McCarthy Defends Right to Call Critics Senile
Senator Joseph McCarthy told the Senate censure committee he had a perfect right to call critic Ralph Flanders senile, asserting free speech protections. He admitted using the term on more than one occasion and defended his remarks as part of his speech, while noting a prior censure motion by Flanders. The hearing, attended by aides and military officials, continues with cross examination and witnesses slated for Saturday.
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Br Raymond-Lahr
Herbert Foster
Washington
Joseph “Ai McCarthy
Senate
Ralph E. Flanders
E-Vt
McCarthy
Flanders
Senate Elections
Committee
Roy M. Cohn
James M. Juliana
Ralph W
M. J
Kirke B. Lawton
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Convicted Wife Slayer Kills Self in Courtroom
Hugh A. Brown, 50, an alcoholic ex convict, drank poison minutes after his murder conviction for killing wife Viola Griffin Brown with strychnine. He collapsed in the courtroom and died at 11 37 p.m. EDT after jurors recommended life in prison. A defense team sought a new trial, arguing circumstantial evidence was weak.
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Fort Worth
Hugh A. Brown
Viola’. Griffin Brown
Brown
Priday
Edna Oldham
Miami Supermart Robber Identified
OKLAHOMA CITY Sept 13 UP The FBI identified the Miami Okla supermarket bandit as John Harry Allen an escaped convict named among the nations 10 most wanted criminals The man fled with over 1000 from four cash registers and had escaped prisons in Kansas Idaho Tennessee Alabama and North Dakota He is 5 11 160 180 pounds brown hair with a neck scar and may be driving a 1949 or 1950 light green Chevrolet.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami
Okla
John Harry Alen
FBI
Allen
Kansas State Penitentiary
Kansas
Idaho
Tennessee
Alabama
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Aber
Longest Undersea Oil Pipe Planned
Continental Oil Co Magnolia Petroleum Co Newmonth Oil Co confirm plans for a 40 mile undersea Gulf of Mexico pipeline. Brown & Root to build. Line from Burns terminal La to Boark 126 Eugene Island, offshore field. Magnolia will operate it carrying crude oil and gas with 50 000 barrels daily capacity. Completion expected mid next year.
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Houston
Y— Continental Oil Co
Magnolia, Petroleum Co
Newmonth Oil ,Co
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana-Gulf
Brown & Root
Atmutiitement
Burns Terminal
St. Mary's Parish
Gulf
Eugene Island
Continental Shelf
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Lousiana-Gulf
Dallas Gift Show signals gala Christmas season
Mr and Mrs Norman Hargraves hailed the Dallas Gift Show as one of the best attended since World War II ending, noting strong consumer buying for fall and optimistic jewelers from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas. They cited design modernizing patterns in china crystal and silver and personal jewelry as key factors.
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Tewele
Norman Hargraves
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Hargraves
Robson's
China
the Mart
Baytown
Hitchhiker Admits Murdering Airman
James L. Upton of Nowata Oklahoma confessed to robbing and killing Airman Donald P. Dilley of Salt Lake City Utah after a ride east of Albuquerque New Mexico. He admitted the attack in a statement to the district attorney's office and said he dumped the body into Tijeras Canyon after shooting Dilley four times. Police tracked and captured Upton nearby after a bus driver and other motorists reported the sequence and the revolver in his hand.
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Albuquerque
N. M
California
Aitman
Here
Joe Reach
James L. Upton
Nowata
Okla
Donald P. Dilley
Salt Lake City
Utah
Paul Tacket
Ruidoso
Upton
Dilley
Tijeras Canyon
Roach
Oklahoma
Arnold Payne
Payne
Tommy Kimball to Preach at Highlands First Baptist
Tommy Kimball son of Mr and Mrs J Kimball of Baytown will preach at Highlands First Baptist Church for both services Sunday in Rev Dennis Barnes absence He is a Baytown schools graduate Howard Payne Brownwood and Jee college student with two years army service including Korea His wife is Betty Jo Hull.
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Tommy Kimball
J. Kimball
Baytown
First Baptist Church
Highlands
Dennis Barnes
Channelview
Kimball
Horace Mann
Robert B. Lee
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Jee College
Ex Marine presses segregation fight in Baltimore court
Ex Marine sergeant Bryant Bowles, head of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, wins a court ruling ordering Baltimore schools to justify their desegregated status. He vows to push for a constitutional amendment to empower states in race matters, claiming strong membership growth and broad but covert political support.
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Naawp Head
Kermit Roosevelt
Washington
I Rida
Supreme Court
Bryant
W. Bowles
The
National Association
For the Advancement of
Baltimore
Suerior
John T. ‘Tucker
NAAWP
Citizens’ Committee
Baltimore School Board
Maryland Petition
Jessup
Henry A. “Schweinhaut
Federation of Citizens “Associations
Bowles
Marines
South
NAACP
the Advancement of Colored People
Ye “Eat
Tampa
Two Kirtland GIs Face Murder Count
Two Air Force Base soldiers, aged 18 and 23, were arrested in Moriarty New Mexico on murder charges linked to Bvt Roy E. Pohl of Omaha Nebraska. Pohl, shot seven times and dumped in a gravel pit near U.S. 60, had been hitchhiking home from White Sands proving ground when he was killed.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Kirtland, Air Force Base
Moriarty
Here
Bvt
Roy
E. Pohl
Omaha
Neb
Torrance Daar
Harold Hubbell
Pohl
White Sands
Proving Ground
U.S. 60
Air Force
Kirtland Afb
Central and
Wyoming Aves
New York Grand Jury Subpoenas Galveston Men
Houston dispatch says the U S marshals office announced five Galveston men were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury in New York from September 20 to 22. They previously testified in Galveston where E H Thornton Sr former manager of Galveston wharves and four Bunge Corp officials were indicted in a Canadian grain mixing case.
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Houston
U. S&s. Marshall
Galveston
New York
E. H. Thornton
Bunge Corp
Harrold Named Fort Hood Corps Commander
Gen Thomas L Harrold, then Eighth Division commander at Fort Carson, will take command of III Corps at Fort Hood replacing Maj Gen Hobart R Gay who moves to Fifth Army HQ in Chicago. Kean retires after 43 years. Harrold to assume Oct 1 with Carson post to be filled.
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Washington
Thomas
Eighth’ Division
Fort Carson
Colo
T-Corps
Fort Hood
Tex
Robert’ Stevens
Harrold
Hobart R. Gay
III
Gay
Fifth Army
Chicago
William B. Kean
Hacroldis
Fort. Carson
Stevens
Ger. W. Keyser
Horror Comic Book Sale Is Probed in Fort Worth
Fort Worth on September 13 reports a grocery operator faced a probe after a complaint that a horror comic book was sold to a three year old. Officials said a court decision could boost a city crackdown on dealers who keep crime and sex books on shelves. The issue centers on Startling Terror Tales containing The Strangler The Bloodless Corpse and Death's Calling Card sold to the son of Glenn Tresidder.
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Glenn Tresidder
Polio cases in Texas drop to 129 in week
Texas health officials report a weekly polio total of 129, down from the prior week’s 31, totaling 2,222 cases this year. Counties with notable figures include Nueces 148, Dallas 218, Harris 129, Tarrant 119, Bexar 31, and Travis 28, with Dallas leading last week at 14 cases.
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Austin
Texas
Harris
Nueces
County
Hiedaleo
Tarrant
Dallas
Bexar
Lubbock
Midland
Travis
Hell
Briscoe
Cochran
Deaf
Sims
Canadian Firm Buys U.S. Uranium Lands
Montrose Colorado dispatch reports Simple Mining Co of Grand Junction Colorado says JL sold its three uranium mining claims totaling eleven miles on the Colorado Plateau to Compose Mine Obig Con Leta of Canada. Company did not disclose cash price. stated eleven percent stock was involved.
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Montrose
Colp
Nt. R
Simple, Mining Co
Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado Phateau
Minobig Con Leta
Canada
Simplet
American friendship foundation on October 12 struggle
Fragmentary text notes an event or foundation related to American friendship with a date October 12. The readable elements imply a society or foundation item but lack clear details on people or organization.
Federal Officials Weigh Longer Cotton Controls
An official notes continued federal controls on cotton through 1955 and 1958, despite a smaller crop in prospect. He expects two years to whittle down surpluses while acreage allotments ease. Crop estimates show sharp reductions across most of the southern belt except the far west, with about 13,832,000 bales anticipated.
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Guiredl
Federa’ i
Steni
Drouth
Vletire
Jooks
Aera Ie
Tatton
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Qollum
Petro-Argentina
Odlum
Dallas Gift Show
Hitchhiker
Airman
Paul Davis
Grand Jury
Teal Estate
Texaa
Market St
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S. Pruett ST
Gen. Harrold
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