McCarthy Editors Clash Over Mail Rates and Censorship
Senator McCarthy confronts Washington Post and editor J Russell Wiggins over claims of false reporting and mail subsidy misuse. Washington Post publisher Philip L Graham rebutts McCarthy and defends press freedom, while ASNE members debate the McCarthy Wechsler hearings and potential press danger.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Washington Post
Post
J. Russell Wiggins
James A. Wechsler
New York Post
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Senator McCarthy
James S. Pope
Louisville Courier and Times
Weschsler
Weschler
Postal Department
Congress
Philip L. Graham
The
Sen. McCarthy
ASNE
American Society of Newspapers Editors
Wechsler
Wiggins
Derailment piles up sixteen freight cars near Kenosha
A giant train wreck west of Kenosha derailed sixteen freight cars, damaged rails, and halted all freight traffic. Crews worked from dawn to clear the tracks, with cranes arriving to lift wreckage and the line partly rerouted via Kenosha to Lake Bluff. No injuries were reported among the five crew members aboard.
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Kenosha
Chicago and North Western
North Western
St. Francis
Milwaukee
Lake Bluff
Ill
Heron
Chicago
Evening News
Pella Wins Confidence Vote in Senate
Premier Giuseppe Pella's non political government won a confidence vote in the Italian senate by 136 to 81 on an unofficial count. The vote marks the first step toward placing Italy's government in the hands of Pella's cabinet of government technicians.
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Rome
Italy
U.P
Giuseppe Pella
Senate
Pella
Fire destroys top floor of Milwaukee rooming house
A three story brick rooming house on Milwaukee's east side was engulfed by flames forcing residents to flee. Firemen battled the blaze for nearly an hour and two firefighters were treated at County Emergency Hospital after being overcome by smoke.
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Milwaukee
U.P
County Emergency Hospital
Drunken-Driving Tactic Helps Save Queen of Concerts
Chicago police halted a gunman who abducted heiress Carol Plamondon, 24, and Heaton Halliday Sykes, 39. A bystander driver feigned drunkenness to attract attention, prompting a patrol to intervene and seize the pistol-wielding suspect Richard Beasley, 22.
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Chicago
U.P
Richard Beasley
Carol Plamondon
Heaton Halliday Sykes
Beasley
Sykes
Miss Plamondon
Alfred Plamondon Jr
Plamondons
Inland Steel Products Co
Indiana Steel Products Co
Aubrey L. Sykes
Sykes Sheet Metal Products Co
San Carlo Opera Co
Weekend Warmth Forecasting Pleasant Spring Weather
The forecast calls for fair conditions this weekend with 82 to 88 degrees at the peak Sunday and 50 to 60 overnight. Kenosha reached 80 for Friday’s high with a 55 degree low last night. Noon readings showed 76 at the sewage plant, 80 at Nash Motors and 78 downtown.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
Victory on India at UN Korea peace talks vote
The United States seeks to bar India from the Korean peace conference. Britain, Commonwealth nations, Russia, Western Europe oppose the U S position while a split Latin American bloc holds sway. Lodge claims enough votes, with India likely to withdraw before the assembly vote.
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United Nations
N. Y
Uup
United States
India
Britain
Russia
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
UN General Assembly
Assembly
Sturtevant Man Killed in Highway 20 Crash
Arthur Reffke aged 42 of Sturtevant died when his car skidded on a curve on Highway 20 and hit a telephone pole. William Anger, 21, also of Sturtevant, was seriously injured and taken to Memorial hospital at Burlington. Racine County Sheriff Rudy Spieker and two county board licensing committee members discovered the wreck shortly before midnight during their pass by.
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Waterford
Wis
Arthur Reffke
Sturtevant
William Anger
Memorial Hospital
Burlington
Racine
Rudy Spieker
County Board Licensing Committee
Shah Returns to Tehran Amid Emotional Welcome
The Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi lands in Tehran after exile, greeted by tears and ceremonial homage. Zahedi’s government tightens security as Mossadegh loyalists are arrested, while loot from Point Four offices in central Tehran is reported at $75,000.
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Fazollah Zahedi
Zahedi
Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Bagdad
Kashavarz Sadr
Iran
Isfahan
National Movement
Asghar Parsa
Bagher Jalali Mousavi
Point Four
Tehran
Drawing Mustache Got PW in Trouble in Korea
Cpl. George C. Davison of Staten Island New York was jailed fifteen days in solitary by Communist authorities in Freedom Village Korea after drawing a mustache on a photo of Mao Tse Tung He had been a prisoner since May 18 1951 and was repatriated by the Reds He said I was fooling around I had a pencil and there was that picture of Mao Tze Tung I put on a mustache and they put me in the clink
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Freedom Village
Korea
Reds
Cpl
George C. Davison
Staten Island
N. Y
Davison
Mao Tze-Tung
Astin Reinstated as U S Bureau Director
Secretary Weeks restores Dr. Allen V. Astin to permanent post as director of the National Bureau of Standards after a controversy over a battery additive tests. Weeks says Astin joins his team with unanimous bureau scientific committee backing and outlines broad bureau reforms to balance research and testing, fix testing imperfections, and improve organization.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Allen V. Astin
National Bureau of Standards
Central Laboratory
Astin
Bureau
New Moroccan Sultan Proclaimed Amid Unrest in Rabat
Morocco named Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa as sultan after French-backed dethronement of Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef. French forces kept Rabat quiet with a curfew lifted for Eid al Adha period as Arab-Asian UN bloc protested exile of the nationalist spiritual leader.
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Rabat
Morocco
Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
Hisousin
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Corsica
Imperial Palace
Marrakech
Ben Youssef
Abd el Kebir
United Nations
Series K License Renewal Deadline Set for Aug 31
Wisconsin motorists must renew Series K auto licenses by August 31, says the state motor vehicle department. Series J plates carry 1954 red and white tags, Series L renewals occur in September. Commissioner Melvin Larson urged prompt action to avoid missing the deadline.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Melvin Larson
Father and Daughter Die in Highway Crash near Madison
Robert Oldham 24 and his four year old daughter Roberta were killed when his car collided with a semi truck on Highway 1218 about 15 miles east of Madison Wisconsin. Wife Ruth 24 pregnant and their son Ronald 3 were injured. Truck driver James R Magee 24 of Chicago not injured. Mrs Oldham said the couple left home after work Friday for their first vacation in northern Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Robert Oldham
Indianapolis
Roberta
Highway
Here
Ruth
Ronald
James R. Magee
Chicago
Mediterranean quakes strike southeast of Algiers
Three sharp earthquakes rattled a region southeast of Algiers today under the Mediterranean quake zone. Authorities reported no immediate major damage or injuries from the tremors.
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Algiers
Algeria
Litter Caseload Swells as POW Exchange Continues
Panmunjom reports a large batch of liberated Allied captives. The Communists freed 437 prisoners including 94 Americans and 343 from eight other nations. 16 litter cases evacuated by helicopter, 8 by ambulance to Freedom Village. UN to release 2400 prisoners daily as storms ease on Koje island.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Freedom Village
United Nations
Koje Island
Wisconsin Soldiers Among 94 Walk Freedom Gate
Four Wisconsin servicemen were among 94 Americans to pass through Freedom gate in the prisoner exchange Friday night. The soldiers named were Cpl Raymond Jensen of Janesville. Pfe Carl J Gunderson of Onalaska. Sgt Kenneth D Heitkamp of Menomonie. and Sgt Wayne O Hotson of La Crosse.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Wisconsin
Freedom Gate
Raymond Jensen
Fred Jensen
Janesville
Pfe
Carl J. Gunderson
Emily Gunderson
Onalaska
Kenneth D. Heitkamp
Leona Heitkamp
Menomonie
Wayne O. Hotson
Bonnie Jean Hotson
la Crosse
Sawmill Fire Damages Phelps Mill in Wisconsin
A fire of undetermined origin damaged the 50 year old C. M. Christiansen mill in Phelps Wisconsin early today. Firemen from Eagle River and Land O Lakes brought the blaze in the fuel house under control. Damages are not yet determined and some employees will be out of work during repairs.
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Phelps
Wis
U.P
C. M. Christiansen
Eagle River
Land O'Lakes
Blatz Downed by Milwaukee Brewers Association in Dispute
Blatz Brewing Co announced plans to sue the Milwaukee Brewers Association and its six members after being expelled by a 6-1 vote. The action followed Blatz’s role in ending a 76 day beer strike and allegations of unethical conduct and breach of pledge.
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Milwaukee
Blatz Brewing Co
Milwaukee Brewers Association
Blatz
Ted Rosenak
W. J. Jansen
Brewery Workers Union
Fred Miller
The
Miller Brewing Co
Association
Brewers
Schlitz, Pabst
Getteman
Independent Breweries of
Fox Head
Waukesha
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Frank Rizer
Rizer
Lodge
Sturtevant Man
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Mohammed Mossadegh
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