Watkins Attacks McCarthy Censure with Calm Committee Stance
Senate debate opens on six member panel's censure recommendation. Watkins says the committee sought wisdom and fairness and would not act as prosecutor. McCarthy counters as the unyielding foe of subversion and vows to be censured amid continued public exchange.
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Watkins
Washington
Sen
Utah
Senate
McCarthy
Ao S
Haterman
cCarthy
Watkins Committee
Wetkins
Hiss
Ralph W. Zwicker
Zwicker
Navy Chaplain Describes Suspect as Good Boy in Slaying Case
Norfolk, Va. Navy chaplain Chaplain Truman D. Twaitt told reporters the accused sailor Harry Roland Lockhart may be a good boy and respects everyone aboard the USS Cadmus. Lockhart, an electrician’s mate from North Platte Nebraska, is jailed after his wife and infant were found dead in his apartment. Police found the bodies three days after the event. Gas traces were detected in the apartment. The hearing date in the Leet case was set for November 23.
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Norfolk
Navy
Truman D. Twaitt
Harry Roland Lockhart
Nene
Twailtt
Lockhart
Cadmus
City
North Platte
Ney
Irving Bowden
Mrs. Lockhart
Virginia
G. T. Mann
Six Killed In Foggy Head-On Crash In Beaumont
Two cars collided head on on a fog shrouded highway killing four youths and two high school girls. Four others were injured with one near death. The victims were Samuel Peralez Jr Port Arthur Gail Gutierrez Beaumont Langlais Port Arthur James Brewell Arthur Joyce Scott Orange Jeanell Tucker Orangefield. State Patrolman D E Wood reported Peralez and Gutierrez were in the southbound car that struck the other vehicle carrying eight youths on U S 69.
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Beaumont
Tex
T. T. Hunt
Beaumont Enterprise
D. E. Wood
Samuel Daniel Peralez Jr
Port A Tex
Oe Gutierrez
Langlnais
Bay Village Mayor recounts urging Dr Sheppard to confess
Mayor J Spencer Houk testified he urged his friend Dr Samuel Sheppard to confess if he was involved in Marilyn Sheppard's death. He described a July 21 meeting at City Hall and another discussion days after the murder. Houk said Sheppard refused to admit guilt, insisting he could not have done it. He also recounted a separate visit where a psychiatrist offered a theory involving a demented assailant.
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Cleveland
Bay Village
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
J. Spencer Houk
Marilyn
Houk
City Hall
Sam
Pone
Lyn
Steve
Ami
Eisenhower Softens Tone on B29 Shootdown Query
President Eisenhower spoke of cloudy features in the B29 shootdown near northern Japan and urged careful assessment. He said the Soviet stance appears more conciliatory than before and defended Bohlen’s Moscow attendance as understandable, while noting the air attack’s details remain unclear and risky operations require escort.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
Dulles
U.S
Charles Bohien
Congress
Moscow
Bohien
Bohlen
Islands
United States
Pentagon
Ters
Soldier Convicted Of Accepting Bribe
At Randolph Air Force Base a general court martial found S. Sagt. Joel Graslum, 25, of D. C., guilty of accepting a bribe from an overseas man. Graslum was sentenced to six months confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $50 pay per month for six months. Commands the sentence to be reviewed by the commanding general.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
S.sagt
Joel Graslum
Graslum
Ci . D
Confessed Killer Of 5 Convicted In Murder Verdict
John Francis Roche, 27, confessed killer of five, found guilty of first degree murder by an all male jury. The death sentence is mandatory, with appeals to the state's highest court before punishment. Roche declined to testify and indicated no desire to live.
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New York
John Francis Roche
Roche
Dorothy Westwater
Ted
Courtneys
Geneva
J. Goldstein
Marion Brown
Rosa Chronik
Alex Jabionka
Edward Bates
Hodges Sworn North Carolina Governor in Nine-Minute Ceremony
Luther H. Hodges reported to the executive office and assumed duties as governor after yesterday's swearing in by Chief Justice M W Barnhill. Hodges promised to support the U S and state constitutions as about 500 spectators witnessed the historic oath in Raleigh Capitol.
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Hodges
M. W. Barnhill
Barnhill
Teleaan
United States
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Lees
Tunda
Key Democrats Doubt Major Income Tax Cut Next Year
Democratic leaders in Congress show little optimism for a substantial individual income tax cut in 1955. With a tighter budget outlook, most of the 9 of 10 Ways and Means holdovers replying to inquiries doubted a big cut, while Rep. Dingell proposed raising exemptions beyond 600 dollars. No clear path exists for major relief this year or early in 1956.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Democratic Party
Congress
House
Wee and Means
Dingell
D-Mich
Ways and Means
Eberharter
D-Pa
D-La
Graphic Message To The Future Dedicates Iwo Jima Statue
General Lemuel Shepherd Jr dedicates a 32 foot bronze Iwo Jima flag raising statue on the Marines 179th founding anniversary. The event honors Felix de Weldon designer Joe Rosenthal and three surviving veterans Ira Hayes John Bradley and Rene Gabgnon with attendees including mothers of the fallen.
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Washington
Lemuel Shepherd Jr
U.S. Marine
Shepherd
Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi
Felix ‘de Weldon
Joe Rosenthal
Associated Press
Ira Hayes
Sacaton, Ariz
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Phoenix
John Bradley
Antigo
Wis
Rene Gagnon
Hookset
N.H
Hodges Starts as North Carolina Governor at Capitol
Luther Hodges arrived at the Capitol in Raleigh for his first day as governor. He had taken the oath yesterday and was driven in the official Cadillac No. 1 from the Sir Walter Hotel where he is staying with Mrs. Hodges. The Hodges move follows the departure of the Umstead family from the executive mansion.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Capitol
Luther H. Hodges
Sir Walter Hotel
Governor's
Mrs. Hodges
Gov
William B. Umstead
Executive Mansion
Eisenhower Says Plane Shootdown Skewed by Clouded Facts
President Eisenhower indicated the Soviet Union shows a more conciliatory tone after the Sunday plane incident but called the event clouded and not entirely clear. He noted differences in Russian protests and discussed Dixon Yates, China, bipartisan policy, and expanded Soviet science scholarships. He warned against sitting ducks in risky air patrols.
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Eisenhower
Popoten
Democratic Party
Truman
John Foster Dulles
John Sherman Cooper
U. S
Congress
Hokkaido
United States
Charlies E. Bohlen
U.S
Russia
Maaco
Bohlen
Photo Shop Operator Acquitted in Murder Trial
William F. Demand, 35, a Phoenix photo shop operator, was acquitted by a Superior Court jury after a 15 day trial of the July 27 shooting of Vernon Donn Frederick, a Scottsdale councilman and friend. The defense said Demand slept at home. the state argued jealousy over Frederick’s attention to Demand’s wife.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William FE
Demand
Vernon Donn
Jim) Frederick
Scottsdale
Frederick
Faye
Senate panel blocks move to delay Dixon-Yates contract
The Atomic Energy Committee defeated a Democratic bid to delay signing the Dixon-Yates power contract. Ten Republicans backed tabling Pastore’s resolution to withhold signing until further study. Eisenhower reiterated support for the agreement as he pressed for a prompt decision amid political maneuvering.
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Washington
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Sen. Pastore
D-R
Pastore
Atomic Energy Come
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
Holifield
Calif
Congress
TVA
Gane
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