Bolero Still Leads With Yachts 130 Miles Off Bermuda
Bolero remains the lead boat in the Newport Bermuda race about 130 miles from the finish as of a late Navy dispatch. The fleet is widely scattered with brisk winds easing, and others like Ticonderoga trailed behind. Class A boats contend for the lead while Bloodhound edges toward a potential corrected-time trophy amid a large entrant list and expected spectator views at St David's Head.
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John Nicholas Brown
Newport
Baruna
Kittyhawk
Bloodhound
Carzbee
Lutine
England
Gesture
Janabel
Lady Babbie
Leve F& Large
St. David's Head
St. George
Bermandans
Newport Receives Top Housing Priority Rating
Newport has been assigned a top priority rating by the Housing and Home Finance Agency for construction of 150 public defense housing units. Raymond M. Foley announced in Washington that Newport is among the Northeast air areas with such priority. The House Appropriations Committee is hearing a supplemental money bill proposed to fund 7830 top priority units nationwide, with $12,500,000 requested, including 1,000 units in Region 1.
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Newport
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Washington
Raymond M. Foley
Daily News
Foley
House Appropriations Committee
New England
Eisenhower Favors Peace Policy for GOP Platform
General Eisenhower urged a foreign policy plank acceptable to Taft and himself, warning against isolationist drift. He outlined a peace focused program backing United Nations and NATO, building military strength and disarmament talks while disputing Taft’s isolationist stance amid a busy campaign trail.
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GOP
America
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Taft
United States
Navy plans destroyer piers at Ceddington Cove
Navy officials told Congress that three berthing piers are planned for Coddington Cove to support full mobilization with one pier kept for peacetime use. A $5,140,000 appropriations request was approved for the present berthing facility, with three piers needed to handle about 94 destroyers and 30 large ships in future mobilizations.
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Navy
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Coddington Cove
Daly News
Washington
House Appropriations
Newport Pier
United States Naval
Narragansett Bay
Pacific
Chiefs Back Internal Promotions Under New City Charter
Police and Fire Chiefs urged Newport to fill top posts from within ranks and grant them power to promote subordinates under a city manager charter. They want department heads to handle personnel, with mayoral council oversight reduced. Water commissioner Harold Watson supported closer ties to city executives, warning against divided responsibility.
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City Hall
W. Ward Harvey
Polee
Fire
Department of Public Safety
Abel S. Eldridge
Samuel H. Dugan
Hartford
Newport
Eldridge
Henry C. Wilkinson
John F. Phelan
Water Department
Harold &. Watson
Watson
Samuel Adelson
Senate approves Humphrey bill to seize steel industry
The Senate Labor Committee backed the Humphrey bill allowing President Truman to seize the strike paralyzed steel sector. A broader Morse proposal to seize any defense vital industry, subject to congressional veto, also passed committee after earlier rejection. Both now move to the Senate calendar, with questions about further Senate action.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Humphrey
Truman
Sen
Humphrey D-Minn
Morse
Senate
Perjury Claim Arises Over Liquor Industry Testimony
A House judiciary subcommittee hears conflicting testimony on anti trust action against liquor distributors. Rep Keating flags perjury questions as witnesses from the cooperage industry testify and Justice Department officials dispute a whitewash report. Hodges and Branham clash over the report, with Hodges to be heard Friday as Bergson also testifies.
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House
Rep
Keating
Justice Department
Calis
L. Branham
Branham
Edward P. Hodges
Chett
D -Ky
Hodges
Herbert A. Bergson
Anti-Trust Division
Trading Moderately in Irregular Stock Market
New York reports an irregular trading day with selective gains and small losses. Trading was moderately active. total volume near 1,00,080 shares yesterday. Higher stocks included Admiral Corp and Standard Gas Electric, Texas Co, and Homestake Mining while U S Steel, Philip Morris, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Golf showed declines leading to late selling.
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Admiral Corp
Standard Gas& Electric
Texas ‘Co
Homestake Mining
Loweravere
U._S. Steel
Philip Morris
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Golf
Sterday
Acheson Eden Discuss Problems In Europe and Middle East
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden conferred behind closed doors in London on Europe and the Middle East. They reviewed the situation for about two hours and planned resumed talks this afternoon with Acheson meeting British mission heads in the Middle East. The talks foreshadow a major three foreign ministers meeting on Friday with French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman joining.
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London
U. S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Europe
Middle East
Acheson
Acheson-Eden
Robert Schuman
Dopres Acheson
Irs
Churchill
Oxford
Oxford University
Thurrow
Eden
George F. Kennan
Moscow
Germany
United States
Britain
Traree
Weir
Suez Canal Zone
Egypt
Iran
Sudan
Suez Canal
Color TV sets freed from some curbs in NPA order
The National Production Authority lifted the color television ban for home and theater use with an approval path for makers proving color TV will not hinder defense work. Admin Henry Fowler stressed few firms will qualify due to defense contracts and warned applications would be closely scrutinized.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Iems
Henry H. Fowler
Hmesk
Fowler
Columbia Broadcasting System
Charles E. Wilson
NPA
Quonset Holdup Pair Sentenced To 20 Years Each In Federal Prison
West Warwick defendants Howard Hildebrandt and Robert LaPlante were sentenced in Providence to 20 years each for the Quonset Point Credit Union robbery case. Judge Leahy split the terms five years for conspiracy and 15 years for the actual hold up, with earlier counts dropped. About $64,000 remains missing, with $50,590 attributed to Hildebrandt and $49,500 to LaPlante. LaPlante claimed burying $4,000 and later attempting to locate it. The men confessed and cooperated, but the court rejected leniency in a violent crime case.
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U.S
Providence
Howard Hildebrendt
Robert R. LaPlante
Leahy
LaPlante
FBI
Hildebrandt
New York
la Plente
Michael de Ciantis
Boston
Italy aid to continue despite Romania shipment
President Truman announced that aid to Italy would continue despite the wartime shipment of a machine to Communist Romania. He acted on a recommendation from Relief and Security chief Averell Harriman, who said continuing Italy aid could jeopardize Italian participation in the allied effort.
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Washington
Truman
Italy
Romania
Averell Harriman
Navy Air Force Hit Four Hydro Plants in Korean Raid
Fleet carriers and dozens of Air Force bases joined in the largest air attack of the Korean War, hitting four hydroelectric plants near Suiho Changjin and Songchon. Nearly 200 Navy planes attacked alongside Air Force crews, with no enemy jets challenged. one Navy carrier plane was downed, four others hit, no pilots lost. Patrols reported heavier activity along the 155 mile front near Chorwon as experts assess the raid’s impact amid stalled armistice talks.
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Korea
Air Force
Navy
Suiho
Yalu River
Washington
Kats Bae
Ueck
Panmunijom
Manchuria
Yalu
Changjin
Songchon
North Korea
United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Munson
San Diego
Soga
REDS
MacArthur for Vice President Move
Taft backers report a MacArthur move toward the vice presidency as Taft leads the GOP toward Chicago. Some Taft supporters hope the five star general might accept second place if Taft wins the nomination, envisioning a broad campaign tour aided by a special train.
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Washington
MacArthur
Rupert A. Taft
Chiev
Douglas MaccArthur
Chicago
Taft
Ald Sor
Dwight D. Eisertiewer
Tafk
Courtney Whitney
Large Stone Strikes Window at Probation Office
Robert A. Enbs, probation officer, escaped injury when a rock shattered the window of the probation office in the Court House this morning. Miss Lucille R. Quinn, probation secretary, heard the crash from her adjoining office but did not see the thrower. Several rocks lay on Court House Street. a passing truck may have caused the incident.
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Robert A. Enbs
Court House
Lucille’r. Quinn
Court House Street
Miss Quinn
Taft backs Korea bombing amid world war concerns
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio said bombing Korean hydro electric plants should have been done earlier and will not trigger a third world war. He urged direct attack on Manchurian bases of communist forces in China during a news conference in a Pennsylvania resort town after meeting Gov. John S. Fine and state leaders.
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Abashey
Paw
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Korea
Taft
China
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Price-Wage Controls Bill Faces Death Blow In House
Washington reports price and wage controls face a decisive push to kill the extension measure. House actions lean toward amendments to impose limits on goods and abolish the Wage Stabilization Board, with a June 30 sunset tied to the bill. Rep. Spence and Rep. Taile lead opposition as Truman’s Taft-Hartley injunction option looms amid steel strike tensions.
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Congress
Bey Thei Wey
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Taille
Relowa
Wage Stabilization Board
AU House
House
Rep. Smith D-Val
Truman
Senate
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