Celler Calls Corsi Sacrificial Lamb Over Immigration Act
Rep. Emanuel Celler labels Edward J. Corsi a sacrificial lamb ousted from the State Department to placate reactionary Republicans. He accuses Dulles of lacking courage and says the refugee act needs humane implementation, while McLeod and anti liberalizers oppose liberalization. Celler questions the President’s promises to liberalize immigration.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Emanuel Celler
Edward J. Corsi
Corsi
State Department
McCarthy
Republican Party
Dulles
Celler
McLeod
Scott McLeod
Eisenhower
Republican
Dulles Criticized Over Corsi Ouster Sparks Political Storm
Rep Frelinghuysen demanded a full explanation from Secretary Dulles as controversy over Edward J. Corsi’s removal from a refugee immigration post heats up. New York Republican clubs criticized Dulles and warned of potential 1956 electoral costs. Corsi, a longtime GOP operative, faced accusations of links to Communist fronts, which he denied. He postponed a decision on future steps, planning talks with Leonard Hall.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Rep
Frelinghuysen
Dulles
Edward J. Corsi
New York City
Republican Club
Dales
Lower Manhattan
John Lamula
Corsi
New York
Walter
D-Pa
Joey
Arlington
Latin America
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Leonard Hall
Hall
Janitor Halts Jump Save by Slamming Window
In Chicago on April 9 a janitor restrained Airman James R. Letty by slamming a window on his arms as the 23 year old attempted to leap from an eighth floor office. Letty, AWOL from the 118th Operations Squadron Air Force Base Lincoln, was saved with police and a civilian officer aiding. He claimed excessive drinking for three days and was turned over to military authorities.
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Chicago
James R. Letty
118Th Operations
Air Force Base
Lincoln
John Keller
Setty
Keller
New T Side
Cea Wes
John Kupisch
Kupisch
Peter Shoup
Letty
Northridge
Calif
Los Angeles
Southern Bell Strike Talks Begin Amid Violence Rumors
Industrial tension across Alabama Tennessee and Florida as Southern Bell workers strike. Gov. Folsom refuses National Guard use, but orders patrol protection around Birmingham and Bessemer. Courts issue injunctions against mass picketing while Southern Bell offers a 6.5 million dollar pay rise and calls for return to work.
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Atlanta
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Southern Bell Telephone Co
James Folsom
National Guard
Bessemer
Ala
Birmingham
State Highway Patrol
Hvea
Ft. Lauderdae
F C
Asheville
Clinton, Tenn
Paris
Nashville
Tenn
Birmingham Exchange
Robert Clinton Giles
G.L. Pattie
Telephone Company
Holt McDowell
Jap Bryant
Folsom
jAls Oan
Pany Finaly Grant
Ender Ny
Cactus Jack Unable To Make Trip
In Uvalde Texas on April 9 doctors say former vice president and ex Speaker John Nance Garner cannot travel to Washington to attend events honoring Sam Rayburn. Arthritis in both feet prevents what would have been his first trip to the capital in 14 years.
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Uvalde
Tex
Garner
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Aes
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Basceaan Timmons
Dallas
Sahan
Tanic
Timmons
Senate
House
Open Hearing On Yalta Leak Sought By Senator Sparkman
Senator Sparkman urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold a public hearing on the Yalta leak. He wants Secretary Dulles to testify April 18 about the dispatch of documents to the New York Times before their general release and argues press access is essential.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Yalta
Dulles
New York Times
George
D-Ga
Sen. Wiley
Sconsin
Wiley
Chaman
State Department
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Capitol Hill
Four Navy Men Die in Seaplane Crash at Norfolk
Four Navy men were killed when a Marlin seaplane struck a seawall on takeoff in Norfolk Virginia. Seven others were injured in the crash. Victims include Claude F. Howell John C. Postinger Jr Richard J. Coughlin and Joram M Barnes. Pilot Lt James H Sherrouse reported the accident.
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Norfolk
Claude F. Howell
Aviation Ordnanceman
Joann Howell
John C. Postinger Jr
Aviation Electronics
Cian
J.C. Pustinger
Winsted
Conn
Richard J. Coughlin
Edward J. Coughlin
Lyndon St
Concord
N.H
Joram M, Aairman
B. Barnes
Russell Onan
James H. Sherrouse
New Orleans
Sheriff seeks church help in rape slaying case
Oakland County Sheriff Frank W. Irons asks clergymen to urge EasterSunday parishioners to provide any information about the rape slaying of 7 year old Barbara Gaca. He cites a theory the child may have known her abductor as she wandered toward Assumption Grotto Catholic School in Detroit March 24. Her body was found a week later in a dump in one county 25 miles away.
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Pontiac
Mich
Oakland County
Frank W. Irons
Irons
Barbara
Assumption Grotto Catholic
Detroit
Russia maps new campaign to kill West German army
The Moscow story outlines two moves seen by U.S. officials as signs of a Soviet plan to shape Europe for years. Molotov seeks an Austrian treaty aiming at neutrality for a unified Germany, while Moscow cancels wartime friendship pacts with Britain and France to widen the East West rift and influence public opinion.
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Russia
John M. Hightower
Washington
Moscow
U.S
West Germany
Europe
Far East
Far Eastern
China
Ch Comunists
Matsu
Quemoy
Germany
AmasisoanaAffintale
Britain
India
France
Molotov
Raab
Austria
Dulles
United States
North Atlantic Alliance
Paris
London
Kremlin
Easter Sunday across the world with prayers for peace
President Eisenhower leads Americans to church as Easter celebrations mark the joy of the Resurrection. In Rome crowds gather at St Peter's Square to hear the Pope, while Jerusalem hosts pilgrims at the Holy Sepulcher. Weather expected fair. traffic safety noted as typical for Easter.
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Eisenhower
Rome
St. Peter's Square
Pius XII
Church of the Holy Sepucher
Jerusalem
Christ
Lord
United States
National Presbyterian Church
Gettysburg
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Council
New York
Fifth Avenue
Great Lawn
Central Park
Europe
Americas
St. Peter's Church
Price Of Air Superiority Comes High Obsolete Aviation Equipment
Washington April 9 Sen Stennis says waste is not implied by obsolescence costs in converting to heavy jet bombers. Air Force Secretary Talbott cites 100 million dollars worth of obsolete jet engines and 2,500 engines at 40 000 each. Gen Twining notes B 52 and other bombers require extensive crews and training amid future war needs.
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Washington
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Air Force
Talbott
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nawy
Ellender
D-La
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force Gg
Twining
Ee Pue
Gen. Twining
Russia Claims Solution To Ancient Mayan Lingo
Washington reports Russian claims of solving Mayan writings, met with skepticism from Smithsonian expert Dr. Matthew W. Stirling who says the assertion is bunk. He notes Mayan language is still spoken by about four million and that most glyphs are astronomical or mathematical in nature.
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Russia
Washington
Matthew W. Stirling
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Moscow Radio
Yuri Knorozov
Stirling
Soviet Union Says Austrian Treaty Should Not Be Delayed
In Moscow the Soviet Foreign Ministry urged that further delay in concluding the Austrian state treaty is unjustified. It cited plans for a Vienna meeting and noted occupation withdrawals, with Moscow hoping Chancellor Julius Raab’s upcoming visit may speed a final agreement.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Julius Raabi
V. M. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Hearn’s Department Store Closes After 77 Years
In Manhattan on April 9 a neon sign goes dark ending Hearn’s Department Stores Inc branch after 77 years. A guard locks the doors as emotional staff bid farewell and shoppers haul items away amid a gigantic closing sale and plans to keep other branches open.
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New York
Manhattan
Mth Street
Hearn’s
Ast
Aixte
Kert Escudero
Hearn’s Department Stores Inc
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