Truman repeal fight to reopen in Senate debate
Senate Democratic leaders prepare for a second round of efforts to scrap the Taft Hartley Act with a repeal bill. Debate may start soon as backers reckon enough votes to block the measure, while discussions of a compromise surface. The House already sent a version back to committee, and both chambers may act before adjournment.
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House
Taft
Ohio
Donnell Mo
Smith
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D-La
Truman
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Congress
Sam Rayburn
McCormack
Massachusetts
Jurors Find Rutledge Murder Trial Conviction Likely
Jury foreman Archie D. Farmer Jr. led a 12 member panel in Rutledge murder case as the state’s case highlighted ingenuity. The jury formed a verdict quickly after a 20 minute initial ballot amid questions about Mrs. Rutledge testimony and Hartman’s role.
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Dar Rapids
Tows
Archie D. Farmer Jr
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
Farmer
Dr. Rutledge
Vdney Rutledge
Hartman Ee
Acheson Pleads Quick Action on Atlantic Pact
Acheson dispatched an appeal to Paris and relayed to Senate Foreign Relations Chair Tom Connally for early ratification of the North Atlantic pact to strengthen U S policy and improve Paris talks with Bevin and Schuman. Connally said action cannot start for at least a week as the committee reviews the arms program and treaty.
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Paris
Senate Democratic
Europe
Pyamies E. Weob
Ernest A. Gross
Acheson
Tom Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
U. S
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Connally
Pac
Presbyterian Church Adopts Drastic Reorganization Plan
In Montreat North Carolina on May 28 the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterians approved the first ten chapters of a plan to reorganize the church. The measure would abolish five of the church's 30 agencies and trim functions of ten more to reduce overlap while preserving core work. Full operation will take about a year.
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Montreat
N.C
General, Assembly
Columbia Steel Co Executive Stricken
Oakland mourns the death of Frank B. Delong 61 a Columbia Steel Co vice president from San Francisco who died of a heart attack while driving with his wife Adele. His car veered hitting a pole and a fire hydrant before stopping. Adele Delong unhurt.
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Oakland
Frank B. Delong
San Francisco
Columbia Steel Co
Adele
Ripley to Be Buried in Santa Rosa
Funeral services for Robert L. Ripley of Believe It or Not fame will be held here Tuesday at St. James Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Santa Rosa, California, where he was born. Ripley, 55, died yesterday of a heart attack.
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New York
Upr
Robert L. Ripley
St. James Episcopal Church
Court Allows Emergency Waiver of Premarital Health Tests
In Los Angeles on May 23, A Superior Court judge may issue an emergency waiver of the California marriage health certificate. Attorney General Fred Howser ruled that a judge can substitute his order for the certificate when the action will not threaten public health or welfare.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
California
Fred Howser
Howser
Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth wed in Moslem ceremony
Aly Khan confirms a secret Moslem marriage to Rita Hayworth at Chateau de l'Horizon in France after a civil ceremony. About 10 people attended including a half brother and Rita’s daughter Rebecca. He says no photographers were present and declines details on who spoke for Rita.
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Welles
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Navy Prepares Improved Viking Rocket for Test
The Navy plans a second Viking rocket test at White Sands New Mexico after assembling the improved 45 foot long unit at Glenn L. Martin Co Baltimore. The first Viking reached 51 miles altitude and 2250 mph, with 20 rockets planned to surpass the German V-2 in performance.
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New Max
Ashington
Mexlco Proving Grounds
Baltimore
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N. M
Iar
Infirmary Deaths Spark Grand Jury Critique
Allen County grand jury cites incompetence at the county infirmary after reporting 30 patient deaths in 34 days. It faults inadequate supervision and says practical farming services are not adequate to meet institutional needs and laws governing operations.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
P Faljura
General Assembly
Allen County Grand Jury
Ewing Presses Congress on Broad Health Plan Push
Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing urged Congress to act on President Truman’s sweeping health and social security proposals. His agency’s 1948 annual report backs prepaid medical care for all, higher Social Security benefits, and federal education aid while calling for disability insurance and wider coverage for farm workers, self employed, and other currently excluded groups.
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Oscar FR. Ewing
Congress
Truman
Ewing
FSA
Oregon Builder Confesses to Wife Beheading
In Mlamath Falls Oregon William H Rice a 40 year old prominent local car dealer confessed to fatally injuring his wife Jenny after quarrels and severing her head and legs He dumped the torso in the Klamath River where an angler found it wrapped in a red quilt Rice told authorities where the missing limbs and head were disposed of and was jailed on a first degree serious crimes charge Authorities noted the couple had three children from previous marriages and Rice had reported his wife missing two weeks earlier
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Mlamath Falls
Ore
William H. Rice
Klamath Falls
Jenny
Jack Franey
Rice
M. C. Cook
Franey
Klamath County
Driscall
Watch This Corner Sign Causes Car Crash
Ruby Lumas passed her driver’s license test with care and a new permit, then collided with a truck at an intersection and skidded into a sign that read Watch this corner, prompting the examiner’s congratulatory remarks.
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van Mays
Ruby Lumas
Xaminer
Strikebound Pigs Die Aboard Hawaiian Merchant
About 288 sick pigs aboard the strikebound Hawaiian Merchant were starving as feed ran out, with 12 of 300 dead. The pigs, arrived from Omaha, had vesicular exanthema and could not be landed or re shipped. the feed shortage and a longshoremen’s strike worsened the crisis. The territorial health board prepared to incinerate dying pigs, while longshoremen appealed to union officials. Separately, two Kauai citizens committee members were arrested at a picket line. no further violence occurred.
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Omaha
California
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Territorial Board of Health
Pacific
n.Honollu
LO. International
Men’s and Warehousemen's Union
Howard Bodine
Germaine Bulcke
San Francisco
Matson
Aus
U. S
Kauai
Pilgrims Arrive in Nagasaki for Xavier Anniversary
Roman Catholic pilgrims from many parts of the world arrived in Nagasaki to celebrate the 400th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier's arrival in Japan. May 28 marked the gathering as part of a historic religious observance.
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Japan
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