Conflict Ends as Senate Probes Oil Lobbyist
The Senate inquiry into Oil Lobbyist John M. Neff ended with a clash over whether Neff offered campaign money to Senator Hickenlooper and visited Iowa official Robert Goodwin. The committee adjourned after recalling attorney Elmer Patman and turning conflicting testimonies to the Justice Department. The FBI will review a typed list about gas bill votes for possible fingerprints.
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Washington
Senate
John M. Neff
Neff
Iowa
Hickenlooper
George
D-Ga
Special Investigating Committee
Senator Case
R-S.c
Elmer Patman
Austin
Texas
Superior Oil Company
Patman
Lexington, Neb
Superior
Ivan D. Evans
Broken Bow
Neb
Robert K. Goodwin
Des Moines
G.O.P. National
Goodwin
Justice Department
FBI
Autherine Lucy to contest Alabama expulsion fight
Autherine Lucy said she would challenge her expulsion from the University of Alabama in court. She authorized her lawyers to test the board of trustees action, saying returning to Birmingham would be a waste of time. Thurgood Marshall accompanied her and she awaits a medical exam and rest before likely returning to Birmingham.
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New York
INS
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Hobart Grooms
Board of Trustees
Supreme Court of the
U. S
Miss Lucy
Thurgood Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Nixon May Seek Own Path If He Chooses
The New York Times, in Washington dispatches, reports President Eisenhower would back Nixon for re nomination if Nixon desires it. The decision to run again rests with Nixon, who has not decided. Sources note Eisenhower’s full support but hint Nixon could decline to run and seek future opportunities within a second Eisenhower administration.
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New York
The
New York Times
Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
the Times
Britain Braces as 80 MPH Winds Hammer Isles
Winds up to eighty miles an hour lashed the British Isles causing extensive damage and forcing numerous ships to seek shelter as the storm swept across coasts and harbors.
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London
British Isles
Adlai Sees Civil Rights Challenge Beyond the South
Adlai Stevenson urged at the University of Minnesota convocation that racial discrimination remains a nationwide issue beyond Alabama. He warned of threats to constitutional rights, noting mob violence against a girl in Alabama and the rise of draped informers within government. He called for a shift in minds and hearts and stressed progress by minorities demands vigilance.
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Minneapolis
Adlai Stevenson
Alabama
South
University of Minnesota
Stevenson
America
Mollet to visit Moscow for talks May 14
Premier Guy Mollet announced he will travel to Moscow on May 14 for high level discussions with the Soviet leadership. Foreign Minister Pineau will accompany him as France seeks to bolster its leftist government amid rising opposition. Political sources say Communists and rightists may delay their overthrow bid until after the trip to avoid a face loss.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
Moscow
Russia
Pineau
Mollet
France
National Assembly
Vinogradov
Leither
Socialist Party
Communist run private schools exposed in nationwide inquiry
Philadelphia reports reveal a network of nearly 100 Communist operated private schools for children. Federal and state actions seek to seize school assets and dissolve associated cultural clubs linked to the International Workers Order in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and beyond.
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Philadelphia
INS
New York
Newark
N. J
Colchester
New York City
Long Island
National School and Cultural Committee
IWC
Ohio
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
IWO
Communist Organization
California
Massachusetts
Paris
France
Woman Held 10 Hours by Bandit Pair
Port Chester New York report says two gunmen kidnapped teller Mary Kostolos aged 52 and held her captive all night before robbing a drive in bank of 188000 dollars. The bank was tailed by police but escaped detection as the criminals fled with cash.
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The
County Trust Company
Long Island Sound
New York City
Mary Kostolos
White ‘Plains
Ungemack
Kostolos
Harolds Club Sold for Nearly 14 Million in Reno
Harolds Club, built from a $500 start to become a leading Nevada gambling resort, sold for about 14 million dollars to Morgan-Agostini Properties of San Francisco led by Jules J. Agostini Jr. The deal includes the club’s 70 games, 800 slots, parking garage, motel, golf and ranch holdings, and 41 state highway billboards. The club, a Reno staple since 1935, generates over eight million a year with substantial gambling taxes paid to the state.
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Reno
Harolds Club
Nevada
San Francisco
Jules J. Agostini, Jr
Agostini
A Square
Morgan-Agostini Properties Company
San Francisco Bay Area
Five Russian Weather Balloons Recovered in Alaska
Washington report states five Russian weather balloons with radio gear were recovered in Alaska over three years. The Air Force says no cameras were found, though it notes cameras may have been in unrecovered equipment.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Alaska
Air Force
Seven die in Algeria and Morocco attacks
Seven persons were killed and four wounded Thursday night in scattered incidents in Algeria and Morocco, AP reports.
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Algiers
Algeria
Morocco
Stop Ike Move Planned By States Rights Group
A Stop Ike movement aims to throw the 1956 presidential election to the House, led by a coalition of right wing Republicans and conservative Democrats. They favor Knowland Nixon Jenner and seek to form an independent slate under the For America banner with prominent retired generals and political figures. First test is a March petition in Pennsylvania for 18 000 signatures to back an independent electoral slate.
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Washington
INS
House of Representatives
Knowland
Calif
Nixon
Jenner
R-Ind
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
John Quincy Adams
House
Andrew Jackson
Pennsylvania
West Fights Western Propaganda Shift in Peace Message
Paris AP reports Foreign Minister Pineau clashes with Western military security emphasis. He argues for peace as the core political aim, noting public opinion favors peaceful solutions and criticizing U S naval maneuvers and SEATO show of force as ineffective in the atomic age. He cites the Bulganin Khrushchev India tour as more impactful.
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Paris
Pineau
France
U. S
SEATO
Thailand
India
Boost in funding to fight heart disease and cancer approved
The House Appropriations Committee voted 8.3 billion dollars in new money for 24 agencies for the coming fiscal year. The plan boosts the National Cancer Institute to 34.4 million, the Mental Health Institute to 23.7 million, the Heart Institute to 25.1 million, and adds funds for training and various disease programs while offsetting some cuts including Civil Defense. The package exceeds President Eisenhower's request by 154 million.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Civil Service
Civil Defense Administration
National Cancer Institute
Mental Health Institute
Heart Institute
Shovel Driver Fined For Lift Amid License Revocation
A London judge fined a steam shovel operator 28 dollars after he gave two men a ride in his machine. Police stopped the operation when they learned the driver's license had been revoked, creating the unusual incident.
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London
Boy offers German Shepherd to blind soldier through VA
Edwin Lutcher, 12, of Lake Geneva Wisconsin offers his six month old German Shepherd Smokie Boy to a blind veteran. Veterans Administrator Harvey Higley thanks him but declines the Seeing Eye dog proposal noting VA no longer advises dogs. Higley urges Edwin to keep the dog and learns veterans train eyes with long canes instead.
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Washington
Edwin Luthher
Lake Geneva
Wis
Harvey V. Higley
Edwin
Lake Iveanhoe
Edwin Lutcher
Sheppard
Smokie Boy
Milwaukee VA
Higley
Kefauver Won’t Personally Make the Health Issue in 1952
Senator Kefauver said he would not raise President Eisenhower’s health in a Democratic campaign if nominated. He contrasted with Butler Stevenson and Harriman who argued the health matter had already been raised by Eisenhower and could influence voters. Kefauver added voters will consider the issue, even if he does not push it.
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Washington
Llp
Kefauver
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Butler
Adlai Stevenson
New York
Harriman
G.O.P
Hall
Stevenson
Earthslide buries homes near Wallace Idaho
A 10 year old boy was killed when heavy rains triggered a massive earthslide in a narrow canyon near Wallace Idaho. Rescuers freed 14 others from tons of debris. another 10 year old boy was buried alive for nearly three hours but was reported in good condition by hospital officials.
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Wallace
Idaho
Children Missing Amid Snow Found
A rescue party found 27 Swedish school children and four teachers missing in Norway's snow covered mountains after their ski pilgrimage to a national shrine. The group had dug snow caves to shelter from the cold and were reported in good condition.
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Oslo
Norway
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Autherine
Adlai
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Say
U.S
Jack Lotto
N.Y
Chihuahua
Charlene Brock
Alan
Wausau
Port Chester, N.Y
Ernest Marino
J. Purdy Ungemack
Mrs. Kostolos
Harold
Raymond A. Smith
Dorothy
Raymond I. Smith
Today's Index
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Marion
Ruth Montgomery
For America
Mark Clark
Penner Fellers
Robert E. Wood
Adm
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Roy Cullin
Dan Smoot
Dallas
William Buckley
Yale
McCarthy
Clarence Manion
Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Howard Buffett
Rneb
Sam Pettengill
D-Ind
Evetts Haley
Gen. Wood and
Smoot
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Boost
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