Rollbacks Planned to Stabilize Price Line Says Johnston
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston told the House banking committee that the government aims to establish a stabilized price line and hold it, but warned against hoping for general rollbacks to pre Korea levels. He defended continuing defense act powers and noted farm price ceilings remain limited by parity rules.
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Algton
Eric Johnston
Congress
Johnston
House Banking Committee
Economic Stabilization Agency
Truman
Mary Astor Returns to Home in Valley
Movie actress Mary Astor returns to her San Fernando Valley home after an overdose of sleeping pills Monday night. Joan Blair Casparis, a former dancer, also overdosed Tuesday and is hospitalized. Thomas G. Wheelock, 47, Astor's fourth husband, was at home and described attending a nightclub binge with Casparis when Astor took the pills.
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Los Angeles
Mary Astor
San Fernando Valley
Joan Blair Casparis
Thomas G. Wheelock
Miss Astor
Miss Casparis
Boy Saved During Televised Heart Surgery at Colorado Center
An 11 year old boy’s heart stopped during delicate televised surgery at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Surgeon Dr Henry Swan massaged the heart back to action and the operation continued though the boy remained near death on the operating table for hours.
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Denver
Henry Swan
University of Colorado Medical Center
Secretary Marshall presses action on universal military training
Secretary of Defense Marshall urged quick action on draft and universal military training amid a Senate House stalemate delaying conference action. He said time is of imperative importance as hearings on Far East policy and MacArthur’s dismissal continue. Key issues include UMT timing and lower induction age from 19 to 18.
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Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Sena
Tors
Douglas MacArthur
Defense Department
Senate House
Russell D.ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House Conference Committee
Vinson
House
MacArthur
Russell
Congress
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Boy on Bicycle Injured in Crash
Mickey D Harris, 16, of 100 E 67th St, was injured when his bicycle was struck by a car at Lewis Ave and Harding St yesterday afternoon. Seaside Police reported the driver as Stephen H Melton, 18, of 5876 Locust Ave. he was not cited.
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Mickey D. Harris
Husbands Confession in Belgian Wife's Strangling
Harold Whitney admitted killing Solange Whitney in Arizona last December after she told him she wished she had never married him. The 28 year old tire shop worker said he strangled her with a belt during a trailer park argument. She was pregnant and three children survived the couple. Whitney, a WWII veteran, said the pair married in Bray Belgium in 1945.
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Kan
Jme
Harold Whitney
Solange
Tucson
Ariz
Whitney
Bray
Belgium
Edward E. Hendricks
Special
Arizona
GI War Benefits for Korea Veterans
President Truman urged Congress to extend World War II medical, burial, and pension benefits to Korean veterans. Aware of a denial case in Tucson, he moved swiftly as both houses acted to cover veterans of Korea and Chinese Red troops in declared war scenarios. The measure would aid veteran Arellano and dependents, with Aid provided via VA channels.
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Truman
Congress
Veterans
House
Senate
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David R. Arellano
Veterans Administration
Tucson
Ariz
Arellano
Korea
Dolores
David
Eileen
The
American Legion
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