Flanders and McCarthy Clash in Senate Hearing Room
Senator Flanders confronted Senator McCarthy during the Army hearing day accusing him of contempt and demanding his ouster as chairman unless he purges himself and answers 1952 charges. McCarthy retorted and challenged Flanders to testify under oath while Mundt warned against feuding.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
Senate
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Benton
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy Calls Remark Facetious Amid Hearings Testimony
Senator McCarthy testified he was "completely facetious" when he said Roy Cohn believed G David Schine could be a general and live in a penthouse. He explained the comment as ribbing Secretary Stevens during the Army McCarthy hearings.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Army
Stevens
Roy M. Cohn
G. David Schine
McCarthy
Schine
Cohn
Roy
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Dix
N.J
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Francis P. Carr
Stevents
Motion Picture Branch
Press Branch
United States Information Service
Britain and U S Agree on Windup at Geneva
In Geneva Britain and the United States reportedly agreed on general winding up procedures for the deadlocked Geneva conference. U S Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden held a long discussion before Eden’s meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault planned separate talks after returning from Paris. Western powers expect to finish the Korean phase by next Wednesday, with Indo China talks uncertain.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Smith
Georges Bidault
Paris
Bidault
National Assembly
Molotov
Raleigh Man Cleared of Drunk Driving but Guilty of Resisting Arrest
Alfred Scott of Apex was found innocent of drunken driving but guilty of resisting arrest in Wake Superior Court. He claimed Apex Police Chief Sam Bagwell beat him after arrest. Bagwell testified a knife in his pocket prompted force. Scott was sentenced to 12 months on the roads, posted $1,000 appearance bond and $150 appeal bond, and gave notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Raleigh
Apex
Sam Bagwell
Wake Superior Court
Alfred Scott
Bagwell
Scott
State Supreme Court
Rape Murder Hearing Postponed in Maryland Case
A preliminary hearing for Carl Strickland a 21 year old Navy air man charged with rape and murder of Irene Conde was postponed possibly a week to prepare for a full hearing. Sheriff Willard Long said next Friday is a possible date. Court appointed attorneys Laker and Wigginton were named recently by Judge Digges. Conde was found dead May 29 near Point Lookout.
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Leonardtown
Carl Strickland
J. Dudley Digges
Willard B. Long
Strickland
Long
William M. Laker Jr
George Wigginton
Digges
Irene Marion Conde
Rochester
N. Y
Point Lookout
Highway program details for national park system revealed
The Interior Department outlines a 9.5 million dollar supplemental appropriation to fund a 200 million dollar construction push under the 1954 federal aid highway act. Projects split between parkways and park roads include the Colonial Parkway in Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway with gaps to be closed and several grade separations and improvements across North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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McKay
Colonial Parkway
Virginia
North Carolina
Front Royal
Roanoke
Blue Ridge
Tuggles Gap
Blowing Rock
N.C
Develo
Humpback Rocks
Male Hill
Linville Falls
Craggy Gardens
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee
French Airmen Bomb Guerrilla Supply Depots
French airmen using U.S. supplied fighters attacked Vietminh bases in the Red River Delta. Fifty tons of explosives were dropped on an ammunition dump at Yen Bay 75 miles northwest of Hanoi and on guerrilla concentrations at Binh Ngo and Decau near the capital. French Union troops carried out mopping up operations as Giap's Red command units infil trated. Twenty three rebels were killed and three captured yesterday.
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Indochina
Red River
Yen Bay
Binh Ngo
Decau
Vo Nguyen Giap
Red Command
Ervin Sworn In as North Carolina Senator
Judge Sam E Ervin Jr. took the oath to serve as U S Senator after resigning from the NC Supreme Court. About 100 relatives and friends witnessed the ceremony in the Senate gallery as Ervin, a Democrat, succeeds the late Clyde Hoey with a term lasting until 1950 and potential re election.
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Washington
Sam E Ervin Jr
North Carolina
Ervin
Senate
U. S
North Carolina Supreme Court
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Ard Nixon
Alton A. Lennon
Sen
Ervin Re
Attorneys General of South May Meet on Segregation
A 15 state closed door conference in Richmond discussed legal means to preserve segregation in public schools. Governors and legal officials reported no final plan, but suggested a summer meeting of attorneys general to pursue possible legal loopholes. States named include North Carolina and Virginia among others.
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Richmond
Supreme Court
Georgia
Atty
Eugene Cook
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanley
West Virginia
Itives
Maryland
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Officers search for more bodies in Coshocton case
Unidentified man’s body with a crushed skull was found on the Cletus Reece farm near Coshocton, as authorities seek additional victims in a case linked to defendant Cletus Reese who is already charged with killing schoolteacher Clyde Patton. Reese, 36, admitted beating Patton after a dispute that arose when Patton visited the farm on June 2 to demonstrate a new automobile.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Cletus Reece
Here
Reese
Clyde Patton
Patton
Reese Farm
Ike Seeks Unity Behind Eisenhower Legislative Program
President Eisenhower urged political unity and vowed to press ahead with his legislative program including flexible farm price supports. In a national address he called for faster congressional action, saying the program is essential to a stronger America and must be passed before adjournment. The speech drew loud applause as he highlighted anti subversion efforts and noted progress on key issues like highway bills tax cuts and the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Marty Snyder
Citizens Committee
America
House Agriculture Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
South Korea
Breach In AEC Is Denied Despite Tensions Among Commissioners
Senator Price and other congressional sources say there is no serious breach at the Atomic Energy Commission amid a week of sparring over leadership. The dispute includes Strauss seeking more authority, Oppenheimer security issues, and a plan to designate a principal officer to balance power among five commissioners.
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Washington
Rep
Price
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Gordon Dean
Hickenlooper
Drew Pearson
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Forrestal
James Forrestal
Defense
Durham
North Carolina
Congressional Committee
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Commission
Grammer Dies On Gallows In Maryland
George Edward Grammer, once a New York businessman, died at Maryland's gallows after murder conviction. He was accused of killing his wife in 1952 to marry a United Nations secretary. Prosecutors presented love letters and expense accounts as evidence. He faced the final execution with no visible emotion.
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George Edward Grammer
New York
Maryland
Grammer
United Nations
Climax Molybdenum Co
Mathilda Mizibrocky
Hamilton
Ont
Chicago
Benjamin B
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