Welker Urges End to McCarthy Probe Amid Political Clash
Sen. Welker calls to abandon the Senate Rules subcommittee investigation into McCarthy while McCarthy renews charges that the State Department pursues a communist influenced foreign policy. Benton seeks McCarthy expulsion and the panel weighs further hearings on fraud and deceit claims.
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Full Rules Committee
Dodd Enters Hospital For Medical Observation
The Eighth Army announced a board of inquiry completed its probe into Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd’s seizure and release by Communist POWs on Kose Island. Findings were sent to Gen. Mark Clark in Tokyo. An army officer said Dodd entered hospital Saturday night for medical observation and its condition is not serious.
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Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Outlook
The U S Weather Bureau reports increasing cool conditions for Bridgeport and vicinity with a high in the low 60s and cloudy skies. Tonight will stay cool with a low near 0 degrees, Tuesday turns cloudy with a chance of light rain as winds shift from moderate to light and back.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
OPS approves goal price hike for coal dealers
The Office of Price Stabilization authorized coal dealers to raise prices by up to 20 cents a ton to cover higher freight costs. The increase, effective May 24, matches the freight rate rise authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission and taking effect May 2. OPS notes earnings are too low to absorb future freight hikes, with a survey under way to judge eligibility for additional boosts under the earnings standard.
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West Hartford Girl Wins Miss Connecticut Title 1952
Joyce Yeske, 19, of West Hartford and Miss Farmington, won the Miss Connecticut 1952 title before 1,000 spectators at Klein Memorial auditorium. Mary Lou Ney, 18, Miss Bridgeport, finished second among 20 contestants. Rose mary Daley, Miss Hartford, placed third with a magic act. Yeske will compete in Miss America in Atlantic City this September.
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Eagles Award for J B Lee Youth Work in Danbury
DANBURY May 18 The Fraternal Order of Eagles awarded its national civic prize to James B Lee a Danbury hat maker for his youth activities. Lee founder and president of the Frank H Lee Memorial Youth club sponsors varied Danbury youth programs named for his father who started the Frank H Lee Hat Company. Other winners include Taft Warren Hoover Spellman Winchell.
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California
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Oil strike holds despite breaks in unions
A coalition of 22 CIO AFL and independent unions kept the oil industry unsettled in Denver amid ongoing bargaining. Sinclair was the only company negotiating nationwide on a Wage Stabilization Board recommended settlement of a 15 cent hourly wage rise and 6th benefits.
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Nurse Denni Confesses to Poisoning Niece in Alabama
WETUMPKA Ala May 18 A nurse named Mrs Earle Dennison admitted poisoning a niece by lacing orange soda with arsenic. Sheriff Lester Holley reported exhumation of a second niece’s body with traces of the nurse found. Detention followed as Holley quoted her silence when questioned about motives.
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Earle Denni
Holley
Death Threat Looms Over 62 Year Old Cop Killer
Rufus H. Green, 62, awaiting June 7 for the Camden Night Chief of Police Frank Williford killing, is reported by Dr. Arch Rollins to be dying in prison hospital from diabetes and facial cancer.
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Youth Trapped In Crevasse On Mount St Helens Peak
An 18-year-old Seattle youth Art Jessett is trapped in a crevasse at about 8,000 feet on Mount St Helens. Three UW students heard him but cannot see him due to a crevasse wall dip. Rescue parties rushed to the scene with the ski patrol, following notification to state authorities.
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Senators quiz Ridgway on Koje Island probe
Gen. Matthew Ridgway will be questioned by the Senate Armed Services Committee in closed session about the Koje Island incident and the release of Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd. The 96 senators were invited to attend as Pace provided an interim Army report and lawmakers weigh a full inquiry.
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New York Pastor Denied Passport for Japan
Rev J Henry Carpenter a prominent Brooklyn churchman and civic leader was denied a passport for a visit to Japan. The denial was disclosed from the pulpit by Rev Dr John Paul Jones of Union Church Bay Ridge who condemned restrictions on distinguished citizens.
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Japan
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Washington
$40,000 Raised Here For Po Valley Housing
Bridgeport Italian Po Relief committee approved using $40,000 raised locally to build homes for Po Valley flood survivors. At the Subalpine club on Ash street the group reviewed urgent housing needs and urged immediate action before winter. Francesca Lodge urged outreach to Italian officials for land data and rehabilitation plans. Joseph Russo, back from the affected region, supported the call for swift housing solutions.
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UN Truce Leaders Assail Reds' Fantastic Charges
UN officials in Panmunjom quoted Vice Admiral Joy sharply rebuking North Korean and Chinese arguments about prisoners. The meeting ended with a plan to reconvene today at Panmunjom after no armistice progress.
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94 Elderly Tour by Bridgeport Jaycees Highlights Senior Residents Day
A group of 94 elderly citizens toured Bridgeport and environs in 35 cars as the Junior Chamber of Commerce inaugurated Senior Residents Day. They visited Greenfield Hill and Pleasure Beach Park, with participants from Sterling Widow's Home Associated Charities Hillside Home Salvation Army and more. Mayor McLevy praised recognizing the older generation as wives of Jaycees served refreshments at Bishop Hall University of Bridgeport where the event began.
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Cop Wounded Drawing Gun Still Gets His Man
NEW HAVEN May 18 Patrolman Kenneth Burrows of the New Haven police received powder burns on his fight today when his revolver accidentally went off in his pocket as he attempted to draw it while chasing a speeding auto. The bullet went through Burrows wallet, ripping through it. Despite the worn other squad cars which join narczyk, whom he identified as a brother of Frank The Eel inarczyk, was booted on a charge of theft of an auto. The Eel currently is serving as escaping from the county jail here in 1947 while awaiting transfer to Wethird, Burrows was treated at St. Raphat
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Democratic Race Takes Spotlight
The Democratic presidential race draws attention as 70 delegates will be chosen at state conventions with no primaries. Republicans have 35 delegates, split between Montana, Washington, and Minnesota. ADA delays endorsements, keeping Stevenson popular among 692 delegates at the Washington convention amid criticism of Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
Secretaries to War on Office Pin-Ups
In Chicago on May 18 AP reports Ameri ca's secretaries plan action against pin up pictures in offices. Sigma Alpha Sigma a 2500 member working girls' sorority backs museum masterwork replacements, led by president Muriel Davis who vows to replace such art to respect cultural sensitivities of female workers.
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