Watkins Faces McCarthy Quiz in Peress Case
Senator McCarthy resumed his investigator role and called Senator Watkins to the witness chair in a public session. He pressed Watkins on the Peress case, noting the censure report did not reveal who ordered Peress’s discharge. Watkins arrived early, faced questions amid confusion about public versus closed proceedings, and remained cooperative despite delays.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Army
Irving Peress
Peress
New York City
Watkins Committee
Ralph W. Zwicker
Senator McClellan
Arkandgas
McClennan
Senator Symington
D-Mo
Jackson
D-Wash
Dirksen
Potter
R-Mich
Mundt
R-Sd
Official Weather Data From OU 8 Weather Bureau
Bridgeport and vicinity sunny and seasonably cool today with a high in the upper 40s. Tonight will be clear and cold with a low in the 30s. Tomorrow shows increasing cloudiness and a slightly warmer high around 50. New York City details mirror Bridgeport. Long Island Sound winds turn northerly then northeast, then southeast, with good visibility and a moderate sea.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Long Island Sound
Sun Moon Stars Monday Nov 15 Tide Almanac Entry
The entry lists the date as the three hundred nineteenth day of the year with fall in its fifty fourth day. It notes sunset at 4:34 p.m. and sunrise at 6:41 a.m. tomorrow, moonrise at 4:34 p.m., last quarter on Nov 17, and prominent stars Altair and Vega with rising and watching times. Visible planets Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury are described with positions and rising times.
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Altair
Vega
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Two New Haven Youths Killed in Plane Crash
Two young New Haven men Willam Brooks aged 20 and Raymond Pine aged 19 died when a single engine plane they had borrowed without permission from co-owners Albert Carroll of West Haven and Joseph Golenbiewski of New Haven crashed at Municipal airport. Police say Pine held a student pilot license with 17 hours flight time. Investigators believe the crash occurred around 1 15 a.m. based on Pine’s stopped watch.
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New Haven
New’ Haven
Ite
Willam F. Brooks
Raymond M.pine
Pine
Albert Carroll
West Haven
Joseph Golenbiewski
Taylor¢craft
New York Gang Slaying Ties to Milford Probe
Milford officials end a seven year narcotics case chase as Frank Callace, a suspected gang figure linked to a New York drug ring, is found dead in the Bronx. Police call it a gangland homicide. Callace faced a fugitive warrant for a 1947 shakedown in Milford.
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Milford
Frank Callace
Trefic
New York
Gallace
Robert F. Dixon, Jr
Rabales
Shelton
T. Dixon
Pine
Uellen
Daveln
Callace
Bronx
Palice
Italy
Palermo
Rome
Rom
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Pasat
Immigration Service
Dixon
FBI
Disé
Calface
Underwood mum on union request
Underwood corporation officials withheld comment on a union proposal to place the dispute facts before a citizen's committee. Local 287 CIO picketing of three plants continued as the strike entered its second week. Mayor Levy's Citizens' committee had settled a 22 week Singer strike in 1949, headed by Rev. James F. Murphy.
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Underwood Corporation
Tom Wield
Tue-Cio
Corporation
Williams
Dhion
Sokol Hall
Citizens’ Committee
Singer
Singer Manufacturing Company
Me-Levy
James F. Murphy
Vew-Cio
Typhoon Sally bears down on the Philippines
A violent late-season typhoon named Sally intensified to 170 mph and moved west-northwest at eight mph on a 400 mile front, striking the Philippines a week after a previous storm left thousands homeless and caused millions in property damage.
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Mantla
Philippines
Luzon
Sally
Symphony to Launch Winter Series Tonight
The Connecticut Symphony Orchestra opens a four concert winter series in Klein Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. with conductor Dan Satd enberg and bass-baritone Cenare Siepi as soloist. A children's concert debuts at 3:30 p.m. featuring portions of Rossini Haydn and Rimsky Korsakov works, with Mrs. Charles W. Case as commentator.
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Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
Klein Auditorium
Dan Satdenberg
Cenare Siepi
Métropolitan Opera
Charles W. Case
Haydn
Naguib Ousted as Nasser Rules Egypt
Cairo Egypt Nev 15 AP Maj Gen Mohamed Naguib was ousted as Egypts president by the ruling military council Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser acts as acting president. The government said Naguib approved a Brotherhood plot to kill and seize power. Army officers surrounded Naguibs Abdin palace and escorted him to a home in Merg as Gen Hakim Amer and Wing Cmdr Hassan Tabbim notified him of the removal.
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Egypt
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Mohamed
Naguib
Gamal
Abdel-Naaser
Rn Oped Tai Ar
Najayer
Heliopolis
Tient Spokesdomn
van Youssef
Moslers
Therhood
Arid Bie Guarde
Wey
NagSib
Brotherhood
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An. Ae Ency Seasign
Hakim Amer
Hassan Tbtabim
Hid
Armiy
Abdin Palace
Amer Ahd Hessan
Merg
Action
Neo
Nasper
Alexandria
Oldest Civil War Vet Is 12 and His Grandfather 119
Franklin Texas November thirteenth AP Walter W Williams oldest of four Civil War veterans marked his 113th birthday yesterday saying he expects five more years despite failing sight and hearing. He recalled his grandfather living to 118 and noted his large family and descendants gathering for the party.
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Franklin
Texas
Walter W. Williams
Hood‘ Texas Brigade
Confederats Army
Siad
Mississippi
Eisenhower asks Senate to approve Bonn treaties
President Eisenhower urged the Senate to ratify the Bonn accords freeing and reuniting West Germany within a NATO framework. He noted the documents from London and Paris reflect years of work to grant Germany sovereignty and integrate it into Western defense, while preserving freedom and avoiding rearmament fears. The president urged prompt Senate action when it reconvenes in January.
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Eisenhower
Senate
West Germany
Free World
London
Paris
Germany
Tion
NATO
Brussels
West Carmen
Aeahowes
Stamford Train Tragedy Claims Two Local Boys
A 10-year-old Stamford boy William Gordon died from a fractured skull after being struck by a New York bound train on the Greenwich avenue bridge. His 9-year-old companion Theodore Smolenshki was injured, admitted with facial and body injuries, and expected to be discharged today. The accident occurred about 1600 feet west of Stamford station as the boys crossed the bridge.
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Stamford
Greenwich Avenue Bridge
Staint Hospital
William Gordén
Willian Gordén
Tommuck ‘Lane
Rudolf Colmers
Theodore Smolenshki
Tommuck Lane
New Haven Railroad Receives Tax Aid for Equipment Purchase
The Office of Defense Mobilization grants the New Haven Railroad federal tax benefits to support the purchase of equipment. The measure allows a partial write off, aiding acquisition and modernization efforts amid wartime resource constraints.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilistion
New Haven Railroad
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Retaliation Demanded in Chiang Ship Sinking
Four crewmen of a Navy PV-2 Harpoon ditched off Pamlico Sound were found today, three on a navigation light and one in a life raft, about 75 miles south of Elizabeth City. A fifth crewman perished, while a Marine Corps jet in the search disappeared. four survivors were hospitalized in Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City.
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Pamlico
Here
Sth Naval District
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Pamico Sound
The
Atlantic
Virginia Defends Slow Desegregation Plan Before Court
Virginia told the Supreme Court it has no plan to end school bias and seeks a substantial period to implement gradual desegregation. The state warned rapid change could trigger educational chaos while arguing for time to develop a viable integration scheme.
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Virginia
High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Commonwealth
Virginie
Galt
Holiday Hours Start As Stores Open Today
The Christmas schedule for Retail Merchants division members begins today with stores open from 9 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. This differs from the usual Monday opening. For the rest of the calendar, consult the above schedule.
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Retail Merchants Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ex-Polish Aide Describes Flight to Germany
In Munich on November 15, former Polish government official Dan Abramowicz, 26, testified to Radio Free Europe that he escaped to the West aboard a sealed rail car used by a French theater troupe. He claimed the train stopped at Warsaw on October 21 after a performance, and at the border guards demanded inspection.
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Munich
Germany
Dan Abramowicz
Radio Free Europe
Warsaw
Brassco Union Signs One Year Contract With 700 Members Ratify
Bridgeport Brass workers union Local 24411 and Brassco representatives signed a one year contract retroactive to Oct 1 after a 12 hour session with mediators. About 700 members ratified it at Sokol hall. Wages rise four to twelve cents per hour for 3400 employees. Benefits boosted with sick pay from 30 to 35 dollars weekly, earlier start on illness, enhanced medical and hospital coverage, and one year of sick benefits instead of six months.
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Bridgeport ,Brass Company
Brass Workers Federal Union
AFL
Grand Street
Sokol Hall
Frank Marzzabufi
Connecticut Medical Service
Today's Chuckle New Definition Diplomacy
A humorous note redefining diplomacy as the art of saying nice doggie until you locate a rock, satirically illustrating how measured politeness gives way to force when pressed.
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General Features Corp
Airliner opens first transpolar passenger service from LA
The Royal Viking of Scandinavian Airlines began the first commercial transpolar route from Los Angeles to Copenhagen with a 12:27 am takeoff from San Pedro. Celebrities Jesn Hevehoht Walter Pidgeon and Cyd Charisse attended the ceremony and Charisse christened the jet with champagne. A Copenhagen departure with similar dignitaries is planned for later.
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Hubbard Keavy
Los Angeles
Royal Viking
Copenhagen
Denmark
Scandinavian Airlines Sye
DCEB
Internathernal Airport
Ruaway
Jesn Hevehoht
Walter Pidgeon
Neverelals
Cyd Charisse
Tore Nilert
SAS Inc
Taiping sinks after Red torpedo attack off Formosa
Taiping, a former U S destroyer escort transferred to Nationalists in 1946, was sunk by four Red Chinese torpedo boats 215 miles north of Formosa. Twenty eight of 180 crew missing. Taiho rescued the rest. Nationalists vow retaliation while Soviet help and U S fleet patrols are discussed.
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Formosa
China
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Chung Hau Daily News
Russia
Reda
Tsingtao
North China
Decker
Tachen Islands
Chekiang Province
Tachen
Central Daily News
Hsin Sheng Pao
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Tachens
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