Worst Outbreak Since Late 1930s Hits State Insect Rampage
Austin battles the first Mormon cricket invasion in its history as swarms threaten the reservoir. State officials move 20 tons of poison bait wheat and barley toward the town while Elko shipments arrive. Deputy Sheriff Escobar describes a pervasive stench from millions of dead crickets as authorities seek federal aid. Page 13 continues.
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Austin
George Schweis
division of
state department of agriculture
Elko
Lander county
Francis Escobar
McCarran Receives Copy of Federal Order in Las Vegas Suit
Washington June 20 A process server delivered photo copies of a federal judge's order in a million-dollar suit against Las Vegas hotels night clubs and restaurants. Len McCarran received documents acknowledged but declined comment. William A. Roberts Greenspun attorney says the order halts a conspiracy to drive Greenspun from business, not naming McCarran. Advertising was later restored, five hotels plan to appeal. The Nevada suit seeks punitive and treble damages under the Sherman Act.
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WASHINGTON
Las Vegas
Len McCarran
D-New
capitol
McCarran
H. M. Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun
William A. Roberts
Greenspun
Roger L. Foles
Roberts
Nevada
Taft Attacks Eisenhower On Budget And Policy
Nationally televised speech by Senator Robert A Taft criticizes Eisenhower on domestic policy including the 40 billion tax cut and wartime budget views. He calls for ending price controls cutting draft gradually and continuing farm price supports while stressing individual liberty and balanced budgets. Taft argues the GOP must avoid me too rhetoric and warns against new deal wing influence.
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NEW YORK
Robert A. Taft
Dwight PD. Eisenhower
Abilene
Taft
Eisenhower
GAIN
Europe
Denver
Ohio
Belles
Bob
Republican party
Washington
Kefauver Attacks Tax-Cutting Promises in Detroit
DETROIT June 20 At a Labor meeting Sen. Estes Kefauver assailed Eisenhower and Taft tax-cut promises as daydreams and votes ploys He warned the cuts would strain defense and international obligations and urged winning the peace first He urged repeal of Taft Hartley and a fair labor law and named a push for a poll tax repeal and a fair employment practices panel. He will meet CIO leader Walter Reuther in Detroit today.
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DETROIT
Estes Kefauver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
AFL
Kefauver
Eisenhower
Taft
Tennessee
Michigan
Russia
Washington
CIO
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers union
Quadruplets Born at South Shore Hospital Report Doing Well
In Weymouth Massachusetts on June 20 physicians said the newborn girl and three boys from 27 year old Mrs Marion Manning are doing very well. The babies are expected to receive glucose by a medicine dropper for their first meal today and Mrs Manning is also reported fine.
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WEYMOUTH
Mass
UPI
Marion L. Manning
South Shore hospital
John J. Manning
Marion
Anne Marie
Ninety Klansmen to Face Trial in North Carolina
Ninety alleged Ku Klux Klansmen including imperial wizard Thomas L. Hamilton face possible trials next month on charges tied to night riding terror. Hamilton and 23 others were indicted by Columbus county grand jury. Solicitor Clifton Moore plans 50 additional arrests. Twenty four defendants share 38 indictments for conspiracies, kidnapping and assault stemming from floggings near the South Carolina border dating to January 18, 1951.
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WHITEVILLE
N. C
Hamilton
Carolinas
Leesville
S. C
South Carolina
Pittsburgh Pirates Rally Failures in Hard-Fought Defeat
Pittsburgh scored two runs in the second and fifth frames but Brooklyn answered with two in the seventh and two in the ninth to seal a 9 to 4 victory. Pollet started for Pittsburgh with Wilks taking the loss as Labine shut the door. Kiner and Shuba homered for their clubs.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Pollet
Wilks
Garagiola
Wade
Branca
Labine
Campanella
Kiner
Bkn
Shuba
Plans to Relax Restrictions on Building Folded
Washington reports the government abandoned plans to ease building restrictions on July 1 as a steel strike disrupts military and civilian production. Henry Fowler said curbs on home construction and recreation site building will be postponed indefinitely while CIO United Steelworkers strike and court actions unfold. Production slows, unions and companies discuss safeguarding defense needs, with 132 warehouses staffed to secure needed steel.
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WASHINGTON
Henry H. Fowler
National Production Administration
Philip Murray
CIO
U. S. Supreme Court
Truman
Fowler
John R. Steelman
CIO United
steel company
Dow Jones and Co
business news service
U. S. Steel Corp
Dow Jones
Defense Lovett
Baby Food Prices Increased by OPS
OPS authorizes price ceiling increases for baby and junior foods. Increases range from 3 14 to 8 percent per dozen cans or jars at the factory. Retail prices expected to rise about one cent per can for canned baby meats and up to half a cent for other baby foods due to higher transportation and wage costs.
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WASHINGTON
U S studies purchase of European airplanes
The United States announces consideration of buying aircraft from European NATO members using security funds. NATO recommendations and allied funding plans will shape procurement, balancing U S and European interests, plus preserving domestic aircraft production and military needs.
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U.S
NATO
Paris
U. S
Europe
Draper
United States
Truman Marine Bill Aims To Expand Leathernecks Power
Washington June 20 A bill to enlarge the marine corps and give its leaders greater independence in the military establishment reached President Truman. Uncertainty lingered over his signature as Congress passed the measure today by unanimous voice votes after strong ex marine backing.
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WASHINGTON
marine corps
Truman
Stalin
exmarines
congress
Swedes Debate Blast Claim After Soviet Shootdown
In Stockholm on June 20 the cabinet studied Russia's blast amid the fallout from the Swedish flying boat shootdown by Soviet fighters. Moscow delivered a note denying Sweden's claim the Catalina was unarmed and over international waters, demanding an end to alleged frontier violations.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Rolf Sohlman
Moscow
Baltic Sea
GOP Democrats Tangle Tonight at Griffith Stadium
The House members baseball game pits Republicans led by Rep. C. W. Bishop of Illinois against Democrats captained by Rep. A. S. Herlong of Florida at Griffith stadium. Sponsored by the Washington Evening Star to aid underprivileged children, the 40 year rivalry is steeped in political tone.
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WASHINGTON
house
Griffith stadium
Washington Evening Star
C. W
Runt) Bishop ofllinois
Rep. A. S. Herlong
Florida
House votes to end price controls on most consumer goods
The House approved by 146 to 88 an amendment by Rep. Talle to lift price controls on items not rationed or allocated and on goods selling below ceiling prices for three months. Opponents warned it would dismantle the controls system and force rationing procedures, while a Cole substitute outlining a 90 day lifting period failed.
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WASHINGTON
House
office of price stabilization
Rep
Talle
Iowa
Spence
D-Ky
house banking committee
Hays
Ohio
Cole
R-Kas
Aiken probes soy bean inquiry in government shell game
Senator Aiken charges a government official with speculation in soy beans while in office and possible price fixing by OPS. He retracts naming the official as Mr Kloss and says the person now is with the Mutual Security Agency. He seeks a Senate investigations subcommittee review while apologizing to Secretary Brannan.
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WASHINGTON
Sen. Aiken
R-Vt
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Aiken
Kloss
agriculture department
Mutual Security Agency
Senate agriculture committee
special
Senate investigations subcommittee
Sen
Hoéy
D-N.C
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Russians Claim Berlin Blockade Justified
Berlin dispatch reports General Vasily Chuikov, head of the Soviet control commission for Germany, says the closure of West Berlin from the Soviet zone is justified on security grounds. He denounces the Allied protest as unfounded, calling the western sectors a spy hotbed.
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BERLIN
West Berlin
Vasily I. Chuikov
Soviet control commission
Germany
Truman Signs Multi Billion Foreign Aid Bill
President Truman signed a 6.4477 billion foreign aid bill setting a ceiling for worldwide military and economic assistance for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. The act authorizes 4.5984 billion for military aid and 1.8053 billion for economic aid, with tighter cuts than the president requested and a one billion dollar provision to ship arms from defense stocks under regular appropriations. Critics call the economic aid provisions too low, dubbing much of it defense support rather than Marshall Plan style assistance.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
defense department
Europe
Lig
Adenauer Plan Faces Setbacks in Upper House
Bonn, June 20. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer saw quick ratification of the Allied West German pacts delayed as the Bundesrat blocked approval. The upper house demanded court clarification on rearmament and insisted both the peace contract and the six nation European army treaty be approved in full, not just the financial sections.
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BONN
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Bundesrat
Adenauer
Covenant Churches adopt resolution against liquor tobacco ads
Turlock Calif June 20 A resolution protesting advertising of liquor and tobacco in newspapers and on television was adopted yesterday by the 67th national conference of Covenant Churches of America.
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TURLOCK
Calif
67th national conference of Covenant Churches of America
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bureau of entomology
U. S. department of agriculture
Ike
North Atlantic Treaty organization
William H. Draper
North Atlantic council
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