Fistfight in Congress Leaves Lip Cut for Phillips
Washington June 22 AP Rep John Phillips and Rep Clarence Cannon clashed in a House corridor during a dispute over appointment of conferees on the independent offices appropriation bill. Phillips was treated for a cut lip and sent home. Cannon and eyewitness Taber offered conflicting memories, with Cannon claiming self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Phillips
R.-Calif
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Cannon
Phillips
House Appropriations Committee
George Calver
Capitol
John Taber
R.N
Taber
Congress
House
Pan Am Liner Missing Over Liberian Jungles
A Pan American Airways Constella freighter carrying 39 people from Johannesburg to New York disappeared after radio contact was lost near Monrovia Liberia. British and French search planes scoured the rain drenched jungles as authorities tracked the last known route from Accra to Liberia. Captain Frank J Crawford 38 of Long Island led the flight which departed Johannesburg and refueled at Accra before heading toward Monrovia with fuel to spare until 11 a m PDT.
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Africa
Pan American Airways Constella
South Africa
New York
Liberia
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Dakar
Pana
Ivory
Pan Amerigan
Frank J. Crawford
Long Island
N. Y
vThe
Johannesburg
Accra
British Gold Coast
House to Vote on Tax Boost Today
Washington June 22 Administration leaders urge all House Democrats to attend today for a decision on a 7.2 billion tax increase bill, opposed by most Republicans. After five hours of debate, Republicans will seek to return the measure to the Ways and Means Committee for rewrit. United Nations New York June 22 The United States asks other nations to send reinforcements as majority whip Ernest Gross pushes for crucial votes. Secretary General Trygve Lie notes no guarantee on passage as delegates weigh the motion to recommit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Phillips
House
Adolph Sabath
D.-Nl
Eugene Cox
D.-Ga
Washington
Ways the Means Committee
United Nations
N.Y
United States
United
Percy Priest
Tennessee
Korea
Ernest Gross
U. S
Porter
Trygve Lie
U. N
Nurse Hiker Evangeline Lorimer Found After 13 Days
Evangeline Lorimer a 21 year old nurse vanished while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains two weeks ago. She walked into a ranger camp and, though exhausted and with swollen feet and insect bites, was in surprisingly good condition. Lorimer said she wandered from her campsite on June 8 and got involved in a canyon while seeking Hannah Mountain. She planned to return to Cincinnati’s Jewish Hospital to resume duty.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Evangeline Lorimer
Sevierville
Great Smoky Mountains
Robert White
The
Smoky Mountains National Park
Hannah Mountain
White
Cincinnati
Jewish Hospital
Hungarian Archbishop Pleads Guilty in Communist Plot
In Budapest Archbishop Joszef Groesz confessed in court to plotting against Hungary’s Communist government. Judge Vilmos Olti, who once jailed Cardinal Mindszenty, presided as Vogeler and eight others faced similar charges. The confession followed hours of in-court testimony noted for coercive accusations and public doubts about interrogation methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Joszef Groesz
Mindszenty
Vilmos Olti
Robert A. Vogeler
West
Vogeler
Off the Teletype Three Killed In B-29 Crash
A teletype item reports a B 29 crash resulting in three fatalities with brief details. The page reference indicates continued coverage on A 2 with related aviation items and subsequent pages note editors opinions, ads, and sports listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frumaon
Reds Casualties in Korea Reach 3 Million
Washington reports total Communist casualties in Korea through June 14 at 3,162,500, an increase of 19,139 since June 7. The figure includes both nonbattle and battle casualties, with a recent weekly U S battle casualty rise of 3,287. No new reports have come from non-Amounts fighting with the Eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Army
Korea
U. S
Yank Fliers Down Five Jets in Two Battles
Tokyo dispatch reports U.S. fighters shot down or damaged five Communist jets in two air battles over northwest Korea. Fifth Air Force claimed two MiG-15s shot down, three damaged, and enemy airfields hit to hamper a possible ground offensive. UN patrols observed Chinese troops near Pyonggang and Kumchong, with artillery on Red positions as Allies shell and probe.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
FSG Sabre
Sem
United Nations
Kumehon
Pyonggane
38Th Parallel
U. N
Pyonggang
Iron Triangle
Kumchong
Pyonsgang
Pacific Coast shipping resumes after ARA deal
CIO radio operators end a week long strike against Pacific Coast ship owners and agree to man 37 ships including the SS Lurline. The contract extends two years with wage and condition gains, hours at sea pattern to be negotiated, and pensions and vacations to be worked out.
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CIO
American Radio Association
CIQ
Pacific
San Francisco
Matsén
Federal
Omar Hoskins
ARA
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Air Force Academy Measure Launched
House Armed Services Chairman Vinson introduced legislation to establish a 20 million dollar Air Force Academy. He indicated the location and other details would be determined later, outlining the plan in Washington in June 1972.
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Air Force Academy
Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed-Services Committee
Swimming Tongays Barred by England
The Tongay family from Miami Florida were refused entry at London airport. Immigration officers prevented Mr and Mrs Russell Tongay and their two children from undertaking an English Channel swim. No reason given. they were placed on a New York bound flight.
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London
Miami
Fla
England
Russell Torgay
America
Pathet Mic
Bubba Tongay
Athy
Tongay
Home Office
Lomion
Feshee
Tornadoes Rip Illinois and Indiana Causing Damage
A pair of tornadoes hit Illinois and Indiana causing substantial damage. One tornado damaged Pulaski County in Indiana with four minor injuries and road blockages while another struck Woodford County near Peoria, destroying barns and leveled trees. Rain stretched from the Great Lakes to northern Texas with heavy rainfall across multiple states.
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Idiana
Pulaski County
Woodford County
Peoria
Indiana
Delvie Masterson
Star City
Pulaski
Carneal Hospital
Winamac
Ind
Great Lakes
Texas
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Reserves to Start Returning in July
Tokyo June 22 The Army announced enlisted reservists will begin returning from Korea in mid July with all to be on their way by Nov 30 and back in the U S by year end. The program covers inactive and volunteer reservists called for service in Korea with exceptions for irreplaceable specialists those who volunteer to remain in the Army and regular Army men ordered to active duty after retirement day. Selection will favor Korea service duration prior service hardship dependency and age with men over 26 likely to get priority to maintain unit effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Army
Korea
U. S
Adjutant General
Weather Outlook: Tonight Cloudy Then Clear By Afternoon
The forecast calls for low cloudiness tonight, clearing by midafternoon tomorrow. Slightly warmer tomorrow afternoon, with improved conditions expected as the day progresses.
Ridgway backed MacArthur on Nationalist aid in China
Washington dispatch reports General Ridgway, then Far Eastern commander, supported in December MacArthur’s demand to use Chinese Nationalist troops against the Chinese mainland to ease pressure in Korea. Senator Knowland released the memo amid testimony by Maj. Gen. Barr. Barr dissents, saying the December suggestion should not be carried out now.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far Eastern
Doviglas MacArthur
China
Senate
MacArthur
Red
Ching
Knowland
R-Calif
Ridgway
J. Langton Collins
Army
Korea
United Nations
David &. Barr
Seventh
Barr
United States
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Freshman Assemblymen Clash With Senate Leaders in Sacramento
In Sacramento on June 22, two freshman Assemblymen William A. Munnell and Herbert Klockstein tangled with three veteran Senators led by Hugh Burns and Harry L. Parkman over liquor tax and a poker bill. The dispute triggered a procedural fight as the Ways and Means committee moved to block bills, including a 430,000 salt water intrusion study, before a 30 minute bargain led the Senate to rescind and the committee to unfreeze the Parkman and Ward measures.
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Sacramento
William A. Munnell
Los Angeles
Herbert Klockstein
Long Beach
Senate
Munnell
Hugh Burns
Burns
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Klockstein
Harry L. Parkman
R.millbrae
Krockslein
Parkman
Assembly
Ways and Means
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Ward
Munnelloff
Ways and
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Press-Telegram
Bab Geivet
Beauty
By Endre Marton
Spirdsall
Marvin Milkes
Qfliss
Birdsall
Milkes
Arthur W. Mitchell
Carl Corey
Marvalene Heger
Shirley Swift
Miss Birdsall
Eddenfield
Boyle
Bede
Mac
Chiang
Yank
Pacific Coast
Ilinois
Munder
Formosa
Hassle
Kiockstein
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