Taft Moves To Force Test Vote On Offshore Lands
Senate leader Taft plans a 7 30 p m EST motion to table the Anderson federal administration amendment on offshore oil leases forcing an immediate vote. He predicts a 20 vote margin to sidetrack federal control amid three week debate over state versus federal ownership.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Anderson
Eisenhower
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
D-Nm
Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Sen. Lehman
D. Lib-Ny
Lehman
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Texas
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
House balks at Civil Service fund appropriation and public housing stance
The House rejected an amendment to restore 368 million dollars to the Civil Service retirement fund as part of the 1954 independent offices budget. Debate also touched public housing with Republicans pushing new-start limits and Democrats pressing for Eisenhower’s position, amid broader funding cuts and Senate prospects.
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Washington
House
Civil Service Retirement Fund
Independent Offices
Civil Service
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Miller
D-Calif
Rep. McCormack
Dmass
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Truman
Massachusetts
Rep. Cotton
R-Nh
Appropriations Committee
Cotton
McCormack
Albert Cole
Foremer
Kansas
Public Housing Administration
Congress
Rep. Yates
D-I
Senate
Self-Supporting Deuel Converts Taxes to Ship Operations
Norfolk attack transport Deuel paid enough income taxes in 1952 to cover its operating allotment for 12 months, according to Capt. F. R. Putman. Withholding taxes aboard totaled 63,500 dollars, while annual operating allotment is estimated at 36,000 dollars excluding pay and supplies.
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Norfolk
F. R. Putman
Navy Conservationist
London’s Mr Murder Admits Slaying Wife
London prosecutor said John Christie confessed to killing his wife Ethel Christie on February 14 and to struggles with three other women whose bodieswere found in his Notting Hill house. He also claimed the wife died to “put her to sleep” amid a string of violent events.
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London
John Christie
Christie
Notting Hill
John F. Claxton
Claxton
Ethel Christie
Collision Kills Driver as Tanker Truck Hit by Train
Hiram Henderson Howard, 60, of 705 South Main St., Middletown, died when a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train demolished his tanker truck at the Hamilton Trenton crossing on the 1.8 mile south approach. The truck carried 460 gallons of gasoline and unknown fuel oil. no fire occurred. Engineer Charles Mattie, 68, of Lima, and conductor M. Carpenter, Toledo, were aboard the Cincinnatian. Howard, a Socony-Vacuum Oil driver, leaves wife Dana and six grandchildren. services set at Grace Baptist Church with burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Butler County
Hiram Henderson Howard
South Main St
Baltimore & Ohio Crossing
Hamilton-Trenton Rd
Trenton
John Cromwell
Howard
Soconyo= Vacuum Oil Company
Hamilton - Trenton Rd
Cromwell
Riverside Dr
Charles Mattie
Lima
M. Carpenter
Toledo
MR. Howard
Jackson
Middletown
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Frigidaire
Aeronca
Socony - Vacuum Oil Company
Grace Baptist Church
Miami Valley Post
Dana
John and
Henderson, Jr
Gorman L. Howard
Hamilton
Henriette Back
West Middletown
Thomas
Edward
George
Benny Carpenter
Warnis Howard
Riggs
Howard Sears
Woodside Cemetery
3000 Soldiers Slated To Assist In New A Test
LAS VEGAS Nevada Army maneuvers prepare for an atomic explosion drill with 3000 troops from across the nation. Two provisional battalion combat teams will form from Second Sixth Army and Fourth Fifth Army installations. Participants include Meade Camp Pickett Fort Ord Fort MacArthur Presidio and several other bases.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Jury Frees Woman In Mate's Slaying
Circleville reports the acquittal of Mary Agnes Ruff 34 a farm wife on first degree murder charges. The seven men five women jury delivered a unanimous verdict after a brief deliberation drawing cheers from spectators. Foreman Gerald Crites said one ballot settled the case.
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Circleville
Mary Agnes Ruff
Gerald Crites
Communist Brutality to POWs Revealed
Witness accounts from Sgt Odie Lawley and Le Gay describe bayoneting, beating, and deadly neglect by Chinese guards during a 13 day march through North Korea. Senators plan a full inquiry led by Bridges as more POW horror stories surface from Freedom Village near Panmunjom.
POWs recount brutal Red death marches and camp abuses
Returning POWs described mass killings during Red death marches that killed nearly 1000 Allied soldiers. One American released at Panmunjom said Chinese Red guards beat and bayoneted captives in labor camps while some prisoners who obeyed faced milder abuse.
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LeGay
Pyoktong
le Gay
Freedom Village
Panmunjom
Cpl
Donald K. LeGay F
Leominister
Mass
Tokyo Army Hospital
Odie
Perfect Strike Upends Everett Grocer at Home
Everett grocer Ed Strege while finishing a new house felt stiff and took a practice bowling swing. The ball slipped and smashed into a wall, causing a boom. He plans to start rebuilding a new living room wall immediately.
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Everett
Wash
Ed Strege
Strege
New Requests For Sick Men May Be Made
In Panmunjom Korea the U N Command called a meeting with Communist liaison officers to discuss repatriation operations amid reports of more sick and wounded prisoners. The exchange begins with 14 Americans and 86 others set for release as negotiations resume Saturday.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U. N
Reds
Monay
Pusan
U. S
Tokyo
Republic of Korea
Cooper urges flexible stance for real Korea peace
Sen. Cooper said the Eisenhower administration must risk adverse opinion and allow limited concessions for a real peace with Communists in Asia. He warned against a straight jacket approach and urged cautious diplomacy, with Mansfield and Short urging open inspection of camps and possible UN considerations for Formosa.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Cooper
Eisenhower
Asia
Senate Armed Services Committee
United Nations
Korea
Truman
Sen. Mansfield
Dmont
Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
U. N
State Department
Wiley
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Senate
Dulles
Quiet Front Line As Jets Sweep Yalu And Haeju
U S Sabre jets operated as fighters and bombers across a 155 mile front while the line stayed quiet for the third day. Sabres probed MIGs near the Yalu River and attacked a Red supply center on the Haeju Peninsula. Marine Panthers leveled targets northwest of Suan and B 26s hit trucks near Wonsan. South Korean forces raided north of Chorwon, killing and wounding about 50 Reds, with 19 more deaths reported on Panmunjom slopes.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Yalu
Haeju
Air Force
Suan
Wonsan
Korea
Chienese Reds
Chorwon
Roks
ROK
Panmunjom
Living Costs Edge Higher During Month
The government reports living costs rose fractionally from mid February to mid March, the CPI up two tenths to 113.6 with 1947 49 average as base. Post controls, price gains appear in cigarettes coffee gasoline and fuel oil while food and apparel run below year ago levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate Rules Move to Speed Debate Shutdown
The Rules Committee approved a rule change to allow cloture with a two-thirds vote of senators present and voting, making it easier to end debate. The current rule requires two-thirds of all Senators.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
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