Democrats Revolt on Profit Tax Hurls Roadblock
In Washington Democratic leaders withheld support for extending the excess profits tax, leaving Republicans to carry the bill through the Ways and Means Committee. Treasury Secretary Humphrey hinted at possible broader tax revision, including a national sales tax, while Democrats argued for broader reform and warned against unequal treatment among industries and consumers. The extension faces a tough fight but is seen as likely to pass if approved by both House and Senate floors.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Ways and Means
Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
Senate
Tornado Kills Five Across Port Huron and Sarnia
A powerful tornado swept Port Huron Michigan and Sarnia Ontario leaving at least five dead and millions in damage. Port Huron estimates pace near 1 million while Sarnia losses top 3 million as rescue teams search debris on both sides of the St Clair River.
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Port Huron
Mich
Sarnia
Ont
J. F. Gibbs
St. Clair River
Margaret Clarke
Watford
Port
Huron
Charles LaForest
Here
Springbank
Simon Thompson
Dorothy
Sarah MacIntosh
Lake Ontario
Michigan
Ontario
Gold Stolen From Idlewild Airport Shipment Mystery
Thirteen other bars of gold and 116 bars of silver from the same shipment were untouched. Six bars of gold worth 27000 dollars vanished from a cargo hangar at Idlewild Airport, with the theft disclosed by Port of New York Authority Police. The missing bars were from a shipment arriving from San, while the rest remain in place at the Aircraft Company hangar under investigation.
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New York
Idlewild
Port of New York Authority
San Denver
Salvador
George D. Lewis
Perth Amboy
N. J
David
Brofman
New York-Honduras
Rosario Lewis
Mining Manufacturing Co
Wasing
Hall
Aircraft Company
Revision G M Pact Raises Wages for 350000 Workers
General Motors and the United Automobile Workers reached a pact modifying wage formulas for about 330000 GM employees nationwide. The agreement shifts 19 cents of the existing 24 cent cost of living allowance to the base rates, effective June 1, and provides a 10 cent an hour increase for about 40000 skilled trades, plus an annual improvement factor of five cents an hour instead of four.
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Detroit
General Motors Today
CLO
United Automobile Workers
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower Dulles rule out big four Russia talks
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles signal no Big Four meeting with the Soviet Union while arguing against aggression. Dulles warns that any significant progress hinges on Russia withdrawing occupancy in Europe and ending Soviet military moves in Asia, as Britain and France push a unity conference next month.
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New Delhi
India
Austria
Boy Proves Signs Don’t Mean A Thing
An 8 or 9 year old boarded a crowded San Jimia bus and challenged the driver over rules. He cites a sign about passengers not standing ahead of a line and then reads another warning not to talk to the driver, still insisting signs matter.
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San Jimia
Economist outlines community approaches to industrial relations
Robert S Sedgwick A economics professor discusses community strategies for industrial relations inspired by a Herald Journal editorial from May 15. Other features include Amusements 38 Editorials Bridge 6 and Letters 26 Classified 40-45 Ing Reporter 8 City Life 25 Radio-TV 3g City Problems 24 Society 28-30 Deaths 2 Sports 3 25 35 35 Financial 3 Today's Pictures page 20.
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Robert
Sedgwick
Herald-Journal
City Life
Radio-Tv
City P'blems
Society
Peaths
Financial
Day for Prayer Proclaimed Memorial Day for Peace
President Eisenhower declares Memorial Day May 30 as a day of prayer for permanent peace. The hour begins at 12 A.M. EST, inviting all citizens to unite in solemn prayer according to their faith. He urges honoring the fallen and rededicating to the cause of peace to prevent future war and the Unknown Soldier.
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Washington
P ‘Dent Eisenhower
Auriol Seeks New Premier Amid French Crisis
Paris reports a parade of political leaders at the Elysee to advise President Vicent Auriol on selectors for France's prime minister as the National Assembly toppled Rene Mayer's cabinet. It is France's 18th postwar crisis, with expectations of a new government by mid June before Bermuda talks with Churchill and Eisenhower. Meanwhile in Norman, Oklahoma, Dixie Smith explains her ice cube planting gimmick for seeds, mistaken for growing cakes or icicles.
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Elysee Palace
Vicent Auriol
France
French National Assembly
Rene Mayer
Auriol
Inger
National Assembly
United States
Britain
Mayer
Churchill
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Norman
Okla
Dixie Smith
Disle
Eisenhower Signs Tideland Oil Bill at White House
President Eisenhower signed the offshore oil lands bill at the White House with a declaration honoring state claims as honest and fair. More than twenty members of Congress attended, breaking into applause as the president completed the signature, fulfilling a major campaign promise.
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Washington CP
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Triplets Born in Local Hospital to Foggia Family
Mary Foggia and Mrs Cate Draicchia welcomed a set of triplets, two boys and a girl, born last night at the local hospital. The parents are reported to be healthy as the newborns adjust to life at home.
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Foggia, Mary GP
Catestina Draicchia
TODAY'S CHUCKLE For every man years of age there are seven women
A lighthearted quip notes a playful ratio of men to women and hints at dating humor with a pun on age. It presents a dated wink at social scenes and courtship styles without serious analysis.
Watertown Twister Sidesteps Upstate New York
A tornado sighting near Watertown prompted emergency warnings as storms moved east toward Canada. Observers reported a funnel like protrusion drawing a squall line over Lake Ontario at 40 mph. Warnings followed from Watertown to Syracuse, where no tornado impact occurred, only heavy rain and thunder.
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New York State
Canada
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hancock Field
Watertown
Lme
Lake Ontario
Uoward
Weather Bureau
Syracuse
Andrew P. Keller
Living Costs Up Slightly In March to April
The Labor Department reports a one tenth of one percent rise in the cost of living from March 15 to April 15, with the index at 113.7 percent of the 1947-49 average. Despite the uptick, the level remains below the all time high of 114.3 percent reached on November 25.
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Washington
INS
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Department
Squeeze Play Carried Weight Kid Stuff
Police hunted two young women after a strange incident in Windsor Me. UP dispatches report a sequence of thefts and confrontations near a home in Cleveland and Ipoh, Malaya. A dealer named Albert Fuldauer tipped authorities that a broken-down scale concealed contraband including pennies, dimes, nickels, 16 revolvers, a cannon, and toys. The events centered on a 50 cent machine and a profit motive, with detectives tracing the sequence from a hug to the seizure of the contraband.
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Windsor
Cleveland
Ipoh
Malaya
Fred Merrills
Albert Fuldauer
Jill
Cop Chases Runaway Horse Honored by City Merchants
In Schenectady the motorcycle patrolman Bernard Waldron who chased a runaway horse through four blocks of the business district was honored. Two city merchants presented him with a complete cowboy outfit while fellow officers sang Home on the Range in tribute.
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Schenectady
Bernard Waldron
Salaried GE workers recalled amid mediation end
Federal mediators ended 49 day negotiations on the General Electric strike as 4000 white collar workers were invited to return to work Monday. Spokesman James J. Carroll said the mediation board adjourned subject to call by the Federal Mediation Service. Sheriff Stone warned of maintaining order if plants open and Union Local 320 President Walter Usialynski lamented missing notice.
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General Electric
James J. Carroll
Syracuse
Frank Maher
New York City
John Rooney
Albany
Federal Mediation Service
Hotel Onondaga
Carroll
Albert G. Stone
Imw
Electronica Pari
Walter Usiatynski
International Union of Electrical Workers, Clo
Baker
Weather and Skirmishes Stall Red Koera Front
Cold rain and windstorms grounded Allied planes as Fifth Air Force limited sorties to weather reconnaissance over Red Koera. A night raid hit Red targets with light bombers and a radar directed dogfight damaged one Red jet. In Chorwon Valley a Chinese company clash sparked a two hour raiding action by American patrols.
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Sequlp
Ko~tean
Fifth Air Force
Red Koera
Chorwon Valley
Jackson Heights
Top Jet Aces Leave for U S After Medals
Captains Joseph McConnell Jr and Manuel J Fernandez Jr depart Tokyo for U S Air Force headquarters in Washington to receive the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star from General Weyland. They plan to apply for second Sabre jet tours in Korea but were grounded by Fifth Air Force Commander General Bare.
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Tokyo
Gph
United States
Air Force
Joseph McConnell, Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
Manuel J. Fernandez, Jr
Miami
Fis
U. S. Air Force
Washington
Fach
Hed
Anam
Korea
McConnell
Fernandez
Glenn Bareaus
Fifth Air Force
Fores
Davis
Lubbock
North Korea
Miers
Sabrev
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