House Votes Tax Relief For Itself
In a reversal of prior belt tightening the House approved substantial tax relief for members and free home town office space for congressmen. The budget bill totaling 62.39 million funded Congress Library and Printing Office with a 1.5 thousand boost for Capitol traffic signage and included a tax housing deduction provision for members while on official travel.
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Washington
House
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Budget Bureau
Library of Congress
Government Printing Office
Legislative Department
Capitol Hill
House Bill Pushes Marine Corps Up in Strength Debate
Rep Vinson chairing the Armed Services Committee led debate on a measure to set a Marine Corps minimum strength with four combat divisions and four air wings, plus a 300000 personnel floor, while a compromise would trim to three divisions and three air wings to win wavering votes. Pentagon brass oppose the plan, but Vinson argues Congress must decide the armed forces size and composition.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Armed Services Committee
House
Te Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
House Armed Services Group
Pentagon Brass
Congress
Local Bargaining Under Way To End Oil Plant Tie-Ups
Washington reported a cooling oil strike as 15 bargaining sessions opened between unions and oil companies nationwide. The effort aims to end a 16 day walkout affecting 90 000 workers across more than 70 firms with tentative wage stabilization terms and a 15 cent per hour ceiling.
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O. A. Knight
Continental Oil
Denver
Sinclair
Phillips
Sugar Creek
WSB
Truman Plans Whistle Stop Campaign Pleases Taft
Washington AP Sen Taft welcomes Truman's decision to lead the Democratic campaign this fall. Lodge says GOP will run an affirmative campaign with Eisenhower, not a me too effort. Eisenhower hints at June 4 speech in Abilene and a Detroit address June 14. Truman rejects Dewey's farm-price accusation and says he may attend after nominees are chosen, while remaining undecided on his own candidate.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Taft
Sen
Lodge
R-Mass
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Europe
Abilene
Kan
Detroit
Lodger
Dewey
Missouri
Senate Passes Oil Land Bill Heads to Carter? Truman
The Senate passed a bill granting states clear title to oil rich submerged lands off the coasts sending the measure to President Truman for approval or veto. California Texas and Louisiana face direct impact with oil value estimates ranging from 2.2 to 2 billion dollars. The Supreme Court has twice affirmed federal control though state sponsors argue ownership remains unsettled.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
California
Texas
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Tito Acts To Annex Trieste Belgrade Moves to Seize Zone B
Premier Marshal Tito's government extended Yugoslav control over Zone B of Trieste with military decrees. The moves tighten Yugoslavia's grip after Britain and the United States backed Italy in Zone A. Decrees remove travel limits for Zone B residents, expand the Yugoslav Federal Bank's reach, and transfer civil authority from the Istrian Regional People's Committee to local district committees. Deputy Foreign Minister Lev Mates suggested further steps to protect Yugoslav interests.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Adriatic
Tito
Italy
Zone
Yugoslav Federal Bank
Kopar
Buje
Lev Mates
Service Pay Bill Up To President
President Truman needed to sign a long promised pay increase for the uniformed services. A compromise measure to offset higher living costs cleared the House 333 to 0 and then passed the Senate without objection led by Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas.
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Washington
Truman
Uniformed Services
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Truck Driver Killed Near Dublin on Route 33
Richard W. Potter, 25, a Beaver Dam Wisconsin truck driver, was killed Thursday night in an auto truck collision on U S Route 33 just west of Dublin Columbus Ohio authorities reported.
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Columbus, O
Richard W. Potter
Beaver Dam
Wis
U. S. Rt. 33
Dublin
Happy Family Of Six In Concrete Nightmare
In Waukesha Wisconsin a robin family nests in a bank basement hatch as crews prepare to pour concrete to seal the vault entombing the birds. A $25 government defense bond awaits anyone who proposes a safe rescue method before Monday deadline.
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Waukesha Wis
Waukesha
Mother
Waukesha National Bank
Robin
Bonn Clears Last Hurdle To Peace
Bonn reports Adenauer wins in federal court over Socialist opposition and advances signing of peace and European Army treaties. All-night talks with Allied powers set Monday to finalize clauses. foreign ministers to meet next week to settle points and sign. Debate over rearmament funding and timing remains, with decisions to be referred to foreign ministers.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
West
Adenauer
Federal Constitutional Court
Karfisruhe
Walter Hallstein
U.S
Bone
Hallstein
Baby Killed By Bus In Troy Incident
Two year old Melody Brokaw died after falling under the wheels of a school bus driven by her father Carl E. Brokaw 23 in Troy Ohio. The tragedy occurred Thursday and the details are under investigation.
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Troy, O
Melody Brokaw
Carl E. Brokaw
MacArthur Warns Conniving Could Trigger Military State
In Lansing Gen. Douglas MacArthur urged legislators against political conniving and warned it could lead to a military state. He blasted leaders for infighting while criticizing U S policy in Europe and Asia and warned of dangers from within, not external forces.
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Lansing
Mich
Douglas MacArthur
America
MacArthur
Michigan
Detroit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower Faces First Western Primary Test in Oregon
Oregon voters greet a sunny primary day with polling from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eisenhower leads the Republican race while Estes Kefauver appears set to win Democratic delegates. Taft supporters push for write-ins as the campaign leaves Warren in strong contention for a second place.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Earl Warren
California
Sea Is Kind To Its Own After Final Hour
Humboldt County coroner details the death of 74 year old fisherman Stephen Mersich near Eureka California. He suffered a heart attack while fishing solo south of Eureka and fired his pistol seven times to draw attention before collapsing at the boat engine. The boat drifted away until it ran dry and washed ashore on Humboldt Bay breakwater. The sea reclaimed him.
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Eureka
Calif
Stephen Mersich
Humboldt County
Lloyd Wallace
California
Mersich
Humboldt Bay
Reds Ranting In Truce Tent
Sam Summerlin reports from Panmunjom where Red negotiators blasted Allies for the ninth straight day and rejected a prisoner exchange proposal. Vice Admiral Joy spoke two minutes of a 30 minute session before recess was urged. North Korean General Nam II warned that talks must be formally terminated to end conferences. Tomorrow’s session set for 11 am.
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Sam Summerlin Munsan
Korea
Red
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam II
Panmunjom
Witness Says McCarthy Aide on Article Sold for Ten Thousand
Washington testimony by Walter M. Royal Jr a government publicity man describes helping Sen McCarthy prepare a housing article which sold for 10000 to Lustron Corp the debt ridden Columbus Ohio prefabricated housing firm Royal says he did not write it for McCarthy and helped Lustron writer with advertising booklet material He says he was unaware until late in the project that Maron Simon the Lustron writer was on Lustron payroll and denies withholding his connection with Lustron.
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Washington
Walter M. Royal Jr
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Royal
McCarty
Senate Rules
Benton
D-Conn
Senate
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Lustron
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Maron Simon
Simon
Brehm Lawyers Seek Extra Time for Appeal
Lawyers for Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Ohio asked the Supreme Court for more time to file an appeal of his conviction for unlawfully taking campaign gifts. The existing deadline is May 24, just before his 60th birthday, with a requested extension to June 9.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Supreme Court
Steelman Reported Set to Make Railroad Bid
Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman was reported ready today to offer a settlement package to the nation's railroads and three big rail unions. There was no hint of the shape of a plan.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Woman Refuses To Quit Jail
Angry after police picked her up, 43 year old Mrs Jessie Tourant refused to sign a personal bond for release. The Cleveland Auto Club reported delivering gas to her stranded car and she refused to pay. Police arrested her for driving without a license. She claimed a male friend was driving when the car ran out of gas.
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Cleveland
Jessie Tourant
Cleveland Auto Club
Indiana Man Hit By Flak Over Korea
U S Fifth Air Force reports Col. Walker M. Mahurin a famed Sabre jet fighter pilot was shot down over Korea on Tuesday during a thirdMission of the day. He had 342 planes credited in Korea, 21 in Europe, one in the Pacific, and one damaged. Mahurin, 33, from Fort Wayne Indiana, led dive bombing attacks on airfields at Sinuiju and the rail network at Kunu before being hit over Kunu. His wife and two children live at George AFB California. his mother resides in Fort Wayne.
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Ind
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Kunu
Mahurin
Europe
Pacific
Korea
Col
Francis Gabreski
George Air Force Base
California
Guy Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Murray Ready To Resume Wage Talks
Philip Murray, head of the steel workers union, said he is willing to renew peace talks with the industry but will not retreat from 26 cents per hour plus union shop and Wage Stabilization Board terms. He urged the industry to initiate negotiations while keeping the WSB conditions.
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Norman Walker
Philadelphia
Steelworkers Union
Philip Murray
Murray
Bantedia
Truman
Supreme Court
WSB
Formosa Alert Triggers Air Siren in Taipei
Sirens sounded for thirty minutes in Taipei during a half hour air alert. The island, under martial maneuvers by Chinese forces, remains tense as large scale military drills continue nearby.
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Taipeh
Plans For Fenwick High School Enroll 200 Students
Sunday Journal reports Fenwick Catholic High School in Middletown plans for its first term next fall with at least 200 students expected to enroll. The issue promises a story and picture detailing the new school and plans for the community.
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Middletown
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