Hiss Seeks Return to Practice After Perjury Conviction
Alger Hiss, once a State Department official, asked the Massachusetts Supreme Court for permission to resume practicing law nearly 25 years after his spy case perjury conviction. The appearance followed years of controversy linked to the House Un-American Activities Committee and helped launch Richard Nixon’s career.
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Pan Am faceoff over travel agent bonuses sparks international tensions
London authorities threaten to hold Pan American jets at Heathrow if it pays agents 10 percent commissions beyond international limits. The U.S. warns Britain that U.S. landing rights for British Airways could be jeopardized. The dispute could escalate into a transatlantic airline war with IATA rules capping commissions at seven percent.
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Dachau survivor Arnold Shay recalls Holocaust without bitterness
Thirty years after liberation Shay, then 23, a Philadelphia tailor, preserves a room of German and Jewish mementoes. He recounts family losses, gas masks and a Nazi soap relic, a forced medical experiment, and his insistence on remembering rather than hating.
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Memphis woman named American Mother of the Year
Mrs. Josephine Wainman Burson of Memphis Tennessee was named American Mother of the Year at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. She voiced doubt that the Equal Rights Amendment is vital to women's rights, noting inequities exist but not certain it will fix them. She urged balancing family needs with motherhood and highlighted her work on employment programs for women and Jewish charities.
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Audie Murphy Statue Unveiled in San Antonio Ceremony
A statue honoring Audie L. Murphy, America’s most decorated WWII hero, will be unveiled in San Antonio Texas on Armed Forces Day May 17. The statue stands before an $36 million hospital named for Murphy with Secretary of the Army Howard B. Callaway as principal speaker.
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Actor Philip Dorn Dies at 73 in Los Angeles
Dutch born film star Philip Dorn died Friday at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles at age 73. The longtime leading man suffered a heart attack after a decade of incapacity following a head injury in Europe and a subsequent stroke.
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