Senate votes 67 to 37 on race segregation amendment
The Senate tabled Sen. Langer's amendment prohibiting race discrimination in armed services assignments or induction by a 7 to 7 vote, while fast tracking the two year draft bill. Gurney praised the bill's importance saying civil rights laws should stand on their own.
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Armed Services Committee
Truman
Truman Signs Stamps for NYC Borough, Fort Kearney, Firemen
President Truman signed bills authorizing three sets of commemorative 3 cent stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of New York City's five boroughs the 100th anniversary of Fort Kearney Nebraska and to honor volunteer firemen nationwide One set will be a 3 cent air mail stamp for New York’s borough issue.
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Truman
Five Boroughs
New York City
Fort Kearney
Neb
New York Borough
Deadlock in new Lewis demand at coal talks
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators faced a fresh deadlock as talks recessed after the UMW chief demanded that any new contract fund welfare commitments from the 1946 plan. Operators rejected guarantees for the 1947 welfare fund and warned the outcome could affect 400,000 miners and the June 30 contract expiry.
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United Mine Workers
Charles A. O'Neill
Lewis
United Mine
U. M
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Coast Guard Recovers Four More Bodies in Navy Launch Tragedy
The Coast Guard reports four more fatalities from the Hampton Roads area where a Navy launch swamped last week. The recovered bodies bring the total recovered from the water to seven, with twenty eight sailors and marines still listed as missing.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Hampton Roads
City budget hearing set for tomorrow’s City Council
City Manager will present the proposed budget to the City Council during the session scheduled for tomorrow. The budget review appears on Page B.1 of the Thunderstorm era edition with related notes on civic planning and local finances.
Texas Fire Victim Remains Unknown Kilgore Blaze
The fourth victim of Kilgore's hotel fire remained unidentified today as recovery crews continued. Three bodies from the Tulsa Hotel ruins were identified: George Clifton Young of Jacksonville Texas Gerald Lee fourteen Odin Illinois and Victor Eason thirty one of Kilgore. Mrs Clyde Spencer of Houston had only a slight chance to recover from burns with five others hospitalized and damage estimated at 150000.
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George Clifton Young
Jacksonville
Gerald Lee
Odin
Victor
Eason
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U N Plan for Palestine Peace Outlines Jewish Arab Positions
The United Nations mediator Count Folke Bernadotte presented a plan for Palestine peace amid Arab and Israeli responses. Key disputes centered on immigration limits during the armistice with Jews seeking more freedom and Arabs opposing mass inflow, while Israel agreed to segregate military age immigrants and halt armed entries. Bernadotte kept the plan confidential as Arab diplomats discussed the proposal in Cairo.
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Western Powers Propose Five Step Plan for Germany
In London talks the western Powers unveil a five point program to create a separate federal government in western Germany, with steps including an Allied led authorization meeting, election of delegates, constitution drafting, ratification by the German people, and boundary reviews. The accord seeks to block German aggression and align western Germany with a European reconstruction effort. A Ruhr international control plan is also agreed, spanning coal and steel distribution without separating the Ruhr politically from Germany.
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Senate Finance Panel Delays Trade Pact Vote
The Senate finance committee postponed a vote on extending the foreign trade act until tomorrow after a 90 minute closed session. Officials said the delay was set to 24 hours sidelines.President Truman may not receive all he seeks on the measure.
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Gurney
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Plane with 30 Aboard Damaged on Take-Off at Night Club
A Miami Beach plane carrying 30 passengers was damaged on take-off when the nose wheel collapsed. The big four engine craft burned, destroying the Miami Beach night club from which it had departed. No injuries or hoisted mail reported. loss estimated at about 200000 dollars.
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Bridge Collapse Overflows River Crossing In Los Angeles
A 40 year old wood and steel bridge on Imperial Highway near the Los Angeles River gave way under a 22 ton load including a truck trailer bulldozer and car. The two drivers Jack C. Sikes and the car occupant escaped serious injury while Roscoe W. Strain sustained hand cuts.
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Wilmar
Roscoe W. Strain
Whittier
Strain
Sikes
W. Porter
Long Beach
Plang
President Truman Visits Idaho Endorsing Public Power Projects
President Truman toured Idaho on a Western Jount train stop at Pocatello urging Congress to fund public power and reclamation schemes in the Columbia River basin and beyond. About 500 residents, plus the President and his family, watched as he praised the projects and framed critics as favoring promoters over people.
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Sun Wallah Ley
Idaho
Pocatello
Congress
Columbia River Basin
George Phillips
Margaret
Mr. Truman
Eisenhower Named President of Columbia University
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York today added the title president of Columbia University to his list of roles while retaining the rank of five star General of the Army for life. He will be known at Columbia as Gen. Eisenhower president of Columbia University. He holds 15 degrees and said he will answer to Ike for life.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Columbia
Eisenhower
Ike
Illinois Member of Congress Dies
Rep. Thomas L. Owens of Illinois, 50, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a heart attack May 23. A first term Republican from the Seventh Illinois District, he chaired labor and education issues and helped shape the Taft Hartley Act. He leaves a widow Emma Florence Ekberg and three children. Owens’ death increases House vacancies to four.
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Thomas L. Owens
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Oweris
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Germans Walk Out in Food Protest in Mannheim
German workers in Mannheim walk out in protest over food shortages in the French zone. The postwar action marks the first large industrial shutdown in the city with ration levels at 24 calories daily versus 1600 in the Anglo American Zone, forcing many from Ludwigshafen to abandon jobs.
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Grim Battle On to Bolster 100 mile Dike
A threefold flood surge on the Columbia River prompts fresh Army Engineers to reinforce 100 miles of dikes from Portland to the sea. Forecasters warn of high waters for weeks as 26 engineers and 5 lieutenant colonels arrive from Fort Belvoir to manage dike districts and protect communities in Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and British Columbia.
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