Cohn Backs McCarthy Over FBI Letter Secrecy Claim
Roy M. Cohn testifies in support of Senator McCarthy during Senate hearings on charges of censurable conduct. He argues the 214 page FBI letter McCarthy possessed in 1953 was not a classified document and that McCarthy acted with right and duty to use FBI material. The testimony centers on secrecy labels, Zwicker's attitude, and ongoing witness plans as hearings near a close.
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Ed Creagh
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate
Cohn
Wisconsin
FBI
Army
Pentagon
Ralph Zwicker
Kirke B. Lawton
Zwicker
Wilson
Watkins
Utah
Justice Department
Walter Winchell
Disabled Veteran Slays Wife in Cincinnati Hotel Cafe
In a crowded Sheraton-Gibson hotel cafe, James Coffey, a 70 percent disabled World War II veteran from Indianapolis, shot his estranged wife Juanita Coffey three times. Bystandersons and two state liquor agents restrained him, and Coffey was taken into custody as patrons aided police. Juanita, mother of two, died en route to General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Juanita Coffey
James Coffey
Indianapolis
Coffey
Sheraton-Gibson
Stanley Bomnes
Don van Horn
Bomnes
van Horn
Don
Crash Kills Lamont Man
Lamont man Harry Streicher, about 50, died after a car and truck collision on highway 187 seven miles south of Lamont. Streicher, a farm machinery mechanic, died en route to Manchester hospital. He is survived by his wife and his parents. His mother in law Ada Hawley died the previous Sunday.
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Lamont
Harry Streicher
Here
Manchester
LaVerne Parker
Streicher
Fred Streicher
Ada Hawley
Prospects for End of Cedar Rapids Strike Brighten
Cedar Rapids lumber dealers and Local 238 Teamsters and Chauffeurs union show improved chances for ending the eight week strike. A Monday 1:30 p.m. meeting at attorney B T Perrines office will include union leaders James D White and Harry Wilford and dealer representatives John Carpenter Rudy Heather Harold Ferguson and Harold Vetter. The union seeks a smaller raise while dealers propose 3 cents. yardmen earn 1.42 and drivers 1.52 per hour with a 44 hour week. Home Builders have urged settlement. their efforts are described as most helpful.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Lumber Dealers
John Carpenter
Rudy Heather
Harold Ferguson
Harold Vetter
Cedar Rapids
White
Security Council to Meet Amid New Cold War Plans
President Eisenhower prepares for an extraordinary National Security Council session in Denver. He will also preside at a crucial White House conference on enforcing stricter anti Communist laws to curb domestic Reds, his first NSC meeting with top advisers since his vacation.
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Denver
INS
Eisenhower
National Security Council
White House
Security Council
Adenauer Seeks Confidence Vote in Schleswig Holstein Poll
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer fights for a new vote of confidence in West Germany as 1.5 million voters in Schleswig Holstein decide his leadership. He faces domestic scandals, strain with France, and pressure from the Free Democrats over foreign policy control.
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Adenauer
Kiel
Germany
France
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
European Army
Schleswig-Holstein
Bonn
Denmark
Soviet Zone
East Germany
Otto John
Free Democrats
FDP
Walker Boy Hurt In Farm Mishap
A four year old from Walker, Larry Gilchrist, suffered serious injuries when he fell from a manure spreader and a wheel passed over him. Son of Warren Gilchrist, he was in fairly good condition at St Luke’s Hospital with severe lacerations to the right ear and scalp and minor bruises.
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the Gazette
Walker
Larry Gilchrist
Warren Gilchrist
St. Luke’s Hospital
Americans Reach Magnetic Pole
An American expedition reported by AP has reached the magnetic North Pole for the first time in history. The party explored Arctic wastes and arrived in Sydney on their way home, noting the pole as the point where magnetic force is vertically downward.
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Sydney
N. S
Arctic
Magnetic North Pole
Teen prostitution ring uncovered in Nashville
Police in Nashville Tennessee say investigators have found evidence of a teenage prostitution ring that operated locally for several months. Officers reported the findings Saturday detailing the scope and suspected participation.
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Nashville, Tenn
Isaid
FHA fires An drew Frost for accepting favors from contractors
The Federal Housing Administration terminated An drew Frost, once assistant director for New Mexico, effective Sept. 9 after a special probe into charges he accepted favors from builders. Frost invoked the Fifth Amendment at a Senate Banking Committee hearing in July and would not answer questions about alleged gir lie parties, fishing trips to Mexico financed by the government, and a $800 coin toss win.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Andrew Frost
FHA
New Mexico
Frost
Senate Banking
Senate Banking Committee
Mexico
Deweyendorses Ives in bid for New York governor
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey launched his campaign effort Saturday night to back Sen. Irving M. Ives for governor of New York. He stated the United States no longer relies on battlefield or munitions for jobs and praised Ives as the experienced Republican candidate who knows the state’s big business.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Irving M. Ives
United States
Ives
Fugitive Bossy In Last Roundup
Three year old Holstein Bossy escaped from a Cedar Rapids truck on Friday, eluded police and citizens as she crossed First avenue, swam to a Cedar River island, and was recaptured Saturday near Wilson and Company's meat packing plant with owner John Rickleffs and others helping.
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John Rickleffs
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Wilson and Company
Rickleffs
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Allen
Old Bossy
Quaker Oats Plant
San Francisco Beauty Crowned Miss America 1955
Miss California Lee Ann Meriwether, 19, from San Francisco, won the Miss America 1955 title in Atlantic City, earning a $60,000 annual prize. She named City College of San Francisco as her school and thanked the 18,000 fans in Convention Hall as she cried with joy.
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San Francisco
Atlantic City
N. J
California
Luscious
Lee Ann Meriwether
Florida
Ann Gloria Daniel
South Carolina
Polly Rankin Suber
Pennsylvania
Barbara Sue Nager
Michigan
Janice Somers
Lee Ann
City College of San Francisco
Amerca
Lee
Irth
Dulles Sends Chief Aide To Europe
Secretary of State Dulles sends Robert D. Murphy on a rapid European tour to gauge capital views on Europe defense crisis after France rejected the European Defense Community. Murphy plans London Bonn Paris Rome and possibly more, with no secret plan or fixed proposal.
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Washington
Dulles
Robert D. Murphy
Europe
Murphy
London
Bonn
West Germany
Paris
Rome
France
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Planes Collide In Air Kill Four Near Dallas County Line
Four people died when a reserve T-28 Army training plane from Hensley Field collided in midair with a civilian aircraft. The crash occurred near the Tarrant Dallas county line in Texas. Victims were not identified immediately.
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Arlington, Texas
INS
Hensley Air
Field
Tarrant
Dallas
Edna hurricane aftermath dampens New England and Canada
Floods and washouts sever roads and rails along the Penobscot, drowning at least two in Maine and marooning communities. Yarmouth reports 85 mph gusts as Edna skirts Nova Scotia. New England sees lighter damage than feared due to warnings and evacuations.
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Penobscot River
Maine
New England
Damage Is Estimated In Millions By Edna Storm
Hurricane Edna swept the North Atlantic grazing the northeast then slammed the western tip of Nova Scotia. It killed 11, mostly in highway accidents, with five New Englanders among the dead and one man electrocuted. Bar Harbor and Bangor faced evacuations as the storm crossed Fundy Bay toward Canada.
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Boston
Nova Scotia
Maine
New
Bay of Fundy
Bar Harbor
Twin girls born during hurricane Edna in Fall River
Mrs Perry M Jones welcomed twin girls at a Fall River hospital as the hurricane Edna hit. Jones mentioned he may name them Carol and Dana, reflecting the storm’s influence on the birth.
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Fall River, Mass
Perry M. Jones
Jones
Carol
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Towering Center
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Albany
Averell Harriman
Swank Hotel
Charles Miller
John O'Hara
O’hara
Dayton
Ohio
Darrell
Karen
LaVerne Hotel
Quemoy
Crash
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New Books
Howard H. Cherry
Ralph D. Hunting
Barney’s
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Cedar Rapids Lodge
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Eevee
Arthur Schmidt
Dewey
Bossy
Larry Ross
Gazette
Delmar Phillips
Anamosa
John E. Allen
John Danly
Bobby Danly
Viola
San Alcatraz
EDC
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Yarmouth
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