Criminal Probe Ordered Into Government Housing Program
Atty. Gen. Brownell orders a special grand jury in Washington to probe possible bribery and criminal conduct in the FHA program. He directs US Attorneys nationwide to present evidence on Clyde L. Powell and share testimony from FHA investigations. probes cover windfalls to builders and inflated project costs dating back to 1948. Powell resigned as assistant commissioner amid congressional inquiries.
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Brownell
U. S
Leo A
Rover
Clyde L. Powell
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Warren Olney III
Powell
Ve — Strom
Opera
Special Investigations Office
Department
Jewel
Mendes France pushes new West European defense pact
Premier Pierre Mendes France urged a redesigned defense pact to ease French opposition to NATO entry. He proposed a supra national council with no veto, limits on armaments, and geographic based discrimination, building on a enlarged Brussels Pact to include Britain and seven nations.
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France
Pierre Mendes- France
West Ny
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
European Defense Community
Mendes-France
Council of Europe
Britain
Belgium
Therg
West Germany
Italy
European Alliance
United States
Nieteecasee Enaiee
European Deense Community
French Assembly
Council of Representatives
McCarthy Defense Faces Senate Censure Debate
Senate parliamentarian Charles L. Watkins upheld a January 1953 ruling critical of Senator McCarthy, while McCarthy challenged late November 20 subcommittee appointments and testified before a special committee about his finances. Hayden argued for self appointment to secure a quorum as two members had resigned.
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Washington
Charles L. Watkins
Senate Parliamentaran
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
Bay
Senate
Ook
Watkins
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Rules Committee
Amittee
Indochina Power Fight Resumes in Saigon
In Saigon Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and Army Chief Gen Nguyen Van Hinh clash as Hinh cables Bao Dai in France warning Diem's government is weak. Diem rebukes Hinh and summons reporters, while Bao Dai ally Gen Bai Vien arrives with hints the crisis may soon end.
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Indochina
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen van Hinh
Hinh
Exor
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
France
Diem
Inh
Bai Vien
Hinh Ca
Hall And Mitchell Slug It Out For Party Control
A New York ex-lawyer and a veteran Democrat run the battle for influence in the Sith Congress. Stephen Arnold Mitchell chairs the Democratic National Committee while Leonard Wood Hall leads the Republican side. Both are full time party professionals mapping strategy raising funds and orchestrating national coordination to unite their parties and win the November 2 election.
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New York
Stephen Arnold Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Leonard Wood Hall
Hall
Mitchell
Vr Popers
Ans
Speec
Cou A orThey
Bac
Bat
Phenix City Votes Under Guard as Election Held
Phenix City voters cast ballots today to fill a single city commission seat amid National Guard patrols guarding 11 precincts. A two week grand jury investigation into vote fraud resumes as critics note the crackdown follows past gambling and crime tied to the river dens before the Patterson case.
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Phenix City
Ala
National Guard
Phenix
A.m
Alabama
A. L. Gurlatt
Ma Elmer Reese
Seth
Reese
Chattahoochee River
A. L. Patterson
Gullatt
Second Annual Pump School Underway in North Carolina
The second annual Pump School opened with many firemen attending. Director of the school is Chief Charles L. Burkett of Salisbury, directing instructional sessions and demonstrations.
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North Carolina
Charles L. Burkett
Salisbury
Third Division to Return in October from Korea
The U S 3rd Division known as the Rock of the Marne will leave Korea in October and be reduced to 1000 men for rotation home. The remaining personnel will be absorbed by other Far East units as a sixth division redeploys, likely the 24th, with the two other divisions joining the 1st Corps under Gen Maxwell D Taylor's 8th Army.
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Seoul
U.S
Marne
United States
Korea
Far East
Sey
United Nations
Maxwell D. Taylor
8Th Army
Treasury to Sell 4 Billion In Two Year Notes
The government plans to borrow four billion dollars on two year seven month notes with 1 percent interest. Treasury Secretary Humphrey announced the sale to fund expected deficits. The notes will be dated Oct 4 and mature May 5, 1957, with no tax anticipation security included.
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Washington
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Attlee Heads For Home After Red China Visit
Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee departed for home aboard a Qantas Empire plane from Honolulu with a scheduled arrival in San Francisco at 7 45 am after a visit to Red China.
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Honolulus
Clement Attlee
Red China
San Francisco
AFL Opens Annual Convention With Labor Keynote
The AFL begins its convention in Los Angeles with a keynote noting limited Senate gains for labor and potential House support if workers register. The Executive Council urged wage law changes to spread work and raise the $0.75 per hour minimum, while counting five million jobless when including underemployed workers. Delegates planned a harmonized gathering and a move to arbitrate interunion disputes.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
United States Senate
House
AFL
Executive Council
Senate
Labor
George Meany
Eisenhower
Replac Presen
AFL Council
Congress
Masked Gunman Robs North Rocky Mount Bank
A masked gunman in his early 20s robbed the North Rocky Mount Branch of the Pleas Bank and Trust Co. of about 7500 dollars. He fled west on highways 49 or 54 in a white getaway car, leaving victims Mrs. Petty Ferguson and manager R. F. Ward shaken but unharmed. This was North Carolina’s eighth bank robbery of the year.
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Rocky Mount, N. C
North Rocky Mount
Ple’s Bank and Trust Co
Ward
Hignwey N.C
Pold
Should Germany Get Atom Data
Washington considers expanding NATO ties to include West Germany and weighing how much atomic weapon information to share. The plan, backed by the Atomic Energy Commission, aims to inform allies on blast heat and radiation effects while guarding sensitive design details. Military leaders argue allied awareness aids defense planning amid evolving weapons and tactics.
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Washington
West Germany
United States
France
NATO
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Deaths Rise in Northea Traffic Weekend Injuries Total 18
The Associated Press reports at least 18 deaths across Northea over the weekend, most from traffic accidents. Victims include Dr. David Millard Tuttle and wife near Toxaway Falls, Shirley of Hope Mills, and William Thomas Bullard of Fayetteville in separate crashes. Other fatalities occur in Graham County, Enfield, Raleigh, Greensboro, Lumberton, and Winston-Salem, with diverse causes from car collisions to a train accident and a bull goring.
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Northea
David Millard Tuttle
Gastonia
de Gameren
Ward
Toxaway Falls
B. Kilpatrick
Shirley
Hope Mills
Homn Mills
Chadbourn
William Thomas Bullard
Fayetteville
Luke Sutton
Cosby
Tenn
Acci
Raleigh
Leroy Hill
Freeman
Cherry Point
Robert Oache
Roosevelt Brown
Libby Lowery
Lumberton
Robeson County
Aubrey Wilton Taylor
High Point
Harnett County
Harvey Troxler
Winston-Salem
Southern Railway
William McKinley Price
Stevenson Emerges as Leading Hope in Democratic Quest
In Indianapolis party leaders hint Stevenson may pursue the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination. Speaker Rayburn calls him a candidate while internal party tensions rise over leadership and the future of the Mitchell-Butler succession.
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Indianapolis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Stevenson
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Illinois
Democratic Party
Ee Party
Rugs
Harry S. Truman
National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Truman
Mitchell
Paul Butler
Indiana National Committee
Miss Universe Begins Senior Year at Lander College
Greenwood S C Miss Universe Miriam Stevenson a statuesque blond farm girl who turned from Hollywood to finish school today began her senior year in home economics at Lander College. She earns $250 a week in international films as part of her awards and spent about six weeks at studios before returning to education.
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Greenwood
S.C
Hollywood
Lander College
Miriam Stevenson
California
Carolan
United States accuses China of piracy at United Nations
The United States charges Peiping with 39 warlike acts of piracy against ships and planes from seven nations as it seeks to block Communist China from U.N. General Assembly seating. The list cites 27 attacks on British assets and the July 22 British airliner shootdown with American casualties.
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United Nations
N.Y
China
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Peiping
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Island
Thunderstorms Roar Across Central United States
Severe storms sweep a swath from Missouri through Illinois Indiana and into the Central Appalachians with heavy rain gusts up to 30 mph and high winds. Tornadoes strike three communities in North Central Pennsylvania causing power outages damaged lines trees and roofs with no reported casualties. Hail sizes reach up to baseballs as St Louis area storm dumps nearly two inches of rain and tempers plunge from 90 to 70 in minutes.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Plachians
Pennsylvania
St Louis
Assassins Strike Twice In Indochina Turmoil
In Indochina over the weekend there were two deadly attacks. Laotian Defense Minister Roy Vora V was shot dead while Hanoi officials escaped an attack by gunmen.
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Indochina
Roy Vora V
Cne
Minist
C Gum
Hanoi
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