McCarthy renews data request on Peress case
Sen. McCarthy renews a request to Sec. of the Army Stevens for a full report on Maj. Irving Peress. He cites the Peress affair as a basis for opposing censure and argues committee members unfairly concealed evidence. Zwicker, once Camp Kilmer commander, is now in Japan.
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Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Peress
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Senate
Co W. Zwicker
Maj
Irving Peress
New York
Wisconsin
Army
Zwicker
Japan
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Johnson
Ervin
Russians Return U S Note On Detention Of Embassy Wives
Moscow reports say the Soviet Union returned a U S note over the detention of two American Embassy wives by Soviet secret police for about ninety minutes. Washington condemns the action as a breach of diplomatic practice and personal safety of U S officials.
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Moscow
U.S
United States
Russia
Washington
State Department
USS
Earl E. Sommeriatte
Sommeriatte
Houston Stiff
Sommerlatte
Charles E. Rohlen
Frank Siscoe
Bohlen
V. M. Molotov
Walter Walmsley
Protocol Section
Walmsley
Mob attacks Brotherhood HQ as Cairo unrest surges
In Cairo an angry crowd torched the Moslem Brotherhood headquarters during protests tied to an alleged assassination bid on Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser. Police and fire crews contained the blaze as authorities rounded up four suspected Brotherhood members amid ongoing anti Suez settlement sentiment.
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Cairo
Egypt
Brotherhood
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Alexandria
Suez
Transport Union
Nixon Says FBI Files Not Used
The New York Times reports Nixon denies using FBI files in attacks on Rep. Robert L. Condon. It notes Navy Intelligence circulated a report tying Condon to communism, while Nixon says his charges rely on Condon being barred from Navy and Atomic Energy Commission facilities.
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New York Times
FBI
Nixon
Robert L. Condon
D-Calif
Times
Condon
Naval
Director of
Naval Intelligence
Washington
the Times
Far West
San Francisco
Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
The
Fayadi
Eisenhower
Unincorporated Beach Towns May Get Federal Aid
Federal hurricane relief funds may reach unincorporated North Carolina beach communities after a briefing in Gov. Umstead’s office. Brig. Gen. Edward F. Griffin said some regional aid could restore sewage facilities and build sand dunes to protect residents, with Earl Mader joining the coastal mission.
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Raleighp
Umstead
Edward F. Griffin
North Carolina
Griffin
State CD
Earl Mader
Regional Civil Defense Office
Mader
Mitchell pledges action to boost jobs and living standards
Secretary of Labor Mitchell vowed any government action necessary to expand employment and raise living standards as part of a Prosperity without war theme. He cited a drop in unemployment from September to October and said the economy shows ongoing improvement, with more jobs and higher living standards ahead.
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Washington
Mitchell
Eisenhower
United States
Commerce Department
Ike Speaks Out Against Talks With Soviets Now
The United States confirms a series of Soviet atomic test detonations in Soviet territory beginning mid September and continuing at intervals. AEC notes radioactive fallout in the United States but provides no locations or weapon specifics. Reports reference possible Soviet development of an artillery shell or family of nuclear weapons and mention an H-bomb claim near Wrangel Island.
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Washington
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United States
Soviet Union
No Min
Tokyo
Asahi
Wrangel Island
Arctic Circle
Nome
Alaska
Rescuers Seek More Victims In Rubble Of Italian Homes
Rescue workers dig through mud covered ruble along the Gulf of Salerno seeking more victims of Tuesday’s cloudbursts floods and landslides. At least 217 dead with unofficial tolls up to 270, and thousands homeless as officials assess millions in damage.
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Italy
Gulf of Salerno
Vietri
Rome
Amalfi
Vietra
Bay of Salerno
Tyrrhenian Sea
U.S. Navy
Naples
SBI Expands Vote Probe Across Three North Carolina Counties
Raleigh officials say the State Bureau of Investigation will widen inquiries into absentee vote buying in Clay, Alexander and Ashe Counties. SBI Chief James Powell reports western-division agents are already probing similar charges in Graham County, with new cases to follow completion of the Graham probe. The Clay County request came from nine Democrats and three Republicans, while GOP Chairman Ray Jennings urged actions in Alexander and Ashe.
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Raleigh
State Bureau of Investigation
Clay
Alexander
Ashe Counties
Atty
Harry McMullan
SBI
James Powell
Powell
Graham County
Clay County
GOP
Ray Jennings
Taylorsville
Ashe
Jennings
Republican Party
Clay, Alexander and
She
Russia Bends To West On Disarmament Sparks UN Move
At UN headquarters Russia agrees with France Britain the United States and Canada to back India in shifting its standstill call on atomic and hydrogen bomb production to a subcommittee within the General Assembly. The plan follows behind the scenes talks as Israel seeks another Security Council meeting over the Bat Galim seizure.
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United Nations
N.Y
Russia
France
Britain
United States
Canada
India
U.N. Disarmament Commission
General Assembly
Security Council
Suez Canal
North Carolina Methodist Conference Opens At Raleigh
More than 1000 people gathered as the 16th annual North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church began at Edenton Street Church. About 350 ministers 300 lay delegates and 300 visitors expected. sessions run through Sunday with sermons by Bishop Glenn R. Phillips and Bishop Paul N. Garber and reports from district leaders and church bodies.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
Edenton Street Methodist Church
Glenn R. Phillips
Denver
Commission On Christian Vocations, Radio and Film Commission
Board of Managers of
Defense Dismisses Oil Firm Engineer From Sheppard Jurors
In Cleveland the defense used its third challenge to strike Victor B. Fillmon, an oil company engineer, from the jury in the Samuel Sheppard murder trial. Miss Dorothy E. Lee testified again about discussions of the case, her family ties, and her brother in law’s views as jury selection continued.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Victor B. Fillmon
Shaker Heights
Sheppard
Marilyn
Fred W. Garmone
Dorothy E. Lee
Miss Lee
Royal
Keith Weigle
Garmone
Phe
Mfiss Lee
Edward Blythin
Fillmon
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Sam Sheppard
Sheppard Restricted From Family Contact During Murder Trial
Cleveland deputies were ordered to prevent any further meetings between Dr Samuel H Sheppard and his relatives at the osteopaths murder trial Sheriff Joseph M Sweeney cited possible juror influence as the reason. Since proceedings began Sheppard s father and his brothers and their wives have repeatedly sued him during court sessions and recesses.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Joseph M. Sweeney
Sheppard
Bowles Ordered To Pay Taxes
Baltimore figure W Bryant Bowles founder of the National Association for the Advancement of White People has 30 days to remit about 2000 in withholding taxes he deducted from employees but did not forward Bowles led demonstrations against school integration in Milford Delaware and was arrested October 10 on conspiracy to interrupt education He previously ran a Baltimore roofing company in the early 1950s.
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Baltimore
W. Bryant Bowles
National Assn
Bowles
Milford
Del
Delaware
Climbers locate wreckage. not C47 remains
In Nice France a ground party including Walter Millerd and Dr Rufus Thessberg with a French guide said wreckage on Mount Bego is not the U S Air Force C47 missing since Sunday on a Rome Lyon flight with two aboard. Millerd identified the find as a bomber wreck from 1944.
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Nice
France
Mount
Bego
French Alps
Rome
Lyon
Walter Millerd
Providence
R.I
Rufus Thessberg
Albany
N.Y
U. S
Millerd
Mediterranean
Conti
Eisenhower Opposes Early Western Soviet Talks
President Eisenhower said at a news conference he opposes any immediate meeting of the United States Britain and France with the Soviet Union but remains open to conferences if Moscow shows sincerity. He tied a hopeful peace mood to Western Europe defense progress and declined tying it to Paris accords at this time.
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Washington
Fiesenhower
Russia
West Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Sempeer
Malenkov
Paris
Eisenhower
Churchill
Slot Machine Stamp Totals Listed For North Carolina Clubs
IRS records show 15 North Carolina organizations bought $250 stamps for each slot machine operated during 1954 55. The list includes Catawba Country Club Gastonia Franklin Order of Eagles Henderson County Club New Bern Golf and Country Club VFW Post 4203 Rockingham Wilson Country Club Lake Hickory Country Club Hamlet VFW posts Sparta Greenville Mountain Club BPOE Hickory American Legion Posts 49 and 48.
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Catawba Country Club, Inc
Rt. 2
Newton
Franklin Order of
VFW
Sparta
Greenville
Revolving Fund May Aid S C Beach Areas
A $50 000 revolving fund may be established to help South Carolina beach areas repair streets and beaches and support small contractors. Gov. Byrnes sought to pull funds from the state contingent fund with other board members to establish the program as federal aid remains slow to arrive and contractors often operate on cash.
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South Carolina
Byrnes
State and Control Board
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