Union Leaders Urge House Tax Cut Rejection
Washington dispatch reports AFL President George Meany and CIO President Walter Reuther urge Congress to reject Ways and Means Committee tax cut proposals as a bounty to business. They push a higher personal exemption and warn the plan would not aid consumer demand.
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Reuther
Ordnance Officer Resigns Over Weapons Dispute
FRANKFURT March 1953 Army ordnance officer Loren Cook of Vallejo California resigned in protest alleging Pentagon policies and a snafu blocked adoption of ten weapons he designed He charged a Belgian duke offered a contract to sign for immediate manufacture The Army said tests showed his light submachine gun was good but not needed Cook said his guns remain available to the Army and implied he quit to protect his secrecy.
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Bremerhaven
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Aberdeen
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Woundaino
Army field tests favor Belgian FN over Cook gun
The report covers a 1953 test at Fort Benning and Ft Monroe where Cook’s .30 caliber automatic rifle competed with the Belgian FN design and two other guns. Despite claims of improved accuracy and favorable results, the official verdict declared limited use and the weapon was set aside. Cook says he spent 11 years in the Army and disputes the outcome.
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Highlights of Congress in tight party line session
Congress faces major issues taxes and statehood with party line votes. House Democrats seek higher personal income tax exemptions while the administration opposes increases. Senate Democrats bundle Hawaiian and Alaskan statehood bills. Republicans want separate consideration. Taft Hartley labor law amendments move forward with little agreement. Health hearings note deafness as a neglected major medical problem. Army lists 79 officers and men presumed dead in Korea. Marine Corps adds 12 confirmed dead. Potomac River bridge work at Brunswick progresses with a first span placed amid wind delays. A weight loss snack feature suggests salami and cottage cheese sandwiches without bread.
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Newell Hamilton Garver
New Windsor
Korea
Marine Corps
Sugar Use Split Between Industrial and Other Uses
More than half of the 8,000,000 tons of table sugar consumed in the country is allocated to industrial use. The statistic reflects large scale sugar processing for manufacturing, though details on sectors or applications are not specified.
Flightless Chickens Developed By Maryland University
Md March 7 The University of Maryland has developed a flock of chickens that barely get off the ground Dr C S Shaffner leads this lab project aiming to breed a non flying meat chicken with sturdy wings He has about 1 000 birds, with another 1 000 in prospect over seven years The work involves cross breeding New Hampshire and white Leg Horn stock to produce a white non flying strain while commercial viability remains unresolved Additionally NATO and Cold War commentary appears in the same text noting Gruenther urging informed public support and warning against complacency in defense efforts.
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John Carrell Society
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NATO
NATO Strength More Than Tripled Since 1951 Says Gruenther
General Alfred M Gruenther, commander of Allied forces in Europe, told a Communion breakfast in Washington on March 7 that NATO has more than tripled its military strength since 1951 and is no longer a pushover for Soviet power though he warned that more strength is still needed to deter a full scale Red offensive.
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