Perjury Charges Upheld in Remington Case
William W. Remington 35 a former government economist was convicted of perjury for denying he gave secret government data to Elizabeth Bentley for transfer to Russia and for denying knowledge of a Young Communist League unit at Dartmouth College in the 1930s. He faces up to 10 years and $4000 fines on the two counts.
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NEW York
William W. Remington
Elizabeth Bentley
Russia
Young Communist League
Dartmouth College
Remington
Department of Commerce
Communist Party
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Miss Bentley
War Production Board
Vincent L. Liebell
Soviets Boost Strength U S Rev See Military Estimate
Paris reports an increase in Allied estimates of Soviet jet strength to around 8000 aircraft, about 3000 more than prior U S figures. A top U S Army officer cited newly collected intelligence showing Russia expanding jet production. NATO aims for 4000 allied bombers and fighters to counter Soviet power amid reports of 20000 high quality war planes and a half million air force personnel.
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Paris
Russia
U. S. Army
Atlantic
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S. Delays Cartel Probe
The Eisenhower administration postpones a grand jury investigation into an alleged world oil monopoly for 90 days to allow the new attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr. to review the case. U.S. District Judge James R. Kirkland signed the order at government request. Leonard J. Emmerglick said the pause lets Brownell study, confer, and decide.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell Jr
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Leonard J. Emmerglick
Kirkland
Brownell
Second B and O Freight Derails Near Marietta
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed six miles south of Williamstown West Virginia Monday morning, the second B and O freight incident in four days. Trainmaster J L Cusack of Wheeling said no injuries occurred as the engine and 16 of 55 cars left the track, caused by a broken rail also blamed for the January 23 wreck.
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Marietta, CO
Baltimore and Ohio
Williamstown
W. Va
B&o
J. L. Cusack
Wheeling
Cusack
Mercury Near Normal Temperatures With Cold Snap Ahead
Temperatures will hover near normal with a slight dip to colder weather late Wednesday or Thursday. Showers and snow flurries are possible Wednesday and Friday totaling about half an inch of liquid precipitation.
Strategy Board Formed to Study Cold War Tactics
President Eisenhower created a psychological strategy board to survey and evaluate U S government information and policy on international relations and national security. Eight members were named with a June 30 reporting deadline. The plan, part of Cold War operations, aims to influence minds and wills without armed conflict.
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Strategy Board
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Hagerty
Fisenhower
San Francisco
Voice of America
Central Intelligence Agency
United States Information Service
Eisenhower to Outline Basic Foreign Policy Pattern
Congressional leaders report President Eisenhower plans to frame the basic foreign policy approach in the upcoming State of the Union address. He reportedly will press coordination of U S efforts abroad while delaying domestic budget cuts and seeking continuance of government reorganization powers, amid pressure to end price wage controls.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
U. S
Joseph M. Dodge
Truman
Sen
Taft
Rohio
Curious Tot Free From Cake Pan Trap in New Jersey
In Bayonne New Jersey a three and a half year old boy wedged his head in a cake pan while his nine month old brother cried. Police called in aid and an oxygen tank was readied. Tinsmith Edward Fishman freed the child with shears. Both mothers remained calm as the brothers were returned home for a nap.
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Bayonne
N. J
Michael Basile
David Basile
David
Edward Fishman
Irene Basile
Charlies Basile
Michael
Blast Kills Man in Garage Explosion
An explosion in a garage killed Ray Farmer, 40, of Gano on Monday. The incident occurred at his residence and authorities are investigating the blast and its cause.
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Man Hamilton
Ray Farmer
Gano
Polish Court To Sentence Five Priests For Espionage
A Krakow court in Poland is due to pass sentences on five Roman Catholic priests, a layman and a woman accused of spying for the Vatican and the United States. Prosecution seeks death for two priests and the layman, with prison terms up to life for others. A radio error earlier suggested verdicts had been handed down.
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London
Warsaw
Vatican
United States
Jozef Lelito
Michael Owalik
Edward Chawhlica
Franciszek Szymonek
Wit Brzycki
Jan. Pochopien
Grand Jurors Get 23 Cases
The Gallia County grand jury convened to consider 23 cases including assault and battery burglary breaking and entering at night hit and run driving while intoxicated and non-support. Judge Robert M. Betz instructed the 15 jurors on duties evidence and court rules. Prosecuting Attorney Warren F. Sheets noted more non-support cases would be added.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Grand Jury
Robert M. Betz
Common Pleas Court
Warren F. Sheets
Vaccine To End Polio Danger Faces Acid Test This Year
New York report says scientists have a promising polio vaccine from National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis funded by March of Dimes. Tests on thousands of children this year will judge effectiveness and duration of protection while safety remains assured.
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New York
Harry M. Weaver
National Foundation For
March of Dimes
Taft Proposes Labor Law Changes Aimed at Unions and Industry
Sen Taft outlined five bills with about 16 changes to the Taft Hartley act. Proposals include expanding the NLRB from five to seven members, separating the general counsel from the board, and requiring both employers and unions to file non Communist affidavits to use the NLRB.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Labor Committee
GOP
Senate
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Airmen Spot Metallic Disc Over Northern Japan
U S Air Force intelligence reports a small metallic disc seen by Lt David C Brigham over Northern Japan at 11 20 am on March 29 1952. The object eight inches wide and very thin appeared polished with no projections and left no exhaust or vapor trails.
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U.S. Air Base
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
David C. Brigham
Rockford
Brigham
Lima State Hospital Employee Suspended
Jesse E. Estep recreation therapy supervisor at Lima State Hospital was suspended 30 days. Superintendent Dr. R. E. Bushong cited arrest and charges of aiding the escape of two patients on December 31, 1952, alleging he gave ward keys and drove them to Huntington, West Virginia. Estep denies the accusation.
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Columbus, CO
Jesse E. Estep
Lima State Hospital
R. E. Bushong
Estep
Stassen Action Next Morse Mum on Stand
Senator Taft predicted swift Senate approval for Harold E. Stassen as mutual security director. Senator Morse indicated he may discuss the post but has not shown clear opposition and was said to be recovering after a collapse yesterday.
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Stassen
Morse
Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Harold E. Stassen
Ind
Ore
Dulles Speaks Tonight on Foreign Policy debut
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles delivers first public policy address since his six day tenure. The 30 minute speech, recorded Monday, airs on CBS radio and television at 10 30 p m tonight.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
America
CBS
Ohio Senate Delays Action On Penitentiary Modernization Bill
The Ohio Senate met four minutes and did not vote on a 1.5 million dollar prison modernization appropriation. House support grows for code revision, with a Wednesday vote expected and a possible return to the Senate. House also schedules a 12 million loan bill for highway work. A six member joint committee may study sex perverts.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Guy C. Hiner
R-Stark
State Treasury
Highway Department
Court Delays Move for Financier Rubinstein
In a 2 to 1 ruling the Court of Appeals barred any seizure of Serge Rubinstein, a Russian-born financier, pending further arguments on his deportation case. The court will hear Feb. 27 arguments on the appeal of a district judge’s denial of a temporary injunction, citing questions about the attorney general’s authority to remove Rubinstein to Ellis Island.
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Washington
Serge Rubinstein
Ellis Island
Court of Appeals
Rubinstein
U.S
F. Dickinson Letts
Seek Housing Aid for Pike County Defense Area
The Federal Housing Administration in Columbus announced steps to boost housing near the Pike County Atomic Energy Commission plant. FHA director Karl W Kumiler said insurance on FHA mortgages will rise in the Portsmouth Chillicothe defense housing area to offset high construction costs delaying housing. A 1000 unit defense housing program announced last October has not yet begun.
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Columbus
Federal Housing Administration
Pike County
Italian DC-3 Crashes in Sinnai Mountains
An Italian DC-3 airliner on a Sardinia to Rome run crashed in flames into the Sinnai Mountains east of Cagliari. All 15 passengers and four crew members aboard were killed in the Monday morning accident ten minutes after takeoff from Elmas Airport.
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Rome
Sardinia
Cagliari
Sinnai
Elmos
Jury Indicts Alleged Monroe Torch Slayer
A Monroe County grand jury indicted Paul D. Simmons, 34, of Columbus, on four counts of murder in the torch death of 75 year old Benjamin Shook of Laings. The indictments include first degree murder and murder while committing robbery burglary and arson.
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Woodsfield
Monroe County
Paul D. Simmons
Columbus
Benjamin Shook
Laings
Allied Planes Hit Korean Front Supply Routes
Allied warplanes pounded supply routes and front line positions on the Western Korean Front. Sabre jets clip two MIG 15 fighters near Mig Alley as Gen. Collins begins a seventh battlefront tour with Gen. Clark and Gen. Van Fleet. Farther south, F84s strike Pyongyang Kaesong supply corridor, while ground action near Punch Bowl intensifies and UN forces destroy bunkers caves and gun positions on the Central Front.
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Seoul
Mig Alley
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
U. S. Army
Collins
Mark Clark
United Nations Far Eastern
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Maxwell Taylor
Washington
Tokyo
Subic Reservoir
Pyongyang
Kaesong
Punchbowl
VU. N
Blast Wrecks Store in Aiken. Six Die
An explosion at Jones Electrical Co. in downtown Aiken wrecked the store, sparked a fire, and six people were confirmed killed. Mayor Weeks said six remained inside when the blast occurred during a gas-line investigation, with debris likely burying victims as flames spread to nearby shops.
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Aiken
8. C
Jones Electrical Co
O'Dell Weeks
Augusta
Jet Ace Captured by Red China Says Tokyo Radio
Peiping radio reported Lt. Col. Edwin L. Heller, a top U.S. Sabre pilot, was shot down and captured after his jet was downed Friday in Manchuria near Pehcheng Fengcheng, across from Uiju North Korea. The Air Force had earlier announced Heller, from Wynnewood Pennsylvania, was shot down Friday.
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Tokyo
China
Edwin L. Heller
Peiping
Heller
Manchuria
Pehcheng
Fengcheng
Uiju
North Korea
Air Force
Wynnewood
Canberra Jet Attempts New Speed Record
Britain's record breaking twin jet Canberra bomber took off from London aiming to fly 8608 miles to Darwin in under 24 hours with three refueling stops at Fayid Karachi and Singapore. The 1946 London to Darwin record was 45 hours 35 minutes. The Canberra, first twin jet bomber, previously crossed the Atlantic in a single day and is en route for secret scientific work.
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London
Britain
England
Australia
Darwin
Fayid
Suez Canal Zone
Karachi
Pakistan
Singapore
Banker Faces 45 Year Term in Embezzlement Case
Ludwig R. Schlekat the former Par nassus National Bank president pleaded guilty to embezzling about $600,000 from the bank to cover bad loans and later gain control of the institution. He faces up to 45 years in federal prison and a $45,000 fine when sentenced Friday in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Ludwig R. Schickat
Tome
Parnassus National Bank
New Kensington
Schlekat
Army Guns Drafted To Blast Raging Gulf Gas Well Blaze
Morgan City La Army artillery instructors from Camp Polk will fire a high explosive barrage at a multi million dollar Gulf of Mexico gas well blaze 36 miles south to divert flames from two adjacent wells officials said the attempt aims to cool lower rigging and circulate air. Four instructors plus a Coast Guard boat will deploy to the site at 4 am and the effort follows a prior failed extinguishing attempt by a professional firefighter.
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Gulf
Morgan City
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Pure Oil Company
Army
Camp Polk
Coast Guard
Here
Oil Company
Morse Joins 5 Democrats In No Vote On Defense Nominee
Senate confirms Charles E. Wilson 77 to 6 for defense secretary after a 10 day fight. Morse and five Democrats opposed, citing Wilson stock sales. Nominees Talbott and Stevens face scrutiny over holdings and must sell or be rejected.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Senate
Defense
Eisenhower
Wilson
Sen
Morse
Ind-ore
Johnston
South Carolina
Kilgore and Neely
West Virginia
Lehman
New York
Willis Smith
North Carolina
General Motors
G.M
Defense Department
Robert T. B Ae
Army
Harold E. Talbott
Air
Stevens
Talbott
Senate Armed Committee
Armed Services Committee
Roger M. Kyes
Robert B. Anderson
Navy
Eyes
Wilson Stevens
Truman to Curtail Speaking Tour for Several Months
Former President Harry S Truman plans to decline public speaking invitations for months to avoid generating political strife. He will focus on correspondence and observe President Eisenhower’s actions, spending much time in Kansas City reading letters.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
AEC Plans Explosives Plant Near Macomb Illinois
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a 29 million dollar explosives processing and assembly plant to be built on Spoon River in Fulton County Illinois, 18 miles east of Macomb. The facility will not manufacture radioactive materials and construction will start in the spring.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Macomb, Ill
AEC
Spoon River
Fulton County
Wells Re-Elected President of Ohio Forestry Association
Howard M. Wells of Wilkesville was re-elected president of the Ohio Forestry Association during the golden anniversary convention in Columbus last week. The event marked the organization's 50th year and gathered members from across the state.
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Wilkesville
Ohio Forestry Association
Howard M. Wells
Columbus
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