Truman to Tell Facts in White Case Monday Broadcast
Former President Truman announced he will tell all the facts in the Harry Dexter White case in a nationwide radio and television address from Kansas City. He hinted at FBI involvement and debated whether Hoover arranged White’s stay in government. Police and lawmakers mixed views as hearings approached, with subpoenas creating a tense political backdrop.
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Truman
Harry Dexter White
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Waldorf- Astoria
Amsern
Mr. Truman
Quiet press conference at Maxwell as interpreter misses
In Montgomery Alabama Lt General Choi Yong Duk chief of staff of the South Korean air force held a press conference at Maxwell Air Force Base that turned into a very quiet affair as the interpreter failed to appear and journalists and the general merely exchanged glances.
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Choi Yong Duk
South Korean Air Force
Maxwell Air Force Base
Korean Peace Conference Deadlock Ends in Compromise
Frank Jordan reports a shift in talks at Panmunjom as a compromise sets simultaneous discussions on time place and composition of the Korean peace conference. U N envoy Arthur H Dear says subcommittee talks begin next week while negotiations continue, with Communist insistence on inviting neutral nations and Russia unresolved. Dean Flan expresses guarded optimism that the door opens to a broader settlement.
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Frank Jordan
Panmunjom
U. N
Arthur Hdear
Dean
Russia
Dean Flan
Dear
Tragedy Strikes At Same Corner Again
RACINE AP tragedy returns to the corner of Eighth Street and Grand Avenue as Pagona Kottis 67 is killed when struck by a car while stepping from the curb. Her husband Steven 59 died and she was injured when the couple were struck at the same intersection on November 22 1941.
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Grand Avenue
Pagona Kottis
Steven
Robert Took No Chances of Loss
Oakland AP report describes Robert Reynolds devising a foolproof guessing test to win a prize from a radio shop by guessing a four digit safe combination. Police urged the store to honor Reynolds with a four year old television set valued at about £499 after an extensive entry submission of 10010 possibilities.
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Calif
Robert Reynolds
Jean
Reynolds
Lester King
Eric Gustavson
No Espionage Found at Ft Monmouth Radar Center
Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens stated at a news conference that there is no evidence of espionage at the Ft Monmouth radar center in New Jersey. He noted Rosenberg days era ties but said inquiries show no espionage. meanwhile Colombia's Supreme Court resignations follow a sharp presidential critique of the judiciary.
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Stevens
Washington
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Robert T. Stevens
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Joseph R. McCarthyr
Julius Rosenberg
Army Signal Corps
Rosenberg
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Monmouth
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Colombia
Supreme Court
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
McCarthy
Oldest Civil War Vet Walter W Williams Dies in Franklin Texas
The oldest of five living Civil War veterans Walter W Williams celebrated his 111th birthday on Saturday in Franklin Texas before his passing.
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Walter W. Williams
Army suspensions amid subversive ties questioned by Stevens
Stevens clarified the suspensions exclude espionage charges and that several employees are being restored. He noted some faced serious accusations of membership in subversive groups, while others faced doubtful charges. He pledged fair hearings for all suspended workers and praised McCarthy subcommittee work alongside the army's independent efforts.
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Library reports Folk Still Read Despite TV
EAST PROVIDENCE R I Weavers Memorial Library has gone on record that TV hasn't replaced the library door says people still read We think so
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Weaver Memorial Library
Louisville Boy’s Nitro Experiment Triggers Army Detonation Team
Jules Kaplan’s basement chemistry project produced a nitro glycerin like liquid, prompting firemen police and a Fort Knox detonation unit to intervene. Eight people were evacuated as the substance was disposed of in a water-filled pail and sank offshore. The youth remained enthusiastic about science.
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Jules Kaplan
Ohio River
Jules
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Fire Prevention Bureau
Fort Knox
Army Post
Coast Guard
Franklin Morgan
West Coast storm batters Pacific coast with high winds
A violent early season storm lashed the West Coast bringing winds up to 65 mph and widespread damage from San Francisco to northern California. A second system was forecast to bring heavy rain across Washington Oregon and parts of California. A freighter lost a propeller far west of the Columbia River mouth while a Tanamanian registry ship faced danger. Power and communications were disrupted in northern California as trees and debris blocked highways and snow fell in the Sierra.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Columbia
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Girl Unaware of Constrictor Bite in School Cage
In Flint Michigan a high school girl, 18, was bitten by a boa constrictor while cleaning a zoology class cage. The snake wrapped around her arm and struck as she finished, leaving three puncture wounds. She received tetanus treatment. The boa is nonpoisonous but can kill by compression.
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Flint, Mich
Jo Ann Faloran
Jo Ann
Man Missing 29 Years Pays Call On Former Wife
Joseph W. Lindsey, 66, visited his ex wife Nina Lambert and two grown sons in Tennessee after 29 years away. He had left Newbern in 1924, later remarried in Indiana, and said he left to fight a personal struggle. The family forgave him and planned another visit at Thanksgiving.
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Memphis
Joseph W.lindsey
Lindsey
Misha~weka
Ind
Newbern, Tenn
Nina Lambert
U S Forces In Europe Cut About 20 000
Washington reported the U S Army quietly reduced its strength in Europe by about 20 000 men over the past nine months as part of an economy drive. Officials maintained no change in combat strength of the Seventh Army in Germany, while defense leaders denied plans to pull troops out of Europe.
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Cedar Rapids Couple Hurt in Head-on Crash Near Marengo
At about 10 30 am a Cedar Rapids couple and a Parnell man were injured in a head on collision four miles east of Marengo at the junction of highways 6 and 149. George DeGroot and his wife were taken to Walts hospital with serious injuries. Paul Diesterhoff of Parnell was treated for cuts and bruises.
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Calliston
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George DeGroot
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Paul Diester‘hoft
DeGroot
Godfrey Apology Eases Anthracite Dustup in Energy Row
Philadelphia AP reports Arthur Godfrey apologized after provoking coal producers with remarks about the oldtime inconvenience of burning anthracite. The Anthracite Information Bureau countered his comments as outdated. Godfrey, a former coal miner, said he did not mean to hurt the industry and urged understanding of “the good ole days.”
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Arthur Godfrey
Anthracite Informatior Bureau
Renomination of Adlai Predicted by Panelists
Four nationally syndicated columnists forecast Adlai Stevenson as the Democrats' 1956 presidential nominee at the Sigma Delta Chi convention in St. Louis. Marquis Childs Thomas Stokes Doris Fleeson and Stewart Alsop spoke Friday night. Roscoe Drummond dissented, preferring Stevenson but conceding Symington of Missouri likely to get the nomination.
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ST. Louis
Adlai Stevenson
Marquis Childs
Thomas FE. Stokes
Doris Fleeson
Stewart Alsop
Sigma Delta Chi
Roscor Drummond
Stevenson
Sen. Symington
Nixon visits U.N. troops in Seoul after installations tour
Vice-president Nixon returned to Seoul on Saturday after touring U.N. installations where he shook hands with hundreds of allied soldiers and airmen. He spent the afternoon as a guest of the Fifth Air Force.
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Nixon
U.N
Fifth Air Force
Judge Acquitted Of Drunk Driving In Anderson Ind
County Circuit Judge Norval race was acquitted Friday night after a seven member city court jury deliberated five and a half hours. The 62 year old judge was arrested at Pendleton for speeding and horn blasting. He claimed he had no more than four beers and admitted being a fast driver but careful. Nelson Bohannon, Harris’s attorney, claimed the arrest was to make the state officer look good.
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Ind
Norval Race
Pendleton
Nelson Bohannon
Harris
Close Ties Of Canada and U S Citing Unity In Defense
President Eisenhower told a joint session of the Canadian Parliament that Canada and the United States can and will cooperate to defend North America while honoring commitments abroad. He warned of Soviet threats, urged vigilance, and emphasized expanding trade and a joint approach to the St. Lawrence Seaway amid calls for stronger North American defense.
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House For Command Chamber
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