McCarthy Accuses Stevens in Army Hearings Fallout
Senator McCarthy released texts of three monitored calls with Secretary Stevens detailing pressure on Schine and responses to subpoenas. He argued Democrats and Stevens orchestrated the hearings to undermine the Republican Party while noting evidence would be presented Monday.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
Stevens
Stevers
G. David Schine
McCarty
Schine
Roy Cohn
Mearchy
Roy
Army
Cohn
Pentagon
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
McCarthy Army
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Thermy
Isconsin
Ralph W. Zwicker
Zwicker
Maj
Irving Peress
Senate
Chicago
Sen
Symington
Ripon
Wis
Stevens McCarthy
Missouri
Clark Clifford
Truman
Suminevee
Fire guts Charleston optical firm and damages nearby stores
A downtown blaze at the Model Optical Co in Charleston gutted the two story building with undetermined origin. Firemen battled the fire for over an hour and caused smoke and water damage to nearby establishments. Manager B W Bloom estimated the optical firm’s loss around 8000 dollars.
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Charleston
Model Optical Co
B. W. Bloom
Nationalist Warships Blast Red Installations
Formosa reports Nationalist warships and planes bombed Communist targets in Sanmen Bay on the mainland coast. Attacks hit Toumen Island Friday night and Kenmen Island Saturday with Communist planes seen but not countered. Nationalist aircrews all returned safely amid ongoing operations to secure the Tachen area.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Central Daily News
Sanmen Bay
Shanghai
The
Daily News
Toumen Island
Kenmen Island
Sanmmen Bay
Re Born Epileptic Finds Hope From New Brain Tissue Study
Washington reports a 44 year old man living with epilepsy since age two has had seizures controlled after brain tissue removal. The procedure aided research at the National Institute of Health and helps a nine year old girl gain potential seizure relief via a new chemical treatment. Doctors say 20 percent of epileptics have uncontrollable seizures and that the new approach targets brain chemistry deficient in epileptics.
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Washington
John Unger
Unger
Morever
Arlington
National Institute of Health
National Institute of Neurological Diseases
Explosions Hit West Virginia Carbide Plant
A series of five blasts at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co plant in Charleston West Virginia injured about 65 people and caused more than 100000 dollars in damage. A 100000 gallon tank burned as production halted at the Kanawha River Valley facility.
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Charleston
W. Va
Institute
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Kanawha River Valley
Here
Kanawha
Charles Schmidt
South Charleston
St. Albans
Lester Groves
Carbide
Turkey Joins Balkan Pact In New Security Alliance
Athens and Belgrade announce Turkey will join the three nation Balkan alliance linking Greece Yugoslavia and Turkey to strengthen peace and collective security under UN charter. A consultative assembly will meet in Athens Belgrade and Ankara to discuss mutual problems amid Tito Papagos talks and Trieste tensions with Italy's objections noted.
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Greece
Yugoslavia
Turkey
U.S
Koca Popovic
Belgrade
Ankara
Marshal Tito
Alexander Papagos
Tito
Apri
Italy
Trieste
Navy Cargo Transport Rescues Schooner Crew
The Navy cargo transport Lt. Robert Craig rescued nine persons from the dismasted schooner Idalia about 180 miles northeast of Hawaii. All crew were saved, in good condition, with no medical attention needed. The Idalia left Honolulu May 9 and had been drifting in circles for about twelve days.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Robert Craig
Idalia
Hawaii
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Craig
Honolulu
Free geiger counters with uranium land sales offer
In Salt Lake City on June 5 an estate firm promoted free geiger counters with each home sold during the week. The ad urged customers to appraise land for uranium or have the firm do it for them, tapping uranium fever to boost sales.
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Salt Lake City
U S and Red China Open Direct Talks on Prisoners
Geneva June 5 direct talks between the United States and Red China aimed at securing release of about 80 Americans detained by Peiping regim e The talks mark the first direct contact since Panmunjom armistice efforts with US representatives led by U Alexis Johnson The confidential session sought resolution for civilians and military personnel under arrest or blocked from exit visas including 32 in prison and 19 unable to obtain permits plus 18 Air Force and 11 Navy-Guard personnel The discussion also covers around 120 Chinese students denied exit visas in the United States.
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United States
Red China
Peiping
China
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Peilping
Eijsenhower
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Air Force
Korea
Naval
Guard
Richard Applegate
National Broadcasting Co
Donald Dixon
International News Service
Applegate
Medford
Ore
Dixon
New York City
Ben Krasner
Brooklyn
Hong Kong
Macao
Quick Acting RR Brakeman Saves 3 Lives
Rapid City South Dakota June 5 A quick thinking brakeman likely saved a Rapid City woman and her two children when a slow freight train neared while they crossed a trestle Jim Sheriff a Chicago Northwestern Railway switchman on the caboose shouted for the woman to jump instead she pulled the children aside as the train neared the rear he kicked Mrs O Brien backward into the creek bed saving the children in the process Mrs O Brien sustained a fractured shoulder blade and other injuries while the children Katherine 7 and Pat 4 were treated and released
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Rapid City
S. D
Richard O’brien
Katherine
Pat
Jim Sheriff
Chicago Northwestern Railway
Mrs. O’brien
Sheriff
Fire Threat Near Los Alamos Atom Lab Grows
A forest fire driven by gusty winds advanced toward Los Alamos N M as about 500 men fought the blaze along a 1500 foot front. Officials said no immediate threat to the atomic installation though dangerous winds could threaten work sites in the restricted area.
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Los Alamos
N.M
J. R. Maddy
Health and Safety
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Wreatins Pee
Governors To Confer On Segregation Policy In Dixie
A group of Southern governors and aides meet in Richmond to discuss strategies to maintain segregated schools despite the May 17 Supreme Court ruling. They consider private schooling or legally questionable district assignments while facing potential white minority support and NAACP pressure for early desegregation.
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Dixie
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Supreme Court
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Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
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Louisiana
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Kentucky
Texas
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Stanley
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Talmadge
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White
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Advancement of
NAACP
District of Columbia
Washington Board of Education
Hobart M. Corning
California
James Roosevelt Candidacy Boosts Primary Interest
California Iowa and South Carolina primaries approach with James Roosevelt in a key House race contest. A law allowing cross filing on both major tickets raises the possibility of sudden death outcomes if a candidate wins both nominations, affecting November election chances.
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Washington
California
Iowa
South Carolina
Senate
James Roosevelt
New Yorker Admits Trio Of Slayings
John Francis Roche a 27 year old steamfitter admitted to police today three slayings and two rapes of teenagers amid a race to capture him after a traffic arrest. He was described by acquaintances as well man nered and was taken to the 67th Precinct as residents expressed fury. The attacks include the rape slaying of Marion Brown 17 and the assault on a 11 year old girl, with the latter victim near death. A West 67th Street neighborhood had feared dusk since Dorothy Westwater was raped beaten and stabbed last Wednesday.
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New York
John Francis Roche
Roche
Upper East Side
Dorothy Westwater
67Th St
Kaway Beach
Westwater
Marion Brown
Rose Chronik
Bellevue Hospital
Bar patrons tearful as tear gas bomb explodes in safe
In Bismarck North Dakota on Friday a tear gas device stored in the Blackstone Club safe cracked when the safe door closed. Firemen used smoke ejectors to clear the gas as customers continued drinking, tears streaming from eyes.
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Bismarck ND
Blackstone Club
Bismarck
D-Day Anniversary Marked in Bayeux Ceremony
In Bayeux France under cloudy skies the 10th anniversary of D-Day began with a Te Deum in the cathedral. French President Rene Coty and Premier Joseph Laniel attended and visited the British cemetery and Arromanches to dedicate a relics museum. Tomorrow America’s role is highlighted with a U S ceremony at Utah Beach and a banquet at Carentan. Sgt Patrick Huntington of Warrensburg NY recalls D-Day operations with Cannon company 26th Infantry.
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Bayeux
France
Normandy
Rene Coty
Joseph Laniel
Arromanches
America
Coty
U.S
Omaha Beach
St. Lolah Beach
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Carentan
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Utah Beach
Eisenhower
U.S. 1St Division
Patrick H. Huntington
Warrensburg
N.Y
26Th Infantry
FHA Instructs To Hold All Profits
Washington June 5 The Federal Housing Administration told 7 000 apartment owners with government insured financing not to distribute profits to stockholders without FHA approval. Officials call the move precautionary to stop windfall profits from above cost loans on multi family rentals.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
PHA
National Housing Act
Congressional Committees
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