Democrats Turn to Probe In Congress Control
The Democrats gain power to direct investigations into the Executive Branch as President Eisenhower notes openness. Francis E. Walter suggests abolishing the Un American Activities Committee, with alternatives for House and Senate probes under consideration.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Rep
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House Un-American Activities Committee
Un-American Activities Committee
House Judiciary
Walter
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Government Operations
McCarthy
Senate House
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Probes and 1956 Code Reform Debated
A 1954 working document proposal by nineteen Democrats and Senator Morse prompts return to investigative responsibility in 1956. The McCarthy committee urges reforms tied to 1954 probes, including the Army McCarthy affair and tax free foundations. An Atomic Energy Committee probe into Dixon Yates and security firings loom as likely targets.
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Morse
Senate
Committee On
McCarthy
Army-McCarthy
Carroll Reece
Spoun House Committee
Poona
Truman
Harold H. Velde
Ie House
Rnd Congress
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
White House
Convicts Riot At Naha Penitentiary Okinawa
More than 850 prisoners rioted at Naha Penitentiary in Okinawa with over 20 escapees at large. One inmate shot. Okinawan wardens and police injured by rocks. three-hour disturbance. US civil administration says Okinawa police can handle the situation. Also, an auto driver drowned in the Chemanggo River after his car went through a guard rail near Sherburne.
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Naha
Okinawa
United States Civil Administration
Ryukyu Islands
Sherburne
Harvey
Morton Mawhinney
Endicott
Chemango River
Here
Mawhinney
Pittsburgh
Hamilton
Waterhouse Blair Tie Stuns Erie County Assembly Race
Official Erie County vote totals confirm a rare exact tie for the two county assembly seats between Wilmer Waterhouse Corry and Stanley Blair Alb in Fach both with 16 062 votes Each challenger Jess Trullante Jr and Arthur Meyer trailed Their tied result eliminates any need for a drawing and marks a historic moment in local elections.
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Erie
Erie County
Board of Elections
Wilmer Waterhouse
Corry
Stanley Blair
Albin Fach
Jess Trullante Jr
Arthur Meyer
Toul
Waterhouse
Blair
Jlulante
Edmund Rogers
Carroll D. Kearns
Rogers
Kearns
Crawford
Mercer
Stolen Safe Recovered Near Erie After Colony Inn Burglary
A stolen safe valued around six hundred dollars was found unopened Saturday morning near Old French Row south of Erie by window washer Stanley Juraczewski. Police linked it to a Friday burglary at the Colony Inn with car tracks and hammer marks on the safe door. Detective Fullnowski suspects a stolen Williams, Erie vehicle aided the theft. In separate news, Dr. William Patrick Healy, 76, a pioneer in cervix cancer treatment and former American Gynecological Society president, died in New York.
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Colony Inn
City Delwelive
Carl Kalinowski
Stanley Juraczewski
Erle Jaraczewski
Old French Road
Tarkeewski
Eving
Friedmin
Fullnowski
Lakeview Boulevard
John Williams
Erie
New York
William Patrick Healy
American Gynecological Society
Corry Hospital seeks 18000 grant and local civic notes
Corry Hospital Association board votes for an 18000 appropriation for the 1935 37 biennium. The city’s Red Cross drive opens Armistice Day and runs through Thanksgiving. The Democratic party posts a decisive local victory, and bowling honors go to K McLean with a 612.
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Corry Hospital Association
Corry Hospital
Corry
Red Cross
Child Dies In Auto Smashup On West Main Street
A 20 month old Portland girl died of injuries after a three car crash on West Main Street. Four others were treated at Brooks Memorial Dunkirk. three released and one kept for observation. The deceased is Rush Marten Thompson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson.
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Jamestown
Portland
Chautauqua Bounty
Tse
Brooks Memorial Hospital
Dunkirk
West Main Street
Fredonia
Rush Marten Thompson
Robert Thompson
Brooks Memorial
Janet Thompson
Henry J. Polinski
Rockville
Conn
Leo Hendrick Baekeland
Sailors Injured In Fredonia Car Crash After Early Sleep Loss
Robert A Carr and another sailor were injured in an eastbound vehicle that crossed into a westbound car driven by Alan Kenmir in Fort Erie area. Mrs. Marietta Stamp was hospitalized for observation. The crash caused three cars to roll over, with one ending on its side and another on its top. Police say the sailor driver apparently dozed off at the wheel.
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Robert A. Carr
Tunbridge
Marietta Stamp
Fort Brig
Fredonia
Alan Kenmir
Fort Erie
Kenmir
Thompson
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B.G. Bennett
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Detroit
Chamber of Com
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Frank Graft
Frank E. Graft
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Leed
South Center Street
Melvin Amy
K. McLean
Kelster Cut
Democratic Party
John Foster Dulles
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Soviet Union
International Labor Office
Sen. McCarthy
U. S. Senate
Brazil
U. S
Secon Ee
Erie Meron Etree
Firestone Town and Country
Barney's Firestone
MG Sports Car
Blackstone
Roberts
Columbus
Bendix
Hillastic
Dad
Merritt Appliance
Paw O
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Remington
Pend Auths
Center Street
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