Foreign Aid Cut Sparks Ike Clash With Congress
President Eisenhower denounces the Senate foreign aid cut as too deep and says the administration already trimmed the program as far as justified. A conference panel restored about three quarters of the cut, setting a middle ground at 3,054,568,000 versus the 3,440,000,000 asked. The House and Senate debates continue over funding and policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
United States
Kremlin
Congress
House
Woodring
George C. Marshall
Harry Woodring
Marshall
Sen
McCarthy
United Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Police Guard Joseph Welch Due to Threat
A heavy police guard protected attorney Joseph N. Welch at his Wellfleet Cape Cod cottage and monitored a suspected killer en route from Washington. Police checked railroad stations and terminals in Boston and Providence while a concerned woman claimed her estranged husband would seek revenge with a pistol. Welch, involved in the McCarthy hearings, faced prior threats during the probe.
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Boston
Providence
R.I
Washington
Welch
Brookline
Mass
Joe Welch
Army
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Robert Stevens
William Zerwick
Metropolitan Police
Zerwick
U S Renews Demands Reds Pay for Attack
The United States delivered a new note to China demanding compensation for six Americans killed or wounded when Chinese fighter planes attacked a British airliner near Hainan Island on July 23. It called for punishment of those responsible and measures to prevent further air attacks. The note rebutted Beijing's claim that the incident was Britain's matter.
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Washington
United States
China
Hainan Island
Peiping
Foreign Office
Charge D'Affaires
State Department
Pilot Misses Homes in Street Crash In Wantagh
A U S Air Force jet pilot Capt William Weiland 34 crashed in a residential Wantagh street killing him. One house burned another damaged dozens of homes scorched five people injured including a child and two sisters burned. Weiland from Milford Delaware lived with his wife and child. The other three planes in the training flight reported the crash after refusing to check in by radio. The jet left a 15 foot hole in Denver Street. Firefighters contained the blaze with garden hoses as residents faced hysteria and shock.
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Wantagh
Air Force
William Weiland
Weiland
Dover
Del
Bangor
L Radio
Milford
Peru
Denver
Formosa Enacts Universal Service for Young Chinese
Nationalist China passes a bill in Taipei mandating military service for all able bodied Chinese aged 18 to 45. The measure, approved Tuesday by parliament, sets a universal service rule across Formosa.
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Formosa
Taipeh
China
Indians Plan Centennial Celebration in Shawano
Shawano Wisconsin United Press reports the Menominee tribe starts a nine day centennial observance this Saturday at Keshena featuring dances lacrosse horse racing and a pageant Smoke the Bitter Calumet Gov Walter Kohler will crown Lois Frechette 19 centennial queen on August 9 The tribe has about 9.5 million dollars on deposit and will pay 3255 qualified adults 1500 each by week end
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Shawano
Wis
United States
Eisenhower
Keshena Satur
Walter Kohler
Calumet
Agreement on Trieste To Be Revealed Monday
Reliable sources say a Monday announcement will reveal a Trieste accord settling the Yugoslav Italian dispute. The deal purportedly places Trieste in the Anglo American free territory while confirming Yugoslavia’s control of the remaining disputed areas.
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Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Antigo Man Charged With Embezzlement
Antigo man Wincell J. Schultz, 38, a leader in civic and fraternal affairs, is in federal custody charged with embezzling funds from Peoples Bank where he was assistant cashier. FBI agent James Poster estimated losses up to 60 000 with exact amount to audit.
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Wincell J. Schultz
Jong
Peoples Bank
James Poster
FBI
Milwaukee
Schultz
U. S
John D. Kehoe
Green Bay
Clement Michalske
Drought relief bill cleared for quick Senate action
Senate farm leaders moved swiftly to advance a drought relief measure for livestock producers. The bill, recommended by the Agriculture Department, would lower government surplus feed grain selling prices to 110 percent of current support prices, reducing corn oats and barley costs and aiming to ease shortages in drought zones.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Marvin McClain
House Agriculture Committee
Wisconsin Weather Forecast And Stream Readings
Partly cloudy in the north and mostly cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms in the south tonight and Thursday. Local severe storms possible this afternoon or evening in the extreme south. Warmer in the south tonight with lows in the 50s to 60s and Thursday highs in the 70s. Winds 15 mph easterly, gusting during storms. Randall gauge shows 13 1/2 percent above the Menasha dam crest, up 1 inch since Tuesday. Buckstaff Observatory notes 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. temperature 80 high and 54 low. no precipitation this period with a 1.52 yearly deficiency.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Randall
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
Regents and Kohler approve dual plans to fund dorm at Eau Claire
Gov Kohler and the state board of college regents approve two financing options for a $488000 Eau Claire State College dormitory. If unsecured notes with private guarantors fail, $300000 from regents funds plus state building commission support will be used. Work continues as building corporations meet existing debt while the court ruling limits pledging state property.
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Madison
Supreme Court
State Board of College Regents
Kohler
Warren Resh
Eau Claire State College
Regent Board
State Building Com ‘Mission
Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin
Building Corporation
House Passes Pensions Ban
The House approved a bill to deny government retirement pensions to federal employees convicted of subversive activity or who refuse to testify before committees. It targets Alger Hiss and would apply to new cases while not affecting current retirees.
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Washington
House
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Lewisburg
Must Decide Censure Issue Says McClellan
Senator McClellan warned the Senate faces a charge of cowardice if it does not act on the McCarthy censure move. He said the issue could keep the chamber in session three to four weeks longer and must be settled before adjournment. Political leaders vie to name a six man committee to weigh the proposals.
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John L. McClellan
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Arkansas
William F. Knowland
Seck
Democrats
Guatemala City
Ture
Sens
Richard B. Russell
Guatemala
Walter F. George
Geor
Gin
Carlos Castillo Armas
Air Force
Aurora
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Castillo
Jteer
Elfego H. Monzon
Liberation” Army
University of Guatemala
Students’ Federation
Liberation Army
West Point
Aurora Field
Iregular Liberation
Junta
Cafritz testifies on FHA loan profits for Parklands Manor
Morris Cafritz, a prominent Washington builder, tells Senate housing investigators about his firm earning 500000 in a 3563000 FHA insured loan profit. The Parklands Manor project in the District of Columbia is cited as the deal in question.
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Washington, D.C
Morris Cafritz
Senate
FHA
Cafritz
Federal Housing Administration
Parklands Manor
District of Columbia
International
Sparkman among possible choice for Democratic vice president
senators and governors considered for the 1952 ticket including Sparkman Maybank Byrd Johnson and Johnson while Republicans faced similar uncertainty. Milli kin Ferguson Case Cor don were named though Ferguson said he would not welcome McCarthy on his campaign in Michigan.
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John J. Sparkman
Ala
Burnett R. Maybank
Harry F. Byrd
iSen
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Colorado
Eugene D- Millikin
Colo
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Francis Case
Guy Cordon
Ore
Ferguson
McCarthy
Michigan
Colombia Assembly Keeps Pinilla as President for Four Years
In Bogota the National Constituent Assembly voted to retain Gustavo Rojas Pinilla as Colombia’s president for the next four years. He had ousted President Laureano Gomez in a bloodless 1953 coup while Gomez was in exile in Spain.
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Bogota
Colombia
National Constituent Assembly
Gustavo Rojas
Pinilla
Lauren
No Gomez
Spain
Rojas Pinilla
Gomez
Japan to Admit Red Trade Negotiators
Tokyo will permit carefully screened trade representatives from Red China to enter Japan to negotiate contracts, the K30do News Service reported today.
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Tokyo
Japan
Red China
K30do
Oshkosh Sees Peak Valuation Up by 1.2 Million in 1954 Totals
City Assessor George Goltz reports a tentative 1954 total valuation of 93 810 375 for Oshkosh including real estate at 74 050 025 and personal property at 17 760 350. The gain of 1 201 100 over 1953 reflects new construction and annexations, with real estate assessments rising 1 245 750 while personal property declines 44 650. Final figures and tax rate decisions await the board of review.
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George Goltz
Qshkosh
Oshkosh
Board of Review
Wriday
Goltz
Bowen Street
Murdocktreet
Air France Constellation Crashes On Potato Farm
Preston Connecticut AP Civil Aeronautics Administration says Idlewild weather was above minimum for landing when pilot Jean Caboche, 43, chose to land and crash landed on a potato farm. Thirty seven aboard escaped with twelve injured and three investigators arrived to probe wreckage and question the pilot.
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AIR France
Preston
Conn
Mexico City
Spain Blocks Coalitions Involving Britain Over Gibraltar
Madrid declares it will not join any coalition that includes Britain while Gibraltar remains a British colony. The fortress rock controls the western entrance to the Mediterranean, and Spain notes Gibraltar was captured by Britain on August 8, 104.
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Madrid
Spain
Afriva
Britain
Gibraltar
Fortress Rock
Mediterranean Sea
Flooding Yangtze Hits Record Peak at Wuhan
Flooding of the Yangtze at Wuhan reaches an all time peak near 95 feet. Peiping radio reports 100000 water tamers working on soggy dikes in central China with no flood damage details given.
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Yangtze
Wuhan
Tokyo
Yangwe
CentralChina
Peiping Radio
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