Compromise Price Support Plan Emerges In House Farm Debate
House leaders back an 82 to 90 percent parity compromise to replace rigid 90 percent supports under Eisenhower policy. The plan aims to balance high support backers with President Benson's flexible scheme amid peanuts controversy and dairy stake raises. Roosevelt argues for extended high supports and dairy aid, while critics say only the consumer loses.
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Washington
House
Rep
Harrison
Rneb
Eisenhower
Benson
Vursell
GOP
Roosevelt
New York City
New York
Rep. St. George
R-Ny
Gavin
R-Pa
Political Indiscretions Bring Penalty of Death
Vladimir Petrov told an Australian spy commission that Russian seamen who commit political indiscretions abroad may face the death penalty on returning home. He said Tass representatives abroad act as MVD officers and may pose as ordinary journalists. Victory Antonov, Tass man in Australia, was sent to Moscow after relations broke in April. officials accuse him of MVD work. Petrov, former Russia chief spy in Australia, testifies under asylum.
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Melbourne
Australia
Vladimir Petrov
Tass
MVD
Victory Antonov
Moscow
Russia
United States
Petrov
May Start Tuesday Picketing Set In Phone Strike
Seventeen thousand CIO workers who install and maintain telephone equipment were called on strike across the nation. Delays in picketing eased immediate disruption, with dial phones and automatic equipment able to operate for now. The walkout, announced after 6 am by CIO Communications Workers Union, could cripple the system across 44 states and the District of Columbia.
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New York
CIO
CIO Communications Workers Union
Baltimore
CWA
District 10
Western Electric Co
American Telephone and Telegraph System
Western Electric
Joseph Dunne
District of Columbia
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Wyoming
McCarthy Staff Clearance Delayed by Absence in Senate
Senate investigations subcommittee cannot act on denying clearances for two staffers to access secret documents. McCarthy is away after 36 days of Army hearing turmoil, leaving Mundt and Potter unable to call a meeting to pursue a staff overhaul and further actions.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Defense Department
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Army
Donald A. Surine
Thomas Lavenia
Surine
FBI
Lavenia
Secret Service
Wilbur M. Brucker
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy Army
Mundt
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Subcommittee
Potter
Brucker
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Tax Bill Action Nears in Senate
Washington The Senate watered down a plan to ease dividend income taxes as it nears final action on a major tax revision bill. A general income tax cut appears dead with the dividend exemption held at 50 dollars and the deduction at five percent, while House proposals for higher dividends and credits face conference chances amid partisan battle.
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Washington
Senate
House
U.S. Steel to Raise Steel Prices After Union Pact
U S Steel Corp, the nation’s largest producer, announces a $3 per ton price rise on basic carbon steel from 120 a ton following a CIO United Steelworkers contract giving 190000 workers a five cent hourly wage boost plus enhanced pension and insurance. Others in the industry expected to follow. The move could lift costs for automakers, appliance and farm equipment makers and many finished steel products. Union officials estimate the enhanced benefits cost the company seven cents an hour, totaling 12 cents. The company declined to comment on total cost.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
Guatemala Peace Parley Continues
SAN SALVADOR El Salvador rival anti Communist chieftains haggled until dawn seeking a peace settlement to end a war that has split the country into four governments in a week. Col. Carlos Castillo Armas and Col. Elfego Monzon extended the cease fire to 9 am tomorrow while mediator President Oscar Osorio urged progress. Monzon moved troops to alleged communist strong points as peasant uprisings were rumored. No proposals or points of disagreement were disclosed.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Elfego Monzon
Castillo Armas
Chiquimula
Oscar Osorio
Monzon
Escuintla
Pinula
Concepcion
Guatemala City
July Draft Quota Set To Leave At 7 15 A M
The Selective Service office announced the July quota will depart the Armory at 7 15 a m on July 9, a half hour earlier than usual. Four of the five inductees are volunteers: Robert D. Rackow, Edwin W. Chambers, Richard C. McArdle, and Gerald J. Bliss. Stanley R. Johnson is the fifth inductee.
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Selective Service Office
Armory
Robert D. Rackow
Monroe
Edwin W. Chambers
Juda
Richard C. McArdle
17Th Avenue
Gerald J. Bliss
Brodhead
Stanley R. Johnson
Argyle
Laird Urges End to Interstate Milk Restrictions
Rep. Laird calls for abolishing all interstate milk shipping limits during farm bill debate. He proposes an amendment to erase local ordinances and marketing orders he says block free Midwest milk flow. The plan would set health standards and allow suppression of federal orders where state or local rules permit sanitary marketing.
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Washington
Laird
R-Wis
August H. Andresen
Rminn
Wisconsin
House
Midwest
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Butler Suffers Stroke at Home
Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska was reported in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after apparently suffering a stroke Wednesday night at his home. The 76 year old lawmaker, reelected for a six year term, chairs the Interior Committee and the Republican group assigning committee posts.
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Washington
Hugh Butler
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Rep
Curtis
R-Neb
Sen. Butler
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Butler
President Urged To Boost Tariffs On Lead And Zinc
Thirty two senators from both parties urged President Eisenhower to raise tariffs on lead and zinc. The letter, led by Senator McCarran, cites the tariff commission's recommendation and warns that heavy foreign imports threaten domestic production and mining communities in the west. Included signer Senator Wiley of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarran
Dnew
Tariff Commission
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Mt Horeb Farmer Dies As Tractor Overturns
A 62 year old farmer Adolph Heuser died when a hay tractor crashed through a barn wall and overturned in Mt Horeb. His daughter witnessed the accident along with Mrs Elaine Fawcett who lives on the farm with her husband and parents.
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MT. Horeb
Adolph Heuser
Elaine Fawcett
Knowland warns on Red China entry to United Nations
Sen. Knowland of California declares he would resign as Senate majority leader if Communist China is admitted to the United Nations He argues such a move would end U S membership and funding for the U N and insists the step would jeopardize world peace amid rising Asian communist gains.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
United Nations
Senate
United States
Indochina
Red China
U. N
General Assembly
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Asia
California
France
Red River Delta
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Burma
Malaya
India
Pakistan
Formosa
Japan
Indonesia
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Wiley
Rwis
China
Delta Falls to Vietminh as French Evacuate Indochina Delta Falls to Vietminh as French Evacuate Indochina
In the Red River Delta much of the region falls under Vietminh control with French Union forces withdrawing toward the Hanoi Haiphong corridor. Paris concentrates defense along the Hanoi Haiphong line as evacuations from key centers accelerate.
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Singapore
Red River
Hanoi
Haiphong
France
Viet Nam
Phat Diem
Thai Binh
Nam Dinh
Ninh Binh
Vietminh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Hanni
Indochina
Moncay
Nomination Approved for St. Lawrence Seaway Post
The Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination of Lewis G. Castle of Duluth Minnesota to be administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. The action clears him for possible confirmation by the full Senate.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lewis G. Castle
Duluth, Minn
St. Lawrence Seaway
Kohler to Meet Gore Over Kelley Charges
Sauk City editor Leroy Gore claims Sauk County District Attorney Harlan Kelley made cruel reckless charges while pursuing a recall campaign against U S Senator McCarthy. Gore says Kelley uses official immunity to condemn opponents without trial and vows not to cooperate further.
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Madison
Kohler
Leroy Gore
U. S
McCarthy
Gore
Sauk County
Harlan Kelley
Kelley
Sauk City
John Doe
Gov. Kohler
Toll in Texas flood rises with large missing toll
The Rio Grande flood reports 55 known dead and 90 missing in Texas. President declares a major disaster area in Washington. Mexican General Hernandez Vela confirms 38 dead and 90 missing at Piedras Negras across the river. A Mexican major cites up to 400 possibly missing as unauthorized migrants sought work.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Rio Grande
Washington
Salvador Hernandez Vela
Piedras Negras
Texas
Farm Barn Fire Near Albany Baffles Three Departments
An Albany area farmer watched his hay dryer started fire spread to a 36 by 60 barn three miles southwest of Albany on Highway 59. The blaze damaged a milkhouse and silo roof while major outbuildings and the home were saved. Firefighters from Albany Mt Pleasant and Washington Townships fought the flames for hours with water carried in by neighbors. Insurance covered the loss though the owner had invested over eight thousand dollars in barn improvements.
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Walter Wood
Albany
Times
Robert M. Garsson
Highway 59
Wood
Frank
Robert Spencer
Spencer
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Green County Sheriff’s Department
Albany Fire Department
Krostue Implement Co
Alvin Miller Grocery
Dwarf Fruit Trees May Grow From Seedlings Theory
Springfield report recalls Dr. Ray H. Roberts of the University of Wisconsin testifying at the mail fraud trial of James D. Owen in Bloomington Illinois. Roberts said dwarf fruit trees could be produced by selection from seedling groups challenging prosecutors’ grafting theory. The government maintains Owen sold mostly nonbearing seedlings.
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Springfield
University of Wisconsin
Ray H. Roberts
University
Department of Horticulture
James D. Owen
Bloomington
Roberts
U.S. District Court
Owen
Cheese Market Steady in Madison Trade Quiet
Wisconsin dairy market shows steady American cheese with fair demand and lighter trade. Cheddar offerings heavy while small styles ample. selling prices listed by state assembly points and car lots with moisture basis around 31 42 to 33 44 and various daisy and midget grades.
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Madison
Wisconsin
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