Postmaster Reports 166 Discharged Over Security Risks
Summerfield testified before a House subcommittee that 166 postal employees were discharged as security risks with hundreds more under investigation. The Postal Service has about 500,000 workers, and hearings noted re-evaluations under both the loyalty and Eisenhower security programs.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
Summerfield
Congress
Postal Service
House
Sieminski
Stork Club Declares Mil ton Berle Persona Non Grata
New York club owner says Mil ton Berle is unwelcome for offstage behavior. Berle acknowledges being barred with his bride Ruth Cosgrove after a barbed TV show takeoff. Owner Herman Billingsley calls him a scene stealer who disrupts dining room order.
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New York
Milton Berle
Herman Billingsley
Berle
Billingsley
Ruth Cosgrove
Beeson Offers Pension Concession Over NLRB Nomination
Senatorial questioning centered on Beeson as he proposed relinquishing pension rights from Food Machinery & Chemical Corp if it would ease confirmation to the National Labor Relations Board. Testimony noted Beeson had a one year leave of absence to serve, while he has led labor relations at the San Jose company for seven years.
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Summerfield
Washington
Albert C. Beeson
National Labor Relations Board
Paul L. Davies
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp
San Jose
Calif
Senate Labor Committee
Beeson
NLRB
Dulles Denounces Red Plan for German Unity
Secretary of State Dulles denounces Molotov’s plan for German unity as a Kremlin move to extend control to the Rhine. He cites East Germany’s 22 Soviet divisions and two million workers’ rebellion as evidence of the Soviet system’s grip and argues free elections would threaten peace.
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Dulles
Red Plan
Berlin
Molotov
Kremlin
Rhine
Germany
Soviet Union
Europe
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Eden
French Fight to Stem Rebels Near Luang Prabang
French Union troops battled Vietminh forces at scattered points along a hastily built defense arc about 60 miles north of Luang Prabang. Air attacks and ambushes aimed to weaken the rebels before a planned main clash near the capital.
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Saigon
Indochina
Luang Prabang
Laos
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Conservation Men Deny OK of Cut
In a Legislative Research Committee subcommittee hearing, Sen. Wendell Ledin accused Conservation Department officials of consenting to cutting wardens from 152 to 140. Commissioner Chester Wilson and Frank Blair denied ever approving the reduction, amid sportsmen’s complaints of lax enforcement by too few wardens.
Truman in New York to discuss American political issues
Former President Harry S. Truman arrives in New York for the Roosevelt Day Dinner of Americans for Democratic Action to discuss The Real Issues in American Politics. CBS will record the speech for radio broadcast from 9:35 to 10 p.m. CST. he flew in from Kansas City Thursday.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Americans For Democratic Action
CBS
Truman
Kansas City
Coffee Nations Push U S to Back Stop Coffee Prices
Latin American coffee producing nations urged U S support against a campaign to curb consumption that could lower prices. A Senate Banking subcommittee began a probe into soaring prices by listing coffee trade leaders as witnesses for Monday's hearing.
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Washington
United States
Senate Banking
Inter-American Coffee Commission
U. S
Edward G. Cale
State Department
Department
Beal
R-Md
Senate
Gustavo Lobo Jr
Leon Israel
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, Inc
Lobo
Senate Agriculture Committee
UAW Wins Rights at Faribault Firm
The CIO United Auto Workers Union won bargaining rights for McQuay Inc. in Faribault Minnesota after an NLRB election. Of 268 eligible employees 260 voted with 193 for the UAW and 59 for the Minnesota Factory Workers Union. Fight ballots were marked for no union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faribault, Minn
CIO United Auto Workers Union
McQuay Inc
National Labor Relations Board
UAW
Minnesota Factory Workers Union
State Church Council Elects New President
Arthur R. Anderson of St. Paul is elected president of the Minnesota Council of Churches at the annual meeting in St. Paul. Delegates also presented Rev. Heyden L. Stright of White Bear Lake with a new automobile in recognition of his 25 years as executive secretary.
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ST. Paul
Arthur R. Anderson
Minnesota Council of Churches
Heyden L. Stright
White Bear Lake
Painter fatally injured by fall at home in Fairmont
Fred A. Gellert aged 53 a painter and paper hanger died after falling down basement stairs at his Fairmont Minnesota home while hanging his coat on a landing. His widow and eight children survive.
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Fairmont
Minn
Fred A. Gellert
Pope Pius Weakens as Gastric Disturbance Flares
Vatican bulletin from Prof. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi notes Pope Pius IX after 10 days of illness shows gastritis with hiccups, fever and fatigue. X-ray exams planned to reassess gastric area and related organs as officials express concern over his weakening condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Winter sun breaks Europe coldest spell in seven years
Relief missions rush to snowbound Italian hamlets as helicopters reach 70 isolated communities in the Appennines east of Rome. Foula residents receive first mailboat in 31 days amid ongoing winter hardship while the death toll in Europe climbs.
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London
Europe
Italy
Appenine Mountains
Rome
Foula
Shetlands
Scotland
Missano de Zocca
Isle of Guernsey
St. Peter
Greece
Toulouse
France
Hvasta Returns to U S After Escape From Czechoslovakia
John Hvasta arrives in New York from London after a dramatic eight month escape from Leopoldov Prison. He was jailed on espionage charges and fled via Munich Zurich London under U S government aid. Hvasta plans to reunite with his Hillside New Jersey parents as his wife Gabriella Danis Hvasta remains missing.
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London
John Hvasta
United States
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Zurich
Switzerland
William N. Oatis
Hrasta
Red
Leopoldov
Bratislava
Prague
U.S
Hvasta
Grand Hotel
Nuernberg
New York
Idlewild
Michael Hvasta
Hillside
N.J
GOP Strategy Notes Boost in 1954 Campaign Funds
National GOP leaders outline a pro Eisenhower agenda as Leonard Hall cites left wing gloom and predicts a strong 1954 showing. The Finance Committee approves a record 3.8 million dollar budget for a non presidential year and party officials travel to build support for postmaster and civil service goals. Gordon Yock named Minnesota state chairman among new committee appointees.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Republicans Today
America
Hall
Walter Reuther
Adlai Stevenson
Paul Douglas
Wayne Morse
Eisenhower
CIO
Illinois
Oregon
Republican National Committee
GOP
National Finance Committee
Kenly
Senate
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Committee
Gordon Yock
Minnesota
Minnesota 1954 auto toll holds steady after fatal crash
Faribault Minnesota reports the 1954 auto toll at 54 on the date, unchanged from last year. The fatal traffic accident occurred on Highway 6 near Kenyon in Rice County, killing Joseph Birger, 45, a St. Paul cattle buyer, when his car rear ended a milk truck.
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Faribault
Minn
Minnesota
St. Paul
Joseph Birger
Highway 6
Kenyon
Rice County
Auditor Otis Gordon of Koochiching dies after illness
International Falls tolls Marion Otis H. Gordon longtime Koochiching County auditor since 1923 died Thursday night after a two week illness. He served as county auditor for over two decades and was a prominent local official. The obituary notes his lengthy service and the community’s loss.
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International Falls
Otis H. Gordon
Koochiching County
U S Shipping Atom Cannon to Europe Troops
The United States plans to send a new six-gun unit of 280 mm atomic cannons to Germany within three months as part of expanded atomic firepower for Western Europe. An undisclosed number of atomic cannons have already been shipped, and the 264th Field Artillery Battalion will be the next unit deployed, trained at Ft. Sill.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Germany
U.S
Presbyterian Church Raises 1953 Benevolence Gift Record
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America reported a record benevolence contribution of 20,075,388 dollars in 1953, marking an all time high for the denomination.
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New York
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Dem Committee Sends Truth Kits Ahead of McCarthy Talk
The Democratic National Committee says it is sending truth kits to editors and party workers along McCarthy's speaking route. The kits respond to claims that McCarthy has been less truthful away from Washington and contain material about Democratic anti-communist actions and a digest on his smears of Gen. George C. Marshall and President Eisenhower.
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Dem
McCarthy
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Sen
R-Wis
Charleston
W. Va
Harry S. Truman
Dean Acheson
Harry Dexter White
Atty
Brownell
Truman
White
FBI
Democratic Committee
Democratic Digest
Sen. McCarthy
George C. Marshal
Eisenhower
Crosway Named President of Hiawatha Valley Association
Gordon R. Crosway editor of the Winona Republican Herald was chosen president of the Hiawatha Valley Association at its annual meeting. He succeeds Kenneth Law of Lake City.
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Winona
Minn
Gordon R. Crosway
Winona Republican Herald
Hiawatha Valley Association
Kenneth Law
Lake City
Modernization Set for Owatonna Library
The Owatonna Public Library will receive a $12,500 grant from the Gainey Foundation for remodeling. Daniel C. Gainey pledged to add to the sum as needed to complete the project, following the foundation's recent gift of an incubator to the city hospital.
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Owatonna, Minn
Owatonna Public Library
Gainey Foundation
Daniel C. Gainey
Josten’s Hero
University of Minnesota
City Hospital
Seeing-Eye dogs aid blind workers in Brooklyn fire
Three Seeing-Eye dogs assisted 25 blind supervisors and 75 blind workers in evacuating safely from an industrial home for the blind in Brooklyn on Thursday as a minor fire broke out.
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New York
Brooklyn
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Ore
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Pierce
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State Church Council
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Pope Pius
Pope Puis
Yank
University of
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Prague Radio
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The
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Itor
Cheyenne
Wyo
Stephen Mitchell
Republican Party
Mitchell
Democratic Party
Owatonna
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