Supreme Court Reverses Contempt Convictions of Three Witnesses
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Julius Emspak, Thomas Quinn, and Philip Bart were protected by the First Amendment plus the Fifth when they refused to answer questions before the House Un American Activities Committee in 1949. Chief Justice Warren wrote the majority opinion reversing their contempt convictions, while Justice Reed dissented in part.
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Supreme Court
House UN American Activities Committee
House
Julius Emspak
Thomas Quinn
Philip Bart
Emspak
Quinn
United Electrical Workers Union
CIO
Bart
Daily Worker
Warren
Reed
Harlan
Justice Minton
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
United Electrical Workers
Fitzpatrick
Woman Attacked by Knife-Wielding Youth on South Side
A Cedar Rapids woman, Verne Isabell, was accosted by a knife-wielding youth while waiting for a bus at Nineteenth avenue and Sixth street SW. The assailant, about 19, demanded money then fled into Linwood Cemetery. police searched but could not locate him.
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Cedar Rapids
Nineteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Verne Isabell
Linwood Cemetery
Isabell
Dock Strike Hits Britain On Vote Eve
London AP reports a major dock strike across four ports as 17 000 National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers workers walk out to press for full recognition. The Transport and General Workers union pressed to stay on the job while other unions idled thousands amid election eve tension.
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London
National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union
Transport and General Workers Union
Labor Party
Severe Weather Bulletin Prompts Eastern Iowa Alerts
The weather bureau issued a severe weather bulletin at 2 30 p m for eastern Iowa through 8 p m with scattered severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes along a fifty mile wide zone from near Ottumwa to Dubuque A cool front had moved east to Algona Shenandoah by noon bringing locally heavy storms tonight and cooler conditions tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Ottumwa
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Algona
Shenandoah
Burlington
Sioux City
Retail Coffee at Five-Year Low
New York reports coffee prices in retail stores hitting a five year low with some brands offered at 75 cents per pound. Analysts attribute the drop to consumer resistance to prior high prices, strong Latin American crops, and rumors of a producer price war. A and P stores announce 75 to 81 cents for bagged coffee and 85 cents for vacuum packed.
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New York
A. and P. Food
Pork Chop Tiff Cited in Killing
Elizabeth Goricki, 42, wife of Arlington resident Lt Edward Goricki, 39, was charged with murder after a fatal shooting at their home. She told police a dispute over cooking pork chops led to the altercation. she claimed he shoved her, then retrieved a gun and fired in a bathroom. Police continue to investigate events following the shooting.
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Washington
Elizabeth Goricki
Arlington
Edward Goricki
Angler Treed and Mauled by Bear Near Devil's Track Lake
Truman Ingersoll, 22, Minneapolis, was mauled by a mother black bear while walking to Devil's Track lake in Grand Marais Minnesota. He climbed a tree, lost a boot, and sustained a gash later treated by Dr. W. R. Smith with six stitches. Cubs watched from another tree as the bear attacked. The bear retreated after a branch strike.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Truman Ingersoll
Minneapolis
Ingersoll
Devil’s Track Lake
W. R. Smith
Hanging Wave in Cattle War Reported in Mexico
Unconfirmed dispatches from Ixtepec Oaxaca claim powerful landlords and rural police have hanged about 50 people in two months in a cattle hustling conflict in southeast Mexico. Seven peasants were said hanged near the Indian community of Uvero.
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INS
Mexico
Ixtepec
Oaxaca
Uvero
Graham Sermon Appears Before Royal Family at Windsor
Evangelist Billy Graham preached a 25 minute sermon in the royal private chapel at Windsor Castle before Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Princess Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh. He spoke on Acts chapter 27 verse 25 and was later joined by his wife for lunch with the queen and the duke at Holyrood House.
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Ins
Billy Graham
Windsor Castle
Scotland
Duke of Hamilton
Holyrood ‘House Palace
Graham
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Margaret
Evangelist
Dulles Urges Yugoslavia to Resist Soviet Pressure
Secretary of State Dulles urged Yugoslavia to stay independent and resist moving back into the Iron Curtain bloc. The State Department said Yugoslavia assured it it would continue a policy of firm independence. Dulles summoned Ambassador Leo Mates to discuss the European situation.
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Washington
INS
Dulles
Yugoslavia
State Department
Former Korean War POWs Seek UN Protection in India
Forty three former Korean War prisoners in India asked the United Nations to intercede and shield them from political pressure to return to North Korea or China. They sought resettlement in Mexico, Argentina, or Brazil if possible, and described a May incident leading to the imprisonment of their leader in an Indian camp.
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U.N
North Korea
Red China
Dag Hammarskjold
South Korea
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Ji Ki Cheol
Nehru
Korea
China
India
Latin America
Memorial to Top Ace Bong Dedicated in Poplar
After a decade of effort Poplar Wisconsin opened a new 115000 dollar gymnasium auditorium addition to the elementary school. The exhibit room displays more than 40 medals earned by Major Richard Ira Bong the nation's ace of aces who died in a 1945 jet crash near Burbank California. The ceremony drew about 3000 people led by Bong’s mother and Gen George Kenney who praised Bong’s 40 aerial victories and lasting legacy.
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Wis
Richard Ira Bong
Bong
Burbank
Calif
Hiroshima
Poplar Schoolyard
Carl
George Kenney
Pacific
Politics Blamed for Salk Vaccine Mixup
Basil O'Connor of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis blamed politics for confusion over Salk vaccine distribution. He said his group, which funded research, has struggled to obtain vaccine status information.
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New York
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Basil O’connor
O’connor
U. S. Public Health jService
National Institutes of Health
Public Health Service
Alameda doctors halt Salk inoculations amid vaccine doubts
Alameda physicians refused to begin Salk injections citing diverse opinions among doctors. The pause followed April 12 claims of vaccine effectiveness as leaders vocalized concern over information flow and political influence while experts gathered in Washington on polio mass inoculation plans.
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Alameda, Calif
Ins
Alameda
Washington
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
Salk
Newsmen
W. M. Hammond
University of Pa
David Bodian
Johns Hopkins University
Joseph Smadcel
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Thomas F. Francis
University of Michigan
Johnson Demands Defense Clarity Over Russia Air Threat
Senator Johnson urges Defense Secretary Wilson to end confusion about the national defense program and ensure coordination among leaders. He calls on congressional committees to uncover the true story of Russia possibly threatening air superiority amid Aviation Week’s claim of shocking Russian air developments and alleged deception by officials.
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Washington
Senator Johnson
Texas
Wilson
Senate
Democratic
Congressional
Russia
Congress
Johnson
Aviation Week
Pentagon
Confining Year-Round A Possibility
Cedar Rapids seeks stricter dog control with a year round restraint period and revised rabies rules. Experts Larry Andrews and Ross Howard advised on amendments as the study committee plans another review before city council action.
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Larry Andrews
National Humane Society
Washington, D. C
Ross Howard
Wayne, Il
Andrews
National
hu_mane organization
Mother Dies After Saving Child at Lake Hamilton
Nelma M. Palmer, 34, saved her eight year old daughter Jane by handing her to her husband then collapsed. She suffered a heart attack from the excitement and drowned in less than six feet of water at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs Arkansas Sunday. Her husband rescued the child and returned to retrieve his wife but she was dead.
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Ark
Ins
Soha
Lake Hamilton
Nelma M. Palmer
Jane
Bird Causes Blackout Knocks Out Cedar Rapids Stations
A small bird flew into a 33 000 volt transformer, triggering a short circuit that cut power to communities east and north of Cedar Rapids and two local stations for 26 minutes. Marion Troy Mills Springville Mt. Vernon Anamosa were affected as crews restored service by late evening.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Lake
Marion
Troy Mills
Springville
Mt. Vernon
Anamosa
Light Company
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