Senate approves foreign aid bill amid potential cuts
The Senate passed a 6.7 billion dollar foreign aid measure by 64 to 10, with 39 Democrats and 25 Republicans supporting. House authorization is 6.164 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1, risking further reductions in conference. Truman pressed for 7.9 billion as a minimum, while two amendments to curb NATO aid and ban domestic propaganda passed in part.
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Robert A. Taft
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Threats Of New Offensive Worry Officials
Washington officials take seriously reports of renewed large scale warfare in Korea. They fear the Chinese and North Korean forces may launch a major offensive after building up a million man army and stronger air force during truce talks.
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Taft Leading In Race For Delegates Ahead Of Convention
The Associated Press tally shows Taft with 405 delegates to Eisenhower 385 as campaigns wind down. Alabama awards 14 delegates, likely giving Taft a majority and potential first nomination, while South Dakota voters on June 3 may tilt toward Taft in a close primary. Tennessee Democrats head to Nashville with Kefauver favored for the 28 delegate slate.
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Tennessee
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Truman asks Congress for 3.341 billion for atomic expansion
President Truman requested a supplemental 3.341 billion dollars for a major expansion of atomic production facilities to the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority. He cited Soviet noncooperation on armament control and urged continued leadership while supporting international plans for regulation.
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Ithaca Radio Station Seized in Fake War Scare
Ten masked youths overpowered three Cornell students at WVBR and broadcast a false bulletin claiming European bombs and a North American air raid. The stunt, broadcast from a basement studio, drew little alarm and was immediately retracted.
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West Holds Little Hope Of Arms Cut
At the United Nations the West proposed ceilings of 10 million for the United States Russia and China and 800000 for Britain and France. Russia is expected to reject quickly and press for a flat one third cut.
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POW Killed in Accident at UN Prison Camp on Koje Island
A North Korean Red prisoner was killed and another wounded when an American guard accidentally fired an automatic rifle into Compound 66 at the UN prisoner of war camp on Koje Island Korea. U.N. troops had broken up a parade and disrupted an attempted Red gate cut and damage to the command post.
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Toronto Subway Blast Injures Firemen and Workers
Explosions shook Toronto's unfinished subway project on a downtown street injuring four firemen, two construction workers, and a policeman. Witnesses report a firefighter was hurled about 20 feet and struck a lamp post as debris and timbers flew into the air.
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Senate rejects plan to end wage price controls
Washington bulletin reports the Senate today votes against a proposal to end wage price controls by June 40. The decision affects economic policy and consumer price regulation.
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Farm in a Day Turns Sagebrush to Irrigated Homestead
An army of workers in Moses Lake Washington begins a 110 acre farm project valued at 75000 to prove irrigation water arrival in the Columbia Basin. Don Dunn a war veteran and his family will receive a seven room house with irrigation systems and farm buildings at 4 30 p m as water from the Columbia Basin network is turned onto the plot by Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus. All materials and labor donated by fifty five builders.
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REC Gains Lease On Life
The Senate Banking Committee voted 6 to 3 to keep the Reconstruction Finance Corp in business as the government's main lending agency. It reinstated Sen. Fulbright's reform bill and sent it to the Senate floor, though supporters fear another floor fight over abolition.
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Young Berlin Communists Clash With West Police
Ten to fifteen thousand young Communists surged into West Berlin and at least 1,000 clashed with club-swinging West Berlin police. The action followed West Germany signing the European Army pact and a peace contract with the Western powers.
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New Ceilings On Food Items Start Monday
Retail grocers began applying new price ceilings after government approval of higher industry margins. The Office of Price Stabilization authorized increases up to 25 percent, averaging about a penny per item, with total yearly cost to the public seen at 100 to 150 million dollars.
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Marines Heroic Flight Under Fire In Korea
Communist artillery fire assisted a Marine helicopter piloted by Master Sgt. Leonard J. Mounts during a front line inspection. The craft had lifted about 12 feet when a shell exploded beneath it, propelling the helicopter upward and out of danger from subsequent rounds.
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North Koreans Up Artillery Fire
Communist forces fired 7,126 rounds at U N positions in 24 hours marking the year’s heaviest barrage. The attack coincided with renewed threats by Red truce negotiators to intensify fighting in Korea and surpassed normal activity but did not reach Allied peak daily volumes.
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Reds riot over coming of Ridgeway
Paris authorities ordered an immediate inquiry into Jacques Duclos and others linked to rioting against Gen. Matthew Ridgway the SHAPE commander. Police halted demonstrations injuring dozens as protests spread to Nice Marseille Bordeaux and other cities.
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Truman vetoes oil land bill in speech to Senate
President Truman vetoed legislation granting states title to oil rich lands beyond their coasts. He argued the bill would give away valuable lands and mineral resources of the United States to certain states. Congress would need a two thirds majority in both houses to override the veto.
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Lookout House Men Cited For Gambling Indictment
Covington Kentucky George R. Todd and Charles Drachmann two top figures at the night club were indicted today on gambling charges. They are accused of permitting the operation of a gambling device on the premises.
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Resignations in Case Bring Justice Dept Shakeup Hints
Washington expects a reshuffle as Attorney General James P. McGranery receives undated resignations from all top Justice Department division chiefs and plans new leadership. He orders reports from division heads to assess pending cases and future changes.
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