Ridgway mum on Joint Chiefs approval of Army cuts
Washington February 1 Gen Matthew Ridgway declined to state publicly whether the Joint Chiefs of Staff approved the manpower cuts ordered for the armed forces by President Eisenhower. The controversy centered on a 70 000 member reduction in Army strength during the current fiscal year with lawmakers pressing for a definite public answer in closed session.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Army
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Ridgway
W. Sterling Cole
R-N
Paul J. Killay
D-Tex
Vinson
Robert T. Stevens
Georgia Democrat
Princess Margaret Begins Unaccompanied West Indies Tour
Princess Margaret, 24, leaves London for a four week West Indies tour unaccompanied by other royals. She flies aboard the Canopus with a two room suite and retinue including equerries and ladies in waiting. The Britannia will ferry her between islands as the trip starts with stops in Newfoundland and Jamaica before Trinidad amid color bar controversies.
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London
Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth
West Indies
Winston Churchill
Margaret
Scotland Yard
Royal Yacht Britannia
Gander
Newfoundland
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Trinidad
Caribbean
Daily Across and Down Puzzle Clues List
A mixed set of crossword style clues covering across and down entries. Includes definitions for words such as Wan, Pierce with knife, A horse runs a mile, Musical instrument, Pungent plant, Single whit, Errors, radio accessory, Frightens, Part of sleeve, Place of worship, Skin disorder, Cry, Marked as birds, Having tines, Imitates, Narrow inlets geol, English river possessive, Merits, Scape, Robbers, For fear that, Lofty peal, Estrange, Sign of the zodiac.
Supreme Court Resumes Work On Heavy Backlog
The Supreme Court, facing a backlog of over 80 cases, resumed a full schedule after a recess. Justices met for noon decisions then began oral arguments on cases for later term rulings. Key issue involves boxing and anti trust laws amid an alleged International Boxing Club monopoly. Senate delays on Judge John Marshall Harlan nomination postpone hearings, leaving potential split votes and postponed cases on school integration and witness self incrimination.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
International Boxing Club
Senate
John Marshall Harlan
Robert H. Jackson
Harlan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bill Would Let Tyler Furnish Easements
The Senate approved and sent to the House a bill allowing Tyler’s East Texas tuberculosis hospital to furnish an easement to the State Highway Department. The change would widen the entrance to the hospital on U.S. 69, a site blamed for several serious traffic accidents. Senator Warren McDonald of Tyler sponsored the measure.
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Austin
Senate
House
Tyler
State Highway Department
U.S. TL St
Warren McDonald
Drive Against Stoolies Starts Unions Fight
El Paso February campaign by the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union targets professional informers and slot pigeons in trials of alleged Communists. Orville Larson urged members to oppose anti Communist hearings and upcoming Denver trial of Maurice Travis. The drive follows indictments and affidavits involving Clinton Be Will Jencks and Matusow related testimony in labor cases. Delegates from California to West Texas attended. Jencks received a standing ovation despite legal battles.
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EL Paso
Tex
Independent Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Denver
Orville Larson
CIO
Larson
Maurice Travis
National Labor Relations Board
Harvey Mamson
VBI
Clinton BE. Jencks
Matusow
U. S
RB. B. Thomason
Jencks
California
Arizona
New Mexico
West Texas
Father Threatens Kidnaping and Bomb Plot Over Son
A California father Harald Wayne Lewis 28 is accused of kidnapping his 26 month old son Gary Lewis and telephone threats to blow up himself and the child if authorities intervene. He warned police to back off and claimed the baby would be better off dead if he could not have him. Lewis divorced five weeks ago and was said to be planning to flee from Chicago. Charges of kidnapping and child stealing filed.
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South San Gabriel
Conlil
Chiscage
Olgd
Marie Lewis
Harald Wayne Lewis
Lewissida
Lewis
Chicago
Paratrooper vows to reclaim chute after crash in snow
Stanley A. Melczuk of the 11th Airborne Division lies in Fort Richardson hospital with a possible left shoulder fracture and back injuries after jumping into Exercise Snow Birds. He plunged into a four foot snowdrift when his parachute failed to open, but plans to return to duty within weeks.
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Fort Richardson
Alsi
Stiulyy A. Melczuk
11Th Airborne Division
Pitsburgh
Port Richardson
Stinley
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J. Vinson
Stevens
Soviet
Russia
Ridgeway
Stevens F
Neckar
Iron Curtain
West Germany
France
Bill
Tanray
N. Main
Texas
Fle
United States
North Dakota
John F. Criner
Hearing Aid Authority
Baytown
del Monte Hotel
Notone
Houston
Fannin Street
Houston, Texas
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