Supreme Court Toughens FBI Tactics Across Files and Trials
The Supreme Court limited FBI secrecy by allowing defendants access to witness writings and challenging use of casual informers. Congress debated overturning the ruling to keep court access narrower. The court also required proof that Communist advocates incited action, not merely advocated overthrow.
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Washington
Supreme Court
FBI
Congress
Commission
Justice Department
Man Survives Plunge From 15th Floor
A 51 year old accountant survived a fall from the 15th floor of a downtown New York skyscraper. He crashed through a second floor skylight and was found in critical condition at Beekman Downtown Hospital with rib and elbow fractures. His wife Betty visited him as investigators noted wires near the skylight may have cushioned the drop.
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New York
Financial District
Joseph J. Klein
Wall Street
Klein
Beekman-Downtown Hospital
Betty
Williamsburg
Clarence Wallace
Averell Harriman
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
James T. Blair, Jr
Missouri
House of Burgesses
Downtown stores endure as traffic and suburb growth loom
Downtown retailers push back against suburban shopping centers with strong sales in nine Federation cities and major department store groups. Executives Lazarus Puckett May Macy defend downtown vitality citing higher concentrations of merchandise, services, and white collar workers, while noting traffic and parking as ongoing problems.
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New York
Ralph Lazarus
Federated Department Stores
U.S
Fedway
B. Earl Puckett
Allied Stores
R. H. Macy & Co
Lazarus
LeMay Gives Up SAC Command After Long Service
Lt. Gen. Thomas Power succeeds Gen. Curtis LeMay as SAC commander at Offutt Air Force Base in a 30 minute ceremony. LeMay becomes vice chief of staff of the Air Force after leading SAC from October 1948 growth to over 200000 personnel and 51 wings.
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Omaha
Strategic Air Command
United States
Offutt Air Force Base
Thomas 8. Power
SAC
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Power
Air Research and Development Command
LeMay
Fire damages Susan Hayward home in Sherman Oaks
Firefighters estimated the weekend blaze caused about 500 dollars in damage to a maid’s upstairs bedroom at the Susan Hayward residence in Sherman Oaks. The actress was away. Maid Cleo Miller told officials the fire started when a chest of drawers toppled against an electric wall heater.
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Hollywood
Susan Hayward
Sherman Oaks
Cleo Miller
Young Pianist Dies After Allentown Recital
In Allentown Pennsylvania a 16 year old pianist named David Stephen Jerome collapsed after his recital at the Allentown Women's Club. Coroner Clayton Werley announced an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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Allentown
Allentown Women’s Club
David Stephen Jerome
Norman Jerome
Clayton Werley
Trade Boycott Threatened in Alabama Town
In Tuskegee Alabama after a bill redrawing city limits to exclude most Negro voters talk of a white merchant boycott grows. Negro leaders led by William P Mitchell say voting rights loss could trigger mass refusals to trade with local businesses. A mass meeting is planned at a Negro church to discuss actions.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Mitchell
Phil Lightfoot
Charles G. Gomillion
Tuskegee Civic Assn
Church Merger Set joins two Protestant traditions tonight
A historic merger unites Congregational Christian Churches with the Evangelical and Reformed Church into the United Church of Christ after 17 years of work. Church leaders voice rising enthusiasm amid minority opposition while noting the new union’s unique break from prior church structures.
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Cleveland
Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
James E. Wagner
Philadelphia
E. and R. Church
Wagner
E. and R
The
Baptists
Disciples of Christs
Heat triggers attic fire alarm in Sacramento
In Sacramento California the attic of Mrs. Duncan Vernon's home was extremely hot as a fire alarm bell rang loudly during the afternoon. The alarm is designed to trigger at 135 to 140 degrees and the 105 degree downtown temperature did not stop it from sounding.
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Sacramento
Calif
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