Senate Near Final Vote On Oil Lands
Senate edges toward passage of a measure returning offshore submerged lands to state ownership amid amendments and long debate. Opponents call it a giveaway of federal property. supporters see a restoration after 150 years. House already passed a broader leasing bill. conference likely.
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Harrison B. Humphries
Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Morse
Ind.-Ore
Holland
D.-Fla
Eisenhower Keeps Military Spending At 43 Billion
The Eisenhower administration tentatively holds military spending at 43 billion dollars while Sen. Taft contends the cut is insufficient. Taft notes Truman's 82 billion cut proposal and calls for a wartime role re survey to determine needed weapons and force sizes, aiming for smarter savings. Continued on page 2, column 5.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Taft
Senate
Congress
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Teacher Defies Question Put By Red Probers
In New York on May 5 assistant principal Robert Cohen of a Brooklyn junior high refused to answer whether he was ever a member of the Communist party or a teachers cell. A Brooklyn public school teacher, Mrs. Dorothy K. Finn, testified Cohen’s involvement with a teachers’ Communist cell from 1939 to 1946. Cohen invoked constitutional grounds to avoid naming meetings or party membership as the House Un-American Activities Committee pressed for details.
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New York
Brooklyn
Communist Party
Robert Cohen
House Un-American Activities’ Committee
Dorothy K. Finn
Cohen
Artie Shaw
House UN- American Activities
Federal
Los Angeles
Stevenson Doubts Chiang's Army Enough To Win Back China
Adlai E Stevenson, writing for Look Magazine, questions the Nationalist Chinese army's strength and ability to rally China against Communists. He cites Formosa forces at about 200,000, aging troops, and notes Chiang Kai Shek's claim to win on the mainland despite odds. Stevenson urges planning and patience for Asia policy.
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Stevenson
Chiang
China
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Hong Kong
Look Magazine
Democratic Party
Far East
Asia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Indiana Marines Report Two Prisoners of War
Washington May 5 The Marine Corps said two Indiana Marines previously listed as missing may now be considered war prisoners They are Pvt Melvin John Gaynor son of Melvin Gaynor Sr of Cannelton and Pvt Alvin M Robinson son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Robinson of Indianapolis
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Washington
Marine Corps
Indiana
Pvt
Melvin John Gaynor
Melvin Gaynor Sr
Cannelton
Pfe
Alvin M. Robinson
Theodore R. Robinson
Indianapolis
Drive Starts To Find Teachers As State Faces Shortage
INDIANAPOLIS May 5 A three front drive to recruit and train more teachers emerged from an educators meeting led by Wilbur Young Indiana state superintendent He announced three committees to survey communities attract students to teaching and streamline license standards The plan targets emergency permits now held by about 1847 teachers many in rural areas and seeks to widen the pool without lowering qualifications.
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Indianapolis
Wilbur Young
Statehouse
Young
Indiana
Merrill Eaton
Indiana University
Russell Mitchell
Purdue University
Robert Wagner Dies at 75 Former U S Senator of New York
Robert F. Wagner veteran Democratic U.S. senator and sponsor of the Wagner Labor Relations Act died at 75 in Manhattan after a long illness. He resigned in 1949 due to health, leaving a legacy including Social Security, housing, and NLR Act. He served nearly 23 years in the Senate.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
U. S
Ness. Wagner
Senate
Manhattan
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
Wagner
U. S. Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Dulles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Margaret McTeague
Saigh Starts 30 Day Local Prison Orientation
Fred M. Saigh former St. Louis Cardinals owner arrived Monday to begin a 30 day federal prison sentence for income tax evasion at the local penitentiary. Warden J Ellis Overlade said the 30 day orientation precedes work assignment and parole eligibility begins after five months. Saigh plans to publish a newspaper in St Louis after release.
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Fred M. Saigh
St. Louis Cardinals
J. Ellis Overlade
Federal Penitentiary
Saigh
St. Louis
Boy on Track Killed By Onrushing Train
In Syracuse on May 5 a 15 year old, Philip Felicia, attempted to time a jump past an oncoming train and was killed Monday night. He stood on the rail and did not retreat in time.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Philip Felicia
Vietminh Reds Fail To Crack Tough Outposts
Vietminh forces besieged two French Laotian posts north of Luang Prabang, but failed to breach the defenses at Muongkhoun and Muongsai after weeks of attacks. Saigon reports Paris remains committed to Laos with Letourneau promising continued defense and U.S. aid, while Salan seeks 100,000 more troops from Indo-Chinese recruits.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Vietminh
Luang Prabang
Muongkhoun
Muongsai
Plain Des Jarres
Xiengkhouang
Thailand
Vientiane
Laos
Thathom
Mekong River
Lang Prabang
Jean Letourneau
Saigon
France
Paris
Raoul Salan
U. S
Viet Nam
Man Rescues Boy From Rope Loop In Mishawaka Rescue
Edmond De Wispelaere Jr., 27, drove by in Mishawaka Indiana on May 5 and caught a rope looped over a tree that had fallen from a ladder slipping. He revived 9 year old Gene Meredith with artificial respiration and the boy was treated at a hospital for rope burns and shock.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Edmond de Wispelaere Jr
Gene Meredith
Navy presses heavy assault on Wonsan port
Seoul dispatch reports the U S Navy task force battering the east coast port of Wonsan with ships led by New Jersey and cruisers, supported by B 29s striking supply centers and Red gun positions. Four ships including St Paul and destroyers Nicholas Henderson Moore Brush Endicott took part.
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Seoul
U. S. Navy
Wonsan
Ths
New Jersey
Wonsan Harbor
Task Force 77
St. Paul
Nicholas
Henderson
Moore
Brush
Endicott
Hadan
Chingwan
New Pier Boss Shot to Death in Hoboken
Francis Kelly, about 40, slated to start work as hiring boss at Pier 3 for Jarka Corp., was shot Monday night near his Hoboken home. He died at a hospital as police search for an unidentified attacker. The case adds to waterfront violence under Senate probes in Washington. Local 867, A.F. of ILU, disclaims further comment.
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Hoboken
N. J
Francis Kelly
New York-New Jersey
Senate
Washington
Kelly
A.F
International Longshoremen’s Association
Jarka Corp
Nehrus Bomb Declared Harmless Firecracker Near Bombay
The Bombay government said a bomb found on a railroad track ahead of a train carrying Premier Jawaharlal Nehru was only a harmless firecracker. Earlier reports claimed it was meant to wreck the Amritsar Express near Kalyan Station, 40 miles northeast of Bombay, as Nehru returned from famine relief touring.
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Bombay
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kalyan Station
Nehru
Planes Carry U S Sick and Wounded From Korea Camps
Three large military transports head east across the Pacific with 149 liberated U S fighting men from Korean prison camps. One plane lands in Honolulu with 19 aboard, another in Hawaii with 19, and a third from Tokyo carries 20 Americans and six from other nations. Departure plans for further moves to Travis Air Force Base were not announced, and two liberated captives remain in Tokyo as of the report.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Korea
Hawaii
Tokyo
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Eisenhower asks Congress for 5.8 billion foreign aid plan
President Eisenhower proposed a 5.8 billion dollar foreign aid program for the next fiscal year to bolster free nations against Soviet aggression. About 5.25 billion would fund military aid with 550 million for technical and economic development. He argued aid strengthens global security more than expanding U.S. forces and urged authorization now to avoid risking peace.
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U.P
Eisenhower
Congress
Free Nations
Harry Truman
Eisen
Hower
Soviet Union
Senate
Free Europe
Indo-China
Formosa
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Indo- China
France
Stassen
House
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committees
Dulles
America
U.S
Free World
UN chief accuses Communists of negotiating smokescreen
PANMUNJOM May 5 The United Nations truce chief Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison charged the Communists with a negotiating smokescreen and said there is no evidence they desire a Korean armistice. He pressed Nam Il over Pakistan as neutral custodian for unrepatriated prisoners and warned a breakup could follow if the Red side rejects the plan.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
William K. Harrison
Pakistan
Harrison
U.N
E.D.T. Harrison
Nam Il
Asia
Nam
Brentlinger Heads Vigo County Commission
The Vigo County Board of Commissioners organized in the courthouse with Harry P. Brentlinger Jr. named president and Joseph Silcox named secretary. Michael M. Sweeney, filling the late Joseph M. Dreher’s unexpired term, is also commissioner-elect and will begin a three year term January 1, 1954.
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Vigo County Board of Commissioners
Harry P. Brentlinger Jr
Joseph Silcox
Michael M. Sweeney
Brentlinger
Silcox
Mr. Sweeney
Joseph M. Dreher
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy with showers expected. Forecast details a morning shower at 8 a.m. and noon periods with a lull at 5 p.m. Sunrise at 5 47, sunset at 7 47. River stage reported at 6 feet and falling. Average humidity yesterday recorded at 83 percent.
Local Conditions Weather Snapshot
Yesterday’s high temperature is not listed. Last night’s low was 58 degrees. Precipitation totaled 0.14 inches.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity Weather Update
Partly cloudy with showers and cooler tonight and Wednesday. North Indiana sees light rain, scattered showers south. Temperatures: tonight 45 north to 50 south, Wednesday highs 61 to 70, with variable readings across the region. Continuous cloudiness and mild cooling trend noted.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Filipino Miss Universe Marries Filipino Socialite Despite Shiner
Miss Universe 1952 Armi Kuusela wed Virgilio Hilario in Tokyo after a whirlwind romance that began on a blind date in Manila. The groom sparred with photographers due to a black eye from an earlier nightclub punch.
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Tokyo
Ipp
Armi Kuusela
Virgilio Hilario
Manila
Virgilio
Hilario
Imperial
Cosmopolitan
Long Beach
Calif
Baguio
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Robert Wagner
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American Legion
Mr. Stone
International Soundphoto
NEW Pier
Zach Dean
Douglass, Kan
Pfc
Clifford Smith
Cpl
Robert Wilson
Detroit Times
Louis Kerkstra
Byron Center
Mich
Percy Jones Hospital
Kerkstra
Terre Hauteau
Chungsung
Yalu River
Cpl. Wilson
Alva Wilson
South Fifteenth Street
John L. Steele
U. S. Weather Bureau
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