Senator McCarthy Attacks H Bomb Delay In TV Reply
Sen. Joseph McCarthy claims an 18 month delay in H bomb research was due to communists in government and fires back at Edward R Murrow on See It Now. Rep. Melvin Price frowns on the charge while CBS reports strong viewer support for Murrow.
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New York
McCarthy
Murrow
Rep
Melvin Price
D-Nl
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Senate
Arizona
CBS
Eisenhower denies H bomb delay in White House briefing
President Eisenhower said he knows nothing about an 18 month delay in hydrogen bomb development as charged by Senator McCarthy and he has not heard of any delay. He defended Ed Murrow as a friend and emphasized no need for a larger bomb than the one the United States already possesses. He stated he is close to AEC chairman Lewis L. Strauss and that Strauss has not mentioned any delay to him.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Edward R. Murrow
White House
United States
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Senators Resume Hunt For Cohn Probe Umpire
Senators seek an impartial special counsel to lead a probe into charges involving Sen McCarthy and high Army officials. Samuel Sears resigned amid questions on neutrality, jeopardizing next Monday’s televised hearings. Mundt said the Senate asked the Supreme Court about a federal judge taking the post and the court advised against it.
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Sears
Samuel P. Sears
Boston
Sen
Karl Mundt
Senate
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Samuel B. Sears
McCarthy
State Investigations Subcommittee
Mundt
Supreme Court
Harold Medina
2Nd
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Academy Site Panel Picked
The Air Force named five panel members to pick a site for the new Air Force Academy. Civilians include Virgil M. Hancher, Merrill C. Meigs, and Charles A. Lindbergh. Military members are Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and Lt. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon.
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Washington
Air Force
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Force Academy
Kott
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Merrill C. Meigs
Hearst Corp
Carl A. Spaatz
Hubert R. Harmon
Soldier surrenders after 17 years AWOL
Pfc. John R. Steahwein walked away from Fort Riley Kansas and did not return for 17 years. The Arkansas native contacted police in Phoenix Arizona on Tuesday saying he was tired of running. Air Force police took him into custody as the Army decides his fate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John R. Steahwein
Ft. Riley
Kan
Arkansas
Steahwein
Air Force Police
House Split Over Power To Wire Tap
The House divided over an administration bill granting the attorney general wiretapping power in espionage cases and admitting seized information as legal evidence. Democrats backed a substitute requiring a court order, with some Republican support, and leaders expected passage of a wiretapping bill by nightfall. Rep Willis of Louisiana, sponsor of the court order substitute, said there was consensus on the need for wiretap legislation.
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Washington
House
Willis
D-La
Polio Serum Tests Okayed In Barberton
Barberton health commissioner A. Finefrock, once opposed, now agrees with officials who approved polio vaccine tests. They assure local officials the live virus is destroyed in defective batches after triple tests. Richland County and Mansfield authorities had withheld parent consent slips.
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Columbus
Ohio
Barberton
A. Finefrock
Finefrock
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Richland County
Mansfield
Canton Area Declared Substantial Labor Surplus
Washington reports the Canton Ohio labor market area including Alliance Massillon and Stark County moved from moderate to top unemployment status. The change makes the region eligible for special government procurement consideration as six percent of the workforce was unemployed in mid March.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Canton
Ohio
Alliance
Massillon
Stark County
Canton Area
Grand Jury Indicts Gallipolis Patrolman
IRONTON Ohio Robert Brickels 29 a Gallipolis state highway patrolman was indicted by the grand jury on a second degree manslaughter charge in the hit and run death of Coal Grove Patrolman Carl Green 31 who was struck while writing a traffic ticket March 5.
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Ironton
Ohio
Robert Brickels
Gallipolis
Coal Grove
Carl Green
Green
Civic Club Luncheon Sees Attendance Boom
The Civic Club solved its attendance problem as three times the usual number attended the weekly luncheon at a downtown hotel. Miss Rose La Rose, burlesque performer, spoke on the artistic principles embodied in a burlesque show and kept her clothes on.
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Cincinnati
Civic Club
No Treaty On H-Bomb In Effect
Key senators from both parties oppose giving allies a veto on U S hydrogen bomb use. Sen Hickenlooper argues the 1945 wartime understanding with Britain does not cover H-bomb policy. Other leaders say no future veto or binding agreement. officials note possible need for ally consultation but insist on decisive retaliation if attacked.
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Washington
Great Britain
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
Truman
Kansas City
Hickenlooper
Sen
Knowland
California
GOP
Byrd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Dulles
Maybank
D. 8S. C
Wiley
Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Man Quizzed In Slaying
Newark Ohio Carl Wilbur Robinson 35 of Lorain Ohio held for questioning in the slaying of his 65 year old stepfather William Monroe a retired farmer shot to death in his living room near Johnstown two shots to the chest with a .32 caliber revolver Robinson admitted the shooting and was taken into custody in downtown Newark by police about 7 am He said he was on his way in to give himself up preliminary questioning did not disclose a motive
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Newark
Ohio
Carl Wilbur Robinson
Lorain
William McElroy
William Monroe
Johnstown
McElroy
Robinson
Monroe
Towntown
Collapse of Sewage Ditch Claims Two Men
In Columbus Ohio two 35 year old ditch diggers Willie M Brim and El vern Raser were killed when a 15 foot deep sewage ditch collapsed Tuesday. No explanation was given for the cave in.
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Columbus
Ohio
Willie M. Brim
Elvern Raser
Sales Tax Levy Seen If Dem Proposal Wins
Senator Flanders argues that if Democrats win cuts to income taxes this year a general sales tax would be needed to offset revenue losses. He comments ahead of Senate Finance Committee hearings on the administration tax revision bill, which would cut 1.4 billion dollars in its first year but not reduce personal income levies. Secretary Humphrey called as witness as debate centers on expanding exemptions to lower income taxes.
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Washington
Sen. Flanders
Congress
Vance
Senate Finance Committee
House
Flanders
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Surplus Stockpiling Proposed for Atomic Attack
A plan to stockpile vast agricultural surpluses nationwide as emergency food in an atomic attack won quick approval from farm scientists and industrialists at the National Farm Council meeting. Dr G E Hilbert said storage is technically feasible and delegates said the idea would feed scattered populations and utilize embarrassing surplus foods.
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Memphis
Wheeler McMillen
National Farm Chemurghc Council
G. E. Hilbert
Washington
Welfare Fund Talks Sought Over Ohio County Stand
Ohio welfare officials plan a meeting this week to discuss Harrison County's refusal to accept federal aid for totally and permanently disabled persons. The move risks about three million dollars in annual federal funds if the state cannot meet the program requirements. Harrison County insists it can care for its own disabled without outside help.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harrison County
Harrison
Ohio Soft Coal Output Declines For Second Year
Ohio bituminous coal production fell for the second straight year according to a report by the state department of industrial relations. Director Margaret A. Mahoney noted 1953 output at 8,? million tons with underground mining dropping most and strip mining down slightly yet still supplying about 62.4 percent of total. Rainy year figures show Belmont and Harrison counties leading production, with Musskingum and Lawrence counties among notable others.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Industrial Relations
Margaret A. Mahoney
Ohio River
Miss Mahoney
Belmont
Harrison
Jefferson
Tuscarawas
Muskingum County
Lawrence
Athens
Columbiana
Gallia
Mahoning SeiaTa Male
Stark
Japs Peace Envoy Kurusu Dies at 68 in Tokyo
Saburo Kurusu, Japan's peace ambassador to the United States, dies at 68 in Tokyo after a long illness from a cerebral hemorrhage and stroke. He had been ill since World War II and claimed he knew nothing of the Pearl Harbor attack when he met with U S Secretary Cordell Hull in Washington on December 7 1941.
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Tokyo
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Kurusu
United States
State Department
U S
Cordell All
Liz Taylor Sidelined by Leg Cast at MGM Studio
Actress Elizabeth Taylor arrived at MGM with her right leg in a full cast from ankle to thigh after a torn ligament. She estimated the injury occurred a week earlier when exiting a car and said filming on The Last Time I Saw Paris is postponed two weeks.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
MGM Studio
Paris
Tavern Duel Ends After Hourlong Standoff
In Youngstown Ohio police say 29 year old Frank Taylor held 16 patrolmen at bay with a shotgun for more than an hour from his home. He was forced out by tear gas after a tavern brawl earlier that night may have triggered his actions. He was taken to Woodside Receiving Hospital under guard.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Woodside
Frank Taylor
Vietminh presses and Dien Bien Phu action in Indochina
The Vietminh battered Dien Bien Phu with heavy losses as French and Viet Minh forces clashed on surrounding routes. In Hanoi area Vietminh attacks intensified while French strikes hit supply lines from China. President Eisenhower cautioned against greater losses and said no joint action plan has been set with allies.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
China
Red River
Haiphong
France asks US to rush air materiel for Indochina
Paris reports French Foreign Ministry confirms a request for aviation materiel and planes from the United States. A spokesman notes the move mirrors earlier reports and cites Washington discussions. The March 26 pledge included 25 B26 fighter bombers and ammunition on a temporary loan basis.
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Paris
France
Indochina
United States
Washington
Wind Storms Hit Midwest
Stormy weather swept the Midwest with cold air following a mild spell. The Weather Bureau in Chicago reported isolated tornado activity possible in sections of the region. A severe thunderstorm warning included a twister possible 30 miles west to 60 miles east of a line from Waterloo Iowa to Wausau Wisconsin. Earlier reports indicated potential tornadoes in Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
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Associated Press
Mid-Continent
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Midwest
Waterloo
Iowa
Wausau
Wis
Kansas
Missouri
Death ruling in Glouster fire delayed
Investigations into the deaths of Garnet Williams Richards and five of her six children after their Glouster home burned are ongoing. Athens County officials and the State Fire Marshal are probing while Coroner Dr. John H. Elias awaits findings. Sheriff Bateman plans further inquiry and possible lie detector testing for Charles Edward Richards.
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Lawrence Richards
Athens County
Garnet Williams Richards
Glouster
Richards
Charlies Edward
John H. Elias
George Bateman
Willis S&s. Peterson
Nature Boy Tops Octopus in Jenner Abalone Fight
In Santa Rosa California a 265 pound Lee operator James Big Jim Antone wrestled an abalone hungry octopus off submerged rocks at Jenner. He pulled the creature ashore and battered its head until it died. He then freed five abalones and returned to work operating a bulldozer.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
James
Big Jim) Antone
Hie
Big Jim
Antone
Jenner
Here
Flood Deemed Unvoted in Warr Acres Council Race
Flood seeking re election in Warr Acres failed to receive any votes as he was out of town and his wife forgot election day. His opponent won with 17 votes in the suburban Oklahoma City contest.
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Oklahoma
Flood
Warr Acres
Proposal to raise Ohio high school credit units considered
The Ohio Department of Education weighed a proposal requiring at least 20 credit units per student per year, replacing no minimum. Public hearing attendees, mainly rural educators, favored changes 107 to 20 against. Other revisions call for larger libraries, broader subject schedules, more teachers, and full accreditation of staff.
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Columbus
State Education Department
Ohio
Secretary of State
Wayne Shaffer
Bryan
Community School Assn
Shaffer
R. M. Eyman
Dems Back Call for Allied Action on Indochina
Senate leaders Lyndon B. Johnson and Knowland urge free nations to unite in backing strong measures against communist aggression in Indochina. They press Eisenhower to clarify policy and consider a joint declaration with Britain France Australia and New Zealand to deter red China.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Today
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Free Nations
Indochina
Johnson
Senate
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Wage Slash for Miners Considered
Soft coal producers weigh asking John L. Lewis for a miners wage cut as big employer groups resist. Industry faces downturn as war wrecked European markets and steel output declines. First quarter coal production estimated at 90 million tons vs 107 million in 1953.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cocal
Bureau of Mines
Telephone Operators Strike at Waverly Exchange
Telephone operators at the Waverly General Telephone Co. exchange walkout to demand recognition of District 50 by United Mineworkers. The strike reduced operations to emergencies as about 39 of 50 operators left their posts.
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Waverly
Ohio
District 50
United Mineworkers
Waverly Exchange
General Telephone Co
Air Force Captain Bails Out Of Disabled F-84 Near Dayton
An Air Force captain bailed out of a smoking F-84 fighter west of Dayton landing in a farm field unhurt. Capt. W. H. Shepard, 29, of the Wright Air Development Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, said the bailout occurred at about 3000 feet.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
W. H. Shepard
Wright Air Development Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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