Truman faults Congress over new economic controls
President Truman criticized Congress for the new economic controls law, saying it weakens the ability to hold down prices and stabilize the economy. He objected to provisions that limit the Wage Stabilization Board to advisory powers in the future and urged stronger powers for future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Wage Stabilization Board
Trutman
House
Rayburn
Texas
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
FCC sorts 315 TV station applications for grants
The FCC began sorting 315 applicants for new television outlets as it resumes grants after the October 1948 freeze. Priority goes to areas with no prior TV service and early adopters of high frequency UHF channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Josh Higgins Broadcasting Co
Waterloo
The
Herald Corp
Omaha
Neb
Independent Broadcasting Co
Des Moines
the Gazette Co
Cedar Rapids
Perkins Brothers Co
Sioux City
Cornbelt Broadcasting Corp
Lincoln
Midcontinent Broadcasting Co
Sioux Falls
8. D
General Motors To Cut Output At GMC Pontiac Plant
GM announced major production suspensions at the GMC truck and coach division in Pontiac Michigan due to the steel strike. Minor layoffs begin July 3 with about 5 200 GMC workers to be laid off by July 15. Ford idles 27 000 workers. Chrysler makes no layoffs.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
GMC
Pontiac
Mich
Roger M. Kyes
Michigan
Ford
Chrysler Corp
River Excursion Misses Disaster Near Chestnut Street
Three youths from Robinson Crusoes set out to navigate the Mississippi near Chestnut street when their leaky boat began sinking. The crew clung to steel pilings at the Mississippi Grain and Feed Co. warehouse and were rescued by George Hagist of the company who also towed ashore and salvaged the abandoned craft. The vessel had a patched bottom with old linoleum. names were not learned.
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Robinson Crusoes
Mississippi River
Chestnut Street
Mississippi Grain and Feed Co
George Hagist
Hagist
Rent controls end in Davenport Quad Cities areas
Federal rent controls will end in Davenport and Bettendorf Iowa and surrounding unincorporated Quad Cities areas. Local option action eliminates rent stabilizer programs. Davenport decontrol covers parts of Scott County and Rock Island County as well as unincorporated areas.
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Washington
Davenport
Bettendorf
Tighe E. Woods
Quad Cities
Scott County
Rock Island Onty
Dewey Predicts She Will Win Within 3 Ballots
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York predicts no dark horse will win the Republican nomination at Chicago's convention. He sees Dwight Eisenhower as the likely nominee, with Taft a strong second, claiming about 100 votes may be outstanding on the first ballot and suggesting the contest could end within three ballots. He notes Eisenhower could lead Taft on the first ballot and exceed 500 votes.
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Houston
Tex
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Dewey
Dwight Eisenhower
Senator Taft
Ohio
Deweyv
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Theodore McKelden
Maryland
Marshall
Eisenhower
Taft
Denver
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Thomas Dewey
Harold Stassen
GOP
Tafiana Fisenhower
Millikin
Harold McKinley
Iowa
CIO
Loveless seeks new blood in Iowa Democratic setup
Ottumwa mayor Herschel Loveless urges replacing several members of the state Democratic central committee with younger, energetic faces while excluding State Chairman Jake More from his list. He backs continued cooperation with More as district caucuses for the 194? convention in Des Moines prepare the new central committee.
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Ottumwa
Herschel Loveless
State
Democratic Central Committee
Ywoung
Loveless
Jake More
More
J. P
Tug” Daughton
Creston
Oldsters
State Central Committee
Des Moines
Central Committee
Linn County
Buchanan County
Johnson County
Democrats
East Moline Girl Drowns in River
Sharon Phillips six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Phillips drowned Monday while wading with companions in the Mississippi River near Campbells Island. Police say she stepped in a hole and the body was recovered.
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East Moline
Ill
Sharon Phillips
Louis Phillips
Campbells Island
West Liberty Man Killed In Highway 6 Collision
A 30 year old West Liberty man Edward L. Howard died at the scene when his car rear ended Herman Heserhaut’s vehicle on Highway 6 east of Walcott shortly before 2 am. Hesarhaut sustained chest injuries and was listed in good condition at Mercy hospital Davenport. Howard, a St Ambrose and University of Iowa veteran, was born in West Liberty and survived by his mother four brothers two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Services were pending at Halligan funeral home Davenport.
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West Liberty
Walcott
Edward L. Howard
John Howard
E. J. Altmann
Scott County
Howard
Herman Heserhaut
Tipton
Durant
Tion
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Joan Howard
Mary Howard
St. Ambrose College
University of Iowa
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Iowa City
Leo Howard
Port Chicago
Calif
Burlington
Robert
Joseph Howard
Camp Pendleton
Margaret Jepson
Halligan Funeral Home
Daven Port
Park Place Transfer Tied to Muscatine School District
Muscatine school board members signed the final papers transferring Park Place from Bloomington to Muscatine. During a post transfer inspection, officials discovered building issues, notably a rotten chimney in the 1902 structure. A Bloomington board member warned of potential liability if students are harmed. James D. Vargas, a former Bloomington township board member, identified himself during the visit.
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Park Place
Independent School District of
Muscatine
Lester Windman
Bloomington Township
Clifford Worst
Bloomington
R. C. Petersen
Muscatine County
Harry Reed
A. Johnson
Johnson
Muscatine City Hall
Muscatine Board
Muscatine School Board
A. A. Johnson
R. R. Miller
Robert C. Petersen
County
Bryan Avenue
New Army Tank Unveiled as Easy to Handle as Car
The M 48 Patton tank, new medium class at 45 to 50 tons, features a lower silhouette, elliptical hull and turret, wider tracks for difficult terrain, a 90 mm high velocity gun with quick field tube change, and a 50 caliber turret machine gun operable from inside the tank. Production underway at Chrysler plant Newark and two other arsenals with sizable deliveries expected by year end.
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Newark
Del
Chrysler
U. S
Third Class Mail Rate Hike Takes Effect
The bulk third class mailing privilege faces a $30 million yearly increase as the minimum charge rises from one cent to one and a half cents per piece. The move, part of congressional postwar deficit cleanup, affects printed matter catalogs seeds plants and merchandise samples nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Jury Frees French Communist Leader Duclos
A Paris grand jury ordered Jacques Duclos released immediately. He had been jailed since May 28 on charges of plotting against internal security by inciting riots during Communist led disturbances that coincided with General Matthew Ridgway's Paris visit.
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Paris
France
Jacques Duclos
Duclos
Matthew B. Ridewar
NATO
Senate approves 46 billion dollar arms budget plan
The Senate approved a 46.403 billion armed forces budget for the new fiscal year, nearly five billion less than the President's request. It sets Air Force funding to build up to 143 wings by mid 1955, with final totals to be reconciled in conference with the House.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Air Force
House
Omen
Cripple Fights For Kids At Lake Rescue Attempt
A disabled father in Hugo Oklahoma at a family picnic stepped from his wheelchair to reach and save his 11 year old daughter Lucille from drowning in Schooler lake. He could not reach his 9 year old son Joe who sank before help arrived. Uncle Cecil Garner called the scene miraculous noting Petty can only walk on hands and knees. Witnesses recalled the sudden, tragic effort.
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Hugo
Okla
Olen Petty
Joe
Lucille
Schooler Lake
Cecil Garner
Petty
Mrs. Michaud Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
Jeanne D Arc Michaud, 36, named as mastermind of a $1.5 million Redfield burglary, received a five year federal sentence by Judge Roger Foley in Carson City Nevada. She faces Alderson West Virginia confinement and becomes eligible for parole after twenty months.
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Carson City
Nev
Jeanne D'Arc Michaud
Redfield
Roger Foley
Michaud
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Hearing on Disputed Delegates Shifted to Hotel Room
The Republican national committee moved its hearing on disputed Florida Taft Eisenhower delegations to a Conrad Hilton hotel room with TV cameras barred until a decision. A subcommittee will study TV coverage as Florida Texas contests loom and the party drafts its 1952 platform with leaders like Millikin and Dewey present.
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National Committee
Conrad Hilton
Charles Hacker
National Committee For Decision
Florida
C. C. Spades
St. Augustine
G. Harold Alexander
Ft. Myers
GOP
Spades
Taft
Eisenhower
Texas
Milliken
Colorado
Millikin
Eisenhower to Visit Boone and Ames for July Fourth Events
Dwight Eisenhower to stop in Boone Friday for a noon to 4 pm visit with a patriotic picnic at McHose park. He may briefly address the crowd before continuing to Ames for a 5 pm arrival and a 6:30 pm NBC TV appearance. A July 4th celebration and a brief greeting are planned at the Ames high school athletic field with Gov Beardsley joining the train en route to Chicago.
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Boone
Dwight Eisenhower
McHose Park
Eisenhower
Joe Carlson
Iowa
Ames
Woi-Tv
NBC
Denver
Chicago
McCook, Hastings
Lincoln
Neb
Five Day Forecast Notes Warm Spell With Showers
Five day outlook shows temperatures 5 to 7 degrees above normal with highs near 85 and lows around 62. Expect warm midweek, cooler end of week, a warmer Sunday, and rainfall totaling about one third of an inch from scattered showers Wednesday Friday and Sunday.
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Lilia Nmoom
U.S
General Motors
Scott
Demo Organization
Crash
Eserhaut
Worst
San
Mrs. Michaud
Republican National Committee
Brooklyn
Boone, Ames
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