Senate Votes 67 20 Condemns McCarthy Over Zwicker Row
The Senate condemned McCarthy 67 to 20 for abusing colleagues and debated censure over his treatment of Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker. Sen. Jenner offered and then withdrew an amendment challenging the Zwicker passage as the chamber limited debate. Jenner warned of Communist disruption while criticizing congressional work.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Ralph W. Zwicker
Jenner
R-Ind
Zwicker
Congress
State Department
Wheeling
W. Va
Wisconsin
Reds Call For Unified Armed Force
Moscow reports the eight European Communist nations proposing an integrated armed force and a joint command if Paris accords permit rearmament of West Germany. The Western powers snubbed the conference yet it adopted a declaration backing the plan with Soviet and Chinese observers affirming support. Nations involved include the Soviet Union East Germany Czechoslovakia Poland Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Albania.
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Moscow
Paris
Chang
Chinese People’s Republic
NATO
Soviet Union
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
Mayors Briefed as Atomic Threat Seen For US Cities
Washington Mayors and city managers from 48 states met with Continental Air Defense commander Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw who warned that a global war could yield 100 pinpointed minutes of atomic hell on 100 major American cities. President Eisenhower planned informal remarks at the two day briefing on foreign and defense policy.
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Washington
Continental Air Defense Commander
Benjamin W. Chidlaw
United States
Russia
Chidlaw
Eisenhower
Mayors’ Conference
Mayors
Savernenenteas
Fernment
National Security Council
Federal Civil Defense Administration
House Investigators Leave Miami After Hearings
The House Un American Activities Committee concluded three days of public hearings in Miami with no evidence of Communist activity in the South in the past five years. Lois Baker, a Winter Haven resident and former state Communist party secretary, was subpoenaed as immunity talks continued.
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Miami
Fila
House UN- American Activities Committee
South
Lois Baker
Winter Haven
Fla
Communist Party
Harold H. Velde
RTM
Baker
Florida
Gordon H. Scherer
Ohio
Velde
Eoene
Yule Fund Starts Slowly Amid Need for Santa Claus Visit
Amid a slow start the Yule Fund for Christmas Cheer helps several hundred children, including eight year old John and seven year old Mary, plus siblings Jim my and Bob, living with an aunt. Their mother is deceased and the father is hospitalized, leaving the family reliant on a welfare check that covers less than 80 percent of needs.
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Santa Claus
John
Mary
Jimmy
Bob
County Department of Public Welfare
High Point
United States to Back Formosa Pact Against China
Secretary Dulles announced a mutual security pact with Chiang Kai-shek's government on Formosa, signaling U S retaliation against any Red invasion of Formosa and possible naval blockades if American rights are not respected. The accord aims to deter Communist expansion in the Pacific.
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Dulles
Formosa
U.S
China
United States
Senate
Pescadores Islands
Pacific
U.S. Tth
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Korea
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
Nominations Awaiting Senate Action Highlight Censure Debate
Nominations for three high level officials and over 10 000 military officers await Senate action at the tail end of the session. Willard F Libby faces confirmation to the Atomic Energy Commission amid opposition from some Democratic senators. The Armed Services Committee cleared paths for David S Smith and another appointee as assistant secretaries while broader confirmation remains constrained by controversy over Am nuclear power issues.
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Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
House Atomic Energy Committee
Pee Wae
Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
Libby
University of Chicago Hickenlooper
Allon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rolina
Defense
David S. Smith
Air Force
Dixonm Yates
Alley Authority
Gen Kefauver
D-Tenn
Plane wreckage found on Mt Success after Northeast flight
Wreckage of a Northeast Airlines plane missing two days was found atop Mt Success in Milan New Hampshire. Seven people were aboard. two pilots and five others died or were seriously injured from cold. Names listed include copilot George D McCormick and John McNulty among the dead. A helicopter retrieved the injured and transported them to hospital. conditions were severe from frigid temperatures.
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Milan
Northeast Airlines
Mt. Success
George D. McCormick
Kingston
N.Y
John McNulty
Boston
W. Peter
Swampscott
Mass
Mary L. McEttrick
James A
Ertown
Donald’ H. Hall
Montclair
W. Miller
Cross and Arrow
Maine
New Hampshire
Berlin
N. H
International narcotics ring busted in multi nation raids
U S narcotics agents with police from four nations disrupted an international ring planning to ship drugs to the United States via Italy and France. Raids across Turkey Syria and Lebanon rounded up 27 traffickers and seized 888 pounds of crude opium 44 pounds of morphine base 9 pounds of hashish. Beirut laboratory targeted by Lebanese customs led by Capt Edward Azzizeh. Charles Siraguea coordinated four months of undercover work culminating in a weeklong operation. Shadusa, posing as a US Air Force pilot, personally hauled 50 pounds of opium. opium moves from Turkey to Beirut Aleppo and other transit points.
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Rome
U. S
United States
Italy
France
Turkey
Syria
Lebanon
Oge
Edemond Azzizeh
Beirut
Charles Siraguea
U.S. Narcotics Bureau
Europe
Middle East
U.S. Air Force
Shasusa
U S
Hope
America
Aleppo
Klansman Tells of Floggings in Wilmington Klan Trial
FBI special agent in charge William Murphy testified in a Federal Court trial of 12 men arrested in Charlotte in 1953 as part of mass Klansmen roundups. Harrington detailed the kidnapping and flogging of Ernest Barfield Rogers and his sister in 1951, naming Mullins and other South and North Carolina members as organizers and participants.
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Wilmington
N.C
William, . Murphy
FBI
Dallas
Tex
Ellis Paul Harring
Carolinas
Harrington
Astate
Whiteville
Co Eas County
Ernest Barfield Rogers
Christine Rogers
Lake View
S.C
Cyclops
Mullins
Sarringion
Wish Rogers
Rogers
Ea Er
Et Klaverns
Dillon
Dillon Klavern
Britain urges China to avoid Formosa action amid tension
London reports Britain has urged Red China to refrain from pirate actions in the Formosan Strait that could provoke war with the United States. A Foreign Office spokesman also said the UK asked the United States to use influence to restrain Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and to lower tensions.
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Britain
Red China
Formosan Strait
United States
Foreign Office
Peiping
China
Huenee
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Tain
Fananosa
Eee
Aes
Ciena
Acquittal Motion Denied in Sheppard Murder Trial
In Cleveland Common Pleas Judge Edward Foton denied defense requests for a directed verdict of acquittal against Dr. Samuel Sheppard. He ruled the motion inappropriate and overruled the dismissal of murder charges, leaving guilt or innocence to a seven man by five woman jury. The defense began presenting witnesses including Dr Stephen Sheppard as the trial continued after the prosecution's 30th witness Susan Hayes testified regarding bedroom interactions and a suggested motive.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Common Pleas
Edward Foton
Varias
Samuel Sheppard
Blythin
Marilyn
Jakefront
Stephen Sheppard
Steve
Susan Hayes
Sam
Dr. Be
Victor Lively Convicted In Slaying
Victor H. Lively was convicted and sentenced to life for first degree murder in the slaying of 18 year old Doroth Poore in Indianapolis. A Marion County jury deliberated nine hours before the judge imposed the life term. Lively, a 25 year old Texan, sobbed as the sentence was read. He admitted choking Poore after she resisted his advances. The state alleged the body was dumped in Clinton Indiana following the death in a hotel room.
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Indianapolis
Victor H. Lively
Doroth Poore
Marion County Criminal Court
Lively
Saul Rabb
Clinton, Ind
Pope Pius XII in Serious Collapse at Vatican
Vatican officials report Pope Pius XII, aged 76, in serious collapse due to a stomach ailment. He has been confined to bed at Castel Gandolfo and unable to take food or sleep, with Dr. Cardo Galeassi-Lisi and aides at his side during a week of night vigils.
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Vatican City
Pius XX
Castel Gandolfo
de Vatican
Pius 111
Vatican
Cardo Galeassi-Lisi
Youngsters badly hurt as car overturns on Burton Street
An accident on Burton Street Ext left two girls seriously injured. Harold Wright, 16, is named as the driver and three other teens suffered lesser injuries. Victims listed include Donna Lowe, 13, Arlene Byrd, 12, while other occupants were Jimmy Vinson, 15, Mary Hellified, 14, and Calvin Bradshaw, 16. Details were unavailable.
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Burton St. Ext
Harold Wright
Park St
Donna Lowe
Woodbury St
Arlene Byrd
Fisher St
Jimmy Vinson
Willowbrook St
Mary Hellified
Thissell St
Calvin Bradshaw
Jefferson St
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James Rowell
Loris
Forrest H. Walker
Fairmont
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Ermont
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Woodrow Gardner
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