Cohn Denies Pressuring for Schine New York Assignment
Army-McCarthy hearings continued with Roy Cohn denying he sought to have Pvt. G. David Schine placed in the New York area and disputing Army testimony. Cohn said Adams was mistaken about repeated pressure while McCarthy asserted shifting hearings due to a NYC newspaper strike ended Dec 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt. G
David Schine
New York
Army
Stevens
John Adams
Cohn
Adams
Schine
McCarthy
Ray H. Jenkins
Subcommittee
Jenkins
McCarthy Subcommittee
New York Area
Ft. Dix
N.J
New York City
Mundt
R-Sd
Wisconsin
Sen. McCarthy
Ft. Monmouth
Social Security Bill Heads to House Debate and Passage
The bill would extend coverage to about 10 million people, raise monthly benefits, and boost employer and worker contributions. It sets the wage base at 4200 dollars, increases the minimum monthly benefit to 30 dollars, and raises maximum monthly benefits from 85 to 98.50 dollars. The measure advances under a take it or leave it rule with little opposition, awaiting Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Fatalities rise in Memorial Day toll across Minnesota
The Associated Press reports 18 violent deaths over the Memorial Day weekend in Minnesota including nine in a National Guard transport plane crash near Duluth. Also listed are nine auto and drowning victims with names and hometowns such as Kenneth Larson Newport and Arlene Walsh Waterville.
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Minnesota
National Guard
Duluth
Highway Department
Transport Falls Near Duluth Port
A C47 transport crashed one mile from Duluth Municipal Airport killing nine crew and passengers. Maj Frederick A. Kemp Jr. and Capt Victor Gabrowski died. Maj Ralph Jerome reported a missed runway and a wing strike as it plowed through trees. Survivors Crowded into help were M. Sgt. Earl Sugars and M. Sgt. William Willock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
Air National Guard
Duluth
Elmer Christensen
Indianapolis
Frederick A. Kemp Jr
Kemp
Victor Graboski
Cloquet
Minn
Russell Westberg
Earl Sugars
William Willock
Ralph M. Jerome
Jerome
Minneapolis
A.C. Ott
125Th Field Artillery Battalion
William C. Lovshin
Chisholm
William Lange
Donald E. Marty
George Lon
Willock
Westberg
Graboski
Willeck
Haile Selassie Receives Official New York Welcome
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrives in New York for a formal reception in Manhattan. A ticker tape parade through the Financial District is planned, followed by a City Hall ceremony and luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria. He also visited Yankee Stadium and humorously posed with a fielder’s glove from a batboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
City Hall
Waldorf- Astoria
Yankee Stadium
Dragging Mississippi for Missing Girl in St. Cloud
Seven St. Cloud firefighters searched the Mississippi River for a 55 year old mentally handicapped girl missing since last Wednesday after leaving a children's home. She is nonverbal and did not respond to her name. The Minnesota Department of Public Welfare had placed her in the home temporarily.
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ST. Cloud
Minn
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Communist cooperatives vow 130000 draft animals for peasants
A Peiping broadcast states that seven provinces will supply peasants with more than 130,000 draft animals this year as part of a Communist cooperative program in Red China.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Peiping
French Step Up Defense in Choben Valley
In Indochina the French bolster defenses in the Choben Valley amid speculation that four Vietminh divisions will strike the Red River Delta from Dien Bien Phu. Paris cites units 351st Artillery and four other divisions en route, with daily bombing of mountain routes by American aircraft.
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Choben Valley
Hanoi
Indochina
Choben
Red River
Dien Bien Phu
Black River
Saigon
Delta
Deplores Split on Reds at Columbia University Dinner
President Eisenhower urged less prejudice and more knowledge to combat communism at a Columbia University 200th anniversary dinner. He called for a crusade of truth at home and abroad to defeat thought control by agents of foreign states and demagogues. White House said no names were named and declined to interpret remarks regarding Senator McCarthy.
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New York
Eisenhower
America
Columbia University
Temple of Freedom
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Hagerty
McCarthy
Dark and Quiet After Crash Survivor Says
Duluth air crash survivor M. Sgt. Bill Willeck described the moment of impact and the minutes after, saying he felt nothing as blood stained his face and the plane went dark and silent. He recalled the near miraculous escape at St. Mary's Hospital after the Air National Guard C47 crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Bill Willeck
Willeck
Air National Guard
St. Mary’s Hospital
Molotov Back at Conference
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov returned to the Indo China conference in Geneva after a two day trip to Moscow for consultations. He arrived by transport planes and a bulletproof limousine took him to his villa as talks resume on armistice terms and a possible neutral monitoring commission.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Indochina
Panmunjom
Braniff Airways Founder Braniff Dies
Paul R. Braniff 56 aviation pioneer and founder of Oklahoma's first commercial airline died in a hospital. He formed Paul R. Braniff Inc. after World War I service and operated Oklahoma City to Tulsa routes. He later founded Braniff Airways with his brother Tom, who was killed in a Louisiana crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Paul R. Braniff
Oklahoma
Braniff
France
Paul R. Braniff Inc
Tulsa
Tom
Louisiana
Braniff Airways
Concordia Dean Honors Graduates With Breakfast In Bed
Moorhead Minnesota Dorothy H Olsen dean of women at Concordia College surprised the morning graduating class by serving them breakfast in bed to the women in a celebratory moment.
Debate Opens on Farm Fund in Senate
Senate debate begins on a farm bill authorizing 1.046 billion dollars in cash and lending power for the Agriculture Department next year. The bill exceeds Eisenhower’s request by about 72 million and tops the House figure by nearly 6 million. Senator Knowland aims to pass in one day. Senator Young notes little opposition. The Council of State Chambers of Commerce urges restraint on spending and criticizes the House farm bill for excess.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
House
Knowland
California
Sen
Young
R-Nd
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Appropriations Committee
Council
Five-Year-Old Missing Brother Blames Mother in Park
In Baltimore at Druid Hill Park Arnold White, one of five children separated during a 90 minute span, told a police matron his mother "once had five children but only had four now." He replied when asked why he was crying, "Cause I'm gone."
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Baltimore
Arnold White
Druid Hill Park
Casualty List From Duluth Plane Crash
The list of dead and injured from the Monday night transport plane crash includes Maj. Frederick A. Kemp Jr. and Capt. Victor Graboski among others. Among the injured are T.Sgt. George Ion and S.Sgt. Donald E. Marty, with several in Duluth and Cloquet.
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Duluth, Minn
Frederick A. Kemp Jr
Duluth
Victor Graboski
Cloquet
A. C. Ott
125Th Field Artillery
William C. Lovshin
Chisholm
John Hughes
Elmer Haas
Allen Christensen
Charles Stewart
C. James Stewart
George Ion
Donald E. Marty
William Lange
Earl Sugars
William Willeck
Toll Goes Past 500 Mark in Nation
The nation’s violent death toll over Memorial Day rose past 500 as traffic accidents remained the chief killer. At least 345 people died in auto crashes from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with highway deaths over the period exceeding two weeks earlier by more than 100 and surpassing the National Safety Council’s 340 estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald H. Ahti
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dale L. LaFevre
St. Paul
Cedar Lake
New Prague
Joseph Wood
Waterloo
Iowa
German Lake
LeCenter
Edmund Thielen
Eden Valley
Lake Koronis
Paynesvile
Gilbert Omestad
Orr, Minn
J. A. Malmstrom
St. Louis County
Omestad
National Safety Council
McKenna Wealth At Center Of Tax Trial
The government contends Leo J. McKenna former Caledonia mayor admitted a 1949 net worth of about $100 000 as his income tax evasion trial resumes in U S District Court. Witness Robert E Sprague of Sprague State Bank testifies on business dealings with the defendant as the government nears the end of its case.
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ST. Paul
Leo J. McKenna
Caledonia
McKenna
Robert E. Sprague
Sprague State Bank of Caledonia
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Lynn Larson
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Larsons
Newport
Arlene Walsh
Waterville
Owatonna
Robert Mukkanen
Pine River
James R. Jam
Grand Rapids
Martin H. Janssen
Clara City
Willmar
Haile Selassie
N. Y
Mississippi
Michael
Jam
Sally Blowers
Ray Blowers
E. Winona
Blowers
Casualty
A. Meess
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