Volun Health Plan Proposed By G.O.P.
Washington lawmakers unveiled a voluntary health insurance plan to compete with Truman’s nationwide system. Senators Iven and Flan ders and Representatives Case, Fulton, Hale, Herter, Javits, Morton, and Nixon push a 3 percent income contribution up to 3000 dollars, with subsidies from federal and state governments. The plan relies on local voluntary programs like Blue Cross, with regional authorities setting yardstick costs and state councils approving coverage. It aims to expand medical training and hospital capacity while keeping care voluntary and local.
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Truman
Iven
N. J
Flanders
Clifford P. Case
Fulton
Hale
Herter
Masa
Javits
Morton
Taft
Ohio
Blue Cross
Holiday traffic toll tops 371 as crash count soars
The national safety council reports 371 people killed in holiday accidents as the weekend ends. The toll includes drivers and pedestrians across states. Motorists face heightened risk with many incidents concentrated on peak travel routes nationwide.
Lilienthal Charges Smear Campaign Against AEC
Lilienthal accuses Senator Hickenlooper of a smear campaign against the Atomic Energy Commission where Lilienthal serves as chair. He denounces alleged mismanagement and misplaced emphasis in the commission's work, claiming charges aim to undermine public confidence and Western Europe’s aid.
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Washington
David
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Tilienthal
Jounter
Commission
Chicago
ABC Laboratory
ABC
Joint
Congressional Committee
Europe
House Atomic Energy
Routee
Lillesthal
Bolivia Tin Strikes Said Civil War Plot
Striking miners seized mine officials and a railroad crew in Bolivia's Catavi region as labor unrest spreads. Acting President Mamerto Urriolagoytia claimed evidence of a plot to spark civil war and topple the government, with at least seven dead and two American engineers among the dead after troops freed 13 hostages.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Catavi
Mamerto Urrio- Iagoitia
Aska
Firat
Sigio Nemes
Patino Group
Mauricio Hoschschild
Colquiri
Union Hall
Haurini, Hockchild
Interior Ministry
T. J. H. O'Connor
Pasadena
Calif
Alport Krefting
Seattle
Wash
Iyo
Cohoester Tortured In Bolivia
Joseph Gessette a native of Cohoes among Americans injured in Bolivia riots. Hostages tortured by strikers at Catevizince, rescued by government troops Sunday night. Bessette and others treated in Catavi hospital, two dead in the group, he to return home with wife and two children.
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William J. Gill
Joseph G. Bessette
Cohoes
Bolivia
Bessette
Catevizince
T. J. H. O'Connor
Pasadena
Calif
Catavi
Associated Press
Dr Ramuel G Trexier Dies Leading Lutheran Figure
New York obituary notes Rev Dr Ramuel G Trexier a leading figure of the United Lutheran Church in America. He celebrated his fiftieth anniversary of ordination Sunday and had presided over the New York and New England synods between 1900 and 1944. He founded Messiah Church in Brooklyn and the Church of the Redeemer in Buffalo, later died from pneumonia after a prior abdominal operation.
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New York
Ramuel G. Trexier
United Lotherl' Church
América
Trexler
New Earland
Messiah Church
Brooklyn
Church of the Redeemer
Buffalo
N.Y
Salesman Kills Wife and Two Others Then Ends Life
Grand Rapids police report an automobile salesman Richard F Peppier 47 shot and killed his heiress wife Frances 30 and Richard Sieswerda 32 and Stella Sieswerda 30 who were with her then killed himself with a shotgun at their East Grand Rapids home shortly after 2 45 am The estranged husband had a court order restricting contact and had threatened divorce as a motive in the deadly break in The victims included Mrs Sieswerda a social worker from a local hospital and her husband who was pursuing a law career
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard FR. Peppier
Frances
Tal
Brunet
Richard Sieswerda
Stella
Peppier
Siexserda
Siexwerda
Peppler
Bill Holland Wins 500 Mile Auto Race In Record Time
Bill Holland, 41, from Reading Pennsylvania, won the 500 mile Indianapolis race in record time. He averaged 321.377 miles per hour across four heats and fifteen laps, setting a new track mark and claiming top prize of 845,000. Johnny Parsons of Burbank and George Conse of Los Angeles finished second and third, with Myron Fohr of Milwaukee fourth. Rowe, Holland’s teammate, led late but retired twenty miles from the finish after a stalled engine.
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Bill Holland
Indianapolie VP
Fortuné
Billy Holland
Verderdas
Holland
Reading
Indianapolie
Beresy
Manz
Myron Fohr
Milwaukee
Faih van Josef Chitwort
Cheronte Indian
Rose
Rowe
Allinmis
Holand
Americans Honor War Dead Across World on Memorial Day
Americans at home and abroad paused Memorial Day to honor those who died for the country and pray for peace. Arlington Cemetery ceremonies mirrored by observances at military burial grounds in Europe and the Pacific. General Mark Clark and Fleet Admiral Halsey urged unity, strong defense, and lasting peace while stressing the Navy Army and Air Force must work together.
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Associated Press
Senator Tydings
Tydings
Senate
Services Committee
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Europe
Pacific
William F
Bull) Halsey
Armed Forcar
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Navy
Army
Halsey
Air Force
Anzio
Italy
Mark Clark
Soviets Detain Three U S Businessmen in Vienna Trip
Three American executives from International Telegraph and Telephone Company were held for nearly four hours by Soviet soldiers returning to Vienna from Budapest. They were released after U S military police intervened. Soviet claim permits expired. Americans say Budapest refused renewal claiming new permits not needed. The men include Robert R Vogel Vienna representative Henry H Scudder Rome office and Godwin A Cogke European operations attorney.
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Vienna
Austria
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Budapest
U. S
Robert R. Vogeler
Henry H. Scudder
Rome
Godwin A. Cogke
Princeton Professor Joins Atomic Program
Princeton University physicist Henry B. Smyth was sworn in as a new member of the Atomic Energy Commission. The ceremony took place in his Palmer Laboratory office with Day ton Oliphant administering the oath and President Harold W. Dedder presiding. Smyth will serve until June 20, 1900, filling the vacancy from Robert B. Bacher and plans to take leave from Princeton to serve on the commission.
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Princeton
Henry BD. Smyth
Princeton University
Atomic Energy Commission
Palmer Laboratory
Jeremy Supreme Court
Dayton Oliphant
Haroid W. Dedde
Smyth
War Departments
Robert B. Bacher
Tern
Plane Fuel Tank Rips Through Detroit House
A Memorial Day demonstration in Detroit went awry as two Toro 1001 fuel tanks broke from a plane. One tank crashed through a home’s foot and buried itself in the basement, while the other landed near a carport, shattering three houses and windows. Five people were inside nearby, none seriously injured.
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Detroit House
Detroit
Toro
Hee
Ford Plans To Resume Production In Detroit Strike Ends
After a three week idle period, maintenance workers returned to two Detroit Ford plants to prepare for limited production. More than 100000 workers nationwide will begin trickling back as Ford aims for two weeks to full operations. Arbitration to resolve manpower on lines looms, with board members to be chosen by each side and a third if needed. Ford had agreed to lift suspensions of 25 workers and 14 layoffs. Negotiations on a new UAW Ford contract expected to start later this week. current pact expires July 15.
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Detroit
Detroit Area
Ford
Detroit J
Harry Shulman
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Uaw
Officially Dead Five Years Found Alive in Army Recruiter Visit
Anthony V Martino of Waterbury Conn reappeared at an Army recruiting station in New York claiming identity. William B Force confirmed via fingerprint match that Martino, listed missing in combat in France in 1944 and presumed dead, is alive. Martino said he remembered hospital and replacement depot service in summer 1944 and a Brooklyn street memory in December 1944. He had been working as a driver for Staten Island Taxi Co, wife and two children notified as Army verifies.
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New York
First Army
William B. Force
Anthony V
Martino
Waterbury
Conn
France
Force
Whitehall Street
Brooklyn
Staten Island Taxi Co
Ambiguous Baseball Scores From Brooklyn to Albany
A fragmented scoreboard lists multiple baseball results across leagues and cities. Entries show teams such as New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Hartford, Albany, Wilkes Barre, Scranton, and Binghamton with varying scores and odd punctuation, reflecting a busy box score page with numerous games and partial figures.
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Broonlyn
New York
Brooklyn
St Louis & Cincinnat
Louis
Cincinnati
Berton
Philadelphia
Washington
Queew
German Reds ratify constitution as East bloc delegates pledged
In East Berlin the Communist dominated congress ratified a Soviet style constitution for all Germany. 2000 delegates selected a 22 member Paris delegation to press Moscow line at talks with Vishinsky. The vote, by show of hands with limited debate, sparked Western doubts over Bonn to be recognized.
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Berlin
UPI
Germany
Gerhart Eisler
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Ial
Russia
East
West Germany
Bonn
Andrei Vishinsky
Amah
Goattinten
East Berlin
Beforh
Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
Former High Romanian Officials Sentenced in Treason Case
A military court in Bucharest convicted three former Romanian officials of high treason for betraying state secrets to Col. John R. Lovell. Sentences ranged up to 25 years in prison. a fourth defendant received five years. All appealed.
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Bucharest
Romania
John R. Lovell
United States
Legation
Lovell
Henry P. Leverich
U.S
Washington
Leverigh
Budarest
Eugen Gheorghiu
Finance Ministry
Gen
Gheorghiu Rozin
Ministry of National Defense
Alexandru Theodoreanu
Gheorghiu Wrs
Theodorine and
Rozin
Communists Open Drive On Canton
Nationalist Chinese military sources report Communist troops who took Shanghai marching southwest toward Canton in a resumed southern campaign. Armies aim for Changsha near the Canton Hankow railway as Gen Pat Chung-Hsi allegedly directs Nationalist forces from Shangsha and Heng Yang. Morale among Shanghai sector veterans reportedly weakens.
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Canton
China
Shanghai
Changsha
Canton-Hankow
Pat Chung-Hsi
Hankow
Shangsha
Heng
Yang
Noain
Vishinsky Attacks Plan for Federal Germany at Paris Talks
At the Paris council Vishinsky rejected Western proposals for a federal state under Bonn and a four power framework. He charged the Bonn Constitution was drafted under pressure and would dismember Germany while the Allies urged unity on East-West Germany trade. Talks continue with hopes tied to unification questions and Berlin issues.
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Paris
Russia
Council of Foreign Mainiateraion
West Gare
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishifinky
Vishineky
Germany
Berlin
Bonn
East Germany
Rima
High Commission
Gover
Fom
Vishinsky
Pawera
Potsdam
Noted Educator Dies In 13-Floor Plunge
Detroit authorities report the death of Dr. Gordon, a chemistry professor and former Wayne University department head, who plunged from a roof in a near downtown hotel. Police say he appeared despondent as three officers attempted to restrain him.
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Detroit
Deaiont
New BE. Gorden
Wayne University
Gortan
Berlin Rail Strike May End This Week
An official American source hopeful that Berlin ten day railway strike may end this week. Threat of anti Communist bloc in Russia cited as factor. Strikers seek reinstatement of independent labor group as legal bargaining agent and rehiring of workers. Talks aim for wage compromise and political concerns noted.
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Elzo
UGC
Crest Zone
Beter Khem
Dilferne
Ballies
Avex
Kommander Sara
Railway
Scribers
Atom
Thape
Hoover Calls for Ten Percent Cut in Federal Personnel
Former President Herbert Hoover urged a ten percent reduction in federal civilian employees arguing savings could be achieved through reorganizing the bureaucracy rather than mass layoffs. He said reforms require public pressure and warned individual district interests shield agencies from overhaul, while praising a proposal that ex presidents join the Senate to boost reform efforts.
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Washington EP
Herbert Hoover
Hover
U S
Kewe Ani World Report
Beever
Commission of Cresniseion
Congress
Hoover
Sort Af Citizens’ Association
Senate
Aol
Fife
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