Fire Probe Closed and Oppenheimer Fallout Rumors Persist
Congressional groups adopt a wait and see stance on Oppenheimer's suspension and security probe. AEC notes Eisenhower ordered a temporary wall between Oppenheimer and secret data while an investigation panel reviews charges dating back years.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Oppenheimer
Communist Party
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Eisenhower
Deaths of Six Ruled Accidental After Investigation
Six members of the Richards family died in a Glouster fire on April 3. A Columbus pathologist and Sheriff George Bateman announced carbon dioxide poisoning as the cause, exonerating the father after four polygraph tests. No further proceedings expected unless new facts emerge.
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Glouster
Columbus
George Bateman
Bateman
Lawrence Richards
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London
Horace Davidson
Joel Draper
TV Showmen Ace Court Show Faces Licensure Probe
New York city welfare commissioner Henry L. McCarthy announced a filed complaint and summons against Walter H. Framer producer and Warren Hull master of ceremonies of the radio television show Strike It Rich. The city says the program solicited funds by urging listeners to phone in and must be licensed under the administrative code.
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Henry L. McCarthy
Walter H. Framer
Warren Hull
McCarthy
CBS Television
NBC Radio
Gasoline Tank Drops From Plane Burns Ohio Church
A gasoline tank fell from an Illinois Air National Guard plane near Dayton hitting the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Ithaca and igniting a blaze that burned the church to the ground. The pilot was James C. Gutshall of Peoria Illinois en route from Dayton to Peoria. Estimated replacement cost ranges from 125000 to 140000 dollars.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ithaca
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Illinois Air National Guard
James C. Gutshall
Peoria
Jir
David E. Weinzierl
Appeals Court Rules Against 3 Newsmen
The Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of three Cleveland Press employees for contempt of court after taking a photo in a Common Pleas courtroom. Appellate Judge Lee E. Skeel said deliberate disobedience of orders against photography is contempt punishable under state law.
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Court of Appeals
Cleveland Press
Common Pleas
Lee E. Skeel
Prison inmates offer to raise warden's pay
Florence Arizona inmates propose to fund part of Warden Ted Mullen's salary from inmate funds. The state rejects the idea and Gov Howard refuses a raise from 4800 to 7200 a year. Attorney General Ross Jones says accepting the offer would be illegal.
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Florence, Ariz
Mullen
Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Iinenak
Howature
Ross Jones
Jobless Claims Edge Up in Ohio Week
New unemployment claims rose to 16,739 for the week ending April 10 from 15,780 the prior week. Total claimants unemployed one week or more stood at 116,520, up slightly from 116,224, with four weeks showing little overall change as regional totals remained steady.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Trains Wreck Near Coshocton After Broken Rail Collision
Two freight trains derailed near Coshocton Ohio when a diesel locomotive struck a broken rail and toppled into an oncoming train. The derailment blocked the main Pennsylvania line between Pittsburgh and Columbus and forced routes over the Baltimore and Ohio line between Uhrichsville and Newark. Only one minor injury reported.
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Here
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio
Wuhrichsville
Newark
Dulles Plan Gains French Backing in SE Asia Pact Talks
In Paris Georges Bidault accepted U S British plans for a 10 nation Southeast Asia defense pact to block Communist expansion. The pact would include the Western Big Three Australia New Zealand the Philippines Thailand and the Indochina Associated States Viet Nam Laos and Thai pr.
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United States
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Indochina
Dulles
Joseph Lanie
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
London
Daily Mail
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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Britis
Eden
Pato—Pacific Treaty Organization
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New Zealand
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Thailand
Laos
United Action
Southeast Asia
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Canberra
Philip McBride
Clifton Webb
Auckland
Milk Delivery Strike Settled at Meadow Gold Dairy
Union spokesmen said 99 drivers and paint workers accepted a four cent hourly raise for plant workers and a four cent rise in commission rates for drivers ending a two day strike that halted milk deliveries on more than 20 routes in Zanesville Ohio. The company also agreed to fund a health and welfare plan.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Irvin Meadow Gold
C10 Dairy and Bakery Workers
Town Ponders Rare Problem Of How To Spend $31,850
Adairsville Georgia faces a civic puzzle after a Will from banker W A Graham yields 31850 to the town. The city planned to use the funds for a park or recreational facilities but council and residents offer varied ideas as they search for a suitable project.
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Adairsville
North Georgia
U. S. 41
W. A. Graham
Oklahoma
J. E. McKelvey
Woman 69 Finishes High School Then Plans College
Mrs Ide Jacobson 69 proudly displayed her high school diploma and announced plans for college. She began night school in 1944 while two of her five children served overseas, hoping to improve letters to Richard a Boston newspaperman and Will an Army major.
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Ide Jacobson
Richard
Will
Seven Year Old Boy Dies After Cliff Fall Near Home
A 7 year old boy, Richard Walker, died of a skull fracture after falling head first from a 50 foot cliff near his home in Bethany Ridge, Coolville. He was taken to Parkersburg’s St. Joseph Hospital where he died around 1:50 am. The incident occurred Monday evening as he played near the edge while his mother was away and his father worked. The family recently moved from Cincinnati Ridge to Bethany Ridge about a year ago.
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Bethany Ridge
Richard Walker
Marion Walker
Parkersburg
W. Va
St. Joseph Hospital
White Funeral Home
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Waverly
Cincinnati Ridge
Coolilte
Beth
Senate Group Prepares To Probe FHA Scandal
The Banking Committee led by Chairman Capehart moves to launch a quick, full probe into alleged irregularities in FHA programs. Officials accuse dishonest salesmen and promoters of funneling government guaranteed loans above project costs. The inquiry follows the resignation of FHA Commissioner Guy T Mollyday amid disclosures of abuses under both Truman and Eisenhower administrations.
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Eisenhower
Capehart
FHA
White House
Guy T. ©. Mollyday
Independent Wins Illinois Senate Seat Primary
Joseph T Meek, calling himself a no label un hyphenated Republican, won the Illinois GOP senatorial nomination in the first 1954 primary. He led a 60,000 merchant organization and said he would back most Eisenhower policies but is not a Taft nor an Eisenhower Republican. Meek faces Democrat Paul H. Douglas in November with no prior public office experience.
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Joseph T Meek
Meek
Eisenhower
Ilinois
Illinois
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
Ex Auditor's Wife Ruth Fuller McCormick Dies
Mrs Ruth Fuller McCormick wife of former city Auditor Earl L McCormick died at 915 p m Tuesday in Athens She is survived by her husband two daughters and a son Thomas Fuller McCormick of Pittsburgh Mrs Paul Mossman of Jamestown N Y and Mrs George Gahleman of Arlington Va two grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Mary Stauffer of Columbus and Mrs Mabel Klie of Shaker Heights Arrangements will be made by Wetherholt funeral home.
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Earl L. McCormick
Athens
Thomas Fuller McCormick
Pittsburgh
Paul Mossman
Jamestown
N.Y
George Gahleman
Arlington, Va
Mary Stauffer
Columbus
Mabel Klie
Shakers Heights
Wetherholt Funeral Home
Dance Hall Death Ruled Accidental in Ohio Case
A seven member jury in Alliance Ohio acquitted Luther Holly twenty four of first degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his half brother Oscar Flynn at an American Legion hall. Holly testified the gun discharged accidentally while he was whirling it on his finger during a dance.
Rochester taxpayer explains missing W-2 form for underage son
The Internal Revenue Service accepted an unnamed Rochester taxpayer's explanation for not attaching a withholding statement with his income tax return. The reason given was that his 17 month old son is his W 2 form.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Internal Revenue Service
Rochester
Mystery Blast Fatal to Five in Goldsboro
Rescue workers probing a downtown explosion recovered two more bodies Tuesday, raising the death toll to five. At least two more may be buried in rubble from three demolished stores near Goldsboro's business center. About 15 injured. The blast centered at the Edwards and Jenniferan furniture store with two adjoining shops wrecked.
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Goldsboro
Edwards and Jernigan Furniture
17000 Ohio Children To Take Polio Tests
About 17000 Ohio children will participate in the Salk polio vaccine test starting in the last week of April. The Ohio start was delayed a week due to vaccine arrival delays. roughly 14000 will be inoculated in Montgomery County including Dayton, and about 3000 in Richland County at Mansfield.
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Columbus
Ohio
Montgomery County
Dayton
Richland County
Mansfield
Employed at Pike Atom Plant Near Portsmouth
Portsmouth Ohio manager Kenneth A Dunbar announced this week that about 17 thousand 200 workers are employed at the Portsmouth Area atomic plant. He said peak employment is now expected to reach 22 thousand 500, about 7 thousand 500 under the original estimate due to weather and delivery delays being smaller than expected.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Portsmouth Area
Kenneth A. Dunbar
Dunbar
Columbus Adopts New Curfew to Curb Juvenile Delinquency
Columbus adopts a new curfew to curb juvenile delinquency and enforce rules within a set window. The ordinance will take effect after the specified days, detailing enforcement and eligible youths affected.
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Columbus
CIO Attacks Police Action In Strike Row
In Cleveland police clubs cleared a path for about 3000 CIO unionists trying to enter Park Drop Forge Co plants as 15 cars carried workers past the main gate. Patrick J. O Malley the regional UAW director said he was struck by a club and vowed to protest to Mayor Celebrezze. Two pickets were arrested amid ongoing 400 UAW members on strike since Oct. 19.
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CIO
Park Drop Forge Co
Patrick J. O'Malley
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Anthony I. Celebrezze
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UAW
Park Drop Forge
Truckers Push Plan to Haul Mail 300 Miles
The trucking industry urged allowing trucks to handle all mail within 300 miles, claiming it could save the Postal Service about a million dollars weekly and improve speed and reliability. The argument cites a 48 page report by John M. Redding for the Advisory Committee to the Trucking Industry Inc. noting last year’s postal deficit exceeded 60 million dollars and that trucking could cut the deficit by one for eight.
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Postoffice Department
John M. Redding
In Advisory Committee
Truckine Industry, Inc
Ike and Mamie Eisenhower Arrive at Ma mies Cabin
President Eisenhower and Mrs Eisenhower arrived in Augusta for a 10 day stay at M amies Cabin near Augusta National Golf Club. The Easter holiday trip centers on Billy Joe Patton of Morganton North Carolina the Masters contender drawing most of the chatter among clubgoers.
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Eisenhower
North Carolina
Washington
Ma Mies
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Billy Joe Patton
Morganton
N. C
Marietta Youth Killed in Head On Crash on Ohio 76
Don ald Dean Hunter, 17, of Vincent in Washington County died Tuesday night in a head on automobile collision on Ohio 76 near Marietta. Police described the crash as a fatal two vehicle accident with emergency responders on the scene. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Marietta
Ohio
Donald Dean Hunter
Vincent
Washington County
Pacific NATO gains strength in Congress
In Washington two Senate Republicans backed a defensive Pacific alliance. Senator Mansfield warned that without French Indochina independence the Geneva conference could end in disaster. Ferguson and Wiley praised Dulles Eden London accord and urged France to join a united action program to combat Pacific communism.
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Pacific
Toda
Senate
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
France
Indochina
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Wiley
Eden
Dulles
United Action
Britain vows to keep troops in Europe under EDC pledge
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain will maintain forces on the European continent while aggression threats persist to satisfy French ratification of the six nation European Army treaty. London also offered to integrate British Army and Royal Air Force units into the European Defense Community to assuage fears in France and among Labour critics at home. The EDC has been ratified by the Netherlands Belgium West Germany and Luxembourg with Italy and France remaining. Britain emphasizes the NATO pact endures and will guide steady development of shared security.
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Britain
European Defense Community
EDC
Anthony Faden
House of Commons
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
France
French Assembly
Asso
Defense Organization
Key to Cohn Hearing Held By McCarthy
Senators await word from Len McCarthy regarding an April 22 public inquiry into his clash with Army officials. Roy Cohn urges a telephonic check on readiness as McCarthy temporarily steps aside and Mundt presides. The panel seeks written accusations from A McCarthy and Cohn alleging favored treatment for a drafted associate amid Army pressure.
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Washington
Len McCarthy
Wis
Army
Senate Investigations Sub Committee
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy
Phoenia
Ariz
Sen. Mundt
RSD
Cohn
Akron widow found drowned in North Reservoir
The body of Mrs Mary Augustine, 37, who had been missing since her estranged husband vanished, was found Tuesday in the North Reservoir in the Portage Lakes district. Coroner William J Pittenger planned to examine for signs of violence. Earlier, her husband George, a 55 year old unemployed truck driver, was found dead in a spillway between North and West reservoirs.
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Akron
Ohio
Mary Augustine
Hamd
North Reservoir
Portage Lakes District
William J Pittenger
North
West
Pittenger
SOTED DOCTOR DIES IN BEVERLY HILLS CHEST DISEASE SPECIALIST
Internationally known specialist on chest diseases died of a heart attack Tuesday in Beverly Hills California. The report cites Dr. J J Singer as the physician. The death appends to a career marked by contributions to pulmonary medicine and public awareness.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
J. J. Singer
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