CIO seeks subsidies to cut food costs nationwide
The CIO urged Congress to revive World War II food subsidies to lower retail prices by subsidizing producers and processors. The proposal, discussed before the Senate House economic committee as part of an anti inflation plan, seeks price controls while ensuring fair farmer returns.
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Ashington
CIO
Congress
The
Labor Organization
Senate House Economic Committee
Truman
Sen
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Taft
UNESCO Plans Launch of Education Program in Korea
New Delhi March 28 UNESCO announces a $100,000 educational and rehabilitation program in Korea ready to launch as soon as a truce ends. Director General Jaime Torres Bodet of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said the plan would aid postwar recovery and schooling.
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New Delhi
Unesco
Korea
Jaime Torres Bodet
U. N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Noble Dodges Death Again Nitroglycerin
Dallas gambler Herbert Noble survived an 11th assassination attempt after nitroglycerin was found in two engine cylinders of his private Beachcraft. The Civil Aeronautics Authority said the device could have destroyed the plane if started. Noble also recounted an offer by Mickey Cohen to sell him a bullet-proof Cadillac, which he declined as Cohen pressed to meet in California.
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Dallas
Herbert Noble
Civil Aeronautics Authority
V. Mathias
Noble
Ofullets
Westeoast
Cohen
Yellow Objects Seen in Globemaster Hunt
Rescue aircraft sighted yellow objects about 600 miles southwest of Ireland during the Atlantic search for the missing U S Air Force Globemaster with 53 aboard. Debris and a charred duffle bag were reported, with Coral Sea and escort destroyers aiding the hunt as 55 planes remained active.
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Globemaster Hunt
Ondon
Atlantic
U. S. Air Force
Ireland
Third Air Force
Air Force
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Coral Sea
Mediterranean
Norfolk
U. S
England
Royal Air Force
Bandits Slay 5 On Eritrea Police Patrol
Bandit gang ambushed an Eritrean police patrol near Ahrashiko railway station thirty miles east of Asmara killing five officers and wounding five. Police pursue seventy eight bandits who fled with all police arms led by Zeggai Hannes and two others.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Hman
Zeggai Hanness
Ahrashiko
Bookie Carroll Faces Income Tax Charge
Federal tax agents in Kansas City charged James J. Carroll, St. Louis betting commissioner, with failing to report payments totaling 526,683.15 made in 1948 and 1949 under a rarely used section of the internal revenue code. Conviction could bring 26 years in prison and a 20,000 dollar fine. Three witnesses who refused to testify before Kefauver are indicted for contempt by a Cleveland grand jury.
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Associated Fress
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kansas City
James J. Carroll
St. Louis
Internal Revenue Code
Carroll
Internal Revenue Processing Division
Kefauver Crime Committee
Cleveland
Senate
Joseph Lienvolf
Joseph DiCarlo
Nine Girls Hunted in Florida Straits
The Coast Guard searched the wind-chopped Florida Straits for nine young women aged 17 to 21 who hoisted a Confederate flag on the two-masted schooner Tropicair and sailed for Cuba five days ago. The crew, eight women plus a male skipper and a photographer, have not been sighted since Monday as gusts and high seas hinder rescue efforts near Key West and sheltered harbors.
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Tami
Fla
Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Cuba
Tropicair
St Petersburg
Florida-to-Cuba
Confedere
Acyard
Havana
Key West
Joe Reagin
St. Petersburg Yacht Association
Florida Keys
Ariadne
le Hederman
Tropical Flying Service
St. Petersburg
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Emil Rieve
Defense
United States
Blue Dome
Munsan
38Th Parallel
Seoul
U. N
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Associated Press
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Cadillac
General Motors
Bookie Carroll
Youngstown
Ohio
Joseph A. Aiuppa
Cicero
Ill
L. J. Walker
Richard Cook
Riverside
Mavis Buechner
Cook
William Cook
Alcatraz
Karl Mosser
Atwood
Mexico
Cannes
Southern California
Pasadena
Brookside Park
Mary Jo Beyer
Tony Rowe
Patricia Ann
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