Gebert and Mrs Lewis Named GOP Convention Delegates
Fairfield county Republicans forecast district delegates to the national convention with Henry J. Gebert Jr. of Danbury and Mrs Clara Mix Lewis of Monroe chosen. The slate positions 10 district delegates and 12 at large as the Eisenhower for President group predicts Connecticut will back Ike.
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Henry J. Gebert, Jr
Danbury
Clara Mix Lewis
Monroe
Fairfield County
Meade Alcorn
Suffield
Connecticut
General Eisenhower
GOP
Hartford
Gebert
Republican State Central Committee
Lewis
General Assembly
Ike
Robert A. Taft
John A. Minette
Goshen
Raymond E. Snyder
Waterbury
Rep
Carpenter
Fred R. Zeller
Zeller
Taft
Eisenhower
Rep. Carpenter
Parizek
Republican State Central
Weather Summary Bridgeport and New York City Area
Partly cloudy and warm today with a high near 65. Tonight remains cloudy and warm in the 60s. Saturday will be cloudy and cooler with a high around 60. Winds today north to northwest, then light to variable tonight. Heights and lows for Bridgeport and New York City similar with temperatures and tide figures listed.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Democrats Name Dever Keynoter at National Convention
Chicago May 15 AP Democrats chose Gov Paul A Dever of Massachusetts to deliver the keynote at the national convention Rep Sam Rayburn of Texas was named permanent chairman He will open the program with a keynote address while Dever leads the session as temporary chair and other speakers are to be booked Stevenson may speak at Springfield to welcome delegates and Adlai E Stevenson weighs a possible speech McKinney National committeeman said Truman may or may not attend the convention set to start July 21
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Chicago
Democrats
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Dever
Rayburn
Frank E. McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Truman
International Amphitheatre
McKinney
Oil Strike Eases as CIO Leader Says Strike Off
O A Knight, top CIO Oilworkers official, announced in a Tele News film that the nationwide 16 day oil strike is being called off with local agreements needed to end it. Federal mediators set 15 negotiating sessions as wage talks continue and aviation fuel shortages begin to ease.
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Washington
O. A. Knight
Knight
CIO Oilworkers Union
Tele- News Productions, Inc
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Australia
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
MacArthur Warns of Scuttling the Pacific at Michigan Speech
Gen Douglas MacArthur warned lawmakers in Lansing that the Korea war could push the United States to scuttle the Pacific. He urged restraint in election maneuvers he called political conniving and warned of a rising military state amid fear of ally abandonments and renewed arms buildup.
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Lansing
Mich
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Michigan
MacArthur
Korea
West Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Asia
UN Economist Fired for Balking On Spy Query
A witness testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that Irving Kaplan, an economic affairs officer at the UN, was dismissed from his post as of May 29 after refusing to answer a grand jury question about membership in a spy ring. David Weintraub, head of the UN division of economic stability and development, described the proceedings.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations
Grand
David Weintraub
UN Division of Economic Stability and Development
New York
Weintraub
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Irving Kaplan
United States
Kaplan
Russia
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Burglar Suspect Seized After Weeklong Wooded Hideout
Hartford May 15 AP A wandering youth who lived in woods near Cedar Hill cemetery for over a month was arrested by Wethersfield police. John Giragosian 27 of Shrewsbury Mass faces eight counts of burglary across Wethersfield Hartford and Newington. Bound over to Superior Court on 7000 bond. A .25 caliber pistol was found on arrest.
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Hartford
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Wethersfield
Newington
Thomas J. Sullivan
John Giragosian
Shrewsbury
Mass
Sullivan
Superior Court
Herbert Nickels
Giragosian
Helicopter Delivers Food to Striking Scientists at Lederle Lab
A helicopter airlifted bread milk and supplies to more than 100 scientists trapped inside Lederle Laboratories Pearl River New York after a 24 hour strike over wages. Air mattresses were dropped to the workers as they stayed inside to avoid a large AFL picket line.
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Pearl River
N. Y
Lederle
McCarthy Probers Hear Of 1949 Crap Game
Senate committee heard a Columbus Ohio witness describe a 1949 craps game in which Senator McCarthy participated. The witness said McCarthy was about 2400 in the hole but framed the event as horseplay with fictitious sums. The game, held in McCarthy’s hotel room on March 20, 1949, was to demonstrate dice shooting to newcomers.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Clark Wideman
Columbus, O
Columbus
Wideman
Congress Approves 4 Percent Pay Raise for Military
Congress passes a compromise bill granting a 4 percent base pay increase plus about 14 percent in living allowances to military personnel. The measure affects some 312 million active and retired members and covers all uniformed services including aviation cadets Annapolis West Point Public Health Service Coast Guard and coast and geodetic survey. It awaits President Truman’s signature before May payrolls.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Annapolis
West Point
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Coast and Geodetic Survey
House approves tax cuts for members of Congress
The House passed tax relief for Congress members allowing deduction of Washington expenses for taxable years after 1962. The amendment, offered by Rep. McCormack, defines a member’s home as the state or district represented. It also authorizes up to 900 dollars yearly for district office space if unavailable, potentially costing over 40 thousand annually.
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Washington
House
Congress
Internal Revenue
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Bureau
No-hitter TOSSED BY VIRGIL TRUCKS
Detroit's Virgil Trucks pitched the season's first no hit no run game in the majors as Washington's Bob Porterfield shut out until Vic Wertz hit a two out ninth inning homer to win 1-0 for the Tigers. Wertz's blast broke the no hitter in the ninth, delivering Trucks his first win of the season after 11 campaigns.
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Detroit
Washington
Vic Wertz
Virgil Trucks
Detroit Tigers
Trucks
Senators
Wertz
Tiger
Bob Porterfield
Festival Enthusiasm at High Pitch for Barnum Parade
Twenty six city manufacturers and businessmen named by Mayor McLevy form an honorary committee for the Barnum Festival. At a luncheon hosted by William Carlson, festival ringmaster, John Shenton said mayoral goals include a self paying festival while Alfred Fodine praised past festivals and noted police and fire departments aided safety. Plans for the parade include more floats and bands with a larger budget, disclosed by Carlson Shenton Burstein Dow and Friedberg.
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McLevy
William Carlson
Hotel Barnum
Washington, D. C
John Shenton
Alfred V. Fodine
Bridgeport
Carlson
Edward Burstein
Shenton
Harold Dow
Milton H. Friedberg
Boater imposes firm rule on Koje Island prison
On Koje Island Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner pledged a strict new regime after riots and the Dodd kidnapping, saying prisoners would not negotiate while vowing humane treatment under the Geneva convention. Three inmates attempted escape as tanks and guards stood on alert amid higher authority criticism.
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Koje Island
Haydon Boater
Prison
Francis T. Dodd
Boatner
Korea
Boamer
Tokyo
Washington
Congress
Rep. Mansfield
D-Mont
Mark Clark
Charles Colson
Dodd
Kore
Colson
Reds
Clark
Colson-Dodd
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Herman Bundesen
Ssn
Eee
Erich Brandeis
Eee Ee
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Strike Bound Laboratory
M'Carthy Probers
Benton
Dconn
Robert Byers, Sr
Byers
U.S
Koje
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Holland
Harry Stapler
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