Witness on Warren Put In Custody
A senate judiciary witness, Rod erick J. Wilson, was arrested briefly after arriving to testify on Earl Warren's nomination. He was released to his attorneys with an agreement to return for continued testimony later. Wilson, described as a fugitive by the justice department, denied the charge and claimed political pressure. He cited a California Defense Society planned life threat and said he would file formal charges against Warren's political machine. The arrest followed a report of a fugitive warrant in San Francisco.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Earl Warren
Roderick J. Wilson
Hollywood
Justice Department
Wilson
Michael J. Dowd
San Francisco
Dowd
Langer
Capitol
Senate
William P. Rogers
Rogers
California Defense Society
D.A
California
Warren
Sen. Langer
Thomas C. Lynch
Lynch
Oakland
Fraternity Suspended By University Of Iowa Officials
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Iowa City is suspended indefinitely for violating university rules and an earlier probation. Delta Gamma sorority is placed on disciplinary probation for the remainder of the academic year after participating in an unregistered party where beer was served. No charges were filed from the Amvers club raid. parents will be notified for minor students involved.
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Iowa City
Phi Kappa Psi
University of Iowa
Delta Gamma Sorority
Amvers
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Inter-Fraternity Council
Office of Student Affairs
Interfraternity Council
Alumni Householding Corporation
Office of
Clues Grow Closer in Mondamin Murder Case
A .38 revolver linked to the Mondamin farm robbery slaying of William Edwards is in Sheriff Imrie's possession and will be sent to Des Moines for ballistics tests. Two bullets were recovered. FBI involvement is noted as interstate theft links emerge, with bonds and deeds found near the looted safe. Funeral services for Edwards set for Friday. Mondamin inquest planned Saturday.
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Mondamin
William Edwards
Mondamin Farmer
H. A. Imrie
Logan
State Crime Laboratory
Des Moines
Edwards
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Omaha
William H. Williams
FBI
Sioux City
S. D
S. J. Bjork
Union County
Bjork
Sioux Falls
S. C
Three Killed in Car Truck Crash Near Burlington
On highway 61 seven miles south of Burlington three people died in a car truck collision. James H. Shoemaker, 47, the truck driver, was killed. Mrs Robert E Farnsworth and her son Ronald age 3 died. Mrs Farnsworth daughter Sue 4 and a man and a girl were injured. Sue remained in very critical condition. Witnesses said Farnsworth pulled from behind a pickup to turn into a service station and was hit broadside. Shoemaker was pinned in his cab and had to be freed.
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Burlington
Highway
Here
James H. Shoemaker
Robert E. Farnsworth
Ronald
Arnsworth
Sue
Farnsworth Auto
Burlington Bakery Company
Roosevelt Ordered to Pay 1625 Monthly Support in Pasadena
James Roosevelt was ordered by Superior Judge Kurtz Kauffman to pay 1625 a month in temporary support to his estranged wife Romelle and their three children. The ruling covers 850 monthly for the wife and 150 for each child, plus 135 tuition and 190 for the Pasadena home, with 2000 immediately due for attorney fees and 850 in trial costs.
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Pasadena
James Roosevelt
Romelle
Kurtz Kauffman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Jimmy
Eisenhower Returns From California For White House Conferences
President Eisenhower flew back to the White House from a California vacation and immediately held a round of meetings with legislative and diplomatic officials. He conferred with Republican congressional leaders and scheduled further talks at the White House.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
California
White
Dulles to Report Berlin Big Four Talks on KCRI
Secretary of State Dulles will report on the Berlin Big Four conference results Wednesday night. His remarks will be broadcast on KCRI at 10 15. The President returned from Palm Springs with his wife and mother in law and immediately resumed a busy schedule including taxes and the Bricker amendment.
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State Dulles
Berlin
KCRI
Trucker With Safety Mark Dies in Mishap
Ernest A Sullivan 46 died when his truck skidded on an icy highway and collided with a freight train in Fairmont Minnesota. He had logged over 1 615 000 miles in 17 years without an accident prior to this fatal incident.
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Fairmont
Minn
Ernest A Sullivan
Wholesale Food Cost Index Surges to Three Year High
New York AP reports sharp rises in coffee cocoa and tea prices lift the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index to its peak in almost three years. The index reaches $7.20 versus $7.10 last week, 15.9 percent above the year ago level.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Earth Shift Keeps Mine City Jittery
In Wilkes Bazre Pennsylvania residents fled damaged homes after two earth shifts this week that caused extensive property losses. Officials blame coal mining under the area, while Glen Alden Coal denies active mines, as the Red Cross and state inspectors assist the affected neighborhood.
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Mine City
Wilkes-Barre
Glen Alden Coal Company
Woodward
Wyoming Valley Red Cross
W. J. Clements
William Everett
Benson opposes wage benefits for railroad unions
Secretary of Agriculture Benson in Chicago rejected any rise in wage benefits for 15 non-operating railroad unions. The unions fired back with a telegram to President Eisenhower calling Benson's actions flagrant misconduct and demanding impeachment. Benson also sent a letter to a presidential emergency fact-finding board opposing benefit increases that could raise freight rates on farm goods.
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Chicago
Benson
Eisenhower
Dream Fulfilled as Woman Sets Up Nursery for Blind
Detroit AP report on Lillian Ricker establishing Pennickton nursery for visually handicapped children in Taylor township. The project uses St Paul church facilities, spans one acre donated by the Wiggingtons, and has a $2300 fund aided by donations and a Lions club pledge. A waiting list of 48 children forms as the venture prepares to open.
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Detroit
Penrickton Nursery
Taylor Township
Lillian Ricker
St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church
Sandra
Patricia
Patty
Wiggingtons
Lions Club
Pilots Say Captors Coercing Koreans To Talk
Major Walter R. Harris testified at a marine court of inquiry that 75 to 80 percent of airmen in a Korea prison camp were instructed to tell captors anything they knew. He cited prior briefing at El Toro that the old code is out and urged talking, though he later signed a confession under pressure to exit confinement.
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Washington
Korea
Walter R. Harris
Frank H. Schwable
Harris
el Toro
Calif
Fifth Air Force
Birdsall to Resign as Linn County GOP Chairman
Ted Birdsall 29, who steered the Linn county Republican Party to victories in 1950 and 1952, announced plans to resign as county chairman. He called a meeting for Friday night at the Roosevelt hotel and said his term would end with a successor's election, effective when chosen.
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Cedar Rapids
Ted Birdsall
Linn County
Republican Central Committee
Iowa
Birdsall
Roosevelt Hotel
McCarthy and Stevens Reach Agreement on Testimony
Senate subcommittee and Army Secretary Stevens reached a memorandum of understanding to allow army officers to testify. Zwicker’s appearance may be postponed. Peress investigation to proceed. Thursday hearing canceled. Annie Moss excused from testimony. two top Communist officials reportedly prepared to testify to the FBI.
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Herbert Foster
Washington
ULP
McCarthy
Wis
Army
Stevens
Senate Permaent
Ralph W. Zwicker
Sen. Mundt
R-S. D
Dirksen
Potter
Secretary of the Army
Far East
Irving Peress
Peress
Sen. Symington
Zwicker
Annie Lee Moss
Communist Party
Party
FBI
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Wiggles
Mandamin
SUI
Phi ‘Kappa Psi
Florence Edwards
Mattie Myers
U. S
Harrison County
Russell McKay
Highway 75
Little Sioux River
McKay
Eeee Daily Record
Inez Robb
Eerenane Marion
Old River Road
Benson Irks Rail Unions
John L. Cutter
Linn G.O.P
Department of the Army
Senate Subcommittee On
Armed Services
James Hagerty
Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Moss
Compauniee Northeast Club
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
George E. C. Hayes
Jackson
Hayes
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