Miller's Trial Set For Today
Playwright Arthur Miller stands trial in Washington on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to name attendees at meetings with reds during 1947. He cited conscience and refused to identify others, risking up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine.
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Arthur Miller
Joseph Rauh, Jr
Federal District Court
Washington
Miller
Marilyn Monroe
House Un-American Activities Committee
New York
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Arnaud D’usseau
Argentine airliner missing with 16 aboard in Andes search
A government airliner operated by Lineas Aereas del Estado disappeared yesterday en route from Buenos Aires to San Carlos de Bariloche. A wide search with Army cavalry mounted police in rugged Andean terrain continues for 16 missing persons amid fog and heavy rain.
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Buenos Aires
Andes
Frontier
Lineas Aereas del Estado
San Carlos de Bariloche
It Over By Robert L Dieffenbacher D D Forgiveness and justice
Forgiveness is difficult for some people as they equate justice with equal payment and an eye for an eye. God forgives before sin, and Christ paid the price for redemption. We should forgive others, overlook slights, and avoid holding grudges, for two wrongs do not make a right.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Senators Vote On Fund Bills In Senate Action
In Washington the Senate passed a 3.8849 billion Treasury Post Office Department bill and refused extra funds beyond the House. Appropriations subcommittees consider Agriculture spending with net cuts of 957.2 million. Some senators warned Congress may need more for the Post Office. Postmaster General Summerfield sought 70 to 90 million above his requests.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury Post Office Department
Appropriations
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Post Office Department
Eisenhower
Summerfield
California
White House
Sens
Bridges
R-Nh
Mansfield
D-Mont
Knowland
United States
Free World
Hoffa Indicted By Jury In Telephone Tapping Case
A federal grand jury indicted James R. Hoffa vice president of the Teamsters Union and two associates on six counts for conspiring to tap the Teamsters headquarters in Detroit. Bernard Spindel and Bernard Brennan are named as co defendants. The indictment alleges taps targeted conversations of union officers and members and that intercepted calls were disclosed without authorization. The conspiracy allegedly ran from Jan 1 1953 to now with a May 21 plea date set before Judge Lawrence E Walsh.
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New York
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Teamsters Union
Detroit
Hoffa
Bernard Spindel
Bernard Brennan
Brennan
Midwest
Washington, D.C
Hyman I. Fishbach
Miami
Senate Rackets Investigation Committee
Indictmnes
Advisers Push Beck Ouster at Teamsters Meeting
Public relations advisers for the Teamsters unions recommended removing President Dave Beck. The suggestion circulated before a union committee and would fit with Beck's looming term end and suspension by AFL CIO. Beck has said he plans to run for re election.
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Union
Beck
Washington
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Sesoh Oe
Sion Waay
Tony Smith
Allied Public Relations
Smith
Teamsters
Aflcio
Committee Favors Real Estate Regulation and Criminal Bill Sunsets
The House Judiciary Committee endorsed a real estate licensing bill already passed by the Senate, establishing a state board to license brokers and salesmen. Senate panels favor two anti obscene literature measures and a drunken driving plea reform, while utilities push condemned land for pipelines to move coal slurry and natural gas to power plants.
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Raleigh
House
Judiciary 1
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Public Utilities Committee
Kohler Strike Probed by Senate Rackets Panel
The Senate Rackets Committee launched a preliminary inquiry into the Kohler strike at Kohler Wisconsin, aiming to examine its cost on products and any violence. Chairman McClellan and Senator Mundt urged prompt fact gathering and potential actions, including probes of political influence in cities resisting Kohler purchases.
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Washington
Senate
Kohler Co
Kohler, Wis
McClellan
D-Ark
Mundt
Tiisrd
Kohler
Record 14 flight Air Force jets mark transatlantic hop
Three U S Air Force pilots completed a 14 flight sequence in their F100C Super Sabre jets from England to Los Angeles at an average speed above 475 mph. The mission demonstrated TAC's capability as a global deterrent against limited war and the ability to reach any point when aggression occurs.
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Los Angeles
England
Yes Flight
TAC
Rewriting of Constitution is Pushed
In Raleigh a Senate committee backed rewriting the state constitution and moved two bills to a sub committee. One bill would call a constitutional convention. the other would create a governor appointed commission. Most members favored the commission, which would report to the Legislature, with final submission to voters up to the General Assembly.
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Raleigh
Senate
Senate Judiciary 1
General Assembly
President Eisenhower Warns on Spending Cuts Impact
President Eisenhower warned he would not assume responsibility for national safety if Congress slashes his spending proposals for aircraft and guided missiles during a Washington meeting. The remark underscored administration concerns over defense budgets and national security.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Martin
House Appropriations Committee
Arctic Arms Test Favored as Alternative to Europe
Secretary of State Dulles rejects a neutralized zone in Germany and favors a Arctic disarmament test instead, citing fewer problems and easier inspection. He hints the U S could cover Red China via Arctic territory and sparsely settled areas.
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Washington
Dulles
Germany
Dann
Arctic
Europe
Youth Confesses Strangling Child In Chicago Neighborhood
A 14 year old neighbor boy admitted strangling 3 year old Lise Jorgensen and burying her under a front porch after police found the body in a Northwest Side basement apartment. The youth said he lured her to play records, desisted sexually, then strangled her with a tie and hid the body. Police reported 100 officers searched after the girl was reported missing.
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Lawrence
Larry) Madsen
Chicago
Lise Jorgensen
Robert Ryan
Uniformed Police
Madsen
Ryan
Lise
Inger Jorgensen
Young Madsen
Maren Madsen
Leo J. Kelly
Arnold
Lars
Jorgensens
Norway
Ervin Attacks Eisenhower Civil Rights Bill at Hearing
Sen. Ervin of North Carolina attacked the administration civil rights bill as a plan to bypass juries and use loaded legal dice. He told the House Rules Committee the measure pits the attorney general against trial by jury and would jail citizens without trial under injunctions. He linked the legislation to autocratic aims and warned it mirrors pre revolutionary Britain in method and motive.
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Washington
Sen
Ervin
D-Nc
Congress
George
Flooded Texas City Revives After Wall of Water
Lam pasas, Texas, begins recovery after a 10 foot flood wall devastated 86 businesses and 310 homes. Relief workers and engineers assist with cleanup as Maj. Clyde Villemez of Ft Hood notes full recovery will take weeks.
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Lampasas
Tex.s
Annette Spivey
Clyde Villemez
46Th Engineers
Ft. Hood
Sterilization Finance Bill Offered in Senate Debate
In Raleigh the Senate met to consider a bill to sterilize women with two or more illegitimate children and a companion proposal to fund sterilizations. Sen. Wilbur M. Jolly seeks 100000 yearly for two years to the State Eugenics Board for personnel and expenses to implement the program. The measure expands existing powers to include grossly sexually delinquent persons alongside mental defectives and epileptics.
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Raleigh
Senate
Wilbur M. Jolly
Franklin
State Eugenics Board
Jolly
Eugenics Board
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