Senators Propose Cuts and Reforms in Foreign Aid and Policy
Two senators push to limit foreign aid with loans rather than grants and seek a 1 billion dollar cut in overall authorization while Long would press for a 500 million cut if needed. The report covers postal pay, proxy fights, housing plans, uniform contracts scrutiny, and Hoover Commission progress.
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Tom Murray
D.-Tenn
Edward H. Rees
Louis Wolfson
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Wolfson
Montgomery Ward & Co
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
Senate Banking Committee
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Sen
Chicago
Navy
Harry Lev
Jas
Wool
Hoover Commissions
Congress
Hoover Commission
Styles Bridges
N.H
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Commission
Palsy Patients to Be Registered for Vigo Center
As the United Cerebral Palsy treatment center in Vigo County nears opening, plans outline registering cerebral palsy patients. Children’s registration is set for Sunday June 12 from 2 to 5 p.m., with parents urged to call L-9910 to inform the secretary of the child’s name and age. Equipment is installed, Eastern Motors Express donated a needed machine, and a supply of wheelchairs is on hand for short term borrow by those injured or ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Cerebral Palsy Organization
Vigo County
Eastern Motors Express
Arrison
Searment Center
Four Divorce Petitions Filed In Vigo County Court
Four divorce suits were filed in Vigo County Superior Court No. 2. Alma Scott seeks custody of a minor from Marvin Scott whom she married August 28 1954 and separated May 25 1955. Colette Corbin petitions for custody of a minor. Betty Lou Huey sues for divorce from Howard Edward Huey married February 26 1953 and separated March 7 1955 with a restraining order requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Benjamin A. Bailey
Alma Scott
Marvin Scott
Effie Harris
Colette Corbin
Howard Edward Huey
North Twenty-fifth Street
Betty Lou Huey
Polio Cases Rise in Nation as Vaccine Link Noted
Public Health Service reports 60 polio cases linked to vaccine contacts, 114 among vaccinated persons. Week ended May 28 shows 240 new polio cases nationwide, higher than 1950–54 five year median. State tallies include New York 74, Texas 176, California 196 with various comparisons.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
the Health Service
New York State
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Iowa
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Idaho
California
One in Three Thousand Are Drug Addicts
Washington June 2 Narcotics Commissioner Harry J Anslinger told Senate investigators there are about 60 000 drug addicts in the United States one in every 3 000 persons He testified that despite progress in narcotics control addiction remains a serious problem as the head of the U S Narcotics Bureau testified at the opening of hearings by a Senate judiciary subcommittee seeking stronger narcotics laws.
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Washington
Harry J. Anslinger
Senate
United States
Anslinger
U. S. Narcotics Bureau
Senate Judiciary
Giant Outdoor Scouting Fair at Vigo County Grounds
The largest outdoor Scouting event in Terre Haute will be held at the Vigo County Fair Grounds on Saturday June 11 from 2 to 9 PM. About 1 000 boys from eight districts of the Wabash Valley Council will display activities across 100 booths with Cubs Scouts and Explorers.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County Fair Grounds
Wabash Valley Council
Louis Clark
Russell L. Howard
Paul Bunyan
Scout Federation of Mothers’ Clubs
Wabash Valley
Art Freudenberg
Jim Merry
Mr Boyle Notes Ordinary Life In Extraordinary World
Hal Boyle writes that life over forty is full of ordinary questions and near misses from lightning to raincoats. He suggests many readers will relate, feeling normal in an extraordinary world as they reflect on small, quirky life moments.
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New York
Jail Trio Fail to Enter Dairy Bar in Trespass Case
Frank Luckett 25 of 1562 West 113th Street Los Angeles was arrested Thursday for malicious trespassing and public intoxication after loitering near Castle Roma Dairy Bar Fruitride and Wabash avenues. He pled guilty and was fined 23 and 18 dollars and 15 days in jail. Other locals, Charles Robinson 19 and Samuel L. Lowe 26 of R A 3 West Terre Haute pleaded guilty to intoxication with 14 dollar fines. Henry Cullop 56 also paid 14 dollars for intoxication. Marvin Latta received a continuance until June 16 on failure to provide for his wife Maureen.
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Frank Luckett
West 113Th Street
Los Angeles
Calif
Ing
Castle Roma
Fruitride
Wabash Avenues
Bingham
Head
J. Beasley
Edward S. Everett
Russians Pay 11 Tons of Gold to Iran in War Claims
Tehran reports say six tons of gold worth $5,040,000 were loaded for Iran by Soviet forces to part pay Iran's war claims. The balance, under a December settlement, covers 11 tons of gold and $8 million in goods for Soviet wartime use of railways and buildings.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Russia
Non irrigation policy adopted by State Conservation Commission
Indianapolis June 2 The State Conservation Commission announces a policy barring farmers from pumping water from lakes or non navigable streams to irrigate crops. The decision aims to protect lake and stream levels. officials caution they are unsure which waters would be affected and note petitions could surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Conservation Commission
Eisenhower urges nationwide Flag Day observance
President Eisenhower calls for observance of Flag Day June 14 with broad display of the Stars and Stripes across the nation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
12 U S Farmers to Visit Russia
Washington reports that 12 American agricultural representatives will visit Russia between July 15 and August 15. Russia will send a similar delegation July 10 to August 10. The U S visit is unofficial with no government travel funding. Delegates will be recognized figures in farming and agricultural research.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
State and Agriculture Departments
U. S
Departments
Berlin Blockade Tightened by Reds
West Berlin officials accuse Eastern Communists of tightening the blockade by cutting elevated train telephone lines linking East and West zones. Police report border police fired six carbine shots at a motorist fleeing toward the British sector from the Soviet Zone. Officials say the Berlin railway system cut direct telephone cables between West Berlin and stations in the Soviet sector. There are 70 stations in West.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Elopement Couple Delayed After Embankment Plunge
Texas highway patrolman M. W. Crigler said Zeferino Mendoza 20 Weslaco and his bride to be were only slightly delayed when their car went off a 15 foot embankment near Mercedes. Relayed details from June 2 report.
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Mercedes, Tex
Texas Highway
M. W. Crigler
Zeferino Mendoza
Weslaco
Tex
Berlin rail lines link East and West for danger reports
Berlin and West Berlin stations can report danger or accidents to the East Berlin headquarters via a single congested line or indirectly through eight border stations, highlighting a tightly controlled railway communication network.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Cold infection research finds limited impact from discomforts
Studies indicate drafts chilling wetting and similar discomforts have little effect on common cold infections. Researchers note behavioral factors do not significantly alter infection rates.
Three Escaped Convicts Captured Near Monroe City
Three men identified as Oscar Wood, 20, David Lee Moore, 25, and William Robert Glass, 25, escaped Tuesday from Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield and were captured Wednesday night in a river bottom field near Monroe City Indiana. Police chased them with Vincennes Petersburg and state troopers and they were jailed in Washington at Daviess County.
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Monroe City
Ind
Ohio State Reformatory
River ‘Bottoms
Oscar Wood
David Lee Moore
William Robert Glass
Mansfield
Ohio
Washington
Vincennes and Petersburg
Daviess County
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Steve Hilbert
Richard Erney
Bill Erney
James Spence
Jerry Supp
Steve Collins
Larry Davis
James White
David Yeager
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Mr. Boyle
Hal Boyle
Dial
Freeman
Wabash Ave
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Kuppenheimer
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