Senator Bennett Attacks TV Sponsorship of Army-McCarthy Show
Utah Republican Senator Bennett protests Senate policy allowing private sponsors to profit from air time of the Army-McCarthy hearings. He warns of potential competition with NBCs J Fred Muggs and notes earlier outrages over Queen Elizabeth coronation clips. He urges dignity and decorum in hearings to avoid sensationalism.
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Bennett
Utah
Senate
U. S
J. Fred Muggs
NBC
Dave Garroway
Animal World
Two Partisan Faction Clash in North Carolina Politics
Lynn Nisbet's Around Capitol Square notes that the North Carolina Democratic Party shows a latent two party structure with a tight liberal and conservative split in a close primary. The piece compares regional party branding and national trends, likening North Carolina to a divided GOP with Eisenhower and McCarthy wings to explain ongoing factionalism within a single party.
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North Carolina
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Democratic Party
South
North
GOP
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Grey verdict urged in Army McCarthy feud
Senator Potter cautions that deliberate lying and conflicting testimony muddle truth in the Army McCarthy dispute. He warns McCarthy’s call for classified data risks disloyalty and anarchy, urging proper channels and law over self appointed acts.
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Potter
R-Mich
McCarthy
North Carolina Democrats See Liberals Gain In Party Power
The article traces shifts in North Carolina Democratic leadership from Kerr Scott through William Umstead, detailing how control of state party machinery shifted among Everett Jordan Mrs. John T Richardson Jonathan Daniels and Carlisle Higgins. It notes an Umstead era and previews future influence in state and national committee designations.
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North Carolina
Senate
United States
Kerr Scott
Capus M. Waynick
D. A. McCormick
Jonathan Daniels
Waynick
Nicaragua
Scott
Everett Jordan
Jordan
Willis Smith
United States Senate
McCormick
Daniels
William Umstead
Hubert Olive
Umstead
Frank Graham
Carlisle Higgins
Bob Coughton
Congress
Coughton
Higgins
Democratic Party
Mary Laurens
J. T.) Richardson
John D. Larkins Jr
Sallie Baker
B. B
Voices on Korea Indochina and domestic policy split
A compilation of quotes from Senators Watkins Dulles Johnson and McCarthy and NAACP and Gov Byrnes stressing resistance to Communism, congressional war powers, cross party cooperation, and reactions to segregation rulings with calls for restraint and unity.
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Indochina
America
Korea
Arthur Watkins
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Itchy mail powder targets Mundt aides in Senate inks
Aides to Senator Mundt faced an odd scare as itch powder appeared in letters sent to the Mundt chaired Senate Investigating Subcommittee. Two mail clerks were assigned to handle the mail as inflamed hands were reported, while Mundt did not handle the gimmicked letters.
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Mundt
Washington
Senate
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Senator Mundt
Army- McCarthy
Energy breakthrough eyed to cut home electric costs
Air Research and Development Command reports a solar energy generator refined to power a home could lower electricity prices. The Baltimore announcement highlights potential energy independence and the shift toward civilian use of space-age tech.
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Air Research and Development Command
Baltimore
Foundations Under Fire In House Probe Spotlight
Peter Edson reports the House committee led by Rep. B Carroll Reece investigates tax exempt foundations centering on the Ford Foundation with hinted aims to internationalize U S education. Critics charge one sidedness while defenders say the probe checks potential misuse of donor resources by powerful philanthropies. the Fund for the Advancement of Education figures as a new villain.
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Wilmington
Washington
House of Representatives
Ford Foundation
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Guggenheim
B. Carroll Reece
Tenn
Senate
Kinsey
Rockefeller Foundation
Reece
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Congress
Reece Committee
Renee A. Wormser
Thal
GOP
National Committee
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Paul Hoffman
Foundations
U. S
Foundation
American Council of Learned Societies
National Research Council
American Council On Education
National Education Association
Parent-Teacher Associations
National Council of Churches
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Frank W. Abrams
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Roy Larsen
Time
Philip Reed
General Electric
Paul Mellon
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
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