Beeson Approval Narrowly Won by Senate Vote
The 45 to 42 confirmation of Albert C. Beeson to the National Labor Relations Board was met with jubilation by Democratic leaders after bitter debate. Beeson's ties to former employer Food Machinery and Chemical were central, as were questions of bias and veracity.
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Washington
Senate
Albert C. Beeson
National Labor Relations Board
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Beeson
Senate Labor Committee
The
Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
Labor Committee
Paul L. Davies
Labor Board
Congress
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Guy Farmer
Farmer
Communists Face Prison or Exile in Russia Choice
In Detroit six Michigan Communists convicted of conspiracy against the United States were offered prison terms from four to five years or exile to Russia. Federal Judge Frank A. Picard fined each ten thousand dollars and delivered a scathing sentence. The defendants listed as Saul Wellman Helen Winter Nat Ganley Thomas Dennis Philip Schatz and William Allan received four to five year terms with varied lengths.
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Detroit
Michigan
Russia
Frank A. Picard
Picard
Saul Wellman
Helen Winter
Nat Ganley
Thomas B. Dennis, Jr
Philip Schatz
William Allan
Prosecution Witness Marries Defendant in Forgery Trial
In Los Angeles AP report, the chief witness for the prosecution married the defendant, complicating the case against Joseph M. Fowzer 29 charged with forgery and grand theft. The trial opened with jury selection while Fowzer links to Corrine Clazebal 25 whose bank account held a $760 forged warrant. Fowzer once worked for a county collection bureau. A wife cannot testify against her husband.
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Los Angeles
Joseph M. Fowzer
Fowzer
Corrine Clazebal
Dulles to Address Nation on Big Four Conference
Secretary Dulles will speak Wednesday night from 9 to 9 30 on radio and television about the Big Four conference. The address will be televised by DuMont and aired on ABC CBS NBC radio nets with a Mutual rebroadcast.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Dulles
DuMont
ABC
CBS
NBC
Neta Mutual
Exemption Rise To $800 Asked
Senator George of Georgia introduced a bill to raise the individual income tax exemption from 600 to 800 this year and to 1 000 in following years. He said the proposal aims to avert a serious economic downturn.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Little girl jokes about growing up and diet
A visitor asks a young girl what she will do when she grows up. She replies with a witty line about dieting, eliciting a knowing smile from her mother.
Family Seeks Hoaxer After Death Telegram Misleads GI Family
In Camden New Jersey relatives of Pvt Richard Tartar wait for a homecoming that never came. A telegram claiming he would be home Thursday proved a cruel joke as the 22 year old soldier had been reported killed in Korea months earlier. The father and brother vow to pursue the perpetrator, aided by Rep Wolverton as clues emerge from a bus terminal phone booth.
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Camden
N. J
Korea
Richard Tartar
New York
Richard
Walter
Edward Checkley
Rep. Wolverton
RN. J
Wolverton
Tartar
Kemp Seeks Cedar Rapids School Board Seat
H Franklin Kemp, vice-president of National Oats Co, filed to run in Cedar Rapids school board elections for two three-year terms. Kemp joins Irvin Churchill Elmer Grisell Jr and B A Jensen in the race with ballot deadline February 26. He has served with Red Cross Linn County Mental Health Center and other local groups. He is 46, a University of Iowa graduate, and has lived in Cedar Rapids 43 years.
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Cedar Rapids News
H. Franklin Kemp
National Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Irving Churchill
Elmer F. Grissel, Jr
B. A. Jensen
Douglas . Grant
Kemp
Jensen
University of Iowa
Chicago
Jackson School
Washington High School
SUI
Second Avenue SE
Kemps
Lin
Iowa
Linn County
Red Cross Chapter
Bacardi Heir Kidnapped in Cuba Ransom Case
Fa cundo Bacardi an eight year old heir to the Bacardi rum fortune was reported kidnapped in Santiago Cuba on Friday with a demand for a $50 000 ransom.
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Santiago
Cuba
Facundo Bacardi
Langer Plans to Reveal Warren Charges on Fitness
Senator Langer of North Dakota said he would disclose ten charges against Earl Warren that could affect his fitness to serve as chief justice. The remarks were delivered in Washington as part of a pledge to reveal the allegations if verified.
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Washington
LLP
Langer
R-N.d
Senate
Earl Warren
Rocket Accident Damages Des Plaines Academy
A combat rocket discharged accidentally from a jet at O’Hare field flew a mile and a half into St. Patrick’s Academy in Des Plaines damaging the foundations and windows. No injuries were reported. An air force board estimated damage at about $1,000.
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Chicago
O'Hara Field
Des Plaines
St. Patrick’s Academy
Frederick Ludeking
Academy
Air Force Board of Inquiry
Actress Anne Sterling Overdose Shocks Hollywood
Hollywood AP report says actress Anne Sterling was found unconscious in her apartment and rushed to a hospital where her stomach was pumped. Deputies D. R. Gibson and D. Rinkwich recovered two pill boxes nearby, one empty and one with twelve capsules, and the physician called the overdose accidental.
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Hollywood
Anne Sterling
Sheriff's
D. R. Gibson
D. Rinkwich
Miss Sterling
New York
Planets Suitable for Life Estimated at 100 Million
New York AP reports Harvard astronomer Dr. Harlow Shapley estimates about 100 million planets hosting life in the universe. He says one in a million stars have planets and one in a thousand planet families possess life capable conditions, yielding vast cosmic life potential. He notes Mars as the only other solar system planet likely to harbor some life.
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New York
Harvard
Harlow Shapley
Shapley
Mars
Red Access To Secret Cables Told
Senate investigators heard retired Rear Admiral E. W. Stone claim Communist dominated unions have daily access to secret overseas cables. Stone, head of American Cable and Radio Corp, said employees of his firm though not represented by the American Communications Association still handle government defense messages requiring company monitoring. He asserted most union members are non Communist but warned a few can cause damage.
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Washington
Ins
Senate
E. W. Stone
American Cable and Radio Corporation
Internal Security Subcommittee
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
American Communications Association
CIO
Ex-Communist identifies GE Schenectady cell members before McCarthy
Jean Arsenault Jr. named three men tied to a GE Schenectady plant Communist cell. Arthur Owens shouted he would reveal a truly American investigation and then refused to testify. The other two were Sidney Friedlander of UE and Robert Northrop of UE Local 301.
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Albany
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
General Electric
Schenectady
Jean Arsenault, Jr
Daily Worker
Senate
Arthur ‘Owens
Arsenault
Owens
Sidney Friedlander
United Electrical Workers
Robert P. Northrop
McCarthy ejects army officers from closed hearing over Peress case
Senator McCarthy ousted Army Chief Counsel John Adams Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker and aides from a closed investigations subcommittee session. He pressed questions about Dr Irving Peress’s honorably discharge after Peress invoked the Fifth Amendment at an open session, while Adams cited observer duties for Secretary Stevens.
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NEW York
McCarthy
Army
John G. Adams
Ralph W. Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Zwicker
Irving Peress
Queens
Peress
Adams
Stevens
Ticketing Car Rims Patrolman De Gear in Beal Street Crash
Highway Patrolman Harold De Gear, 29, suffered critical injuries when crushed by a parked car on Sixth Street Road SW near Twentieth Avenue. His legs were shattered and he sustained internal and head injuries. The driver, Stepan Miller, 37, Swisher resident, is a Polish native.
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Harold DeGear
Sixth Street Road
Twentieth Avenue
DeGear
Stepan Miller
Swisher
Poland
United
de Gear
Charles Fels
Floyd Mumm
Marion
Mumm
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Floyd Russell
Dusty skies force closures across Texas and beyond
A western dust storm blanketed the southern plains from Texas to Nebraska, limiting visibility to zero in parts of the Texas Panhandle, grounding planes and closing schools in Stratford and nearby areas. Thunderstorms sparked in North Texas as the dust moved south from Colorado and Kansas, with blizzards of dirt prompting widespread cautions.
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Amarillo
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
Panhandle
Garden City
Kan
Stratford
Boise City
Beaver
Guymon
Tucumcari
N. M
Pueblo
la Junta
Imperial
North Platte
Husband Fined in Scare Kidnapping Case
CHICAGO AP Frank T. Anderson Jr. 26 paid 200 for hiring an ex convict to kidnap his wife to scare her into spending more time at home. He was charged with conspiring to commit an illegal act. He and his wife Rosemary 26 left the courtroom arm in arm. John Nowicki 26 Andersons accomplice was fined 100
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Chicago
Frank T. Anderson, Jr
Rosemary
John Nowicki
Anderson
Blizzard Warning Spreads Across Plains
The Weather Bureau issued a special bulletin Friday warning of blizzard conditions expected in the Oklahoma Panhandle and western and north central Kansas, extending into central and eastern Nebraska by Saturday.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Nebraska
Bricker Angle in Ouster Is Denied
Gov. Thornton of Colorado denied that the White House fired Chairman Clarence Manion over his Bricker amendment support. He said the White House asked Manion to resign due to too many outside interests and insufficient time for commission duties.
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Washington
INS
Thornton
Colorado
Eisenhower
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
White House
Clarence Manion
Bricker
Manion
Commission
Democrat enters crowded First District race in Iowa
Des Moines reports Henry L. Zimmerman of Davenport filed for the First district congressional nomination. The move expands a six candidate field to include three Democrats and three Republicans, with Rep. Thomas Martin of Iowa City seeking the Senate.
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Des Moines
INS
Congress
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Senate
Secretary of State
Henry L. Zimmerman
Davenport
Fire Kills Mother and Three Children in Cochrane Home
A mother and three children died Friday in a house fire in Cochrane Ontario. The blaze gutted the residence and authorities investigated the cause as firefighters battled flames.
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United Press Photo
Marko Zovic
Milwaukee
Yugoslavia
U. S
Kathy
NLRB
Neely
D-W. Va
Sen. Langer
Morse
Ind.-Ore
Byrd
Holland
Fla
Eastland
Miss
Hickenlooper
A-lla
Gillette
D-la
H. Frank Kemp
City’s Sanitary Commission
Chamber of Commerce
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Bacardi Heir Iis
Rocket
Anne
Alton L. Blakeslee
G.E
BRASS
Harold DE Gear
Miller
Russell
Fred Carstens
James Patterson
M. L. Nathanson
Patterson
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