Senate votes major cut in big fund bill
The Senate advanced a 34.237 billion dollar funding measure with a 525 million dollar cut on non defense and non foreign items. Taft praised the bill as Hayden and party leaders predicted completion today. Votes exempted the Marshall plan and UN funding from the cut, boosting related programs. Further amendments and a House Senate conference loom as leaders push toward final action.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Hayden
Arizona
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House
Taft and Bricker Back 10 Percent Nondefense Cut
Senators Robert A Taft and John W Bricker of Ohio voted for a 10 percent cut in nondefense and non foreign aid spending as part of a one package appropriations bill The Senate approved the amendment 55 to 31 They also opposed exempting Marshall Plan funds from the cut in nondefense spending with the Senate approving the exemption 45 to 40
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Marshall
Economic Cooperation Administration
U. S
United Nations
Washington
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Taft
Bricker
Senate Rejects 10 Percent Cut toAid for Underdeveloped Areas
The Senate voted 46 to 39 to spare the $26,900,000 for Truman’s Point Four program and maintain President Truman’s budget request amid a broad $525,000,000 reduction in the current appropriations. Agriculture faced the largest loss, with about $136.7 million cut as Congress reeled from revised totals. The House and Senate plans differed on foreign aid and military construction, and neither included fixed expenses or supplementary allocations sought by Truman.
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Roseville
Taft
National Health Institutes For Cancer
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Gulf Coasts
Morse
Oregon
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Kilgore
West Virginia
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Spain
Tional Children’s Emergency Fund
Truman
Bridges
New Hampshire
Byrd
Virginia
Agriculture Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Boy 13 Is Found Strangled in Cave Near Home
East Liverpool police recovered the body of 13 year old David Brant Jr after a wild west style play ended in his death. The scene was a shallow cave beside the hillside home as neighbors helped in a broad search while playmates were questioned. The father discovered a rope tied around the boy's neck.
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Brush-Moore
East Liverpool
Chester C. Smith
David Brant Jr
David Brant
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