McCarran accuses Brownell of delaying anti-subversive bills
Senator McCarran says Attorney General Brownell injects politics into national security and slows antisubversive measures. He notes many proposals are loosely drawn and unlikely to pass. President Eisenhower urges swift action on major programs as Congress nears adjournment. House backs debt increase. some senators oppose. Ferguson expects a reasonable farm price plan to pass in the session's final days.
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Brownell
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Call
Ferguson
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Byrd
Army acquits Sergeant after heat punishment row
Sgt J C Richard J Witbeck 24 of Wellington Ohio was cleared by a three man court martial of charges he kept 225 recruits in bone taunt heat for an hour in 92 degree sun The acquittal came after 40 minutes of deliberation Witbeck expressed relief and said he felt very good about the outcome The case stemmed from a June 21 punishment formation in which soldiers endured extreme sun exposure and forced water breaks
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Richard J. Witbeck
Wellington
Ohio
Witbeck
Truck Owner Confronts Gas Theft Mystery in Boone
In Boone North Carolina Bill Gragg protected his truck with a lock type gas tank cap after suspecting fuel theft. The next morning the cap and gas were gone, confirming his suspicions.
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Boone, N. C
Bill Gragg
Freedom Village Dismantling Ordered in Korea
Seoul up Freedom Village, first stop for nearly 5000 UN POWs repatriated last year, will be torn down. The 84th Engineer Combat Battalion, the unit that built the village, is assigned to dismantle the large warehouse used to process the 1909 ex POWs from the 33 day repatriation that began last August at Munsan.
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Freedom Village
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Korea
the &Th Army
Munsam
84Th Engineer Combat Battalion
Rhee Seeks War Backing in Congressional Appeal
South Korean President Syngman Rhee, after wreathing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, urged Congress to back a war against Red China. He pressed for U S air force and naval action and warned that victory requires American support, while Eisenhower favors a gentler path toward unification.
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Syngman Rhee
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China
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Rhee
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North Korea
Japan
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Aew
Tsthe
United States
Free World
Large section of American Falls collapses at Niagara
Niagara Falls suffered a dramatic rockfall as about 185000 tons of rock broke away from the American Falls and Prospect Point. Engineers estimated the fall stretched 400 feet along the lip, 50 feet wide and 150 feet deep, with the crestline dropping about 200 feet. No injuries were reported as spectators watched the 10 minute event and officials began plans to study the cause while widening fissures were monitored.
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Niagara Frontier State Parks Commission
Soviet Spree Welcomes Chou En Lai and Dong Return
At a Moscow gala hosted by Molotov, Chou En Lai and Pham Van Dong were toasted by about 1000 attendees. Khrushchev joked with Sir William Hayter about cities, praising peace and coexistence after the Geneva conference.
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Richard Kasischke
Moscow
Kremlin
Chou En-lai
Pham van Dong
V. M. Molotov
Nixon to Speak at Meigs County Broiler Festival
Vice President Richard Nixon will keynote the second annual Meigs County Broiler Festival in Pomeroy on September 23. Meigs County Jaycees announce plans including a parade chicken barbecue a band and possible air show with a broiler queen contest for county girls aged 16 to 21.
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Richard Nixon
United States
Meigs County
Nixon
Jaycees
Ohio
Athens
E. Lemar Buckner
Thomas Crow, Jr
Buckner
Roger Morgan
Bend
Efficient Burglars Get Short Change
In Tokyo two burglars cut telephone lines and ransacked a daytime home after forcing the servant into a closet. They found only 900 yen, about two dollars, before escaping.
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Tokyo
Churchill's Fate Totters Over Suez Pact Rift
British Conservatives fracture over the Suez Canal Zone pact with Egypt as 40 rebels pledge to vote against the government. Churchill faces a slim 20 vote majority and may rely on Socialists to pass the motion to pull 83,000 troops from the Canal Zone amid Cabinet resignations and a Lords backlash.
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Labor Party
Congress Bill Aids Housing
Senator Capehart said a new housing bill would raise home building by 10 to 20 percent and sent the measure to the White House after a 59 to 2 Senate vote. He praised the bill as aligned with the President but noted House approval of a 35,000 unit public housing program, criticized by advocates as insufficient.
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Isenhower
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
White House
Indiana
House
Eisenhower
Canadian Delegates Leave for Truce Meet
Five Canadian delegates depart Montreal for New Delhi to join the Indochina Cease-fire Commission with India and Poland. The Foreign Office announced Prime Minister Louis St Laurent’s government agreed to serve on the Geneva conference backed panel.
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Canada
New Delhi
Indochina
India
Poland
Foreign Office
Louis St. Laurent
Officers Study Mishap May File New Charges
Gallipolis Ohio municipal court postponed Arlie Davis case after a wreck near Addison on Route 7 that killed Harriet Elliott. Officials consider a more serious charge than unsafe operation as the accident is tied to an accidental drowning verdict. Hearing set for next Wednesday. patrolman unsure if charges will be upgraded.
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Harriet A. Ellliott
New Castle
William H. Jones
Arlie Davis
Middleport
Jones
Davis
Miss Elliott
Elliott
Addison
Route 7
Otlo River
Roy Cohn Refuses Job Offer
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy announced Roy Cohn declined to join his personal staff after resigning as chief counsel of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. McCarthy praised Cohn as valuable yet said Cohn would not serve in his office, citing concerns over access.
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NEW York
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Roy Cohn
Cane
Cohn
Senates
Roy
McCarthy
G. David Kine
Subcommittee
Crude Oil Fire Damages Barges in Kenova WV
A hose break on a barge loading crude oil at Ashland Oil and Refining Co. terminal in Kenova set four barges ablaze. Two men were slightly injured as flames shot over 200 feet high and smoke spread over the area. Fire crews from Kenova Huntington Catlettsburg and Ashland Kentucky fought the blaze.
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Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Huntington
Catlettsburg
Ashland
Umpire Forces Marines to Return Captured Officer
In Okinawa Marines reconnaissance troops sneaked ashore two days before a scheduled maneuver and captured an Army intelligence officer. The chief umpire ordered the release. the Army officer protested that the war had not begun. Marines returned to the fleet.
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Okinawa
Marine Reconaissance
Fair Deadline Set for Ohio State Fair Entries
Ohio State Fair Manager Sam C Cashman announced entries must be filed by August 1. The fair runs August 27 through September 3.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Sam C Cashman
Pilgrim Holiness Church Announces Area Changes
The Pilgrim Holiness Church of Ohio at the 50th annual conference ordained four ministers and admitted 10 new churches. New ministers are Harry Russell Athens Edward Beard Liberty Center O Gale C Yates Kenton and John Minsker Mechanicsburg Pa. Area appointments include Carbondale Athens Rev Robert Phillips Crown City Scottown Longstreth Walter Pettet New Lexington New Marshfield Rev J W McNutt Union Furnace Rev Arthur Travis Jr New Plymouth.
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Athens
Edward Beard
Liberty Center
O’gale C. Yates
Kenton
John Minsker
Mechanicsburg
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Huron County
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Sidney
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Forest
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Adario
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Robert Phillips
Crown City
Frederick Shockley
Scottown Longstreth
Walter Pettet
New Lexington
New Marshfield
J. W McNutt
Union Furnace
Arthur Travis Jr
New Plymouth
Senate Seen Ready for Tax Revision Vote
Eisenhower’s broad tax revision bill heads for final congressional approval in the Senate after House passage by 316 to 77. Democrats failed 227 to 169 in attempts to strike the dividend tax relief. The measure, a compromise of Senate and House versions, is praised as a green light for economic expansion though critics say it lacks broad tax relief.
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Senate
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
House
Daniel A. Reed
Ways and Means
Ocanewer
Treasury Humphrey
Cat-Loving Policeman Demands Respect For Station Kitten
In Baltimore a Central Police Station officer posts a hand lettered shelf sign warning colleagues to transfer if they dislike the stray white kitten given a bed at the station. The note asserts the cat stays and those who object should leave.
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Baltimore
Central Police Station
FHA Committee Members Named in Gallia County
Stanley Shaver of Cheshire Route 1 and Clarice Davis of Centerville are appointed to the Gallia County FHA committee according to supervisor W. Joe Brown.
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Gallipolis
Gallia’ County
FHA
Stanley Shaver
Cheshire Route 1
Clarice Davis
Centerville
W. Joe Brown
Meeting set in Marilyn Sheppard slaying case by Cleveland officials
Cuyahoga County officers plan a meeting with County Prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan to decide if findings justify an arrest in the Bay Village socialite murder. Dr Samuel Sheppard, the victim's husband, has faced police questioning amid ties to a California laboratory assistant Miss Susan Hayes who testified. The weapon remains unfound and authorities review whether charges should be filed.
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Cuyahoga
Bay Village
Marilyn Sheppard
Swank
Frank T. Cullitan
Frank W. Story
Samuel Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Susan Hayes
California
Central Police Station
Sheppard
Dior Unveils Atomic Lass The H line in Paris collection
Paris observes Dior showcase a radical H shaped silhouette with waist dropped to hips and a flat slim torso. The designer elevates a boyish, 1920s inspired look, reintroducing the flapper era with minimal hip emphasis and a long straight silhouette drawing cheers from fashion writers.
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Dior
Jap Scientist Links H-Bomb to Poor Rice Crop
In Tokyo Dr. Hidetowh Arakawa warned that last spring’s tests and cooler temperatures are depressing the season. He said a record low rice harvest is in prospect this year and blamed the H-bomb program for the adverse weather impact.
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Tokyo
Hidetowh Arakawa
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