Foreign Aid Bill
Cut $5,474,000,000
By House Group
WASHINGTON, 'The House
Foreign Affairs Committee Thurs
day tentatively cut $300 million
from the first half of President
Eisenhower’s $5,474,000,000 for
eign aid bill.
The committee also tentatively
adopted an amendment which
would withhold more than a bil
lion dollars of military aid to
Europe unless the European De
fense Community is ratified.
Chairman Chiperfield (R-Ill)
announced the committee has
voted to cut 100 millions each
from funds earmarked for mili
tary aid to Europe, military aid to
the Near East and defense sup
port for Europe.
The administration’s revised re
quests were $2,179,689,870 for
European defence support.
The committee has yet to con
sider requests for military and ec
onomic assistance to the Far East
and Latin America. It may also
reconsider today’s votes when the
bill is finally voted on, perhaps
today. '
The Senate. Foreign Relations
Committee voted a comparatively
small reduction, $162 million.
False Charge of Embargo
To Force Acceptance of
Truce on South Korea
PHILADELPHIA, UP)—A charge
that the Republic of Korea had
been threatened with a United
Nations economic embargo to
force acceptance of the proposed
truce terms, cast its shadow all
the way to Panmunjom today de
spite speedy diplomatic denials.
The charge was made yesterday
by South Korea’s ambassador to
the U.S., Dr. You Chan Yang,
during a press conference follow
ing the dedication of a blood
donor center here.
The 56-year-old physician-am
bassador said “certain U.N. of
ficials” had made an oral threat
that the U.N. might force the U.S.
to cut off economic and military
aid to South Korea if that coun
try refused to join in the truce
expected at any moment.
That statement brought a quick,
bristling reaction from U. S.
circles. A State Department
spokesman commented:
“Any implication that the
United States uses famine and hu
man suffering for political pur
poses is false, and those who
make such statements know that
it is false.”
Dr. Yang specifically denied
that he meant any threat had
been made by the U.S.
Young Mother and Baby
Victims of Hot Asphalt
From Overturned Truck
HOLLYWOOD, UP—Ten tons of
scalding asphalt poured over a
young mother and her year-old
baby Wednesday when an out
of-control dump truck overtifrned,
spilling its steaming load into
their convertible.
Mrs. Leonora Kunz, 31, was fa
tally burned. Her son Andrew,
with third degree burns over most
of his body, is in critical condi
tion.
The truck driver, Frank Wil
moth, told police h'is brakes failed
and when he turned abruptly try
ing to halt his runaway vehicle
it turned over on top of Mrs.
Kunz’ car. t
A snowfall of 60 feet in one
year is not uncommon in Oregon’s
Crater Lake National Park.
Fairbanks Earthquake
FAIRBANKS, OP) — An earth
quake of moderate intensity was
felt in Fairbanks at 2:37 p.m.
Wednesday. Buildings shook per
ceptibly but no damage was re
ported.
The seismograph at the Univer
sity of Alaska recorded the quake
and officials there said it was
centered about 90 miles south of
Fairbanks, which would place it
near the Big Delta country..
U. OF ALASKA GRANTED
$1100 IN BROADCAST TIME
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA,
College, Alaska—A grant of al
most $1100 in radio broadcasting
time has been made to the Uni
versity of Alaska by William J.
Wagner, president of the Alaska
Broadcasting Company, Dr. Terris
Moore, University of Alaska pres
ident announced recently.
The radio time on all six sta
tions of the Alaska Broadcasting
Company will be used to publi
cize the university, to inform the
public of the 400 courses offered
on the campus and to encourage
young people to send for catalogs
of the 1953-54 scholastic year.
HEATH, Mass., OP)—There was
so much mud in the roads here
this spring the local children were
excused from classes for two
weeks, the roads having become
impassable by the spring rains. 1
Federal Excise Tax
Extension Unlikely
Says Knowland
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senator
Knowland of California, acting
Republican Senate leader, Thurs
day tabbed extension of the ex
cess profits tax—one of President
Eisenhower’s major requests to
Congress—as definitely doubtful.
Knowland omitted mention of it
in a forecast of prospective Sen
ate actions this session. Asked by
reporters about > the omissipn,
Knowland said the tax extension
was “not necessarily dead.”
But it is tied up in the House
Ways and Means Committee, he
observed, adding that h& was
frankly not certain” it would
emerge for either House or Sen
ate action.
Knowland said if the bill did
come out of the committee he
thought it stood a better than SO
SO chance of enactment.
The tax is a special levy on cor
porations, intended to drain into
the U.S. Treasury the major part
of any extra profits they may
make as a result of business stim
ulation from Government defense
spending.
It is now due to expire June 30.
Sweden has about one bicycle
for every two people.
Here’s How City Council Proposes
To Finance Nome School Addition
(Amounts are estimated, and in round figures.)
Project cost .$ 780,000
Less $35,000 funds held by ANS (which is totally
a grant of federal funds and therefore may not
be matched by more federal moneys . 35,000
NET PROJECT COST . 745.000
ALASKA PUBLIC WORKS' SHARE OF
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION (Vz of nel project cost) .... 372.000
RESULTING TOTAL COST TO CITY OF NOME. 373.000
Accrued Reserves and anticipated building fund
receipts to date of completion of project:
Territorial grant now available: .$ 30,000
City funds set aside to supplement
territorial grant: . 10,500
Current balance in school building fund: . 8,500
Anticipated tobacco tax receipts,
1953: . 17,000
1954: . 17,000
1955: . 17,000
TO BE PAID WHEN SCHOOL READY
FOR OCCUPANCY: .. 100.000
BALANCE DUE. TO BE PAID IN 20 YEARS
BY INSTALLMENTS . 273,000
ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS REQUIRED: $16,600
(To be paid from tobacco tax receipts
which now are approximately 19,000
annually, or leaving a “cushion” amount of 2,400
which may accumulate to relieve any
unforeseen decrease in tobacco tax receipts.)
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