GOP Hopes To Force Profits Tax Vote In Congress
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders press to force an extension of the excess profits tax as Reed blocks committee action. House Speaker Martin seeks a majority to petition a meeting, while Halleck and Kean propose a six month extension or a compromise exempting firms under 100000 net profit. The tax would auto expire next Tuesday unless extended.
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Eisenhower
GOP
House
Martin
Mass
R-Ny
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Halleck
R-Ind
Rep
Kean
New Jersey
Diak
R-Conn
Fires Committee
Haileck
Family Quarrel Brings Death While Tots Sleep
An unemployed truck driver shot and killed his wife Mary 30 then wounded sister-in-law Anna Boyce 29 before killing himself in a West Side Chicago home. Two young sons slept in the bedroom as the tragedy unfolded after hours of arguing over unemployment.
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Chicago
Far West Side
George Nichols
Mary
Anna Boyce
Nichols
Auriol Asks Laniel To Form New French Cabinet
President Vincent Auriol named Joseph Laniel, an Independent Republican deputy, to try forming a new cabinet to end France's postwar crisis after Antoine Pinay stepped aside. France has lacked a government since Rene Mayer was ousted on May 21. Laniel has served as a junior minister in prior cabinets.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Laniel
Republican
France
Antoine Pinay
Rene Mayer
Laniel
Congress Okays Gift To Pakistan Wheat Grant Approved
Congress approved a plan to send one million tons of wheat to Pakistan worth about 80 million dollars. The House voted 310 to 75 after the Senate backed a similar bill. The aid, sourced from government stock, aims to aid famine relief and bolster anti-Communist policy.
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Congress
Pakistan
House
Eisenhower
Senate
U. S
West Repeats Demand On End Of East German Martial Law
Western Allies demanded anew that the Russians lift martial law in East Berlin and rejected Communist charges that American officers incited rioting. East German Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl announced releases for many arrested while promising severe punishment for the genuinely guilty.
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East Berlin
Red-ruled
East Germany
Otto Grotewohl
Communist Party
United States
P. T. Dibrova
Red Army
Leovenoh
Tion
Grotewohl
Socialist Unity (Communist
Soviet Zone
East
Radio Berlin
Ike Asks Aid Fund Okay To Back Him At Bermuda
Ike asks Congress to back a July foreign aid package with minimal cuts for Britain and France. House sets a 4.998 billion ceiling. Senate panel approves 5.318 billion. Wiley proposes limited transfer authority. Taft and others oppose unlimited power.
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Aid Fund
Okay
Bermuda
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U S Near Accord With Spain Highlights Aid and Base Access
Washington reports the United States nearing three agreements with Spain to use Spanish naval and air bases in exchange for substantial military and economic aid. Eisenhower plans about 200 million dollars in aid for the fiscal year starting July, plus hundreds of millions to modernize six Spanish bases, with Spain leasing the facilities to the United States for Western Europe defense.
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Washington
United States
Eisenhower
Madrid
Spain
U. S
Western
Europe
Bulgaria agrees to negotiate border with Greece
United Nations dispatch reports Bulgaria, amid a Communist peace offensive, sent a note to U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold indicating readiness to join talks on the long standing border dispute with Greece.
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N. Y
Bulgaria
Greece
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Eisenhower Nominates Lewis L. Strauss as AEC Chairman
President Eisenhower named Lewis L. Strauss, former Atomic Energy Commission member, as chairman of the AEC for a five year term starting June 30. The nomination goes to the Senate for approval.
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Eisenhower
New York
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Senate
Strass
Polish Sea Captain Jumps Ship To Freedom
London reports Captain Jan Cwiklinski of the liner Batory, who helped fugitive Gerhart Eisler escape, sought political asylum in Britain. Officials say asylum under study. sources expect grant. Cwiklinski and a medical officer were detained at Durham Prison amid secrecy. ship refitted near South Shields before sail to Gydnia.
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London
Gerhart Eisler
Britain
Jan Cwiklinski
Batory
Warsaw
Eisler
U. S
Ree
Cwiklinski
Taklaeter
Durham
Hebburn
Tyne
South Shields
Red Poland
Gydnia
Europe
East Germany
Weather outlook with mid 70s morning and hot highs
The morning stayed in the mid-70s after a brief shower. Today’s peak should reach the low 90s, cooling to near 70 at night. Tomorrow remains hot with possible storms and highs near 95. Armco East Works reported 103 at 5 p.m. and 68 low overnight. Kentucky forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions, highs 88-94, and a few isolated thundershowers, with a low of 66-74 tonight.
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Armco
East Works
Kentucky
Rhee Hopes Ike's Envoy To Open New Channels
President Eisenhower conferred with Senate leaders on Korea but details remained scarce. Knowland said the briefing offered a fill in on the Korean issue, while signs pointed to pressure on Syngman Rhee to accept a truce amid demands for a U N backed settlement and troop pullback.
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Ike
John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
GOP
White House
United States
United Nations Command
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Walter Robertson
Robertson
Dulles
U. S
Twister Rips Through Lindsay Montana Injuring Person
A suburban Montana town of Lindsay suffered a circling tornado last night injuring one resident. The railway depot was demolished and three houses and three grain elevators were damaged in the Eastern Montana event.
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Lindsay
Mont
Montana
Reds Renew Attacks In Korea Sabres Bag Six MIGs
U S and South Korean infantry repelled Chinese forces in division strength in Central Korea as Sabre jets destroyed six Red MIGs. In Boomerang Ridge fight, U S Third Division and ROK units killed or wounded more than 700 Reds. Fog and heavy overcast limited air activity.
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Korea
Sabres
Milo Farnets
Seoulp
U. S
Boomerang Ridge
ROK
Jane Russell Hill
Triangle Hill
Kumhwa
Boomerang
Third Division
Cambodian King Threatens Open War If Demands Unmet
King Norodom Sihanouk warns Cambodia will withdraw from the French Union and wage open war unless independence is recognized. He calls for equal treatment with Pakistan’s status under Britain, after a week in exile to push for freedom. Phnom Penh remains as Pen Nouth negotiates with France.
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Indochina
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
French Union
France
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Great Britain
Viet Nam
Laos
Britain
Norodom
Thailand
Phnom Penh
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Pen Nouth
Air Force Cancels Kaiser Transport Aircraft Contracts
The Air Force cancels all Kaiser Co. contracts for C 119 and C 123 transport aircraft at Willow Run Michigan. Kaiser may finish planes already in final assembly as Senate hearings probe cost differences between Kaiser and Fairchild at Hagerstown Maryland.
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Air Force
Kaiser Co
Willow Run
Mich
Kaiser
Senate
Senate Armed Services
Bridges
Hagerstown
Fairchild Aircraft Co
Fairchild
Albania Ends Peasant Harvest Tax Says Radio Tirana
London reports another Soviet satellite easing folk burdens Albania announces through Radio Tirana that peasants no longer must surrender part of their harvest to the state.
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London
Albania
Radio
Tirana
Monnet Heads Schuman Group Again After Vote
Jean Monnet and eight colleagues in the Schuman Coalition's High Executive received a second year of service after the Assembly granted near unanimous support last night. Four West German Socialists abstained.
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Strasbourg
France
Jean Monnet
Schuman
ILU Urges Trade With Communist China After Armistice
The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union urges immediate resumption of unrestricted trade with Communist China. In a statement the ILWU argues trade with the Red mainland would offset shipping losses caused by the Korean War.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
China
ILWU
Red Mainland
Hearing on Bureau of Mines director Lyon postponed
Senator Hugh Butler canceled the Interior Committee hearing on Tom Lyon's nomination to head the Bureau of Mines amid questions about a possible withdrawal of the nomination. Lyon disclosed a $5,000 annual pension from Anaconda Copper and urged state-led safety enforcement, while critics urged more federal oversight. Lyon defended his stance and noted government officials with similar outside income, raising questions about pension influences and mine safety policy.
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Rowland Evans
Washington
Hugh Butler
R—Neb
Tom Lyon
Bureau of Mines
Butler
Senate Interior Committee
John L. Lewis
Lyon
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ting
Anaconda Copper Company
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
Salt Lake City
Anaconda Copper
Defense Metals Procurement Administration
Anaconda
Sen. Clements
D-Ky
Bureau
Clements
Rhee Seeks new openings on armistice with envoy in Tokyo
President Rhee said talks with a Washington envoy may open new channels toward an armistice, while threatening to fight on if the terms keep Korea divided. A cabinet defense committee, Rhee as chairman, was formed as tensions rise across the peninsula amid demonstrations and clashes.
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Robert B. Tuckman
SEOUL
Syngman Rhee
Washesington
U. S
NBC
Rhee
ROK
United Nations
Chough Pyong Ok
South Korea
Yoon Chi Yung
ROK Yg 9 Assembly
Mark Clark
Howe
Clark
Eisenhower
Korea
Free World
Potters
Tokyo
Washington
Lost C119 Flying Boxcar Reported Off Tsukishima
Japan's Maritime Safety Board said a C119 Flying Boxcar that vanished yesterday was found one mile off Tsukishima near Hiroshima. The aircraft carried four crewmen and three U. S. personnel. No further details were available.
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Japan
Maritime Safety Board
Tsukishima
Hiroshima
U. S
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