Victory Assured Administration in Profits Tax Issue
The Eisenhower administration won a House battle to extend the excess profits tax but avoided a major floor fight. GOP leaders secured assurances from Ways and Means to push the bill to the floor despite Reed’s opposition. Reed warned he would not yield, while Halleck signaled no floor action this week. Indications pointed to an impending committee vote and soon a possible meeting to resolve the tax extension.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Daniel Reed
GOP
Halleck
Ind
Reed
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
Senate
Treasury
Reid
Bli
City Begins Work on New Traffic Light Installation
Downtown Portsmouth starts a long planned project with New Hampshire Electric Co to replace signals at Fleet and Congress Streets and Chestnut and Congress Streets. Work will occur mainly in early mornings. timing devices will adjust signal sequences to ease traffic.
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Portsmouth
Corriers
Fleet
Congress
Chestnut
City and
New Hampshire Electric Co
Electric Company
Lester Fr. Faulkingham
Electric Camping
Still on Strike Hits Rutland Railroad Line
Still on strike, the Rutland Railroad 400 miles of track from Bennington to Rutland, Burlington, and Ogdensburg remain idle for the fourth consecutive day due to a walkout by 600 non operating employees.
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Rutland
Rutland Railroad
Bennington
Burlington
Ogdensburg
Clark Denies Blame For Escape of POWs
General Mark Clark in a letter to the Communists rejects blame for POW escapes during Korean War prisoner releases. He asserts the UN Command did not control South Korea and describes the escapes as a result of the Republic of Korea's actions and prison breaches.
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Clark
Seoul
Mark Clark
U. N
Republic of Korea
Taft urges GOP to postpose foreign aid cuts
Sen Taft urges postponing further cuts in the 5.3 billion foreign aid program until appropriations action. He argues the appropriations committee is better positioned to decide actual spending after reviewing unspent funds from prior years. The piece notes debate over withholding funds from allies and potential amendments on crop surpluses.
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Taft
GOP
Washington
Sen
R-Ghie
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Ohioan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Bridges
R-Nh
Appropriations Group
Joint Committee On
Byrd
D-Va
Tait
Eisenhower
EDC
Sen. Sparkman
Britain Negotiates For Interim Meeting Ahead Of Bermuda Conference
Britain's acting Cabinet boss Richard A. Butler said London is negotiating with the United States and France for a quick stop-gap meeting on common problems before the Bermuda conference. He named Lord Salisbury as the interim representative and declined to reveal the venue until talks conclude.
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London
Britain
Richard A. Butler
United States
France
Bermuda
House of Commons
Churchill
Butler
Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
Anthony Eden
26 Saved at Sea After Freighter, Tanker Collide
A fog bound collision off New Jersey left 26 sailors missing at first, then 24 aboard the Brazilian freighter Panama and two injured. The Gulftrade suffered a damaged bow while the Lord Panama listed and drifted as rescue ships sought survivors. The African Endeavor and Barnegat Coast Guard aided, with 26 saved and 2 injured later reported.
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Barnegat City
N. J
Aba
Panama
New Jersey
Coast Guard
African Endeavor
Barnegat Coast Guard
Brasileiro
Reds Launch Major Battle Across Gateway to Seoul
Thousands of Reds push toward Seoul as artillery batters South Korean positions along the gateway. Allied Sabre jets shoot down six MIGs, bringing monthly total to 59. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN is recaptured by Third ROK Division after four hours of fighting.
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Seoul
Namsi
Sinuiju
Korea
Bak and
Queen
Bak
ROK
Lookout Mountain
Roks
Labor Paper Urges Churchill to Quit
The pro Labour Daily Mirror called for Sir Winston Churchill to retire, citing fatigue and a month of rest after medical advice. The Times defended his ongoing contributions while noting leadership should shift to rely on strategic experience rather than hands-on management.
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Labor
Churchill
London
Daily Mirror
Winston
Aone
Mia
Christopher Soames
Lord
New Hampshire Faces Widespread Woodlands Closure
More than 760 firefighters battled three major forest fires across New Hampshire as Gov. Hugh Gregg ordered a southern woodlands closure and smoking bans south of Route 2. Fires at Shaw Mountain Ossipee Grantham Mt Webster Crawford Notch prompted National Guard aid and emergency gear кон duct to support firefighting efforts.
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Concord
New Hamphire
Hugh Gregg
Lancaster
Shelburne
Gregg
Shaw Mountain
Casipee
William H. Messeck Jr
Messeck
Corbin's
Fark
Grantham
Charles F. Bowen
National Guard
Ossipee
Bowen
State Public Works and Highways Department
Forestry Agency
Pw&m
Crawford Notch
Truce moves by U.N. in push for Korean armistice
General Mark Clark sent a letter to Marshal Kim Il Sung and Peng Teh Huai urging an immediate truce signing date and indicating U.N. readiness to enforce terms. He met in Seoul with Syngman Rhee, Walter Robertson, and other U.S. officials as talks resumed after Rhee’s release of 27,000 prisoners froze negotiations. The North Korean and Chinese commanders signed the June 20 protest, while high-level talks with Rhee continued.
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Ttest
Syngmap Irhee
Clark
UNC
South Korea
Rhee
DR Clark
Republic of Korea
United Nations Command
Republic of Korea Army
Seoul
Reds
Syngman Rhee
Mark Clark
U.N
Panmunjom
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
U.S
ROK
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh Huai
Portland Woman Killed In Ogunquit Accident
A Portland woman, 53 year old Evelyn Veinot, died in a head on collision on Route 1 near Ogunquit around 4 p m. Beatrice Merrill 53 of Portsmouth was seriously injured with fractures and cuts. Also injured were Margaret Davis 28 of Portland and her two children Sandra and Muriel, plus Harold Merrill 57. Louise Batchelder 46 of Dover was treated and released. The crash occurred when Merrill tried to pass, veering into the Veinot car. Further details and page three.
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Ogunquit
Portland
Evelyn Veinot
Richard Kierstead
York Hospital
Beatrice H. Merrill
Porpoise Way
Portsmouth
Margaret E. Davis
Sandra L. Davis
Muriel J. Davis
Harold G., Merrill
Merrill
ATL
Salon
Nelson L. Veinot
Keirstead
Veinot
Louise Batchelder
Dover
Portsmouth Hospital
New Premier Seeks French Assembly Backing for Cabinet
Joseph Laniel, France's new right wing premier, goes before the National Assembly to win approval for a 22 man cabinet. Nine ministers carry over from Mayer's government. Foreign Minister Bidault remains, with six former premiers in key posts. Paul Heynaud named deputy premier, amid a coalition built after tense weekend talks. Laniel, a Normandy textile man, aims to steady France after the cabinet crisis.
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Parisa
France
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
Independent
Hene Mayer
Assembly
Georges Bidault
Paul Heynaud
Laniel
Staniel
Normandy
New York Week Concord Payroll Cut to 40-Hour Week
More than 500 state Highway Department employees will shift to a 40 hour work week starting Wednesday Deputy Commissioner John Q Morton announced today The change reduces weekly hours from fifty per week to forty per week
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Concord
States Highway Department
John QO
Morton
Area Firefighters Kept Busy by Woodland Blazes
Fire crews from multiple communities battled several forest fires around Seacoast Area over the weekend. In Newmarket eight towns fought nearly 11 hours to contain a 20 acre blaze near Ash Swamp Road while Durham and Madbury crews worked an overnight fire near the University of New Hampshire. Additional minor woods fires flared in Hampton Kittery and nearby areas as responders contained fires along Ash Swamp Road and at Maplewood Avenue and the town dump site. No homes were damaged though the Ash Swamp blaze threatened several residences.
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Newmarket
Durham
Madbury
University of New Hampshire
University
Earl Hoyt
Fremont
Bampton
Newington
Exeter
Newfields
Notingham
Ash Swamp Road
Rockingham Junction
Epping Road
Portsmouth
Harry Brown
Maplewood Avenue
Hampton
Black Swamp Road
North Hampton
Boar's Head
Kittery
Fernald Road
Drownings Claim Two Visitors in New Hampshire
Two out of state men died in New Hampshire water incidents during a heatwave. Joseph Puerro, 25, of Boston, drowned at Island Pond in Derry when a boat capsized. Noel Gingue, 24, of Maidstone Wisconsin, disappeared in the Connecticut River at Stratford.
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New Hampshire
Joseph Puerre
Bennington Street
Boston
Noel Gingue
Maidstone
Puyorro
Island Pond
Derry
Puerro
Gingue
Connecticut
Stratford
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New York
Beaverbrook
The
Daily Express
Westerham
Soames
Sir Winston
London Times
N.H. Woodlands
Mt. Webster
Oxsipee
Forestry Department
Robertson
Ellis O. Briggs
Robert Murphy
Oreloo
French Assembly
New York Week
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N.H
Associated Press
Flash! Gallagher
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Elks Home
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