Economy Cuts In Atomic Program Delay Weapons Projects
Washington AP reports Eisenhower administration aims to cut about 30 percent from the Truman budget for atomic energy, delaying nuclear powered aircraft and ships and peacetime atomic power development while preserving atomic weapons and submarine power plants. Rep. W Sterling Cole says funds will support the weapons phase and that AEC budget details were to be presented to the House Appropriations Committee behind closed doors after a Senate House Atomic Energy Committee meeting. The plan follows criticism over Air Force funding cuts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
W. Sterling Cole
Truman
Cole
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Wilson
Congress
Atomic energy cuts seen minimal at Portsmouth reactor plan
Rep Thomas A Jenkins quoted AEC chairman as saying there is absolutely nothing to reports of curtailment at the plant near Waverly Ohio. The plan would postpone reactor construction for aircraft and carriers while continuing R D on related projects and preserving the Portsmouth plant and two submarine power plants at full tilt.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Waverly, O
Cole
AEC
Portsmouth
Rains and Winds Cause Fatalities in South
Heavy rains and swollen streams forced nearly 2,000 Louisiana and Western Mississippi families from homes. Three drownings in Louisiana, two missing after a Natchez landslide. Floods threaten rice and cotton areas. Governor Kennon mobilizes National Guard. Wild winds in Galveston kill one and injure others. tornado sightings near Dallas area.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natchez
Miss
Robert Kennon
National Guard
Galveston
Tex
Arthur Allen
Allen
Texas
Terrell
Dallas
Waxahachie
Beeville
Corpus Christi
Freeport
Gulf Coast
Sabine
Neches
Brazos
Amherst Williamsville Librarys borrowing spree empties shelves
In Buffalo New York the Amherst Williamsville Public Library faced a storage dilemma during interior redecorating. Word spread and members borrowed heavily, with one family taking 50 books, leaving shelves largely empty.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Amherst- Williamsville Public Library
Lawmakers On Hand AtA Test
In Las Vegas area a bright atomic blast over Yucca Flat rattled Bishop California and 75 miles away in Nevada. The ninth spring test was observed by 28 congressmen at the control center and 1,000 armed forces observers in trenches 4000 yards off. The Atomic Energy Commission reported 60 tests. aimed at science and observation. antibiotics tested for blast resistance. Forty seven planes including 12 SAC B-50s flew missions as 600 Camp Desert Rock troops and 60 officers joined nationwide staff.
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Bishop
Calif
Nevada Desert
Proving Ground
Yucca Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Strategic Air Command
Roswell
N. M
Camp Desert Rock
Armed Forces
Tehran Mob Stones Gl Tehran Mob Stones Gl
An American sergeant Thomas Quirk of Brooklyn and Sgt. Frank W. Corpe of Akron were attacked by a mob of Communist partisans in Tehran. The men, in Army vehicles, were hemmed by police as the crowd shouted Yankee go home and struck them with fists. They escaped by speeding away.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S
Thomas Quirk
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank W. Corpe
Akron
Justice Ministry
Petsy
Red Robin Builds Nest in Signal Shade in Frankfort
In Frankfort Indiana a red robin has made a nest and laid eggs within the shade of a traffic signal. The bird frequents the area constantly, perched near the red light day and night.
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Frankfort
Ind
Oatis Leaves Wide Gaps In Story Of Conviction
New York AP correspondent William N. Oatis, freed after 25 months in a Prague prison, told reporters he was questioned up to eight hours daily during a two month pretrial period. He plans to see the trial record and is unsure why he was arrested, noting Czech views on journalism could label it espionage. His wife Laura Belle accompanied him as he discussed injections and a sun lamp used by jailers, and he said he contracted tuberculosis during captivity.
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Oatis
New York
William N. Oatis
Communist
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
United States
Prague
Laurabelle
Germany
Ithough
U. S
State Department
Frank J. Starzer
Prague Ministry of Information
Washington
Durkin Predicts Early Statement On Taft Hartley Changes
Washington secretary of labor Durkin said the Eisenhower administration will take a stand on Taft Hartley act changes and hopes to testify before the Senate and House Labor Committees once the stand is known. He also announced an 11 percent cut in the Labor Department budget, requiring dismissal notices to be sent within a week to more than 10 percent of department employees.
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Washington
Durkin
Senate
House Labor Committees
Labor Department
House Appropriations Committee
Communists Shell Destroyer Nine Hurt
Nine American sailors were wounded when shore guns hit the destroyer Brush off Wonsan Korea last Friday. The Navy said six were seriously hurt and they were transferred to other ships while Brush returned to patrol duty.
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Washington
Brush
Wonsan
Korea
Navy
Eisenhower to seek six month extension of profits tax
GOP leaders report President Eisenhower will ask Congress to extend the excess profits tax for six months past July 1 and keep individual income taxes at current levels for the year. He plans a national radio address to explain fiscal and defense decisions.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rep. Short
Rmo
House Armed Services Committee
White House
Top Jet Ace Ordered To Quit Combat Zone
Capt. Joseph McConnell Jr., once the world’s top jet ace, is ordered to fly no more missions over Korea after claiming his 14th to 16th MIGs. The Air Force grounded fellow ace Manuel Fernandez Jr. as both men head home. Ground battles rage with Chinese attacks repelled and Allied counterair activity continuing.
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Seoul
Air Force
Joseph McConnell Jr
Korea
California
McConnell
Apple Valley
Calif
North Korea
Manuel Fernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
Fernandez
Sabre
Capehart Plan For Controls Voted Down
The Senate defeated the Capehart proposal to grant the President a 90 day power to freeze wages prices and rents during a grave national emergency by a 45 to 41 vote. Senator Taft opposed the plan saying Eisenhower did not want it while Senator Capehart led the Banking Committee in proposing this extension of the defense production act. The Byrd amendment passed in the same vote.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Capehart R Ind
Banking
Byrd
Court Upholds Dean Verdict in Ohio Murder Case
The Court of Appeals for the First District affirmed the first degree murder conviction of Mrs. Davie Dean, a Clermont County farm wife, for poisoning her husband Hawkins. The ruling found no prejudicial error in her trial, making the death sentence mandatory with no mercy recommended by the jury.
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Cincinnati
Court of Appeals For
First District
Davie Dean
Clermont County
Dean
Hawkins
Court of Appeals
Clermont County Common Pleas Court
Prices Set For All Star Game Seats In Cincinnati
NEW YORK It will cost $7 for a box seat at the major league All Star game in Cincinnati on Tuesday July 14. The price scale and starting time were set today at Ford C Frick office. Reserved seats are $5 terrace seats or grandstand standing $3.50 bleacher $1.50. The game is set to start at 1:30 pm EST with a rain contingency of 8 pm EST.
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New York
Cincinnati
Ford C. Frick
Allies hint revised offer as talks stall in Korea
An informed U N Command source said if negotiations collapse the Allies may free 34 000 North Korean prisoners who refuse to return to communism. A revised armistice plan with a time limit was reportedly being prepared as Panmunjom talks continued.
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Tokyo
U. N
Panmunjom
Mark Clark
U.N
Red Forces Quit Laos Completely
The last Communist invaders of Laos are reported to be retreating east and southeast toward Annam as French-Laotian forces pursue. Vietminh 304th Division, led by Gen. Hoang Minh Tao, moved from Luang Prabang toward the coast, with other rebel divisions withdrawing to northwestern Indochina. Explanations include Soviet China orders, monsoon conditions, or Vietminh supply issues.
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Indochina
Laos
Vietminh
Annam
Ho C Minh
Hoang Minh Tao
Viet Nam
Luang Prabang
Black River
Soviet Union
Red China
U N and U S consider revised Korean prisoner proposal
The New York Times reports the United States may modify a provision of the Allied prisoner proposal to align with a United Nations resolution. A U N dispatch cited by Thomas J. Hamilton says Washington might accept a political conference on prisoner disposition with a time limit, narrowing the gap with the Communist offer.
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New York
New York Times
U. S
United Nations
U. N
Times
Thomas J. Hamilton
Long Term Aid To Europe Indicated By Ridgway
Gen Matthew Ridgway testified that Western Europe cannot defend itself in the foreseen future and that the Russian peace offensive dampens public support for defense. He urged no reductions in Europe military aid, noting a still modest buildup and U.S. troop withdrawals possible as self-sufficiency grows.
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Europe
Ridgway
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate Foreign Relations
Free World
NATO
Eisenhower
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Western
Chiperfield
R-Ill
House Committee
Iran Expels AP Newsman Accuses Provocative Reporting
Tehran announced AP correspondent Marc Purdue must leave within three days for alleged false provocative reporting against Iran. The expulsion follows a pattern of foreign journalists being expelled since the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. takeover, with earlier cases including Phil Clarke and other outlets like the New York Times Reuters News Agency and the London Daily Express.
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Iran
Linge
Marc Purdue
Associated Press
Henge
Hossein Fatemi
Purdue
Sertember
Phil Clarke
Fatemi
Bakhtar
Mohammed
Mossadegh
New York Times
Reuthers News Agency
London Daily Express
Johnson Denies Rumors He'll Quit Voice of America chief speaks on resignation rumors
Dr. Robert L. Johnson, new head of overseas propaganda at the State Department, denies plans to quit his post. He says he aims to build Voice of America into an effective weapon to win the Cold War struggle and addresses questions about potential resignations amid Cuban backers in the Voice programs.
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Washington
Robert L. Johnson
State Department
Voice of America
Coxp
Elohnson
Voice
Youngster's Head Harder Than Pavement
A Syvear-ald fell three stories in Denver yesterday landing on his head. Harold Brown was rushed from his home where the fall occurred to a hospital. Doctors examined him and sent him home again. He wasn't hurt seriously.
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Harold Brown
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