Barkley Rules Senate Not a Grand Jury over Probe
Vice President Barkley told the Senate it is not a grand jury and questioned any impeachment outcome from Senate investigations of public officials. He referred to a judiciary committee resolution signed by 21 Republican senators pushing a separate probe of the Justice Department in the Asia secret documents case.
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Barkley
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Amerasia
Capehart ‘R
Ind
McGrath
McCarthy
State Department
Earl Warren
California
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Bridges
New Hampshire
John S. Service
Service
Dean Acheson
Poland
Cardinal Spellman
John E. Peurifoy
U. S
Vatican
Peurifoy
Winners Listed In Saturday Holstein Show
The Tri County Holstein show at Washington Park drew 131 cattle from Kenosha Racine and Walworth counties judged by Harvey Swartz. Awards went to numerous divisions with Dairy Queen Gail Gillmore presenting prizes.
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Kenosha
Racine
Walworth
Tri-County
Washington Park Bowl
Dairy Day
Dairy Queen
Gail Gillmore
Bristol Township
Ward Cropley
Henry Richter
Union Grove
Harvey Swartz
Waukesha
Wis
Barney and Phipps
Harvey Nelson and Sons
Johnson and Fuller
Emil Clausen
Walworth County Farm
Lau
Bartelson and Maher
Washington Park
General Chen Yi Executed in Formosa Prison
General Chen Yi, former Formosa governor convicted of treason, was executed before dawn yesterday at Pitang prison. Officials said none of his relatives claimed the body and he would be cremated and buried in a pauper's grave.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chen Yi
Pitang
Senate approves second year of foreign military aid
Washington awaits the foreign relations and armed services panel action as the committee formally approves a 1 222 500 000 dollar second year installment for foreign military aid. Beneditto Macri 37 pleads innocent to murder indictment in New York. Abe Saperstein buys Chicago NBA franchise for about 50 000 dollars. Judge Sullivan refuses to transfer Lustron bankruptcy case to Columbus federal court.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations-Armed Services Committee
New York
Benedetto Macri
Walter Winchell
William Lurge
Chicago
National Basketball Association
Abe Saperstein
Harlem Globe Trotters
Primary Contests Today in Maine
Maine residents vote in party contests with Democratic Lucia M. Cormier seeking Congress in the first district against Adrian H. Scolten. Scolten previously ran for U. S. Senate. Governors, House seats, legislature and county offices also on ballot as light turnout expected.
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Portland
Maine
Port
Lucia M. Cormier
Adrian H. Scolten
Cormier
Scolten
U. S. Senate
Margaret Chase
Kidney transplant from deceased donor saves patient in Chicago
Chicago reports doctors at Little Company of Mary Hospital performed the first known kidney transplant from a dead donor to patient Mrs. Howard Tucker. The procedure, led by Dr. Richard Lawler with Dr. James West, followed a five week donor search and took about 45 minutes after the donor's death.
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Chicago
U.P
Howard Tucker
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Richard Lawler
Tucker
James West
Lawler
Wisconsin Weather Outlook Before Summer Start
The forecast calls for cool cloudy conditions with little change tomorrow. Howard Thompson, Milwaukee observer, predicts partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in northern areas tonight and tomorrow, temperatures dipping near 50 overnight and rising to the mid 60s to upper 70s tomorrow. Noon reading 59 in Kenosha. Rain totals in Wisconsin include Beloit 1.07 inches, Blair 0.54, Ellsworth 0.45, La Crosse 0.25, with surrounding locales at 0.03. High Sunday 63 at Superior and a 35 degree low at Land O Lakes.
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Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Beloit
Blair
Ellsworth
LaCrosse
Lone Rock
Madison
Watertown
Superior
Land O'Lakes
Demands Investigation of Insurance Selling
Washington news reports Rep. Charles H Elston demanded an investigation into charges that an army colonel sold officers 40 million dollars worth of life insurance from a Pentagon office then resigned and collected a commission. He cited alleged ties with Col Roy Green and Gen William Kasten to recruit prospects using overseas assignment previews.
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Washington
U.P
Charles H. Elston
R. O
Pentagon
Roy Green
William Kasten
Army Finance
Church Steeple Blasted in Berlin Destruction
The 410 foot Georgenkirche steeple was wrecked by five dynamite charges set by communist authorities who cited danger. Church members protested as the historic iconic spire was blown up in a state church clash.
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Berlin
Georgenkirche
St. George's Church
Thompson Ends Doubts About His Candidacy
In Eau Claire Wisconsin Democratic convention Thompson announces for governor while Fairchild stays in race for senator. Delegates back Thompson and Fairchild not switching amid intra party fights. Dan Hoan LaVern Disney seek senatorial nod. Humphrey energizes closing session. Platform backs Brannan plan housing medical insurance and foreign aid.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Stoughton
Fairchild
Milwaukee
Dan Hoan
LaVern Disney
Charles Greene
Thompson
Oscar Rennebohm
Hubert Humphrey
Minn
Rennebohm Attends Governor's Conference in West Virginia
Governor Rennebohm attended the annual governors conference at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia this week. He left yesterday with his research director William H. Young accompanying him.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Rennebohm
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
William H. Young
West German Roads Mined Amid Allied Preparations for Defense
A German magazine reveals Allied efforts to mine key roads and bridges in west Germany and Europe to slow a potential Soviet attack. Photos show a Rhine route hole drilled and capped for demolition. Allied and French sources credit plans for delaying actions and civilian evacuations, with Communist papers denouncing the move as American aggression.
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Germany
West Germany
Europe
Lorelei
Rhine
Koblenz
Allied
High Command
Air Force
Soviet Union
Truman to Seek 300 Million for Hydrogen Bomb Work
Congressional sources say President Truman will request 300 million dollars to speed hydrogen bomb construction at AEC sites. The plan targets Oak Ridge Tennessee Los Alamos New Mexico and Hanford Washington for expansion with funds to be sent to Congress soon. The move marks the first direct appropriation for the hydrogen bomb development following initial AEC orders in January.
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Washington
Congressional
Truman
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
AEC
Capitol Hill
Liberty magazine bought by A Lawrence Holmes to expand size
Publisher A Lawrence Holmes announced the purchase of Liberty magazine and said he will increase its size while keeping the price at 20 cents. The deal names Holmes as new owner and signals broader distribution and content expansion.
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New York
U.P
Liberty Magazine
A. Lawrence Holmes
Mysterious Milwaukee Shooting A Woman Wounded
Alma Whidden a 47 year old Milwaukee woman was shot while walking toward a State Fair park concession early Sunday she told deputies the sting on both legs and a six inch wound on the left leg indicated a .22 caliber bullet hit.
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Milwaukee
State Fair Park
Alma Whidden
County General Hospital
Pleads Guilty To Bookmaking And Conspiracy
Frank Erickson, a New York millionaire gambler, pleaded guilty to 60 counts of conspiracy and bookmaking. He faces potential penalties up to 60 years and $30,000 in fines. Sentencing set for June 26. bail set at $10,000. The case followed a Park Avenue raid and prior Senate subcommittee testimony.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Erickson
Sol Gelb
Nathan D. Perlman
Frank S. Hogan
Justice Perlman
Park Avenue
Senate
Three Accidental Deaths Reported in Wisconsin
Three people died in Wisconsin over the weekend. Walter Brodie Jr. drowned at South Turtle lake near Eagle River after a boat capsized on Saturday. A 20 year old Milwaukee girl, Shirley Morey, died Sunday after a motorcycle crash on Highway 24 in Waukesha county. A 21 month old, Robert Johnson, drowned in a lily pond in Stevens Point on Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Walter Brodie, Jr
Glenellyn, Ill
South Turtle Lake
Eagle River
Milwaukee
Alvin Johnson
Shirley Morey
Ronald Saddoris
Waukesha County
Sadderns
Stevens Point
Robert Johnson
Kenneth Johnson
Girl Wounds Herself After Date Refusal in Detroit
Fourteen year old Hilda Jackson wounded herself critically with a .22 caliber rifle yesterday after her mother insisted she baby sit instead of going out on her first date. The incident occurred in Detroit and authorities are investigating the family dispute as a possible motive.
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Detroit
Hilda Jackson
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