Senators reject McCarthy challenge to committee staff fairness
The Senate special committee unanimously rejected Senator McCarthy's claim that chief counsel E Wallace Chadwick and aides acted as prosecutors, affirming confidence in the staff's fairness. Chairmen Watkins said the report will guide the Senate as it resumes work in fall and did not specify public release timing.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
E. Wallace Chadwick
Guy G. de Furia
Senate
Flanders
R-Vt
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Watkins
Utah
Chadwick
de Paria
Idle at Pike County Atomic Plant Sparks Major Labor Dispute
In Waverly Ohio on September 14 workers at the Portsmouth area Atomic Energy plant halted work affecting about 18 000 idled labor dispute pickets guard gates with signs alleging non members perform construction work Goodyear Atomic Corp plans to operate the plant later with 2000 workers unaffected by the strike.
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Waverly
Ohio
Pike County
Portsmouth Area
Portsmouth Building Trades Council
AFL
Building Crafts
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Goodyear
Attorney Funds Files In Government Suit Meagre Inadequate
In Cincinnati on September 14, testimony described Dr Joseph E Johnson’s financial records as very meagre and inadequate in a government suit seeking about 950000 in back taxes. Carl J Nutter said he was hired in 1950 to review 1940 to 1947 tax returns under investigation.
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Cincinnati
Joseph E. Johnson
Carl J. Nutter
Johnson
Kentucky
Scott-Nickels Bus Co
Ant Nickels
Williamson
Nutter
Eden Gains Italian Support For Seven Nation Defense Pact
Eden wins Italian backing for a seven nation defense pact modeled on Brussels 1948 aims to replace the EDC. He travels to Paris to seek French consent while West Germany Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg reportedly back the plan. The proposal envisions long term military political economic and social cooperation with possible limits on automatic collective defense.
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Rome
Anthony Eden
European Defense Community
Paris
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
National Assembly
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Russia
Washington
Eden
Virginian Resigns Post To Support Candidate
Lynchburg report notes Mrs. Roland T. Hamner resigns from the city Democratic committee after 1949 service to back Republican Richard H. Poff for re election to the 6th District seat in Congress. She is the first member to resign during the current campaign as rumors of others circulate. City Democratic Chairman J. Peyton Moore denies further resignations.
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Lynchburg
Roland T. Hamner
City
Democratic Committee
Richard H. Poff
Congress
Hamner
Democratic
J. Peyton Moore
Drowning Tragedy: Flora Slone Dies in Levisa River at Grundy
Flora Eloise Slone seven, daughter of Virgil and unnamed mother, drowned in the Levisa River at Grundy Virginia while playing near home on a Saturday morning. Her brother Gary four alerted neighbors as Rev. Clarence Greenleaf and others waded in to rescue. Despite resuscitation efforts, she died at the scene. Funeral rites set for Conaway Virginia at Ramey Cemetery.
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Levisa
Grundy
Flora Eloise Slone
Virgil Aubrey Slone
Buchanan County
Ishmael Fletcher
Flora
Gary
Clarence Greenleaf
Grundy Church
Harvey Horn
W. H. Hensley
Ramey
Conaway
Logan Meadows
Judge Denies Reduction for Income Tax Evasion Case
Federal Judge Sterling Hutcheson refused a request from BE L Klingstein a Harrisonburg businessman to shorten his three year sentence for income tax evasion. Klingstein was convicted July 21 on a plea of nolo contendere and was to begin term Monday. The government said Klingstein understated income for 1946 to 1949 reporting 112161 versus 368437 earned.
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Richmond
Sterling Hutcheson
BE. L. Klingstein
Harrisonburg
Klingstein
Stowaway Boy Returns After 15 Cent England Trip
An 11 year old boy slipped aboard the liner United States in New York for a free voyage to England and back in 11 days. He appeared on NBC Today and explained his aunt threw a rubber knife in a playful incident. His mother, distracted by tv, protected him as the ship’s physician and crew supervised the rest of the trip.
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New York
England
Eugene Hart
United States
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Eugene
Tom Naud
Hildegard Hart
Charles Deckert
Humphrey
Washington
National Security Council
Denver
Eisenhower
Canada
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Security Council
Pentagon
Texas Democrats Seal Shivers Mandate at State Convention
The Texas Democrats endorsed Gov. Allan Shivers with a near three to one vote for a 100 percent party backing, boosting his bid to lead southern conservatives in the national party. The convention praised him with a standing ovation as he argued the party should serve the people and curb northern influence.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Texas Democrats Today
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
National Democratic Party
Texas Party
Texas
Hou Yo Party
GOP
Eisenhower
National Party Organization
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Murphy flies to Bonn for Yugoslav defense talks
Belgrade Yugoslavia Sept 14 U S Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy arrived for talks on Yugoslav American defense cooperation He said he had two satisfactory but confidential meetings with Western German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer before leaving Bonn and implied the discussions touched the European Defense Community breakdown and shifts in Western defense plans against Soviet aggression
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Free World
Europe
Churchill
Germany
Eden
Pierre Mendes-France
North Atlantic Council
Paris
U.S
Robert Murphy
Belgrade
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Manila Pact To Be Subject Of Dulles TV Talk
Secretary of State Dulles met with French Ambassador Henri Bonnet to discuss European issues and prepare a Far East report. He will deliver a 15 minute radio television address on the Manila pact, outlining Pacific charter and Southeast Asia defense treaty aims.
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Manila
Washington
Dulles
Far East
Henri Bonnet
Bonnet
State Department
DuMont
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Paklan
Phone Company Wage Bid Disputed by CIO Union
In Charleston a CIO Communications Workers of America spokesman disputed Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. wage offers as insufficient for most of the 4200 workers. The union said 54 employees could get $2, 110 would get $1.50 and 23 would receive $1, with retrogressive contract provisions and union dues deducted by 12.5 cents monthly. A new session was set for 2 p.m. tomorrow.
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Charleston
CIO Communications Workers of America
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C. and P
Adenauer urges West Germany sovereignty with no strings
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told a Bonn CDU delegation that West Germany should gain sovereignty without attached conditions. He opposed making Germany a free nation through the peace contract tied to the European Defense Community pact and Allied controls.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Christian Democratic Union Party
Adenauer
Bonn Republic
Administration To Cut Defense Funds
The Eisenhower administration announced a sharp defense spending cut while warning that other spending increases and revenue shortfalls may push the current fiscal year into a 4.7 billion deficit. The Budget Bureau’s summer review shows defense trimmed but debt rising, with Humphrey saying the figure is interim and efforts will continue to improve the outlook before June 30.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Theudget Bureau
Lebel
Treasury
Humphrey
Defense Department Plans Double Weapons Orders This Year
The Defense Department expects fiscal year orders for weapons and procurement to run about double last year's. Assistant secretary W. J. McNeil said contracts begun last July 1 will total 16 to 19 billion dollars, versus 9.4 billion the prior year, with net estimates reflecting cutbacks and new orders. Budget forecasts show military spending around 35.5 billion, a shift driven by Army revisions and reduced civilian payroll, while Navy and Air Force allocations adjust to maintenance and operations.
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Washington
Defense Department
W. J. McNeil
Defense
Department
McNeil
Budget Bureau
Army
Navy
Protest Halts Integration In Greenbrier Co
White students in White Sulphur Springs protested integration as 25 Negro students entered the high school under guard. The Greenbrier County Board of Education ordered tentative Negro enrollments transferred to Bolling High or local Negro schools, effective immediately for an undefined period. Governor
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Greenbrier Co
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
County Board of Education
Robert J. Nickel
White Sulphur Springs High School
James Dean
Greenbrier County
Bolling High School
Rupert
Here
Charleston
W. W. Trent
Supreme Court
Boards of Education
Harrah
Curbstone
Lewisburg
Bolling High
White Sulphur Springs High
Virginia
West Virginia
Monongalia
Monroe
Brooke
Navy to Equalize Forces Across Atlantic and Pacific
The Navy will shift the 45 000 ton carrier Midway and 16 destroyers from the Atlantic to the Pacific within four months to balance strength between oceans. The move aims to reduce crew dislocation and follows long range reshaping of ship assignments for more stable personnel.
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Washington
Midway
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Asian
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa
Quemoy
Essex
Clase
Norfolk
Newport
R. I
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Korea
Senator Wiley Protests Russia Voting Power
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin challenges Russia holding three UN votes as he backs a study proposing a reformed voting system. He chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and spoke on a staff study about UN representation. He cites the Yalta pact allowing Soviet entry of Byelorussia and Ukraine as full UN members.
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Washington
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Russia
United Nations
U. N
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Yalta
Soviet
Byehrenes
Ukraine
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