Bridges Threatens Independent Run If Eisenhower Sidelines
In Washington Sen Bridges of New Hampshire says he will file as a delegate candidate in the March 13 GOP primary if a slate favorable to Eisenhower is forced. He opposes delegates pledged to any other candidate and hints at mounting a personal bid to lead the state delegation. The NH vote opens the nation’s primary season with Eisenhower expected to win the GOP preference and Kefauver leading the Democrats. Gov. Lane Dwinell’s pledge to list Eisenhower’s name on the ballot was noted as not binding.
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Washington
Sen
Bridges
Hamphire
Eisenhower
Senate
GOP
White House
Knowland
Calif
New Hampshire
Sherman Adams
Adams
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
New Jersey
Lane Dwinell
James C. Hagerty
McCarthy
R-Wis
Republican Party
Comney
Three Fridays Fell On The Thirteenth In 1954 and 1955
Superstitious readers note Friday the thirteenth occurs three times in succession this period. Chicago observers report two more Fridays the 13th in April and July, with prior years showing only May 13 in 1953 and August 1954.
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Chicago
New Line of Dispute Opens in Rogue River Patent Fuss
Senator Scott accuses the Interior Department of rushing 15 mining patents to Al Sarena Mines in 1954 for Rogue River National Forest land in Oregon. Clarence A. Davis denies the charge as false and claims the assays informed the decision. The dispute centers on timber value and mineral claims amid political maneuvering and a stalled Senate inquiry.
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Washington
Rogue River National Forest
Oregon
Sen
Scott
D-No
Senate House
Interior Department
Department
Asst
Secretary of the Interior
Clarence A. Davis
al Sarena Mines, Inc
Mobile
Ala
al Sarena
Spokane
Wash
Mines Bureau
Davis
O Mn
Sane
National Forest
U S Plans Atom Tests In Pacific
The United States plans a spring series of nuclear tests in the Pacific at Eniwetok and Marshall Islands. The AEC and Defense Department say no international agreements limit arms testing, while noting tests will be substantial but smaller than the 1954 blast that caused radioactive fallout and international protests.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Eniwetoknds Marshalling Grou
mid-Pacific
AEC
James Across
India
England
AEC Defense Departaeement
Continental
Nevada
Pacific Proving Ground
Specs' O Keefe testifies on Brink's robbery prosecution
In Boston Joseph J Specs O Keefe 47 testifies before a Suffolk County grand jury as part of state prosecutions tied to the 1950 Brink s robbery. District Attorney Garrett Byrne says he will seek indictments against 10 individuals with six already arrested and two at large. Hoover announced the case s solution as FBI continues to pursue the remaining suspects and awaits further proceedings on page nine.
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Boston
Joseph J. “Specs” O'Keefe
FBI
Suffolk County
Garrett mM
Byrne
Grand Jury
Frederick T. Doyle
John F. McAuliffe
O'Keefe
Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Francis G. Wilson
John Howland
Thomas B. Lloyd
Brink
Capt. Wilson
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Rds
Garrett H. More
Great Atlantic Storm Slowly Breaking Up
The Atlantic storm that brought arctic air to the tropics for six days is breaking up gradually. Forecasters expect a slow warming trend to start Sunday with temperatures remaining well below normal through next Wednesday. Lows reached around 42 in Midtown Miami, with colder readings inland.
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Miami
Fila
Tropics
Florida
Miami Weather Bureau
Newfoundland
Kluckhohn Granted New Trial in Slaying Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court granted Richard Paul Kluckhohn a new trial in the May 13 slaying of Bernice Seawell in Raleigh. Kluckhohn, 21, previously convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 5 to 10 years, faced dissent from Chief Justice Barnhill and Justice Parker.
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Raleigh
Richard Paul Kluckhohn
State Supreme Court
Kluckhohn
University of Chicago
Harvard University
Wake Superior Court
Sanford
Chapel Hill
E. B. Denny
Denny
Superior Court
Clawson Williams
Williams
Barnhill
Resigned ICC Chairman Admits Indiscreet Actions
Washington report states Hugh Cross former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission testified admitting indiscreet actions in a Chicago contract case. He denied using his office to influence the contract for John L. Keeshin of Chicago and said he never faced personal suspicion. Senate Investigations subcommittee released testimony amid protests from Republicans. Cross had resigned November 23 and wrote to President Roosevelt about being targeted by lessees.
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Washington
Hugh Cross
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
John L. Keeshin
Rissshower
Cross
Memsenaies
Illinois
ICC
Tommert Truman Jaxeleen
Keeshin
Railroad Transfer Service,Inc
Cere
Parmalee Co
Four Missionaries Believed Dead as Searchers Probe Ecuador Camp
A ground party reached a rugged Auca camp in Ecuador awaiting identification of four bodies believed to be missing American missionaries. A U S Air Force helicopter found the bodies last night and scoured a seven mile area around the camp. The killed men were Peter Fleming Nathanial Saint James Elliot Edward McCulley and Roger Youderian, with diary notes describing first contact with the Auca tribesmen on Jan 6.
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Quito
Ecuador
Air Force
Peter Fleming
Seattle
Wash
Nathanial Saint
Huntingdon Valley
James Elliot
Portland
Ore
Edward McCulley
Milwaukee
Roger Youderian
Lansing
Mich
Fleming
Caraway
Abraham Vanderpuy
Inter-Mission Fellowship of Ecuador
Aucas
Cararay
Edward McCully
Jim Elliot
Nat Saint
Five Die In Head-On Crash On U S Highway Fifty Two
A head-on collision on U S Highway 52 killed five people and injured a sixth critically. Victims include Mrs Virginia Reid who died in Winston Salem Hospital, Zonie Oliver Marshall Cletus Nelson and Mrs Katherine Moore, plus Keith Moore who died later. Thelma Parker remains in critical condition.
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King
N.C
Here
Cally
Virginia Reid
Winston-Salem
U.S. Highway 52
Zonie Oliver Marshall
Rt. 5
Asheboro
Cletus Nelson
Rt. 1
Pinnacle
Katherine M. Moore
Nelson
Mississippi considers segregation bills in legislature
A wave of segregation bills moves through the Mississippi Legislature seeking to require separate intrastate waiting rooms in rail and bus stations and to bar outside lawyers from state cases. Penalties include up to $1000 fines and one year in jail. enforcement rests with the Public Service Commission and cities.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Co
ICC
Public Service Commission
Airplanes In Brushes With Death Warn of Air Traffic Overload
An eight member government advisory group warns airways are crowded and inadequately regulated with near collisions averaging four daily. The study calls for urgent leadership to develop a 20 year integrated aviation plan and to align defense radar with the civil air traffic system.
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Washington
William Barclay Harding
New York
Rowland Hughes
Harld R. Harris
Harris
Defense Department
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
North's Only Cigarette Plant to Close
Jersey City’s 85 year old P Lorillard Co. cigarette plant will close later this year. President William J. Halley cites failure to modernize and high freight costs due to distance from Southern tobacco fields. The facility, once Lorillard’s Old Branch, began in 1926.
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Jersey City
P. Lorillard Co
William J. Halley
Lorillard’s
Greensboro
N.C
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Robert Martin
Capitol
House of Representatives
James C. Auchincloss
R-N.j
Auchincloss
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Scott, Davis Battle
U.S
Brink's
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Bender
Robio
Charles Tompkins
Interior
Douglas McKay
North
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