Senators Riled Over Snooping Sparks Capitol Row
A search for wiretapping devices in a senator’s office triggered a Capitol controversy. Defense Department agents with Capitol police found no wrongdoing, but the episode interrupted debate on a defense bill and drew calls for independent experts to probe alleged eavesdropping in hearing rooms. Senator Lehman protested the invasion as careless snooping while leaders sought apologies.
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Washington
Defense Department
Sen. Lehman
D-N.y
Capitol
Senate
Lehman
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Special Armed Services
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen
Douglas
D-111
Sen. Green
D-R.j
Senate Rules Committee
Wilson labels air force fund boost as phony
Secretary of Defense Wilson at the Marine base calls Senate plans to add 1.16 billion for warplanes and bases phony. He says he would cross the bridge if Congress votes the extra money but at present does not think he needs it.
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Quantico
Wilson
Senate
Marine Corps Base
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
Defense
Food Poisoning Hits 200 At Michigan Hospital Fiesta
In Port Huron Michigan at a hospital benefit fiesta at least 200 people fell ill from suspected food poisoning. Thirty four remained hospitalized with six in only fair condition as samples were sent to the state police laboratory in East Lansing for analysis to locate the source. The food came from a concession at the fourth annual joint hospital fiesta raising funds for new equipment.
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Port Huron
Mich
East Lansing
Clash Between Communist Chinese Gunboats and Nationalist Patrol
Nationalist forces reported a clash occurred between Communist Chinese gunboats and a Nationalist naval patrol halfway between the Fukien coast and the Matsu island group yesterday.
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Taipei
Formosa
Fukien
Matsu Island
Suburban Minneapolis Man Questioned in Wisconsin Slaying
Detective Inspector Charles Wetherille said he is questioning a suburban Minneapolis man arrested in a Wisconsin hold up in connection with yesterday's slaying of a Rice Lake Wisconsin tavern operator.
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Minneapolis
Charles Wetherille
Wisconsin
Rice Lake
Wis
Referee Rules Communist Party Employment Covered by Social Security
A Social Security Administration referee ruled today that employment by the Communist Party in the United States falls under the Social Security Act. The decision clarifies coverage for workers linked to the party activity within the country.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Communist Party
United States
Forbes urges curbs on big packers and chain grocers
Edwin F. Forbes president of the Western States Meat Packers Assn urged Congress to bar big packers from handling other products and to prohibit chain grocery stores from operating packing plants.
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Washington
Edwin F. Forbes
Western States Meat Packers Assn
Congress
Supreme Court Upholds Farmer's First Degree Murder Conviction
The State Supreme Court today affirmed the conviction of a Taylor County farmer for first degree murder in the killing of his wife. Steve Stortecky of Lublin reported the ruling saying the trial was eminently fair.
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State Supreme Court
Taylor County
Steve Stortecky
Lublin
High
Weather outlook with clouds and storms this afternoon
The forecast calls for cloudy skies this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler, drier conditions are expected Saturday with a low in the 60s and a high near 75 to 80. Noon readings ranged from 77 downtown to 68 at the sewage plant, with a 63 degree low at the plant since midnight.
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American Motors Corp
Iceland Faces Election Clash Over U S Base and Communists
Iceland's Progressive party links the Communist party with a foreign power as it campaigns ahead of parliamentary elections. Foreign Minister Kristinn Gudmundsson says Iceland seeks to remove U S troops and favors mothballing the Keflavik NATO base, aiming to restore pre NATO status.
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Reykajavik
Iceland
U. S
NATO
Progressive Party
Kristinn Gudmundsson
Gudmundsson
Keflavik
United States
American jet crashes in English village near Ipswich
An American jet fighter-bomber crashed at Levington village near Ipswich England setting fire to the town hall. There were no casualties. The Thunderstreak pilot parachuted safely about 15 miles away and Ipswich firefighters controlled the blaze.
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Ipswich
England
Jpp
Levington
Thunderstreak
Eau Galle River Flood Control Project Approved in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin House subcommittee on Thursday recommended approval of a $6,690,000 flood control project on the Eau Galle River at Spring Valley. The proposal targets flood mitigation and river management efforts in the Spring Valley area.
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Washington
Irp
House
Eau Galle River
Spring Valley
Wis
U S Officials Weigh Steel Dispute Indirect Intervention
Washington officials fear a steel strike could disrupt the economy and complicate the 1952 campaign. If talks stall by midweek the government may reconsider intervention. The United Steelworkers Union contract expires June 30, with no immediate TH Act action expected. Mediation chief Finnegan may join to move talks from New York to Washington.
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Industry and Steelworkers
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers Union
Federal Mediation Service
Mediation Service
Joseph F. Finnegan
New York
Washington
Radio Active Rain Follows A Blast
Rain fell in the Kuridala mining center 1650 miles east of the Montebello Islands where Britain detonated an atomic bomb last Tuesday. Officials warned residents not to drink rainwater. A Queensland University scientist said weather reports were likely wrong while authorities claimed the cloud posed no danger.
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Brisbane
Australia
Kuridala
Montebello Islands
Britain
Western Australia
Queensland University
Wisconsin Civil Service Receives $10 Monthly Pay Increase
Madison Wisconsin 13,600 civil service workers approved a $10 a month across the board raise effective July 1 and payable Aug 1. The Wisconsin Emergency Board voted after meeting in member Ludvigsen’s hospital room with Gov Kohler and Sen Porter split on the measure. The raise costs about $1.6 million yearly and was urged by the Wisconsin Personnel Board and Budget Director Geissel.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Emergency Board
Alfred Ludvigsen
R-Hartland
Wisconsin General Hospital
Ludvigsen
Walter Kohler
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Kohler
Porter
Senate
Wisconsin Personnel Board
E. C. Geissel
Emergency Board
Denies Reports Peron Ill in Exile
Colonel Louis Puyol denied reports that former Argentine dictator Juan Peron is seriously ill in his exile home in Colon Panama. Puyol said Peron, about 60, is healthier than a 20 year old.
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Colon
Panama
Louis Puyol
Juan D. Peron
Puyol
Woman slain in her Rice Lake home shocks community
Louise Welk 50, a restaurant operator, was found shot in her Rice Lake apartment late Wednesday or early Thursday. Police probe suggests a gunman fired through the screen door from outside as her husband Orin Welk travels for work. Family and authorities pursue leads with the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory aiding the investigation.
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Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
Louise Welk
Barron County
Jim O’brien
Leonard Stork
Mrs. Welk
Roger Boehm
Louise
Welk
Henry Borgen
Borgen
Hilda Malick
Mukwonago
Waukesha County
UN Employe Accused of Lobbying Russian Refugee Spy Link
Dag Hammarskjold asked for a U S government report on charges that a United Nations employee sought to recruit a Russian refugee for Soviet espionage. The claim, leveled by Michael Shatov a former Soviet officer at Columbia University, names Alesksei Petukhov and Rostislav Shapovalov as involved.
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N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
Alesksei Petukhov
Petukhov
Michael Shatov
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Washington
Hammarskjold
Shatov
J. A. C. Robertson
Britain
Rostislav Shapovalov
Shapovalov
Columbia
Sobolev
Tavernkeeper Dead of Wound in Milwaukee Robbery
Milwaukee tavernkeeper Nicolaeff, 64, was found dead with a bleeding head wound in his apartment above the tavern. Detective Inspector Glaser said bartender Polcin, 62, found him about 9:30 a.m. The cash register was empty and no money was found on site. Robbery is suspected though no break in is evident.
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Milwaukee
John Nicolaeff
Rudolph Glaser
Herb Polcin
Nicolaeff
Glaser
Nursing Home Fire Claims 3 Lives
Three women died in a blaze at the Foundation Nursing Home for Christian Scientists in Princeton Township New Jersey. One patient was injured and officials could not yet confirm how many residents were evacuated from the cottages during the fire.
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Princeton
N. J
Foundation
Princeton Township
Gary Faces Potential Steel Strike After Wage Talks
Gary, Indiana, the nation’s largest steel center, braces for a possible 60 000 United Steelworkers strike if no agreement is reached by June 30. City leaders seek to avert work stoppage while merchants suspend credit and relief boards plan for hardship.
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Gary, Incl
United Steelworkers
Gary
New York
United States Steel Corp
Steelworkers’ Union
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin Supreme Court approves plan to integrate Bar
The court orders the Wisconsin Bar Association to draft integration rules by Sept. 20 and considers making all Wisconsin lawyers dues paying members. It notes 24 states have integrated bars and cites past rejections and wartime factors while highlighting potential revenue, investigations, and legal aid benefits, with opposition citing loss of independence.
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State Supreme Court
Wisconsin
State Bar Association
Bar Association
High Court
Supreme Court
The
Wisconsin Bar Association
Michigan
Crash at Weyauwega Raises Toll to 408
A head on collision south of Weyauwega late Thursday night raised Wisconsin's highway death toll for the year to 408, 66 year old Louis Raehl of Weyauwega killed when his car and a Neenah driver’s vehicle collided on a section of Hy 10 being relocated.
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Louis Raehl
Howard Minks
Neenah
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