GOP Attacks on European Recovery and Point Four Aid
Washington reports heavy Republican pressure in the Senate Appropriations Committee to cut the Marshall Plan for Western Europe from 2,950,000,000 and to trim the 35,000,000 Point Four program. A Republican member predicted reductions of up to several hundred million, arguing for tighter controls on foreign aid.
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Washington
Ruman
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Republican Committee
Truman
Bacteria From Page One Aboard Harmon's Yacht Mission
A fragmented report describes a voyage where a half dozen depth bottles were dropped and an admiral notes progress toward home port. The Harmony commissioner of public works and other city officials used a luxurious 33-foot yacht for the mission while debates unfold over sewage dumping on Onondaga and potential new sewage treatment.
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Gyalt
Frank
Harmony
Mission
Raymond H. Dodge
Gyatt
Hanna
Robert. Mack
iPa Corcoran
Iit
Ononaga
Protess#Co
Pheli
Geddes
Gyalt's
Deel
Harmon
Elaine
Onondaga Yacht Club
Public’ Works
Theater Ceiling Collapse Injures Dozens in Redwood City
A ceiling collapse at a Redwood City theater injured about 30 people when plaster and reinforcing fell in a roar like thunder. Police and fire crews moved quickly as patrons panicked. Victims ranged from 14 to 39, with several hospitalized for leg and head injuries. witnesses described a cracking sound moments before the fall.
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William Goldsmith
Phil Bray
Jan
Redwood
Joseph Lodi
Frank R. Marlin
San Mateo
Gloria
Martin
Edward Tranton
Redwood City
Jamnes
Jimmie
William Guy Caskey
Memphis
Tenn
Laren
Caskey
Unsure fragment notes injury after crash
A fragment reports someone being treated at San Mat sa unity Hospital for a leg injury after a crash. No other details or names are readable.
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Fone
Lawyer is Named To Treaty Council
President Truman announced Charles Spofford a New York lawyer as the American deputy on the North Atlantic Treaty Council a key post in Western defense. Spofford served with the Army in the Mediterranean during the last war attaining brigadier general rank and has not worked for the Government aside from military service. He is a native of St. Louis.
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Washinglon
Truman
Charles Spotford
New York
Harvard Pickets Greet Acheson During Commencement
A dozen Harvard pickets greeted Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the university yard entrance as he arrived for its 299th commencement. Led by Rev. Robert M. Muir, head of the Massachusetts Action Committee for Peace, they displayed placards urging peace and denouncing atom bombs, while noting Muir is an Episcopal minister not presently tied to any church.
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Uasbridge
Mass
Acheson
Harvard Yard
Robert M. Muir
Massachusetts Action Committee For Peace
Congress OKs New Rent Law in Six Month Extension
Congress approved a rent law extending controls for six months with optional further six months. The bill, sent by House to the Senate and approved 176 to 145, aims to extend housing controls beyond June 30. It preserves limited jurisdiction for municipalities and counties to decontrol select areas while keeping some tenant protections.
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Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Senate House
Chicago
Rapp Foresees Fraud Case Tied to Stolen Signatures
A forgery probe centers on a woman who signed others names for purchases totaling 260 at E W Edwards Sons and C E Chappell as investigators link her to-signature forgeries. Detective Del Vecchio reports a clerk identified the woman as the forger who used Mrs Rapps name. Lois Waters of the Police Crime Laboratory confirms all signatures belong to the same individual. Vermont completes its census, showing a population rise of 16,389 in ten years to 359,231 in official counts.
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William ©. Rapp
del Vecchio
Rapp
Tringworth-Bailey Corp
Dey’s
Lansley
Lois Waters
Police Crime Laboratory
A. Lockmeyer
Salt Springs “Rd
Chappell’ & Sons, Inc
Vermont
Montpelier
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Angier
N. C
Wade Adams
Warry
Hamilton
First Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Regal
Salina Street
En's End
Woman's
Treaty Council
Harvard
Congressoks
the Carpet Center
Syracuse
Quadrille
Axminster
Shehedi
Stag
Warren Street
NBC
Food Energy
Everbody
NBC Blue
Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
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