Shooters' Captor to TakeStand in House Shooting Trial
In Washington witnesses include gallery doorkeeper N W Swein Elgin and Rep James Van Zandt as the trial of four Puerto Ricans who sprayed rifle fire into the House of Representatives opens. Ringleader Lolita Lebron and three associates face up to 75 years in prison on assault counts while lawyers seek acquittals.
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Rafael Cancel Miranda
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Podriguez
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James van Zandt
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Communists claim Red fighter attacked Belgian plane over border
Austrian Communists accuse a Red fighter of firing on a Belgian Sabena freight plane near the Austrian Yugoslav border. One crew member was killed and two wounded when the pilot did not land over Hungarian territory while the aircraft, carrying pedigreed pigs from London to Yugoslavia, was attacked.
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Vienna
Austria
Longon
Yugoslavia
Quake Recorded by Fordham Seismograph Sees Ecuador Shock
Seismologists report an earthquake registered at Fordham University seismograph with two shocks at 2 58 53 and 3 05 29 A M. Rev Joseph Lynch says the quake originated about 3 000 miles southwest of New York City in Ecuador.
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New York
Civil defense drill tests planned for atomic threat
Plans with state officials charted simulated fire drift and a radioactive cloud over the city. Evacuation of residents to northeast and southeast points was ordered as staff monitor tomorrow morning’s tests to judge civil defense effectiveness and future local procedures.
Employees vote against union at AFL and Teamsters HQ
In Washington, employees at AFL and Teamsters headquarters vote 28 to 1 in a National Labor Relations Board election to reject union representation. The Teamsters had sought ballot access but withdrew amid charges it was an employer move to represent workers.
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National Labor Relations Board
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Einar Mohn
Teamsters Union
Navy delays three Annapolis graduates commissions
The Navy said three Naval Academy seniors slated to graduate today will have their commissions held pending security investigations. The midshipmen will still graduate with their class, and once security checks are resolved they will be notified.
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Navy
Naval Academy
Naval
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Bureaus Get Slight Cuts In 1933 Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee voted to fund Labor and HEW near the full 1,952,344,261 requested for fiscal 1933. Oveta Culp Hobby led BEHHEW with a requested 1,652,509,261. the panel approved 1,637,615,011, a 24,894,250 cut. Labor sought 279,635,600. it was cut to 98,704,000, a 931,000 reduction. Total approved 1,948,946,011, a 16,339,250 cut from requests and 302,243,250 less than last year’s grants.
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House Appropriations Committee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Largest Liner To Get Roll Fins
London CP The 83 000 ton Queen Elizabeth world s largest liner will be fitted next winter with stabilizing fins to reduce rolling heavy seas. The stabilizers extend and retract through the hull beneath the waterline and are operated hydraulically. The largest British ships so far fitted with fins are the 28 000 ton liners of the Peninsula and Orient Company. Ship ping sources said Cunard is not thinking of fitting fins to the Elizabeth s sister ship the Queen Mary.
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Peninsular and Orient Company
Cunard
Senate approves housing measure amid broad support
The Senate votes up a major public housing package dominating a pivotal session. Key provisions include lower FHA down payments, longer mortgage terms, enhanced slum clearance grants, and extended veteran loan access while rejecting Eisenhower proposals for flexible rates and private market shifts.
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Ohio
Robertson D. Police
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Ives
N.Y
Lehman
X.Y
Federal Housing Administration
Federal National Mortgage Association
Eisenhower
Riot Delays Yoshida Trip Amid Diet Turmoil
After a wild riot in the Japanese Diet 200 Tokyo police entered the chamber to quell the clash delaying Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida’s world tour. Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki said the trip may be postponed weeks or until fall as the government seeks to resolve the domestic crisis.
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Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Tokyo
Diet
Katsuo Okazaki
Eisenhower’s wife Honored by Presbyterian Women
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower was named in absentia as an honorary member of the National Council of Presbyterian Women's Organizations. The ceremony took place at Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana.
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Ind
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presbyterian
National Council of Presbyterian Women's’ Organizations
Purdue University
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