Hiss to Leave Prison Today in Parole Plan
Lewistown Pa Nov 26 AP Alger Hiss the former State Department aide who served time for perjury faces parole tomorrow after a five year sentence reduced to three and a half years He prepared for release by shedding prison clothing while the unexpected death of fellow inmate William Remington in the same prison after a brutal beating sparked speculation of ties to the Hiss case.
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LEWISBURG
William Remington
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Remington
United States
Commerce Department
FBI
Fred T. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
State Department
Bridgeport Weather Briefing Shows Cloud, Rain Snow Tonight
Increasing cloudiness across Bridgeport and vicinity with rain or snow at night and again Sunday. Temperatures hover around the mid forties today and Sunday with a night low near 32. Winds moderate from the south shifting to the west late Sunday. New York City air mirrors Bridgeport conditions with similar temperatures and precipitation outlook.
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S$ Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Defense Quizzes Chemist On Murder Trial Evidence
Cleveland, Nov 26 AP Defense attorneys for Dr Samuel H Sheppard challenged police blood evidence from the home where Marilyn Sheppard was killed last July The questioning focused on lab methods and the timing of bloodstain tests by 12 year police veteran Henry J Dombrowski Corrigan pressed for undated notes and briefings as he probed the trial witness blood trail mapping and implications for the intruder theory
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CLEVELAND
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
Henry J. Dombrowski
Cleveland police laboratory
Dombrowski
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Fairfield GOP appointment questioned over town counsel
Fairfield Democratic leader George Boland charged that the Republican administration violated the town charter by appointing W Bradley Morehouse as acting town counsel. Morehouse, named by the Board of Selectmen last April during Pierce Gerety's leave to join the U S Loyalty Review board, allegedly lacks the charter required five years of legal experience. Boland urged the GOP to explain to taxpayers why junior counsel from Gerety's firm has handled legal matters since his departure.
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George Boland
Fairfield Democratic Town committee
W. Bradley Morehouse
Morehouse
Board of Selectmen
Pierce J. Gerety
U. S. Loyalty Review board
GOP
Boland
Gerety
Smog Grips Western Coast as Auto Smog Taints Air
In Los Angeles today hazy sun and eye smarting smog plunged Southern California into gloom. Fog from the ocean halted air, sea, and highway travel, triggering hundreds of auto accidents and maritime mishaps across the basin. The air pollution control board urged residents and industry to stop burning rubbish until smog eased. Autopsies were conducted on the bodies of three 3 month old babies.
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LOS ANGELES
California
ocean
Los Angeles basin
air pollution control board
Opera star helps Bridgeport light up center for Christmas
Mimi Benzell ex Metropolitan soprano joined Mayor McLevy to switch on Bridgeport’s Christmas lights at Elm Street and Golden Hill. A 40 foot tree near the YWCA was lit as 3000 in attendance heard carols by the Manufacturers Chorus and Miss Benzell. Police Supt Lyddy spoke on safety amid holiday shopping.
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Telegram
Haydak
Broad street
Golden Hill
Bridgeport
Mimi Benzell
Metropolitan opera
McLevy
Elm street
John A. Lyddy
Miss Benze
Miss Benzell
Manufacturers chorus
Ruling Delayed On Underwood Injunction Plea
Hartford federal court delayed ruling on Underwood injunction request after both sides were ordered to file briefs. Local 267 IUE-CIO seeks to curb mass picketing at three plants amid a three week strike involving about 1,600 workers. Union proposes Mayor McLevy chair a citizen committee. company rejects outside intervention.
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J. Joseph Smith
U. S. District court
Hartford
Underwood corporation
Local 267
IUE-CIO
Bridgeport
Underwood
Walfrid Lundberg
Smith
Albert Goldman
Boston
National Labor Relations board
iInjunction
McLevy
citizens’ committee
Tom Williams
IUE CIO field
citizens committee
Cheeter A. Dundore
Underwood works
courchesyn
Dundore
Social Register Drops Astor and Langley Amid Marital Ties
New York social pages list millionaire John Jacob Astor and William C. Langley among those dropped from the Social Register. Langley, an New York investment broker, criticized the move as un American or communism. Astor’s year included marriages and separations, with a Mexican divorce dispute and a European honeymoon before a separation. Langley had married singer Jane Pickens in March.
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NEW YORK
Social Register
John Jacob Astor
William C. Langley
Langley
Westbury
N. Y
Aiken
8. C
Astor
Dolores Fullman
ican
Gertrude Gretsch Astor
Gertrude
Europe
Jane Pickens
Key
Laity urged to teach religion at Diocesan Congress
Bishop of Worcester tells about 800 priests nuns and lay Catholics in Fairfield County that laity can and must teach religion. He says only the laity reach areas of life where Christ's principles must be applied and to render religious instruction for Catholic children in public schools.
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Fairfield county
John J. Wright
Worcester
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Stratfield hotel
Wright
Confraternity
Bridgeport
Pittsburgh Store Strike Near End
In Pittsburgh on November 26 AP reports AFL Teamsters Local 249 near end of a year-long walkout signed a new three year contract with three attack department stores and two delivery services for two other stores. Eleven striking unions expected to follow suit. Samuel R. Roby of the Labor Standards Association says the strike is not over yet and issues remain to be resolved. Thomas T. Fagan signed for the teamsters and Robb for the stores. Fagan renewed permission to sign the contract.
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PITTSBURGH
AFL Teamsters Local 249
Samuel R. Roby
Labor Standards Association
Thomas T. Fagan
teamsters
Robb
Fagan
McCarthy to Return for Senate Censure Debate
Senator Joseph McCarthy expected to leave Bethesda Naval Medical Center Sunday and attend the Senate as it resumes debate on censure. Atty. Edward Bennett Williams said McCarthy will be released after a elbow injury from a Milwaukee handshake incident. A special committee had recommended rebuke for contempt and abuse of a witness. Dirksen plans a milder substitute.
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WASHINGTON
McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
Edward Bennett Willams
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Milwaukee
Ralph W. Zwicker
special committee
Communist Party
Sen. Dirksen
R-N
Richard O'Melia
New York
Note nears exhaustion of patience over 13 Americans held by Red China
The United States fired a stern note to Peiping demanding the immediate release of 13 Americans held by Chinese authorities during the Korean War. It denounced the Chinese charges of espionage as baseless and warned Beijing of consequences, including possible compensation and punishment of officials. The note, routed via London, linked the detentions to an armistice violation and urged adherence to wartime treatment rules for civilians and prisoners.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Red China
U. S
Andit
Peiping
Red
army
London
Foreign Office
State Department
Anthony Nutting
New York
America
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
China
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