Senate votes to extend wage price controls in 1952 push
In a 12 1 2 hour Senate session the administration won several votes to maintain wage and price controls under the Defense Production Act. Amendments failed to suspend controls on food, and potatoes were freed from price ceilings. private bids on scarce metals were approved, with rent and credit controls extended to March 1 and June 30, 1953 respectively.
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Girl Admits Setting 22 Fires in Kentucky Case
In Danville Kentucky a 15 year old niece of the Gibson family admitted setting 22 fires at the John Gibson home beginning Saturday. Investigators planned further questioning after a 23rd fire appeared. the cause remains unsolved. The girl resided with the Gibsons but was sent to friends for the night. her father Clarence Bailey was killed in an Indiana accident eight years ago.
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Warren Assured Key Role at Convention
California voters delivered a near million vote win for Gov. Earl Warren in the Republican primary, giving him about 70 pledged delegates as he defeated Rep. Thomas H. Werdel by two to one. Warren’s sustained lead, aided by Eisenhower supporters, positions him for a major role at the GOP national convention, while Taft supporters pressed a parallel anti-Warren slate.
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Robert A. Taft
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Texas Mayor and four indicted for bribes in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi June 5 UP Mayor Leslie Wasser man of Corpus Christi indicted on accepting bribes offered by four men tied to city business. Nueces County Grand Jury also indicted the four men for bribery and a fifth man for attempting to bribe the mayor. Two local businessmen face charges of threatening an architect over a city contract and inducing a 2 percent cut from payments to the architect.
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Leslie Wasserman
Nueces County
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