Republicans Trim Billions From 1954 Budget Efforts
The House moved to cut as much as ten billion from 1954 budget requests with measures advancing for the Interior Department and 23 independent agencies. The Senate faces possible changes while the House gauges deeper cuts. continued opposition limits increases for most programs.
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House
State, Justice and Commerce
Senate
Interior Department
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Taber
Committee For the Interior Department
Rifle
Colo
Southeastern Power Administration
Youngster Draws $120 Prize in Clintwood VFW Event
In Clintwood Virginia the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post held a drawing for 120 dollars. Master of ceremonies Ay ers Shortt invited a youth to draw from a box of 3 500 names. Kenneth Fleming fourteen? thirteen? won the prize and exclaimed that he was the winner as he left with the money.
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Clintwood
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ayers Shortt
Shortt
Kenneth Fleming
Young Fleming
U S To Treat POWs Won By Commies
The Defense Department will fly a small group of soldiers considered indoctrinated by Communist methods from Tokyo to Valley Forge Army Hospital for psychical and medical treatment before return to society. Families will be notified on arrival and encouraged to visit. duration of care is unspecified.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S
Army Hospital
North Korea
Tokyo
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Philadelphia
Department
Pentagon
Lebanon Premier Resigns Amid Cabinet Shakeup
Beiruts Camille Chamoun seeks a new premier after Khalid Shehab resigns from a four man cabinet. Ex Premier Abdullah el Yaffi leads the field with a plan for twelve ministers, while Chamoun prefers a seven member cabinet. Resignation accepted without disclosed reasons.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Khalid Shehab
Abdullah ‘el Yaffi
Yaffi
Chamoun
Shehab
Lull Halts Major Fighting on Korean Fronts Amid Talks
Amid renewed Panmunjom talks a lull settles over Korean War fronts as American and Chinese divisions pause. Light clashes occur mainly on the Eastern Front with ROK and PNK patrols bolstering quiet. Four B 26s bomb artillery off Wonsan while officers warn the pause may be temporary.
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Seoul
Roks
Eighth Army
Wonsan
Panmunjom
Maxwell Taylor
Mark Clark
U. N
Far East
Eisenhower aides seek 5.8 billion foreign aid budget
Washington reports say the Eisenhower administration is drafting a foreign aid budget proposing about 5.8 billion dollars in new money from Congress for the next fiscal year, a figure lower than former President Truman’s suggested 7.6 billion. In San Antonio, Texas, Police Sgt Tom Farley said a B 29 crash near Randolph Air Force Base killed 10 crew members and left four parachuting safely.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
San Antonio
Tex
Tom Farley
Randolph Air Force Base
Farley
Police Department
Air Force Base
Stepchildren Name Belleville Woman Mother of the Year
Mrs Ethlyn Wisegarver Bott 58 of Belleville named American Mother of the Year by the American Mothers Committee for rearing four stepchildren who are all college graduates. Award announced in New York with luncheon at Waldorf Astoria May 8.
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Belleville Ill
American Mothers Committee
Ethlyn Wisegarver Bott
Bott
Anthony E. Bott
Belleville
New York
Kansas City
Edward
Corn Belt Laboratory
East St. Louis, Ill
Dad
District of Columbia
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Waldorf-Astoria
Belleville, Ill
Golden Rule Foundation
Peggy Lynn
Karen Elizabeth Bott
Soldier Tells Of Slaughter Of Wounded By Chinese
Pfc. Tully Cox, 20, of Altoona Alabama, said Chinese troops sprayed burp guns on a convoy of 40 trucks carrying about 800 wounded U S soldiers during a Dec 2 1950 retreat near Changjin Reservoir. He lost both feet to amputations by fellow prisoners and was treated at Death Valley with no medical care for months.
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Tokyo
U. S
Pfc
Tully Cox
Altoona
Ala
Tokyo Army Hospital
Hamhung
Cox
Death Valley
Changjin Reservoir
Hospital Plane Delivers 35 Freed Men Toward Home
A C-97 Stratocruiser carrying 35 freed servicemen from Communist camps departed Tokyo for Travis Air Force Base at 12 12 a m. The group includes eight litter patients and will receive further orders directing those fit for home to immediate leave. An Army spokesman said the men are in good shape and greeted by nurses, leis, and cheering crowds upon arrival.
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Air Force
Travis
Tokyo
Tripler General Hospital
Army
Donald K. LeGay
Leominster
Mass
Hollywood Stars Visit Returning POWs at Tripler Hospital
Deborah Kerr Donna Reed and escorts Montgomery Clift Burt Lancaster dropped by Tripler Army Hospital to greet the first American prisoners of war returning to the United States. Some soldiers slept through the surprise after-dinner appearance due to fatigue.
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Honolulu
Hollywood
Tripler Army Hospital
U. S
Deborah Kerr
Donna Reed
Montgomery Clift
Burt Lancaster
Silent sendoff for returning airmen after lengthy dispatch
In the northeast of San Francisco at about 1 p m Pacific Daylight Time a quiet departure contrasted with yesterday's gala welcome. Two reporters and a few photographers observed as the men stayed aboard Army ambulances and buses for over an hour while agriculture inspectors examined their giant stratolift craft.
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San Francisco
Reds Advance In Laos Drive
In Hanoi Indochina French authorities reported Vietminh forces captured Bannambac, a post about 40 miles north of Luang Prabang, marking a second reverse in Laos within as many days. The report notes ongoing clashes as the anti colonial campaign unfolds.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Kingdom of
Laos
Bannambac
Luangprabang
Viet Minh Frees View of Training Camp Recruit Roundup
Vietinh troops in the Red River Delta raised a training camp in Nam Dinh near Hanoi and held 35 Vietnamese recruits against their will for a two week military instruction course before control was asserted.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River Delta
Nam Dinh
Vietminh push into Laos amid rains threat
Reported loss of Pakseng 42 miles northeast of Luangprabang as Vietminh tighten grip in Laos invasion. Leaders throw more elite units into Laos aiming to overrun the 90 000 square mile kingdom before heavy rains. They claim control of one third to one half of Laos with four Vietminh divisions on Laotian soil.
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Pakseng
Luangprabang
Vietminh
Laos
Little
Mountain Kingdom
Indochina
Thailand
Army Decides No Pay No AWOL Ft Ord Soldier
Ft Ord California announces a court martial review board backed Sfc Earl Jones 33 that 20 months without pay justified AWOL. A dishonorable discharge from last month is rescinded and his six month sentence is suspended. Jones veteran of 914 years service and World War II European campaign went AWOL from Ft Bliss Texas last June claiming pay records split caused hardship.
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Ft. Ord
Calif
Sfc
Earl Jones
Jones
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Prisoner War Impasse Over Neutral Nation Proposal
Communists and Allies debated the disposition of 50,000 Allied held prisoners at Panmunjom. The Reds proposed sending recalcitrant prisoners to an Asian neutral power, reportedly India, with time limits to finalize their fate while the Allies insisted on keeping prisoners in Korea until decisions are made. Negotiators signaled possible compromises on timeline and neutral nation designation.
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Munsan
Asia
William K. Harrison
U. N
Panmunjom
Switzerland
Korea
Nam I
Nam
Break in Korea War Armistice Deadlock Suggested
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports signs a break may come in Panmunjom talks. Communists may nominate a neutral nation to screen 50,000 Chinese and North Koreans who refused repatriation, while South Korea's Rhee would send 15,000 Chinese to that neutral country. UN insists remnant North Koreans stay in Korea.
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Tokyo
Panmunsjom
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Communists
United Nations Command
Korea
Asia
India
United Nations
U. N
North Korea
Rhee
Peace Offensive Questioned Red Arms Build-Up
Western diplomats report signs of intensified military effort behind the Iron Curtain as East European satellites boost 1953 defense spending. Czechoslovakia and Poland announce large increases, with training and production expanded and education aligned to military aims.
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Viennap
East Europe
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Moscow
Iron Curtain
Vienna
Dulles To Brief Senators On NATO Defense Developments
Secretary of State Dulles will brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a closed session on European defense progress, following last week’s NATO Council meeting. Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen also appeared before House Foreign Affairs in secret briefings, confirming talks on European military stretch and allied approval for force builds.
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Washington
Dulles
House
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Harold E. Stassen
Hoase Foreign Affairs Committee
Stascen
Intera
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Reds
Robert L. Tuckman
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