Prague terror trial in 1951 AP report by William N Oatis
In Prague the 1951 espionage trial of four AP staffers ends with ten year sentences for William N Oatis and harsher terms for others. Guards, judges, and a cross eyed presiding judge frame the scene as the defendants hear the verdict and face expulsion after term completion.
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People’s Democratic Republic of
Czechoslovakia
Senate of the State Court
Prague
Josef Urvalek
Bkeneath
Jaroslav Novak
Judge Novak
Black Lake
Chairman Novak
William N. Oatis
Congressmen Cooling To Foreign Aid Program
A cross section of Congress signals drastic changes are needed for future foreign aid approval. A 17 member Eisenhower study group will review the program, while leaders like Knowland Johnson and Taft-era allies push for tighter conditions and possible cuts in spending and scope.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eisen ‘Hower
Clarence Randall
Inland Steel Corp
Congress
Sen
Knowland
California
Far East
Asia
Europe
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
France
Italy
Taft
Sen. Holland
Dfla
Johnson
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
United States
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Tornadic Wind Hits Statesville Causing Outages
A strong tornado tore through West Statesville around 7 15 p m damaging power lines and homes as police dispatch rescue to the scene. No deaths or injuries were reported immediately, while electric service was interrupted and damage extent and storm path remained undetermined.
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Statesville
N. C
West Statesville
R. R. Pearson
Reed Fights National Tax Shift and New Sales Tax
Rep. Daniel A. Reed, longtime chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, vows Congress will not pass a national sales tax and will resist any tax increases or delayed relief. He warns the Eisenhower administration to change course or risk renewed intra party clashes over tax policy. Reed claims committee members report resistance to a general sales tax in the coming session.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
New York
Congress
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
House
Khrushchev Elected First Secretary of Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev 59 a stocky Ukrainian who led the Ukraine has been elected first secretary of the central committee giving him control over vast party machinery and making him the second most powerful figure in Russia after Premier Malenkov. The move formalizes a role he has effectively held since last March when he headed a five man central committee secretariat.
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London
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ukraine
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
Russia
Georgi M. Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Stalin
Molotov
Khruschev
Kursk
Bolshevik Party
Prem
Jenovitch
Kaganovitch
Red Armies
Clergy Deny Communist Infiltration Claims Across Nation
Congress hearing transcripts reveal accusations that hundreds of U S clergymen were or aided Communist agents as ministers deny affiliations. Witnesses name figures including Ward McMichael Uphaus Ball Williams and others while Kornfeder cites about 600 clergy as secret Communists or dupe targets.
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Washington
U. S
New York
House UN- American Activities Committee
Harry F. Ward
Ed Dean
Communist Party
inNew York
Red Dean
Ward
Manning Johnson
Johnson
Commission of
Gitlow
Methodist Church
Jack R. McMichael
Charles C. Webber
Alson J. Smith
Willard Uphaus
Margaret Forsyth
Lee H. Ball
Walter Rautenstrauch
Uphaus
Conway
N. H
Irwin St. John Tucker
Chicago
T Viat Pe Oat
Claude Williams
Helena
Ala
Kornfeder
Miss Pennsylvania Crowned Miss America 1954
Evelyn Margaret Ay of Ephraim Pennsylvania won the Miss America title at Atlantic City New Jersey. The 20 year old, tall ash blonde had earlier won a bathing suit prelim and received the crown from 1953 winner Neva Jane Langley as confetti swept the stage.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Evelyn Margaret Ay
Ephrata
Neva Jane Langley
Macon
Earthquake Strikes Concepcion Chile Alarms Residents
A strong earthquake shook the southern Chilean city of Concepcion at 10:30 a.m. EST today, alarming residents but causing no damage.
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Santiago
Chile
Concepcion
McCarthy Alleges Reds Shaped U S Military Handbooks
Senator Joseph McCarthy announced that the Senate Investigations Subcommittee will hear testimony from an Army witness about Russian Foreign Office influence on training U S Army intelligence officers. He claimed a London based writer and a book used to indoctrinate soldiers were involved and sought to compel Army officials to testify behind closed doors.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Foreign Office
U. S. Army
McCarthy
Senate Investigations
Fime
London
Army
Soviet Union
eCarthy
the Army
Stevens
Fate Of 900 Fliers Doubtful Nine Reds Return
Nine Chinese and North Korean defectors head back toward communism while a Pentagon list raises questions about 917 missing Americans from the Korean War. Capt James A Van Fleet Jr among those unaccounted. delay and scrutiny surround fate of the 944 listed earlier. Containing pilots like Harold Fischer, the case hinges on accounting and potential survivals.
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Panmunjom
James A. van Fleet
Pentagon
Washington
Air Force
James A. van Fleet, Jr
U. N. Command
U. S. 8Th Army
Sunchon
Korea
Durig
U. N. Stockades
Demilitarized Zone
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Ering
van Fleet
U. S
Young van Fleet
8Th Army
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Reds
Red
Fischer
Manchuria
Officials' Flats Cost $26,000 Each Solons Score Reich Splurge
Congressional investigators condemned a $17 million Bonn housing project built by the State Department in 1951 for American officials. Five officials’ homes ranged from $115,000 to $227,000 each, plus 458 furnished apartments at $26,000 per unit. The panel questioned authority and affordability, noting the project was three times the Foreign Service Buildings Act limit and urging congressional approval.
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Washington
U. S
Bonn
Germany
State Department
Frank Rep. Brownson
R-Ind
House
Brownson
Office of the High Commissioner of Germany
HICOG
Congress
Foreign Service Buildings Act
John J. McCloy
High Commissioner
United States
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Novak
Court
John A. Carlton
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Foreign Operations
Stassen
Reid
Lavrenti P. Beria
Union Seminary
McMichael
Anization
Miss
Pennsylvania
By Sam Summerlin
Solons
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