Eisenhower Taft Split a Skirmish Not War Says GOP
GOP senators deem the dispute over foreign policy between President Eisenhower and Senator Taft a skirmish, not a break. Bricker calls airing the differences wholesome while Democrats praise the President for outlining U S policy and urging allied cooperation amid tensions with the Soviet threat. McCarran backs Taft, noting U S action if earlier steps had differed.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
R O
Taft
Jeader
GOP
United States
United Nations
John J. Sparkman
D-Alz
U. S
Congress
Sparkman
McCarran Calls for Atomic Cannons in Korea War
Sen Pat McCarran urged use of atomic cannons or any weapons in Korea and backed Taft's plan to go it alone. Speaking before a secret two day hearing of a one man subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee he refused to disclose the hearing's nature or identify several subpenied witnesses.
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Taft
Pat McCarran
D-Ney
United States
Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Pat. McCarran
Robert A. Taft
Nevada
Senate Judiciary Committee
Prices for farm crops rise slightly in May report
Washington data from the Agriculture Department shows farmers received about one percent more for crops in the month ending May 15. The small rise reflects modest gains across agricultural markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Baseball Scores from National League Games
Brooklyn wins 7 to 4 over Pittsburgh with strong hitting and solid pitching. Philadelphia defeats New York 4 to 0 in a shutout, supported by timely offense and relief pitching.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Meyer
Hughes
Campanella
Lindell
Sandlock
Weather in Southern California May 29 1953
Coastal and inland valleys expect mostly sunny skies with cloudiness near mountains tonight and tomorrow morning. Slightly warmer in the afternoon, with highs near 64 and lows around 46. Redlands will be quiet tomorrow with many businesses closed. Memorial activity at Hillside Cemetery will honor veterans. A farmer reports a cow killed by a train and answers disposition of carcass as kind and gentle.
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California
Jimmy Cub
Jimmy
Redlands
Hillside Cemetery
Twining Warns Home Air Defenses Are Inadequate
Gen Nathan F Twining warned Congress that the United States lacks sufficient fighters and interceptors to defend the homeland from air attack. He spoke at a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting as nomination for chief of staff moved forward, criticizing proposed Air Force budget cuts and reiterating the need to meet the 143 wing goal for national security.
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Washington
Nathan F Twining
Eisenhower
Congress
Twining
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Arthur W. Radford
Eric
Joint Chiefs
Matthew B Ridgway
Army
Robert B. Carney
Cief
Naval Operations
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Air Force
Yorty Attacks VA Budget Cuts Over Health Care
California representative Samuel W. Yorty charges that Eisenhower's VA budget cut of 278 million dollars cripples veterans hospital and medical care. He notes a 56 million cut in VA hospital and medical services and cites California figures of about 4,000 veterans monthly denied VA hospital admission, including tubercular and psychotic cases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Hospital
Samuel W. Yorty
D-Calif
Yerty
Congressional Record
Truman
Congress
Yorty
California
$1 Billion Tax Cut Killed By State Assembly
In Sacramento the Assembly defeated a $1 billion tax cut plan by a wide 2 to 9 margin. Assemblyman Charles E. Chapel led the effort to cut the sales tax by ½ percent and trim personal, bank, and corporate taxes by 15 percent. Only two Republicans backed him with six Democrats and floor leader Vincent Thomas. The Senate supported a child care centers bill for 22 counties with $4.8 million for two years. A separate revenue plan to ease income taxes faced committee changes and potential floor action.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Charles E. Chapel
Inglewood
Gordon Hahn
G. Delbert Morris
Chapel
Clayton Dills
H. Elliott
Augustus Hawkins
C. Masterson
Lester McMillan
Vincent Thomas
Senate
Fred Kraft
San Diego
Marvin Sherwin
R-Poedmont
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Sherwin
Mundt Questions Seizure Of British Ship By Reds
Senator Karl Mundt urged Britain to clarify whether the British ship Miramar was seized or allowed to be bought by Chinese Communists. Officials said Miramar and the nearby Perico hauled Chinese troops in 1951 1952. Ambassador Makins said the ships were not under British flag and not subject to British law.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
S.D
Britain
Far East
State Department
Roger Makins
Hong Kong
Miramar
Mundt
Senate
Makins
214,667 Doctors In U S Most In History
The American Medical Association announced that 214,667 doctors held licenses in the United States by end of 1952, the highest number ever. California led with 1,581 medical licenses issued.
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U.S
Chicago
United States
American Medical Association
California
Western Front Outposts Fall As Reds Drive Toward Seoul
Chinese forces renewed their eight month high pressure strike along the western front forcing American and Turkish troops to withdraw from outposts Vegas Elko and Carson near the Seoul invasion route. Heavy U S casualties were reported as Turkish troops claimed thousands of Chinese casualties, with Allied lines holding elsewhere and air units claiming several enemy aircraft totals.
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Seoul
Korea
25Th Division
Vegas
Elko
Carson
U.N
U. S
Elko and
Gerson
Berlins
Hook
East Central
Siri Acar
Yalu
Radar Bill Allows Speed Evidence Use in Traffic Enforcement
SACRAMENTO UP The Assembly approved without debate a bill enabling radar equipment to be used to obtain speed limit violation evidence and make such evidence admissible. The measure advances to the Senate for final passage. Assemblyman Clark L Bradley R San Jose called radar use a safety factor, citing fewer accidents in states where it has been employed.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Senate
May Rain for Queen's Coronation Tuesday
London observers report a forecast of possible rain for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation day as crowds gather for dress rehearsals. The ceremony preparation amid overcast Westminster Abbey, secretive details, and a large press contingent highlight the impending event.
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NEA
California
Earl Warren
Goodby
New York
London
Elizabeth II
Gardner Cowles
Warren
Dorothy
Virginia Warren
Nina Warren
Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
Tate
Nehru to London after Cairo talks with Naguib
Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru flew from Cairo after a one hour informal meeting with Egypt's Premier Mohammed Naguib. Nehru said Korea talks could shape the world scene and that an armistice would lower tensions worldwide.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
London
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Nehru
Korea
Gen Hudelson to be put in inactive status
Sacramento report states Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hudelson, commanding general of Southern California's 40th Infantry Division, will be released to inactive status effective Sunday. The move was announced today by military officials in Sacramento.
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Hudelson
Sacramento
Daniel H. Hudelson
Southern California
40Th Infantry
Liberated Marine POW Finds New Sweetheart After Heartbreak
In Black River Falls Wisconsin Corporal Liane E Peterson 21 who spent six months in a Communist POW camp announced he has a new sweetheart Delores Lawson a brunette student nurse and plans to marry her He had learned his former steady Odana Stener son was married to another man and after a brief leave would call to propose but Odana had already wed Douglas Oliver on May 9
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Wis
Cpl
Liane E. Peterson
Delores Lawson
Odana Stenerson
Tokyo
Odana
Dulles Leaves For Capital After Tour
Dulles departs Tripoli for Washington after a get acquainted tour of Asia and the Middle East. In New Delhi he urged Indian Premier Nehru to drop support for Communist Korea truce plans and align with the Allies.
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Libya
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Asia
Middle East
Dulles
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Korea
240 Expected To Die In Holiday Traffic Mishaps
Chicago based National Safety Council warned that 240 people will be killed on U.S. highways during the Memorial Day weekend beginning at 6 p.m. tonight. Officials cautioned the hourly death rate could rival or surpass the peak Memorial Day figures since 1946 as casualty records began.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Han
Probe of RFC Kaiser-Frazer Dealings Asked
Rep. John W. Bricker urged Senate Banking Committee to investigate RFC dealings with Kaiser-Frazer amid Willams charge that Truman officials failed to protect the government’s interest in the Kaiser Willys-Overland merger. Kaiser, Snyder, and McDonald denied the claims, saying private funds financed the acquisition and the government’s position is stronger due to a Kaiser plan on RFC loans.
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Banking Committee
Detroit
Edgar Kaiser
Kaiser Motors Corp
Treasury
John Snyder
Harry A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Keiser
Willys-Overland
Kaiser
John J. Williams
R-Del
Willys
Foans
Kaiser Motors
Bill To Grant Pole Asylum Passes House
The House unanimously passed a bill to grant permanent asylum to Franciszek Jarecki a 21 year old Polish pilot who flew a Russian built jet fighter to Denmark and freedom. Jarecki was a recent visitor at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino.
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Washington
House
Franciszek Jarecki
Denmark
Freedom
Jarecki
Norton Air Force Base
San Bernardino
ROK Delegate Had Access To Record Of Talks
The South Korean UN truce delegate claimed the Communists rejected key parts of the May 25 U N proposal and said the enemy intends forced prisoner repatriation. Choi Duk Son warned of possible violent action and urged withdrawal of the May 5 plan as Panmunjom talks resume.
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ROK
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Choi Duk Son
Choi
William KK. Harrison
U. N
Harrison
Munsan
Nam Il
United Nations Organization
South Korea
Choice
Syngman Rhee
Shinhae
Panmunjom
Rhee
Eisenhower
French DC-6 Sets 5700-Mile Nonstop Record to Paris
A 60 passenger Douglas DC-6 powered by a French crew flew 5700 miles from Santa Monica to Paris in 20 hours 31 minutes setting a new world non stop record for commercial planes. The flight path included Winnipeg Hudson Bay and the southern tip of Greenland. Capt Charles Billet delivered the airliner to the French airline and reported no trouble on the record run.
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Paris
Santa Monica
Calif
Pan American World Airways
Tokyo
Honolulu
Charles Billet
Winnipeg
Hudson’s Bay
Greenland
Elizabeth II Officially Becomes Canada's Queen
In Ottawa acting Prime Minister Brooke Claxton announced Elizabeth II has signed English and French proclamations establishing the new royal style and titles for Canada and the Commonwealth.
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Elizabeth II
Canada
Brooke Claxton
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