Baseball Bill Would Halt Link to Beer
Senator Edwin C. Johnson introduced a bill to bring under anti trust laws any professional baseball club owned by a beer or liquor company. He cited August S. Busch of Anheuser Busch Inc and the St. Louis Cardinals as the targeted example, labeling the Busch ownership a harmful alliance that could influence youth and undermine the sport. Johnson urged applying antitrust scrutiny to major leagues to stop what he calls a monopoly tied to beer interests.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Johnson
Senate
August S. Busch
Anheuser Busch Inc
Busch
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Cardinals
Congress
America
United States
Commissioner of Baseball
Supreme Court
First Children Receive Salks Polio Vaccine
In Pittsburgh the first group of 5 000 primary students began receiving Salk's polio vaccine with Dr Jonas Salk administering injections at Arsenal Elementary School. Blood tests will track each child's response as immunity to infantile paralysis is tested.
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Pittsburgh
Salk
Jonas Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Arsenal
Brownell Indicts 18 Individuals in WWII Ship Deal Scandal
A federal grand jury returned five more indictments against 18 individuals and seven corporations over the disposal of surplus ships after World War II. Charges involve conspiracy and illegal funneling of ships to aliens through corporate transactions, naming figures linked to Casey and Aristotle Onassis.
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Washington
Brownell
Rep. Joseph
D-Mass
United States
Casey
Exlawmaker
Maritime Commission
Julius C. Holmes
New York City
London
Aristotle S. Onassis
Argentina
Monte Carlo
U.S
Heart Scare Is Criticized by Mayo Doctor
Dr. Thomas J. Dry of Mayo Clinic told the Minnesota Dental Association convention that public fear of heart disease is inflated and misleading. He noted most heart attack victims survive or return to work, and that hardening of the arteries starts by age 40 for men and 50 for women, with outcomes depending on blood vessel adaptation.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Dental Association
Thomas J. Dry
Dry
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Mayo Foundation
University of Minnesota
TV Fire Tragedy in Louisville Killings Witnessed on TV
A Louisville apartment blaze killed Arthur Lee Chapman 42 who died leaping from the building and Edith Dalbow and Ernest Richmond found inside. Four others were seriously burned and Hazel Chapman 23 was among the injured. The fire near downtown Louisville began at 11 25 p m and was controlled about an hour later as WAVE TV aired live footage. Cause was not determined.
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Louisville
Arthur Lee Chapman
Edith Dalbow
Ernest Richmond
Hazel Chapman
Wave-Tv
Pope Faces Renewed Food Difficulty at Vatican
Vatican sources report 77 year old Pope Pius experiencing renewed trouble taking meals as anxiety rises over his health. He has suffered for over a month from a gastric ailment whose exact nature remains undisclosed.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Semi-Trailer Rams Freight. Driver Dies in Collision
In Fairmont Minnesota a semi trailer struck a moving freight train at a crossing after skidding 175 feet on ice. The driver, Ernest A. Sullivan of Minneapolis aged about 45, died. Sullivan had 16 years with Union Freightways without an accident.
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Fairmont
Minn
Here
Minneapolis
Ernest A. Sullivan
33Rd Ave
Union Freightways
Sullivan
Dulles Faces Questioning Over Big Four Outcomes
Secretary of State Dulles aims to win support in Congress for his stance after the Berlin Big Four meeting. He insists the Geneva conference on Asiatic issues will not mean U S recognition of Red China. Senator Knowland voices misgivings about inviting Chinese Reds and asks why Indochina talks proceed without affected states. Dulles pledges no U S recognition of the Chinese regime and spells out Korea and Indochina paths under that policy.
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Washington
Dulles
Congress
Berlin
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Geneva
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
New York
Indochina
Korea
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Yellow Jaundice Spreads Across Iowa Health Figures Rise
Iowa reports an outbreak of infectious hepatitis known as yellow jaundice. In the week ending Feb 6 there were 59 new cases, lifting 1954 totals to 364 across 42 counties. Prior years show 755 cases in 1952 and 1,811 in 1953 across 74 counties. severe cases need long hospital stays, while many are mild and undiagnosed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Health
Twin Chicks Hatch from Single Egg in Britain
West Haddon England observers gathered as the first pair of twin chicks emerged from one egg at the Michael Wick steed hatchery. Wicksteed noticed the embryos while candling eggs in an incubator and prepared with several friends to witness the event.
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West Haddon
England
Britain
Michael Wicksteed
Wicksteed
Dr Hofmeister Dies After Collapse at Downtown Restaurant
Dr H L Hofmeister 75 of Lennox SD collapsed and died in a downtown restaurant Monday night while in the city for the Minnesota Dental Association convention. The death occurred amid plans or activities related to the convention.
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ST. Paul
H. L. Hofmeister
Lennox
S.D
Minnesota Dental Association
Former FBI Informer Reveals Commu nist Ties in Pentagon Case
Former FBI undercover operative Mary Markward testifies before Sen. McCarthy's Investigations subcommittee that Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon cafeteria worker, was a Communist party member and allegedly now works in the Army Signal Corps code room handling top secret messages. Democrats join the hearing as Stevens disputes Army ties to Communists.
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Washington
FBI
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Mary Markward
Annie le Moss
Markward
Trim
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Communist Party
Annie Lee Moss
Pentagon
Army Signal Corps
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Committee
Sens
McClellan
D-Ark
Jackson
D Wash
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Eleven State Department employees labeled security risks in 1953
Washington reports 590 security separations at State Department in 1953, with 11 tied to pro Communist activities. House Appropriations testimony lists 291 transfers to other agencies and 99 cases tied to homosexual deviations. Remaining categories include resignations and appointments ending.
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State Department
Washington
R. W. Scott McLeod
Security
McLeod
Eighty highway deaths in Minnesota in 1954
Two more fatalities Monday night and today raise Minnesota 1954 highway deaths to 80, eight more than a year ago. Ernest A. Sullivan, 45, longtime driver for a Minneapolis firm, died when his semi-trailer hit a moving freight train after 175 feet of skidding on ice near Fairmont. Mrs. Spencer Mayo, 45, of Harmony, died when the car she rode in struck a bridge abutment and rolled down an embankment near Preston.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Ernest A. Sulivan
Minneapolis
Fairmont
Spencer Mayo
Harmony
Preston
Sheriff Links Escapees to Twin Jail Breaks
Albert Lea Minn Monday Sheriff Carl Lindahl said he is confident two youths who broke through a police cordon are the Red Wing Training School escapees who later fled Sib ley jail. Sought are Robert Searcy Glenwood and Marvin Denzer Le Sueur both 18 after an Albert Lea patrol car was wrecked and a deputy’s car forced off a highway during a chase that began when the pair left a Geneva service station without paying for 15 gallons of gas.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Carl Lindahl
Red Wing
Sibley
Robert Searcy
Glenwood
Marvin Denzer
le Sueur
Geneva, Minn
Navy Officer Testifies on Pressure to Confess in Korea
Navy lieutenant Andrew L. Riker III testified at a Marine Corps inquiry into Col. Frank Schwable’s confession of germ warfare that he endured relentless Communist coercion as a POW. Riker, from Manchester Connecticut, said he resisted for up to ten hours daily, crying at the end and ready to be shot rather than falsely confess.
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Washington
Navy
Korea
J.g
Andrew L. Riker III
Connecticut
Marine Corps
Col
Frank Schwable
Schwable
Riker
Man
Chester
Conn
Henry D. Linscott
French Announce 18 Day Siege Lifted
Saigon reports the French command says the 18 day siege of Muong Sai in Laos has been lifted with aid from American bombers. Vietminh Division No 308 pulled back from Luang Prabang area and is regrouping along the Bac River valley northwest of the capital.
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Saigon
Indochina
Muong Sai
Luang Prabang
Laos
High
Vietminh Division No
Bac River
Anderson Receives Jewish War Veterans Leader
Gov. Anderson hosted Harry T. Madison national commander of the Jewish War Veterans in his office. Madison is in the Twin Cities to speak at goodwill dinners sponsored by JWV posts in Minneapolis tonight and in St. Paul Wednesday night.
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ST. Paul
Anderson
Harry T. Madison
Madison
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Powell named Winona Man of the Year by JCs
Richard C. Powell 31, assistant to the president of a local lumber firm and president of the Winona Community Chest, was chosen Winona Man of the Year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce Monday night.
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Winona, Minn
Richard C. Powell
Winona
Former Potter Aide Enters Maine Senate Race
Washington reports Robert L. Jones, once a research assistant to Sen. Potter, declares candidacy for the Republican Senate nomination in Maine. Potter says Jones was discharged over rumors of a run and an unauthorized statement about Army officers and communists connected to McCarthy. Jones criticizes Sen. Margaret Chase Smith as he seeks the Maine seat.
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Robert L. Jones
Silver Spring
Margaret Chase Smith
Washington
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
Maine
Jones
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Sen. Smith
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
New York
Ralph W. Zwicker
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Kentucky
Pope
Charles Potter
Joseph McCarthy
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
John McClellan
William F. Arbogast
House Appropriations Committee
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the Army
Robert T. Stevens
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