Legal Fight Over Hildy Adoptions Divides Religious Lines
Massachusetts courts weigh a foster child's fate as the Ellises, Jewish foster parents, resist surrender under a state adoption law favoring parental religious alignment. The case traces to 1952 when Hildy McCoy was born in Hingham and placed with the Ellises.
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Budtun
Hildy McCoy
Norfolk County
Ellises
Fenis
Hildy
Catholic Charitable Bureau
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Boston
Melvin
Elis
Brookline
Massachusetts
New York Post
Eills
Boston, Hospital
Spalding
Marjorie McCoy
Ellis
Hingham
Bow reports dire condition of Basra consulate and Laos embassy
Rep. Bow says the Basra Iraq consulate is infested with vermin and in danger of collapse with roped off areas on the second floor. He cites very poor Laos embassy housing with water to be boiled and no sanitation. Bow notes a USIA library in the Far East with 150 encyclopedia sets gathering dust and a Sears Roebuck catalogue as a read item.
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Rbcems
U.S
Basra
Iraq
Bow
Ohio
U. S
House Appropriations Committee
Vientiane Laos
U.S Information Agency
USIA
Far East
West Germany
West Berlin
Sears Roebuck
Dynamite Bomb Found in Ames Dormitory
Towne State College in Ames faced a dormitory bomb scare after Arthur Larson pried open a locked box containing five sticks of dynamite and timing gear. Police, led by Chief Ville Erickson, traced a homemade trigger from a mousetrap and warned of a disaster if Larson had not acted. The box, hidden in a dormitory closet, included an old auto horn as a warning siren.
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Ames
Lows
Town State College
Zane Balt Reine
Arthur Larson
Free or Toll Road Debated in Ohio Discussion
In Columbus four men debated the direction of a proposed freeway. Governor Lausche urged building it as a toll road while the Turnpike Commission explored a mixed model. Shocknesy urged a toll road to ensure revenue, while Lausche cited potential for free use along certain segments.
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Columbus
Turnapike
Laue
State Highway Department
Commie Union
Shocknesry
Tae
Restrictive Taxation Opposed by Grange
The National Grange declares opposition to taxation that burdens farm programs and rural services. Delegates at Bel Air approve a report on cooperative activities led by Herbert and back Hoover Commission ideas to abolish the Rural Electrification Act.
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Cleveland
Grange Western
Commie
Herbert
Bel Air
Hoover Commission
Legion Post Loses Appeal Over Ironton Charter
The Frank J. Gold Post No. 59 of Ironton loses its appeal to retain its bar and assets after a special trial board at the national headquarters in Indianapolis denied the appeal. The post, with about 300 members, was found guilty of admitting social members and creating unauthorized financial obligations.
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Columbus
Unio Amen Faw Legion
Frank J. Goldamp
Ironton
Ppeal
Indianapolis
Jonah S. Deutschle
Abram Cunix
Lancaster
Pearl Pratt
Legion
Ohio Legion
Post
Coast Guard ends search for Dayton freighter in Gulf distress
The Coast Guard abandoned active search for the 3300 ton freighter Daytona carrying 24 men, mostly West Indians. The ship, en route from Nova Scotia to Philadelphia, signaled distress early Sunday 75 miles east of Gloucester amid hurricane force winds.
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Coast Guard
Boston
Coastard
Daytona
Nova Scotia
Philadelphia
Glouister
Ex-Communist Reveals Underground Network in Ohio
Witness David Whitney Garfield Jr. testifies in the trial of 11 Ohio Communist Party leaders that an underground network operated in Canton and Cleveland into 1952 with 10 000 to 20 000 in funds. He says organizers known as colonizers were sent from New York and that FBI pressure forced him to flee Youngstown.
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Netork
Ohio
Communist Party
David Whitney Garfield Jr
Canfield
Garfield
Martin Chancey
New York
Actioin
Canton
FBI
Draft Rules May Soon Favor Dads
A spokesperson outlined possible changes to selective service rules to defer fathers and older men from service. The plan targets men 26 and younger with children and older delinquents who failed to register or report for physicals, aiming to reduce family disruption. Senator Bricker urged blanket deferment for fathers and older men, while Lewin Hershey emphasized study rather than immediate action.
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Spowexman
Silrren
Selective Service
Bricker
R-Onio
Nah Gon
Lewin B
Hershey
Fath- Bricker
Army
Eisenhower Accepts Teetor Resignation As Assistant Secretary
President Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Lothair Teetor as assistant secretary of commerce and named Frederick H. Mueller of Grand Rapids to serve until Senate confirmation. Teetor, former head of Perfect Circle Corp, had planned to leave government service November 30. Weather: cold air from the Rockies lowers temperatures across the central plains and eastern Great Lakes with warmer trend in Ohio Valley and Southeast.
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Wranminius— Sr
Eisenhower
Lothair Teetor
Frederick H. Mueller
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gettysburg
White House
Teetor
Mueller
Itsues
Perfect Circle Corp
Fisten Ring Manufacturers
CHO
Tes
Perfect Circle
Ind
Midwest
Congress
Canada
James C. Hagerty
Ebenhow
Plain
Ves
Rockies
Texas
Panhandle
Commerce
Department
Glascow
Mont
Great” Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Gulf States
Ohio Valy
Alabama
Woman acquitted in Arlington slaying after pork chop dispute
A Virginia jury acquitted Elizabeth Goricki, a former Marine sergeant, of murdering Lt. Edward Goricki after detailing she shot him during a kitchen scuffle over how to cook pork chops. She testified the shooting was accidental amid prior abuse claims.
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Arlington
Elizabeth Goricki
Edward Goricki
Go‘icki
Widow Ann May Testify in Grand Jury for Woodward Killing
The widow Ann May Woodward is expected to testify before a Nanaia County grand jury Friday about the shooting death of her husband William Woodward Jr. The case centers on a dark hallway shot she believed to be from a prowler. Her lawyer says she will waive immunity to speak, with statements possibly used in prosecution. Bosman, a 21-year-old engineering student, is the mayor-elect after a recount, with a write-in candidate previously ahead in the race.
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Mameatah
Ann’ Woodward Ie
Nanaia County
Juearby Ashvile Isa
Woodward
State University
Richard B. Bosman
Bozman
Harry L. Margulis
Ohio
Farm Census Reports Released for Athens and Hocking County
The U S Department of Commerce released county farm reports for 1954 with 1960 figures in parentheses. Data cover acres under cultivation, average farm size, land value per farm, cropland not harvested, ownership totals, machinery, and labor costs across Athens and Hocking counties.
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Lolumbus
U. Department of Commerce
Avera
Rio DE Janeiro
Supreme Court
Joao Cafe Filho
Presi Ity
Neeeum Ramon
Clothing Lost In Raid At Murray State College
Dean Murray of Murray Kentucky reports a panty raid by about 100 male students at Murray State College. He says there was little damage to property but some clothing was lost during the incident.
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Dean Murray
Dean J. Matt Sparkman
Murray State College
Eisenhower Holds Court On Farm Policy As Family Visits Gettysburg
President Eisenhower briefly suspends official duties near Gettysburg as his grandchildren visit. Hagerty denies Benson will be replaced, stressing the president alone appoints or removes cabinet members. The Denver meeting sparks Republican and Democrat chatter while Adams and Mattingly head to Washington for briefings.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
John
Council
Camp Davia
Arhculture
Benson
Denver
Jamies C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisenhowser
Secretary of Agriculture
Verman Adams
Thomas W. Mattingly
Heart
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Wea
Jon
Eisenhow
Ler
Foy
New York Herald
Three Men Rob Kenton Bank In Brazen Late-Day Heist
Statewide manhunt underway after three gunmen robbed about 10 000 from the Kenton Bank and fled south in a car. Bank executives said one robber slugged an officer, and customers and staff were held in a vault until doors were pried open.
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Eter Ca Tren
Patational Bank of Rest
McElroy
Bank Work. Org
Benson Seeks Public Ideas on Farm Surpluses and Prices
Secretary of Agriculture Benson urged Americans to submit ideas to relieve farm surpluses and low grower prices. He acknowledged flexible price supports help but won’t on their own boost prices. a new plan like government payments for land retirement and soil improvement is under study by the National Agricultural Advisory Commission. Benson defended nonpartisan farm policy and warned against using agriculture for political gain.
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Cleveland
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Essenhower
Washington
Whch
Ani
Dofen
America
Kidnaping Case Enters New Phase In Stephanie Bryan Murder
In Oakland California the prosecution moved to a new phase of the Stephanie Bryan kidnapping murder case after five days of abduction testimony. Burton Abbott faced the Bryans as he sought to confront them about the crime. The trial heard from Dr. Charles Bryan and Mrs. Stephanie Bryan about the girl’s route home from school and the search after she vanished.
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Oakland
Stephanie Bryan
Burton W. Abbott
J. Frank Coakley
Hill
Trinity County
Abbott
University of California
Charles Bryan
Stephanie
Berkley
Calif
Bryan
Dr. Bryan
Dartmouth
Mass
Khe
Coakley
Claremont Hotel
Judge Rules On Passports By Evidence Not Department Claim
Judge Luther W. Youngdahl ruled that the State Department may not grant passports using confidential information. The decision requires evidence in the record to support passport denials or approvals. The suit by New York attorney Leonard B. Boudin challenged ineligibility under Regulation 51.1399 and cites communist party membership as a disqualifier.
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Waonness JN 2
Communist Party
Labor Board Member Recalls Football Days
Stephen Sibley Bean, future member of the National Labor Relations Board, recalled his football days at Brown University and his service in two world wars. Born June 17, 1892, in Woburn Massachusetts, Bean later practiced law and served as a trial examiner in the Truman and Eisenhower administrations before joining the NLRB in 1960.
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Washington
Brown University
Jim ‘Thorpe
Carlisle Indians
Stephen Sibley
Bean
Eisenhower
F Ist
Wve
National Labor Relations Board
Ation Diya
Brown
Steve
Jane
Cvsain
NLRB
Trwman
Nib.tself
Woburn
Mass
Grown
Univer?sity of Law
Jet Fighter Crashes on Carrier Killing Six Crewmembers
A fighter aircraft on a carrier in the Mediterranean failed to catch the arresting wire and plunged into a barricade. Six men were killed and two injured, one seriously, as the pilot was thrown into the water and survived.
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Carrer Histonderoga
Mediterranean
Ine Ney
Ag Vay
Ier
Tennessee dealer calls for GM break up during Senate hearing
John W. Duke of Nashville urged splitting General Motors into separate operations and applying the idea to 10 other large auto suppliers at a Senate hearing. Senator O Mahoney indicated he was not sympathetic to the proposal.
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Washington
Tennessee Auto Supply
General Motors Corp
John W. Duke
Nashville
Senate
Sin Finance
Omahoney
D-Wye
Duke
New Electric Output Milestone Reached in Modern Era
The country hit a new weekly electric output record of 11,148,000 kilowatt hours, reported by the Edison Electric Institute. The figure is about 20 percent higher than the same week in 1954.
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New York
Edison Electric Insstitute
Post Office Plans to Cut 5000 Jobs
Washington reports the Post Office Department will adopt Hoover Commission recommendations to use accounting personnel and procedures more effectively. About 5000 positions could be eliminated through natural turnover without mass dismissals.
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Washington
Post Ofice Department
Hoover Commission
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Norfolk
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State Supreme Court
Reynolds
Vien
Doherty
Elsies
Solon
Legion Post
William Woodward, Jr
London
Doctors Hospital
New York City
Nassau County Police
Youngstown
Aad
Ike
Ann
Bosman
Navy
Osu
Athens
Hocking
Brazil
Filho
Kenton Bank
Atedal Holder
Akron
Dwite H. Fehatfner
Labor Board
Somies
Shauncey Ey
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