House OKs Bill Relieving Radio Stations of Defamation Liability
The House passed a measure shielding radio stations from civil or criminal liability for defamatory remarks by political candidates and extending similar protections to television. It bars stations from censoring candidate speech, requires comparable time for rival candidates, and limits liability to willful defamation by staff. The bill also broadens FCC powers and revises license renewal terms amid other changes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Earl A. Minderman
Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
Nolan
R-Wash
Horan
The
Lable
Hoffman
R-Mich
Rep
Dondero
O'Hara
R-Mini
Sheppard
D-Calif
FCC
Harris
D-Ark
Potato shortage ends as markets flood with spuds
Spud shortage of 1952 ends as Associated Press finds plentiful supply from coast to coast. Wholesale prices in New York and Chicago near old ceilings. some areas down about one third from peak after price ceilings were suspended two weeks ago. A national retail chain offered five pounds for 25 cents, versus 45 cents last weekend and an average ceiling of 33 cents two weeks ago.
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New York
Associated Press
Chicago
Dulles Kelland Named Special GOP Advisors
Senate Resolution Committee chair Eugene Millikin appointed John Foster Dulles and Clarence Budington Kelland as special advisors. Millikin praised Dulles as a foreign policy expert and Kelland as a leading writer who helped shape the 1950 Republican principles document. He said the platform would be concise yet adequate and that any Republican could run on it, noting it would avoid nervous nellyism.
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Washington
Eugene D. Millikin
Resolutions Committee
John Foster Dulles
Clarence Budington Kelland
Dulles
Kelland
GOP Congress
Republican Party
Dukes
Coloradan
Millikin
Miss Uruguay Arrives in New York for Miss Universe Contest
Gladys Rubio 21, a law student from Uruguay, lands at Idlewild on her way to the Long Beach Miss Universe pageant. Newsmen ask if a win would make her quit studies. she says she would not, preferring to finish her law course despite the chance of a film contract.
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New York
Gladys Rubio
Uruguay
Long Beach
Cailif
Idlewild
Traveling first aid kit for on road and outdoor trips
A small first aid kit, purchasable at drugstores, proves essential for travel. It should be carried in cars and taken on camping or hiking expeditions.
New Yorkers Win Right to Sue in Rainmaker Claims
Upstate residents who allege damages from Dr. Wallace E. Howell's rainmaking experiments won permission to sue New York City for about 1.25 million dollars. The State Supreme Court Appellate Division, in a 3-2 ruling, allowed amendments naming the city as a defendant, saying the omission was inadvertent and the city knew it was the real target. The decision sets a precedent for about 116 similar suits.
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New York
Upstate
Wallace E. Howell
New York City
State Supreme Court
Howell
Supreme Court
Samuel H. Hofstadter
Joseph Avery
Edna Avery
Arkville
N. Y
Blood bank to visit City twice in week
The Red Cross bloodmobile will return to Bryant Electric for its fourth visit on Thursday and Friday. Bryant collections total 524 pints. Bryant employees will be joined Thursday by staff from Dictaphone, Casco, and Sprague Meter, arranged by Harold Rohlman. Friday's drive is Red Cross led. Many appointments remain unfilled though contacts have been made with Bridgeport Pressed Steel, Bruner Ritter, Bridgeport Metal Goods, and Bridgeport Fabrics. Donations run 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. An orchid will be given to women donors each day by Harry Zecker.
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Red Cross
Bryant Electric Company
Bryant
Dictaphone Corporation
Casco Products
Sprague Meter Company
Harold Rohlman
Bryant Personnel Department
C. B. Naramore, Jr
Bridgeport Pressed Steel Corporation
Bruner-Ritter Corporation
Bridgeport Metal Goods
Bridgeport Fabrics Company
Harry Zwecker
Victor Flower Shoppe
Naramore
Indians Pitching Trio Plus Veterans to Earn 200000 in 1952
The Cleveland Indians will pay their pitching staff headlined by Feller Lemon Wynn Brissie Garcia and Gromek a combined $200000 for the 1952 season.
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Cleveland Indians
Feller
Lemon
Wynn
Brissie
Garcia
Gromek
Stratford Plans New Hearing On Garden Apartment Zones
Stratford Planning board unanimously voted to advertise a public hearing for adopting an amendment to permit garden type apartments. A date will be set later. The council previously rejected similar ordinances after hearings. Board cites authority under Town zoning sections adopted 1945 and discussed petitions on six items including waivers and zone changes. Also reports on express thruway plans and upcoming discussions with the town engineer. Finland and the Baltic states import most of their petroleum and its products from the United States.
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Stratford Town Planning Board
Planning Board
Michael Zielski
First District Board
W. Howard Wilcoxson
Herman Swanson
Wyoming Street
Eleanor M. Kulberg
Norman Circle
Ernest Spada Et al
Housatonic Avenue
Angelo Galello
Bruce Avenue
Hollister Street
Leslie Oakman
Cornelius Ahern
John Baronowski
G. Albert Hill
Finland
Baltic States
United States
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Frederick G. Payne
Ella
Waldoboro
Payne
Owen Brewster
U. S
Brewster
Blood Bank
Stratford
Walter B. Dunbar
Dea
Clark
Broad Street
Westinghouse Refrigerator
Clark's
Westinghouse
Laundromat
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