Truman’s Controls Bill Torn to Shreds by House Vote
Washington June 26 The House voted 211 to 185 to pass a bill lifting price ceilings on almost all non rationed items and ending federal rent control by Sept 30 It also abolishes the Wage Stabilization Board replacing it with a powerless advisory body and ends President Truman’s credit curb authority Regulators warn this move could wreck the controls program if enacted The measure heads to a Senate House conference committee for possible salvage efforts
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Washington
House
Truman
Ing
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Senate House
UN Warplanes Strike North Korean Power Grid
Allied jet bombers attacked hydro electric plants in North Korea on Thursday, hitting Fusen and Changjing stations and damaging nine hydro plants already battered earlier in the week. Thunderjets and Shooting Stars damaged a transformer and two high voltage stations near Hamhung while UN ground forces fought on the western front with hill battles and high casualties reported.
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Seoul
North Korea
Far East Air Forces
Hamhung
Eighth Army
T-Bone
Allies March Out of Peace Talks In Korea Panmun
Friday's walkout marked the third Allied departure from the Panmun talks over prisoner of war repatriation. North Korean Gen Nam Il remained in the tent as the five man Allied team exited. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr said Nam was angry and unable to fully control himself. Gen Mark Clark in Tokyo warned the UN would press on to block gains near Japan while offering terms for peace. The UN command noted negotiators endured Red invective and bombast as Nam protested the screening of Koje prisoners and the release of 27,000 civilian internees.
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Munsan
Nam Il
Panmun
Jom
William K. Harrison, Jr
Nam
Korea
Free World
Clark
United Nations Command
Koje Island
House Overrides Truman Veto of Immigration Bill
The House voted 278 to 113 to override President Truman's veto of the McCarran Walter immigration bill. The measure now goes to the Senate where supporters hope the veto can be sustained against the two thirds requirement. Senator Pat McCarran predicted Senate approval, while critics argue the bill would refine immigration law but worsen injustices. Francis Walter and Walter Judd pushed for action, with Emanuel Celler defending the veto and Walter attacking it as fiction.
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Washington
U.P
House
Truman
McCarran
Senate
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Emanuel Celler
D-N. Y
Judiciary Committee
Walter
Butte Weather Forecast From Friday to Thursday
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and slightly warmer Friday. Friday night remains partly cloudy. Friday high 63 and low 39 with mid period 12 midnight Wednesday to 5:30 pm Thursday ranges 44 to 59 at Airport-Minum and Mines-Minimum 41 to 60. West of Divide shows variable cloudiness Friday with scattered thundershowers and little temperature change. high 70 to 80, near Divide 60 to 70. East of Divide variable clouds Friday with scattered showers and few afternoon local thunderstorms. temperatures rise to 60 to 70, Friday night partly cloudy with light showers early and little change.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Mutiny Ends as 300 Kentucky Prisoners Surrender
About 300 mutinous convicts at the Kentucky state prison surrendered after eight hours of riot. Eight inmates were wounded and a guard injured. Warden Jess Buchanan said no concessions were granted as state police and guards moved in. Foreman Charles McChesney, held hostage, walked out unharmed.
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Eddyville
Kentucky State
Jess Buchanan
W. E. Watson
Corrections
Charles McChesney
McChesney
Buchanan
Swifty
Awards Contracts for Road Jobs
Montana highway commission awarded three state highway construction contracts totaling 406,716. Nilson-Smith of Great Falls received 155,847 to grade gravel oil and drain 5.183 miles of the Fairfield west road in Teton county by Sept 15 1953. Walter Mackin and son of Billings got 18,872 to build two timber bridges on the same road by May 31 1953. McKinnon Decker of Helena was awarded 231,997 to build a 450 foot steel concrete bridge on the Shelby south road in Toole county by Oct 31.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Commission
Nilson-Smith
Great Falls
Fairfield-west
Teton County
Walter Mackin and Son
Billings
McKinnon-Decker
Shelby South
Toole County
Forest highway contract bids set for July 17 in Montana
MISSOULA June 26 The Bureau of Public Roads will let the first forest highway contract of the season July 17 after opening bids for three bridges on the West Gallatin highway The bridges are part of the reconstruction of 13 miles of forest road for which the contract will be let when right of way is obtained Later the bureau will let contracts for three sections on U S 2 including two reconstruction units east of Nyack and the summit section surfacing a third section of the Swan river road south from Swan lake the last section on U S 10 between Saltese and Henderson the West Gallatin surfacing and the Yellowstone Glacier bee line reconstruction
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Missoula
Bureau of Public Roads
West Gallatin Highway
Bureau
Nyack
Swan River
Swan Lake
U. S. 10
Saltese
Henderson
West Gallatin
Eisenhower Attacks Administration in Denver Speech
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower assailed the Democratic administration for complacency and corruption while urging American youth to back his presidential bid. He framed foreign policy as war or peace and linked domestic corruption to the party in power, drawing a 11000 strong Denver Coliseum crowd.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
China
Europe
Eisenhower
Senate rejects extra funds for immigration crackdown
Washington June 26 The Senate rejected two attempts to grant the federal immigration service additional money to crack down on Mexican wet backs crossing the border illegally to work on American farms.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Immigration Service
Steel strike swells idle ranks as 239 thousand workers lose pay
Pittsburgh report notes over a quarter-million in steel using industries idle as a 25 day CIO United Steelworkers walkout continues. Industry losses mount with 1.8 million tons weekly production lost while mills on partial contracts run at 12 percent capacity.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United
USW
American Iron and Steel Institute
Allied Industries
Toledo
Ohio
Acklin
Spicer Manufacturing
Dana Corporation
Willys- Overland
Maryland
State
Anaconda Copper elects Dwyer president in New York
Robert F. E. Dwyer a longtime Anaconda Copper Mining Co official was chosen president by the board in New York on Thursday morning. He succeeds W. H. Hoover who died here on June 6.
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Robert FE. Dwyer
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
New York
W. H. Hoover
Senate Removes Ban on Envoy to Vatican
Washington June 26 An appropriation bill passed by the Senate eliminates a House written provision to bar a U S ambassador to the Vatican without Senate approval The move ends a heated debate sparked by President Truman s moving to appoint Gen Mark Clark as envoy and Protestant protests over church state separation during a Congress recess consideration
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Washington
Vatican
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Truman
Gen
Mark Clark
Papal State
U. S
Congress
Asks More Arms for Chiang's Men
Formosa defense seen as vital to U S security. Maj. Gen. William C. Chase urged rapid delivery of planes and guns to the Chinese Nationalists, praising their soldiers and noting U S trained pilots are available. The adviser head emphasized urgency for more hardware and faster aid.
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Taipeh
Formosa
U.S
U. S
William C. Chase
Chase
United States
Foreign Students Visit Butte In High School Exchange
Twenty nine young scholars from Austria Belgium Denmark Ecuador Finland France Germany and Greece arrived in Butte on a Greyhound Lines sponsored tour through the American Field Service. After nine months in American high schools they mingled with local teens during a 24 day countrywide tour before returning home to resume two to three years of intensive study.
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Butte
American Field Service
Greyhound Lines
American Association of University Women
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Billings Boy Drowns While Fishing in Boulder River
Carl McEvony a 14 year old Billings youth drowned Thursday while crossing the high swift Boulder River about 34 miles south of Big Timber. He slipped at 9:30 a m and was recovered at 11 a m one mile downstream. He was the son of Charles H McEvony and was brought to Lowry mortuary.
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Carl McEvony
Billings
Boulder
Here
Charles H. McEvony
Alban Roemer
Roemer
McEvony
George A. Dorrance
Valentine
Lowry Mortuary
Dwyer Named President of Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Robert E. Dwyer, executive vice president since 1940, was elected president of Anaconda Copper Mining Co and its subsidiaries Chile Copper Chile Exploration and Andes Copper Mining. Cornelius F. Kelley announced the board decisions naming Clyde E. Weed and Edward S. McGlone to top posts and noting Dwyer’s long rise from 1902 beginnings in Anaconda to executive leadership.
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New York
Robert E. Dwyer
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Chile Copper Company
Chile Exploration Company
Andes Copper Mining Company
Cornelius F. Kelley
Cerarn Ad Ae
Western Operations
McGlone
Weed
Dwyer
Anaconda
Daniel Dwyer
Anaconda High School
Butte
A. H. Melin
C. F. Kelley
James R. Hobbins
Copper Export Association, Inc
Anaconda Company
Chile
Senate Approves Hike in Benefits
The Senate voted to raise old age insurance and public assistance payments under the social security program. Old age insurance would rise by five dollars a month or 12 percent, whichever is higher, while public assistance gains would be five dollars for the aged and blind and three dollars for dependent children, with totals costing about 540 million dollars annually. The measure now heads to a conference committee to resolve House and Senate differences.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
House- Senate
United States and Britain deepen Korea alliance planned strikes
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson apologized for briefing British leaders late and drafted a plan to give Britain a bigger hand in UN operations in Korea with President Truman's approval. Prime Minister Churchill seeks a British high ranking UN commander and more Korea policy input as Attlee and Bevan criticize the air strikes against power plants. Eden expressed regret Britain was not informed in advance while Conservatives face possible censure next week. The visit aims to solidify a joint front against Soviet moves in Germany and the Far East.
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London
Dean Acheson
Yalu
U. S
Anthony Eden
Britain
United Nations
Korea
Acheson
Truman
United States
Winston Churchill
Red China
North Korea
Clement Attlee
Labor
China
Churchill
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Attlee
Eden
House of Commons
Germany
Far East
Taft condemns Dewey backed Eisenhower campaign
Sen. Robert A. Taft accused the Dewey organization of steering Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's campaign and spreading propaganda that Taft cannot win. He argued Eisenhower would fail if he adopted Dewey's 1948 campaign tactics, saying the Dewey group is effectively running Eisenhower's bid.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Dewey Organization
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
House approves compromise on charitable deduction limit
The House unanimously approved compromise legislation Thursday night to raise the individual income tax charitable deduction from 15 percent to 20 percent of income. The measure, sent to the Senate, sets a higher limit for gifts to charity.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
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Associated Press
Pep
Kentucky
R. E. Dwyer
C. E. Weed
E. S. McGlone
Chester H.steele
Clyde E. Weed
Chester H. Steele
Chiang
Sen. Taft
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