Stabilizer May Grant Steel Price Increase
Washington reports that Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam said the steel industry may receive a price increase beyond $3 a ton if it reaches a wage agreement with striking steelworkers. He noted discussions of a $4.50 per ton rise but no decision was made.
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Washington
UPI
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Defense
Johny R. Steelman
Steelman
House
Truman
Senate
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Administration
Weather and Local Anecdotes From June 18 1952
Southern California weather mostly clear tonight and Thursday with night and morning low clouds along the coast and fog in coastal and intermediate valleys. Little temperature change. June 18 1952 high 87 low 51. Jimmy Cub notes fog cooled things this morning and forecasts some heat yet in coming days amid convention chatter. A domestic vignette follows with a baby’s first tooth, first step, a knocked out tooth and the first word.
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California
Jimmy Cub
James
Chicago
Tve
Seaway project killed in Senate vote back to committee
Washington United Press report says the Senate voted 43 to 46 to recommit the St Lawrence Seaway project to Foreign Relations, killing it for this session. President Truman urged the joint proposal be approved. Taft Kefauver opposed recommittal, arguing iron ore trade could fund the project.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Foreign Relations
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Estes Kefauver
L-Tean
Taft
Ketanyer
Baseball Scores National League and Pittsburgh New York
National League Chicago 12 Brooklyn 5 in a game with Rush Leonard and Pramesa contributing for Chicago. Pittsburgh 5 New York 0, with Friend Muir Kane and Mccullough aligning for the visiting side and Hearst Westrum noted in the lineup.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Rush
Leonard
Pramesa
Atwell
van Cuyk
Black
Lees
Campanella
Pittsburgh
New York
Friend
Muir
Kane
Mccullough
Hearst
Westrum
Eisenhower Slams Taft Isolationist Image In Race
In Denver a Eisenhower spokesman assailed Taft as an isolationist, saying Taft would bring an international catastrophe. Eisenhower is courting delegates in Oregon Arizona Colorado Utah Wyoming, with Arizona at 101 Taft, Eisenhower 2, 5 uncommitted. Oregon 18 for Eisenhower. Delegations from Colorado Utah Wyoming may yield up to 10 more votes.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
United States
Gibraltar
Rock of Gibraltar
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Snate
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Radio Libel Bill Approved
The House approved a radio and television libel exemption by voice vote, shielding stations from libel suits over remarks by political candidates. The measure amends a Senate bill on FCC procedures and returns to the Senate for concurrence. Under current policy stations may not censor political speech yet face libel liability.
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Washington
House
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
Rainmaker and UCLA Scientist Clash Over Cloud Seeding
In Corvallis Oregon a rainmaker and the head of UCLA's meteorology department clashed over a lack of proof in a cloud seeding report. Hubbard claimed 3,000,000 acres under contract and cited experiments showing both condensation and rain suppression. Neiburger questioned the paper's scientific basis amid a tense exchange.
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Corvallis
Ore
Ucla Meteorological Department
American Meteorological Society
Pacific Northwest
Jack M. Hubbard
Olympia
Wash
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Pacific
Hubbard
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Morris Nieburger
Meteorological Department
UCLA
Nieburger
Yakima Valley
Neiburger
Senate Defeats Postmaster Civil Service Plan
The Senate rejected President Tru mans plan to place 21 000 postmasters under civil service. The vote 56 to 29 defeated the reorganization aimed at ending the political patronage system and moving postmasters to a nonpartisan status.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Hoover Commission
Congress
President Cleveland Liner Delayed by Old Stewards Dispute
San Francisco UP The American President Lines liner President Cleveland bound for the Far East with servicemen families and military cargo was held up by a renewed fight between two stewards unions. Delays stretched over 24 hours with a tentative 1 p.m. departure. NUMCS demanded ventilation upgrades and objected to a former member joining AFL lines. SUP exempted the ship from a West Coast walkout due to its humanitarian load, and talks with federal conciliator Omar Hoskins continued.
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San Francisco
American President Lines
President Cleveland
Hawaii
Cleveland
Far East
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
Ind
APS
NUMCS
AFL Marine, Cocks and Stewards Union
Stewards
Matson
SUP
Striking Sailors Union of the Pacific
Omar Hoskins
Colleges Ban Communist Teachers in California Policy
Los Angeles assemblyman Laughlin Waters announced that all Southern California college and university presidents agreed not to hire Communists or members of Communist front organizations. He said Northern California educators will likely follow, calling it the first such state wide anti Communist employment policy in higher education.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Laughlin E. Waters
Waters
Californians On Casualty List
The Department of Defense released California casualties in Korea. Wounded: Pfc. Carlos C. Miranda of El Cerrito and Pfc. Jerry Navarrette Arteaga of San Francisco. Missing in action: Pvt. Lance L. McKinney of Pioneer.
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Washington
Department of Defense Today
California
Carlos C. Miranda
Joe J. Miranda
Everett St
el Cerrito
Marine Corps
Jerry Navarrette Arteaga
Mary WN. Arteaga
Green &J
San Francisco
Army
Lance L. McKinney
Davis J. McKinney
Harriman Beats Kefauver in DC Democratic Primary
W Averell Harriman won the District of Columbia Democratic primary with 14 075 votes to 3 377 for Estes Kefauver in a race marking Harriman’s first primary contest and Kefauver’s second loss in 16 contests. Harriman led in delegate pledges with 252 to Russell 114 and Harman 1092. 616 votes needed to win. Harriman drew strong support from Black voters and backed Truman civil rights policies. Kefauver opposed compulsory federal fair employment legislation but backed a robust civil rights program if in the platform.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
District of Columbia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harriman
Kefauver
Tennessean
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Florida
United Press
Russell
Harman
Roosevelt
Truman
Kefanger
U.N Demands Proof On Prisoner Camps
The United Nations demanded proof that four North Korean prisoner camps are located at the sites claimed by the Communists five months earlier. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said air reconnaissance did not confirm the Reds marks. The camps No 2 6 8 and 10 could not be found at the indicated locations. The U N notes argued the delay in truce talks is on the U N side while the Communists blamed the delay on the U S side.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
North Korea
U.N
William K. Harrison
Chang Chun San
Sweden Denies Russ Charge and Reopens Air Observers
Sweden rejected Moscow’s claim that the downed flying boat violated Soviet airspace and said a separate Swedish aircraft briefly crossed into Soviet territory three days earlier. Authorities partially revived WWII air observers and ordered armed response measures in the Baltic. Two Catalina crews survived. Sweden regrets the further incursion after dense fog.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Air Observer Corps
Baltic
Russia
Cape Rust
Khiuma
Erik Carlesson
Dagerort
Westtern
Sohlman
Alaska Defenses Lacking Says Army Leader
Seattle AP General Keppner, commander of the Alaska command, warned that present defenses could not withstand a sustained Russian attack. He cited the need for timely help, noted gaps in fighter airfields, and observed Russian fighters near the Bering Sea while stressing there have been no confrontations or incidents.
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Seattle
Alaska
William E. Keppner
Alaskan Command
Bering Strait
Keppner
Siberian
Fontana Favors Incorporation Vote Result
Fontana residents favor incorporation by a 1466 to 1301 vote, ending a 40 year effort. The county Board of Supervisors must canvass results before incorporation of the five square mile area into the city is final. The community holds about 13 000 residents.
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Fontana
County Board of Supervisors
Non-Communist Prisoners Bolt From Compounds on Koje Island
At Koje Island the break up of compounds sent 304 non-Communist POWs escaping Red control. Guards regrouped 5,600 from Compound 5 and 4,400 from Compound 605 into smaller 50 man enclosures. The 304 escaped from Compound 85, tossing Red-star caps as guards cheered. One prisoner was wounded, and overall about 61,000 prisoners have been moved or searched for tunnels and propaganda.
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Ekoje Island
U.S
Joe
Haydon L. Boater
Boatner
Koje
Texas dispute to be settled by July hearings in Chicago
The Republican National Committee will open hearings on the Taft Eisenhower Texas contest and other delegations in Chicago on July 1. Taft urged the committee to decide district and at large delegates, arguing the issues should be resolved on their merits without state certification, amid rival Texas delegations claiming control of 38 seats at the GOP convention.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Robbert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Committee
Texas
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Jesuas
Eisenhower
Zweifel
Texas Taft
Credentials Committee
National Conference of Business Paper
Ohio Republican
United States
Hias
Russia
London
Paris
Siberia
U.S
James H. Duff
R-Pa
Sixteen Mexican Nationals Stricken by Food Poisoning in Anaheim
Sixteen Mexican nationals were in the hospital today and about 60 citrus workers were recovering from food poisoning contracted during a noon meal at a nearby farm camp in Anaheim.
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Anaheim
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Maine
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