Senate OKays Security Bill
Senate approves a major Social Security reform by an 81 to 2 vote to roughly double current old age and survivors benefits. The measure raises coverage by about 10 million people, amid debate on disabled benefits, tax rates, and pay as you go financing. Conference committee will harmonize House and Senate differences before final action.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Conference Committee
Butler
R.neb
Cain
Taft
Ohio
Coast Transit Strike Ends Across Los Angeles
After a five day stoppage, Los Angeles streetcars and buses returned to service as Transit Workers won a five cent hourly raise with another three cents after a year. Bakers strike hit five west coast cities while Pittsburgh milk drivers seek wage hours agreement. World Telegram editorials continue amid wage disputes. International Union of Electrical Workers planned talks with General Electric in New York next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
West Coast
Pittsburgh
C.I.O. American Newspaper Guild
New York Evening Daily
World Telegram and
Sun
A.F.L. Transit
Portland
Seattle
Bremerton
Everett
World Telegram
C.I.O. International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
New York
US Official in Frankfurt Kills Self
Clay H Henderson a 33 year old U S vice consul in Frankfurt committed suicide yesterday He was found in his apartment with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the right temple authorities recovered two hand guns and two rifles and noted three notes left by Henderson mentioning his deafness and hearing aid associates said there was no recent sign of contemplation of such act.
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Frankfurt
U. S. High Commission
Clay H. Henderson
U. S
Frankfort
Henderson
High Commission
Los Angeles Moves Up to Fourth Largest U S City
Detroit yields its fourth city status as the 1940 census places Los Angeles at 1 954 036 residents and Detroit at 1 837 617. Los Angeles rises to fourth behind New York Chicago and Philadelphia, while Detroit slides to fifth.
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Detroit
Los Angeles
U.S
Here
West Coast
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Hungry minnows aid Skeeter fight in Indiana
The Indiana conservation department reports minnows gambusia affinis are being stocked in Hoosier lakes and streams to curb mosquitoes. These larvae-destroying fish consume about three quarters of their daily diet as mosquito larvae.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Conservation Department
Department
Fish and Game Division
Hoosier
Floods Threaten Farm Lands Across Northwest
Flooding rivers in Washington Oregon Idaho and British Columbia imperil thousands of acres of crops and force evacuations. Five deaths are linked to the rising waters with rescue efforts at Harrison Mills and Fraser River dikes near Vancouver while a 10 year old child drowned near Mission British Columbia.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Harrison
Fraser
Idaho
Kootenai
Mission
B. C
Washington State
House Set for Vote on $1 Billion Excise Tax Bill
Washington June 21 The excise tax reduction bill aimed largely at corporations faces a House vote next Wednesday Top Democrats expect passage with further cuts in excise items such as fur coats jewelry and travel tickets Aims to raise about 4.2 billion over five years from corporate taxes and revenue loop holes Senate support noted while Republicans doubtless oppose the new corporate taxes
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Federal
Treasury
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Rep
Mills
D.-Ark
King Leopold Expected to Return by July 21
Parliamentary sources in Brussels report King Leopold likely to return from exile within three weeks and certainly by Belgium independence day July 21. The social Christian party holds majorities in both houses and plans to repeal the 1945 ban on the king.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.P
Leopold
Social Christian
Shriners Move From Fun to Business at 76th Imperial Council
After three days of parades and pranks, 135000 Shriners in Los Angeles begin formal business at the 76th Imperial Council. The key item is electing the imperial outer guard with two candidates, Dr Clayton F Andrews and George A Mattison Jr. Detroit delegates head home tonight as Los Angeles hosts a five hour parade of 14000 mounted and marching Shrine members.
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Los Angeles
Imperial Council
Imperial Outer Guard
Imperial
Clayton F. Andrews
Sesostris Temple
Lincoln
Neb
George A. Mattison, Jr
Zamora Temple
Birmingham
Ala
Detroit
Shrine
United States
Hawaii
Canada
Memorial Coliseum
Lloyd
Madison
Wis
Mama Camel
Dulles Arrives in Tokyo for Japan Peace Talks
John Foster Dulles flew into Tokyo to discuss peace terms and Asian political issues with General MacArthur. Secretary Louis Johnson toured Yokosuka while Dulles assessed whether to proceed with a peace treaty or alternative arrangements to consolidate peace with Japan.
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Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
Japan
MacArthur
U.S
Louis Johnson
Yokosuka
Dulles
State Department
Korea
United States
General MacArthur
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Seoul
Russia
Red China
Civil rights clash over draft race policy stalls Senate action
A Senate civil rights dispute pauses the peacetime draft extending to 25. Russell seeks race based units, while Lucas Saltonstall Knowland oppose. House and Senate differ on extension length. no new draftees since 1949.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Armed Services
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lucas
Ill
Saltonstall
R.-Mass
G.O.P
Knowland
R.-Calif
Armed Services Committee
House
Congress
Fire Captain William E Gray Dies After Illness
Fire Captain William Emmett Gray 51 of Fire Station No 6 dies after a three month illness at St Anthony’s Hospital. Appointed March 13, 1931, he led Station No 6 for eight years and belonged to St Ann’s parish. Survived by widow Mary Milwida, daughter Mary Katherine, three sisters, a brother, and a foster brother. Funeral Friday at 8:30 am then 9 am Mass at St Ann’s. burial Calvary cemetery. Rosary 8 pm Thursday at Callahan chapel. Member of International Fire Fighters Association.
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William Emmett Gray
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Locust Street
Captain Gray
Thirteenth
Crawford Streets
St. Ann’s
Mary Milwida
Mary Katherine Gray
Terre Haute
Lillian Roach
Helen Uffen
Grace Thurman
Stockton
Calif
Edward Gray
Lodi
Callahan Funeral Home
St. Ann’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Callahan
Counterfeiter Given Ten Year Sentence
Willard F Kelley a 47 year old counterfeiter began a 10 year prison term after being found guilty on three charges by a federal jury after an hour's deliberation Judge William E Steckler denied defense requests to defer sentencing due to probation officer investigation He had a long criminal record including counterfeit gasoline ration stamps and armed robbery.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Willard F.kelley
William E. Steckler
Steckler
Kelley
Priests Arrested in Poland for War Propaganda
Newspapers report two Catholic priests arrested in Poland on charges of spreading provocative war propaganda and attempting to create war panic. The Rev. Jozef Stefanski, vicar in Byton, and the Rev. Zenon Ignacy Deszez, a monk at St. Bernard Monastery in Lodz, were identified.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.2
Jozef Stefanski
Byton
Zenon Ignacy Deszez
St. Bernard
Lodz
Midwest vice probe is next
The Senate Crime Investigating Committee plans public and secret hearings in Chicago and Washington next month to study big time gambling, narcotics, counterfeiting and crime in the Midwest. Chicago is cited as a center for rings and the committee will hear from Virgil Petersen and Wayne Coy among others as the probe expands to Indiana and Lake County.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Chicago
Mid-West
Senate
Virgil Petersen
Chicago Crime Commission
Petersen
Indiana
Paul Cyr
Lake County
Cyr
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Congress
H. J. Anslinger
U.S. Narcotics Bureau
Continental Press Service
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Wayne Coy
Chief Plans Fight for Joe Dalrymple Reinstatement
Highland Heights ousted police chief Fay Dalrymple, 58, says he will appeal to Common Pleas Court to keep his $300 monthly job in the village of about 500. He claims a frame-up after firing by the village council following charges he flirted with the mayor's wife. The Fraternal Order of Police backs his bid for reinstatement.
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Cleveland
Highland Heights
Fay Dalrymple
Common Pleas Court
Dalrymple
Clem Ley
Fraternal Order of Police
William Horrigan
Orchid Safety Award Goes To Driver Carl Green
Carl Green a 40 year old driver for Morris Trucking Company living at 2525 North Thirteenth and one half street won Wednesday's Orchid for Safety for stopping his truck and letting an elderly cripple cross the street. Lieut Street and Officers Roloff and O'Connor reported he was driving on Third Street and north on Ohio with a green light when he permitted a leg brace wearing lady to cross.
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Carl Green
North Thirteenth
Morris Trucking Company
Green
Frank
Roloff and
O’connor
Ohio Street
Fort Harrison Post No 40 Elects New Commander
Post Commander John F. Brinkman was elected at Fort Harrison American Legion Post No 40. Gus Theodore was re elected vice commander and Louis Britzius named vice commander and membership chairman. Executives include Fitch Otte Francis Brown Edwards Wineinger, and chaplains Ward Stimson Cline Cronin White Glosser Glosser Woodard English McPeak. Delegates to Indiana state convention Aug 19 22 include Brinkman Fitch Ike Woodard Britzius Theodore Berlanger Lang Prewitt.
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John F. Brinkman
Fort Harrison
Bernard Chapman
William Woodard
James English
Robert McPeak
Ernest S. Ward
Boys State
Stewart Stimson
James Cline
National Defense
Robert Cronin
Tyrus White
Sons of the Legion
William Glosser
Roy Day
Howard Vogel
Harold Nattkemper
William Ike
David Ginsberg
Indianapolis
Darrell Davy
John Brinkman
Harry E. Fitch
Harold Clark
Louis Nattkemper
Louis Britzius
Gus Theodore
Anthony Berlanger
Robert Lang
Earl Prewitt
Bombers Strike Swatow Port In Chinese Theater Raid
Air headquarters reports medium bombers and fighters hit Swatow on June 21 damaging the airport runway. Four ships unloading in the harbor were attacked and a tank landing ship sunk. A British steamer Anhui and rescue ship Hanyang were reportedly attacked with one death aboard the Anhui after a mine strike.
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Taipei
Swatow
Hong Kong
Butterfield
Swire
Anhui
Bridges To Retain Citizenship Awhile
San Francisco June 21 The government says longshore leader Harry Bridges obtained U S citizenship fraudulently by denying he was a communist A federal judge signed a decree revoking Bridges citizenship but Bridges appeals and remains a citizen while the case is on appeal
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
George B. Harris
U. S
Harris
Bridges
Tensions Grow Between Russia and Its Satellites Says Hoffman
AP analysis by DeWitt Mackenzie reports Paul G. Hoffman asserting rising tensions in the Soviet bloc. He links dictatorship strain to forced labor camps and Kremlin satellite provocations, noting Yugoslavia’s breakaway as a potential pattern. He spoke at the White Sulphur Springs governors conference.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Paul G. Hoffman
White Sulphur Springs
Russia
Hoffman
The
Kremlin
Jurist Harris in Sullivan sanctioned 60 day term
Circuit Judge Norval K. Harris of Sullivan received 60 days on the State Penal Farm and a $300 fine for contempt of the Indiana Supreme Court. Chief Justice Emmert imposed the sentence after a 15 minute deliberation and Harris asked for a summer term.
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Indianapolis
Norval K. Harris
Sullivan
Indiana Supreme Court
James A. Emmert
Harris
Emmert
Joseph Adams
Supreme Court
Charles C. Hyslope
Adams
Priamville
Sullivan Circuit
James E. Emmert
John K. Purcell
Martin L. Pigg
Pigg
Weather Summary With River Stage Report
Weather outline shows sunrise at 5 23 am and sunset at 8 20 pm. River stage stands at 14 1 feet and is stationary at noon.
Local Conditions Summary
Highest temperature yesterday was 7 percent. Lowest temperature last night reached 58. Precipitation reported as trace.
Forecast for Terre Haste Indiana and Illinois Regions
Partly cloudy today through Thursday with warmer temperatures on Thursday. Local showers or thunder showers near the Ohio River in Indiana and extreme south Illinois with warmer Thursday. Night lows range from 35 to 62 depending on location while highs reach the mid to upper 80s and even mid 90s in southern areas. Temperature readings show 6 a.m. at 61 and 2 p.m. at an unspecified value.
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Terre Haste
Indiana
Ohio River
Illinois
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Midwest Vice Probe
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Wood
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