N
Attache Leaves Moscow After Auto Accident Passenger
In Moscow Col. Charles Shepherd, assistant U S military attaché, traveled by train with his family toward the United States. He paid 5000 rubles for damages in a collision involving his car and a Russian hoy, as reported in the diplomatic dispatches from MOSCOW.
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Moscow
Charles Shepherd
U. S
United States
Russian ships trigger Canal Zone alert in Panama
Five Russian vessels described as fishing craft halted at Chatobal harbor Atlantic terminal near Balboa Panama. They include a steamer and four auxiliary ships en route from Leningrad to Vladivostok and not allowed to dock. Rep J Parnell Thomas cites a surge of Soviet ships into the Canal Zone since 1947 and warns of potential risks amid U S troop concerns.
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Balboa
C. Z
Panama
Canal
Atlantic
Chatobal Harbor
Leningrad
Vladivostok
New York
Rep
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Panama Canal
Thomas
House Committee On un-American Activites
Canal Zone
Liberty Magazine
U. S
Forest Pest Drive to Treat 100000 Trees
SALT LAKE CITY April 16 A major park beetle control project will begin Monday in National Forests of western Wyoming and southern Idaho. The cooperative effort by the U S Forest Service and the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine will cost 506000 and employ 300 to 400 men. It is described as the largest project of its kind in the country.
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Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Idaho
U. S. Forest Service
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Tom T. Terrel
California chemist invents tropical weed killer
Dr A S Crafts of the University of California College of Agriculture announced a triple action weed killer for tropical fields. The formula targets green growth while safe to use near sugarcane pineapple banana and coffee if kept away from leaves. He mixed 2 4 D with pentachlorophenol and aromatic oil to create an allout plant killer.
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Calif
A. S. Crafts
University of California College of Agriculture
Dr. Crafts
Craft
Airport crewmen questioned in Rhodes over Singapore plan
Seven men claiming American citizenship are being questioned by Greek authorities in Rhodes after arriving in four twin-engine planes believed to be Ansons. Embassy says they were crewmen flying from southern France to Singapore for spraying purposes. One plane carried an Australian flag.
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Athens
U. S
Rhodes
France
Singapore
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