Eisenhower asks 5.8 billion for foreign aid program
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve a 5.8 billion dollar foreign aid program for the next fiscal year to defend free nations against Soviet aggression. The request totals 5.8 billion, with 5.254 billion for military aid and 550 million for technical, economic, and development purposes, and includes support for Free Europe, Indo China, and Chinese Nationalists. Crown Prince Akihito met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Nations
Harry Truman
Soviet Union
Senate
Free Europe
Indo-China
Formosa
London
Elizabeth II
Crown Prince
Akihito of
Japan
Buckingham Palace
Sunny Southern California coastal and valleys May 3 1953
Weather report notes sunny conditions with higher clouds and cooler temperatures than today. May 3 1953 high 86 low 47. year ago today high 78 low 43. Jimmy Cub praises the sun and work, with winds easing and a hint of rain possible.
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California
McKay lunch with 11 Western governors
Interior Secretary Douglas McKay met 31 Western governors for lunch to discuss Western problems. Governors voiced varied topics from reclamation project ownership to metal prices and state control of projects. California’s Warren sought exploratory talks on state purchase of Central Valley Project. Langlie of Washington pressed for state lease of recreational Columba Basin property. Jordan of Idaho opposed Hells Canyon project. others eyed price supports and regional coordination.
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Washington
Douglas McKay
McKay
Oregon
West
Earl Warren
California
McKily
Central Valley
Warren
Arthur G. Langhie
Columba Basin
Congress
Lon B. Jordan
Hells Canyon
Idaho-Oregon
Three Suspects Arrested In Shorter Kidnapping
In Los Angeles fourteen officers cornered Barbara Graham Emmett Raymond Perkins and John Albert Santo at a Lynwood hideout after a weeks long search for Baylor M Shorter who disappeared April 14 th and is believed kidnapped wife Olivia reports Perkins allegedly abducted Shorter at gunpoint with a gunman accomplice Willie Carter III also detained in the operation
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Los Angeles
Baylor M. Shorter
Vahie Manahan
Burbank
Lynwood
Barbara Graham
Emmett Raymond Perkins
John Albert Santo
Willie Carter
Shorter
Olivia
Perkins
Missing American officers feared after Austria plane loss
In Vienna two high ranking American officers were reported missing after a light U S Army trainer vanished while flying from Salzburg in the American zone to Graz in the British zone. The two seater T-6 took off this morning and had not been heard from four and a half hours later.
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Vienna
Salzburg
Graz
Austria
Aussia
Reds Accused Of Not Wanting Korea Armistice
United Nations truce delegate Lt Gen William K Harrison accused the Communists of using a negotiating smokescreen and said there was no evidence they desire an armistice. He urged acceptance of Pakistan as neutral custodian for 46 000 prisoners, warned talks could break down if Pakistan was rejected, and noted it would be impractical to move prisoners overseas.
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Jimmy
James
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
William K. Harrison
Pakistan
Harrison
Ucns
Nam Il
Nam
Hardison
Parkistan
Avasin
Ike to be first president to fly by commercial lines
President Eisenhower will travel by a FX AB chartered American Airlines flight to New York for two political speeches, avoiding the Columbine as the trip is deemed political. Hagerty says the rule may guide future transport for political events. He plans a western trip with a non political talk at Garrison Dam, while fund raising dinners at the Astor and Waldorf Astoria.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
Eisenhower
New York
Columbine
White House
James C. Hagerty
Fienhower
American Airlines
New York State Republican Committee
Hagerty
Monty Sphen
Minnesota
Dakotas
Rapid City
Garrison Dam
N. D
GOP
Astor Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria
GOP Supports Plan To Trim Armed Forces
Washington reports Republicans back Eisenhower plan to cut 20,000 on active duty. Defense officials say manpower would drop to about 3.2 million in 1954 fiscal year, with deeper cuts if Korea ends. Bush-leaning notes from Taft Hartley era, FEPC talks, and trade policy extensions also appear.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Pentagon
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Military Appropriations
Taft-Hartley
Fred A. Hartley Jr
R-Md
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Hartley
FEPC
Irving M. Ives
Ives
Red Front
Julius Epstein
New York
Senate
Hans Wallenberg
U. S
Germany
Sinclair Weeks
U.S
House
Ways and Means Committee
Knowland Backs UN Substitute Idea
UPI reports Senator William F. Knowland of California urged creation of a substitute for the United Nations if it fails as an effective instrument for collective security. He warned that Soviet leader Stalin's death does not lessen the need for security and cautioned against being lulled by Red peace talk.
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Troy
N.Y
UPI
William F. Knowland
R-Calif
United Nations
Knowland
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Joseph Stalin
America
Milk Price Cut Suit Dropped by Dairy Council
In Los Angeles the Milk Producers Council of Southern California withdrew its injunction challenging an April 8 state order cutting milk prices. Authorities agreed to confer on future price reductions. The council represents dairy farmers and challenged the price cut that slashed producer prices by one and a half cents per quart and consumer prices by one cent.
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Los Angeles
Milk Producers Council of
Southern California
State Milk Control Bureau
Freedom Airlift returns POWs to U S home shores
All but two released American prisoners of war on the Freedom Airlift were en route to Travis Air Force Base in California or in transit across the Pacific. Marine Sergeant Donald Rose of Redlands is among the liberated aboard one plane, with his family traveling from Redlands to greet him.
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Pacific
Donald Rose
Redlands
Arley Rose
Terrace
Jack
San Francisco
Travis Air Force Base
Don
Fair Beld-Suisson
Quakland
Sacramento
Tokyo
Armie Fom
Travis Ar Forer Base
Calif
Altha
Prasoners
Japan
Zach Dean
Pfe
Clifford Smith
Lake Charles
Freecom
Liv
Martin
Broomheal
Salt Lake Caly
Army Chi
Carl £. Humpel
Bloomer
Wis
Wayne TT
Preston Ia
Assassination Bomb Turned Out As Firecracker
The Bombay government declared a bomb found on a railway line near a train bearing Premier Jawaharlal Nehru was only a harmless firecracker. Police had retrieved the device and reports had described it as a live bomb. The government said it aimed to create a sensational scene rather than cause harm.
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Bombay
Jawaharlal Nelvin
School Teacher Blasts Red Probe
A Brooklyn teacher Daryl Flacks testified before a committee on communist influence in education accusing the probe of misrepresenting teachers. He called the inquiry a circus and refused to answer questions about party membership citing personal privilege.
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Red
New York
Poise Cn American Artie Committee
Cies
Daryl Flacks
Brooklyn
Darothy K. Foon
Artie Shaw
Flacks
Vinehs
Commins
Pulitzer Prize Awards At Columbia Mark Third Year Of Honours
Columbia University announced the 1953 Pulitzer Prizes with drama and letters honors for works published or completed in 1952. Notable recipients include Hemingway and Inge for plays and prose, Dangerfield and MacLeish for literature, and Whitehead for national affairs reporting.
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Hemingway
Willam Ince
Columbia University
Rand
Dangerfield
Edmund Peneleton
David J. Mays
Archibald MacLeish
Okayed by Voice Vote After Roll Call Victory
Washington report that the Senate passed the Offshore Resources bill by voice vote after five weeks of debate. The measure grants coastal states ownership of mineral riches beyond 3 miles to three nautical miles offshore, amid partisan tension.
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Washington
Senate
Pprm
Dows
House
Texas
Florida
California
Louhina
Laos Palace Guard Reinforced as Rebels Drive South
Report from Hanoi describes reinforced royal palace guards in Luang Prabang amid rebel advances south toward the Thai border. French defense tightens as troops push to block rebels while royal capital tensions mount and plans for seizing key posts are hinted.
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Laos
Royal Palace
Reds
Hanoi
Indo-China
Luang Prabang
Thailand
Siam
Alanine
Sthavang Vor
Lan
Tanskak
Lar
Laas
Luang Prahins
Posta
Ealy
Mk. Senth
Dane
Youth Drowns in Hidden Pool at Hayden Dam
A nine year old boy drowned when he slipped underwater at a hidden pool near Hayden Dam while companions teased nearby. Witnesses reported the child vanished suddenly as the group was patrolling the area and calling out. Local authorities began a search operation following the incident.
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Sohn Freaberts Jr
Hayden Dam
John
House votes to repeal firing authority over cabinet staff
The House reversed an earlier ruling and voted to repeal authority of the secretaries of state and commerce to dismiss department workers without recourse. It also rejected a proposal to extend the power to the attorney general. The rail call vote was 81 to 167.
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Washington
LLP
House
Secretaries of State and Commerce
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