UN Far East ceremony honors Partridge with Oak Leaf Cluster
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor and Gen Earle E. Partridge review an honor guard in San Francisco during tri service ceremonies at UN and Far East Command headquarters. Partridge receives a second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal from Taylor as Taylor serves as UN Far East commander.
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Far East Air Forces
Earle E. Partridge
Far East Command
San Francisco
Partridge
Taylor
Far East
House Guts Fund For Power Plant
WashingtonJune 10 The House appropriations committee denied President Eisenhower's request for 6500000 for the Dixon Yates project and instead allotted the funds to a new Tennessee Valley Authority power plant. The panel cut federal power and river harbor programs, reducing the Atomic Energy Commission budget while increasing Southwestern Power Administration funding and signaling a floor fight next week.
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Reds to Create East Zone Army
Berlin reports state that Walter Ulbricht and the East German Communist leadership announced plans to form a national armed force and to impose military service. The speech warned Western powers threaten to plunder German Democatic Republic wealth and urged creation of defense to deter aggression by imperialists.
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Former Rep Ernest Bramblett to be sentenced next week
Washington reports former Rep Ernest Bramblett of California will be sentenced here next Wednesday on charges of padding his office payroll. The case was led by U S Appellate Judge Walter Bastian who previously presided at the trial. Bramblett was convicted of false statements in hiring forms tied to a woman clerk who allegedly did no productive work.
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Calif
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Government Sets Wheat Support Price for 1956 Crop
Washington June 10 The government announced it will support the 1956 wheat crop at 1.81 dollars per bushel 76 percent of parity.
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Congress Slashes West Reclamation Funds 113 Million Remaining
The House appropriations committee cut 32 200 00 from reclamation requests and set a realistic program of 113 821 000 for the year. Several projects receive restricted or zero funding, with changes to Colorado Big Thompson Kendrick Middle Rio Grande Riverton Shoshone Midland Flats Helena Valley Heart Butte Hanover Bluff and Missouri Basin transmission plans.
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Snake River
Eisenhower picks Gordon Gray as assistant defense secretary
President Eisenhower selected Gordon Gray, UNC president and former Army secretary, to be assistant defense secretary, with the nomination to the Senate next week. Gray succeeds H. Struve Hensel, resigning June 30 after five months as director of the Logical Strategy Board. Born in Baltimore, Gray is a UNC and Yale Law School alumnus who later ran law firms and became publisher of the Winston Salem Journal and the Twin City Sentinel.
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North Carolina
Winston Salem Journal
Twin City Sentinel
Eisenhower appoints deputy refugee relief administrator
President Eisenhower honors Pierce J. Gerety as he is named deputy administrator of the refugee relief law, succeeding Edward J. Corsi. In background are Secretary John Foster Dulles and State Department security chief Scott McLeod, signaling high level international oversight.
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Eisenhower
Edward J. Corsi
John Foster Dulles
Scott McLeod
State Department
Strategy to pass reserve bill amid segregation clash
Washington officials outlined a plan to rescue Eisenhower national guard reserve legislation stalled in the House by removing an anti segregation amendment. Senate passage without the provision followed by House approval would then return the measure to full votes, with a conference committee possibly striking the amendment.
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Adam Clayton Powell
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Sam Rayburn
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Long Range Allied Air Power Seen Better Than Russia
General Gruenther testified that Allied long range air power is superior to the Soviet ability and could be kept so if the free world wills it. He claimed NATO air advantage could push defense lines eastward to include West Germany once rearmament proceeds and supported a large foreign aid bill for the coming year.
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Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Russia
free world
Gruenther
West Germany
Eisenhower
House foreign affairs committee
Red China Expels American Prelate Bishop Donaghy
Hong Kong reports Roman Catholic Bishop Frederick A. Donaghy of New Bedford Massachusetts was expelled by Chinese authorities on subversive activities charges. He crossed into Hong Kong at 1:30 p.m. and traveled by train to Kowloon arriving at 4 p.m. A crowd greeted him as priests and nuns knelt and kissed his ring. He asked reporters to wait for a day or two before interviewing.
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Frederick A. Donaghy
New Bedford
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Kowloon
Donaghy
Mail Workers Get Pay Hike
President Eisenhower signed a law boosting the Post Office Department workforce pay by an average eight percent retroactive to March 1. The measure guarantees at least six percent, with a two percent average boost from reclassification. The action ends a two year Congress White House dispute as the government aims to correct inequities in postal field pay.
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Post Office Department
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White House
Bright Future Seen For Trappers From Davy Crockett fad
New Orleans June 10 chief Ted O'Neil of the Louisiana wildlife commission said a bright future awaits trappers thanks to the Davy Crockett craze. He noted raccoon pelts rose from 50 cents to 3.50 dollars as demand surged.
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NEW ORLEANS
Ted O'Neil
Lousiana wildlife commission
O'Neil
Cut in Personnel Results In Strike in Japan
In Yokohama on June 10 about 5,000 workers at the U S Army's largest Far East vehicle repair plant joined a 24 hour strike protesting a 60 percent personnel cut. They rallied against the dismissal of 43 745 workers at the Fuji automobile Plant due to reduced procurement orders. There was no violence.
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YOKOHAMA
Japan
U. S. Army
Far East
Fuji automobile
Jet Pilot Averts Tragedy In Wreck
RAMSGATE England June 10 UP The plot of a U S Air Force jet averted tragedy today when he pulled out of a dive to ward a group of houses at the last second His supersonic craft nicked the corner of one house and skidded through the backyards of six f rothers The Air Force identified the pilot as 1st Lt John L Casswell Jr of Bethesda Md He suffered minor injuries.
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England
Air Force
John L. Casswell, Jr
Bethesda
Wage Parley Progress Hid By Blackout
Detroit June 10 40 P eral Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers pushed toward a new agreement as 60 000 workers were idle from wildcat strikes. Talks went into a 72 hour blackout with negotiators hopeful to avert a major strike and restore plant operations at GM plants including Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac South Gate California. Walter Reuther said the union would push to the limit as talks continued with a 2 pm formal session planned after morning local issue meetings.
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Millionaire Lev and Singer official clash before senators
In Wasington on June 10, millionaire capmaker Harry Lev and Singer Sewing Machine Co sales manager Charles J. Meise testified before a Senate investigation subcommittee into graft on military uniforms. Sen Karl E Lundt hinted perjury by one witness and suggested a grand jury might uncover the truth. Meise swore Lev had him backdate an order by 16 days, while Lev claimed it was Meise's idea.
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Californian Named New AMA President
Dr. Dwight Harrison Murray a 67 year old Napa California based general practitioner will become president of the American Medical Association next year Murray was named president elect by the association s house of delegates yesterday He recently completed four years as chairman for the AMA board of trustees He is a native of Springville Indiana and graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1917 He did postgraduate work at the U S Navy medical school and the University of Pennsylvania
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American Medical Assn
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Indiana University
U.S. Navy medical school
University of Pennsylvania
Army Surplus Sale Planned In Vienna
Vienna reports the U S Army will auction surplus property as it withdraws from Austria. The sale is to include more than 100 000 tons of vehicles coal tenting fabric and other goods.
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Austria
U. S. Army
Dulles Sees Hope For Russ Pledges
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he hopes Russia’s Austrian treaty pledge may unlock adherence to other wartime pledges. He urged rapid ratification before the Geneva Big Four meeting set for July 18 with Moscow.
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Russia
Dulles
Senate foreign relations committee
Geneva
Switzerland
Tie SHIO
Dieaueue
Eisenhower
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U. S
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Europe
Hungary
Romana
Austria
U.S
Moscow
William F. Knowland
Calif
Knowland
Romania
Bulgaria
Light-Weight Train Aims to Boost Railroad Passenger Service
Detroit reports General Motors announces a new light weight train capable of carrying 400 passengers at over 100 miles per hour for sustained runs. Developed by GA's Electro-Motive Division at La Grange, the train under construction will be unveiled later this summer at the request of railroad presidents seeking to reduce the industry’s $700 million annual passenger deficit.
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General Motors
Harlow Hf
Curtice
electro-motive division
La Grange
Committee Pares Northwest Funds in Water Projects
In Washington on June 10 the committee recommended spending 115.59 million dollars on Oregon and Washington water and power projects, about 9.5 million below Eisenhower’s fiscal 19356 request. Large cuts included Dallas dam from 63.5 to 58 million, Chief Joseph dam from 2 to 1.25 million, Columbia Basin Reclamation from 12.5 to 11 million, and Kennewick from 3 to 2.8 million.
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House appropriations committee
Oregon
Eisenhower
Dallas
Chief Joseph dam
Columbia Basin
Kennewick
Chou En-lai Rejects Formosa Cease Fire Condition
Indonesia quoted Chou En-lai saying China will not negotiate a Formosa cease fire with the United States. He called Formosa purely China’s internal affair and warned foreign armed intervention could provoke international conflict. Interviewed in Peiping and published in Indonesian and Chinese outlets.
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Formosa
Arizona Power WASHENGTO House Subcommittee Vote on Upper Colorado Plan
A House interior subcommittee defeated an amendment to the Upper Colorado Project that would divert 12 percent of Glen Canyon Dam power to Arizona. The closed-session vote was 12 to 10 against the amendment. The plan would have let the Arizona Power Authority block power at about 35 mills per kilowatt, far above the general project rate of nearly 6 mills. Rep John (R Pa) Lor complained amendments have been limited to sponsors of the Upper Colorado bill during this week’s subcommittee sessions.
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Colorado
Arizona
Glen Canyon
Arizona Power Authority
John Plor
R-Pa
Industrial Shares Hit New Record High in Late Trading
New York June 10 industrial shares rose to a record high as traders pushed rails near their prior losses and chased selective chemicals motors steels aircrafts and oils. Gains reached four points and the index recovered all of yesterday’s decline before 3 pm amid rumors of a Fed margin hike that remained unconfirmed.
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