Truman Attacks Economy Cuts in 1953 Appropriations
President Truman blasted Congress for deep cuts in civil defense anti inflation controls and mutual security while signing the 11.8 billion omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 1953. He warned reductions in foreign aid and defense funding threaten national security and urged funds be restored.
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Truman
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Asia
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East Gets Heat Relief
A cool air mass moved into New England and New York bringing temporary relief from heat while the South remained hot. Thunderstorms in the Northeast lowered temperatures but nationwide showers and squalls formed with small craft warnings along the Texas Gulf coast. A Navy hurricane hunter found no cyclonic Gulf circulation and a Snyder rainstorm knocked out telephone lines and swept a patrol car away.
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New York
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Texas
Gulf
Navy
Jg*r. L. Eskew
Snyder
Tex
E. W. Green
Green
U. S. Weather Bureau
Green Bay Adopts Mayor-Alderman Government Change
Green Bay city council approved a charter ordinance switching from modified commission to mayor alderman government. Residents have four social period to file a petition for referendum with the change to take effect April 21 1953. The mayor will be elected at large and serve as a council member with full voting power.
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Green Bay
Zman
American Planes Hit Power Plants In Northeast Korea
American carrier planes fired power plants at Changjin reservoir in Northeast Korea. The Fifth Air Force said Sabre jets shot down a communist jet and Allied troops faced a night tank-supported attack on a key hull position on the Central Front. Hundreds of guests escaped safely from Jasper Park Lodge after a fire and battle near the resort.
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Korea
Changjin
U. S
Jasper
Jasper Park
Canada
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Chorwon
Reds Obtain Extension Of Korean Recess
In Munsan Korea the Communist side won a two day extension of a secret armistice recess just as Red radio from Peiping reported Chou En Lai’s claim that China adheres to the Geneva prisoners convention though with reservations. The UN notes most prisoners refuse repatriation with the Communists demanding return and the five man delegations set to reconvene Friday at 11 a.m. local time.
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Hal McIntyre in Bankruptcy Filing for 117000
Hal McIntyre once leading band maestro lists debts totaling 117000 with only 950 in assets comprising clothing and musical instruments. The filing highlights financial distress for the famed orchestra leader in New York.
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New York
Hal McIntyre
Treasure trove found in spinster’s home after death
Detroit report details an estimated $300,000 hidden by Emma Schukmecht in two metal boxes and various pockets of cash and securities scattered in closets and attic. Relatives including cousin Esther Kloty and others sought the will, uncovering $150,000 in securities and $100,000 in cash despite no will being located.
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Treas
Meremnset Qieguen
Mm Wesday
Emma Ukpecht
Tike Sto
Boutell
Jocki
Wiley Urges Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consultations
Sen. Wiley asks President Truman and Secretary Acheson to invite Eisenhower representatives to confer on basic international problems before inauguration. He warns that without high level talks, uncertainty would aid Soviet Russia and undermine diplomacy through election campaigns.
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Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
State Acheson
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Steel Talks Again Fail To End Deadlock
The 170 member Wage Policy Committee of the CIO United Steelworkers met in Pittsburgh to determine the union’s next move in a 45 day strike that has idled 142 million workers. President Philip Murray and Bethlehem Steel vice president Joseph Larkin reported no common ground on compulsory unionism as White House mediation loomed.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Philip Murray
Murray
Joseph M. Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
White House
John R. Steelman
Larkin
Mayor Veto Dismissed as Ineffective by City Official
Meyer declares the veto on the 40 hour week and 10 percent wage cut for certain city workers ineffective while the 5 percent base salary increase for salaried staff remains in effect. He says the veto cannot quash the ordinance without another council action and notes legal scrutiny pending a formal ruling.
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Marty E. Meyer Jr
Ernest R. Siewert
Common Council
Oshkosh
Meyer
Ald
Leo T. Niemuth
Siewert
Moyer
Niemuth
Twelve Still Missing In Fairbanks Hotel Fire
FAIRBANKS Alaska twelve persons remained unaccounted for as workers sifted through the burned Pioneer Hotel ruins. Five people were dead and eight others were burned with one in critical condition when the Alaska landmark burned early Monday.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Glowing Discs Reported by Pilots Over Norfolk
Two Pan American pilots W B Nash and W H Fortenberry described eight large saucers moving at supersonic speed near Norfolk Virginia. They said the objects were about 100 feet in diameter and 10 to 15 feet thick, appeared solid with definite outlines, and drew heat from air friction as they maneuvered.
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Fira
Norfolk
W. B. Nash
W.H. Fortenberry
Pan American Airways
Chem
Nash
Fortenberry
Navy
Forlenberry
Newport News
U S Car Destroyed As Reds Throw Bomb
The Kobe dispatch says communists hurled a firebomb at an American car last night and destroyed it. A second American car in a Tokyo suburb was missed by the blast.
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U. S
Tokyo
Kyodo
Democratic 1952 race roils as Kefauver and Russell head to Chicago
In Chicago the two front running hopefuls Kefauver and Russell arrive amid a chaotic preconvention scene with five declared candidates and several favorites. President Truman confirms he will not run and Adlai Stevenson faces practical political limits, leaving a crowded field and uncertain outcome for the convention.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard Brevard Russell
Georgia
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
National Committee
Frank McKinney
White House
McKinney
Stevenson
Jacob My Arvey
Illinois National Committee
Lehman vows civil rights push at Democratic convention
Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York pledged to push a strong civil rights plank at the Democratic National Convention. He said he would seek a plank at least as strong as the 1948 version, including a compulsory Fair Employment Practices Commission, and warned he may submit a minority report if the draft omits key civil rights measures. Lehman spoke before platform hearings at the Conrad Hilton Hotel and urged firm stand on civil rights, foreign policy, labor, agriculture, and immigration.
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Chicago
Herbert Lehman
New York
Lehman
Conrad Hilton
Averell Harriman
Forest Fire Charred 3000 Acres Near White Salmon
A fierce forest fire near White Salmon Washington has consumed over 3000 acres of timber since Monday. High winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour drive the blaze toward more timber as firefighters battle the out of control blaze.
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Washington
Pacific Northwest
Trapeze Artist Falls to His Death at Carnival
In Blue Island a Hungarian trapeze artist died after falling 75 feet during a Veterans of Foreign Wars carnival. Stephen Heredus, 47, plunged when his descent rope snapped as his partner Rene Martin, 24, of Paris, had just completed a routine before about 3,000 spectators.
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Stephen Heredus
Rene Mar‘tim
Paris
Heredus
Martin
Byrd Wins Easily in Virginia Democratic Primary
Senator Harry F. Byrd defeated Francis Pickens Miller in Virginia with 210625 to 124803 based on 1673 of 1783 precincts. The win strengthens Byrd’s position at the Roanoke Democratic State Convention and supports his bid for the Democratic National Convention delegates.
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Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Roanoke
Richard Russell
Georgia
Virginia
Miller
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Iruman
Wallis
Congress
Reed Hospital
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Joseph Short
Short
Truman
White House
Frank McKinney
Bank Robber Caught After Mt. Pulaski Bank HoldUp
Harold Paneitz, claiming Racine Wisconsin origins, robbed Farmers Bank of Mt. Pulaski then fled into a corn field where he was captured 70 minutes later. Money from the bank was found wrapped near a fence. Car tags matched to Harold Penitz of Cicero, Illinois. FBI filed federal bank robbery charges.
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Racine
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Mt. Pi Pulaski
Harold Paneitz
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Harold Penitz
Cicero
Chicago
FBI
Weather Outlook For The Region With Showers Expected
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and warmer tonight. Thursday partly cloudy humid with scattered thunder showers. Low tonight 62 to 68. High Thursday around 90. Temperatures vary by direction with highs in the 80s to 90s and a Southeast to Northwest split noted. Precipitation reported at 0.07 inches. month’s surplus 62 percent and year-to-date deficit referenced.
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