United Press News Briefs, Daily Racing Form, 1953-05-16

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; : J ; UNITED PRESS 1 NEWS I BRIEFS Asks Steel Talks Be Halted PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 15. — United States Steel Corp. asked today for immediate adjournment in its wages talks with the CIO United Steelworkers pending clarification of what the union said was an "unauthorized" disclosure of the USW demands. Wont Appease Soviets: Churchill LONDON, England, May 15.— Prime Minister Winston Churchill has intimated today he will not press for any immediate top-level talk with Soviet leaders and has promised he will make no attempt to "appease" them, authoritative sources said today. Vote to Cut Federal Spending WASHINGTON, D. C, May 15. — The House appropriations committee which spared farm programs from its economy voted today to slash federal spending for health, education, welfare, and labor programs. Devastate Red Training Center SEOUL, Korea, May 15. — Nearly 300 United Nations fighter-bombers devastated a Red army training center on Koreas west coast today, and screening American Sabre jets shot down three Communist MIGS and damaged five. Eisenhower in Williamsburg WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 15.— President Eisenhower stood in the speakers well of the colonial Virginia House of Burgesses today and rededicated himself to the principle that government without a foundation of religious faith "makes no sense." Soy Russia Ahead on Jets PARIS, Prance, May 15. — Experts at Supreme Allied headquarters said today that Russia has far outstripped the West in jet aircraft development, despite a five-year handicap. Sees Huge Aid and Defense Outlay WASHINGTON, D. C, May 15. — Gen. Omar N. Bradley said today that even if the Korean war ends the United States will have to spend around 6,000,000,000 a year for defense and foreign military aid "as far into the future as we possibly can see." Refuse to Extradite Adonis AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 15. — The Netherlands refused today to extradite Harold J. Adonis, former New Jersey state official indicted for bribery, and he was released from detention prison. McGranery Points Up Law Violation WASHINGTON, D. C, May 15.— Former Attorney General James P. McGranery said today that Justice Department officials violated the rules of jurisprudence in 1946 by dropping one of the biggest-mail fraud I cases in history. .


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