Texas Flood Fears Subside After Tornado Toll Tops Ninety Seven
Rains and winds eased across Texas as the death toll from two giant tornadoes rose to 97 with 88 in Waco and nine in San Angelo. Flooding threatened streams while search parties pulled more victims from rubble. Bridges and roads closed as crews, cranes, and pumps battled floodwaters and debris.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
San Angelo
Brazos
Herbert D. Vogel
Southwest Division
Dallas
Amarillo
Dalhart
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Midland
Wink
Big Spring
Sherman
Gladewater
San Antonio
Antsville
Nacogdoches
Jacksonville
Temple
Lioyce Walker
Corsicana
College Station
Lufkin
Tyler
Longview
Junction
Wichita Falls
Austin
Tax hike study signals shift from excess profits tax
Treasury Secretary Humphrey discusses a possible six point rise in normal corporate taxes as a substitute for the expiring excess profits tax. He plans to reveal the plan to Congress next Tuesday after talks with Senate finance chair Millikin. Opposition from Republicans and other senators is anticipated.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate
Finance Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Ohio
House passes bill asserting federal control over offshore lands
The House approved a measure sending to the Senate to claim federal control of submerged lands beyond state sea ward boundaries. The companion bill authorizes the Interior Secretary to develop oil gas and other natural resources on the outer continental shelf within federal reach.
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Washington P
House
Senate
Secretary of Interior
Six GOP Highway Plans Up For House Vote Today
The Ohio Legislature moves ahead with six Republican highway measures as part of a package to raise about 242 million dollars yearly for new road construction. The plan includes an axle mile tax, a gasoline tax increase, permanent truck license fee hikes, higher truck overloading fines, distributing license tag fees to local governments, and a bond issuance authorization to fund expanded highway building. The Senate also considers a related bill creating a state highway safety department.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
State Department of Highway Safety
William S. Burton
Cuyahoga
Congressmen Fire Over Attlee Remarks Stir War Talk
Washington lawmakers denounce Attlee for questioning U.S. foreign policy and say some Americans favor war. Rep Short decries ally dictation while McCarthy recalls Attlee’s Civil War photo. Rep Smith warns Europeans would not defend themselves and opposes $600 million aid for France and Indochina. Closed hearings continue on foreign policy funding.
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McCarthy
Attlee
Spain
Lawrence H. Smith
R-Wis
Europe
Smith
House
Congress
France
French Indochina
Senate
Douglas Urges Respect For Others Ideas In Asia and U S
Associate Justice William O. Douglas urged respect for Asia's revolutionary ideas and the unorthodox in the United States during a lecture at Ohio State University. He warned that America's prestige declines with civil liberty erosion and urged brain and policy outreach over military force to India, Pakistan, Israel, and Iran. He criticized US Iran policy as sacrificing independence for British expediency and cautioned against linking Asia with communism.
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William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Asia
United States
Ohio State University
America
Mil Tary
India
Pakistan
Israel
Iran
Douglas
Asia Bloc
Budget Slashes Hit Smallest Cut Yet for 1954 Funds
The House Appropriations Committee reported it can trim only 34 percent from the 1954 Treasury and Post Office budgets. The $3,444,145,000 bill would set Treasury at $611,895,000 and Post Office at $2,832,250,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, a cut far smaller than Truman’s request and only slightly less than the current year's funding.
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Congressional
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
Committee
House
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Truman
Treasury
Post Office
Congress
Games Postponed Across Leagues
National games Brooklyn at Chicago and Pittsburgh at Cincinnati postponed due to rain and cold. American Association game Toledo at Louisville also postponed because of rain.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
American Association
Toledo
Louisville
Godfrey Goes Into Hospital Avoids Crowds
BOSTON Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital began tests on radio television star Arthur Godfrey for hip defect surgery. He arrived by private plane to Logan Airport to avoid crowds, landing twice to scatter reporters, then proceeded to a two room suite. No surgery date was set.
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Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Radiotelevision
Arthur Godfrey
Logan
Cincinnati GE Strike Nearing Settlement
Cincinnati reported the 61 day strike at General Electric's jet engine plant in Evendale may be near settlement. A plan reportedly exists but must be ratified by 5600 workers. Federal mediators met with CIO UAW and AFL CIO machinists representatives again today.
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Cincinnati
General Electric
Evendale
Settlment
CIO United Automobile Workers
AFL International Association of Machinists
Truman appeals for backing of Eisenhower foreign policy
In his first public address since leaving the White House Truman urged Missouri lawmakers and the public to unite behind Dwight D. Eisenhower's foreign policy. He stressed the policy is nonpartisan and warned the president spends much time persuading, not ordering, to keep world peace.
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Jefferson City
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Missouri
United States
Eisenhower
House of Representatives
Target Plane Hits Carrier Kills Three Navy Pilotless Aircraft Crash
A target plane out of control after anti aircraft fire crashed into the aircraft carrier Wright about 300 miles off Key West Florida. Three men were killed and four seriously injured while the ship sustained only minor damage. The Navy disclosed the accident late yesterday.
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Washington
Wright
Key West
Fla
Navy
Secret Plane Jettisoned Two Die Over Lake Ontario
Niagara Falls, N Y An explosion forced the crew of a highly secret bomber to jettison the Bell X2 rocket plane last night. Two airmen fell from 30000 feet over Lake Ontario with scant hope of survival. Chief test pilot Jean L Ziegler 32 and another Bell employee were aboard. Parachute for Ziegler reportedly failed. The X2 was not in the aircraft when it hit the lake about 15 miles from Rochester.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Bell Aircraft Corp
Jean L
Skip) Ziegler
Bell
Rochester
One Division Harasses Laos From Xiengkhouang Line
A single Vietminh division, 304, holds a front behind a new defense line around Xiengkhouang, 18 miles south of the Plain of Jars, bedeviling French and Laotian defenders in Indochina as Hanoi trains forces to finish off Laos invasion.
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AHNOI
Indochina
Laos
Vietminh
Little
Mountain Kingdom
Finis
Ho Chi Minh
Xiengkhouang
Plain of Jars
Story Of Exploding Ship Believed Error
TOKYO The Japanese Foreign Office said it is ninety percent sure witnesses who reported a ship exploded off Northern Japan yesterday were mistaken. Spokesman Yujiro Izeki said the Foreign Office reached this after a brief memo from the U S Air Force reporting search planes found no wreckage or evidence a Japanese ship was bombed and sunk by an American plane.
Armistice plan seeks broad exchange of prisoners
AP report says U N Command offered an 11 point armistice plan proposing to free 34,000 North Koreans unwilling to return home and place 14,500 Chinese in neutral custody for a five nation commission led by India. Communists call the move a setback while praising the general aim of not sending prisoners home against their will.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
Panmunjom
U. N
Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
William K. Harrison Jr
Nam I
Navy Air Force Fight To Be Reexamined By New Chiefs
AP dispatch reports the Joint Chiefs of Staff will reexamine interservice roles, with Adm. Radford as chair. The Key West accord grants the Air Force primary strategic bombing duties while the Navy holds collateral duties. The reorganization, ordered by Eisenhower, shifts terms to two years for all chiefs and places Adm. Carney as CNO to replace Fechteler.
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Air Force
Joint Chiefs
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Naval Operations
Pentagon
Key West
Radford
Congress
Pacific Fleet Command
Omar Bradley
Robert Carney
Naval
William Fechteler
Carney
Europe
Fechteler
Commandos Move Toward Suez In Tense Standstill
London AP reports Royal Marine commandos sailed from Malta toward the Suez area under secret orders as Britain braces for escalated Egypt crisis. Port Said and Port Said area activity includes trenches and guards amid claims of ambushes against British soldiers in Egypt since April.
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London
Royal Marine
Mediterranean
Issland
Malta
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
Suez
Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
Bermuda
Port Said
Canal Zone
Chieftain
Cheviot
Chequers
Chevron
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
Lloyd
Cairo
Freeze Law Passage Seen By Senators
Senators Capehart and Maybank announced Senate approval of a bill to allow the president to freeze prices, wages, and rents for 90 days in a grave national emergency. They foresee Byrd’s amendment as the key challenge, with Taft hinting possible support. Capehart predicted the amendment would be defeated.
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Capehart
R-Ind
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
Banking Committee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Capehart Venje
Wager Bill Signed to Boost Ohio Track Taxes
Governor Frank J. Lausche signed a bill increasing state tax on race track wagering by three million dollars annually. He said he acted reluctantly to prevent an immediate revenue loss for the state.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Red Troop Supply Areas Blasted By Thunder Jets
Nearly 200 U S Sabre and Thunder jet bombers struck a Communist troop and supply center near Sinanju in northwest Korea. Sabres destroyed two MiGs and damaged a third in aerial combat. Capt. Joseph McConnell, America's top jet ace, credited with a MiG kill in the action.
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Seoul
U. S
Korea
Sinanju
Yellows
North Korea
Antung
Manchuria
Richard N. Ellis
Montgomery
Ala
Sabre
Weston
Cntral
Sukchon
Texas
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George A. McArthur
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Joseph McConnell
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