Loveless Wins Court Decision For 3rd Trial
Melvin Loveless, Charleston numbers operator, won a third trial after the West Virginia Supreme Court set aside his second murder conviction. The court faulted the trial judge for permitting certain witnesses and ordered a new trial in the Reed case. Loveless, serving a life term, had been previously convicted in 1953 for the robbery slaying of Mrs. Sarah Reed.
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Charleston
Melvin Loveless
State Supreme Court
Loveless
Sarah Reed
Logan
Carly
Reed
Stevenson Calls For Hydrogen Bomb Control And Peace
Adlai Stevenson urged a crash program to control the hydrogen bomb and to seek permanent peace at a General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Philadelphia. He warned differences with the Communists are deep and lasting and called for remorseless effort under new rules and spirit. He cited hopeful spring signs on arms talks and emphasized maintaining allied strength while pursuing disarmament.
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Philadelphia
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Moscow
Peiping
Soviet Union
Steenson
Africa
Woman Senator Slams Army Family Quarters
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine denounces army family housing as frightening and shocking and urges action after Gen Curtis LeMay testimony before the Senate Banking Committee highlighted the issue.
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Washington
Magraret Chase Smith
Maine
Wilson
Government confirms safety of most Salk polio vaccine
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele announced the government has confirmed safety for all Salk polio vaccine from drug firms except possibly two lots from Cutter Laboratories. No timing yet on resuming immunizations. O'Connor pressed for public information as safety was debated among polio leaders.
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Scheele
Washington
Leonard Scheele
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Scheete
Jonas Salk
Basil O’connor
O'Connor
National Foundation
U. S. Public Health Service
Cutter, Scheeler
Mayberry Begins Life Sentence For Murder In Virginia
Frank Mayberry, 47, convicted in the slaying of Dr. David A. Christian, arrived at the state penitentiary in Richmond to start a life term after a two day trial. Sheriff Robertson and Deputy Conner escorted him from Farmville. Mayberry, calm, said he felt lucky about the all male jury verdict.
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Richmond
Frank Mayberry
Appomattox
State Penitentiary
Crim
Ee Railroad
Farmville
7Ang County
Dav Robertson
Walter A. Conner
Mayberry
Merestone
David A. Christian
Conner
Allmale
Woman Escapes Jail In Party Line Caper
In Poughkeepsie New York on May 24 a 43 year old housewife Mary L Kayes escaped jail after a jury conviction on May 17 for blocking a party telephone line during an emergency fire report The County Judge suspended any sentence citing leniency while noting the lesson to be learned Kayes mother of four faced up to a year in jail and a $500 fine but no sentence or probation was imposed The state had sought leniency for Kayes.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mary L. Kayes
John R. Schwartz
Ee Kayes
PTA Congress Approves New Teacher Minimum Pay Scale
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers backs a wage ladder from 3600 to 8500 dollars yearly for beginners to experienced teachers. The 92 member board cites teacher shortages and calls for recruiting and retaining qualified staff. They did not separate elementary from high school pay and favor annual wage increases. The board acted during its annual convention.
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Chicago
The
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Minimum Wage Issue Revived In House Committee Action
The House Labor and Education Committee voted to take up proposals to raise the minimum wage from 75 cents an hour. It also decided not to extend coverage to groups not now covered, and shifted focus away from school construction aid. Secretary Mitchell urged action at the White House, while Eisenhower backs a 90 cent wage with CIO and APL seeking 1.25.
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Washington
House Labor and Education Committee
Senate Labor Committee
House
Sife
White House
Labor
Mitchell
Eisenhower
CIO
APL
Rep
Martin
R-Mass
Seaian
Chai Bard Rmanen
DNC
Barden
Coness
Bardens Committee
Almond Brief Denies Federal Court Holds Integration Powers
Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. told the Eastern Virginia District Court that a federal court cannot compel a private lessee of Sea Shore State Park to operate it on an integrated basis. The brief counters plaintiffs seeking to force admission of African Americans to the Cape Henlopen area park.
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Almond
Richmond
J. Lindsay Nd Jr
Eastern
Federal District Court
Commonwealth
Dulles Rejects Soviet Neutral Germany Plan
Secretary of State Dulles, with President Eisenhower's backing, attacked any idea of Germany becoming a neutral state. He asserted 70 million Germans cannot be neutral and reaffirmed West Germany's place in the Western alliance, addressing West German fears and clarifying U.S. stance on neutrality.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Germany
West Germany
United States
Heinz Krekele
Austria
Ford May Counter Offer In Wage Dispute With UAW
Detroit May 24 Ford Motor Co may present a counter proposal to the demand for a guaranteed annual wage for its 140 000 production workers. Reports say Ford is preparing to offer the CIO United Auto Workers a package deal. The contract expires June 1 for Ford and June 7 for General Motors. The union has said it will strike if needed to obtain the wage.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford-Uaw
Chicago Man and Nationalists Seek Bond Ownership
A Chicago man, William E. Decker, turned up two US Treasury bonds worth 100000 each, claimed by Chinese Nationalist authorities in a dispute over a 1954 judgment. Nationalists allege the bonds, linked to a 1951 arms fund, were embezzled. Decker’s attorney says he received them in a real estate deal. Legal actions span Circuit and Superior Courts with claims of diplomatic immunity and ongoing extradition issues involving Mow in Mexico.
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Chicago
William E. Decker
Decker & Co
Irving Goodman
John Anderson
New York City
Circuit
Washington
U.S
Pang- Tsu Mow
China
Decker
Federal Reserve Bank
March
Formosa
Mow
Mexico
Furious Man Detains Baby At Knife Point In Yonk ers
In Yonkers a crazed man, John Stepien aged 32, held a one year old boy at a third floor window threatening to drop him if police entered. Police Krafted him and saved the child as the assailant injured himself rampaging inside. The mother and baby were taken to hospital for injuries.
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Yonkers
N. Y
John Stepien
Norman Fitzgerald
John McMahon
Malik Leaves London for Big Four Conference Talks
The Krem lin has sent Soviet Ambassador Jacop A. Malik from London for talks on the projected Big Four conference. Soviet envoys in Washington and Paris are also expected to return to Moscow, diplomatic officials said today.
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TACON
Kremlin
Jacop A. Malik
London
Wash
Paris
Moscow
Payoff and Perjury Charges in Clothing Probe
Diary written in Arabic fuels bribery inquiry into Bonita Originals Inc. Leon Levy, a Brooklyn garment maker, testified he gave about 6 700 to a contact man to aid government employees in 1952. David Pollack denied taking funds but admitted lying to investigators about Rubin’s involvement and may face perjury charges. Pollack, head of cost and price analysis at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, lost his job after its testimony discrepancy was revealed.
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Washington
Senate
Slotnine
Piortanod
Minker Leon M
Breklyn
David Pollack
Pollack
Quartermaster Corps
Philadelphia
Levy
Marvin Rubin
Polack
Rubin
Bin
Senelundt
R-Sd
Army
Kester L. Hastins
The
Bonita
Askec
Pollac
Lev
Pillack
Tornadoes Skirt Three States Amid Midwest Storm
Tornado and thunderstorm activity unsettled the region with a Macon Mississippi sighting, funnel clouds in northeastern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, and a gusty 45 mph wind event. Chicago faced travel disruption and temporary power outages as cooler air moved east.
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Associated Press
Macon
Miss
Illinois
Wiconsin
Chicago
Midwest
Wees
Menon Returns From Peiping Talks Refuses Details
Calcutta May 24 V K Krishna Menon arrived in India after talks in Peiping with Premier Chou En Lai. He declined to give reporters details of his Purmosa peace mission, stating he will report to Indian Prime Minister Nehru in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Calcutta
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Purmosa
New Delhi
Nehru
Eisenhower Veto Stands As Senate Rejects Postal Pay Bill
The Senate upheld Eisenhower's veto on an 8.6 percent postal pay increase with a 54 to 39 vote, far from the two-thirds needed. Thirty-seven Republicans backed the President. two Democrats Byrd and Robertson joined them. Debate highlighted party unity worries ahead of 1955, with Carlson and Johnson proposing alternative plans.
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Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Byrd and
Robertson
Virginia
Senshart
Ind
Duff
Bou Ite
Danas
Tenne
Er Aoung
Malone
Nev
Welker
Idaho
McCarthy
Wiley
Wis
Sen
Murray
Mont
House
Carlson
Neely
D-Wva
GOP
Knowland
Rcalif
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Senator Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
National Airport
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
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PTA Congress
Soviet
Ford Motor Company
Albert Anastase
Murder, Inc
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Camden
N. J
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Anthony A. Calendra
Newark
Tot
Malik
Bonita Originals, Inc
Solon
Sen. Carlson
Kan
Sen. Johnson
DSC
Post Office Committee
Johnson
Post Office Department
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D-Okla
Congress
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Kefauver
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