Secret NSA official fired over 1949 application lies
Washington AP The Defense Department dismissed Maurice H. Klein 49 the NSA personnel director amid charges he lied on a 1949 job application. HUAC plans to urge prosecutors on perjury falsifying a government document and removal of a file. Klein supervised about 1000 NSA hires and alleged false statements included Harvard Law degree claims and birth date name spellings.
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Washington
Defense Department
National Security Agency
House Un-American Activities Committee
Maurice H. Klein
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Klein
NSA
House
William H. Martin
Bernon F. Mitchell
Soviet Union
Harvard Law School
Harvard
New Jersey College of Law
Rutgers University
S. Wesley Reynolds
Man Convicted After Speed Test Dispute
Randy Hardison of Charlotte challenged a speeding charge claiming his Volkswagen could not reach 70 mph. A downhill test showed 70 mph twice, but the judge convicted him of exceeding 160 mph, granting a 30 day suspended sentence and driver improvement schooling.
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Charlotte
Randy Hardison
Hardison
Winfred Ervin
Volkswagen
Ervin
Heston to Appear in Ordinary Suit on TV Holiday Show
Chariton Heston, famed for epic roles, will appear in a plain business suit on ABCs Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving reading from the New Testament. He hopes to escape the costume drama trend and do a modern comedy. The TV schedule reshuffle will also advance Truth and Consequences to noon and add Your First Impression to NBCs daytime lineup.
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New York
Chariton Heston
Heston
ABC
Studio One
Kraft Theatre
Philco Playhouse
CBS
Groucho Marx
Groucho
Gertrude Berg
Mrs. G
Dick van Dyke
Berg
van Dyke
Shirley Booth
Hazel
Cynthia Pepper
Margie
Mrs. Berg
NBC
Broyhill Honored for Success in American Story Awards
James Edward Broyhill of Lenoir North Carolina is cited for overcoming odds to build Broyhill Furniture from a small backwoods sawmill into a large private furniture empire. He became president of Broyhill Furniture Factories and a Wachovia director.
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NEW York
James Edward Broyhill
Lenoir
N.C
Brayhill
Teamsters Defense in Mecklen burg Suit Against Overnite
In Charlotte, the International Teamsters Union faces continued defense in Mecklen burg Superior Court over a 1 million suit by Overnite Transportation Co. The company alleges a secondary boycott cost it 500000 and seeks punitive damages. Overnite VP P S Simmons testified on damages but offered no supporting documents.
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Simmons
Teamster
Joseph Jacobs
Atlanta
J. Will Press Jr
TV Tonight Listings Include Powell Show and Holiday Drama
NBC presents Dick Powell Show at 9 to 10 EST with Goodbye Hannah featuring Carolyn Jones. ABC airs An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving from 10 to 11 with Charlton Heston Gene Barry and Eddie Foy Jr.
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Dick Powell
NBC
Hannah
Carolyn Jones
ABC
Charlton Heston
Gene Barry
Eddie Foy, Jr
Expenses Mount for State Highway Commission in 1961
Travel expenses rise as the North Carolina Legislature expands the Highway Commission from seven to nineteen members. Records show some commissioners filing daily per diems and as much as 26 days in a month, with July to October totals reaching at least 11 thousand dollars. Several officials have yet to file October vouchers and three have filed none.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Sanford
State Highway Department
Luther Hodges
Merrill Eva
Ahoskie
Clint Newton
Shelby
William Horner
Yates Bennett
Burnsville
Paul Younts
Charlotte
James Maclamrock
Greensboro
Tom McLean
Fayetteville
West Berlin youths clash with police at wall protest
West Berlin youths try to storm the border wall shouting that the wall must go. East Berlin police fire water cannons and tear gas as West Berlin police respond with grenades and batons. About 1 000 marchers reach the 17 June street before being halted by a police line.
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East Berlin
Juergen Wohlrabe
West Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Druggist Dodgen Uses Newspaper In Odd Way
In Checotah Oklahoma AP notes druggist C M Dodgen reading a paper and not using it as typical wrapping or weather shielding, an unusual local detail illustrating daily life.
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Checotah, Okla
C. M. Dodgen
Fireflies in Thailand Put on Coordinated Light Shows
The fireflies in Thailand perform mass displays lighting mangrove branches. All insects in a tree illuminate together and sometimes a row of trees alternates between bright and dark. Scientists have not yet discovered the reason for these gala light displays.
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Thailand
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