Oil Firms Chief Campaig n Gift Tied to Case Vote
Senate investigators learned the $2,500 campaign donation to Sen. Francis Case came from Howard B. Keck, president of Superior Oil Co., though Keck swore he did not know of the offer. Elmer Patman testified he used personal funds belonging to Keck to make the gift, routed through John M. Neff to a friend of Case in Sioux Falls. The committee plans to decide on broadened authority as it resumes hearings Monday.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Sen
Francis Case
R-Sd
Oil and Gas
Senate
Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil Co
Case
Senate Fed
Tex
Superior Oil
Keck
John M. Neff
Case’s
Sioux Falls
S. D
Neff
Patman
George
D-Ga
Paul Whaley
Dawson County
Neb
Senators
Howard Keck
J. Kahler
Lexington
Kahler
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Firm Action Promise Is Heralded
On the University of Alabama campus officials praised a firm pledge to curb rioting and protect students after protests surrounding the admission of the university’s first Black coed. Dr. O C Carmichael vowed punishment for ringleaders and protection for Authorine Lucy, with a Birmingham hearing set for Feb 29. Governor Folsom pledged no mob rule and a commitment to use all powers to uphold law and order. Odering church leaders also lauded the stance as calming the campus.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
O. C. Carmichael
Lucy
Carmichael
University
Birmingham
James E. Folsom
Anna
Alabama
Conpighetl Areo Congra
Clare Purcell
North Alabama Methodist Conference
C. C. J. Carnter
Episcopal Pcese
Obama
Archie C. Smith
These
Presbyterian Arch
U.S
Purcell
Republicans Hail Ike In Lincoln Day Talks
Lincoln Day speeches across the nation praise Dwight D. Eisenhower comparing him with Abraham Lincoln. Democratic hopefuls Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver campaign for preconvention support amid New Hampshire primary deadlines and delegate allocations.
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Ike
Twins Arrested In Slaying Of Cub Scout In West Virginia
Twin 14 year old brothers, Thomas Williams Jr. and Joseph Williams, were held without bail in Wheeling WV for the murder of 9 year old David Powell. The body was found beneath a porch with a 2x4, hammer, and bloodstains. Police noted blood type tests pending.
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Wheeling
W.va
Thomas Williams Jr
Joseph
Donald Wolf
David Powell
Mary V. Wilson
Williams
Thomas Williams Sr
Atty
Joseph Gompers
Ohio County
Reece Blair
Reece
Charleston
Stevenson Condemns Mob Actions Over Alabama Student
Adlai Stevenson labeled the Alabama student exclusion as deplorable while praising university officials for handling the case. He urged the law be obeyed, noted Miss Autherine Lucy’s temporary class ban as due to mob violence, and linked the incident to broader South unrest and voting rights concerns.
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Portland
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Lucy
Birmingham
State of
Alabama
Stevenson
Emmett Till
Mississippi
Truman
Nixon
Miss Lucy
Folsom
University Board of Trustees
South
Maclean and Burgess Speak From Moscow
In Moscow on February 11 1952 former British diplomats Donald D Maclean and Guy Burgess held a news conference broadcast by Moscow radio claiming they are Communists from college days who came to the Soviet Union to work for peace. They denied being Soviet agents and noted that Maclean’s wife Melinda Marling and their three children joined him, a detail long rumored. The two appeared at the National Hotel near the Kremlin four days before the start of a major Soviet party congress.
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Moscow
Donald D. Maclean
Guy Burgess
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Britain
Maclean
Melinda Marling
Chicago
American Affairs Department
British Foreign Office
Burgess
Washington
Soviet Communist Party
United States
London
National Hotel
Kremlin
Stassen Predicts Eisenhower Victory Tally in N C
Winston Salem February 11 Harold E Stassen predicts that if President Eisenhower runs again he will carry North Carolina and nearly every state. He urges the middle way in politics and says anti business rhetoric harms all Americans. He cites California Massachusetts and Minnesota as examples of success under centrism.
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Winston-Salem
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
North Carolina
California
Earl Warren
Massachusetts
Christian Herter
Minnesota
Jterms
Stassen Says Eisenhower Has Not Decided on a Second Term
Harold E. Stassen, adviser on disarmament, said in Winston Salem that Eisenhower has not yet decided whether to seek a second term. He noted a possible decision after the President undergoes a physical examination next week and likely will weigh findings in light of conscience and faith.
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GOP
Hall
Eisenhower
Con Reeneys
Lincoln
America
Summerfield
James P.mitchell
Akron
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Winston-Salem
N. C
Holt McPherson
Stassen
N.C
Mad Dog Irvin Declines Fight of Extradition to Indiana
SAN FRANCISCO February 11 1931 Leslie Mad Dog Irvin 31 decides not to contest extradition to Indiana for appeal in murder cases appearing before Municipal Judge James J Welsh Indiana officers Gibson Sheriff Farr Hollen and Lt Walls to escort him if the appeal proceeds Irvin escaped from Princeton Indiana jail en route to California after stealing two diamond rings in Los Angeles prior to his arrest
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San Francisco
Leslie
Mad Dog
Irvin
Indiana
Theodore Lockyear Jr
Evansville
Ind
Princeton
California
Bridges enters NH presidential primary as delegate candidate
Sen. Bridges declared his candidacy for one of New Hampshire's 14 GOP convention seats just before the 6 p.m. deadline using a remote entry from Washington. He urged a free delegation to San Francisco if the President does not run and said he would oppose any attempt to corner the delegation. Governor Landrigan Dwinnell aligned with Bridges on the issue.
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Concord
N.H
Sen
Bridges
New Hampshire
Washington
Secretary of State
Harry E. Jackson
San Francisco
Senate
Land Dwinell
Eisenhower
Abbott Enters Prison To Await Death
Burton Abbott arrived at San Quentin Prison to await execution for the kidnapping and murder of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan. He was handcuffed to two robbers during the transfer from Oakland and placed on death row among twenty inmates. The case is automatically appealed to the State Supreme Court with Judge Snook to set an execution date if upheld. Stephanie Bryan vanished while walking home from school on April 28 last year. Abbott’s wife was jailed later that year for possessing the girl's purse in a box of old clothing.
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San Quentin
Calif
Burton Abbott
Stephanie Bryan A Abott
University of California
Oakland
Abbott
Iore
Charlies Warnook
State Supreme Court
Snook
Stephanie Bryan
Eisenhower undergoes medical tests at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower spent 70 minutes at Walter Reed Hospital as doctors completed X rays fluoroscopic studies blood chemistry analysis and cardio gram tests. A 3 to 4 day timeframe was set for results which could influence his re election plans. He greeted Mrs Virgil L Peterson and exchanged a playful kiss signaling cautious optimism about the medical review.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Virgil L. Petersson
Peterson
Walter Reed
Information Gained From Gas Balloons
The United States sent 500 plastic balloons to gather weather and scientific data from Eurasia before grounding them in response to a Moscow protest. State Department notes described the balloons as for peaceful global benefit, while Russia claimed some equipment aimed to spy on Soviet territory.
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Washington
United States
Eurasia
Moscow
State Department
Russia
Cow
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
Dulles
Sians
Ameri
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