McCarthy Army clash over alleged subversion tactics
Washington report on Senate hearings where Francis P. Carr testifies that Army officials Stevens and Adams used "quite improper" tactics to block McCarthy's Reds in the Army probe. Carr cites early objections to hearings at Fort Monmouth and notes a heated feud between McCarthy and Symington affecting the panel.
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Washington
Francis P. Carr
Army
Stevens
John G. Adams
Sen. McCarthy
Carr
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McClellan
Senate
McCarthy
Adams
David Schine
Subcommittee
James D. St. Clair
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Communist Party
McClellan
Schine
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
McCarthy Subcommittee
Jackson
Devel
Face to Face With Bear in Bemidji Attack
John Larson chased by a wounded bear on the outskirts of Bemidji. He grabbed a rock and yelled for help. Merton Larson and Bernard Holter shot and killed the bear before it could attack John. The bear weighed about 130 pounds.
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Bemidji
Minn
John Larson
Larson
Merton
Bernard Holter
John
Merton Larson
Larson Brothers
Holter
Minnesota 1954 Campaign Opens With Filing Window
Minnesota’s 1954 political campaign opens Wednesday with a 54 week filing period for aspirants with the secretary of state. Republicans and DFL contenders line up for many offices while incumbents Humphrey and Anderson face limited opposition. Burnquist will not seek re-election, opening three GOP spots.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Sen
Humphrey
DFL
Anderson
King
Mike Holm
Atty
Burnquist
Ander Nelson
Val Bjornson
U.S. Senate
Kenneth Peterson
Subway Blaze Traps Passengers at 86th Street
Panic spread when a Lexington Avenue line train caught fire near 86th Street in New York. About 25 people were injured or exposed to smoke as a group of riders, many students, fled through an emergency exit and were temporarily trapped by a sidewalk grate until a bystander freed them with a crowbar.
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New York
86Th Street
Lexington Avenue Line
Navy Plane Crashes in Japan with 17 Aboard Dead
Tokyo reports a Navy aircraft crash on Yaku Island. Eight bodies were recovered by dusk with 17 aboard presumed dead. Rescue teams navigated jungle terrain as clearing weather allowed helicopters to reach the scene after the Wednesday crash en route to the Philippines.
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Navy
Japan
Tokyo
Yaku Island
Philippines
Area Girl Drowns Off North Shore
Charlotte Betlach 18 daughter of Amiel and Mrs Betlach drowned Monday four miles west of Blooming Prairie in Thomas Lake near Two Harbors. She had just completed her first year at Hamline University and planned nurse trainee work in a Twin Cities hospital after a camping trip along the North Shore. Body recovered. Survived by brother Dale Betlach and sister Elaine Skalicky.
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Charlotte Betlach
Amiel Betlach
Blooming Prairie
Thomas Lake
Two Harbors
Charlotte
Hamline University
Twin Cities
North Shore
Associated Press
Blooming Prairie High School
Dale Betlach
Owatonna
Elaine Skalicky
Washington State
McCarran Rejects Flanders Plan to Strip McCarthy Chairs
Senator McCarran said Flanders plan to strip McCarthy of Senate chairmanships should never have been made and has no chance of approval. He declined further discussion as Knowland warned debates could delay Eisenhower’s legislative program. Only Senator Cooper indicated support for the motion, accusing McCarthy of abusing investigatory power.
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Washington
Sen
McCarran
D-Nev
Flanders
R-Vi
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Cooper
R-Ky
Sixteen Charges Filed Against Dead Governor
Former New Jersey governor Harold G. Hoffman is named in sixteen misconduct charges including a false $300,000 bank deposit. Gov. Robert B. Meyner announced the action at a special press conference after Hoffman's daughter disclosed his admitted embezzlement to fund campaigns and to pay a blackmailed state official.
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Trenton
N.J
Harold G. Hoffman
Robert B. Meyner
Hoffman
Churchill Eisenhower meeting planned amid East Asia defense talks
Secretary of State Dulles said he hopes informal talks with Prime Minister Churchill and British Foreign Secretary Eden will nudge closer understanding on collective defense of Southeast Asia against communism. France not represented. no decisions planned. The visit is set for the weekend of June 2 with no exact travel details given.
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Dulles
Southeast Asia
Eden
France
White House
Churchill
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Great Britain
United States
Winston
Atlantic
Laos
Cambodia
Indochina
Anthony Eden
French Union
Vietminh
Geneva Conference Near Breakup as Eden and Molotov Meet
The Geneva talks face collapse as Eden and Molotov held a private session while 16 UN Korea allies declare further negotiations useless. Indochina issues loom with Laos and Cambodia, and a possible suspension of talks until cease fire lines are drawn.
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Eden
Molotov
Geneva
United Nations
Korea
Anthony Eden
Russia
V. M. Molotov
U.N
Laos
Cambodia
Military Commission
Guatemalan Army Poised to Revolt Against Reds
Two exiled Guatemalan defense officials claim the army is divided and near a revolt. They report an ultimatum to President Arbenz, with a spark seen as pending and a reign of terror alleged in Guatemala.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Miguel Angel Mendoza
Washington
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Reds
Mendoza
Air Force
Col
Rodolfo Mendoza
Adlai Escapes Fatal Accident
Mrs. Margaret S. Lewishon, 58, widow of a financier and art patron, dies in an auto crash a few minutes after Adlai E. Stevenson leaves her car. The pair met earlier at Vassar College where Stevenson spoke, and she later offered to drive him to Hopewell Junction to meetings with Herbert C. Pell.
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Hopewell Junction
N. Y
Margaret S. Lewishon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lewishon
Stevenson
Vassar College
Herbert C. Pell
Wells Woman Dies in Fire After Cigarette Ignite
Mrs. Frank Schultz, 54, a crippled Wells resident, died Monday from burns covering 90 to 95 percent of her body after flaming clothing and a blanket ignited when she lit a cigarette. She leaped from her porch to escape, crawled to her kitchen, knocked the phone from its hook, and cried for help while remaining conscious.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Wells
Frank Schultz
$75 000 Ransom Money Found in Kidnaping Case
In Phoenix Arizona the recovered ransom money tied to Evelyn Ann Smith’s kidnapping. A Montana man, Daniel J. Marsin, 41, arrested near the payoff location near the Superstition Mountains, identified by Mrs. Smith as her abductor, awaits a preliminary hearing. FBI and local police clash over case direction.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Evelyn Ann Smith
Superstition Mountains
Daniel J. Marsin
Flynn
William P. Mahoney
Marsin
FBI
Charles P. Thomas
Thomas
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Rasmussen
Rowland Evans JR
Robin
M. W. Latmann
Fairmont
Petersburg
Asia
Europe
By John M. Hightower
Britain
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Lao
Viet Nam
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Czechoslovakia
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Pakistan
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Adlai
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