Overhaul Plans Earn Praise from Congressmen
Congress praised proposals to overhaul government and security programs while critics attacked a plan to criminalize publishing secret information and to legalize wiretap evidence in national security cases. The 12 member commission led by Loyd Wright urged tighter safeguards for rights and executive actions, with full legislation needed for key leaks and wiretap rules.
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Congress
Dipartisan Commission
Eisenhower
Commission
Loyd Wright
Wright
Los Angeles
The
American Bar Ase
Stennis Dmiss
Colton
R-Nh
White ‘House
James C. Hagerty
Suez Crisis Impact Rapidly Diffused Says UN Report
United Nations reports the Suez crisis caused sharp but short lived economic shock in the Middle East. By April demand and trade with communist countries rose, while Egypt suffered building destruction and unemployment due to canal-area operations and government sequestration of foreign firms. Weather notes insert follows.
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United Nations
N.Y. UK
United Nations Today
Middle East
U. M
Egypt
Suez Canal
Currier
Nickerson Court-Martial Will Highlight 18 Charges
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr a West Point graduate and WWII hero faces a court-martial on 18 charges including espionage perjury and disobedience. He allegedly distributed secret information and argued the Army’s missile program in public writings. If convicted on all counts he could face 46 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge. The case centers on the IRBM program and his writings after a Defense Department order restricting missile development. He stated his aim was to draw attention to the Army’s missile efforts amid strategic debates.
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Hontsville
John C. Nickerson Jr
Nickerson
West Point
Army
Bris
Billy Mitchell
Mitchel
Charles B. Wilson
Wilson
GOP Governors Weigh Ike's Reach at Williamsburg Meet
At the 49th annual GOP governors conference in Williamsburg Virginia leaders debate whether President Eisenhower will back a candidate or influence the nomination. Governors Knight Stratton Davis Chandler and McKeldin weigh options while Nixon is seen as a leading potential contender. The discussion touches on succession and party unity amid looming nominating battles.
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Jack Bell
Williamsburg
McKeldin
Eisen
Hower
Eisenhower
GOP
Alfred M. Eisenhower
Goodwin J. Knight
Nixon
William G. Stratton
Republican Party
Finois
Isenhower
Knight
Theodore R. McKeldin
Repub
Maryland
Eisen Ican
Redstone
Rovert E. Smyile
Idaho
Vernon W. Thomson
Wisconsin
Joh E. Davis
North Dakota
A.B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Will
Chandler
Charles Woman Killed In Accident
JONESVILLE Virginia Mrs Edna Alsup Stidham 37 died when her car left Route 2 on Wallens Ridge two miles east of Dotson Route 8 and rolled down the mountainside at about 430 p m Sunday sheriff officials reported the fatal crash on the rural highway
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Jonesville
Charles
Wallens Ridge
Edna Alsup Stidham
Dotston
Gi s Fiance Leads Signatures Drive for Japanese Pardon
Miss Sueyama and 21 year old Ottawa, Ontario native William Girard's fiance fosters a 100000-signature campaign in Tokyo seeking pardon or acquittal. The U S Army specialist is charged in a Japanese court with bodily injury causing death at a firing range on January 30. The case is before the U S Supreme Court after a court order blocked transfer to Japanese authorities.
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Misa Haru
Candy
Buoyama
3.C
William 8. Girard
U.S. Army
Ottawa
Naka Sakai
Girard
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U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
Miss Sueyama
Bill
Three youths admit murder in South Philadelphia stoop shooting
Philadelphia police say three boys confessed to killing Martin Daniels Sr with a 120-30 rifle as he sat on his south Philadelphia stoop. The teens tied the crime to revenge for Daniels' son Martin Daniels Jr.'s prior trouble, with Curtis Raymond Edwards and Grover Cleveland Edwards involved in the plan and the group waiting in a cemetery nearby.
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Pennsylvania
Triad
Martin Daniels Sr
South Philadelphia
David H. Roberts
Roberts
Daniels
Martina
Curtis Raymond Edwards
Albert Stolls
Daniels’ Row
Grover Cleveland Edwards
Martin Daniels JR
Jeff
Fred
Albert Stolis
Poker game ends in man’s death in Wise County
A shooting at a poker game near the old Virginia City Post Office west of Norton left William Bellamy dead after three .32 caliber shots. Elmer Trent was involved in an argument with Bellamy and Robinette, who claimed his son fired the fatal shots. Robinette was arrested and jailed, with officials confirming a signed confession.
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Balta Rasnick
imea-News
Virginia
Paul
Van
Here
Wise County
Saunder
Wiliam
Bellamy
J. Paul
Caney Farmer, Jr
Farmer
Old
Virginia City
Robinette
Elmer Trent
Trent
Gur
Norton
Hig
Associated Press
Teese
Rogersville Man Bound To Grand Jury
A Rogersville man was bound over to the Hawkins County Grand Jury on a prowling charge after posting a 600 bond. Magistrate Kim Minor said the suspect set a wired alarm trap to the Minor home when earlier stakeouts failed to locate the prowler. The man was held for a week for more evidence after arraignment by Squire Martin Mooney.
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Rogersville
Join Howard
Squire Martin Mooney
Hawkins County
Kim Minor
Minor
Hawkins County Sheriff's Department
Howard
Nick
TVA
Abd Am
Youth dummy newsboy sells extra papers on Center Street
Larry Crawford and his brothers run a corner news operation with a red haired ventriloquist dummy named Jerry. The 15 year old Larry, 13 year old Richard, and Jerry the six month old dummy attract daily customers at Center Street, boosting sales with Jerry’s witty retorts. Larry paid 13.34 for the blind dummy and plans a bigger model at 130 dollars, though Jerry remains the top seller.
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Betty Elam
Jerry Higgins
Jerry
Larry Crawford
Larry
Richard
Center Street
Riverside Drive
Larry Gring
Alwaye
Dimmy
Newenanet
Jercy
Edgar Bergen
Derry
Werry
Airliner crash kills 14 near Port Hardy British Columbia
Pacific Western Airliner crashes after takeoff from Port Hardy killing 14 of 18 aboard. Preliminary report cites ground control block left on tail assembly as cause and the crew sought to return for a check. Captain Geraid W. Allen of Vancouver reported unsatisfactory plane handling.
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Port Hardy
B.C
Pacific Western
Vancouver
Geraid W. Allen
Airtine
Rathy
Soviet Warships Transit Suez Canal Amid Middle East Tension
Two Soviet destroyers sailed through the Suez Canal, the first Russian ships to do so since World War I. Canal authorities said they were bound for Vladivostok but might linger in the Red Sea. The move comes amid Middle East tensions over shipping routes and regional disputes involving Israel and Jordan.
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Speculahon Srase
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