Senators Renew Hunt for Impartial Probe Counsel
Investigating senators press for an impartial special counsel in the McCarthy Army Inquiry. A tentative appointment was discussed with a lawyer described as not well known nationally. Mundt said the man could be ready as hearings edge toward next week.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Bd
McCarthy Army
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
R-Wis
Samuel B. Sears
Boston
McGarthy
Army
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
McClellan
Arkansas
Muntlt
Supreme Court
Former Japanese diplomat Saburo Kurusu dies at 68
Saburo Kurusu, Japan's special peace ambassador to the United States who was in Washington negotiating when Pearl Harbor occurred, died at 68. Ill since World War I after a cerebral hemorrhage, doctors cite another stroke as the cause. He maintained he knew nothing of the Pearl Harbor attack as he visited the State Department on December 7, 1941.
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Nso
TOKYO
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Kurusu
United States
Hartor Atick
State Department
U. S
Eisenhower denies 18 month H bomb delay claim
President Eisenhower told reporters he knows nothing of an 18 month hold on hydrogen bomb development and said the United States does not need a larger device. He defended Edward R. Murrow against McCarthy and praised Morrow, while noting no extra H bomb size is needed beyond the current arsenal. McCarthy claimed in a TV address that research was deliberately stalled despite Russia pursuing a similar project.
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McCarthy
Eisenhower
Washington
Sen
R.wis
Edward R. Morrow
United States
America
Russia
Ancre
Murrow
Lele
Huge Turnpike Bond Issue Sold
A nationwide group of 382 investment firms won 233 million dollars in Pennsylvania Turnpike revenue bonds, the largest tax exempt issue of 1954. The bonds, due June 1, 1963, finance the Pennsylvania half of the Delaware River Bridge and the first Northeastern extension from near Philadelphia to the Scranton area.
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Associated Press
New York
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Scranton
Rate On Bonds Of Interest Here And Plan To Issue
Rate on Turnpike bonds is quoted near 3.0 to 3.10 percent reflecting current market costs for financing the city sewage plant. Syndicate managers Drexel B J Van Ingen Blythe and First Boston plan to reoffer at par yielding 3.10 percent with redemption options from 103 before 1964 to par after. Interest is federally tax exempt and state tax free in Pennsylvania. New Jersey Turnpike Authority will market 27 million dollars next week for Delaware River bridge share. Also notes 5,100 miners kept from working as Crucible strike roils Greene County and several coal pits in Southwestern Pennsylvania suspend operations. United Mine Workers out of work across six pits. Among mines in the world, U S bre...
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Associated Press
Commission
Drexel & Co
B. J. van Ingen & Co
Blythe & Co
First Boston Corp
Commonwealth of Pennhaylvenia
New Jersey ‘Turnpike ‘Authority
LE Waynesboro
Crucible Steel
Crucible
Greene County
Pennsylvania
United Mine
Amorg
U. S
McCarthy Defends H Bomb Delay in TV Reply
Senator McCarthy asserts 18 month delay in hydrogen bomb research due to Reds in government amid Murrow critique. Rep Price calls the claim ridiculous while Rep Cole notes a long decision process. Atomic Energy Commission declines to comment as CBS air date for See It Now reply nears.
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Rep. Price
Axseciated
New York
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
America
Russia
McCarthy
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Murrow
Melvin Price
D-Mi
Joint Congressional Committee On ‘Atomic Energy
Price
Washington
Joint Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Mcarthy
Arizona
Corry Man Admitted to Bar Opens Local Practice
Douglas Rozelle of 416 East Main Street was admitted to the bar of Erie County Pennsylvania to practice as an attorney. He completed state bar exams last year after studies at Thiel College and Dickinson School of Law. Rozelle, a Navy veteran, was clerk in Brown and McKnight's office and plans to establish his practice locally upon returning from a Florida visit.
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Douglas Rozelle
Douglas Dedrick Roostle
East Main Street
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Roger Brown
Rozelle
Brown
McKnight
Corry Figh 'School
U. S. Navy
Thiel College
Greenville
Dickinson School of Law
Florida
Blood bank to call in Corry on next Wednesday
The Lt. Archie W. Thompson Post VFW sponsors the Red Cross bloodmobile visit in Corry next Wednesday. The mobile unit will operate from noon to 6 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. 160 pints is the target quota with many ex servicemen urged to donate a pint. Corry Memorial Hospital cooperates with the blood bank. Erie Hamot Hospital declines to join, preferring freshly collected blood.
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Archie W. Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Corry
Olin Bracken Jr
Blood Bank
Emmanel Episcopal Church
Red Cross
Bracken
Hamot
Cally
Erie
Corryltes
Buffalo
St. Vincent's Hospital
Corry Memorial Hospital
Coal Industry Weighs Pay Cut Move as Steel Slump Grows
Washington reports soft coal producers weighing a request to John L. Lewis for a miners wage reduction as big employers oppose the plan. Lewis, back from Florida, is expected to resist. Output in early 1954 runs well below 1953, with three month production down 18 percent. Mines struggle with low work weeks and reliance on steel mills.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
M Mori
Florida
el Uhree
Bureau of Mines
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
UMW
Ice Breaker Bucks Thickest Ice in St. Mary's River
The Coast Guard told the Lake Carriers Association that river ice is unusually thick this year. A breaker will start from the river’s lower waters aiming for Lime Island to reach ice reported from 17 to 10 inches thick. The operation runs from above the Sault Ste. Marie Locks to Point Iroquois.
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Dy Amocimen Sre
Mauckinaw
St. Mary's River
Coast Guard
Lake Carriers' Association
Lime Island
Guardia
Sault Bie
Marle Locks
Point Iroquois
President Says Free World Must Save Indochina
President Eisenhower warned the free world cannot afford further losses in Asia and urged allied unity but said no detailed course of action had been set. He denied proposing a six-nation warning to Communist China and stressed the urgency of joint study before action. Secretary Dulles echoed the need for a united front to deter aggression and prevent a wider domino effect in Southeast Asia.
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Asia
Washington
Eisenhower
United
Indochina
United States
Joly
China
Southeast Asia
Wisenhower
Tadochina
Free World
Commienam
Dulles
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Jen. Knowland
R-Calif
Two Killed In Boiler Blast At Packing Plant
An explosion at the Winner Packing plant in Lock Haven caused two deaths and injured nine, including a fireman and a worker slaughtering calves. Victims identified as Anson Green 65 Woolrich and Dominic Marcon 32 Lock Haven. William Tuck 68 Galena remained in critical condition with a head wound. Damage preliminary. cause undetermined.
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Lock Haven
Winner Packing
Tock Maver
Anson Green
Woolrich
Dominic Marcon
William Tuck
Galena
Marcon
Green
Marconi
Hospitel
Robert Young
Mill Fail
State Starts Survey at Columbus Dam Site
A survey team from the State Fish Commission began work at the washed out Columbus Dam site to lay groundwork for reconstruction of the 50 acre pond. Officials said the survey is under the attorney general’s direction and will be kept confidential until state takes over the property. Delays arose from five landowners alleging damage to their properties if the dam is rebuilt.
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Columbus Dam
Niasion
Plate
Fish Commission
Offce
Harrisburg
Columbia Authority
Hewltitying
Ieagen 5
Nuclear test report from Pacific proving grounds
The government announced a recent nuclear weapons test at the Pacific proving grounds. American officials indicated they would promptly consider any new French request for military equipment for the Indochina war. President Eisenhower said unemployment signals are improving with March figures showing about a 60,000 rise in both employment and unemployment, stressing the need for calm among the public.
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Associated
Washington
Pacific Proving Grounds
Offelaia
Indochina
Elevenhower
Nown
Wiel
Panto
Gas in Pennsylvania Faces Declining Statewide Output
State Geo logical Survey warns Pennsylvania must find new natural gas fields soon to sustain production. Geologist Carlyle Gray notes current wells in Elk Cameron counties show low initial outputs, with 8 million cubic feet daily per field for new wells but only 3 million in first quarter 1954. He cites 137 wells in Benezette, and hopes for new discoveries in Clearfield and Indian County where wildcatting shows potential.
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Gray
Punxuutawney Nowy McCrees Mills
Indian County
Solons Oppose British Veto On Use Of H Bomb
Washington senators from both parties oppose allowing Britain or any ally a say on when the United States may use the hydrogen bomb. Senator Hickenlooper argues the 1945 understanding, still claimed by some, is not valid for the H bomb. Knowland Byrd and others demand clearer terms and insist there can be no foreign veto on atomic weapons. Dulles cautions of possible retaliation policies pending Soviet aggression. Helen Heydrick is named Pennsylvania Mother of the Year in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Hickenlooper
Relowa
Senate
Truman
White House
Hagerty
Kansas City
Knowland
California
Noortender
Ciue
Benator Byrd
D-Va
Senate Armed Services
Elenhower
Stabe Dulles
Nine Puppies Invite Local Pup Owners At School
A stray dog story from Corry Area Joint Schools notes a dog following a student to class and multiplying by nine after the mother departed. Officials say no canine care facilities exist and no plan for such a course. Dr Douglas suggests nine youngsters may take a papa without proof of pedigree, first come first serve at the school.
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Mofy
Nas Noc
Mary
Sciota Belod
Pups
Corry Area
Corry
Douglas
Republicans Split on Revision Bill as Tax Debate Opens
Senator Flanders said Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee are not backing the administration tax revision bill 100 percent. He warned that if income taxes are cut again, revenue losses would require a general sales tax, and noted a red next year of about four billion dollars. He questioned a dividend tax cut and said he would listen to convincing arguments.
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Flanders
House
Finance Committee
Lull in Asian War at Dien Bien Phu continues
Vietminh assault pauses for a second morning as French communiques say calm in the Dien Bien Phu area. Rebel artillery keeps firing. Laos reports fresh Vietminh activity near the Mekong frontier with Mekong River clashes and attacks on Moulapamok. US aid grows to about a billion dollars while supply routes from Communist China persist.
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Prem Manot
Indochina
Vietminh
Diet Bien Phu
Buaitton
Kingdom of Laos
Vientiane
Mekong
Laos
Moulapamok
Tiee
Paris
France
United States
Dien Bien Phil
China
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