McCarthy Censure Vote Divides Senators Over Mail Check
Senate debate over censure of Senator McCarthy intensifies as Hayden confirms 1952 mail address checks by investigators to probe potential use of funds for fighting communism. Gillette and Jenner spar over investigative methods while Bush argues the case supports censure and praises Chairman Watkins.
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Gillette
D-la
Post Office Department
McCarthy
Hayden
Subcommittee
Senate Post Office
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate
Bush
R-Conn
Watkins
Utah
Saigon Battle Rages Between Troops and Binh Xuyen
In Saigon on Tuesday night regular troops fought armed Binh Xuyen sect members using tommy guns and a bazooka. Four were killed and no injuries reported on the side of the troops.
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Saigon
American Family Missing After World Cruise Launch
The Japanese coast guard ordered a search for the 35-foot two masted sailboat Phoenix carrying Dr. Earl Reynolds, his wife Barbara, and children Ted and Jessica, plus a three-member Japanese crew. They departed Hiroshima in mid October and last reached Awaji Island on October 28. The vessel aimed to circumnavigate the globe over two to three years and may have an auxiliary engine but lacked clear radio confirmation.
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Tokyo
Japanese Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Phoenix
Earl Reynolds
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
Hiroshima
Barbara
Ted
Jessica
Kyodo
Takamatsu
Shikoku Island
Maruyama
Awaji Island
U S and Nationalists Sign Pacific Defense Pact
The United States and Nationalist China reached a mutual security pact for joint defense of Formosa and nearby U S controlled Pacific islands. The agreement covers the Pescadores, Okinawa, and Ryukyu islands with consultation on joint actions against Communist aggression. Details note possible inclusion of other territories by agreement.
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Washington
INS
U. S
China
Formosa
Far Pacific
Pescadore Islands
Okinawa
Ryukyu
Dulles
Western Pacific
Philippines
Japan
South Korea
Quemoy
The
Tachens
Lovesick Gunman Killed by Police In Theater Fight
In Los Angeles a 26 year old from North Bend Oregon died on the stage of an empty burlesque theater after opening fire during a confrontation with police trying to arrest him. He clutched pictures of a dancer he called my red headed angel and was shot as officers returned fire.
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Los Angeles
Angel
Roger Whittier
North Bend
Ore
Loretta Miller
New Follies
Whittier
Miler
Ronny Nathan
Nathan
R. L. Raymond
Internal Revenue Official Indicted in Omaha Case
A federal grand jury in Omaha indicted G. Elmer Brown, Philadelphia internal revenue official, for perjury in testimony related to his official duties. Brown, named executive assistant to the regional inspector of the IRS in Philadelphia, was taken into custody after being in Omaha as a witness.
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Washington
Brownell
Omaha
G. Elmer Brown
Philadelphia
Internal Revenue
Brown
Internal Revenue Office
Justice Doesn't Play Favorites
Justice of the Peace Clay Smith fined three men twenty five dollars and costs for illegally hunting deer with buck shot. Smith was one of the defendants.
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Nashville
Justice of the Peace
Clay Smith
Smith
Trucker Paul Vratny Dies in Illinois Crash
Paul Vratny a 28 year old Cedar Rapids truck driver was killed in a head on collision near St Charles Illinois on icy highway 64 47. Duane Altenberg 28 of Lena Illinois also died in the crash which started a fire and left five other people hospitalized.
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Paul Vratny
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
St. Charles
Ill
Lily Lake
Duane Altenberg
Lena, Il
Oliver Heisler
Mt. Carroll
Kenneth Lambert
Charlotte
Mich
Lambert
Heisler
Altenberg
Teenage Iowa Girls Win Grand and Reserve at Livestock Expo
Two teenaged girls from Iowa dominated the 55th International Livestock Exposition finals, winning grand with Shorty, an 1 080 pound Aberdeen Angus shown by 16 year old Janice Hullinger of Manly, and reserve with Salty, a 1120 pound red summer yearling raised by 15 year old Barbara Claussen of Spencer. Shorty sparked tears as Janice cried on stage after being named top steer, with a $375 prize and silver trophies. Shorty will be auctioned Thursday, and Janice plans to fund a farm water system with the proceeds.
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United Press Photo
Iowa
Barbara Claussen
Spencer
Janice Hullinger
Manly
Chicago
Janice
Shorty
Barbara
L.M
Salty
Sue White
Big Spring
Texas
Angus
A. D. Weber
Kansas State College
Weber
Agirl
Claussen
Marilyn Miller
Lodi
Wis
B. D. Hullinger
Worth County
Northwood
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Lincoln Junior Farmers
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Municipal
Chicago firm offers free plumbing for Janice Hulinger home
The Crane Company of Chicago pledged to install an entire plumbing system free of charge for Janice Hulinger of Iowa after her Angus steer Shorty won the grand championship at the International Livestock Exposition. Senior VP F. F. Elliott said Janice only must show where to start and the work will be done gratis, with up to five baths possible.
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Chicago
Janice Hulsinger
Iowa
Angus Isteer
Shorty
Janice
Crane Company of
F. F. Elliott
Plane missing since Tuesday sightings raise survivor hopes
Wreckage sighted near Berlin New Hampshire five miles north of the airport. An AP radio message, identified as from the Northeast Airlines plane missing since Tuesday, places the craft in wilderness and suggests at least one survivor among seven aboard.
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North Conway
N.H
Northeast Airlines
Wilderness
Berlin
Churchill regrets remark on arming German troops in 1945
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament he regrets remarks made at Woodford last week about arming captured German troops in 1945 to halt a Russian advance. He explained a telegram confusion and said he should have checked quotations before speaking.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Woodford
Europe
Field Marshal Montgomery
RCA Retaining Adlai Stevenson as Counsel
RCA retains Adlai Stevenson as counsel in Zenith suit accusing RCA and others of monopoly in radio and television since 1919. Zenith seeks 16 million dollars in damages. Stevenson plans to seek a delay in dispositions, likely arguing before Justice Minton to stall RCA officials as RCA prepares an appeal from a court of appeals ruling.
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New York
Radio Corporation of America
Adlai Stevenson
Zenith Radio Corporation
Zenith
RCA
Illinois
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Minton
U.S. Court of Appeals
Typhoon Tilda Hits China Sea. One Dead and 119 Missing
Typhoon Tilda struck the China sea area on Wednesday leaving one dead and 119 missing. In Iloilo 720 families were reported homeless as the storm caused damage and displacement.
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Manila
China Sea
Iloilo
Stores Open Thursday Night Until 9 o Clock
Most Cedar Rapids stores will stay open until 9 p.m. Thursday for Christmas shoppers. On recommendation of the Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, most stores will also hold evening hours on Thursdays before Christmas and on the Saturday and Wednesday prior to Christmas.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Snow Storm Triggers Fatal Crashes Across Iowa
A winter snowstorm caused a wave of traffic accidents across northern Iowa with at least two deaths. Clarence Peterson of Decorah and Harley Lentz of Dunlap died after icy roads and slippery streets led to vehicle collisions. Numerous injuries were reported as highways froze and drivers slipped on packed snow.
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Decorah
Calmar
Iowa
Spencer
Mason City
State Highway Commission
Nebraska
Marshalltown
Clinton
Clarence Peterson
Harley L. Lentz
Dunlap
Peterson
Lantz
Watch and Ring Given By Doctor in Marilyn Sheppard Case
Susan Hayes testified that Dr. Samuel Sheppard gave her a gold ring and a watch and spoke of divorce. She said they lived as man and wife in California last March and exchanged letters while Sheppard studied in Los Angeles. Another witness described Sheppard's rage over a TV program and beating his son.
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Cleveland
Susan Hayes
Samuel Sheppard
Jas Man
Friends
California
Sheppard
Hayes
Arthur Miller
Miller
Los Angeles
Sam
Miss Hayes
A View Hospital
Thomas Weigle
Weigle
Marilyn
Soviet Youth Ordered to Gather Scrap Iron Nationwide
Moscow reports the Soviet Union has ordered young Communists to scour the countryside for scrap iron to supply blast furnaces. Sundays and other days off are urged as opportunities for socialist competition to see which organization can collect the most.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Mendes Winson Stability Statute
Paris officials reported that in the French national assembly a stability statute was approved after four years of consideration. The reform bill, backed by Premier Mendes France, passed 412 to 141 and makes it easier to install a new premier while making dismissal harder. It becomes law upon presidential signature by Coty.
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Paris
INS
Pierre Mendes- France
National Assembly
Coty
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Hrabak
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Dorothy Begalski
Oelwein
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Minneapolis
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